This month we saw a couple of scrapbook manufacturers shut their doors. Earlier in the month, Cornish Heritage Farms announced their decision to shut down their business due to a shift in focus. You can read their farewell post here. This past week, Buzz and Bloom announced they were closing as well. The latter is [...]
Apron Strings Summer is in full swing. Whether you’re making routine trips to the pool, are planning a big vacation or are just kickin’ back at home, summertime is full. Of fun, that is! No matter what your plans for the summer, an Apron Strings kit is what you need to help document it all. [...]
For those of us not attending CHA, here's a little inspiration in the form of Make and Take's and classes being held at the show. Carolyn Peeler and Melissa Frances taught a class to make the album, shown below, on Monday. See peeks of the Prima classes going on all week here. Bella Blvd shows [...]
Here is a taste of more new scrapbooking product releases debuting this week at CHA Summer 2010! Michelle Clement has designed a new line for Sassafras Lass, "Mix & Mend." One photo is shown below and you can see the whole collection here and here. (There is a giveaway in the last link!) Bella Blvd's [...]
Red Lead PaperWorks – Giveaway Red Lead PaperWorks is holding a giveaway on their blog for some adorable collage items and charms. Click here to get in on it! Cuttlebug Challenge Blog – "Be Inspired" Challenge Come and join us over at the Cuttlebug Challenge blog Wednesday, July 28th, for our Be Inspired Challenge #93. Just be inspired [...]
The CHA Summer 2010 show begins today! Here are some more new releases that will be making their debut: House of 3 has collaborated with Pink Paislee to release, "Parisian Anthology." One peek is shown below and you can see more here. Tim Holtz is releasing "Configurations," another great take on the alterable shadow box [...]
I was lucky enough to get my hands on some of the new CHA releases from Graphic 45! There are lots of new collections available and I was surprised to see how well a lot of the patterned papers mixed and matched with other lines. I got creative this weekend and made 8 cards so [...]
WeScrap – Blog Hop One Mini, Two Mini, Red Mini, Blue Mini! Join the WeScrap design team and a few guest designers on Saturday August 14th at 12 noon EST for a fabulous mini album blog hop. We will be giving away some fabulous prizes from the WeScrap Shop and some generous prize donations from [...]
Our Speedlink Saturday this week will feature more sneak peeks for CHA Summer 2010! I love this time of year! New from Creative Imaginations is "Night Divine," shown below. See more of their peeks here. New from 7 Gypsies is this alterable shadow box tray, shown below. You can see their entire Summer 2010 catalogue [...]
Here are some more sneak peeks that have been showing up around the web in preparation for CHA Summer 2010! See our past posts on this subject here. Cosmo Cricket has so many exciting designs being released this CHA, it is hard to choose just one to show here. Shown below is from the "Wanted" [...]
Sorry everyone, there was a mistake in the link to the Crafty Secrets giveaway originally posted. Here is where to go to sign up for the giveaway. Come see the NEW Bathing Beauties Clear Art Stamp set HERE on the Crafty Secrets Blog and leave a comment saying what your favorite new stamp set is to be entered to win [...]
CHA Booth 1407 - Class is sold out but they will have Make & Takes. Crafty Secrets CHA Newsflash! They have started printing on the inside of their original Creative Scraps – plus they have NEW themes such as Sew Nice and Halloween! Crafty Secrets is also debuting a new stamp set called SL32 Halloween Treats. It’s a large [...]
I love to see all the new products that are coming out for CHA! Such fun to watch the sneak peeks! Here are some more we've come across. See our previous posts on new product releases here. A new collection from Basic Grey is "Wander." A peek is shown below. New from Nikki Sivils is [...]
Cuttlebug Challenge Blog – "Be Inspired" Challenge Come and join us over at the Cuttlebug Challenge blog Wednesday, July 21st, for our Be Inspired Challenge #93. Just be inspired by the team and link your project that follows the guidelines by the following Wednesday to be eligible for the give-a-way. This week we are making projects inspired by [...]
Sheila, from Cheeky Magpie, shows how to make these velvet ribbon flowers (shown below) in a post here. Stephanie Barnard shows how she makes a 30 second card in a video tutorial here. Nathalie Kalbach has a video tutorial available showing how to alter a shadow box frame here. See one photo peek of the [...]
