Famous People & Friends

And our new friend, Kristia! Can you tell we hit it off with her? Love it!

Heidi Swapp

Tim Holtz

Princess Leia

Look at CHA New Items

These are mini page pebbles. Very cute but still a little too bulky for a scrapbook.

Jenni Bowlin had these bingo cards. We were surprised at how many companies introduced vintage type items at the show

Isn't this a cute line of paper? Brought to you by Reminisce
And Scrap-0-nizer will soon have inserts to hold all of your Cricut cartridges. Very clever

Loopy brad bars from Karen Foster

Fun new items from CHA

Playing card sized embellishments from Sassafrass Lass

Karen Foster blingy embellishments

One of BoBunny's new lines

Anna Griffin

Maya Road

Adorn It has come out with a new line of embellishments and home decore items. These fabric buttons are about 2 inches across and have added bling and dimensional embellishments ONTOP of the fabric. Yes, you'll be seeing a few of these in upcoming monthly packs.

This is Adorn It's home decor line. It you need any vinyl cling designs or dry erase/magnetic boards, let us know and we can order them for you. And that lady behind the wall is actually the owner/designer, Carolee herself! Catalogue

Tim Holz has new designs using his grungeboard. This material is fantasic to work with and we were attracted to the icons.

Paper from Creative Imaginations

and embellishments from Creative Imaginations

SCARY ITEMS

Now, we just had to share a few of the products that are just too scary to do anything with except post here on our blog.

CHA 2009 New Items - More

We had to ask this man what he dreams about at night. I know, that sounds a little odd........however, he is the designer for Sassafrass Lass who created the NARWAL. How much do you know about Narwals? We have done our research. Did you know the "horn" that comes out of their head is actually an overgrown tooth that went right through their bottom lip? LOOK!

Definitely something new..... printed sheets of burlap from Prima. You'll be seeing this in our packs soon. OOOOOooooo So pretty.
And these flourishes are made out of pearls. Imagine how they will beautify your pages. Gorgeous!

More flowers - but a little unique. Notice the dark centers? And the middles are laced with more pearls.

We made a new friend at this booth. The owner of this company, Braggables, has a 7 year old daughter who has had to have 5 open heart surgeries. With every order, she donates to the pediatric cardiatric unit at their hospital. Inspiring story and neat family. So we had to order a few bags.

CHA 2009 New Items

Flower designs from Petaloo. They had some "cute" items but nothing for a more sophisticated page. They didn't make our cut this time around but we still like their items.7 Gypsies really hit it on the mark this time. Their embellishments were fantastic and unique and the color scheme for Gypsy Market was absolutely beautiful. You'll be seeing this as one of our monthly pack options soon.
Here's the Gypsy Market paper line.

How clever is that? They put one brad in the center of each little tag and jump-ringed them to a bar. Very cute and original.

This is Chatterbox's new line called Beautiful. The colors are vibrant yet not obnoxious and the line of embelishments goes on and on and on. You're going to be shocked at how much you get in each set. For example, everything inside the frame is included in one little package.

We're Off!

We're on our way to CHA. Ashli's flying in from Denver. Cyndi & I are chugging down in my minivan. We'll be walking around for hours looking at all the new products then taking the information back to our hotel room to make the decisions for our upcoming packs. This is so exciting. And this year, because we have a blog, we'll try and post some pictures to get you excited!

January 2009 - The Cottage Collection

Happy New Year! Now the craze of the holidays are behind us, the weather is cold and nippy so we can all sit down with our stash of goodies and start scrapping those Christmas celebration photos.

Pack #1 - The Cottage Collection. 6 designs and double sided patterned paper by Scrap Within Reach. Another tin from Maya Road full of chipboard shapes to color, design, decorate and add to your pages for that extra details. To add some sparkle, this pack includes Royal Jewels in blue from Imaginisce and a self-adhesive bling swirl from Prima. To top it all off, you'll get several flower shapes in frosted acetate (like milk carton material) and rub-on swirls with self-adhesive pearls. Lots of fun for embellishing.

January 2009 - The Elliott Collection

Start the New Year off with this loaded pack of goodies. 6 designs of patterned paper by a new company we found called Scrap Within Reach. All papers are double sided with lots of color and detail.

Add something special with 2 full tins of cream and brown sheers from Maya Road. These embellishment pieces are made from acetate (like milk carton material) and have details such as to do lists, calendars, wish lists, notes, journaling, etc. There are so many pieces in these tins that you could fill pages and have some leftover for special cards.

But that's not it. Also included are 2 packages of details flowers from Imaginisce. These are beautiful with some swirls in browns.

December - Playtimes Past Pack

I wish you could see this paper in person because I just can't get the images to do it justice on this blog. Go to this link to see them better because you're going to be impressed!http://http://www.g45papers.com/product-pp.php

We all can remember the days of playing with Tinkertoys and this set of patterned papers share those memories - trains, checkers, balls, dominoes, nursery rhymes, blocks and toy soldiers are on the other sheets.

To all some dimension to your pages, we've included a fancy felt border from Prima in a beautiful chocolate brown color, some large page pebbles with more images of our past childhood, and a set of flowers from Prima with delicate designs printed right on the petals.

Let your imagination soar. These papers are perfect for your little ones now or for those nostalgic photos from your own childhood or even your parent's generation.

December - Christmas Pack

A beautiful blend of Christmas papers. Many have embossed (raised) images and texture. Matching perfectly is a Christmas title with raised lettering (epoxy), and a whole set of tags with quotes and sayings. The sheet of stickers is 3-dimensional with added glitter effects. Also included is an alphabet set made from frosted acetate. What a great set for all those cherished memories.