CHA Summer 2013 in Vegas: Recap

 

I was lucky to attend this year's summer CHA show in Vegas this past week! I had really wanted to update each night but our Wi-Fi in the condo we were staying wasn't working. I tagged along with my friend/scrap cohort, Malika, who designs for Chic Tags!  We both helped Veronica out in her booth showing off the wonderful products! 

 

Malika and Veronica ready for the first day of show!

I had every intention of just hanging back during the show and walking the floor without Mal, but Veronica asked me to help in the booth and I was more than happy to be there!  I have been a big fan of Chic Tags for a long time and LOVE the new releases!  It was great to hang out with Veronica and get to know her!  Chic Tags has 3 new fun collections in which Veronica has added 12x12 paper, stamps, stickers, and rub-ons!  Love them all!!    I had a great time helping with make and takes and talking to new people, as well as meeting up with old friends! 

 

Suz and Malika

Carol and Sherri

 

me with Julie

me and Rita: a fellow DT member of Clear Scraps!
 

 

 

 I was able to get out on the floor and visit some of my favorite companies, as well! 

Dear Lizzy has a great collection coming out! Polka Dot Party has beautiful colors and great embellishments! 

 

 

Loving Studio Calico's Magical line...especially the sequins cards

 

 

Pebbles has three new lines: 

From Me To You

 

 

Front Porch

 

 

LOVE this new date/word stamp from Pebbles as well!  This is a must have on my list! 

 

 

Their Halloween collection, Thirty One,  is very cute too.  I really liked the garland here!

 

We ran into the crew from October Afternoon! Can't wait for their new releases! I love working with their products!

 

 

Lori Whitlock stopped by the Chic Tags booth! Here she is with Malika and Veronica.  Always love Lori's lines with Echo Park!

 

I totally adore Dyan Reavely!  She is such a sweetheart!  I'm looking forward to her new stencils! 

 

Mama Tan stopped by the booth too! Such a nice person! She even brought me and Mal extra cookies! :)

 

I got to visit with Teresa Collins on the last day!  She is my all time favorite designer and I am in love with all four of her collections!   I also got to visit with Cheri Piles who is on the DT team (love her work) and Sesil Cratin showed up too!  Yay! 

 

 

Here is Masquarade...Teresa's Halloween line! So fun and I'm super excited that she created another Halloween line!! 

 

Love the colors of Family Stories!  This line is so great and I can't wait to get my hands on it!

 

Another beautiful Christmas line!  Here is Santa's List! 

 

And the fourth line:  Memorabilia.  Love the sequins packs in this line!

 

 

 

I also loved Pink Paislee's Hey Kid collection...it looks like a  lot of fun and would be great for photos of my children.  I think even my 10 yr old would love to scrap with it!

 

 

 

I didn't get around to take photos of all of the collections I liked so here are the additions:

1.  Amy Tangerine's Cut and Paste

2.  Basic Grey's Persimmon

3.  My Mind's Eye's Cut and Paste, Happy Haunting

4. Simple Stories' Smarty Pants

5. Crate Paper's Bundled Up

6. Glitz Designs' Hello December, Raven

7. Maggie Holmes' Flea Market

8. Carta Bella's Happy Haunting, Hello Again

 

 

So I've decided I will be broke once all of these lines start rolling into The Scrapbooking Studio! :)  However I feel blessed to be a part of such a great industry! I love going to the show and being around others that love to create!  

Tell me what your favorites are this summer...what are you looking forward to creating with?

 

Practical Scrappers Use Your Stash Challenge

Who out there admits they hoard paper? I know I am guilty of it.  Why I hang on to it, I don't know!  I guess because there is so much paper out there and not enough time to use it?

Today's challenge on Practical Scrappers is to use product that is more than a year old. So, I pulled out My Mind's Eye's Miss Caroline collection. I remember purchasing it with certain photos in mind. That was probably two summers ago.

 

So, here is my layout!

 

 

I love the decorative brads that coordinate with the line. Here I used the star circle, as well as bakers twine (which also comes with the collection).

 

 

Using more of the brads along with some ink splatters with Mr. Huey and Dylusion spray inks.

 

I used a wooden veneer arrow from Studio Calico, as well as a cute corkboard tag from my July Studio Calico kit.

 

Loving these photo slides from Crate Paper!  I added some chevron vellum from Studio Calico underneath and embellished with a couple brads, sequins, and a wooden veneer letter.

 

Thanks for stopping by and reading!  I hope this encourages you to use some of your older paper on your next project!  I have been trying to do more of that...especially with CHA Summer coming next week!!

 

 

Sketch N Scrap #36 Reveal

Hello and happy July 1st! (and to my Canadian friends, Happy Canada Day!)

Today I'm excited to share my first layout with the Sketch N Scrap Design Team!

 

Here is Sketch #36 designed by the very talented co-owner, Lisa Hidy!

 

 

And here is my layout! I used Echo Park's About A Boy collection. 

 

 

 

I created my title with the Silhouette and letter stickers from Bella Blvd! I misted the "happy" with Caribbean Blue from Tattered Angels. 

 

My journaling was done on my typewriter. I added some ink spots with sprays from Dylusions and Tattered Angels.

 

Be sure to check out the Sketch and Scrap blog for more ideas with this awesome sketch! Also join in the sketch challenge and upload your layout to be entered to win a prize from Paper Secrets, this month's sponsor!

 

Thanks for stopping by! -Jen

 

 

Authentique's Pride Layout + card

Hello..I'm back to share two more projects I created for The Scrapbooking Studio with Authentique's Pride collection.

 

First up is a one-page layout I created using a fun chevron file from my Cameo Silhouette.  I actually had first cut it out on another sheet and then decided I didn't like it. So I used it as a mask to do some misting on my page! 

 

 

Love these corrugated people from Jillibean Soup!

 

 

My title is from the Silhouette as well as letter stickers from Jillibean Soup.

 

Another fun cut file from the Silhouette. I also added some washi tape from My Mind's Eye, as well as a mistable arrow from Pink Paislee, metal stars from Basic Grey, and flair from Amy Tangerine's Yes Please line.

 

Another cute cut file from my Silhouette!

 

Next up is the card I created. I started with strips of patterned paper that I stitched onto my card.

 

 

I layered a misted Pink Paislee star with Dylusions in Postbox Red. Then I added bakers twine from Whisker Graphics and ribbon from Snug Hug. I finished it by adding a cute navy blue button.

 

Underneath, I used a fun doily I received from Gina's Lasercut Designs which I misted with Dylusions. I also cut a smaller doily on my Silhouette. 

 

I took pieces of the chevrons left over from another project and layered a cardstock sticker over the top

 

 

Hope this inspires you to do some holiday crafting for yourself! Thanks for reading!