Westcott is the company with the “World’s Favourite Scissors” and their booth at CHA was filled with them! We all need a pair of animal print scissors, don’t we?!? For crafters, Westcott offers both pink and purple Titanium non-stick scissors, craft knives, cutting mats and paper trimmers. At the booth, they were demonstrating crafts using these fantastic large-handled precision tip scissors: These are perfect for fussy cutting! …
One of the most colourful booths at CHA was Bazzill Basics Paper, with their incredible rainbow of card stock on display! The theme of the booth was 1950’s, with a red convertible car right on the tradeshow floor and a real jukebox standing nearby. FUN! There were 3 newly released patterned paper collections on display as well. “Vintage Lace” is a pretty pink and green floral palette reminiscent of a country garden. “Worldwide” is perfect for scrapping travel and trips, while “The Adventures Of” is a fun bright collection of retro primary colours with boyish charm. There were wonderful layouts on display. Bazzill Basics Paper is more than just card stock! Click HERE to visit their website and find their full range of products. Click HERE to visit Kelly Klapstein’s blog “Kelly Creates.”
Perhaps the booth with the most “buzz” at CHA was the Brother™ ScanNCut. Being the newest electronic cutting machine in the industry has earned the Brother ScanNCut a spot in the Hot Top 20 followed by a first place award! The ScanNCut is a revolutionary new home and hobby cutting machine with the convenience of a 300 DPI built-in scanner and can be used with or without a computer. The creative possibilities for crafters are endless! You can cut a variety of material, from fabric to plastic and of course paper. Quilters also love this machine! You can cut very intricate designs easily. There were lots of great demo’s happening throughout the show. For those of you who enjoy using original drawings and art or lettering, you can scan and cut your own personal designs: You can also scan and cut stamped images. A fun application is to cut…
Last summer, I first attended CHA in Las Vegas and was astonished by the Sizzix booth….the displays, the projects…so much eye candy! This winter tradeshow was the same experience with Sizzix showcasing an incredible and vast assortment of products and crafts. The really cool thing about the Sizzix displays are how artfully the products (dies) are staged with craft projects and overall decor. The new Tim Holtz Alterations dies are wonderful to behold, with a combination of die cutting and embossing paper crafts… There are also an assortment of new border dies and project samples that feature them… …along with the new Bigz dies. That is only the Tim Holtz line! There are wonderful other collections by their other designers. “Susan’s Garden” is an entire line of dies designed to recreate perfect and realistic 3D flowers. I had a nice…
All the way from South Africa, FabScraps always delivers a gorgeous shabby chic display at CHA. This show was no exception. Wow. Their paper crafted dresses on mannequins are simply amazing and showcase their new collections. Just look at the incredible details… Up close… The metal embellishments and zipper edges you see on this particular dress above are from their new line of products, aptly titled “Addictive Scrapping Goodies” Four new collections were debuted at the show, and each set of papers has matching chipboard die cuts. Here is Retro Twist, with a vibrant purple colour palette and fun geometric patterns… Then there is Beachcomber, a nautical theme… Country Living has beautiful feminine floral patterns, along with vintage images of table settings… The French Heritage collection includes some lovely peacock colours and graphics… And of course, there…
For today’s CHA tour, we are visiting a booth filled with so many wonderful stamps and dies: Impression Obsession. Let me tell you, the name of this company fits….because after looking at all these gorgeous dies and stamps, I was obsessed! I want them all!!!! The rubber stamps have such beautiful detail. There are also many wonderful clear stamp sets. I was astounded by all the amazing cards on display. The newly released Valentines stamps and dies are on my shopping list! When you see all the stunning cards made with these products, then you want to use them all! The cupids are a hot seller! And don’t you just LOVE this heart flourish die? Here is a really fun display of a chalkboard stamping technique: Wow. Decisions, decisions….time to go to their website and make…
Hello everyone! It’s Kelly here and I’m so excited to share the wonderful experience the Canadian Scrapbooker team had at last weekend’s Craft and Hobby Association (CHA) tradeshow in Anaheim, California. Let me tell you, so many companies have new products and collections that will make you a very happy crafter! I will be blogging here daily for the next week to give you an inside look at the booths and projects that impressed our team. Today, we will peek inside the Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L booth. Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L has re-designed their packaging and also updated their website. Click HERE to visit their website where you will also find a link to their fantastic blog that has tons of inspiring projects and tutorials. Not only do they have awesome adhesive, they now offer crafters 3D Foam Designer Shapes. Five new shapes were debuted at the tradeshow: …
It is DAY#10 of a Taste of CHA featuring Susan K. Weckesser, myStamp BOX and My Little Shoebox How it works 1. This contest is all about giving our sponsors some LOVE! NO sponsors NO prizes! 2. During the next 10 days (Feb 10-20) you need to visit 21 of the HOTTEST scrapbooking manufacturers on facebook LIKE their pages and say CS SENT ME. Joining their communities will keep you informed of all things good in the scrapbooking industry! What will you win – A TASTE OF CHA sample pack worth 400.00$ of the latest product released by each of the 21 sponsors this past Jan at CHA!!!!!!!!!! WOWZERS! Lets get started! #1 – Susan K. Weckesser Visit Susan K. Weckesser on facebook – CLICK HERE – say hello from us. This amazing collection of patterned paper, stamps, adhesive and pens from Susan K. Weckesser will be included in your prize package! *Please…
It is DAY#9 of a Taste of CHA featuring May Arts Ribbon and Bo Bunny How it works 1. This contest is all about giving our sponsors some LOVE! NO sponsors NO prizes! 2. During the next 10 days (Feb 10-20) you need to visit 21 of the HOTTEST scrapbooking manufacturers on facebook LIKE their pages and say CS SENT ME. Joining their communities will keep you informed of all things good in the scrapbooking industry! What will you win – A TASTE OF CHA sample pack worth 400.00$ of the latest product released by each of the 21 sponsors this past Jan at CHA!!!!!!!!!! WOWZERS! Lets get started! #1 – May Arts Ribbon Visit May Arts Ribbon on facebook – CLICK HERE – say hello from us. These THREE elegant spools of ribbon from May Arts Ribbon will be included in your prize package! *Please do not continually post the same…
It is DAY#8 of a Taste of CHA featuring graphic 45 and Stampendous How it works 1. This contest is all about giving our sponsors some LOVE! NO sponsors NO prizes! 2. During the next 10 days (Feb 10-20) you need to visit 21 of the HOTTEST scrapbooking manufacturers on facebook LIKE their pages and say CS SENT ME. Joining their communities will keep you informed of all things good in the scrapbooking industry! What will you win – A TASTE OF CHA sample pack worth 400.00$ of the latest product released by each of the 21 sponsors this past Jan at CHA!!!!!!!!!! WOWZERS! Lets get started! #1 – graphic 45 Visit graphic 45 on facebook – CLICK HERE – say hello from us. This heartwarming collection of patterned paper, die cuts, alphabet and chipboard from graphic 45 will be included in your prize package! *Please do not continually post the same comment…
