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Introducing the HAPPY Album by Creative Memories

July 19, 2018 No Comments

Hello everyone, Noreen Smith here today on the Creative Scrapbooker Magazine blog. Are you a fan of Travelers Notebooks, Bullet Journals, or other types of interactive journals? Then Creative Memories’ new Happy Album might be just right for you! It’s the perfect way to share your happy with a fun new size, super Fast2Fab pre-designed pages and lots of cute papers & embellishments! The Happy Album is a new size and format for Creative Memories and is great for people who might want a smaller, portable scrapbook they can take with them. Besides being portable, it doesn’t take up a lot of storage space and all the supplies can be kept right in the zippered case! It’s also perfect for people who are new to scrapbooking, as all the necessary supplies come in the starter bundle, and ideas and inspiration for pages can be found right on the CM website.…

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Create a Card Featuring Art-C

July 13, 2018 No Comments

Hello everyone, Tracy McLennon on the Creative Scrapbooker Magazine blog today sharing with you a card I created using a variety of different products from the wonderful company Art-C.The card base is cream cardstock and cut to a 4.25×5.5 card front. Cut the 2 shades of kraft cardstock to 4.5.25 and 3.75×5, both of these were found in the Collage Kit. Using the honeycomb cling stamps from the Stamp and Adhesive Stencils and using brown ink, add some stamped detail to the darker kraft cardstock layer. Adhere these layers together using the E-Z Runner Ultra. Add the kraft photo corners from the collage kit. Using Ivory Burlap String, create a large layered circle and adhere to the middle of the card using Adhesive Dots. Add the large tag with a Natural Burlap String bow to the card over the twine circle using Crafty Foam Tape. Using the super strong E-Z…

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Monthly NEW product Releases over at Technique Tuesday

October 9, 2017 No Comments

If you love stamping, love stamps, and LOVE getting a new stamp in the mail each month – you need to get hooked up with Technique Tuesday! They will completely inspire you with their beautiful creations and monthly releases! Technique Tuesday releases new product every month! On the first of each month they reveal 10-20 new products. You can join a club to be added to their regular shipping list and recieve their latest and greatest stamps. There are 4 different monthly release clubs. Customers can purchase from these programs at retail price or join an auto-ship program that will give them discounted pricing and member benefits. The Clubs Memory Keepers Studio – clear stamps created with scrapbookers in mind. Fresh Cut Studio – steel dies under $10 that complement the Memory Keepers stamp set theme for the month. The Greenhouse Society – Floral and nature inspired stamps and coordinating…

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Thank you Edmonton and Calgary

September 27, 2017 2 Comments

It has been 4 days since another season of The Great Canadian Scrapbook Carnivals have come to an end AND I am still overwhelmed by how absolutely amazing the events turned out – THANKS TO ALL OF YOU! This year Edmonton and Calgary raised over 3000.00$ for The Christy Riopel Art Scholarship – THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!! This is so incredible – I seriously am overwhelmed by the out pouring of support from all of you! THANK YOU THANK YOU ! Christy’s husband, Mike Riopel, sent us a personal note of gratitude to extend to all of you that participated. He was also overwhelmed with all your generosity. The scholarship is intended to be given out to children who wish to pursue their love of art and who need it the most. Christy was a huge part of the Boys and Girls Club of Calgary and therefore it is through…

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Are You Ready Calgary? It’s Carnival Time

September 20, 2017 No Comments

Two more sleeps until The Great Canadian Scrapbook Carnivals in Calgary, Alberta! YEEEHAWWW!!! We are so excited to see all our amazing Calgary scrapbookers. The event is being held at Spruce Meadows. Be sure to CLICK HERE for all the details. Wondering what goes on at one of our carnivals – a whole lot of shenanigans!!!! This year the theme for our carnival is Canada 150. The Edmonton croppers last weekend had a hoot dressing up in all kinds of Canadian themed apparel. This wonderful group of women always amaze us with the costumes they come up with each and every year. This year – they once again did not disappoint – their costumes paid tribute to 150 years of Canadian fashion. So incredibly awesome!!! Check out the layouts a few of them scrapbooked with the photos from our photo booth celebrating their amazing energy, fun and Canada’s birthday. We…

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Learn Watercolour Lettering

September 5, 2017 No Comments

We are so lucky to once again have the very talented and world famous hand lettering guru – Kelly Klapstein – teaching watercolour lettering at the Great Canadian Scrapbook Carnvial in Edmonton in just a few short days. Kelly is an instagram sensation, with just over 539K followers she is one of the most followed celebrities in the hand lettering world!!! WOWZERS!!!!! The reason for Kelly’s success is undoubtedly her classically stunning hand lettering, her easy to follow tips and techniques, her beautiful yet simple videos AND her persistency that anyone can hand letter. Not to sure about that Kelly – giggle giggle. I am currently enrolled in one of Kelly’s beginner hand lettering courses on facebook so I will keep you all posted 🙂 Be sure to check out Kelly on her website – Kelly Creates – there are a ton of resources on there to get you started,…

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Take a Nicole Wright Class

September 4, 2017 1 Comment

Creative Scrapbooker Magazine is super excited to once again have the lovely Nicole Wright teaching at the Great Canadian Scrapbook Carnival in Calgary. Nicole brings a wealth of knowledge to her classes that always have a classic grungy feel to them. To get a better feel of the beautiful work Nicole does – check out her blog – Nicole Wright Designs. The first class Nicole will be teaching in Calgary is a Mixed Media Double Page Layout This class is for scrapbookers looking for a double page layout to add a unique look to your albums. Nicole used Mixed Media elements to create this double page layout by layering paper, tags, stamping, gesso, distress crayons and stenciling. Bring your photos: 4×6 (2) and wallet sized printed on card stock so you can ink that too. Get a head start on your scrappy pages with mixed media influences.econd class is an…

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Creating Christmas Cards

September 3, 2017 2 Comments

Are you already thinking about Christmas cards? I sure am! In fact, I already have all the supplies ready to go to create the Creative Scrapbook Magazine handmade cards to mail to all our advertisers, store owners and team members! Each and every year at The Great Canadian Scrapbook Carnivals – my mom and dad – create our Christmas cards for us! I am so lucky. This year is no exception. When you attend our events, you will see them both scrapbooking away in the crop area creating hundreds of Christmas cards. YES I am very spoiled 🙂 Cathie Allan This year the beautiful and extremely talented Cathie Allan will once again be teaching at both our events in Calgary and Edmonton. Her classes are PACKED with years of stamping and inking knowledge. Everything she creates starts with white cardstock. YEP – plain old white cardstock. She teaches you to…

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Meet Susan Weckesser

September 2, 2017 No Comments

We are super proud of Canada’s very own Susan Weckesser. Through out the years Susan has grown to create a wide variety of products featuring her gorgeous whimsical art through the partnerships she has formed with a variety of diffferent companies. Stamps You will find the Susan K Weckesser logo on a variety of different stamps in partnership with Unity Stamp Co. Susan has added her fun loving creations to a collection of rubber stamps that include everything from washi tape , to shapes to Christmas themed images and more. All Susan’s stamps have fun loving home spun feel to them and are perfect from everything to card making, art journaling and scrapbooking. Here is just a little idea of some of her designs. Patterned Paper Susan Weckesser patterned paper is simply timeless. This collection has been around for a while as the designs are classic. With a Kraft foundation…

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Thank you Viva Decor

August 29, 2017 1 Comment

The carnivals are coming and we want to thank our super fantastic sponsors for making these events A HUGE SUCCESS! A big thank you goes out to Viva Decor – who is once again sponsoring the carnivals in both Calgary and Edmonton.The registered croppers at each event receive a swag bag that is out of this world! You will find a little something something in there from the good people over at Viva Decor! The Theme Through the years we have had all kinds of different themes for the shows. We have been witches, super heroes, highlanders and MORE! Two years ago our themed was THE 80’s! Check out this layout designed by Genny Verbuggen. Let me tell you WE all had a ton of fun reliving the 80’s! This year the theme is Canada 150. Bring on your Canadian gear – we will be celebrating this amazing country that…