Gael's Picks of New Products!

Hi, its Gael here today and I’d like to share with you some of the new products recently released at CHA.  These are just the ones that took my eye and which I’m really looking forward to seeing in the stores.

I have a love for vintage/heritage collections and I’m so thrilled to see so many companies have new ranges coming out.  I’m just not sure how I can pick my favourites but I’m sure I’ll be seeking out the following collections.

Webster’s Pages – Postcards from Paris II

Prima – Vintage Vanity & Everyday Vintage

 

I’ve also just started getting into the Project Life style of scrapbooking and luckily for me they have also brought out a Heritage kit, so I’ve got this one on order already!!

Project Life – Heritage kit

Some other goodies which I would love to try out include the Color Wash from Pink Paisley and the Color Magic from Heidi Swapp. 

Pink Paisley – Color Wash

Heidi Swapp – Color Magic

 

There are so many fun new products coming out that I found it really hard to decide on a few favourites so I’m really looking forward to seeing what products other people are looking forward to trying.  


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Cathy Dippolito
Dolores Schaeffer
Cindy deRosier
Lesley Walker
Gael Spence
Sarah Routledge
Sharon Fritchman
Tanya Ham
Sheila Burns
Pam Callaghan

Pam's Picks of New Products

Howdy all, it's Pam here and I am sharing my picks of new products from the summer CHA show. In case you haven't seen it, here is a excellent listing of all of the products released in July: http://www.scrappyjedi.com/p/cha-summer-2013-sneak-peeks.html . All week you will see some of the contributors' picks for new products! It will be so cool to see what everyone likes. Btw- I know this post seems late after the CHA show, but this is when the time when the products start hitting the shelves, so it seems like a great time. The contributors or I are not getting any compensation for their picks, they are just posting stuff they like :)

So, let me get started!!

1. This summer there was so much to chose from, which poses a problem when it comes to picking stuff. My first pick is a collection called Memorabilia by Theresa Collins. The colors are right up my alley along with the blackboard accents. The paper really spoke to my style and I want just about all of them. Here are a few highlights of my favorite!

2.  My next pick is a bright and festive collection from Pink Paislee called Hey Kid. When I first saw the sneak, I KNEW this was going to be something i wanted!  Bright colors such as yellow, teal, pink, red, orange and so much more!! I love all of the circular acccents, die cut papers and various patterned papers. Here is just a few of the ones I like ;)

3. The next one I just love is by My Minds Eye called Cut & Paste. This has mini collections to it and there are certain color combos that I adore. I tend to go towards the more masculine color line (even with a little pink) and even if it has floral in it! I also love their brads. I am posting a few different papers and brads that I love from this collection!

4. Lastly, as you might know, I am addicted to sticker sheets right now. These sticker sheets from Simple Stories are a must get for me! Check out it.

Are you surprised by my picks? What are your picks? Stay tuned this week for more contributor picks.

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Cathy Dippolito
Dolores Schaeffer
Cindy deRosier
Lesley Walker
Gael Spence
Sarah Routledge
Sharon Fritchman
Tanya Ham
Sheila Burns
Pam Callaghan
 

New Blocked Template to share!

Hi!  Dolores here today to share a fun blocked template with you.  This one is versatile and can handle several pictures if you have a theme you want to cover.  Here is my sketch.

I have made a couple of layouts using this template and just changed elements around when I wanted a different look.  Here is my layout that pretty much follows the sketch above.

I am so fortunate to have enough space in my yard for a nice flower garden so I decided to put some of my favorites in this blocked layout.  I've got six photos here and a few flower elements added to make my title more interesting.   Below is another example of this template, this time I went another direction, I have a theme but it wasn't about the pictures.

Here my page was a love theme, so I used all kinds of hearts to fill my blocks and only had one picture that I put in a heart mask.  As you can see there are all kinds of possibilities.  

If you would like the template you can download it from the link below.  The file contains PSD, TIF and PNG files.  Hope you enjoy it!

MediaFire:  ds-template-27.zip

Challenging Myself With New Color Palettes

Hey, Pam posting today. So, my first question is..... what are you working on right now? Are you challenging yourself in a different way? Are you trying new scrap products or techniques. Please send me your fun pages at scrappingpam73@yahoo.com . I love your reader's pages!!!

So, what I am working on? I have been challenging myself a bit!! We went to Archivers a little while back and I bought colors, products, and lines I would NOT normally buy. Why? Because I always buy the same things, which I think is a good thing. But sometimes we need to step out of our COLOR comfort zone as well. That was hard. Now keep in mine, or browse my gallery here, to see what colors I normally chose. Super bright, fun, festive, etc. I almost never get greys, peaches, salmon, very light and very very light teal.

I had a small budget, so I picked up some Studio Calico Atlantic and Teresa Collins Memories & He Said She Said (NOT the whole collections, just a few things). I feel in love with those papers immediately. I would not normally purchase them, but the more I looked at them, I wanted to use em. So here are my two pages using those color palettes and designs. I put my normal spin on my pages, but I love how it turned out!! first one is Teresa Collins Memories and the second is Studio Calico Atlantic.

Hope you are inspired to try this!!

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Cathy Dippolito
Dolores Schaeffer
Cindy deRosier
Marlene Murphy
Lesley Walker
Gael Spence
Sarah Routledge
Sharon Fritchman
Tanya Ham
Sheila Burns
Pam Callaghan
 

An idea for storing ribbon~

Hi there---Sheila here today to show you an idea for storing ribbon.  I have WAAAAAYYY too much ribbon in my life.  It was usually in a jumbled mess and I would just forget I had it.

Meanwhile, about ten years ago, I was fortunate enough to stumble on a sewing kit in a thrift store.  It was quite old, so none of the thread was good.  I unwound it all and revealed gorgeous old wooden spools.  Now mind you, this was before Pinterest, so those spools, though I loved them, stayed in a box for years! 

One day, my unused spool collection and jumbled ribbon collection came together in a fabulous way---

 All I did was thread a small length of twine through a wooden spool.  You wind your ribbon around the spool, and tie the thread in a knot over the ribbon's end.  It keeps the ribbon down.

Here is how it looks from the side:

Now, you may be thinking to yourself, that's all well and good, but I don't have a spool collection.  If not, a straw works just as well.  Just cut it to length, and thread the twine through it, like I did below.

It is still super easy to pull the ribbon you need out from under the twine.

Here is the basket I keep out in my craft room. Some ribbon is wound around spools, some straws, and some clothespins.  I think it looks so pretty!

Thank for stopping by today to see how I store my ribbon!  I'd love to see how you store yours!

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Cathy Dippolito
Dolores Schaeffer
Cindy deRosier
Marlene Murphy
Lesley Walker
Gael Spence
Sarah Routledge
Sharon Fritchman
Tanya Ham
Sheila Burns
Pam Callaghan

Reader's Page :)

Happy Friday all! Pam here sharing a reader's page I received in my inbox a few days ago. It was neat because it was using a template that made that I haven't looked at in a while! This is one of my favorite templates I have made and you can download it for free here: Circles/Rays Template. Now onto the cool page I received! It was created by Arielle H. Gordon. Arielle used to many cool images on her page as you can see below. It all fits together for that perfect page!

 This is what Arielle had to say about her page, "This is a digital layout using Pam's awesome template! I've been dying to try a circular, segmented layout & found her template through a Google search. It was perfect for my theme! The idea for the layout came from the Simple Scrapper - July Story Starters #6 (premium membership), about my idols/role models as a teen. I knew I would need a lot of spaces for pics (which I snagged from online sources), so I modified the template. I wanted it to look sort of "journal~ish", so I did a lot of drawing and writing on the layout/photos using my Bamboo tablet. I am so excited about this page, I feel it conveys my teen years in a very true sense, and having the right template really made it pop!"
Template: by Pam Callaghan
Kit: Project:Live, Laugh, Love by Mommyish and Pink Reptile Design

Please visit Arielle on her blog here: http://snappystamper.blogspot.com/ for more great ideas and projects!!

Thanks for sharing your page Arielle!!

VISIT THE CONTRIBUTOR'S BLOGS/GALLERIES
Cathy Dippolito
Dolores Schaeffer
Cindy deRosier
Marlene Murphy
Lesley Walker
Gael Spence
Sarah Routledge
Sharon Fritchman
Tanya Ham
Sheila Burns
Pam Callaghan
 

A Diamond Template to share!

Hi, Dolores here today to share a template and sketch with you.  I participated recently in a challenge where we were asked to take our inspiration from an advertisement that contained several geometric shapes.  After thinking about the ad and its flow of shapes I decided to create a layout with diamond shapes.  Here is my sketch.

I created a layout for the challenge using a beautiful kit by Stolen Moments and Forever Joy called Petticoat Rose.  Here is my page.

I love these pretty muted colors and how they blended together on the page.  If you would like the template you can download it from the link below.  The download file contains  PSD, TIF and PNG files.  Hope you enjoy it!

MediaFire:  ds-template-31.zip