Distress Ink Video

I'm posting this video of Tim Holtz demonstrating his new Distress Stains at CHA. The video is from Scrap Time.

Scrap Time - Ep. 600 - Tim Holtz shows Ranger Distress Stains and a Contest from Mark Giles on Vimeo.

Imaginisce Reviews and a Winner!

I've got a RAK with a few goodies I picked up at CHA for Jukebox! Thanks for your comment! Please send us your addy and I'll get your RAK in the mail. I've got a Perfect Crafting Pouch by ScraPerfect, a brand new Stickles color from Ranger, brand new GCD Studios, and a few non-CHA handmade tickets made by Susie Bentz.



And, Craft Critique has a great review of Imaginisce's new cordless glue gun, the i-bond. We saw these at CHA and were impressed, although my friend Karen wishes they'd make them in any other color than pink. It uses four AAA batteries. The tool is more portable - no searching for an outlet!

CHA Favorites

Well CHA came and went -- all too short. And tiring. The booths were fabulous. There was lots to see and lots of things I'm looking foward to seeing in my local scrapbook store.

After I got back I realized that I didn't really take photos of the booths, but seemed to have filled my iPhone up with samples. You'll have to forgive the quality of the photos - there's only so much I could do with the phone. Here's a few of my favorites:

The Idea-ology Booth - this was all inspiration! I also saw quite a few demos by Tim of his new products - Distess Stains, glassine paper, stamps, etc. You can see quite a few of them used in one of his Configuration boxes:


And these tags-

The Girls' Paperie had some of the best paper for spring. And this wonderful wreath:


Petaloo has really increased their offerings. More elaborate and detailed flowers, vines and branches. I really loved this new paper banner, which was used in the layout below.



And flowers were everywhere, including lots of ways to make them yourself. Cosmo Cricket has their new Glubers, large thin glue circles to which to adhere your fabric, trim or paper. Hero Arts made flowers several ways with stamps, fabric and felt. And so much more - but that's another post.


Above - from the Cosmo Cricket booth. All the flowers on the layout and below were made with their Glubers.

CHA Bound

Yes - we've been awfully silent lately. Please be patient as we make a few adjustments to our blog.

But today we're CHA-bound.

I don't know about you, but I've been watching the sneak peeks come out over the past few weeks. And there's definitely a lot to be excited about. Personally, I'm chomping at the bit to see Tim Holtz's new products in person. You can view Tim's blog with all his new products here. My favorite? His new reflection stamp, the tissue tape dispenser and Distress Stains.

Craft Critique has a long list of CHA sneak peeks.

What product has caught your eye? What are you not-so-patiently waiting for? Leave a comment here and we'll pick a lucky winner for a RAK.