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Part 1: Winter CHA 2012 Top Ten List

It is so hard to believe that less than one short month ago we were once again making our way around the show floor in Anaheim for the CHA Winter 2012 trade show. We love attending this show in California each year for a number of reasons including the fact that our husbands make the trip out to California with us and even though this was not the case this year, it is great to get out of the cold Ohio winter, if only for a few days. Add those two reasons to all of the fantastic new products we get to examine and enjoy, you have the perfect recipe of a quick 4 day trip to warm and sunny California!

So without further adieu . . . we know the anticipation has been unbearable . . . here is our CHA WINTER 2012 TOP TEN LIST. Remember - these are in no particular preference order and while we’d love to bring you every single new product introduced at this year’s show, our Top Ten list is just a sampling of some of the products you may see in future ScrapScription kits.

1. Basic Grey – PB&J and Soar

We missed seeing the Basic Grey new product lines at last summer’s CHA show in Chicago and were over the top excited with what they came out with at this show. While we loved all that they released this January, we really really loved the new PB&J and Soar lines!

2. Bella Blvd. – flags, alphas, and buttons

Once again Bella Blvd did not disappoint but at this show it wasn’t just the four new paper lines that they came out with including a pregnancy line, but we could see the endless possibilities in their new embellishment and sticker lines. You will definitely be seeing these in future ScrapScription kits!

3. Crate Paper – Storyteller

From the colorful primary color palette used throughout this line to the play on words found on the chipboard pieces, the new Storyteller line from Crate Paper was a perfect choice for a future ScrapScription mini album kit!

4. Jillibean Soup – Coconut Lime Soup and new epoxy buttons

What would a top ten list from CHA be without a Jillibean Soup product? Well fortunately you won’t have to find out any time soon because the Coconut Lime Soup line from Jillibean Soup blew us away! From the colors found in Coconut Lime to the delightful graphics on the patterned papers to the new coordinating epoxy buttons are perfect ways to celebrate summertime fun!

5. My Mind’s Eye – Miss Caroline

One of the items on our shopping list this show was to find papers and embellishments to use in a mother/sister themed mini album. Wow, did the Miss Caroline line from My Mind’s Eye fit that bill to a “T”. The red, pinks, and yellows in this line are absolutely perfect to help us celebrate Mother’s Day!

So there you have it! The first 5 from our TOP TEN FAVORITES! Leave us a comment below and let us know which item you like the best and why. On February 29th we'll pull one winner from all the comments left to win a cool CHA Winter 2012 prize pack! Whoo hoo!!!!

Be on the lookout for Part 2 of our Top Ten list coming March 1st!

HUGS & KISSES KIT RELEASES

It's time to show your love for that special someone in your life with ScrapScription's February ScrapScriber release called HUGS & KISSES.    

 

   

HUGS & KISSES - 5½" X 8½" KRAFT FILE FOLDER ALBUM - We turned to one of our local favorites - Jillibean Soup - and their newest release called Hearty Barley Soup. We loved the very subtle "love" theme of this line and even more we loved that it was printed on Jillibean's signature "Kraft" paper! The warmth of the Kraft backgrounds combined with the traditional reds, pinks, and whites just make such a statement. The colors seem to just pop that much more in this album. So sticking with Jillibean, we also decided to build this album off of their fun trio of Kraft small file folders. You are going to love the size of this album and the way you can easily expand it to include more pages on your own.   But you know with ScrapScription there is always a little extra "somethin' somethin'" in our kits and so we are loading up on some fun embellishments to go along with the patterned papers and die cut sheet. Starting with the 12x12 sheet of corrugated red alphabet set - tons of possibilities to personalize or change the title of your album - you are going to love this classic font! Then there are the cute red and pink felt flowers already sewn together with a button on the front! How sweet!!! The front cover is adorned with a cool acrylic heart shape and inside you are going to find some of those fun Doodlebug Designs' greeting cards in red and brown that add some fun interaction to your album. So don't wait to tell everyone about those you love - order your kit today!

Cost: $39

BUY YOUR HUGS & KISSES KIT NOW!

12 Weeks of Organizing: Week 4 - Punches

One of the crafting items we scrappers love the most happens to take up the most space—punches. Even though they take up space I know that I will probably never stop collecting them. So organizing punches is always in the forefront of my mind.

I have my punches stored in two separate places.  The majority of the punches are stored in a drawer in my scrappy desk.  This provides easy access while I'm scrapping without having to get up and retrieve them.  The punches I use most frequently are stored in my tool tote on my desk top.  I like to keep them in my tool tote so they travel with me to crops.  I only have limited space in my tote, so they are my most favorite ones.

There are so many other ways to organize your punches—over the door shoe organizer, hanging them on curtain rods is a very attractive way to display and store your punches, or you could hang individual punches on drawer pulls. You could attach guttering from a home improvement store to a storage unit or wall for another creative solution. If you are lucky enough to have built in drawers in your craft room, they are the perfect spot for organizing punches.

You can store smaller punches with a spice rack or other furniture piece that has small, thin shelves. Some of the new punches on the market work really well with thin shelving. Martha Stewart Crafts punches all sit on end and look great displayed in a row. The slim punches that EK Success just released are lightweight and take up little space so you can fit them in a lot of different places too.

 

Hopefully these tips for organizing punches will help you manage your collection. Whether you have a lot of punches or just a few, there are a lot of ways you can store your punches and finding one that works for you and your space is definitely the best option. Whichever method you choose, I do recommend planning on a little space to grow…because somehow, no matter how many punches I have, I still find myself needing just a few more!

SNOWFLAKE KISSES KIT RELEASES

Baby it's COLD outside and that means SNOW for many of us.

SNOWFLAKE KISSES – MIXED ALBUM –  Little Yellow Bicycle has expanded their wildly popular "Twig" line to bring us "Winter Twig". They've combined every wintry shade and hue of blue, turquoise and white to their soft, nature inspired patterns – the perfect backdrop for all your winter pictures! We took the guess work out of choosing an album this time and started with Little Yellow Bicycle's fun mixed Winter Twig "Medley Album". In the true spirit of ScrapScription, this album base has all our favorite things – pockets, tags, and envelopes all ready for you to embellish. But that's just the beginning – the embellishments in this kit will knock you over like a cold winter wind! You get entire packages of border strips, clear embellishments, and label stickers. But our favorite pieces in this kit are the mini coordinating pom poms and the accordion folded snowflake making kit! You'll have a million different possibilities to create your own style of 3D snowflakes and the pieces come already scored and ready for you to fan fold. Just like the saying goes – there won't be any two snowflakes alike in your album when you are finished. So don't let the cold temperatures put you in a freeze – order yours today!

COST: $42.00

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