CHA - day two... summer 2010

the day at CHA started out like any others.... full of bright colored marbles, just waiting to be played with!

So... i started out at Canvas Corp. A newer company that focus' on natural papers, canvas and lots of burlap. Here's a Christmas card with paper i ordered... love the ribbon tree

Did you know that burlap is big right now... BIG!

this is one of the long skinny cards coming in... in natural, white and brown bag... so cool, and more of the paper i ordered.

Love this brown bag card, with texture templates and some cool flowers

burlap... understated and sophisticated. Love it... and more of the paper i ordered.

a plain canvas with the paper i ordered and a simple monogram

a great banner .... have we talked about banners? They are everywhere! And more of the paper i ordered... i call this group the Julia Roberts collection - the pretty woman years.... love the brown and white polka dots

burlap, a few cool accu-cut dies and a bit more canvas corp paper...

Love this burlap card, a piece of canvas and some stamps.... nice

and again on a long skinny card

Punky Sprouts made some really cool mixed media albums with pages to include courragated, acrylic, chipboard, coark, felt... pretty cool

Oh no... another Flat Fanny siteing! Here she is gettin a book signed by Lisa M. Pace, author of Delight in the Details and fan of this blog... hi Lisa!

Ohhhhhh my show pick! The rubber stamp making machine from Teresa Collins.... ok ladies, start rolling those pennies... because you need one of these.... it's $169 and well worth it.

It makes stamps from any image online, drawn and scanned, downloaded fonts, photos... whatever. AND it also makes stencils and embossing templates. Really... it works and the refills are hecka cheap!

Ahhhh... another Flat Fanny encounter with Paula and Kelly, mother and daughter and owners of the newly re-opening GREEN TANGERINES of Roseville!

Claudine Hellmuth... a crowd fav! Now makes foam stamps and clear stamps. The foam goes down first with a sillouette of a shape... like a bare tree... and then the clear stamp goes over it in a darker color... like black and provides the outline. LOVE THEM!!!!

a tim holtz classic... an acrylic shape, with a paper cut out on the back and glued on with diamond glaze becomes an fab ornament, necklace or embellishment...

amazing on a card when you group three of them. Yes, on order!

Ok Claudine... stop being so great... here is the foam stamps in green for the house and in black the clear stamp outline over it... get it? They are super cute!

one more time... black house with faom stamp and outline in white with the clear stamp.... ( also the moon and the tree )

only tim holtz would think of a die to make accordian paper flowers.. oh yes he did. Now he just needs to make them in three or more sizes.

another tim holtz original... a collections box. See my fingers... this is small

Ok... start rolling more pennies. Here is the TIM HOLTZ electric big shot / sizzix machine. It won't be in until November-ish... so put it on your Christmas list. Keep scrolling down for a pic of the machine

Oh Claudine Hellmuth... stop it!

more of the layering stamps....

a side view of the layering stamps... where anyone can be an artist.

look how cute this is... a mini canvas and a tip of a paint brush

red alert.... another flat fanny siteing. That i Joy from Hawaii with Flat Leilani. And me... with Flat Fanny. I know... we all look like we could be sisters. I just hope flat fanny could make a guest appearance at the Hawaii Ben Franklin... hmmm, what do you think Joy? A roundtrip ticket for two. Let me know!

banners... big, big, big! And this one is little... like 4"... but embellished to the tens!

These are cool... ladder cards, punched with holes in the top and the bottom to make a ladder piece for the wall... and affordable

Gatefold cards... in three sizes. Very cool

Look at the magnetic calendar with bottle caps... also BIG and back in popularity

Crate Paper... super cute and lots of die cut chipbaord shapes.... and great layout page ideas!

Love this one

ZIPPERS! Have you seen the zipper flowers? Or flip flops with zippers? So this cool rack of a rainbow of colored zippers is coming to our fabric dept and these are like .99 cents each. Is that all.... so cool and fun to play with

back to crate paper and cool trees

more crate paper winter ideas

crate paper card

crate paper and their great chipboard shapes

a teresa collins advent calender... cute

just a look into her booth (that chandelier is all rhinestones)

The Lost and Found line from My Minds Eye

Lost and FOund

Lost and found... in the rack

More Lost and found... love the tinsel garland

Oh here is Tims machine... very industrial looking.... i think it will be $259 ! Come on... i can special order you one... you know you want one!

sizzix had some other amazing dies... look at this cute pumpkin idea

a wrapped candy bar... with sizzix dies

This and a pumpkin fold out were my favorite new dies... they have accordian folded centers

here's the bat in the box

GLitz Designs.... love their stuff... these are paper layers

this is called whatnot from Glitz papers

Studio Calico ideas... love their stuff and ordered it

cute pattern paper flowers... ordered!

Studio Calico's affordable alphabets... ordered

7 Gypsies.... amazing piece from a cardboard box lid and strawberry baskets.. all from the Conservatory Collection... also ordered

a new shadowbox from 7 Gypsies

NO WAY... love this library drawer from 7 Gypsies

ATC tray with the Conservatory Collection of ATC's and ephermea

RED ALERT again... a flat fanny and tim holtz siteing.... he is so funny here. He was demoing and saw me taking a pic from the crowd and stopped to way. Silly Tim!

Let's talk Prima... ok, this is all PRIMA flowers and embellishments

Prima Lace... yummy

Prima branches

Prima branches and crochet edges... are you girls who are entering the FAIR with your pages getting good ideas

More Prima branches....

Organza rolled flower ribbon also from Prima

Great idea and super easy to make, right?

it's a completed Donna Downey apron....

Ahhh.... winding down at the end of the day and flat fanny wanted to take a rest under the tree

at the end of the day... flat fanny got stuck in a tree and michal went to her rescue. Thank Goodness she was there to help. Day 3 tomorrow and then the consumer show and home! See you then.