Some of my faves from CHA 2016

The beginning of the year carries some extra excitement for scrapbookers all around the world. 

That's when the yearly CHA Mega Show takes place in Anaheim Califlornia. This show is where the large players present their news and this never fail to create a big buzz in the community.
Unfortunately I could not attend in person, but I have been there as much as possible in spirit
through all the lovely posts and pictures posted on the internet by friends and fellow scrappers.

 How wonderful is that!!!?

I was thinking it would be fun to assemble a kind of list featuring some of the favourites I have found  while browsing. I am sure that there are still many more favourites to discover , 

so just  consider this as kind of a first draft ;-) My choises will come in random order.To pick specific favourites would prove too much of a challenge!!

My number one scrap crush is of course Prima Marketing and as always they had so much 

loveliness to share. Their paper collections are always so beautiful and the flowers,...well ,...they 

are just the BEST!!

Here are two of their new collections:

And next up are a few more goodies from Prima. 

Memory Hardware, Relics and Artefacts, and some awesome metallic washi stickers.

It wasn't so easy to find sneaks of the flowers but here are a couple just as apetizers for what's to come :-)

So many of the brands show their own paints and art supplies. I love all the variety.

The colours below are some of the new Ken Oliver Liquid Metals. They are so cool. They come in gold , pewter , copper, platinum etc too.

I am always excited to see what new things Sizzix comes up with and there are a few of the news that will be releasing in February. I picked these among many because they are great for mixed media!!

Websters Pages have some new planners for us. LOVE this colour!!

Tim Holtz presented his new Distress Crayons.

Sounds very cool of course like all that Tim does :-)

Distress Crayons are water-reactive pigments designed and specially formulated to achieve vibrant coloring effects on porous surfaces for mixed media. The smooth water-reactive pigments are ideal for creating brilliant backgrounds, smudging, watercoloring and more!

This woodgrain cardstock is gorgeous!!

I love the look of these smaller bite size stencils from Tim Holtz. 

This is what he has  has to say about the new size:

Lastly something really exciting to announce – new mini stencils!  i’ve been wanting mini versions of all of my layering stencils to use on smaller tags and collage projects and i’m so thankful stampers anonymous has agreed to do them.  they are being released in sets of three and are about 45% smaller than their larger counterpart – here’s a comparison…

There are so many jaw-dropping paper collections out and I have to share a few more with you...

Here's Shimelle's Starshine:

It's so fresh and modern!! <3 it!!

Kaisercraft seldom disappoint and they don't this time either.

Here is my favourite from them called #Me

Tammy Tutterow has some new stamps for Spellbinders that are pretty cool.

Love this one with a cheese cloth background:

One of the loveliest new collections is the Beautiful Dreamer collection from a Bo Bunny, a big favourite of mine  They have so many delightful new products/designs  in their range I could make a post with only what they released :-) Love the paints and the dies and the stencils,and and and...

And last but not least a peek of some life like beauties from Petaloo. 

Their product has such hig quality always!

As I am sure you understand I could keep adding to this post indefinitely with all the amazing new scrap supplies that have been released recently. But I hope you have enjoyed my picks and that maybe  one or two are new to you :-) Thanks for looking!

Another page with the Scraps of Elegance October kit.

The Bo Bunny papers in the kit belong to the 'Madeleine' collection and they are sooo pretty!

This page features a photo of my sister and me that we took on our holiday this Summer. 

We went to the Swedish island of Öland, which is kind of a Swedish summer paradise with

 the most hours of sun in the whole country. 

It was beautiful!

The wide lace from the kit is really pretty. For this project I wanted to dye it to make it a strong accent on my page. I used mist from my stash to do it.

Did you see the large roses I used here?  

They are very feminine and pretty and look so nice with the lace. 

As always Melinda put together a beautiful kit for us!!

I cut a couple of dainty butterflies using the Sizzix /Prima butterfly die Winged Beauties. 

 That's all for now. I hope you enjoyed my page!

'Bo Bunny 'Madeleine' for 'Scraps of Elegance' kits.

Hi!

A while ago I received my gorgeous October kit from Scraps of Elegance containing an abundance of beautiful papers from Bo Bunny and Marion Smith. 

Lots of flowers from Prima and Bo Bunny, too.

Here is another one of my pages:

I spent quite some time working on my background, unfortunately it does not photograph very well.

I used quite a few of the Bo Bunny Madeleine diecuts and the sticker sheet to embellish my page. 

That little birdcages is so cute.

 The grid stamp is made by Kaiser Craft and from my stash as is the mix of different mists and 

paints that I used here.

These cute little flower beauties were sent as a a gift from my very sweet and utterly adorable 

friend  Eila Sandberg. She is such a kind and generous person.

I love the largish purple rose from Prima. Those will pack a punch on any page.

That's all for now. Thanks for brightening my days with yuor visits and kind comments! <3 <3

Wonderful Moments' using 'Scraps of Elegance October kit 'Pretty Things'.

Today I have a first page to share that I made with the October kit from Scraps of Elegance.

The papers I used  belong to the lovely 'Madeleine' collection from Bo Bunny. 

I think they have produced a lot of very pretty collectios lately and have quickly become 

one of my favourite manufacturers at the moment.

 In addition to the papers I have used some flowers, bling stones, die cuts, stickers and brads from Bo Bunny on this page. And all of those is included in the kit/add on

 This is a very layered page. I used a lot of the diecuts to build up all the layers.

 The photo was taken a couple of years ago at the family summer house in the South of France. 

With the French captions on the papers I thought that was very suitable :-)

This kit is called 'Pretty Things',... and that's no lie I'm telling you! 

There are sooo many nice elements in thes kit you have to see it! just take a look here!

 

We've got BoBunny Madeleine, and lots of new Prima in this month's kit and add ons!Included in this month's kit:Patterned Paper

• BoBunny: Madeleine Collection:  Allure, Charm, Madeleine, Songbirds, Tiles, Stripe, Grace
  
• Marion Smith Designs: Never Grow Up Collection: Self Portrait, Sleepover, Remember This
  

Embellishments/Other Kit Components  BoBunny: Madeleine Collection: Noteworthy Die Cuts  BoBunny: Double Dot Jewels - Think Pink  Prima: Epiphany Collection - Clear Stamps  Reneabouquets: Our signature hand-crafted butterflies  Blue Fern Studios: Chipboard - Ironwork Arch  Prima: Venice Flowers - He Loves Me  May Arts: Crochet Ribbon - Gray, 30"  Cheesecloth: 18" x 18"

Click HERE to see the different add ons that were available for this months kit..

Thanks for paying me a visit. I really appreciate it!! :-)

Scraps of Elegance sponsoring SATW, and a feature at Scrapbook.com

I am lucky to be guesting the popular challenge site Scrap Around The World not one but TWO times this month! This time I have a sweet page to share that I made as part of the DT of Scraps of Elegance who are one of the sponsors of the  .............celebration.

This is the pretty mood board that we were given as inspiration:

In the photograph my colours turned out a little darker than those in the mood board, but I think that is ok as the board is for inspiration.

Here is a short pictoral description of how I made the page.

 And here are the usual close ups of the details. I love this photo. It was taken of my middle daughter when she was a couple of years old and she will actually be 20 next birthday :-) 

We had chicks in the garden and it was so much fun to see the joy on my three girls' faces! .-)

I used mostly the April kit from my fave kit club Scraps of Elegance for this page. The papers are by Bo Bunny and Glitz, and the red paper inside the trellies is by Papirdesign.

 To add texture I used a mask with gesso and a similar trellis pattern cut with one of my new Sizzix dies. I love the versatility of those dies. Here I have cut them out, glued them to a red backing paper and then cut around the shapes for added interest.

You can find the dies HERE

Even the red flowers were made using a die from Sizzix die. (Tattered florals by Tim Holtz) HERE

 I used letterstickers from Prima for my title and the splatters are made with mist.

I hope you enjoyed my page!

This morning I woke up to a nice notification that my recent page for Inkido called 'Milan Trip'
had been picked for the new feature called  'Layouts we Love'



You can see all the features on the Scrapbook.com blog HERE.

Have a lovely day!!