Here's another new Kaisercraft line: Velvet Ensemble. Very beautiful patterns with an art noveau touch and gorgeous retro images. I love the colors!! View the whole collection on Kaisercraft's web site.
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May 2011
05/30/2011
New Kaisercraft Collection: Pink Gelato
This is one of the latest lines from Kaisercraft: Pink Gelato. Very romantic in soft pastels. View the whole collection on Kaisercraft's web site.
05/27/2011
Full Reveal: Hero Arts Summer Catalog
Today, Hero Arts revealed the summer catalog. There are:
- 2 new collections of coordinating stamps and papers from Hero Arts & BasicGrey! In all, there are 10 new stamps between the fabulous Oxford and Out of Print lines.
- 4 new clear sets.
- 4 new Cling designs, including 2 Cling Pops.
- 5 new wood sets.
I know that I will get those postal images! And the Oxford stamps are awesome! The new stamps will ship on June 17. View the whole catalog on Hero Arts' web site.
05/23/2011
Hero Arts Sneak Peek from Summer Catalog
Hero Arts will release their summer catalog on Friday. Here's the first sneak peek: stamps with vintage postal images. That is so cool! Read more on Hero Arts' blog. And here's the instructions for the beautiful batik technique used in this ATC.
05/21/2011
New Echo Park Sneak Peek: Country Drive
Echo Park's new line is the cute Country Drive. I love those element stickers (below) with the vintage cars, ladybugs and birds. And look at the super cute papers with birds on a wire, and the bees and the daisies. The colors are really right and bright for summer. This is a lovely collection. Read more on Echo Park's blog. And you can view the whole line at EP's web site.
Update July 2011: Country Drive is in stores now! Buy it from Two Peas in a Bucket
or from Scrapbook.com
05/18/2011
Smash Books Are In At Two Peas!
Two Peas in a Bucket have the Smash Books from K & Company in stock! But they seem to fly off the shelves really fast, so hurry if you want to grab one of those. I just checked out a shopping cart with a pretty pink smash book (above) and the red doodle styled one (below). Plus a Date Smash Stamp and some Smash Pads. :)
Grab a Digital Collection (or two) for $1 every Wednesday
I hope you haven't missed the One Buck Wednesday events at Jessica Spragues blog and shop. Every Wednesday you can buy digital scrapbooking collections for just one dollar a piece! Today, and today only, Cosmo Cricket's Wanted collection (above) is marked down, along with Echo Park's Springtime (below) and several other digital packs. That is just amazing!
I've bought several of the Echo Park and Cosmo Cricket collections along with some products from Carina Gardner, for example the beautiful Haunted collection from My Mind's Eye. All of those digital goodies can be bought and downloaded to your computer, and even if few of the collections are marked down on a Wednesday, they are still offered in the shop for a great price. A lot of the collections are sold for about $5, which really isn't a lot of money.
The beauty of all this is that I actually have most of the papers and embellies from these collections in my stash! So the digital collections are add-ons for me. I'm able to create hybrid projects and, of course, digital layouts with Photoshop. I love the possibilities!
I wish that all of the scrapbooking manufacturers would make their collections digital and downloadable. I think they would increase their earnings that way. Because we don't choose between the papers or the digital files - we want them all! (As always. LOL!) I know that Webster's Pages are offering their collections in digital packs as well, but other than that I don't think that many of the manufacturers have digitalized their lines.
It's such a benefit for me as a scrapper. Here's an example: Everybody Loves Christmas is one of my all time favorite Christmas collections. Now that I have the digital files as well as loads of the paper product, I can play around with the different papers and elements without worrying about messing up or running out of those supplies. I can make digital sketches of a layout, trying out different approaches and different supplies from that line, before making the actual paper layout. It's totally awesome! Just a tip for today. :)
05/16/2011
Graphic 45 Sneak Peek: The Magic of Oz
Graphic 45 are introducing the new collection The Magic of Oz! As always, it's a stunning line of paper. They will release more pics during this week but here are some of the first papers from the collection. Just as the mid-release from last summer this line has a Halloween theme mixed with fairy tale. This makes it very versatile. I mean, look at the gorgeous poppy field paper below. That could be used for any scrapbooking project or card you'd wish. I love it! Read more on the blog of Graphic 45.
UPDATE! Summer 2011. This collection is in stores now! Buy it from Scrapbook.com.
05/15/2011
Tim Holtz Sneak Peek: This Is District Market
This is exciting news! Today, Tim Holtz revealed his new brand District Market. It's a line of finished goods: cards, burlap panels, notepads, journals, tissue wrap, totes, etc. You can use these products as they are OR you could add your own touch by using stickers, stamps or any other scrappy product. It's all gorgeous, as usual. We would expect nothing less from Tim. :)
Everything will ship in September. Read all about it on Tim's blog!
05/14/2011
Inspiration: Rocket Age Birthday Card (October Afternoon)
via octoberafternoon.typepad.com
Look at this super cool birthday card made by Lynn Ghahary! Made with October Afternoon's collection Rocket Age. Oh, I just can't wait for that awesome line to hit the shelves in the scrapbooking stores so I can lay my hands on the complete collection. I am so ready to start playing with this! Read more about the collection and the card on the blog of October Afternoon.
