More Sneak Peeks Added!

We've added brand new Peeks to our list of CHA Create - N - Connect Summer 2013 Sneaks!

Products from My Mind's Eye, Prima, American Crafts, Simple Stories, Basic Grey, Crate Paper and sooo many more will begin arriving soon!

Look for updates here on our web site!

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More sneak peeks added almost daily! Leave a comment to let us know what's on your MUST HAVE list!

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Create -N- Connect (formerly CHA ) Summer 2013 Sneak Peeks!

Wasn't it just a month or so ago we were gearing up for CHA Winter 2013 in Anaheim, California?  OK - so I guess it was more like 6 months ago, but WOW!  How time flies.

We're getting ready to head to sunny and HOT Las Vegas just one month from today!  We're beginning to spot wonderful sneak peeks from some of our favorite manufacturers out there!  

Look for updates here on our web site!

Things have been rather 'hush hush' this time!  But we've managed to find a few:

Hello Again

            

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Paper & Glue

            

Photo Freedom Volume II

            

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Everyday Vintage

          

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We'll continue to update the sneaks as they're released!  We're excited to see all of the new paper crafting and scrapbooking products.  What companies are you looking forward to seeing?  What do you think will be 'HOT' for the upcoming season? I mean besides LAS VEGAS in July!  HUGE thanks for central air! Yayyy!  

As always - we LOVE hearing from you.  Thanks for reading!

CHA - Summer 2012 Conference: A Cherry On Top

July 16th - 19th 

Chicago, IL - USA

Conference & Trade Show

How To Scrapbook Using Grids

Posted by Kimandasmo (Cindy):

Thank you for joining me this month for part two of Making the Grid. Missed Part 1? Click HERE.  


This month we are going to look at making grids with your pictures. I like doing this because it allows you to use multiple pictures on one scrapbooking page, without over crowding it. For this reveal I have used 6-9 pictures on each of my layouts.


Around the Page
My first picture grid I like to call around the page, because the photos form a grid around the page with your title in the center.


For this layout I started with 9 pictures trimmed to approximately 3x3.

I placed my pictures on my background paper, the reverse side of  Little Flowers by Echo Park, around the page touching each other leaving the center open, creating a square. In this space I cut and matted some complimentary cardstock to approximately 5 X 2 1/2, this is the space I used for my title.

I then added my title and embellished my page using Making the Team Alpha + bits from Bella Blvd.

 

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Collage Style
For this page I started with six photos, that I cropped to approximately 2 1/2x 2 1/2:

I matted these pictures touching each other, on Learning Paper from Fancy Pants, as you might do a collage photo. I then placed this large mat on top of my background. For my background I used Too Cool  and New Shoes.

I then embellished my page using pieces from Cards Paper. I tried to stay with the grid style when placing my embellishments.

 

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Separated Grid
For this page I started with six pictures trimmed to approximately 3x3. I matted each photo separately on black card stock.
 

Then I created my background using layers of paper from Happy Days By Echo Park:

I kept a space in the center of my photos and created a grid using strips of this blue paper.
 

 

 
I used the space between the pictures to make my title. Then I completed my scrapbooking page using accent embellishments from Happy Days by Echo Park.

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I hope you have found some great and simple ways to incorporate grid style layouts into your scrapbooking. I can't wait to see them in the gallery.


Thanks to A Cherry on Top for allowing me to create with these great products:

Scrapbooking With The Splash Collection By Echo Park Paper Company

Posted by 4peasinourpod(Pam):

The beach.  Water.  Swimming pools.
*sigh*
Some of us have beaches readily available, some have pools, some have friends with one or both.  There are swimming lessons, sand castles, pails and fish.  It is the one theme paper that I ADORE.
Echo Park Paper took it to the extreme with the Splash Collection.
There is classic, there is cute, there is basic, there is extreme....all in one line.  The colors are PERFECT.  They match their Dots and Stripes line, which I totally LOVE.

When my kids are not in summer school, on a basketball court or a softball field, they are in water.  We are lucky to have water EVERYWHERE here in Lake Country, so photo opportunities are endless.

Here are my layouts:

I have a 13 year old.  Cutesy is so last year.  It is clean cut, colorful and simple.  It is Kendall and Katie :)  The circle paper was PERFECT for cutting out, inking and defining.

Then there is my eleven year old, that watches a little TOO much of "America's Next Top Model".   The upside for me, is that I can add a touch of the girly still to the scrapbooking layout. 

Here is where the fun comes in.  Is there NOTHING more fun than a sprinkler in the summertime?  (Other than the beach and lakes and pools, of course!)  My "littles" were having the best time, and the Echo Park Papers were perfect for them! 

The last layout is of Kiley and one of her friends that we took out to the lake. They are just genuine, kind, wonderful friends- so REAL. It was refreshing to see a friendship like that! 

I cannot tell you how MUCH I LOVE this company, and this line.  It is economical, it is versatile and I will have tons more to show you in the next week or so!!