Trend Talk: Ruffles
03/31/2010 at 5:00 am | Posted in General Inspiration, Hot Trends | 7 CommentsTags: CK, CK March/April 2010, Creating Keepsakes, Creating Keepsakes magazine, creative editor, creativity, Lori Fairbanks, Megan Hoeppner, Mou Saha, Ruffles, Scrapbook, scrapbook pages, Scrapbooking, Stacy Cohen, Trend Talk, trends
-Megan Hoeppner, creative editor, and Lori Fairbanks, editor
Latest & Greatest Products: March/April 2010
03/30/2010 at 5:00 am | Posted in Hot Trends, latest & Greatest, product, Uncategorized | 268 CommentsTags: BasicGrey, CK, Claudine Hellmuth Studio, Creating Keepsakes, Creating Keepsakes magazine, EK Success, giveaway, Jillibean Soup, Kim Jackson, latest & Greatest, patterned paper, products, Punches, Ranger Industries, Scrapbook, scrapbook supplies, Scrapbooking, stickers, TaDa Creative Studios
While creating every issue of Creating Keepsakes, we have a blast looking through all of the new scrapbooking products, trying to decide which ones will make our Latest & Greatest column. Of course, we never have enough space for all of the goodies we’d love to share with you. So we’ve decided share a few more of the producs that sparked our imaginations from each issue here on our blog—and we’ll give you the chance to win some of the fabulous products. Let’s get rolling!
Claudine Hellmuth Studios – Ranger Industries
We discovered the amazing line of Claudine Hellmuth Studio products from Ranger Industries at CHA back in January, and shared a couple of videos of sweet Claudine demonstrating just a few of the fun things you can do with her Sticky Back Canvas. You’ll love adding texture and color to your pages with this wonderful, on-trend line of products.
Eggdrop Soup – Jillibean Soup
With Easter right around the corner, our eyes are open for bunnies hopping down the bunny trail. The adorable Eggdrop Soup line from Jillibean Soup is a perfect addition to your stash, whether you’re looking for something to jazz up your Easter pages or a simple, cute new way to add a splash of springtime to your pages.
Double-Sided Edger Punches – EK Success
A sweet daisy chain will add just the right touch of springtime charm to your layouts—and with EK Success’ new Daisy Chain punch, you’ll have a true daisy chain, punched out on both sides. You’ll love this new punch design, as well as the others in the EK Success’ new line.
Green at Heart – BasicGrey
Earth Day is on April 22, and you’ll love adding a touch of “green” to your layouts with BasicGrey’s bright and fabulous new Green at Heart line. Printed on FSC-certified paper with soy-based inks, you can have a wonderful time creating a scrapbooking layout and feel good knowing that your paper is eco-conscious.
Wow, that’s a lot of scrapbooking goodness! How would you like to win some of these products for yourself? (Silly question—of course you would.) In addition to giving away the products above, you’ll also have a chance to win the E-I-E-I-O Collection from TaDa Creative Studios, as seen on page 48 of our March/April 2010 issue.
All you have to do to win one of these outstanding products is leave a comment telling us which of our Latest & Greatest products from the March/April 2010 issue of CK (or from this post) is your favorite and why you love it by Monday, April 5. We’ll draw five random winners (one for each product shown here) on or around April 6 and announce the winners on the giveaways tab located at the top of our blog.
Have a wonderful day!
Kim Jackson, senior editor
Trend Talk: Bingo!
02/23/2010 at 11:15 am | Posted in General Inspiration, Hot Trends, How-Tos, product, technique | 12 CommentsTags: bingo, bingo cards, bingo trend, CK, Creating Keepsakes, Creating Keepsakes magazine, creative editor, creativity, Jenni Bowlin, Kristine McKay, Lori Fairbanks, Megan Hoeppner, Scrapbook, scrapbook pages, Scrapbooking, scrapbooking trend, Tattered Angels, technique, techniques, trends, vintage, Wilna Furstenberg
CHA 2010: Trendy Looks
02/05/2010 at 4:00 am | Posted in Hot Trends, product | 154 CommentsTags: Bazzill Basics Paper, CHA, CHA 2010, CHA trends, CHA-Winter 2010, CK, CK Flower Power, Cosmo Cricket, Creating Keepsakes, Creating Keepsakes magazine, free downloads, Free Font Friday, GCD Studios, giveaway, Kiki Art, Little Yellow Bicycle, Making Memories, Maya Road, Megan Hoeppner, Melissa Frances, Scrapbook, Scrapbooking, trends
When it comes to trend spotting, the CHA show floor is a happenin’ hot spot of activity, with fresh trends as far as the eye can see. To wrap up our CHA Winter extravaganza, we want to share two of our favorite show-floor trends with you today. (Our Friday guest blog spots will reconvene next week.) Both looks we’re going to focus on are fashionably fabulous and sure to make any paper project shine. So trend trackers, are you ready to check them out? All right, let’s take a look at some of the hottest looks out there.
Look #1: Handmade Flowers
Spring was definitely in the air at this winter show. Handmade blooms were popping up all over place.
These pretty posies made from cardstock were on display at the Bazzill Basics Paper booth. We love how they fill in the open area in the corner of this layout.
The Melissa Frances booth took the flowers off the page and into the window with these beautiful flower balls. How sweet would these look hanging in a craft room or nursery?
Cosmo Cricket has an idea for dressing up a gift box in botanicals. They rolled paper rosettes from patterned paper for a bright dash of dimension.
The fine folks at Little Yellow Bicycle filled a vase with doily designs and paper-cut flower shapes. Any brunch gathering can be taken to the next level with these on display.
Look #2: Dress Forms
At first glance, it was easy to confuse the CHA show floor with a NYC runway. Dress forms were around every corner. What a wonderful way to display the latest and greatest paper lines!
GCD Studios knew how to welcome its booth guests with this lovely dress form on display right at their entryway.
Make a mini album for any fashionista in your life with this fantastic dress-form album from Maya Road.
Making Memories launched a new jewelry line this CHA, so it only seems appropriate to adorn that area of their booth with a stylish dress-form display. We loved how they draped the pattern around the shape.
These are just two of the many wonderful trends we spotted this show. For more of what’s hot, make sure you watch our “Hot Spot” column each issue in the magazine.
Comment to Win
So, what trend is your favorite right now, whether it’s from CHA or something else you love? Leave a comment on this blog post by February 7, 2010, and you could win this great prize package with new releases from Kiki Art.
Cheers!
Megan Hoeppner, Creative Editor
P.S. Don’t miss Free Font Friday! To accompany our flower trend, today you can download the CK Flower Power font for free here.
Trend Talk: Tantalizing Turquoise
01/21/2010 at 1:30 pm | Posted in Hot Trends | 7 CommentsTags: 52 More Scrapbooking Challenges, Abode, Apartment Therapy, Banana Republic, CK, Creating Keepsakes, Creating Keepsakes magazine, Elizabeth Kartchner, Etsy, Horchow, Jennifer McGuire, Lori Anderson, Lori Fairbanks, Megan Hoeppner, Pantone Color of the Year, Scrapbook, scrapbook pages, Scrapbooking, scrapbooking trend, See Jane Work, shoes.com, Super Fast Pages with 4 x 6 Page Vol. 2, trend, Trend Talk, Turquoise
—Megan Hoeppner, creative editor, and Lori Fairbanks, product editor
Trend Talk: Bird Cages
12/29/2009 at 4:00 am | Posted in Hot Trends | 13 CommentsTags: bird cage, Elizabeth Kartchner, Etsy, Forever 21, Hero Arts, Hip & Humble, Lori Fairbanks, Megan Hoeppner, Sasha Fari, SEI, ShopPlasticLand.com, Trend Talk, Urban Outfitters
—Megan Hoeppner, creative editor, and Lori Fairbanks, product editor
Trend Talk: Halloween Haunts
10/29/2009 at 4:00 am | Posted in Hot Trends | 6 CommentsTags: Apartment Therapy, BasicGrey, Charlie Brown, Creating Keepsakes, creative editor, Etsy, Grandin Road, Halloween, Little Yellow Bicycle, Lori Fairbanks, Megan Hoeppner, Target, Taste of Home, Tia Bennett, Trend Talk, Two Peas in a Bucket, Uncommon Goods, Z Gallerie
Trend Talk: Elephants
10/01/2009 at 3:12 am | Posted in Hot Trends | 10 CommentsTags: Baby Elephant Walk, Blik, Creating Keepsakes, elephants, Etsy, Hambly, Little Yellow Bicycle, Macy's, Megan Hoeppner, Scrapbooking, Target, Trend Talk, trends
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