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CHA - What's behind door number 2?

We're at CHA (Craft & Hobby Assoc.) in Anaheim and have spent a couple of days walking the show floor. It's been great connecting with far-away friends and biz contacts and seeing our latest collection at the EKSuccess booth. Check out the pics below. We noticed these crates outside the convention centre and found the K&Co markings on one of the crates marked number 2 (that's where our product was packed). We were amazed to see all these crates outside, reminding us of the "behind the scenes" action that takes place outside the show dates.

Here is how the BLOSSOM collection looks after the EKSuccess team worked their magic (my travel camera doesn't take the best pics). I love the decorated birdcage and the 3-D elements on all the hand crafted projects. I took some more close-up shots that I'll download shortly, but I thought I should show you the complete "vignette" to start.

Sneak Peek # 3

Here is a peek at some of the scrapbook papers from the Blossom collection. I designed more than 60 patterns that have been divided into 2 paper packs, a mat pad and single double sided papers. There are specialty papers too including flocked, glitter and thermography.

Savings ALERT!

Have you seen the Michaels ad this week? BUY 2, GET 1 FREE of K&Company stickers and embellishments. This includes our Valentine stickers which are pictured in the ad. There's also 25% off ENTIRE PURCHASE incl. sale items (limited time only-Saturday). Who doesn't love a sale??

Sneak Peek # 2



As mentioned, there are butterflies, birds, fanciful cages and flourishes alongside the "blossoms" that are the focus of the line. With K&Company, you know you'll get loads of 3 dimensional embellishments in dozens of finishes. You'll also see lots of glitter, gems and hand stitching: like mini-masterpieces in a package. The Blossom collection is no exception. I created over 60 unique paper designs that are bundled into 2 paper packs including specialty designs with glitter, foil and flocked papers. Complementing the papers are a variety of embellishments from epoxy stickers, layered chipboard words, alphabet chipbox, grand adhesions, die-cuts, layered accents and intricate rub-ons with gems. Blossom will be featured in the K&Company booth at upcoming CHA and will be shipping in April. More sneak peeks coming up.

Sneak Peek # 1

This is for Nina. She has been patiently waiting for me to show any bits of the Blossom collection that I started working on last Spring. As some of you know it takes almost a year to get new scrapbook product from design stage to the store shelf. Blossom will be featured in the K&Company booth at CHA in Anaheim at the end of this month and it will be in stores sometime in the Spring. And then it probably won't be on the shelves very long, because that's the way the market is these days. This reminds me of a thought I had after eating Christmas dinner. All the hours of preparation: buying groceries, chopping, baking, cooking for hours (sometimes days), then to sit down to dinner and poof, 5 minutes later the meal has vanished from the plates and we're back in the kitchen washing up. hmmm....I got a little sidelined there. Without further ado, here is the first sneak peek of Blossom.

Valentines on parade

Since my last post, I made up a few more cards. I have to say, it was pretty easy with embellishments and the Cardmaking Pad from K&Company. Check out the final display.

I will be bringing these cards with me to Crop & Create in Markham this Friday. Attendees will be able to choose one of these to make OR make their own with any of the K&Company embellishments available at our make n' take table.

I still have lots of leftovers as you can see, hmm....what to make next?? Any ideas?

Happy 2012!

I have a few resolutions and goals for the new year and one was to start a facebook page. Check! You can see the Like button at the top right of this page as proof.....lol. Yes, another social media challenge for me. As if it isn't difficult enough to keep up with a blog, I thought I would throw facebook into the mix. What's next? Twitter I suppose......how do you all feel about keeping up with the social media challenges?? On the studio front, I'm working on more fabric collections and later this week I'm going to Crop & Create where I'll be hosting a make n' take for the attendees. I've been making up a bunch of cute cards from my Valentine Collection with K&Company. Here's a sampling of some of the cards and I'll be making more. If you're coming to Crop & Create let me know which one you want to make. Thanks for any feedback!