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Hello! Greetings from the CHA show in Anaheim. We’re excited about the new products being released, and wanted to share some photos with you of the displays at the show! Gotta LOVE all the great samples in the Accucut booth! Then a few rows over…all of our other new products are in the Creative Imaginations booth:

From the new foil papers to the glitter words and phrases… we’ve got all kinds of new products coming! Stay tuned for photos of our Creative Cafe class and more prizes!

 

What’s your perfect “pear”?  Is it your husband and kids? Is it that latte you had this morning, with a perfect blueberry scone? Sometimes just taking the time to remember what little things are important to us is what counts… Greta created this adorable page of her mom and her daughter… just the perfect “pear” in her life.

We apologize that during the show in Orlando we had technical difficulties posting to the blog… but we’re BACK… and have the been the drawing winners for the prizes last week! We emailed everyone today that won, so make sure you to check your mailbox!

Here are a few of the photos from Danelle’s class in Orlando! We were excited to show everyone how easy the Creative Cafe Photo Journal is, as well as meet some great new friends on the way! 

One of our favorite store owners, Christina from Scrap Lovers was up early to take the class! We always love hearing from her, and which Creative Cafe products she loves most. Visit her site, and check out all the cool products!

We’ll have some more great inspiration later this week!

 

We were up early this morning! Melodee taught a Creative Cafe stamp class this morning at 7am. Everyone was bright-eyed and ready to stamp this morning! Using several stamps from the Creative Cafe collection Melodee created an amazing Travel mini book with 50 students. Here’s a few photos of the class.

 

Then it was on to the show floor, to the Creative Imaginations’ booth to check out all the new products, including the Creative Cafe Calendar collection we previewed yesterday. The buzz around the new products was amazing and we met several new faces.

Tomorrow is Day #2 at the Show, and another 7am class! Tomorrow morning, it’s Danelle’s Photo Journal Class… with another group! Can you say “Starbucks EARLY?”….. Stay tuned for another update tomorrow!

Ever feel like your life is passing you by in a blink without your ability to document what you truly want to remember? Danelle discovered a way to document all the little things that often are the most important pieces in your life.

If any of you are heading to CHA Summer in Orlando, Danelle is teaching a special classs “My World Photo Journal”. One class session is for retailers, and the other is for consumers!

Retailer Class: Wednesday, July 29th at 7am

Consumer Class: Friday, July 31st at 7pm

Join Danelle as she demonstrates how you can find a simple, yet inspiring way, to enjoy recording your life, as it happens. Click here for more information.

Here are a bunch of photos of our journals… the only way we can keep up as working Moms! It’s a great way to stay on top of all those special moments, and the simplicity of it all… helps you remember why Life is SO Good!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is your chance to win a class kit of Danelle’s Photo Journal class at CHA Summer… AND a gift box of Creative Cafe merchandise ($100 retail value!)!  It’s another “Tell a Friend” contest! Just refer a friend to the blog, and have them mention your name in their post! We’ll pick one winner the week of August 2nd that refers the most friends! Good Luck!

Check out the other Creative Imaginations Sneak Peeks for CHA summer on their blog!

 

 

 

Some of the newest Creative Cafe products are already in-stock and in stores NOW, even though it is the first time they will be at the show! The new journaling pads, multi-colored felt butterflies and buttons, and variety packs of tags are all in stores now. 

The new journaling pads come in TWO sizes, and are great for mini books, scrapbook pages, or just tags. Each pad has 24 different tags in colorful designs. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

How can you win some of these great new products? Post and share with us your favorite summer tradition. Do you take photos celebrating 4th of July with your family, is it scrapbooking the family reunion? We’d love to hear about what inspires you to scrapbook this summer! One lucky winner will receive a new Journaling Pad! Good luck… stay tuned tomorrow for more sneak peeks!

 

Just a few more of our new Creative Cafe dies that will be released in Orlando at CHA Summer. Just in time for the holidays … this cute set of Christmas trees and a 12″ x 12″ border pattern! 

 

Cut from the Creative Cafe glitter paper, Danielle did this amazing page for a holiday layout. All of Creative Cafe’s surfaces: patterned papers, glitter paper, felt, transparencies, chipboard, etc.. are perfect for the Accucut dies!

Versatile and classic, these shapes have so many uses, besides just the holiday season! Turn the trees upside down and create a two banner shapes, cut up the 12″ x 12″ border paper, and use it as a edge… stay tuned for more great ideas using these dies! Order them now here.

What’s your favorite place on the web for new CHA Summer Previews? Post here, and WIN a bag of Creative Cafe felt flowers! We’ll pick one winner the week of August 2nd.

 

It’s summer, and between swimming lessons, visiting friends and family and hopefully some vacation time… we still managed to find some cute inspiration for you! These cute decorated drinks are perfect for a birthday party or a little gift for someone in your office. Layer die cut paper flowers, and glue on the top of a small drink. Embellished with buttons, a tag and some ribbon… and it’s GOOD to GO!

What other little summer projects are you working on?

Congratulations to ScrapNSister1, who WON our last prize drawing of a new Creative Cafe tag book! We should be shipping asap!

 

It’s been a while since we have posted any layouts, so I thought I’d share some of the design team’s most recent scrapbook pages. This scalloped circle die from Accucut is the perfect page background. 

Just love the way Creasa added a transparency to this layout… 

Have you tried the scalloped circle die? We’d love to see your layouts too!

 

We’re kicking off  National Scrapbook Day, by celebrating the new products that will be shipping to stores in May! We just love the versatility of the new Creative Cafe tag books! Multi-colored, and full of fun journaling spots… this new tag book is sure to be a best-seller! Each tag can be used separately (like on a scrapbook page), or use several of them to create your own mini book!

Creasa created a Friends mini book using these new tags….complete with a red binder ring for this one-of-a-kind keepsake!

 

 

 

Win our very first Creative Cafe journaling pad, as soon as we get them in! Just comment here, on how you are celebrating National Scrapbook Day. Are you going to an all night crop, are you attending a local scrapbook store’s SALE, or are you just getting motivated to catch up on all your scrapbooking all weekend? We want to know! We’ll pick one random winner Friday, May 8th.