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Spring is on the way, and the colors of Creative Cafe make this tag mini book the perfect project! Greta created this cute ringed album with our new flower dies and the Creative Cafe foil papers. Packed with polka dots and posies, she added photos and journaling to finish off this great little keepsake.

Are you planning on attending the CHA Consumer Show in Anaheim? Cheryl Mezzetti, Creative Imaginations’ Design Team Coordinator, will be creating the first six months of this adorable tag book! Cheryl used the new Creative Cafe calendar papers, foil cardstock and stickers! 

Cheryl will  be teaching this class on Friday, January 22nd from 4:00pm - 5:30pm. Stop by and tell her you saw in on the blog!

The Creative Imaginations CHA Party is always one of the most talked about events of the show! If you are going…make sure you make this AMAZING mini book Danelle created with the new Creative Cafe foil papers and new Accucut dies!

We’ll be creating a mini album with your entire year in this one cute album. Each page features a Creative Cafe month paper (January through December). It’s the perfect way to include a few photos of each month of the year! All bound together with the Bind-It-All this makes the perfect momento or gift too!

Now the FUN part…

We’ll give away TWO of these adorable make and take kits on the blog!

Post your name, AND where you get most of your creative supplies! We’ll pick TWO winners on Monday, January 25th! Tell a friend, and have them post too, and you BOTH may win!

My favorite part of these exciting new Creative Cafe dies from Accucut are the words and flowers! The sizing of the words make them wonderful to use with rub-ons, stickers or even stamps. 

Below are MORE samples, that are just a preview of two other wonderful projects we’ll showcase in the next few days! The set of flower dies includes over 8 different pieces that you can mix and match to create different flowers, stems and centers. You’ll love all the different combinations you can create!

CHA Winter 2010 is going to be an exciting show. Make sure you stay tuned for more previews of the new products… as well as a few FREE giveaways!

One of my FAVORITE new Accucut dies is the new 11 1/2″ bloom die! Look at these layouts Greta created using the new Creative Cafe foil papers from Creative Imaginations! Layer them, add chipboard and more!

The foil papers in both of these layouts are amazing…. Does a store near you have these NEW foil papers yet? If not, send them to this link! All foil papers are shipping now, and even more impressive in person.

Linda created two more layouts also using this versatile die We were thinking there are probably some great home decor ideas that we could use this die for too! Placemats, hanging art, etc… Stay tuned, more great previews coming!

Fall is here, Halloween is this weekend, and it’s the perfect time to get all those photos of oranges, reds and browns! We loved this chipboard book using Creative Cafe transparencies, Accucut dies and glitter paper. 

From the pumpkin patch, to fall colors, this the perfect time of year for great photos. What are taking photos of this weekend? Your ghosts and goblins, trick or treating? Let us know, we’d love to hear!

If you are like most of us… your kids are finally going back to school! Or, you have a little one just starting Kindergarten! (Loved this little chipboard book to capture all those first day photos!) 

It’s also a time, where as Moms you can finally start getting back to your regular schedule. For us, that’s the perfect time to remember you have time to do something for yourself. I have a ton of photos piling up from summer, trips we took, or just family photos, and I just long to get SOME of them into albums or journals.

I thought I’d finally start to get organized, and make a mini book! I realized I had a TON of photos of my daughter with all her friends from play group, the library, daycare, etc… I wanted to make something that wouldn’t take long, but had room to journal about each group of friends, and who they were. 

I started searching through all the Creative Cafe projects we had from the design team, and found this ADORABLE mini book that Greta had done with the new AccuCut die shapes! I was so excited to find something I could do quick and easily! I just love how there is a great photo on each page, AND plenty of room to write about her friends too!

We’d love to hear what you have been doing to get back into your “creative self”… now that school is starting! What creative projects are you working on?

Some of the best-selling Creative Cafe dies from AccuCut are the mini book die sets. This new set is amazing! You’ll love the various shapes, that can create several different pages and covers. The Creative Cafe colored chipboard, glitter paper, felt and transparencies are PERFECT for these mini books! The design team has been busy creating all kinds of fall and holiday projects, since the upcoming trade show features products that ship fall through winter. 

Each of these mini books also features several new die shapes, also being released at CHA Summer. The stars shown on each album are another set of new dies that are available from AccuCut. Gotta love the bird and owl too, which were released earlier in the year!

Which mini book is your favorite, and which page shape do you like best?

I love the tall tag, but several of my friends like the large bracket, like on the cover of the pear mini book! Tell us your favorites, and we’ll pick one winner the week of August 2nd, for a goodie bag of Creative Cafe products!

Stay tuned tomorrow for more CHA Summer Creative Cafe previews!

The Craft and Hobby Association’s summer trade show is coming up in Orlando, and we have been working feverishly on new products. We’re excited to kick off  a week long preview of all the new products on the blog… and we’ll be giving away tons  of prizes too. Let us know what you think, we love hearing from YOU.

Our new PEAR dies for AccuCut are just SOME of the new dies we designed for this show. The pears can be cut in three sizes, making them perfect for cards, home decor, gift bags, and more!  Click here for the latest news on the Summer 2009 release AccuCut is featuring for the show! 

Using the Creative Cafe green glitter paper to cut out the pear, Roree added sparkle and that little bit of bling to her projects. THEN, in true Roree style, she turned the pear UPSIDE down, and used it as a BALLOON on this birthday card!

Let’s start the CHA Kick-off with a prize package of Creative Cafe goodies, including some glitter pear die cuts! How do you win? Just post where you purchase your scrapbook goodies. Tell us your favorite local scrapbook store, or online store. We’ll pick one random winner the week of August 2nd.

Stores win too! The store with the most posts will also win a special Creative Cafe prize package! So if you have a store, LET your customers know, they can post too! Good luck!

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!