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Have you been waiting for another chance to WIN some Creative Cafe stamps?! This is your chance… Our favorite designer, Melodee is giving away a set of THIRTEEN stamp sets that feature the months and calendar grid! It’s over a $130. value, and all you have to do is visit her blog and enter!

If you haven’t seen her work, it is AMAZING! Melodee teaches all over the world, and always uses Creative Cafe products. Don’t miss out on this chance to WIN… and get inspired by her amazing work. 

I also loved Melodee’s latest kit for sale on her blog… It features our scalloped spiral journal, with stickers, papers and stamps all from Creative Cafe. Keep an eye out for her monthly kits like this one… I just noticed that this kit ALREADY SOLD OUT! 

Have you taken a class from Melodee before? We’d love to hear how many fans she has out there!

 

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?

 

We made it into Orlando, and the Creative Imaginations preview party was tonight. We introduced our new Creative Cafe Calendar Collection this afternoon, which was a big hit! Packed full of calendar grids in every size, stickers, and cool little journaling bits, you’ll love how you can use this line in your mini books, all different sized calendars (including 12″ x 12″) and more! Tomorrow we’ll take some photos on the show floor, and preview some of the other great stuff we’ve got at the show. If you see us here, introduce yourself! You might just win a Creative Cafe t-shirt or apron! 

Stay tuned… we’ll also be giving away some of the make and take kits we featured today at the preview party 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!