Do you feel as if the year has just whizzed past, and can you believe it’s ALREADY November ??? I’ve been talking to some of the regular scrappers in the shop and most have started on their Christmas scrap pressies or cards. Piradee spyed a piece in the Gallery perfect for this week’s feature …….

A Christmas card designed by  Colista

Piradee added …… *With Christmas not too far away, this card from colista really inspired me to get out my Christmas stash and start working on all those christmas cards and tags. I just love the composition of all the elements, the use of the glossy accents on the roof tiles and also the adorable mice with their presents. Super cute!!!*

Thank you Colista for sharing the card with us and for the inspiration to get scrappers strated on theirs !!

Irene-Gwen’s Fabric Mixed Challenge is now closed and the Design Team is in the process of voting. Remember to check the message board for the anouncement of the winning entry later today.

Have a great Sunday, I’ll be back tomorrow !!!

*Aida*

Each week a member of the Design Team has the pleasure of selecting a page with a mix of elements that make it unusual or different. There has been a burst of REALLY great layouts in the Gallery and it’s always so much fun looking through them to find one that will be featured here. We would like to encourage scrappers to post in the Gallery, it doesn’t matter how long you’ve been scrapping, just share your layouts and you may get featured in this Blog !

For this time :

LOTW #24

{ Designed by Dorcas !! }

Irene-Gwen chose this layout and said :

……  I love the colors, the details and the pics (simply adorable), it all just flows! Thanks for sharing.

Thank you Dorcas and congratulations !

Get your weekly inspiration fix by checking back tomorrow, come see what the Design Team has created with products already in the store. Remember, the Dare to Tear Challenge has begun and will end on 30th April.

See ‘ya tomorrow ! Aida

Hi everyone! Just a quick update … but we’ll have to be doing the rest of the updating when we get back cos there’s just too much to give you sneaks of …

Thanks for keeping us in your thoughts … we know you’re really curious as to what we have gotten to see so far. Here’s a tiny sampling of what we’ve seen so far … …

Sorry. Photos taken in a hurry don’t do justice to what we’re seeing ….

Some of the ALL NEW releases from Making Memories ….

Certain previews were held off-site so we hopped onto shuttle buses to get from 1 place to another.

No! We were not sight-seeing but this was the launch of the ALL NEW Star Wars collection by Creative Imaginations.

Then we popped over to S.E.I.’s preview ….

And here are other random booths we popped by ….

Sassafras above and K & Company below….

Basic Grey is as always one of our personal favourites as seen below ….

More of K & Company ….

Some of Ki Memories below …

And the mad crowd below waiting in line to get a glimpse of Paris Hilton … we had to rush from 1 appointment to another … so we had to give it a miss … Jas or Kelly managed to get a shot of Paris Hilton’s photographers though … LOL!!!

This the map covering the entire convention centre that helps us navigate from one manufacturer to another.

Ooooo… wish we could update you with more … but there’s really lots to be done. We’ll pop by again on the last day of the show again to check in with everyone again ok?

Lotsa love,
Jasmine, Kelly, Swee Ching & Elvira

Here’s the pre-update of new arrivals for this week which we’ll be releasing especially for one and all on Trendy New Arrivals Thursday … that’s just slightly over a day away!!! Wowoweeee!!!

ALL NEW CHA Winter ‘08 Show releases from the following brands have arrived and are just waiting to be released to you!!!

Carolee’s Creations

Glitz Design

Maya Road

7 gypsies

Colorbok

Hampton Art

Coredinations

And hot faves from the following brands have been replenished!!!

EK Success

Tsukineko

As usual, photo updates will be released as soon as we can … … in the meantime … keep on lovin’ and keep up the scrappin’!!!  And do remember to check our blog and online forum for the latest updates!!!

Last week, our DT got to play with Creative Cafe’s fun collections “Lucky” and “Spirit”. Here’s what they did:

:: Soo Jen ::

Used patterned papers from Creative Cafe by Creative Imaginations products on this LO. PPs were from the Double Vision range. Other Creative Cafe supplies included the buttons, felt wavy border strips. I used the CI notepaper in light blue as the base for the patterned papers. It was easy using the already curved edge of one side of the notepaper to trace and cut out the two curved strips of PPs.

Title, Bubbles of Fun was Making Memories foam stamps, stamped with MM black acrylic paint. Journalling with American Craft precision writer on perforated lines formed with the EK Success Cutter Bee Bugs.

Added some glitter and texture to the CI buttons and chipboard shapes with Sparkle Mod Podge. Also strung a cord string through the punched out holes following the already perforated notepaper.

:: Leena ::

The products used for this LO are patterned papers from Creative Cafe by Creative Imaginations, Double Vision collection, Creative Cafe buttons, felt wavy border strips & felt brads. Other products used are overlays from Hambly Screen Print, Prima flowers and foam letters from AC Thickers.

ps: Creative Cafe collections are available at MWL. :)