We started today at the Ranger booth and they had a Designer Challenge to see what they could do with Melt Art!  Here are just a few pieces of art from people you may know!

There were some amazing works of art all made with wax in some form – some very nice eye candy.

Look for all the new colours of distress ink, all the new Tim Holtz “Alterations”, all Tim’s Anthology products coming soon. They are awesome!

After that we headed next door to the Art Gone Wild booth to order all the new Tim Holtz & Wendy Vecchi stamps along with a bunch of other stamps for Bizzy B’s – it’s going to be fun when they all come in!  We can still add to our order so if there is something you were looking for make sure you let us know soon!

Some of Tim’s new stamp samples.

We then headed over to Sparkle & Sprinkle to order some of their awesome embossing powders and they also have some glittery flock that we think might interest you! 

We visited many booths such as Tattered Angels who have some great new products and some lovely new stamps along with the new Heidi Swapp products.  Sorry no photos right now as the booth was too packed to get in a shot!

Graphic 45 is ordered and on its way very soon to Bizzy B’s! (Let us know if you have any special requests for product through Scraptivity.) Again, when we got to their booth, there were tons of people so couldn’t get any photos there either (maybe it will be a bit quieter tomorrow).

After many more booths we finally made it to Viva Decor – they had a lovely booth and some wonderful products!  It’s hard to just pick a few!  Here’s a couple of photos:

Once the show closed we headed out for our now annual “Crazy Canuck Dinner”  – there were 34 of us and some amazing Italian food.

Here are Brenda from Westcott and Heather from Canadian Scrapbooker!

Great to see Connie, Heather & Trisha again!

Well, that is it for today.  Back tomorrow with the wrap up of the show – can’t believe it’s almost done already! Lots of orders to place tomorrow – we will be running around that’s for sure!

So Day 2 came & went extremely fast!  We started off at “Our Craft Lounge” where they had some lovely stamps and some lovely sparkly fluff – flock with glitter!  Very cute.  Then we headed to Melissa Frances where there were some lovely vintage type products coming later in the year but this layout really caught my eye by using crepe paper as a background.

The pink is crepe paper!

Some Melissa Frances Vintage paper coming soon!

Then Best Creations has some of the best Glitter Paper and they had some cute Boy / Girl papers.

and a nice wedding line

OOh and look who we found demonstrating Glue Foil ( a great metal product with a heat activated glue backing):

Yep that is Jen Starr!  Wanna see her come back for more classes?  Let us know!

Then we came upon the Powder Painting which was a great way to use your Embossing Powders!  Check it out when we get back!

Oh and couldn’t resist this line (with others) by Pink Paislee!

Some cool stuff by Jenni Bowlin:

And we finally did it – our Hambly order for Bizzy B’s!  Hard to choose here – so many lovely tranparencies and paper and to die for rub-ons (even used on a wooden bangle – see in store when I return if you are able to visit Bizzy B’s in Toronto).  Tony kept leaving and coming back as I just couldn’t decide (wanted them all!) If you have any requests for products through Scraptivity, please send us an email.

Then we ran into Cheryl at Ten Seconds Studio and boy do they have some great new metal colours and moulds and much more…..here’s a little sample!

Towards the end of the day we came upon Websters Pages and they didn’t disappoint but my camera battery did! It, along with it’s owner was apparently tired and worn out!!  However, I did manage to get a taste of what’s to come so here it is – very nice!

Then the camera battery was done, the show was done for day 2 but it wasn’t over as we caught up with those crazy Canadian Scrapbooker girls!  Plus Tony’s birthday and that was a recipe for a terrific dinner at Bubba Gumps!  Along the way we met up with Bettina from My Stamp Box and Natalie from Germany (Prima)!

Here’s a couple of shots:

Leica & Jackie in our room before dinner!

Good to see you Connie!

Jackie, Bettina, Katharina, Natalie & Leica about to recession bust at the mall!  Or the jean brigade! (Canadian Scrapbooker & My Stamp Box & Prima)

Cheers Tony – Happy Birthday from us all & Bubba Gump!!!

Tony & the girls (Canadian Scrapbooker & My Stamp Box & Natalie from Prima)

OK that’s about it for today -be back tomorrow!

Wow! What a day!  As usual we had a plan and after about aisle .5 that was thrown out the window as we caught up with many friends that we haven’t seen in a while!  We started by bumping into Beverley from B-Line who was visiting.  Great to see her and she passed us the hot off the press new catalogue called Tattered Damask with products due to hit the streets in March!  Oh my you are gonna love it!

We also met Ted from Crafter’s Workshop and a few other people – we hadn’t even entered the show doors yet!  Knew we were doomed with our new plan!

When we actually entered the show our first booth was My Stamp Box and they have some great new stamp sets that you will see pretty soon after we get back to Toronto!

From there we bumped into Mrs. B-Line again in a “new” stamp booth called Loralie Designs!  They have tons of very fun characters. These were a couple of my favourites:

This is Nettie & Rainbow Beauty – they were way cute!  See all the interesting characters at www.LoralieDesigns.com and let me know what you think!

Next we came upon the Glitz Designs booth – great looking booth where I made a flower out of paper and coffee filters!  Here’s a couple of peeks:

Mannequin with paper dress!

Some lovely vintage papers!

Check out this cake – it’s been stamped!

New line from Glitz Designs

Then we came upon the Vintaj booth where they have all kinds of amazing metal embellishments.  They include blanks that can be used with Cuttlebug folders, many, many embellishments that work for cards, scrapbook pages, altered projects and all kinds of jewellery.  You like???

Very cool projects from Vintaj – great embellishments!  Lots of hammering going on in this booth!

Then we made our first order of the show at – guess where?

Yep that’s it 7 Gypsies – so many great new products and all on there way to the hive very soon!  We had a hard time choosing so we bought almost all of it!!

Well that’s our little sum up of the day – back tomorrow with day 2.

Don’t forget to let us know if there is something you want us to look at bringing to Scraptivity or Bizzy B’s!

Created by Samantha Taylor.

I can’t believe it time for another sketch already. Thanks to everyone who participated last month! It was lots of fun seeing what you came up with. Here’s this month’s sketch.

Here’s my take on the sketch. It uses a lot of products from the November 2009 kit.

Here are the measurements:
A = 4″ x 5 1/4″
B = 3 1/2″ x 4 3/4″
C = 7/8″ x 7/8″

I can’t wait to see what you do with it. Remember to post your sketch in the Scraptiv!ty Gallery. Happy scrapping!

Created with our January 2010 Kit by Carole Stirrat.

1. Using Prism white cardstock as a base, adhere black and white printed paper from the back side of Teresa Collins “Life Time” paper.

2. Cut a 6”x12” strip of Teresa Collins “Life Quote” paper, attach black tulle or lace (not found in the January kit) to top and bottom, and adhere the entire piece to the center of your layout.

3. Cut clocks from Teresa Collins “Life Tags” paper and center of large clock from Teresa Collins “Life Time” paper. Distress edges and ink with brown chalk ink. Trim a straight edge along the right side of large clock center and adhere to right side of layout.

4. Adhere a 4×6” photo and quote tag from “Life Tags” paper. Place 7 Gypsies gaffer tape along side of quote tag, and red trim (not included in kit) to bottom of center piece.

5. Finish layout by adhering clocks, flowers (not in kit), and Basic Grey pearls.

And here you have your completed layout!

Check out our January 2010 kit! We are kicking off 2010 with a great kit jam-packed with supplies that focus on reporting and story-telling; all part of journaling.

Find info about kit contents here:
http://www.scraptivity.com/about/kits/january2010.html

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This kit can be purchased here:
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Also, be sure to check out our Design Team’s creations in the January 2010 kit gallery! http://www.scraptivity.com/show/showgallery.php?cat=739

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By Samantha Taylor.

I’m so excited to introduce a new blog feature to you today. On the 20th of every month, head here for a card sketch and example from the sketch. I have to admit, I love card sketches. They’re especially handy if you get in a creative rut, and they can challenge you to try something new.

If you’ve never used a card sketch before, the rules are pretty simple:
1. Have Fun!!!
2. Create a card (or 2 or 3) using the sketch for inspiration. You may use any paper, embellishments, stamps, etc. that you want. Feel free to flip the sketch (for example this sketch is posted as a horizontal sketch, but flips to a vertical sketch really well).
3. Show off your work. We’d love to see what you make with the sketch. Post it in the S! gallery, and also feel free to leave a comment on this post letting us know you played along. If you post a sketch inspired card on your blog or on-line gallery feel free to link it up in the comments too.
4. Give credit where credit is due. If you want to post this sketch on your blog or anywhere else, feel free to do so, just mention that you got it here at the S! blog.

So (drum roll please), here’s the very first S! card sketch. I can’t wait to see what you super creative S! fans do with it:

Here’s my take on the sketch (and yes, all those delicious papers and embellishments are from the S! December kit):

Created with our December 2009 Kit by Samantha Taylor.

1. You will need:

- 3 strips of 10 1/2″ x 1 1/2″ card stock (Used here: 1 Bazill Granny Smith, 2 Bazzill Cheddar)

-6 pieces of patterned paper cut 5″ x 1 1/4″ (Used here: 4 Piggy Tales 5 Little Ducks Mother Duck, 2 Piggy Tales 5 Little Ducks Play)

- Empty CD case (optional)

- 6 thin magnets cut about 1/2″ x 1/2″ (I used old freebie magnets, one from “Bob’s Auto Glass, Pizza Places, etc.)

- Assorted buttons, brads, or eyelets.

2. Fold card stock in half and adhere 1 piece of patterned paper to each out side of the card stock.

3. Attach magnets to the inside, close to the unfolded edge (Note: remember that magnets have polarity, so line up your magnets so they attract, rather than repel).

4. Embellish the non-magnet end with buttons, brads, or eyelets and ribbon.

This is a great fast gift. What’s unique about these book marks is that they are magnetic, so they not only hold your page, but also your place on the page. These can be given out individually or a packaged set of 3 in an empty CD case.

Created with our December 2009 Kit by Rebecca King.

- Trim manila tag to 3.5” tall. An ATC is 2.5×3.5” and this will be just a little bit less wide.

- Heat one side of Penscore with heat gun.

- Quickly press firmly into bubble wrap.

- You’ve created your own bubble wrap stamp!

- Ink stamp with Lagoon Blue chalk ink from kit.

- Stamp onto tag.

- Cut 1.75×2.25” piece of Granny Smith cardstock. Add to tag in middle.

- Hand-cut a flower from Mother Duck paper. Affix Bazzill brad in center.

- Take a 3” strip cut from edge of paper (the part with the writing on it that would be discarded) and fold it around itself to make a .5” thick piece. Adhere it together so it will keep its shape.

- Affix it to back of flower. This will make your flower pop up from the ATC. You could also use a Pop-dot or 3D Glue Dot to achieve this effect.

- And here is your completed ATC!