CHA Excitement

I hope your week is going well! I am sure many of you have been checking out all of the updates and recaps from this summer's Create and Connect(formerly CHA).  I know I have and all I can say is WOW! Wow on so many levels.  New Products, amazing booth displays and so much amazing talent when it came to samples for all to see...seriously WOW!  I have to say that this years releases are over the top amazing. As you can probably tell from my past blog posts, I am a huge fan of anything Tim Holtz and the companies he is involved with and this year I had the honour and privilege of creating samples for my friend.  I want to start first by thanking Tim for the opportunity because I was over the moon excited and humbled to be part of the journey and have to say scared at the same time.  This was the first time creating samples for such a big stage so that is where the scared factor came into play.  A big thank you also goes out to Paula Cheney for answering all my crazy questions and all your guidance. 
 
I am sure the woman at the post office truly thought I was crazy when I picked up my parcel but I was ok with that.  It was so exciting seeing all of the new things for the first time and those little skates(OMG) put a huge smile on my face because they have alot of meaning for me! (Beware, they will be on so many projects for years to come, LOVE them!)  Once, I settled my brain, I got to work because I knew I would have one less week to create due to travelling for my niece's high school graduation. (Congrats Kat, wouldn't have missed it for the world)

The first sample I am sharing uses the new merriment paper, word bands and mirror stars.

(photo used from Scraptime with permission- check out their Flickr account)

 For this card I used the 2x2 snippets page included in the paper pad.  I cut apart the small squares only to sew them back together to resemble a patchwork quilt piece before layering them on my card.  This technique gives great dimension to a project and I had alot of fun making this.  I coloured the mirror stars with alcohol ink...what a simple thing to do that made such a difference in their look.  Don't you just love the new wordbands? I sure do!

I will be back sharing more samples very soon but until then make sure you check out the blogs of fellow sample makers, there is so much incredible talent.  A list of individuals and links to their sites are found HERE and I hope you are checking out Tim's recaps each day and leaving comments.  Until then, Cheers! h