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CHA Sneak Peek #4 - Daydream and Tweet Memories

Here are two close-ups of some more of the papers from the brand new Heidi Grace collections debuting at CHA this Sunday, January 29. 

Daydream:

Tweet Memories:

Missed our introduction to these new collections?  Click here to see last week's post.

All the albums shown are true 12x12 scrapbooks that we hope you'll want to trust with your memories and display in your home.  The easel back albums are particularly suited for display, contructed to be freestanding and showcase a montage of photographs and keepsakes. 

What do you look for in an album?  Longevity, simplicity, bold themes, windows, price?

All albums shown are available at Jo-Ann Craft and Larger Superstores nationwide.

Welcome to Post #1 of our CHA Sneak Peeks!  We're so excited to share our four new boutiques with you today (and multitudes of additional new products in the coming days!!).  We are sure 2012 is going to be a wonderful year and our hope is to leave you as inspired as we are.  Without further ado here are the beautiful new Colorbök collections Antique Paperie and Victorian Parlour:

Need some inspiration for projects using these new collections?  Check back over the next 10 days as we gear up for CHA as we'll be featuring loads of new project ideas! 

And to energize your crafting resolutions we'd like to present the Heidi Grace Designs collections Daydream and Tweet Memories:

Here's the best news, you don't have long to wait before these hit stores!  Start checking at your local Jo-Ann Craft and Larger Superstore the first week in February to get your hands on the hundreds of items available from these collections. 

Which one are you going to be most eager to see?

Make it a Precious Christmas

Celebrate the Season with some holiday crafting! It can be difficult to find the time to craft this time of year, but we hope that these quick projects will help inspire you.  

How cute are these little trees?! Mix and match various papers to create a unique forest of your own!

Who doesn't love a personalized gift box or bag? Simply cover an existing box, or create a box out of left over corrugate or card stock and cover it with the papers of your choice. 

Visit the open stock paper section at your local Jo-Ann Craft and Larger Superstores to find these and other Precious Moments papers.

2011 Colorbök Holiday Gift Guide: Box Kits

Our Scrapbook Box Kits make great holiday gifts for crafters of all skill levels, from seasoned scrappers to complete novices! Since our box kits contain everything necessary to complete the included 12x12 album, they are even perfect for those who have NEVER scrapbooked before. Give the gift of a box kit to help your friends and family celebrate and cherish memories of the last year. In addition to our regular box kit selection, we are featuring the six limited edition box kits below to relive your summer vacation, preserve treasured wedding photos or capture the everyday moments that made 2011 a year to remember!

These great designs are available for a limited time at your local

Wal-Mart!

Each complete 12x12 box kit is only $16!

 

Which design will you ask Santa for?

 

Isn't that Precious...

Celebrate the joy of life with these classic Precious Moments designs. Created specifically for baby, these patterns will be perfect to accent birth announcements, shower invitations, scrap book or journaling pages, and much more!

These and additional Precious Moments papers are available in the open stock paper section at JoAnn Stores. See our pages below and get inspired!

Focus On: Wedding Page Kit

Wedding season is wrapping up here in the northern states and the proofs are coming in from the photographers.  The Wedding Page Kit in our current Walmart set is an elegant, modern wedding collection featuring grayscale motifs with scattered butterfly shadows, refined botanicals and accents to compliment the settings from that special day.  Particularly suited to black and white photographs, the designs seemed perfect for a mini book I've been hoping to create for a close friend Elaina who got married in August:

Beautiful right?  I wanted Elaina to be able to put her own favorite photographs into the layouts so I made each spread customizable, leaving space for photos and extra journaling.

Heidi Grace Template Packs!

 

 

 

Intrigued?

The Template Project Pack is yet another new Heidi Grace product that just set in JoAnn Fabric and Craft Larger Superstores.  There are FIVE different packs that include boxes, garlands, albums, celebration and seasonal.   They might seem daunting on screen but each template includes detailed, step-by-step instructions for assembly.

Pair these templates with the Specialty Project Pads from the same section and you can make some of these amazing projects shown on our website.  (Click here to check them out.)  And that's only the beginning - there are 61 templates total, all meticulously (and painstakingly) developed, constructed and refined by Heidi and the team here!  

 

cute picnic project

it is picnic weather!

check out this simple but darling invite that i made with the daisy dear line.

then here is a coordinating lunch sack for the activity...(i used the flowers and leaves pad that has a ton of flowers, petals, and leaves that are perfect for layering)

then here is the cool thing...you can do a scrapbook page that recycles the invite.  check out the top part and you will notice that it the top of the card.  i just cut it off and used it as an embellishment.

Prepare to be Blown Away!

We have an AMAZING opportunity for all of our California customers! Join us the first weekend in June for a special inventory blowout sale. This is your chance to get spectacular deals on all of our great craft products. Scrapbooks, paper, kid's crafts and SO MUCH more will be available for up 80% off. This is a sale you will not want to miss. See you there!

 HUGE selection of Scrapbook Supplies!

Albums, Paper Pads, Box Kits and more!

HUNDREDS of Kid's Crafts!

Activity & Coloring Books, Painting & Sewing Crafts, Suncatchers and more!

Up to 80% off all items!

Absolutely nothing over $5.00

CASH - CHECKS - VISA - MC accepted | Dock Loading available! 

WHEN:           Saturday, June 4th  6:00AM to 3:00PM

                                Sunday, June 5th  7:00AM to 3:00PM

WHERE:      Colorbök, Inc.

                                10750 7th Street #102

                                Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91730

                                (800) 366-4660

                                (909) 476-6886 x101

Magazine Mentions: Creating Keepsakes May/June 2011

 
We are so excited that this page by Colorbök designer Maria Filar is featured in the May/June issue of Creating Keepsakes magazine!  Maria created this layout using strips of Colorbök fabric available at JoAnn Fabric and Craft Larger Superstores. These fabrics are from the Sweet Blooms collection (designed by Renee) and our Heidi Grace Taking Flight collection.

To use this technique on your own pages, accordion-fold a strip of fabric, using a sewing machine or hot glue to secure the folds. Don't worry about making it perfect - a little unevenness adds to the charm!  To get a more distressed look, try slightly unraveling the edges of your fabric strip before folding.  Use colored staples to attach the strips to your page. Maria used a double layer of fabric as her main embellishment, and a smaller single strip of fabric as an accent.

Spring is in the Air!

Spring is here! It may not feel like it outside, (at least not here in Michigan anyways), but it is that time of year. We are very excited about a new Promotional Program setting this week in Wal-Mart stores across the country. A whole spring program dedicated to paper crafting!

We have SUPER SIZED box kits, and adorable acrylic paint cans filled to the brim with chipboard books, stamps, cards, glitter chipboard and more!

We used the Bright Box Kit to make these scrapbook pages. But, with over 3,000 pieces in each kit (YUP, not a typo....3,000 pieces!)...you can make a variety of projects and probably still have pieces left!

 The acrylic paint cans come in 4 styles : Chipboard Mini Books Kit (includes 3 spring shaped chipboard books and all the paper & embellies), Stamp Kit (includes mini cards & envelopes, 2 full sheets of clear stamps and glitter!), Glitter Chipboard (6 colors of full glitter alphas & shapes) , Card Kit (cards, envelopes, and all the embellies)

Dare to think outside the box (or pail)...you can create a wide variety of springtime projects with these pails. We made a Welcome to Spring Garland and some Festive Magnets using the Mini Book Kit Pail. We even wrapped a gift using the empty pail and decorated it with stamps and goods from the Stamp Kit Pail!

 


 We can't wait to see what creative projects you come up with, so if you make 'em, share 'em! Go to our facebook page and post your shots to our Fan Gallery. We would love to see what you create!

more projects!!!

i have been busy creating more projects for the show with all the new product...take a look!

Christmas is coming..and everything's a dollar!

Okay, I know many of you are groaning as you read this post and thinking "Christmas already?!" but a brand-new batch of holiday value items is hitting the shelves next week and we didn't want you to miss out on the festivities. I happen to be one of those maniacal people who usually start getting in the holiday spirit before Halloween is even here, so when our samples arrived, I immediately queued up the Elf soundtrack and transformed the patterned paper packs into this festive window display. 

  

You can find the tutorial I used here. These pinwheels are great for so many things - look how cute they are as gift toppers! I think they would also be adorable as handmade ornaments and decorations on wreaths and gift bags. 

These are the patterned paper packs I used for my window display, along with coordinating red and green glitter paper packs, all of which will be available at JoAnn's Craft and Larger Superstores and A.C. Moore.

In addition to the papers above, A.C. Moore will have a whole line of coordinating accents and embellishments, all for just $1.

These last 4 items (JOY and Holly layered embellishments, gem snowflake, and foil chipboard alphas) will be available at Target as well as A.C. Moore.

Confused? Here we go, one more time just in case:

A.C. Moore has ALL of the holiday items pictured in this post.

JoAnn's Craft and Larger Superstores has the glitter and patterned paper packs.

Target has the JOY and Holly layered embellishments, gem snowflake, and foil chipboard alphas.

I know its early, but I can't think of a better way to get in the holiday spirit than sitting down with a new craft project and a mug of hot cocoa before all the hustle and bustle begins. What is your favorite way to kick off the holiday season? Leave us a comment below, we love to hear from you!

 

 

Coming Soon to a Target near you!

All of your crafting basics for only a dollar!

Start planning all those paper crafts - these colorful papers and embellishments will fit the bill for just about any project.  

Pink Foil Alphas, Layered Glitter Love, Glitter Flowers/Butterflies

Adhesive Rhinestone Hearts, Glitter Heart Stickers, Pink Glitter Alpha Stickers

Red Prismatic Paper, Red Glitter Paper, Patterned Paper, Pink Glitter Paper

White Glitter Alphas, Foil Epoxy Phrases, Layered Glitter Hearts

Adhesive Rhinestone Flowers, Glitter Birthday Stickers, Purple Glitter Alpha Stickers

White Glitter Paper, Silver Foil Paper, Patterned Paper, Purple Glitter Paper

Layered Glitter Wow!, Blue Glitter Alphas, Layered Glitter Butterflies

Adhesive Rhinestone Gems, Glitter Star Stickers, Blue Foil Alpha Stickers

Green Glitter Paper, Blue Glitter Paper, Patterned Paper, Light Blue Glitter Paper

Black Glitter Alphas, Silver Glitter Flourishes, Adhesive Rhinestone Flourishes

Layered Glitter XoXo, Glitter Skull Stickers, Silver Foil Alpha Stickers

Gold Foil Paper, Gold Prismatic Paper, Patterned Paper, Black Glitter Paper

Watch for great project ideas using these in the coming weeks!

she's here, and i'm back.

nothing...i mean nothing is better than my kids!!!  they are the best part of me!  i am so happy to announce little miss paisley lynn kress. (if you want to read the whole story about her you can check out my personal blog.)

  

after three weeks off, i have tons of work to get caught up on, and lots of ideas to start jotting down and working on.

here is my first scrapbook page of paisley. 

oh, and...check out the newest addition to my studio.

We have a winner!

Congratulations to CarolN, you are the lucky winner of our Cloud9 Sweet Clementine give-away. Thanks for being a part of our blog community, we hope you enjoy your prize. And a huge thank-you to everyone who participated, we love hearing from you!

Robin, come on down!

Congratulations to Robin, you are the lucky winner of our Cloud9 Wild Indigo give-away. Thanks for being a part of our blog community, we hope you enjoy your prize!

Thanks to everyone who participated and be sure to enter our newest giveaway for Cloud9 Sweet Clementine!

 

Cloud9 Sweet Clementine, now in stores!

Meet Sweet Clementine, another new Cloud9 release! Along with Cloud9 Wild Indigo, Sweet Clementine will be in JoAnn Fabric and Craft Larger Superstores this week and we're celebrating with - you guessed it - another giveaway! Share your thoughts in a comment below for a chance to win this spread of juicy new products.

 

Here's a closer look at Sweet Clementine:

A few of our favorite papers

Fabric Brad Tops, Puffy Stickers and Adhesive Gems

Cardstock Alpha Stickers, Cardstock Accent Stickers and Glitter Stickers

Cardstock Alpha Stickers, Rub-ons

Cardstock Accent Stickers, Clear Glitter Stickers

Specialty Paper Pad, Double Mat Stack

Epoxy Stickers, Layered Stickers, 12x12 Album

Be sure to check out the rest of the Cloud9 Sweet Clementine collection in stores, and check back here Friday to see if you are the winner of the giveaway!

 

Cloud9 Wild Indigo collection, now in stores!

 

After last week's barrage of giveaways, we figured that by now you must be sick of chances to win free stuff, right? No? You're not? Are you sure? Well good, because guess what today brings - another giveaway! Our brand new Cloud9 release, Wild Indigo, is coming to JoAnn Fabric and Craft Larger Superstores this week and we couldn't think of a better way to celebrate than sharing some of these awesome new products with another lucky winner. Share your thoughts with us in a comment below for a chance to win this suite of brand new products!  We'll announce the winner on Monday, August 2nd.

Here's a closer look at Cloud9 Wild Indigo:

A sampling of our favorite papers - as you can see, this collection is all about texture and color.

Fabric Brad Tops, Puffy Stickers, Adhesive Gems

  Cardstock Alpha Stickers, Cardstock Accent Stickers, Glitter Stickers

 
Cardstock Alpha Stickers, Rub-ons

12x12 Specialty Paper Pad, Double Mat Stack

 

Glitter Punch-out Pad, 12x12 Album, Layered Chipboard Stickers

If you like what you see here, be sure to check out the rest of the Wild Indigo collection in stores, and while you're there, keep an eye out for another brand new Cloud9 release, Sweet Clementine.

We'd love to see your creations with these new collections, you can share your projects with us over on the Colorbök Facebook page. Now don't forget to comment below for a chance to win!