Chicago CHA Update # 4 Uniformed Scrapbooks of America

I know I've mentioned before that as a Veteran married to a Veteran and the daughter and grand daughter of veterans finding quality, UNIQUE military scrapbooking materials is not easy. So I am absolutely gobsmacked IN LOVE with Uniformed Scrapbooks of America. I am even more stoked that they are located in good ole Georgia, not even 20 minutes from my home.

The owners Chip and Heather were patient with me as I drooled and snapped photos.

Uniformed Scrapbooks of America Owners, Chip and  Heather Lovern

Uniformed Scrapbooks of America

According to their website, Uniformed Scrapbooks of America is focused on challenging the concepts of military scrapbooking.  Co-founders Chip & Heather Lovern set out to create the perfect military scrapbooking album they wanted one designed for customization, personalization, and resemblance to an authentic military uniform. Today, Uniformed Scrapbooks of America has developed, patented and licensed its military uniform scrapbook album. Their products’ design, allowing for enhanced memorabilia collection and display, has elevated the bar for the military scrapbooking album.

This company also sells albums for public safety officials to like fire fighters and police officers. Even Santa's uniform has its own album.

Uniformed Scrapbooks of America Santa Album

Uniformed Scrapbooks of America Army Product Line

Uniformed Scrapbooks of America Army Paper Pack

Uniformed Scrapbooks of America Marine Corps Product Line

Uniformed Scrapbooks of America Navy Product Line

Uniformed Scrapbooks of America Navy Product Line

Uniformed Scrapbooks of America Army Licensed Album 

Uniformed Scrapbooks of America Coast Guard Licensed Album

Uniformed Scrapbooks of America Marine Corps Licensed Album

Check out their website here: http://www.uniformedscrapbook.com/

Like them on facebook here: http://www.facebook.com/UniformedScrapbook?sk=app_2373072738

And buy oodles of their product at Archivers and Scrapbook.com. 

No, I dont' work for them - but I am a FIRM advocate in supporting high quality veteran related products!!

Thanks for stopping by, 

CarrieAnne

Chicago CHA Update #3 - Petaloo & Prima Marketing, Inc.

Floral embellishments come in all shapes, sizes, shades and budgets. I visited both the Prima and the Petaloo booths at CHA to see what was new to floral embellishments. Vintage colors, glass glitter, birds and vines are still holding out strong and I saw a number of things I would love to add to my own stash.  I have given credit when I knew who the artist was in the pictures below, and I would love to add their names to the captions if you have that information.

Petaloo

I learned at the show that Petaloo product can be divided into four categories.

Petaloo Premier: Vintage and fashion forward floral embellishments

Flora-Doodles:  General purpose, value driven floral embellishments

Color Me Crazy: Their largest product offering with a wide range of materials, shapes and sizes - perfect for painting, stamping, inking, spraying or staining.

Dazzlers: Hand-glittered embellishments ideal for cardmaking, scrapbooking, and general crafting.

How adorable is this Petaloo layout?

These trims are new to the Petaloo product line and I thought they would be great for using as a trim or when cut up individually.

Loving these Petaloo flowers for Christmas cards and layouts.

To check them out yourself, visit their website at: http://petaloo.cameoez.com/Scripts/PublicSite/

Prima Marketing, Inc.

The Prima booth is ALWAYS amazing. They have a phenomenal design team and I love to wander thier samples for inspiration. Ingvild Bolme was in the booth demonstrating her new line of tools, but I didn't have the time to stop and do the make n' take. (bummer!)

A good friend of mine, Heidi Kelley, is on the Prima Design Team so many of the artwork samples are hers. Isn't she amazing!

Prima Layout by Heidi Kelley

New Prima Resin Embellishments - LOVE these!!

Prima Shadow Boxes by Heidi Kelley

Super cute Prima altered Coffee Grinder

Amazing Prima Headband

Thanks for stopping by,

CarrieAnne

 

You can see the entire Prima product offering at their website: http://www.primamarketinginc.com/

Chicago CHA Update #2 - C.C. Designs Rubber Stamps & Stampendous

 Welcome to day 2 of my CHA Update. Today I'll be sharing with you pictures from the C.C. Designs Rubber Stamps and the Stampendous booth.

As I continued my quest for new, fun and exciting stamps companies I decided to venture into the New Exhibitor section of the show. This is the part of the floor where CHA first timers get to strut their stuff. In all honesty it is my favorite section of CHA because you really do get to see the latest and greatest products on the market all in one place.

C.C. Designs Rubber Stamps

According to the manufacturer, C.C. Designs Rubber Stamps are made of high quality, deep etched red rubber. All their stamps come attached to EZ Mount Foam. The stamp will then need to be attached to an acrylic block to be used. 

I found these stamps to be very cute, as I am fond of the warm friendly images of children which are dominating the stamp industry at the moment. The owners of the company were kind and a delight to talk to. 

To learn more about CC Designs Rubber Stamps you can visit their blog:  http://atsblog.typepad.com/cc_designs/.

 Stampendous

I've long been a fan of Stampendous images, but when I saw their vintage offerings and this cute side table display I just had to take a few pictures. The banner behind the candelabra is made up of their stamped images and what looks like mists. So chic!

The Stampendous website is can be found here: http://www.stampendous.com/

If you are new to stamping they have some really great tutorials on everything from masking to basic inking up.

Tommorrow I will share images of something other than stamps. There were some really neat paper and embellishment releases as well.

Thanks for stopping by,

CarrieAnne

Chicago CHA Update #1 - Magnolia Stamps and La Blanche Stamps

Alyssa McGrew (Owner of Miss Art's Papercrafting School) and myself on the first day of the show!

I am finally back from CHA in Chicago. I know I promised to upload photos from the show, but I was just too busy!!  So here is the first installment of my CHA update coverage.



One of the goals I had for the show was to find a few stamp companies that would be a good fit for future Miss Art's Papercrafting School classes. And today's post will share with you artwork and product I found in the Magnolia Stamps and La Blanche Stamps booths.

Magnolia Stamps

 I have been familiar with Magnolia Stamps for quite sometime. Their signature line of cherubic like child images are super cute.  These stamps come mounted on EZMount which makes them super easy to store (no bulky wood mounts) and also perfect for acrylic mounts. The Magnolia images work extremely well with Copic markers which are all the rage at the moment.

I took a few snap shots of their  booth, but you can find out more at their website: http://magnoliastamps.us

I apologize for the off coloring, the lighting in some of the booths made my camera nuts!

 Here are a few of my favorite stamp images:

     

 

 These projects were just too cute. I don't know who the artist was that created them. If you know shoot me an email and I will give credit in the photo caption.

 La Blanche Stamps

 

Because I missed the Winter Show in Anaheim, this was my first exposure to La Blanche and this stamp company was definitely one of my favorite things about the entire show. La Blanche stamps are incredibly detailed. Their mounts are made from lightweight, hard foam and the stamped image itself is done in a very high quality silicon. In order to capture all the details of these amazing stamps, the demonstrator for the company recommended using VersaMark or Stazon ink.

As I am off in just a few days for a family reunion I thought I would schedule posts each day for the next week or so sharing my detailed pictures and thoughts on the people, new products and all things artsy I encountered on the show floor. If you didn't have a chance to go to the show, but have a question about a new product or something revealed there, leave me a comment and I'll do my best to answer your questions.

Thanks for stopping by,

CarrieAnne