Chicago CHA Update #9 - Kaisercraft

The ENTIRE Kaisercraft was swoon worthy and as you can tell by today's insane number of photos I just couldn't stop clicking my camera shutters. If wishes were pennies I'd already own every single new release product.  Their new alterable dress forms are absolutely fantastic and their design team did a wonderful job showing their versatility.

As I am madly snapping photos of our camping trip, I think I simply need to run out and get that super cute camper album and the "Hunt and Gather" papers to match.

Hope you have as much fun drooling as I did!

To view the entire offering of Kaisercraft products visit their website here:  http://www.kaisercraft.net/

For your daily dose of Aussie inspiration visit their blog here: http://www.kaisercraft.net/blog/

Thanks for stopping by,

CarrieAnne

Chicago CHA Update #8 - Hambly Screen Prints and Jillibean Soup

Welcome to day 8 of my CHA update. I am still camping in lovely New England so I thought I would post more projects and product releases each day this week. I'll be back home next week and posting original artwork and general craftyness.

Hambly Screen Prints
I really enjoy using unique products - items that not every company carries. Hambly Screen Prints specializes in silk screened transparencies. They are a fantastic addition to any layout or card and I love the quirky, but trendy vibe of their products.
 
Their booth had some really neat projects using their decorative Washi Tape. According to their website "Washi Tape is perfect to use for paper crafting, scrapbooking, wrapping gifts and more. Hambly's tape is made using Washi paper, which is thin and translucent making it easy to tear by hand and leaves no residue on most surfaces. Decorative Washi tape can be written or stamped on, looks great as a border and can be used in a regular tape dispenser."
 

Hambly Screen Prints Washi Tape

Fantastic Hambly Lamp shades made from transparencies

 For more product images and their entire catalog visit  Hambly's website here: http://www.hamblyscreenprints.com/

For your daily does of Hambly Screen Print happiness visit their blog here: http://hamblyscreenprints.typepad.com/

Jillibean Soup
Jillibean Soup has produced another series of fantastic paper lines with coordinating embellishments. I am a big fan of texture in my layouts, so their corrugated alphas in a new size offering are fantastic. 

Jillibean Soup Corrugated Alphas

To view the entire Jillibean Soup product offering visit their website here: http://www.jillibean-soup.com/site/index.php

For your daily taste of the soup de jour visit their blog here: http://www.jillibeansoup.typepad.com/

Thanks for stopping by,
CarrieAnne

Chicago CHA Update #7 Grant Studios and Harmonie

 American companies aren't the only great source of crafting products. Today I am sharing two non-American paper crafting manufacturers with you, Harmonie a French-Canadian company, and Grant Studios an Australian Company. Both were fairly new to me so I thought I would share a few shots of their artwork and product lines with you.


Grant Studios

Though Grant Studios has some amazing papercrafting products targeting normal scrapbookers and cardmakers like the Grace Taylor collection pictured below, what I really liked about them is their vast offering of unique and fashion forward children's crafts.  
 

Grant Studios' Grace Taylor Paper Line

Grant Studios' Layout 

My girls and I do a lot of crafting together, and they are a bit beyond pipe cleaners and play dough age. They would love the entire My Studio Girl Product line including these fashion designing stencils and doll kits.

Grant Studios Fashion Designer Stencils

Grant Studios My Studio Girl Doll Kit

Grant Studios Doll Kit

The product they would actually give up their glitter and scratch n' sniff stickers for however, would be the Taggles line below. Slightly reminiscent of the color forms I had as a kid these are much cooler. They are dimensional and reusable, and what's truly impressive is that they are also VIRTUAL. Your daughter can go online and play with Taggles for hours - no purchase needed. She can then print out the Taggles back drops and other items she has created and use them with the real Taggles she already owns. I CAN"T want till these get into stores here stateside - can you say - check stocking stuffers off the list!

To check out all of Grant Studio's product line visit their website here: http://www.grant.com.au/index.php?PCID=12534

To spend some time with the taggles virtual experience visit here http://www.mystudiogirl.com/taggles_1.0/

Harmonie

Harmonie's website states "Quebec’s own Harmonie specializes in the manufacturing and distribution of a wide range of products from customise polymer and wood mounted wood stamps, to scrapbooking papers and decorations, acrylic, wood and chipboard shapes to original albums." The company debuted a beautiful new line called "Shabby Love." 

Harmonie Layout

Harmonie Shabby Love Collection

To see Harmonie's entire product offering visit their website here: http://www.loisirsharmonie.ca/

For daily Harmonie inspiration visit their blog here: http://harmonieloisirscreatifs.blogspot.com/

Thanks for stopping by,

CarrieAnne