Scrapfest 2009- Mall of America

Scrapfest 2009 was a fabulous experience!

Over 4,000 people attended this annual event, sponsored by Archiver's, the paper crafting retailer based in Minneapolis.

This is the seventh year of this event. Word has certainly spread about the great opportunity. This extraordinary 3-day weekend has a lot to offer scrapbookers, cardcrafters, and just about anyone else who loves paper, stickers and embellishments as much as we do!

We had such fun sharing our new TPC Studio collections with all the folks that turned out at the Mall of America to participate.

We offered four workshops, all of which "sold out" featuring projects made with our new Ancestral and Time to Travel lines.
(project instructions attached)

We also had a blast working with the folks that stopped by our booth to make fun cards!

People came from far and wide to say "hello" and to tell us how much they loved our products...

a big THANK YOU to everyone for sharing your enthusiasm with us!

Can't wait to see you next year!

Interested in our products??
check out our website to see all of our collections and products!!

or send us an e-mail requesting a catalogue

Time to Travel Frame

After my recent trip to Italy, I decided to paper craft a frame using our new Time to Travel collection which worked perfectly! I started with one paper as the background and simply cut out various imagery from other papers, distressed the edges and decoupaged them onto the frame. For the "Italy" word I covered basic chipboard letters with the back of one of the papers, sanded off the extra and distressed the edges. To add some more dimension, I used the Time to Travel Stamps, Wood Seals and Fabric Buttons.

Materials used:

12x12 Time to Travel Papers, Time to Travel Clear Stamps, Time to Travel Fabric Button Brads, Time to Travel Wood Seals

Ancestral Gate Fold Card

This gate fold card was really quick and easy and used papers and embellishments from our Ancestral Collection. For the base of the card I used our 12x12 Metallic Cover cardstock in Jade, but you could use any coordinating cardstock color for the base.  The center flower was created by layering a fabric flower with paper punched flowers, topped off with a pearlized sticker brad. It is also finished off with mini gems in the upper left corner and mini pearls and a rub-on from the Ancestral Collection embellishments.

Materials used:

 12x12 Metallic Cover Cardstock in Jade, 12x12 Ancestral Teal Brocade.
12x12 Ancestral Past to Present, 12x12 Ancestral Bird Brocade, 12x12 Ancestral Columns

Ancestral Mini Jewels, Ancestral Pearlized Brads, Ancestral Rub-Ons with Pearls

Hope you enjoy trying out this project!

 

Check our new "Kick It Up Corner"

TPC Studio created "Kick It Up Corner" to highlight our current products and put them to use in creating fun, easy-to-do everyday projects!!

We are currently working with
Liz Sewald of Art Etc. Inc
and Krista Koeing.

Kick It Up Corner Blog

Check it out!! 

(you can also find the link on the side bar of this blog)

Hope you like it!!

Bad To The Bone 12'' x 12'' Scrapbook Page

Inspired by the newest addition to my family, I decided to use the line
I designed "Bad To The Bone" to make a cute, fun,
yet simple scrapbook page!!

Materials Used:

Bad to the Bone 12'' x 12'' "Puppy Love" Paper, and Bad to the Bone 12'' x 12'' "Repeat Boarder" Paper, Bad to the Bone Chipboard alphabet, Bad to the Bone Bouncy Stickers, Bad to the Bone Tags and Rub-Ons, and Bad to the Bone Ribbon.

Enjoy!!

1974 Ancestral Page

I love Vanessa's Ancestral Collection! I used the papers, ribbons, mini jewels, adhesive brads and rub-ons to create this 8" x 8" page that features a picture of me and my grandfather that was taken when I was little. To write out "1974", first I found a large, chunky font that would be easy to cut out. I then flipped it on my computer, and printed it on the back of the Pocket Watch Brocade paper. Then I simply cut the numbers out and glued them down. To create the flowers, I used flower punches in several different sizes and shapes and then placed a mini jewel or adhesive brad in the center. This page was pretty quick and easy to make -- it only took about 20 minutes!

Paws and Claws Kitten Card

 

I recently adopted two little kittens to keep my older cat company. I made these quick "kitten announcement" cards to let everyone know of the new additions to the family. I used an orange A7 scallop card from the Paper by the Piece line along with papers and ribbon from Liz's cute Paws and Claws line. For quick accents, I used two adhesive Paws and Claws jewels to the top of the photo. Each card took less than 10 minutes!

TPC Studio Highlighted in Archiver's Journal!!

We were really excited to see three of our 2009 Fall collections
highlighted in Archiver's most recent flyer.

As seen in the latest Archiver's Journal:
Archiver's highlights the Woodland Whimsy, Ancestral, and
Time To Travel Collections from our 2009 Fall release,
on sale now through Archiver's.

Bad to the Bone, Blipps and Beeps, Transportation, and Mr. & Mrs.
are also from our 2009 Fall release
and are currently being sold at Archiver's.


Thanks for the support!!