Canvas Corp Acquires Tattered Angels

January 27, 2012 By 2 Comments

Canvas Corp announced this week that it has acquired Fort Collins, Colorado-based Tattered Angels, which is best known for its Glimmer Mist line of spray ink products.

This is the company’s second acquisition in less than two months – Canvas Corp purchased 7 Gypsies in December 2011 from Ultra-Pro. They also purchased BagWorks, a fabric cut and sew company, in the summer of 2011. BagWorks offers canvas and burlap products that are produced in a facility in Springdale, Arkansas, where Canvas Corp is headquartered. That acquisition, Canvas Corp says, “allows us to offer a wider range of blank items.”

Tattered Angels was founded in 2006 by Wendy Senger, who developed the company’s signature “Glimmer Mist” in her kitchen. “Glimmer Mist” is a water-based dye ink in a spray dispenser that has been widely copied by other companies in the papercrafting market. Although the product was initially a huge success, the huge rise in competition for Glimmer Mist dampened the company’s fortunes the past few years as the company has not been able to duplicate the success of Glimmer Mist’s debut. [Read more...]

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Paperclipping Roundtable #99: A Page on Y’all

January 26, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Since we are going to be taping a special episode at CHA for show #100, we celebrated reaching triple digits a week early! Ana Cabrera joined us for a party in honor of the people who make the Roundtable happen – our audience.

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To listen to this episode, you can use the player embedded above, right-click on this link to download the file to your computer, visit the Paperclipping Roundtable web page or to make things easy, you can use this link: [Read more...]

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Melissa’s CHA Winter 2012 Sneak Peek Picks

January 26, 2012 By 6 Comments

We’re mere days away from the start of the crazy, fun, gorgeous, inspiring event that is the Craft and Hobby Association’s semi-annual trade show, and the sneak peeks of all the upcoming new products have been pouring in faster than my fingers can enter them into Scrapbook Update’s CHA Winter 2012 Sneak Peeks page! One of the great things about having the task of keeping up with the new releases this season is that it’s literally my job to look through page after page of lovely new products.

Of course, I’ve developed some favorites as I’ve been browsing around, and when I really like something I find it hard to keep it to myself. I’ve compiled a list (in no particular order) of the items that I’m most excited to see in person at the show, and since a list like that is absolutely useless without pictures, I’ve pulled together plenty of eye candy to go along with it! So sit back, relax, grab a cup of tea (and maybe a notebook to jot down any of your favorites, as well), and let’s take a tour of what I think will be some of the hottest items at the show.

Rhonna Farrer’s gorgeous Follow Your Heart collection from My Mind’s Eye is filled with so many of my very favorite things. Kraft accents, hexagons and honeycombs (those are everywhere again this season), and a stunning aqua and yellow color palette are the key components in the “Be Amazing” portion of the line, while the “Be Happy” side of the collection trends towards pinks and pastels. One of the best parts of this line? Rhonna’s signature attention to detail is on display in everything from the papers to the embellishments!

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New & Noteworthy: Doodlebug Sweet Cakes

January 26, 2012 By 4 Comments

As Valentine’s Day approaches, Doodlebug has released the perfect line literally filled with sweet treats, sugar (glitter), and that sticks to their signature style and colors as well. “Sweet Cakes” is available in stores now, and today I am going to take a closer look at this collection.

I really appreciate that Doodlebug designs are not trendy. They stick to a signature color set, and I know that the colors I have of previous releases such as buttons or rhinestones will always coordinate with the new products as well. This, to me, is such a huge value, and really is great when I want a well-coordinated project. I’m also happy to see that they’ve incorporated their twine (and twine inspired letter stickers) in this collection as well. [Read more...]

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Printing Digital Products: Which Paper To Choose?

January 24, 2012 By 10 Comments

Editor’s Note: With this article, Stephanie Vetne makes her debut as a Contributing Writer at Scrapbook Update. We hope that you enjoy her expertise in digital scrapbooking. – Nancy

As a mostly digital scrapbooker, I am often asked about printing options for my layouts and digital supplies. People want to know how I print my layouts, and how to print digital supplies for use in hybrid projects. One of the most common questions I get is “which paper should I use?”

For layouts, the answer is easy – high-quality photo paper works best for printing. Photographs are usually the highlight of any layout, and photographs always look best on photo paper. My personal favorite is a matte or luster finish but I know plenty of other digital scrapbookers who prefer glossy paper. As long as it’s photo paper, any of the finishes are just fine.

But when you’re working on hybrid projects that use a combination of photographs, paper supplies, and digital supplies, you have a lot more options. I print all of my photographs on photo paper but I mix it up a lot more when I print digital supplies. Let me show you why other options work just as well for digital supplies.

Here I started with the journaling cards from Katie Pertiet’s Labeled Journalers No. 4 from DesignerDigitals.com.

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