CHA Summer 2011 | American Crafts, Webster's Pages, and Fancy Pants

Want more booth photos? Yes? I hope so, because I have plenty more to share with you today as we check out the offerings of American Crafts, Webster's Pages, and Fancy Pants.

Design powerhouse American Crafts had a massive booth, and introduced several new lines at CHA Summer 2011.

Their popular line of albums got a refresh with some new designs added in with the old standbys.

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Popular fashion designer and scrapbooker to the stars Amy Tan made a huge splash with her new signature line called "Amy Tangerine", generating lots of buzz both on and off the show floor.

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I love all the Thickers in her new lines, especially these with faux stitching drawn around the edges - so cute!

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American Crafts is known for certain signature embellishments (such as Thickers), and their Mixtapes are fast becoming one of those staples. The "Amy Tangerine" line features several new styles and patterns of this washi-style tape.

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Amy's line is also bursting with extras such as clear stamps, ephemera, and letter stickers.

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American Crafts' "Daydreams" line is a fun, feminine collection that sports a bright color palette and funky bold designs.

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The Thickers in this line are smaller than the normal letters that American Crafts produces, making this lover of tiny alpha stickers very happy indeed!

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"Night Fall" is American Crafts Halloween/Fall offering. There are only a few strictly Halloween themed papers in this line, and even those sheets have "B" sides that are neutral enough to use for general fall pages.

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"Hollyday" puts American Crafts' signature graphic spin on a red, green, and silver color palette. Clean lines and mod designs make this a fun and cheerful collection!

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These candy cane striped Thickers are simply genius!!

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American Crafts also offers Christmas patterns in their popular Pow! glitter paper, famous for sparkly stuff that never flakes off.

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The "Garden Cafe" line, with its punchy flowers offset by deep browns, has a funky retro vibe about it.

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"Margarita" was American Crafts' mid-season summer themed release and features all the bright, vibrant colors associated with the season.

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Webster's Pages is known for their elegant designs both on paper and in their embellishments.

The "Western Romance" line features a soft country look filled with feminine touches such as painted cowgirl boots and flower covered mailboxes.

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Webster's Pages is also known for innovative embellishments like these delicate feather flowers.

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The brightly colored "Let's Celebrate" line would be perfect for scrapping birthdays.

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Webster's Pages' "All About Me" line features a pleasing color palette that will "play" well with many different types of photos and layout subjects. With its mix of pleasing patterns and gorgeous illustrations of every day (and some not so every day) objects, I could see this being a great candidate for use in a "Week in the Life" album.

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Webster's introduced not one, but two Christmas lines at this CHA show! "Winter Fairy Tales" is filled with fanciful scenes and a soft color palette, while "Botanical Christmas" features bolder colors and a more traditional Christmas theme.

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Let's round out this portion of our CHA Summer 2011 tour by stopping in at the Fancy Pants booth!

Fancy Pants' new lines featured some of the most creative color combinations that I saw anywhere at the show. For instance their Christmas line, "Saint Nick", has a mostly traditional color palette but adds a light shade of purple to just a few prints for added contrast and interest.

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Their fall line, "Summer's End", has the oranges and browns that you'd expect from a seasonal fall line but also includes a punchy shade of blue-green for an unexpected twist.

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And "Oct. 31st", Fancy Pants' Halloween line? It includes a bit of bright blue amongst the orange and purple! Not to mention all the lush damask prints scattered throughout.

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This piece of paper was my absolute favorite of the whole booth - it totally appealed to the geeky engineer in me!

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Fancy Pants was also one of the few companies offering a strictly "back-to-school" line. "Off to School" has been getting a lot of buzz on the blogs lately, and I predict that it will be a big seller this fall.

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Fancy Pants' Brag Books were actually released at the Winter CHA show, but with the huge success of EK Success's Smash books they were smart to bring them back to the summer show. Fancy Pants' version of the blank journal trend is less decorative than the EK Success version, giving the scrapper full creative control over the final look of their project.

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Have you all been making your post-CHA shopping lists as you read these booth tour posts? I know I've been making mine as I write them! Don't finalize that list just yet, though, because there's so much more to come!

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