About May Flaum

May Flaum is a long time Big Picture Classes instructor who has been published in numerous magazines and books and is the co-author of Paper + Pixels: Scrapbook Layouts. Her latest book, Scrapbook Workshop, was published in August 2011 by Memory Makers books. Over the course of her career she has taught classes around the United States as well as managed a scrapbook store and worked with numerous scrapbook companies in a variety of positions.

You can read more about her and her crafting adventures at her blog, Confessions of a Chocoholic.

CHA Winter 2012 | {Styled} by Tori Spelling for Darice – Video!

Darice unveiled their newest jewelry line at CHA, four collections designed by celebrity Tori Spelling. The Boho and Glam collections are gold based, while the Glitz and Noir collections are silver based. From metallics to southwest flair, animals to rhinestones, there is a lot of detail and variety in this line.

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CHA Winter 2012 | Lawn Fawn

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I had heard of Lawn Fawn but not seen their product before visiting their CHA Winter 2012 booth. The booth is adorable, and their products are so cute. The company produces stamps that are made in the USA, and now they have their first paper collection too.

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CHA Winter 2012 | Wendy Vecchi’s Studio 490

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At CHA Winter 2012, Wendy Vecchi is releasing 14 stamp sets with Stampers Anonymous, new resin embellishments from Blossom Bucket, new Art Parts and Clearly for Art (through Stampers Anonymous) products, and a new idea book as well.

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As a crafter, she makes sure to create products that are useful and can be utilized in many ways. I really like her resin embellishments, and I’m glad to hear they are doing well at the show.

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CHA Winter 2012 | Claudine Hellmuth for Stampers Anonymous

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Here is Claudine Hellmuth showing off her new stamps with Stampers Anonymous.

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Claudine has a new scrapbooking line coming on February 9th to HSN. She will be on several times that day, watch her site or HSN for more details as the date approaches.

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CHA Winter 2012 | Julie Fei-Fan Balzer for The Crafter’s Workshop

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Julie Fei-Fan Balzer is leading inspiring and messy artful play at the Crafters Workshop booth. Her new stencils include a very trendy peacock design and other fun designs that are sure to be great for all kinds of stencil play.

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