Digital Trends | Black

There is a new color trending right now in the digi world – one that I didn’t see coming. Black is the new HOT color. While it’s always been a standard neutral found sparingly in many kits, black is now showing up everywhere as the primary color in a bunch of different kits. I’m going to keep my eye on the stores and see how far this trend goes but right now, let’s go take a look at some of the newest ones I’ve found!

The Lilypad

At The Lilypad, Lauren Grier has an entire collection using black as the base color. Her “Tomorrow” collection includes a full kit with 17 papers and over 60 elements, plus a separate set of journaling cards. There are even more sets in this collection available that you can find by clicking on the links associated with these kits below.

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Trending: Gold | Part 2 – How to Gold Foil

Hi everyone! This is Ashley today, back with the second installment in my Trending:Gold series. (To read part one, click here.) One of my long-time favorite mixed media supplies is gold leaf, and today I have a step-by-step tutorial video to share to show you how you can create your own vintage wallpaper-inspired gilded paper.

The gold leaf and glue pad used in the tutorial are supplied by Stewart Superior, and are included in the great gold give-away this month! Don’t forget to leave a comment on each Trending:Gold article for your chance to win!

Lisa Bearnson, Project Life Make Huge Debut on HSN

Lisa Bearnson made a spectacular return to the world of televised shopping on Monday, March 25th by presenting the debut of Becky Higgins’ Project Life product line on HSN network.

Bearnson had been absent from TV sales since leaving QVC four years ago after hosting its “Creating Keepsakes Scrapbooking” show for 11 years.

Among the range of products that Bearnson presented in her HSN debut, by far the most notable was the TV debut of Project Life, which was the Today’s Special. The exclusive HSN kit assembled for the Today’s Special included an album, a core kit, 60 pocket pages, and designer dividers. The kit was available in two versions: Blush, (pictured below, top) and Jade (pictured below, bottom).

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Jobs | Faber-Castell

For our readers’ convenience, Scrapbook Update now publishes industry job listings in our main feed, with the company name in the header!

To see a page listing all of these published jobs for easy reference, visit the Jobs category page of Scrapbook Update.

Brand Manager, Children’s Art Products – Faber-Castell

Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area

Job Description:

Faber-Castell is a recognized global leader in the premium writing and fine artist materials field for both adults and children, as well as the children’s craft kit industry with the widely acclaimed Creativity for Kids brand of products.  The Faber-Castell U. S. Headquarters is currently seeking the talents of a Brand Manager responsible for creating the strategy and implementing/monitoring the activities related to Faber-Castell’s Children’s Art Products Brand. The overall objective will be to grow sales and market share via conceptualizing, producing, documenting and enforcing the marketing plans of the Faber-Castell Children’s Art Products Brand (4P’s – product, price, promotion and placement).  And grow into a profitable segment within the Faber-Castell brand while remaining consistent with high quality brand image. [Read more...]

Gallery Highlights | 3.28.2013

Welcome to another edition of gallery highlights!  This week turned into card week – I was blown away by how many gorgeous cards I saw this week, and I really wish I could have featured a lot more. But let’s go take a look at what I found. I hope you like them all as much as I do! Don’t forget – you can click on the links to visit the layouts in their galleries and view supply lists, leave a comment for the designer, or view the designer’s other work.

For the Birthday Boy by clouds85

I love this card so much that I don’t even know where to start! The background is three different pieces of patterned paper upon which the designer layered and matted multiple tags. She used dimensional adhesive on more than one layer so that the sentiment literally pops off the card. It’s absolutely gorgeous!

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