Michael Miller

CK Florida 2005: What I Brought Home

Since I shared with you all my intended shopping list, I felt it only fair that I share with you all some of my purchases from CK Florida so you can see how well (or not!) I did with that list. So here’s an overview of some of my new scrapbook goodies from the CK Florida vendor faire!

Bazzill Cardstock: In addition to desperately needed Black and Ivory, I also purchased some of the new trio packs of Bazzill designed to coordinate with Doodlebug Design’s paper line. The colors are bright and cheerful and the criss-cross texture is lovely, different from standard Bazzill.
BasicGrey: I was thrilled to find a vendor carrying the whole BasicGrey line, including the coordinating fibers, tags and letter stickers. Their new CHA introductions are beautiful! I especially love the Black Tie and Lollipop.
Heidi Swapp: Advantus is based in Jacksonville so it would have been disappointing to not find their product. Sure enough, Advantus had a booth with a selection of Heidi’s products and I was able to bring home some ghost letters and shapes as well as some rub-on alphabets and themes.
Michael Miller Memories: This fabric “paper” is absolutely beautiful to look at in person! I limited myself to a few pieces and can’t wait to play with them. The depth and texture of working with such a product offers so many possibilities!
Foam Stamps: I have been learning more lately about how to work with foam stamps and added Making Memories Misunderstood alphabet to my stamp wardrobe.
Edge Scraper: A handy little gadget that I was introduced to in my Making Memories classes, the Making Memories edge scraper comes in their Distressing Kit or can be bought individually for about $4. It is essentially a razor blade in a protective shield and handle so that it can be used on the edges of paper without risk of cutting yourself.
Brads: I can never seem to have enough brads and I added to my stash with some Making Memories ones and some gorgeous Queen & Co. assortments, tiny brads with colorful designs on them.
Bazzill Stencil Letters: Creek Bank Creation’s Office Werks collection of stencil letters are made from Bazzill paper! I picked up a couple of beautiful colors.
And of course, Paper! I picked up a wide selection of brand new patterned papers, including some of the latest KI Memories, My Mind’s Eye Wild Asparagus, Junkitz, and Melissa Frances. The lines are very diverse in style but all gorgeous and really inspiring to contemplate working with!

Unfortunately I was unable to find some of the other things on my list, but I still came home with plenty of new fuel for my creative fires!

What I won’t be able to live without…or at least my shopping list!

Now that I’ve told you what I can’t live without to scrap today, what won’t I be able to live without to scrap tomorrow, or at least next month? Here’s some of the items on my shopping list for CK Florida:

Carolee’s Creations: Carolee McMullin has rarely done anything I haven’t loved and her latest introductions are no exception.
Michael Miller Memories: Fabric paper looks very interesting to play with and they have some absolutely beautiful ones!
Basic Grey: I absolutely can’t wait to get my hands on more of these lucious distressed papers to create with. The rich colors are still bright while still having texture from the distressing and aging.
Pulp Paper Products: I used one of their beautiful fabric 8×8 albums for my winning Simple Scrapbooks Coolest Album project and really can’t wait to use one of their 12″ albums for my pages. I especially love the option of the window in the cover.
Creative Imaginations: I am especially excited about the new introductions in the Narratives, Art Warehouse, and Sonnets collections. Also their new alphabet stamp sets, die cut to prevent ink shadowing, sound very interesting.
Heidi Swapp: Need I say more? Her CHA product line introduction was absolutely tantalizing!
Bo-Bunny: Their new Woodmark collection is quite a style departure for them and looks gorgeous! I can’t wait to try it out.