CHA: Part 2

There were lots of things I liked about attending CHA:  seeing new product, spotting folks I know through the internet, looking at fabulous sample layouts and cards, getting demos of new products, doing make & takes, and looking at the wonderful booth designs. I left my make & takes at home when I came to California so I’ll have to save those for a later post. I’ll also have another post about the CHA Consumer Super Show.

Here are some of the things I liked at CHA:

The display and the product for 7Gypsies Conservatory Collection:

 

I did a great make & take at the Teresa Collins booth. Here new collections—Freestyle, Celebrate, and Noel–are at the top of my wish list for the fall. Strangely enough I only took photos of the stamps for two of the sets. If you click on the link it will take you to one of her blog posts that shows the papers. I loved the papers, the tags, the transparencies, the stamps . . . the whole package!

It was fun to watch everyone crowd around Tim Holtz at the Ranger booth.

This was a display at the Ranger booth. There were so many great vintage items displayed with the new products.

 

I liked this one at Little Yellow Bicycle that highlighted their new Savor line.

 

 

The Doodlebug booth was about as cute as any at the show, and their products exude cuteness too!

 

We got an amazing demo at the Sizzix booth on how to cut folded papers into fabulous shapes using their dies.

 

Just-Rite Stamps had shelf after shelf of beautiful samples. I came home with an Autumn Blessings set I can’t wait to ink up.

 

I did a Make & Take at Hero Arts with Sheri Carroll; so much fun to “meet” the folks you “see” on blogs week after week.

 

Here are a couple stamps sets I particularly liked from their new designs.

 

Studio Calico has some great new products coming out. I’ve already pre-ordered some of their new mists including a white opaque one. These rub-ons go on like butter. I did a make & take here as well.

 

Some of my favorite samples were at the Girls Paperie booth. I wasn’t alone; it was really hard to get close enough to take a photo.

This layout is one by Karen Grunberg:

 

There was so much to see and take in that it can be overwhelming. Everyone was talking about how small this show was compared to the winter show. It was plenty big for me, and certainly was not a disappointment!