Welcome back. Today's post is all about the projects...mine and others from friends around the world... and booths I loved. The show seemed smaller to me, but none the less filled with inspiration galore. Grab some sustenance.
I demoed in Ranger's Booth three hours a day...the lunchtime chair filler, and I am beyond happy to do it!!! Thank you Ranger and Tim!!! I showed Ranger's brand new Texture Crackle Paste, new Archival Inks and Minis, Pigment Inks, Dye Inks, and a variety of Surfaces. I had a ball and met so many wonderful people. Check out the video below for some insight into the new Crackle Paste.
I made several samples for the booth this year. Here are some photos of them...sorry some are blurry...but I will have much more detail about them later.
There were 20 of us in Ranger's Tim Holtz Evolution of Distress Designer Challenge. Here is mine...more on that later. Thanks for the photo Marjie. Talk about some stunning pieces of artwork!
Here are some samples from last year that were still up...you might recognize a few of mine.
Tim and crew outdid themselves this year in the Sizzix Booth. The top of his portion was unbelievable with giant sized laser cut pieces of his new City Scape Line...I was in awe!
Paula sent me to this booth, and I couldn't get over the old wicker backed chair all cross stitched up. What a great idea for old furniture. It was stunning!
This was a huge booth, but on the side of it was a Bernat display that blew me away. It was a whole winter wonderland snow play area and warm cozy hideaway.
The whole fireplace, fire, and even logs and deer head were all crocheted.
Phew...that was a lot. Here is one more photo with a blog friend who just made my day. Thank you Cathy for the visit!!!
My next post is about the products newly releases at the show that I just have to have...yikes!
Hello everyone! I'm back from the fabulous creative journey known as CHA Creativation, which was held in Phoenix, Arizona this year for the first time. I drove the whole trip, and stopped at my mothers in New Mexico and stayed with my brother in Phoenix. The whole drive and experience and seeing my peeps was fantastical. Here are some photos of the drive and of course, the people who make my world a better place, and although I missed some people...Wendy Vecchi, Wendy Cusky, Karen Bearse, and Linda Ledbetter, sorry guys...I am so thankful to have seen my friends, and meet a lot of new ones.
Right outside of where my mother lives is White Sands National Monument...a place I have been to more times than I can count. It's miles and miles of the most gorgeous brilliant white sand you have ever seen, and right in the middle of the desert...crazy. We used to go there on picnics and field trips when I was little.
Once I hit about 20 miles into Arizona, the landscape changed from flat desert to hilly rocky desert. There were rocks on top of each other, and beautiful red striations. I'm not a desert girl...I like the mountains and hills...but I sure appreciate the different beauty.
My total there and back was about 26 hours, but with all the stops, sights, and people along the way, it went by so fast.
So then I made the convention center, and it was time to go to work. This year, I concentrated only on Ranger. Last year I was everywhere, and it was just so much, so this year, I slowed down and breathed it all in.
This is Colleen from Ranger, and this is us setting up.
This is us taking down. LOL...she is a blast!
Dina (who so graciously shared her demo space with me...thank you Dina!) and Mario
Tim doing his thing, and demoing his new Distress Oxides...a must have....more later.
This is Taylor, and she works at Ranger. She is the one who does those awesome hand lettering and embossing powder videos for Ranger. She blows me away with her talent, and she is a gorgeous person in and out.
This globetrotter is Jenny, who traveled all the way from across the pond. We finally met in the flesh, and she did the utmost brilliant job demoing for my pal Eileen Hull in the Sizzix Booth. She was fabulous and knows her stuff!
Joy, her mother, and Richele. Joy and her mom did a fantastic job doing all of Tim's make n takes in the Idea-ology booth...which I didn't make time for :0(. Richele demoed her heart out in the Sizzix Booth with Tim's goodies...a joy to see.
I wish I had more photos of the peeps. So many photos were taken, but sadly on another's phone. Next post is about the booths and projects.
I hope your hands get creatively dirty soon!
