LIVE from CHA/Create n Connect Vegas Manufacturer Spotlight: Prima

 

Prima is all about flowers…

...and now we are even more! As scrapbooking evolves and changes into an exciting art form, Prima, the established leader in flower embellishments, always offers the most exciting and innovative floral-themed products to craft retailers worldwide. Season after season, Prima introduces artisans and crafters to a huge collection of the best flower styles for scrapbook embellishments ever made. We use a wide variety of materials to create these floral masterpieces, from mulberry paper to luxury fabrics of all types. Our flowers are hand-made by skilled artisans, never by machine, in processes than ensure the finest quality and craftsmanship available.

Prima is a wholesale only company, with the exception of Prima Hybrid. We have in-house Sales Representatives to assist your every need. We are an International company and are represented by several distributors. Please check our Distributor tab for additional information and other international customer requirements.

As a responsible manufacturer, Prima is committed to re-cycling and environmentally safe production methods. We use re-cycled materials and renewable resources whenever possible, including our own production waste papers. Many of our packaging designs are suitable to re-purposed into scrapbook embellishments. As flower makers, we are naturally sensitive to the natural beauty around us and will make every effort to ensure we actively keep our world safe.

We’ll be interviewing Sharon Laakkonen, Prima's global education coordinator- which include the design team, as well as the education team! Sharon has been with the company almost 8 years, she manages much of the social media, and wears other hats in the company as needed.

Prima’s prize for our raffle is winner’s choice - $100 worth of assorted products from the winner’s choice of one of Prima’s new lines some of which are here in this post and some which you will see featured during their interview.  Get your tickets here.

We’ll be broadcasting from the Prima booth Tuesday at 1130 am Pacific/230 Eastern.  Tune in here. 

You can connect with Prima:

On the web

On their blog

On Facebook

On Twitter

Schedule for LIVE from CHA/Create n Connect Vegas

We have a timetable filled with all kinds of fun from the CHA/Create n Connect Trade Show floor: make n take demos, new product launches, insider tips and more from our manufacturer friends!  AND don’t forget about our exciting designer mystery box challenge! 

Note:  Things happen in a busy trade show sometimes necessitating a slight change in the schedule.  We will do our best to stick to this as much as possible.

LIVE from CHA/Create n Connect Vegas Manufacturer Spotlight: Rowlux

This revolutionary material from Rowland Technologies has been utilized in award winning point of purchase displays, packaging, signage, artwork, footwear, lighting, interior design, retail display fixtures and beyond. Our new frontier is the craft industry! There's absolutely nothing like it on the market, and without a doubt Rowlux® Illusion Film is THE future of crafts! 

Rowlux® Illusion Film is made in the USA and comes in a diverse range of spectacular eye-catching colors and patterns.  These durable, translucent, 12" x 12" polycarbonate sheets add instant pizzazz to craft projects, seasonal accents, party decorations, scrapbooks, greeting cards, jewelry, furniture, frames, gifts, favors, accessories, art and DIY home decor projects. Easily cut with scissors, Rowlux® is also the perfect material for scoring, folding, embossing and die cutting. The creative possibilities are endless. This innovative and inspiring new craft material manipulates light to create dazzling visual effects. The illusion of depth and motion is the result of thousands of tiny parabolic lenses that are molded into the surface of both sides of the material. These lenses create a pattern of light reflection and refraction resulting in stunningly brilliant optical effects.

To instantly add "POP" and "WOW" to your projects, just add Rowlux®!

For special promotions, giveaways and to keep up to date on the exciting Rowlux® Illusion Film craft revolution, be sure to:

Follow Rowlux® on Twitter

LIKE Rowlux® on Facebook

Follow Rowlux® on Pinterest

Subscribe to Rowlux® on YouTube

ONE LUCKY WINNER WILL WIN 5 PACKAGES OF 6 SHEETS EACH IN THE COLORS OF THEIR CHOICE OF ROWLUX ILLUSION FILM.  GET YOUR RAFFLE TICKETS HERE OR BY CLICKING ON THE PAYPAL BUTTON IN THE TOP RIGHT HAND SIDEBAR OF THIS BLOG.  BE SURE TO TUNE IN HERE WEDNESDAY JULY 24TH AT 2 PM PACIFIC (5 PM EASTERN) TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS AMAZING MATERIAL!

Get Your Own “Charity Wings” from Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L

Our friends at Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L are launching a new product – these 3D Foam Wings – and generously donating a portion of the proceeds to the Charity Wings Art Center.  We’ll be helping them to launch this product LIVE from CHA/Create n Connect Vegas next week AND you’ll want to stay tuned because we’ll have a great giveaway to go along with it! 

CHA REWIND with WESCOTT, our 2012 SPONSOR

A look back at some of the fun with Wescott at CHA Winter 2012.

Wescott Craft Blog

Wescott Face Book Fan Page

Wescott Teacher Page

Blog Badge Winners, a Reminder and Are You Going to CHA?

First off, I have selected the winners for the Unity Scrapbook Royalty stamp sets from the Blog Badge Giveaway. 
The winner of both sets is Roller Scraper!
The winner of the Better-Somewhere-Today set is Scrappin with the Bug.
The winner of the Just Be You set is arlsmom aka Lynda.
Congratulations ladies.  I’m going to try to contact you.  If you don’t have an email from me, please contact me at changeofheart56 (at) gmail dot com.

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Next, the giveaway for a $10.00 gift certificate from McMahon Five Designs.  Click here to leave a comment and while you’re there, take a look at store owner, Sue’s tutorial!

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LIVE Streaming @ CHA

“Are you going to CHA?” (sung to the tune of Scarborough Fair)
Check  out the Charity Wings website for information  about Live at CHA!  I’ll do a post later in the week about the event!!!
And while you’re at it go here to vote for one of three charities that will benefit from the Live at CHA event.

Charity Wings at Summer CHA

Guess what?  We are once again going to CHA to bring live streaming so you share in the fun as well!  Here are some of the details we have come up with so far.

Dates:  July 19-20 from 10:00 am until 6:00 pm
Where:  The Charity Wings Parlor live from the CHA showroom floor
Fee:  $39 which will include a goodie bag from our sponsors.  (Last time the goodie bag was worth more than the registration fee.)

REGISTER HERE!!

With your All Access Pass you will receive your goodie bag with make and takes as well as a link to an online room where you can chat with people from Charity Wings and all our sponsors.  Plus, you never know who will stop by for a visit!!!
Here are some of our sponsors for live make and takes!! 

Westcott Brand

 

Nikki Sivils

There will be more sponsored announced soon plus we’ll give you more details about the make and takes.  Stay tuned to this blog for more information!!!

Let’s Help Crops of Luv

Did you participate in Live at CHA.  Well, if you did, you already know that many, many items were donated by designers and manufacturers to benefit Crops of Luv!!!  Charity Wings is selling those items on eBay.

Let me give you some examples.  Click on any of the photos to be taken to that auction.

The first thing donated was this adorable Slumber Party Tote designed and created by the lovely, Laura Bray.  It even includes the cutie pie teddy bear!!!

Isn’t this the perfect set to send that little girl off on her first sleepover?

 

Would you like to get organized?  Well, you can certainly do that with a brand new Clip it Up by Simply Renee.  It includes all you see here; the bottom tier, upper tier and the base plus the zip bags and clips.  Boy, would I like this on my desk.  Keeping things out in the open where you can see them means you’ll use them more. 

No more finishing a project and then saying, “Oh I could have used THAT paper but I forgot about it.”   I know I have a whole cart of paper sitting on the other side of the room because I just don’t have room for it near me.    The paper in that cart rarely gets used.

 

I am in love with this Vintage Street Market kit.  I’m hoping I win it.  If not, I sure hope it will be in my LSS!!!

What would I get, you ask?  You will receive the Dime Store Vogue Collection I set and you will get 1 package of Linen Tinted Tape, and 1 package of Aged Tinted Tape.  I’ve seen these items put to use on their blog and they are so fun!!!

 

There are several electronic items as well.

 

The eCraft Electronic cutting system.  The first and only electronic cutter that allows you to cut without a mat.  Its ease of use combined with advanced technology makes the eCraft the perfect cutting system for all consumers- beginner to expert. It is ideal for scrapbooking, banners, paper crafting, card making, fashion designing, home decor, and so much more.

The eCraft's unique design and paper feeder system make it easy to cut materials automatically, without the use of a cutting mat. Use the Paper Tray to stack multiple sheets at a time, or use the Roller to cut 12" by ANY length.  The eCraft is ultra slim, and its lightweight design and onboard storage compartment let you take it anywhere. Use it on its own with SD Image Cards, or attached to a computer with the eCraftshop Design Software that comes in the box! With the large selection of fonts, shapes and designs, anyone can be an expert in minutes. Making great looking projects has never been easier!

Brought to you be eCraft, the winner will receive a unit in one of the 4 colors shown above.  I’d be choosing the light blue!!!

 

FlipPal Mobile Scanner.  Preserve and protect memories…share them with loved ones.

Memories and stories bind families together.  How will you preserve and share yours?  With the FlipPal™ mobile scanner, no longer will your precious photos, documents and other memories be scattered, lost or hidden. Have fun and enhance your creativity, then share your memories with family and friends. And save time in the process. Take advantage of the patented flip-and-scan technology to scan photos safely while still in the album or frame.

You can scan a lot more than photos too!  Do you remember Elena’s video here?  If you didn’t got take a look!  You’ll have fun going shopping with her as she scans just about everything in sight!!!

Echo Smartpen by Live Scribe.  The Echo™ smartpen records everything you hear, write and draw. Later, simply tap on your notes to replay the recording so you can find what you need, instantly. 4GB of memory can hold over 400 hours of audio.

• Record and Play Back--Remember everything you write and hear.  Then replay the recorded audio by tapping directly on your notes.
• Save and Search--Save your notes to your computer. Search for words within your notes.
• Send and Share--Share your notes and recordings either publicly or privately. Pencasts can be sent as an email or embedded in a website, blog, or on Facebook.
• Applications--Customize your smartpen with downloadable applications available at livescribe.com.

Doesn’t that sound like the coolest thing ever!  It would be perfect for you high school senior heading off to college or just about anyone else!!!  I would love to use it for my art journaling!

There are so many more things that I just couldn’t possibly list them all here but here’s a partial list.

• craft books
• Sure Scraps a Lot
• Cri-Kits pen sets for Cricut, Silhouette and Eclipse
• Copics
• and more.

Go check it out and, remember, it all benefits Crops of Luv.

Take a Look!

Elena is showing off the contents of our Swag Bag!!!

Live at CHA with Charity Wings

Why Should You Sign Up for Live at CHA?

Laura Bray has graciously answered this question for you!!! 

In Laura’s own words:

“I'm a CHA member, so I'm going to the show, but I'm almost jealous of the people who are doing the Live at CHA Event!  The lines of make & takes at the show can get long and there are so many booths that you can get overwhelmed and miss out on seeing some great new products.  The CHA Live folks aren't going to have these issues (not to mention the costs of parking, and staying in a hotel and the bad food options!).  If you have ever wanted to attend CHA this is an amazing opportunity!”

That’s not all!  Can you believe it that the one and only  Donna Downey will be demoing for Faber-Castell during the event.  I can’t wait to see that one.  I for one, watch Donna’s Inspiration Wednesday posts on her blog every week!  I wonder what she’s got going this week?

There’s even more to come so stay tyned to this spot!!!

Prima Make and Take

You have got to see this!!!

This is the make and take goodies that will soon be on the way from Prima to use in the Live at CHA Prima make and take!  Can you believe all this Prima beauty?  I love the butterflies, the paper and, as always, their beautiful flowers!!!

If you haven’t registered yet, there’s still time.  This is only the beginning.  I’ve heard of more goodness from some of the other sponsors.  I can’t wait to share more!!!

Click here to register now and you will receive a swag bag valued at over $50!

Do You Know Suzi Blu?

Well neither do I but I’m dying to meet her!!!

I have several of Suzi’s Unity stamps and taking one of her classes is on my to do list for this year but I’m thinking that meeting here in person is going to have to wait until another time.

Unless, like me, you are registered for Charity Wings Live at CHA event.  Suzi will be at CHA with our very own Elena interviewing some of our industries finest and smartest and playing along with the make and takes.  And you get to play right along with them!!!

So, if you haven’t registered yet, go to the Live at CHA page on the Charity Wings website to register.  You will receive a swag bag containing things that you will need for the make and takes (worth over $50)!!!

More Live at CHA News!!!

Elena almost has the goodie bags ready to go out and CHA is just around the corner.  Are you going with her?

You can go to CHA with Elena via your computer and the internet.  Since my last post, I have more great news to share with you.

First of all and what I’m really excited about is that Suzi Blu is joining Elena there!!!  I love that  girl and have one of her online classes on my to do list for this year!!!  She has so much talent and I can’t wait to see what she is sharing with us at CHA!

That would be enough for me but, hold on to your hats now ladies, Provo Craft is giving away two, yes I said TWO, Cricut Imagines.  Imagine That!!!  They unveiled this machine at CHA Summer.  Just in case you haven’t heard, this thing cuts AND prints!!!  Imagine That!!!  (Don’t ya’ just love my little pun!  I crack myself up!!!)

So, what’s next you ask?  How would you like to come along for free?  If you get four of your friends to join you in this awesome adventure,YOUR registration is free!  Once you and your friends have registered, email your four friends names in and your registration will be refunded!!!

Do you own or no someone that owns a scrapbook store.  They can carry Live at CHA in there store!  Just contact info@charitywings.org for the specific information!

Plus, if you could help us out, we would love it!  Please post one of these ads (the top one or this one directly above) on your blog, Facebook or other social media site.  We really do appreciate it!

So, to recap all that’s happening at CHA--

• 3 days of live streaming video.
• Exclusive live chats with industry  artists and designers.
• First peek at new releases.
• Make & Takes using your Goodie Bag sent to you prior to the event.
• Giveaways throughout the event.
• Auction of new releases benefiting Crops of Luv.

To register click here and scroll down to the bottom of the screen!