PaperCrafter's Corner

Vote for your favorite Patriotic Paper Collection of 2012!

Susan Mintmire — Tue, 15 May 2012 13:00:10 +0000

Memorial Day is right around the corner and Fourth of July will be here before we know it. This means that your favorite manufacturers have created some AWESOME patriotic themed paper collections for your scrapbooking & paper crafting pleasure!

Which manufacturer has created a collection that’s most inspiring for YOU?

If you were standing at a local scrapbook store and all 8 of these were sitting right there in front of you just waiting for you to snap them up, which would you choose?

* Top 4th of July Scrapbook Paper Collections of 2012 *

Which Patriotic Collection Would YOU Choose? Vote below!!

Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll.

Wouldn’t it be great to live in a world where you really could touch, feel and examine 8 different complete paper collections of a similar style or theme, in person, before making your final selection? Aah, those were the good ole days, weren’t they?

ps: before you go, be sure to like us on facebook ( if you don’t already) so you’ll know about all of the fun we have here at pcc

Trend Watch: Manufacturer Blog & Website Updates Galore!

Susan Mintmire — Mon, 14 May 2012 19:04:21 +0000

Did all of the manufacturers get together at CHA Winter 2012 and sign a secret pact to update all of their blogs and websites at the same time? Or maybe they all attended a workshop together that inspired them to update their web presence?

Either way, if you’ve been out surfing lately …. web surfing that is …. then you’ve surely noticed some website & blog facelifts!

Ranger Industries

Ranger introduced their new website & blog in late April / early May 2012.

In fact, if you were subscribed to the old Ranger Ink blog here, you’ll need to make sure you’ve updated your subscriptions to the new Ranger Ink blog here.

American Crafts

American Crafts revealed their new website on May 9, 2012.

The American Crafts website now includes an online store.

Crate Paper

Crate Paper launched their new website on May 9, 2012. Here’s a screen shot of the new website.

Pebbles Inc

Pebbles Inc announced their new website on May 9, 2012 also!

Studio Calico

Studio Calico also appears to have a new website home page too, which coordinates with those of Pebbles Inc, Crate Paper and parent company American Crafts …

Elle’s Studio

Elle’s Studio revealed their new website TODAY!

New features for Elle’s Studio include a messageboard, member gallery and a design team gallery as well as improved online shopping features.

Glitz Design

Glitz Design launched their new website on May 8, 2012 …

Glitz also updated their blog, moving it to a new location. If you were subscribed to the old Glitz Design blog, you need to update your subscription for the new Glitz Design blog here.

Whew!

Lots of changes! I think I’m feeling some peer pressure to upgrade or change or move PaperCrafter’s Corner! But I think I’ll resist …. for now

Any thoughts on all of these blog & website changes? Do you know of any I missed?

Sneak Peek: Imaginisce {Hello Cupcake} – spring 2012

Susan Mintmire — Mon, 14 May 2012 13:13:41 +0000

Imaginisce is celebrating a new mid-season release this week. It’s called “Hello Cupcake” and here are a few images from the collection …

Layout by Ro Phillipsen for Imaginisce

Badge by Diana Fisher for Imaginsice

To see more of the papers in the collection, visit the Imaginsice blog here. They will be showing more of the collection throughout the week.

What do YOU think of Hello Cupcake so far?

Sneak Peek: Crate Paper {Little Boy Blue & Little Bo Peep}

Susan Mintmire — Fri, 11 May 2012 14:11:06 +0000

Crate Paper has a two new baby themed mid-season releases coming soon. They are called “Little Boy Blue” and “Little Bo Peep.” They are adorable! Here are some images of each. You’ll be able to see more on the Crate Paper blog next week …

Crate Paper: Little Boy Blue

Crate Paper: Little Bo Peep

Aren’t those fun? What do you think of Crate Paper’s new Little Boy Blue and Little Bo Peep collections?

announcing ….. PaperCrafter’s Corner Design Team Call!

Susan Mintmire — Thu, 10 May 2012 20:00:11 +0000

{Gasp!} Can you believe it? Yes …. it’s true! We are holding our first ever design team call!

The Goal

We are creating a small team of contributors to help us bring more fabulous features to our readers. Our recent Alcohol Markers Week and Layering Week were hugely successful! With our new team, we’ll be able to bring our readers more inspiring, educational, fun and brand -neutral features just like them!

If you are interested in bringing your expertise, advice and skill set to all of our many readers and to our 8,000+ facebook fans, please read on!

Our Wish List

We are looking for a small team of paper crafting designers who possess:

a strong yet clean paper crafting style.
special strength on layouts, but a willingness to create other projects as well.
the ability to “step back” and see the big picture on trends and products.
experience creating photo and/or video tutorials.
experience in working with a variety of brands and products.
a well-tended, professional blog presence.
great project photos.
a good “stash” of products new & old to use for feature projects.
a facebook account — we’ll use a private facebook group to share ideas.
a positive attitude & a sense of humor

Team Member Requirements

Design Team members will be asked to submit just one project and/or article or tutorial per month for inclusion in a PCC feature series. (Additional opportunities will certainly arise for team members interested in doing more.) For all assignments, team members are free to use any brands / products desired.

Team Member Benefits

exposure & access to our readers and 8000+ fb fans!
recognition not only as an industry designer but as an industry expert!
links to your personal blog
occasional freebies
opportunities to leverage your PCC projects & articles to cross promote personal projects, classes, products, events, etc — when appropriate
chance to be part of a positive influence in the industry we all love
subjected to my corny sense of humor (oh wait, maybe that’s not exactly a benefit

To Apply

If this sounds like you and you’d like to be a part of the PCC team, please send ONE email providing ALL of the following:

link to your blog.
link to any online galleries you may be a part of.
link to a photo or video tutorial you have created within the last 12 months.
attach images or provide links to 3 of your all-time favorite projects that you think best capture your style (if attaching photos, no more than 300kb per photo please!)
a paragraph telling me about yourself
a paragraph sharing WHY you’d enjoy joining the PCC team.
ideas of at least 2 other “feature” week ideas you’d like see us share at PCC and and how you’d envision approaching those.
a list of your other current industry obligations (including other design teams, etc.)
how long have you been a PCC reader? Long time? Just found us? Just curious

Deadline to submit is Friday May 18, 2012 at midnight eastern. I can’t wait to see what you have in mind …. and to get started on some great new features for our readers!

Scrapbooks Etc Magazine to Close :(

Susan Mintmire — Thu, 10 May 2012 02:39:06 +0000

Bummer!!!! Scrapbooks Etc Magazine announced their impending closure today. The August 2012 issue will be their last. I know their other 350,000 subscribers are as disappointed as I am

Here is a portion of the press release from their parent, Meredith Corporation …

Meredith Corporation has made the difficult decision to close Scrapbooks etc. effective with the August 2012 issue. Scrapbooks etc. has been the longtime brand leader within the scrapbooking industry, but due to the longer term business forecast for the franchise and the industry, the corporation has chosen to cease publishing within this marketplace.

The August 2012 issue, with an on-sale date of June 19, will be released on schedule to our 350,000 subscribers and newsstand buyers through the scheduled off-sale date of August 14, 2012. The ScrapbooksEtc.com website will support the print issue throughout this time period as well.

Meredith Corporation continues our strong support of the crafts industry with our Holiday Crafts titles and our newest addition, Make it Yourself, launching in October 2012. And of course we will continue to serve the growing quilting industry with our multiple quilting titles and website, allpeoplequilt.com.

Gosh, it sounds like quilting is the hot new industry, doesn’t it? I’m sorry but I just can’t get “into” quilting. What about you?

Well, never fear – PaperCrafter’s Corner is here! We’d love to do our part to fill some of your paper crafting media needs that will be creating by the void that Scrapbooks Etc leaves in the marketplace.

What additional features or services would you suggest that we offer in order to help fill that void left by Scrapbooks Etc? I’d love to hear your suggestions!

Please: I request no comments expressing concern about subscription fees paid. I expect that SBE, as a part of Meredith Corporation, will address subscription fees professionally.

What are YOUR thoughts about this announcement?

Sneak Peek: Studio Calico {Hey Day} – spring 2012

Susan Mintmire — Wed, 09 May 2012 22:37:31 +0000

Studio Calico shared a full reveal of their fabulous new mid-season release today! It’s called “Hey Day” and I think I’m in love Here are a few images from the line …

↓mistable thicker stickers↓

↑mistable thickers↑ (these are already in stock at 2peas!)

Great stuff, right? Love the honeycomb / hexagon trend — so definitely love that mask!

To see more of the collection, including items not shown above, such as more thickers, wood frame stickers, wood veneer shapes, new colors of Mister Hueys and more, see the Studio Calico blog here.

New Release: Webster’s Pages {Girl Land} – spring 2012

Susan Mintmire — Tue, 08 May 2012 11:47:28 +0000

Webster’s Pages shared images of their latest mid-season release yesterday. The new collection is called “Girl Land” and will be shipping to retailers in the next few weeks!

Here are some images from the line ….

First up, a few of the Classic Girl Land Papers …

And a few of the “Clean & Simple” Girl Land Papers …

And a few of the coordinating Girl Land stickers

To see more images of the collection, visit the Webster’s Pages blog here.

So, what do YOU think of Girl Land?

Giveaway Winner Announcements :)

Susan Mintmire — Mon, 07 May 2012 00:08:35 +0000

Dude – We have some major scrapbook giveaway announcements to catch up on! We love those giveaways! Were you a winner?

Scrap Kitchen National Scrapbook Day Blog Hop & Giveaway Winner

We had SO much fun with the NSD blog hop put together by the unofficial “scrap kitchen” and Sherry Mendoza. Thank you Sherry for putting that together! I LOVED reading all of your comments on this one! You shared which was your favorite of our Top 5 Reasons to {Heart} PaperCrafter’s Corner Up for grabs was a fabulous prize package of scrapbooking goodies valued at $120+ and we had 140+ comments. Thank you! (See giveaway details here.)

Our randomly selected winner is…. ROSE who said:

Happy NSD!! thanks for the chance to win this fab prize

what a fun hop it has been!!! so glad i found it on Gloria’s blog

Congrats Rose! I need to send you a BIG box of goodies so make sure I get your shipping address, okay?

Creating Keepsakes Special Issue “Simple Scrapbooks” Winner

We had 90+ entries for the latest CK special issue “Simple Scrapbooks.” I enjoyed reading all of your comments (here) as you shared the ONE WORD that you think of when you think of Creating Keepsakes. Cool stuff!

Our randomly selected winner is Anne A who said the one word she thought of was…”Creative!” Congrats Anne! Send me your shipping address so that CK can ship you your special issue.

Creative Memories National Scrapbook Day Giveaway

Our friends at Creative Memories had lots of great insider info to share with us here. And in addition, a fab giveaway of CM products compiled from customer favorites! We had 130+ entries for this giveaway. Participants were asked to share what favorite CM product they would be using on National Scrapbook Day. Our randomly selected winner was MAY who said…

“I’m in love with their punches. Thanks for the giveaway.”

Congrats May! Please send me your shipping address so that CM can ship you your prize!

Whew!

We’re now all caught up on our giveaways Hmm ….. can’t wait to see what we come up with next!

Scrap Kitchen National Scrapbook Day Blog Hop & Giveaway

Susan Mintmire — Sat, 05 May 2012 02:00:31 +0000

Welcome to the Scrap Kitchen NSD blog hop!

Today is a busy day! Hopefully you’re already at or soon will be attending a great local scrapbooking event for National Scrapbook Day.

BUT: Just in case you ended up not finding an event to attend OR you have a few extra minutes to spare before or after, you’re in the right place to win prizes from 50 (fifty!) blogs in celebration of National Scrapbook Day! Below, I’m sharing the ENTIRE list of 50 blogs participating in this massive celebration & hop. Each blog is providing a DIFFERENT prize so visit as many as you can to check out all of the goodies!

OUR Giveaway: $120+ Worth of Goodies!

NSD Prize! Here’s what’s up for grabs here at PaperCrafter’s Corner: K&Company SMASH Book – Retro Style Folio ($12.99), Doodlebug Design Bon Appetite Kit Essentials Kit ($19.99), Basically Bare Timeless Tabs Album ($14.99), 5 packages of Basically Bare embellishments ($2.99 – $3.99/ea), Spellbinders Nestabilities Reverse Wonky Rectangles ($24.99), Spellbinders Edgeabilities Classic Petal ($19.99) and a Hero Arts Clings Classic Fabric Stamp ($11.99).

Are you a long-time PCC fan or are you a newbie? For the newbies, here are ….

Top 5 Reasons To {Heart} PaperCrafter’s Corner:

Fun – we have a great time here and love to poke fun at ourselves
Industry SCOOP – we’ll keep you informed on all of the “happenings” in the paper crafting industry, but with our own little “twist” to keep things interesting
Giveaways – ’nuff said
Connections – we have the best & most up-to-date listings of scrapbook stores in the country AND you can find or list local paper crafting events near you
Sneak Peeks – we share ‘em all (or almost all!) and we share ‘em first!

Enter Our Giveaway

To enter to win, long-time readers leave a comment telling us your favorite part about PCC. Newbies, just leave a comment telling us which of the above 5 sounds like the best reason(s) to “like” us on facebook, bookmark us in your favorites, subscribe to our email updates and tell your friends about us

On Sunday May 6th I will choose someone randomly for the prize winner!