CHA Sneak Peek Carnival

All of you are very familiar with the buzz that surrounds CHA {Craft and Hobby Association} but you might not have seen the 'goods' that can go along with this years show! Well, we have searched high and low to provide you with a little taste of the must haves that will be debuting at the 2008 Winter CHA. Starting Sunday, we will be back all week to give you the real live happenings. We are at CHA with cameras and video camera in hand, so if there are any 'must see' craft celebrities then let us know and we will do our best to make you happy! Also, if you have any sneak peeks that you don't see here, please share the links! But for now, enjoy these!

Prima
http://prima.typepad.com/prima/2008/02/sneak-peek-wedn.html
http://prima.typepad.com/prima/2008/01/cha-sneak-peek.html
http://prima.typepad.com/prima/2008/02/sneak-peek-mond.html
http://prima.typepad.com/prima/2008/02/sneak-peek-mo-1.html
http://prima.typepad.com/prima/2008/01/how-about-one-m.html
http://prima.typepad.com/prima/2008/02/its-finally-fri.html

Basic Grey *new lines are Archaic, Boxer, Cupcake, Sugared, and Sultry*
http://basicgrey.com/

Narratives

http://karenrussell.typepad.com/my_lifejust_not_on_the_ro/2008/01/cha-winter-2008.html

http://karenrussell.typepad.com/my_lifejust_not_on_the_ro/2008/01/black-cream-col.html

Rendezvous (there is music on this page)
http://www.rendezvous-at-cha.com/

Fontwerks
http://karenrussell.typepad.com/my_lifejust_not_on_the_ro/2008/02/fontwerks-stamp.html

Chatterbox (PDF File)
http://www.chatterboxinc.typepad.com/ChatterboxCatalogWinter2008.pdf

Luxe Designs
http://blog.luxedesigns.com/livingtheluxelife/2008/01/preview-1-simpl.html
http://blog.luxedesigns.com/livingtheluxelife/2008/01/a-closer-look-a.html
http://blog.luxedesigns.com/livingtheluxelife/2008/01/preview-3-sundr.html
http://blog.luxedesigns.com/livingtheluxelife/2008/01/preview-2-luxe.html

Making Memories
http://makingmemories.typepad.com/makingmemories/2008/01/cha-winter-snea.html
http://makingmemories.typepad.com/makingmemories/2008/02/cha-winter-snea.html
http://makingmemories.typepad.com/makingmemories/2008/02/cha-winter-sn-1.html

Daisy D's
http://www.daisydspaper.com/main.cfm?categoryoid=1&productoid=73
http://www.daisydspaper.com/main.cfm?categoryoid=1&productoid=74
http://www.daisydspaper.com/main.cfm?categoryoid=1&productoid=72

Moxxie
http://www.gotmoxxie.blogspot.com/

Dream Street Papers
http://dreamstreetpapers.blogspot.com/2008/02/heres-our-full-reveal.html

Fiskars
http://fiskateers.com/blog/2008/01/24/new-product-peek/
http://fiskateers.com/blog/2008/01/24/winter-cha-sneak-peeks/
http://fiskateers.com/blog/2008/01/24/more-sneaks/
http://fiskateers.com/blog/2008/01/25/friday-morning-sneaks/
http://fiskateers.com/blog/2008/01/25/more-peeks/
http://fiskateers.com/blog/2008/01/26/saturday-morning-peek/
http://fiskateers.com/blog/2008/01/28/sneak-peeks-they-just-keep-coming/

Creative Imaginations
http://creativeimaginations.typepad.com/creative_imaginations_blo/2008/02/another-christi.html

Tinkering Ink
http://tinkeringink.typepad.com/blog/2008/02/presentingpeek.html
http://tinkeringink.typepad.com/blog/2008/01/because-everyth.html
http://tinkeringink.typepad.com/blog/2008/01/you-asked-for-i.html

Cosmo Cricket
http://cosmocricket.blogspot.com/2008/02/cha-or-bust.html
http://cosmocricket.blogspot.com/2008/01/mission-accomplished.html

Fancy Pants
http://missfancypants.typepad.com/

Lizzie Anne Designs
http://lettersfromlizzie.blogspot.com/2008/02/paper-jolies-lampshade.html
http://lettersfromlizzie.blogspot.com/2008/02/tag-tree.html

Heidi Swapp

http://heidiswapp.typepad.com/my_weblog/2008/01/as-promised.html

Ranger
http://heidiswapp.typepad.com/my_weblog/2008/01/can-you-guess.html

Glitz Design

http://glitzitnow.blogspot.com/2008/01/take-sneak-peek.html

http://glitzitnow.blogspot.com/2008/02/glitz-eye-candy-peek.html
http://glitzitnow.blogspot.com/2008/01/more-sneak-peeks.html
http://glitzitnow.blogspot.com/2008/02/rhapsody-cha-peek.html
http://glitzitnow.blogspot.com/2008/01/cha-smallsneak-peek.html
http://glitzitnow.blogspot.com/2008/01/introducing-roller-doodle-stamps-and.html
http://glitzitnow.blogspot.com/2007/12/glitz-holiday-giveaway-6.html
http://glitzitnow.blogspot.com/2007/12/sneak-peek-and-winner-for-glitz.html

Maya Road
http://www.mayaroad.com/2008CHAWinter.htm

MAMBI

http://suzyplantamura.typepad.com/living_my_dream/2008/01/mambi-sneak-pee.html

American Crafts

http://americancrafts.typepad.com/studio/2008/01/cha-winter-sn-6.html
http://americancrafts.typepad.com/studio/2008/01/cha-winter-sn-5.html

http://americancrafts.typepad.com/studio/2008/01/cha-winter-sn-4.html

http://americancrafts.typepad.com/studio/2008/01/cha-winter-sn-3.html
http://americancrafts.typepad.com/studio/2008/01/cha-winter-sn-2.html
http://americancrafts.typepad.com/studio/2008/01/cha-winter-sn-1.html
http://americancrafts.typepad.com/studio/2008/01/cha-winter-snea.html

Scenic Route *new lines are Grafton, Providence, Lynden*
http://www.scenicroutepaper.com/Site3/products_main.aspx

Banana Frog
http://www.shimelle.com/paper/275/parts-of-speech

Raspberry
http://www.rasberry.com.au/docs/CHA2008.pdf

Paper House
http://wendymalichio.typepad.com/paper_house_blog/2008/02/more-pretties-t.html
http://wendymalichio.typepad.com/paper_house_blog/2008/02/getting-ready-f.html

Paper Trunk
http://www.papertrunk.com/home.php

Art Declassified
http://artdeclassified.typepad.com/art_declassified/2008/01/2008-winter-rel.html
http://artdeclassified.typepad.com/art_declassified/2008/01/its-another-sne.html
http://artdeclassified.typepad.com/art_declassified/2008/01/oopsspelling-er.html

Bo Bunny Press
http://bobunny.com/blog/index.php?m=200802

Reminisce
http://reminisce.typepad.com/reminisce/2008/01/a-series-of-sne.htmll
http://reminisce.typepad.com/reminisce/2008/01/sneak-peek-day.html
http://reminisce.typepad.com/reminisce/2008/01/sneak-peek-da-1.html

Core'dinations *little peek from a new company*
http://coredinations.com/

Teresa Collins
http://teresacollinsdesigns.com/

Bam Pop
http://www.bampop.com

KI Memories
http://kimemories.typepad.com/celebrate_life/2008/02/2008-ki-planner.html

Queen & Co.
http://queenandcompany.typepad.com/queen_co_indulge_your_cre/2008/02/all-new-felt-de.html

Paper Salon
http://papersalon.typepad.com/stylefile/2008/01/new-product-pee.html
http://papersalon.typepad.com/stylefile/2008/02/more-sneak-peek.html
http://papersalon.typepad.com/stylefile/2008/02/new-peeks-at-pr.html
http://papersalon.typepad.com/stylefile/2008/02/new-product-pre.html

Crate Paper
http://www.cratepaper.com/spring.html

7 Gypsies
http://www.sevengypsies.com/store/customer/home.php

Accucut
http://www.accucut.com/CHA_Winter_2008-c835-p8,745,835.html?

Adorn It Carolee's Creations
http://georganahall.typepad.com/listen_in/2008/02/spring-2008-col.html

DCWV
http://www.diecutswithaview.com/products.php?id=1

Gel-a-tins
http://www.gelatinstamps.com/products.html

Hero Arts
http://www.heroarts.com/products/

Li'l Davis Designs
http://www.lildavisdesigns.com/

My Mind's Eye
http://www.mymindseye.com/newproducts.asp

My Favorite Things
http://www.mftstamps.com/catalog/index.php?cPath=7_15

Pebbles Inc.
http://www.qbaroo.com/pebblesinc/main_browse.cfm?categoryoid=18&productoid=228

Quickutz
http://www.quickutz.com/qk2/new.aspx

Retired....let's do lunch
http://www.retiredletsdolunch.com/

Sassafrass Lass
http://www.sassafraslass.com/subcategories2.cfm?catname=**New**%20KITS&page=1

Unity Stamp Company
http://theunitystampco.blogspot.com/2008/02/more-sneak-peeks-creations-by-cassie.html

Final day of our holiday carnival

Well it's finally here. The last day of our holiday carnival. So grab your coffee and check out all these beautiful projects.

Such a sweet card by Emily.

I'm loving the chipboard on Kristina's card.

Debbie uses a beautiful image for 3 beautiful cards.

Lisa's angel ornament is breathtaking.

Dawn has a no adhesive star ornament to share.

Those Ghirardelli chocolates are super and Lauren made a great holder for them.

Here's some wonderful altered projects at ScrapLog.

Check out Heather's Christmas creations.

Lisa has a great nugget tin and pink card.

Gina K's wine bottle label and tween girly gift set are top notch.

Mary makes great ornaments from those little wooden shapes at the craft store.

Victoria has a perfect box for those bite sized cookes.

Heather has Christmas krispie pops that would be a perfect project to do with the kids.

Stephanie has a table top tree and beautiful layout to share.

I don't even have words for Linda's two beautiful altered projects (1, 2).

Steph has some great snowflake ornaments.

Jen's holiday layouts are awe inspiring. And you don't want to miss her holiday banner and gift sets.

Becky's folder project and glisten garland would look beautiful in any home.

Laura's coaster wall hanging would be a super gift, and lets hope it comes with one of these bright and cheery cards or fun ornaments.

Who wouldn't love Jenna's Christmas frame and ornament.

Jen's altered file folder and gift set are too cute.

Monika did a great job on her gift card holder.

Jennie has a caffeinated teacher gift and DVD notepad tin to share.

Check out Kendra's stamp club projects and card.

Dee made some beautiful candles using her Kitchen Sink stamps.

Francine has tons of holiday creations to share with you.

Scroll around Terri's blog to see all of her gorgeous creations.

Linda has some free holiday sewing patterns to share with everyone.

Khris did such a great job wrapping her gift, I wouldn't want to open it.

Janine made up some simple, but cute, notebooks for her family.

Nancy has a different idea for those clear glass ornaments.

Tons of cute stuff here from Beverley and Carol.

Check out these 2 great cards by Carrie (1, 2).

Amy's coaster calendars are a great idea.

Scroll around for all of Anita's top notch cards.

Godelieve has so many happy, fun cards to share.

Jennifer has a great new idea for those clear pails.

Nancy has beautiful gift card holders on her blog.

Rachel has a cute calendar set and a great package for it.

Leslie has a beautiful card to share.

Nancy has a great idea for a fresh baked gift and recipe card.

Here are several of Florence's beautiful cards.

We hope you have enjoyed all of this holiday goodness. Please take a moment to visit all these blogs, tell them how wonderful their creations are, and tell them that Craft Critique sent you. And if you find your own blog listed, we would love it if you could tell all your readers about our carnival today. And is there a great project out there that you think we missed. Please leave a link to it in our comments for everyone to see. Thanks and HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

Holiday Carnival Day 2

We're back today with more holiday inspiration from our Craft Critique readers. This is just a small sampling of all the wonderful creations we have been sent. Check back tomorrow for more projects, cards, and more by our readers. Trust me, tomorrows will be HUGE. And it's not too late to get your blog submissions in. See this post for all the details. Now, on with the carnival!!

Reporter Lexi has tons of great cards, tags, and more.


You've got to see Emily's advent calendar.


Lisa has a Snowman in a Can.


Need some fun tunes, check out Kristina's list.

Geeta's ornaments are great, and check out her holiday cards.

Cupcakes for Christmas? Why not! Check out Taylor's card. And are you wondering how she makes those great bows, check out her video.

Amy's attention to details makes this card great.

Kristina's Holiday card in non traditional colors is great.

A different use for SU's Pick A Petal from Debbie.

Lisa's prism hanger would make a perfect mini gift.

Julie's penguin ornament is too cute for words.

Nancy has a beautiful holiday table setting at Flourishes.

Jen has a wonderful black and red ornament.

Dawn has cute chocolate kiss holders.

Want to make things slide across your card, Lauren shows you how.

Who wouldn't love to get Rebecca's acrylic coasters.

Jen has a beautiful shadow box collage.

ScrapLog has a great coffee sleeve book. What a great use for those holders.

Lisa has great clear ornaments featuring her family.


Heather has Christmas ATCs using basic office supplies. What a great way to pass some time.

Michelle shares her Ornament Thursday creation.

I hope you join us back here tomorrow for more creations, LOTS more. Please take the time to visit all these blogs, tell them how wonderful their creations are, and tell them that Craft Critique sent you. And if you find your own blog listed, we would love it if you could tell all your readers about are carnival today. See you tomorrow!!

Holiday Carnival...part 1

Oh my goodness! Do we ever have stuff to share with you?! This is just a small sampling of all the wonderful creations we have been sent. Check back tomorrow and Friday for more projects, cards, and more created by our Craft Critique readers. And it's not too late to get your blog submissions in. See this post for all the details. Now, on with the carnival!!


Scrapscene has lots of great Christmas ideas, including Christmas Card A Day.

Jan shares her Stamp-a-Stack cards.

Nancy shares her holiday cards and projects. Be sure to scroll down to see them all.

Trace has an interesting snowflake ornament.

Teresa has a great paper tree.

Amanda has some beautifully painted terra cotta pots.

Dawn has a tutorial for making rag ball ornaments. What a great way to use up fabric scraps!

Tobi makes a faux Starbucks Christmas tree.

Louise has a different spin on an Advent calendar along with other projects.

Lots more great ideas from the folks at ScrapScene.

Elise has a great ornament made out of playing cards.

Michelle's ornament blitz is too cute.

Heather has lots of holiday scrappy goodness.

Anne Marie has 2 holiday organizers.

Amanda has a tutorial for making trees to put around your home.

Be sure and check out Tim Holtz's 12 Tags of Christmas.

Check out Claudia's Advent Calendar.

Jana has tons of cards, along with some projects here and there.

Jen's cards are great. I love the clean, simple look.

Vivian has tons of great holiday cards to share.

Colleen has a beautiful Christmas card.

Lynda's cards are sooo beautiful.

Wanda shows us a nifty Santa microwave popcorn cover.

Check out Debbie's inchie magnets.

Sharon has made some great holiday items. How about an inchie Christmas tree album, an acrylic block ornament, and microscope slide ornaments.

Splitcoast Stampers has a 12 Days of Christmas, featuring 12 wonderful projects with tutorials.

How about putting your holiday goodies in Diane's Santa Pants bag.

Sue made some travel tissue holders, perfect for stocking stuffers.

Vivian has a holiday flip book album made with a SU Simply Scrappin Kit.

Julie has an gift basket full of goodies for someone who needs to relax.

Donna made a cute jewelry box, and be sure to check out her other holiday posts.

Simone has a wonderful gift idea...a birthday book.

Beth has a ton of great cards and treats to share.

Reporter Julia's holiday creations.

Sunshine Creations' yoyo advent calendar.

Cute felt and fabric trees at Inside a Black Apple.

Kiddley has a super cute pom pom garland.

Amy has the most hilarious tags evah! For real!

An adorable button wreath and fabric tree are at Craftapalooza.

Jennifer has some beautiful holiday scrapbooking layouts.

We are loving Ali's December daily book.

Jenni has some great vintage Christmas stuff going on.

Have you seen Elsie's PEZ tree...too cool!

Niki has so many wonderful things on her blog. Lots of great craft fair items.

Tons of great holiday cards from Aimee.

Cammie has a super cute ornament, everyone could do this!

Kattitudes has a whole series on mix-in-a-jar recipes. Perfect for all those small holiday gifts.

Great ornament idea from the Queen & Co blog.

Jessica's retro foam ornaments are great. Would be a great project with kids after the cutting is done.

Nichole and the team at Papertrey Ink have 10 fabulous Christmas ideas.

Well, that's about it for today. But trust me, there's so much more in store. Please take the time to visit all these blogs, tell them how wonderful their creations are, and tell them that Craft Critique sent you. And if you find your own blog listed, we would love it if you could tell all your readers about are carnival today. See you tomorrow!!

Our Biggest Carnival Yet!!

Hey Readers! Do you want to have your blog featured on Craft Critique? Well hop in on our next carnival. Or should I say carnivals! There are so many wonderful ideas out there for the holidays, we want to make sure you see them all. So we're having not 1, not 2, but 3 days of Craft Critique carnivals.

So send us links to your blogs featuring your cards, layouts, altered items, gift ideas, recipes, decorations, basically anything having to do with the holidays. We will divide them up for the appropriate days. All you have to do is send us an email and share your blog with our readers.

All links must be in by December 18th at 10pm CST to be included in the carnivals. Please provide links to specific posts, or to a search or label of all your holiday projects. Email them to melissa@craftcritique.com. And feel free to email if you have any questions about how all this works.

We love to provide everyone with tons of great ideas, so send in yours today!
ETA: Please put "Craft Critique Carnival" in your subject line. A lot of the emails are going to my spam folder and I need an easy way to sort them out. Thanks

ETA Again: I have gotten all the emails that have been sent, so don't worry about re-sending. Also, I do not reply to the emails (there are just too many) so don't be worried if you don't hear anything back.

It's Carnival Time!

Welcome to our Lizzie Anne Designs carnival!! We've had such a great time using these stamps and we wanted to see what everyone else is doing with them. There's tons of inspiration out there, so lets get started.

First, don't forget the Lizzie Anne Sketchbook on the LAD website. Lots of great samples there, and they're sorted by theme.

The owners have great blogs where you can get all the latest Lizzie Anne info and see some great projects.
Tricia (Lizzie)
Merideth (Anne)

And we know you've already be there to sign up for the giveaway, but don't forget about the Lizzie Anne Forum over at SplitcoastStampers for all the Lizzie Anne dish. You can also search Lizzie Anne in the Gallery while you are there to see great samples by Splitcoast members.

The Lizzie Anne design team is full of bloggers with blogs full of great LAD creations:

Cambria Turnbow
Jeni Allen
Jeanne Streiff
Joslyn Nielson
Julia Stainton
Kendra Wietstock
Kirsten DuBosque
Lauren Meader
Lindsey Botkin
Lori Craig
Michele Boyer
Sarah Moore
Sherry Cheever
Trudee Sauer
Zena Hoegger

And of course, our readers love Lizzie Anne as well. Check out all their great work.
Lynne Mercurio
Kim Reid
Nancy Elrick
Lynda Benden
Julie Campbell
Rose Ann Reynolds
Cindy Keery

Go visit all of these crafty bloggers, check out their work, and be sure to tell them you saw their blog on Craft Critique.

And don't forget to head on over to the Lizzie Anne Designs forum over at Splitcoaststampers to enter a contest to win some FREE stamps! (See this post for all the contest details.) You have until TONIGHT at Midnight (EST) to enter. Good luck!!

Lizzie Anne Designs Week

We are happy to present Lizzie Anne Designs week. Lizzie Anne Designs is a wonderful rubber stamp company featuring unmounted stamps with awesome, fun designs. Here's a little info about Lizzie Anne Designs from their website:

"Two Graphic Designers. Two long-time stampers and scrapbookers. Two long-time friends.Tricia Elizabeth (Lizzie) Ulberg and Meridith Anne Ethington are the owners of Lizzie Anne Designs.

Tricia and Meridith first met in an AP Art class in high school, and both went on to earn B.F.A.'s in Graphic Design at the University of Utah. Tricia has been working as a graphic and web designer for the past ten years. Tricia has also owned a scrapbooking and stamp store and has taught many cardmaking and scrapbooking classes. Meridith worked as an award-winning graphic designer and illustrator at the University of Utah for over ten years before making the decision to freelance from home, and start up Lizzie Anne Designs.

Both Tricia and Meridith are long-time cardmakers and scrapbookers and they are excited about the opportunity to utilize their art backgrounds, business backgrounds, and knowledge of the stamping/scrapbooking industry to design products for the hobby they love dearly. Both Tricia and Meridith believe that stamping and scrapbooking products should inspire creativity in all who use them!"

The stamps can be purchased at retail locations, online stores, or directly from the Lizzie Anne Designs website. The website also features a sketchbook full of great ideas from the owners and the design team. And also they are a charter member company over at SplitcoastStampers. There is tons of information and chatter over there. You definitely want to check it out.

And there are 2 great ways for you to particpate in Lizzie Anne Designs week! First, we will be having a carnival on Saturday. Email us with links to your blog posts featuring Lizzie Anne Designs stamps.

2nd...giveaway!! All you have to do is go to the Lizzie Anne forum over at SplitcoastStampers, find the appropriate thread, and answer the question "What is something new you learned about Lizzie Anne Designs,or found helpful from the Craft Critique reviews?" So head over there and answer the question. You have until Saturday at Midnight. The winner will be announced on Sunday.

Halloween Carnival...part 2

Welcome back for part 2 of the Halloween carnival. I know you all got some great ideas yesterday and today is no different. Lets get on with the show...

Reporter Julia has a 2 great cards.

Lindsay has cards with bling, bats, spiders, pirates, more bats, and more pirates.

Trudee has cards with a cute witch top and a cute witch bottom.

Michele did a great job with her cards. Even took non-halloween stamps and made them perfect for the holiday. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

Stephanie did a great job with her card.

Cambria has treat baskets and other goodies.

Katie shares decorating ideas.

Lori has a halloween suspension card.

Emily has a great treat series to go check out.

Linda at A Muse has a cute treat box to share.

Elena has a boo bag with directions for the game and a cute witch card.

Michelle made a great halloween banner.

Emily has another treat bag and look at those yummy cupcakes.

Valerie has a treat bag with coordinating mini card.

Joy has a halloween pillow box.

Reporter Lexi has invitations and a card on her blog and more cards with her guest designer spot at A Muse.

Pam has lots of halloween fun on her blog.

Cathy has a too cute treat bag.

Nancy has altered Frappucino bottles and Altoids tins.

Kimmie has an altered wood treat bag.

Amazing Moms has ideas for great halloween parties for kids.

Family Fun has ideas for parties, costumes, and more.

Halloween games available from about.com.

You just have to go check out all the great projects Diane has.

Well that's it for our halloween carnival. Thanks to everyone who sent in their crafty ideas. Please go visit them all, tell them what a great job they did, and that Craft Critique sent you. If you find a link to your blog in our carnival, please tell your readers and link back to us. Is there still something great we missed, leave a comment and let us all know.

Halloween Carnival

Wow! There are so many wonderful Halloween ideas out there. Because of that, we're going to have a .... 2 day carnival!! So if you missed the opportunity to send in links to your favorite Halloween project you still have time. Email me today to get your stuff in tomorrows carnival. Now on to the fun!


Our own Lauren has directions for some adorable loot bags.

Cathy has a great candy box and be sure to scroll around to see all of her halloween cards.

AJ has colorful halloween cards here and here.

Reporter Jen did a genie bag tutorial at Splitcoast Stampers that is perfect for goodies and has some more ideas for you to try at her blog.

Reporter Gina has a great treat bag topper tutorial.

Rebecca made a beautiful votive cover.

The Kaboose website has a HUGE section devoted to tons of halloween ideas.

Jenn, from Caligirl Glass Art, stamped on glass to make beautiful pendants.

Flossie has made cards, cards, cards, and more cards. *hehe

Jan made a great halloween squash book.

LMac has cards and brew, another card, test tube goodies, and more cards. I think she's in the halloween spirit!

Need carving ideas, check out Pumpkin Carving World.

Kim has pumpkin decorating a-la Martha Stewart.

The Kattitudes blog has cute halloween sucker covers and an edible haunted house. If you like those, check out all of their halloween ideas.

Cat, the Handmade Hippie, has a cute halloween quilt.

Jenn has 2 cute halloween cards.

You have to check out The Witches Cauldron. So many great crafty ideas.

Alisa has halloween cards to share.

Scroll down for Victoria's cards using die cuts.

Julie has cute orange halloween pumpkin sacks.

Marie has cute treat ideas and an altered bucket.

Please go visit all of these fabulous sites and tell them how great their work is and that you saw them at Craft Critique. If you find yourself in this list, we would love for you to let your readers know and link back to our carnival. Don't forget to check back tomorrow for part 2 of the Halloween carnival.

It's time for another carnival!!

Hey Craft Critique readers!! Do you want to reach our readers and be included in our next carnival?

Well the topic is All About Halloween!! We want to see your cards, crafts, costumes and more! Email us links to your halloween posts and show everyone what you can do!

All emails are due by September 28th by 10pm to be considered for the carnival. And please don't hesitate to email if you have any questions.

Our Next Carnival!!

Hey Craft Critique readers. Our next carnival will be this Friday, August 17th and will be all about Books!! Send us links to posts about your favorite technique or idea books. All links need to be emailed by Thursday the 16th to melissa@craftcritique.com. We can't wait to see what you have to share with us!

It's a Hambly Carnival!!!

So it's time for the Hambly Screen Prints carnival!! Please be sure and check out all these super duper designs featuring Hambly products. I've changed the carnival style up just a bit, since it's hard to come up with witty things and descriptions for scrapbook layouts. So please note that the links under a crafters name is to their blog home page, and the numbers are to specific posts. Enjoy!!


Anilu Magloire (1 and 2)
Crystal Jeffrey Rieger (1)

Lucy Folch (1)

Heather Grow (1)

Amber Ulmer (1 and 2)

Jennie Thompson (scroll around)
Our own Martha Bonneau

Hambly Design Team Members
Lucrecer Braxton (1, 2, and 3)
Marci Lambert (1, 2, 3, and 4)
Michelle Sanders (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7)
Stacey Fike (1, 2, and 3)
Tracey Odachowski (scroll around)
Michelle McGee (1)


Scrap and Style TV Gallery Search for Hambly


Hambly Screen Prints Gallery


And also, here are some layouts submitted by readers.


Rebecca Harper

Amy Welch

Be sure when you are visiting these blogs to tell them that Craft Critique sent you. Stay tuned for information on our next carnival! And thanks for stopping by!!

Hambly Screen Prints Carnival on August 10th

Would you like to participate in our next carnival and reach our growing readership?

Our next carnival is on Hambly Screen Prints. Send us your new or existing blog postings all about Hambly Screen Prints products; transparency overlays, rub ons... paper... anything using Hambly Screen Prints' unique product line! If you are not yet familiar with this uber-cool line of paper-crafts products please check them out and tell them Craft Critique sent you. Check out their blog HERE for great samples!

Just email us a link to your related posts. If selected; blog posts will be included in our carnival on August 10th. We will stop by your blog and let you know that you can be seen at Craft Critique, we just ask that you let your readers know by linking back to the carnival. Please have all submissions in by August 8th at Midnight (EST). And be sure and tell all your favorite bloggers!!

CHA Carnival

Guess what?! Several of the Craft Critique reporters are headed to the Craft and Hobby Association (CHA for short) trade show in Chicago!! And what does that mean for you...sneak peeks at the newest, coolest things coming to stores. Now several industry blogs have already been giving readers a peek at the new stuff and we're sharing what we've found with you. And this isn't even a drop in the bucket of what all we are going to see at the show. So stay tuned to Craft Critique all weekend and next week to see what our reporters have found to show you! It's gonna be great!! And if you're at CHA leave us a comment and let us know...we would love to meet our readers!

Design Team member Fiona Carter has a look at products from several of the companies she designs for, including Maya Road, Paper Salon, and Urban Lily.

The Maya Road blog is spoiling us with peeks (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6)

The new stuff from Bo Bunny.

Ooo! Super cute stuff from Cosmo Cricket.

Crafty Secrets design team member, Lisa Strahl, show's us some of their new products.

Scroll around and see the new items from Dream Street Papers.

Check out this list of new stuff from Karen Foster Design.

Here's the Piggy Tales sneak peek.

Great items from Queen & Co. And lots at their blog too.

New lines from Tinkering Ink are shown off here.

The new stuff from BasicGrey is beautiful! Click on the ones that say "new" in the category box on the left.

Luxe Designs has tons of sneak peeks on their blog. Just click the box in the middle to open the blog page.

The ScrapLovers gallery and forum have lots of info and sneak peeks from CHA!

The Scrapbook.com store has a coming soon section with lots of CHA items.

Here is the top 5 CHA picks from Mad Cropper.

Lots of new pretties from Prima. And be sure to check out the sneak peek gallery also.

Check out the Pageframe Designs summer catalog.

Paper Salon is showing off projects and products on their blog.

Making Memories is very sneaky with the peeks on their blog (part 1 and part 2).

Fiskars has sneak peeks at the Fiskateer site (post 1 and post 2).

American Crafts has 5 posts of peeks (1, 2, 3, 4, 5)

Have you found anything else that we missed. Leave a link in the comments and let us know. And when you visit these blogs please leave them a note and let them know Craft Critique sent you their way. We'll see you later this evening LIVE FROM CHA!!! Stay tuned!!

Ribbon Carnival

Ribbon is a staple among all types of crafters. It can be used anywhere and everywhere. And everyone loves writing about it and giving us good hints and tips. So that means it's Ribbon Carnival Time!! As always, please head over and check out these blogs. And let them know Craft Critique sent you. If you find yourself listed here today, we would love it if you let all of your blog friends know and link back to us! Thanks for sharing with us!



Our own Emily gives us some great tips on storing our ribbon.



Ribbon shares are a great way to get a huge sampling of quality ribbon for a great price and Jody always seems to have one going on.



Trudee shows us how to dye our ribbon with the fabulous Copic markers.



Ribbon Cutting 101? Melanie takes us "back to school" and shows a fun, different way of cutting our ribbon.



Amy has different ideas when it comes to dying ribbon.



Offray has a lot of tutorials and ideas for ribbon uses on their site.



Ever wondered how to tie that famous Tiffany bow? Instructions are now available from Mrs. Moore.



We all love re-using everyday items. Toni show's us how to store our ribbon in a strawberry container.



Ann has a tutorial for creating frayed ribbon.



CraftBits has instructions for making your own ribbon storage box, just like those in the stores.



Another great ribbon storage idea from Little Bit.



50 ways to use ribbon in crafts. Antaunette wrote an article right up our alley.



Favor ribbons has tutorials on tying bows for favors and gifts.



Here is a lot of information for ribbon used in embroidery.



Our Sharon shares her ribbon organizing ideas.



I wrote a tutorial of sorts on straightening your ribbons.



For all of the ribbon horders out there (we know who we are), Susan has tips for conserving your ribbon.



Julie printed on her ribbon with the computer. I don't think my printer is that nice to me.



Frances also has a tutorial on dying ribbon with alcohol markers.

ScrapTime has an episode on covering chipboard with ribbon and fibers.

And last, but certainly not least, reporter Sarah show's us her ribbon storage ideas.



And if you didn't read them, go back and check out our Organizational Carnival (post 1, and 2) because there were also tons of ribbon storage ideas there.



Did we miss something? Leave links in the comments and let us all know. And be sure to keep an eye out for announcements for our next carnival!

Upcoming Ribbon Carnival

We interupt this regularly scheduled vacation for an important announcement........

Would you like to participate in our next carnival and reach our growing readership?

Our next carnival is a Ribbon Carnival! Send us your new or existing blog postings all about ribbon. It can be your favorite brand and what makes it so great, those funky ribbons you always see on the shelf but just haven't gotten yet, or what you do with all those left over scraps. Anything as long as it's all about ribbon!

Just email us a link to your related posts. If selected; blog posts will be included in our carnival next Wednesday. We will stop by your blog and let you know that you can be seen at Craft Critique, we just ask that you let your readers know by linking back to the carnival. Please have all submissions in by July 10 at Midnight (EST). And be sure and tell all your favorite bloggers!!

Organization Carnival...Part 2!

Wow! What can I say. There is SO much wonderful information out there on getting organized. Hopefully there is an idea or two in all these posts that can help you out. Be sure and visit these sites and tell them Craft Critique sent you! Do you find yourself featured in this carnival, we would love it if you would link back to us on your blog letting all of your readers know. Thanks!!


Sometimes our rooms need makeovers just like us. The Midlife Mom did an awesome job getting hers all neat and tidy.

Asela has big dreams for her own crafty space. But how she organizes her tiny space while she waits.

A functional and CHEAP way to organize ribbon. Way to go Kim!!

Gayle is not afraid to admit she's a fabric addict. But at least it all looks pretty!

Lauren makes great use of those closet door shoe holders. And she got them for a steal!

Vicki noticed our call for this carnival and took her camera into her space to share it with us. She does a great job reworking other items!

Gwen's stamp room has quite a bit of empty space at the moment. I'm sure it won't take long for her to fill it.

Deanna is currently writing a book featuring peoples craft rooms. She has some great Creative Spaces and Organizing featured on her blog.

Jeanette has ideas like crazy. Be sure and scroll down and read them all!!