Good morning SCT Friends, Catherine here with you on this cool and blustery morning at SCT HQ!
Last Friday several of the SCT team headed to Phoenix, AZ for our annual industry trade show, Creativation. This trade show brings together the Craft & Hobby Association in one large convention centre room which is attended by retailers, designers, bloggers and media all to see the product releases so many of our favourite companies will have available in the upcoming year. Are you thinking it must be like being a kid in a candy store? It is just like that!
Our team was on the floor for three days, planning our upcoming editorial, catching up with industry friends, meetings around the clock and of course, trying to bring as much of it as we could to you through Facebook LIVE and Instastories. We wanted you to see all that we could share and loved the time we spend with so many of our partnering companies. If you missed it, be sure to look back a few posts ago, visit our Facebook page or visit us on YouTube to see all the videos.
New this year we co-hosted a little event with our friends at Simon Says Stamp called “Meet Me At The Show!” Our original thought was maybe 60-80 friends and companies may join us. In the end, 220+ friends and companies joined us! We had 14 make n’ takes, an incredible goody bag, great good but the best…seeing our community come together in one big room to celebrate papercrafting. We tried to get one big “Ellen” style selfie and I think Susan, our Editor-in-Chief, did a great job!
Our final stop was a tour of the brand new Scrapbook.com facility. Do you really want to feel like a kid in a candy store? Scrapbook.com is the best candy store EVER for papercrafters! Their new offices are beautiful from back to front and the warehouse is the most efficient, bright place you can imagine. Such care and attention to all of the needs of their team and I’m not sure I’ve ever seen a happier place to work. While we can’t really show you much in the way of photos, we did enjoy some special time with Jessica Harrington, the CMO. As our largest distributing partner for the magazine, we love this partnership with them!
Of course while in Phoenix we enjoyed many dinners with our team and industry friends including Vicki Boutin, Shimelle, Paige Evans, Melodee Cloud and more. If you’re ever looking for some fun places to eat be sure to check out The Henry, The Arrogant Butcher, or Chico Malo. All amazing! Team member Meghann Andrew was in charge of where we ate and she did not disappoint. A nice way to end a long day!
One more fun part? Celebrating our 30,000th follower on Instagram the moment before we all boarded our planes to come home. Meghann and I needed to celebrate that!
Can you see that we were a little tired but so happy? Fun way to end a great five days! Thank you to all our followers here, on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and more!
Now, if you’ve read all the way to the end, then you know we have a Creativation giveaway for one lucky reader! We collected some fun products from our many of our friends and today’s surprise package will have products from American Crafts, Photo Play Paper, My Mind’s Eye and even a cute little pin from Doodlebug! For an opportunity to win, leave us a comment below and tell us what your most anticipated product is from the show! Please leave your comment by January 31st! Good luck!
They say when you enjoy what you do it never feels like work. I could not agree more. Our Scrapbook & Cards Today family is a special one and I’m incredibly blessed to work with them.
Have a wonderful weekend friends! If you have any questions at all about the show, please feel free to email me at catherine@scrapbookandcards.com! xoxo
~ Catherine Tachdjian, Publisher
So awesome! What fun photos!! I’m excited for it all. I don’t think I could pick just one thing, there’s so much to love!!!
I can’t wait to see all of the sweet and happy goodies from Doodlebug, their products always make me smile and create pretty crafty things!!!
I can’t wait for Shimelles new line and the simple stories spring farm house. Any of the collectowith navy, purple and green. It was exciting to watch all the videos from creativation
Gosh where do I start?? Carta Bella, Doodle Bug, My Minds eye, the list goes on and on. LOL. Thank you for sharing your videos and photos looks like you all had a lot of fun! Thank you for the chance to win as well. :)
I loved watching all the live videos last weekend with you and Meghann. I’m really looking forward to the new Echo Park lines, in particular those for travel! Thanks for this chance!
The foil pen used in machines like Cricut, Brother etc. from WR Memory…..
Other FB live booths looked great too!!
I can’t wait for the Quill foiling tools!
I’m mostly looking forward to getting my hot little hands on Wendy Vecchi’s new Stencil Staytion! I’m also very intrigued by the show’s most innovative new product by We Are Memory Keepers. That little heated pen might actually get me to clean the cobwebs off my Cricut! My mind (and pocketbook) is blown each and every year with all the new products. It’s always so hard to choose what to purchase first!
I can’t wait for HERO ARTS Layered Iris stamp set! So many venders and awesomeness this year, its so hard to narrow down favorites!
Looks like you all had such fun. I’m looking forward to products from Gina K designs, Altenew and Hero Arts!!
Thanks for all of the great updates on all the goodies to come!!
I am looking forward to the paper collections from Graphic 45 and Prima! Their paper lines are always so gorgeous!
I am super stoked about ShImelle’s new line. I love her girlie lines..they all have a bit of edge and I like that.
I was at the “Meet Me at the Show!” event and it was FANTASTIC! You did a great job putting together an incredible evening. Thank you so much! I hope it’s an annual event.
I second what Connie said about the foil pen…it may have finally edged me into getting a die cutting machine!
I am looking forward to Paige Evan’s new line and of course, some Tim Holtz products. There are too many I want. It is hard to choose with so many great new products.
Looks like you had a lot of fun, can’t wait to see all the new products
I love the new lines by Simple Stories – excited to get some of those.
I absolutely adore the new collections that I saw from Simple Stories. Love their stuff!!
There are too many collections to name that I’m excited about. Tfs
I’m looking forward to the new paper, stamp and die sets. It is always so nice to see what comes from the conventions.
I kept up with all of your posts, and you all were having such a good time. There are so many new products to choose from it’s difficult to choose just one. I am really looking forward to the beautiful products coming from Vicki Boutin❤️ So colourful!!!!
Simply – I’d love it all!!! But that would require a new house and that ain’t happening so I would settle for a little lawn Fawn fun. Glad everything went so well for you and the team. Loved watching your stories. See you in TO!
I have been getting excited about the new Lawn Fawn dies, paper, and stamp sets. There are so many new things, it can easily get overwhelming, but they are all so inspiring.
So many cool new products! I’m looking forward to the Distress sprays, Gina K, Thermoweb, Taylored Expressions new plaid builder. . . I could go on and on!
My New Year’s Resolution is to “steal” a few hours a week doing what I love – scrapbooking without feeling guilty. Your magazine has always inspired my creativity. Can’t wait to see what 2019 will bring!
It sounds like you had so much fun! Lots of great things coming out, but I’m really looking forward to trying the Foil Quill with my Silhouette. :)
What fun getting to see this through your eyes! So many fun new products! I also love seeing all of the inspiring projects made with the new products! Love anything from Paige Evans and Vicki Boutin! I could list so many! Sadly, I am usually late to the party when it comes to getting new stuff. Trying to use what I have. Would love to win some new goodies to play with! Thanks so much!!
So hard to choose but Sparkle City by Shimelle is on my must-have list (hopefully available in Canada). And anything with gnomes.
Hi Catherine and the entire team! It was fun following y’all via IG, Facebook, Youtube and here. So many new products, hard to pick just one. But, anxious as always to see Doodlebugs new stuff!
There is so much scrappy goodness coming out soon! I’ve filled up my wis list again at my favorite online store. Crate Paper, Kaisercraft, Pink Paislee, Pebbles, Simple Stories, Vicki Boutin !!! Can’t pick just one thing.
Great photos! A fun time was had by all. Two of my fav products was the WRMK Foil Quill and Weny Vecchi’s Stencil Staytion – I can see using that in many ways. Thank you for sharing Creativation with us.
With all the amazing and fun products that you’ve gave us peeks at, it will be hard to narrow down what I’m most excited about! But drumroll……..I’m anxiously excited for all the new Lawn Fawn dies & stamps. Next on my list is the foil pen. Hmmmm looks like the stash grows larger! ;)
Watched all your videos from Creativation! Can’t wait for the new Lawn Fawn release, Staytion and Waffle Flower Water Media Mat. Too many things to want…brain overload!
Can’t wait to try some of the new products. Thank you for sharing your time there.
It is hard to just pick one but I am especially curious about WeR Memory Keeper’s new hot Foil Quill. Great feature!
Looks like soon much fun! I love your happy dance with Meghann! There were so many products that looked wonderful, but I always look forward to new things from We R and products from Pinkfresh, two of my favorites!
As I watched all the videos I was blown away by all the beautiful product that the various vendors have come up with. Talk about creative people!! The foil pen for the machines was definitely the top product but since I don’t have a machine anymore, I will have to choose the products from Simple stories as my choice. Any of them are great and I can’t wait to be able to start shopping their line. I have to say though that I will probably be shopping at all of them because not one of them failed to get my attention with at least one of their products.
Congrats on reaching 30K followers on Instagram and thank you for sharing all the product showcases during Creativation. I’m most looking forward to the WRMK foiling pen which is so innovative, the picture switcher die from Lawn Fawn, new papers and stamps from Doodlebug, Jillibean Soup and Simple Stories, and Altenew’s layering dies and washi. Thank you for the chance to win some of these amazing goodies.
I love everything from the show and could/would make incredible projects with all of it.I sooo love this wonderful industry.Thank you.
WOW…. you all had so much fun!!! I was drooling all over just looking at all the new products.
I can’t wait for all of the new releases. I think i am looking forward to the new papers and stamps from Doodlebug.
One product, you’ve got to be kidding!!! Watched all the Live videos and was so wowed by everything. I’ve already pre-ordered my Vicki Boutin stuff from her new line, can’t wait for all that goodness to arrive. Tim’s new dies, stamps, papers etc. would be my next wish list. I could go on but there isn’t enough space, lol. Thanks for a fun filled weekend through your eyes.
There’s so much to be excited for! I think I’m really loving the newest Brother Scan N Cut. Thanks for all the insight into the show!!
I have a loooong list of most anticipated products lol. One the top ones are the Tim Holtz oxide sprays.
OH wow, how fun, wish I were there! I love My Mind’s Eye, always……
What a great time you all had and a fun opportunity that you shared with us your videos of the many vendors’ booths! I loved the G45 new lines and also the new Altnew layered dies, looking forward to trying those! So many great products new for this year, it was really hard to narrow down to just one. Thanks for sharing your experience there, it was really fun and exciting to see.
I’m so excited to see all these new products “live in action”. Can’t wait to try them for myself. Yay!!!! ????????
Oh gosh, where do I start? I watched a few of the LIVE stories by you guys, LawnFawn, and other companies that were there on Instastories. I am really looking forward to new stamps and coordinating dies from Lawn Fawn. I also have a new found love for Echo Park and Paige Evan’s, so anything by them will make me happy when it comes out! Thanks for such a generous giveaway, and I’m so happy for you to have reached 30,000 followers!! Yay!!
I’m sure I’ve only seen a fraction of what’s coming out…but I’m excited for a couple of the new Echo Park lines, Summer Adventure and All Aboard! Thanks for the chance to win!