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Manufacturer Watch 1st March

9 March 2010

This morning I’ve been having a look at what’s happening in manufacturer land. Not a great deal I have to say. Ok I’m joking…

Creative Imaginations has a March Sketch for two photos.
KI Memories challenges you to make a pennant banner. Aren’t these pennant things big right now?
Pink Paislee has a video demo of their Artisan [...]

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Manufacturer Watch 22nd Feb

22 February 2010
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I’ve been absent since the end of last week. A birthday in the family saw to that. Anyway, let’s see what’s happening in the land of scrapbooking manufacturers at the moment:

KI Memories has another free blog banner to download. It’s kind of cute (if you don’t mind having the KI logo in your blog banner, [...]

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Manufacturer Watch 15th Feb

15 February 2010
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Ah another Monday morning. Let’s see what’s been happening in the land of scrapbooking manufacturers.

Studio Calico has some free Valentine’s tags to download and print. These are simple and cute.
Pebbles Inc features a tutorial on how to Mod Podge picture frames.
Marks Paper Co has a new digital kit available at TwoPeas.
My Mind’s Eye has a [...]

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Manufacturer Watch 8th Feb

8 February 2010
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First up some big industry news, Rusty Pickle announced it is closing down. Very sad news indeed.
Let’s have a look at what else the scrapbooking manufacturers have been up to this week.

Studio Calico has a paper rose tutorial and a Sunday sketch idea to try.
Simply Renee covers some trendy techniques including reverse stenciling, letter pressing [...]

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Manufacturer Watch 2nd Feb

2 February 2010
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If you thought the scrapbooking manufacturers were finished revealing new products, not quite:

American Crafts revealed some new adhesives called This To That (pictured). The new range includes tape runners, glue runners, double-sided tape, foam dots and foam tabs.
Creative Imaginations unveiled new collection Beach Days.
Fancy Pants showed off new collection Rusted Sun and a new range [...]

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Manufacturer Watch 26th Jan

26 January 2010
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The scrapbooking manufacturers are full of everything CHA at the moment. If you’re looking for all the latest products from CHA, visit our CHA Winter 2010 Sneak Peeks page. (I think my fingers are bleeding from typing all the updates. )
Fortunately there was at least some non-CHA related news this week:

Studio Calico features a [...]

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Manufacturer Watch 18th Jan

18 January 2010
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First up, if you’re searching for CHA Winter Sneak Peeks, look no further than our dedicated page: CHA Winter 2010 Sneak Peeks. I’ve been updating the page overnight, so there’s LOTS links to follow there.
In other manufacturer news:

Basic Grey has launched its new look website (pictured). More excitingly, they’ve gone DIGITAL. Yep you can now [...]

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Manufacturer Watch 12th Jan

13 January 2010
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Before I start, a quick reminder that I’m keeping a list of sneak peek links here: CHA Winter 2010 Sneak Peeks.
Besides releasing an avalanche of new products, some of the manufacturers have been up to other things:

Darkroom Door feature a lovely vintage card & heart box project that might just do for Valentine’s day.
Kaisercraft announced [...]

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GCD Studios Melody Ross Tool

31 December 2009
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GCD Studios released a sneak peek of the new Melody Ross tool. Apparently it cuts and embosses chipboard.
There’s also a new range of Chipboard Shapes and Ornamental Stamps to take a look at whilst you’re there.
You’ll find the link on our CHA Winter 2010 Sneak Peeks page. All peeks are listed in alphabetical order for [...]

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Manufacturer Watch 14th Dec

14 December 2009
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I love Mondays (well after I manage to get out of bed that is). It means it’s time to check out what some of the scrapbooking manufacturers are up to.

Basic Grey was supposed to launch their new website on 10th Dec. Apparently, technical issues have delayed the launch. Not only is the BG website getting [...]

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