DT Challenge: Spotting Trends

Walking the floor of the Craft and Hobby Association (CHA) Trade Show is always an adventure! What could possibly be more exciting than getting to see three huge showrooms of brand new products that you can hardly wait to get your hands on? Only one thing: getting to share that experience with your girlfriends!

From the very beginning, the i {heart} papers team has had strong ties to Paper Craft Planet and I adore Susanna. :) Our mutual love of paper and paper-crafting was the foundation for our friendship, and CHA has given us the opportunity to meet face-to-face and translate those online friendships into real life. It's so much more fun in person than it is on screen!

As we walked the CHA floor we were drawn to certain products and projects...when we discussed them over dinner we discovered some emerging trends. That's what today's challenge is all about.

Of course, not everyone can attend CHA. We were quite sorely missing some of our team mates...and the general public is not eligible to attend. Thankfully, those of you who couldn't be there can live vicariously through the next best thing: photos! Check out these in this post from Susanna, and several posts from MoxieFab!

For my card today I am highlighting chevrons. They were EVERYWHERE. (And don’t forget Mint Motif’s Beyond Borders, recently featured in Stamp It! 3 Ways has a chevron in it!) But for today, I used Paper Smooches Forest Whimsy set along with Sentiment Sampler, stamped in Memento inks. I popped the focal image and the handcut cloud out on some dimensionals (more on order!) I used My Mind’s Eye Away We Go pad for both background papers and the paper for piecing the hat. I added some Liquid Pearls and Crackle Accents on the beard and boots for extra texture, my oval Nesties and layered some faux suede ivory ribbon and some ivory lace from my stash as the final finishing touch.

Here is the lineup for today’s trendy challenge. Be sure to hop along and leave UNIQUE comments for all the participants. I’ll be drawing a random commenter from all the comments to win a trendy prize pack! (CONTEST CLOSED) Here are the links for you!

Carolyn
Deb
Gretchen
Loretta
Lori
Lynn
Tracy

and our guests from PCP:
Adela Rossol
Lisa Somerville
Lyn Bernatovich
Susanna Boyd
Taylor Usry
Wendy Price

And before I forget, there have been a lot new CHA arrivals already so be sure to check out the new section. There are more arrivals coming this week too! Thanks for stopping in!