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Blog Hop Winners!!

by Joe Rotella on January 3, 2012

Congratulations to “Lee in Texas” and “Yvonne” for winning prizes in the Viva Las Vegastamps! Blog Hop this past weekend!! Lee and Yvonne each won a $15 gift certificate from Viva Las Vegastamps!  Check your email for details on how to claim your prize.  Congrats again and Happy Crafting!        

USArtQuest Design Team Announced

by Joe Rotella December 20, 2011

I first met Susan Pickering Rothamel at a paper crafting convention about two years ago. I watched her create amazing piece after piece with the greatest of ease, all while talking to people visiting her booth. Since then, I’ve read her books, watched her DVDs and continued to visit with her at shows. She’s delightful, [...]

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Riley the Moose Comes to Ohio

by Joe Rotella February 27, 2011

    For the first time ever, and for a very limited time, Riley is available in central Ohio! Riley is the adorable little moose recently featured in a two page article in Scrap & Stamp Arts magazine (March 2011) and soon to be featured in another two page article in the April 2011 issue! [...]

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Meeting Kari McKnight-Holbrook

by Joe Rotella February 18, 2011

Handmade books and journals fascinate me. I love the different materials people can incorporate in a book, from the pages to the covers to the bindings to the embellishments. They are works of art that unfold before you as you turn the pages. I like how can see and feel the different textures of the [...]

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Congratulations Karel – You Won!

by Joe Rotella February 14, 2011

Congratulations to Karel Jennings of Hilton, NY! She’s the winner of our Your Story Package for participating the Getting Cricky Across the 50 blog hop hosted by Kristal Andrew. We selected our winner using Random.org and 60 was the lucky comment number. Karel’s hobbies are reading, paper crafting, needle crafting and sewing. She blogs at [...]

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Your Story Package Giveaway! Cricky Across the 50! Blog Hop

by Joe Rotella February 11, 2011

A Big Cricut Hello & Chirp to each of you! Welcome to the Cricky Across the 50 Blog Hop hosted by K Andrew of Getting Cricky! If you are here from Patricia Logan of MDN Creates then you are in the right spot. If you just arrived here and would like to start from the [...]

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Today’s Scrapbook Yard Sale Haul

by Joe Morgan February 5, 2011

This month in our area (Columbus, OH) we’ve marked our calendar to check out four scrapbook garage sales. A scrapbook garage sale gives people the chance to sell tools and supplies they no longer want to others who love to paper craft. Let’s face it, scrapbookers who have been scrapbooking for awhile have more than likely accumulated [...]

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We’re Back From CHA Winter 2011

by Joe Rotella February 2, 2011

After a week in Los Angeles, CA for the The Craft and Hobby Association (CHA) Winter Tradeshow, the Create & Craft team is back at home in Columbus, OH. And what a week it’s been! Folks took some great classes, learned some new techniques, connected with familiar friends, met great folks, did some shopping, and [...]

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Barbara Trombley: The Original Glitter Queen!

by Joe Rotella January 30, 2011

Today at the CHA 2011 Winter tradeshow, I had the pleasure to meet Barbara Trombley, the original glitter Queen! Barbara was standing in front of a glittered butterfly, about 4 foot square, that had the most amazing shading I’ve ever seen! And there were rows and rows of glitter in all 100′s of colors and [...]

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Our Trip to Stampaway 2010

by Joe Rotella August 14, 2010

Our trip to Stampaway in Cincinnati allowed us to meet some fantastic designers (Amy Flowers, Joni Russell, Magdalena Muldoon), gave us the chance to learn some new techniques (mixed media collage, metal engraving) and inspired us to start hunting for some really cool ephemera.

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Sure Cuts A Lot™ V2 for Macintosh Released

by Joe Rotella December 2, 2009

About 4 months after the launch of the eagerly anticipated Version 2 of Sure Cuts a Lot™ for Windows, Craft Edge (the publishers of SCAL) have released the Macintosh version.

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