We welcome 2017 with our amazing CCB Crew Interview Series. If you are new to the Collective and our blog you might want to go back and meet some of our crew members through their interview. Here is a link to our Crew Member Spotlights where you will learn what inspires them, a bit more about…
Today we turn the page and begin sketching for the next year to come. Welcome 2017! We look forward to spending the upcoming year with all of YOU. We love getting to know you, to see the Collective grow and to meet people from all over the world. Thank you for helping to share our products and…
We have had a wonderful month with our guest designer Nadia Cannizzo who has taken us in new color directions and fun mixed media techniques over the past few weeks. The end of the year is near and her message “Trust the timing of your life” is a wonderful reminder to trust where you are in life, reflect…
2017 is a new chapter in the story of our lives and why not ring in the new year with a little craft goodness, filling in the pages however we choose? Why spend time at Party City or the Walmart party aisle looking for decorations for your New Year’s Eve party when you can make the decor…
Oops did not get a chance to send out Christmas Cards this year, why not snow or winter cards and here is a simple idea with great texture and warm wishes. Crew Member Chris Pozzi shows us how simple a layered card can be and you can mix and match the prints to maximize your…
We are reminding you today to get the camera batteries charged, your lenses wiped clean and the space on your phone memory cleared out just in time for holiday photos. We focus on photos of the family, the tree and maybe the gifts, but think about photos of the world around you too – snow on the…
Why don’t we kick off our countdown to Christmas this week with easy tags that you can decorate your Christmas gifts with? Making personal tags is a really fun way of using up scraps of paper and who does not appreciate a nicely wrapped gift with a one of a kind gift tag? To make tags similar to…
There are so many holiday styles to choose from, which one is your favorite? Bright, whimsical, shiny, glittery, traditional, old world, vintage, retro, rustic, woodlands, modern, art decor, folk art, country, Victorian, shabby chic? Ok so we can go on and on and on. Then you can mix the styles to create combo styles, so the styles are almost endless. So in the…
Do you have all your Christmas cards written, addressed, and sent out yet? If not, we have a little more inspiration for you today! Many of our Crew prefer to handcraft their own Christmas cards each year. Today, we want to share with you this lovely vintage card by Nancy Hawes. Nancy decided to go vintage…
Do you create your journal pages ahead of time in anticipation of the month, the day or the season or do you create while it is going on to capture the memories as they happen? No matter how you journal it is always fun to see some creative inspiration. Today on the blog we have few amazing journal…