Well Played!
While I’ve been at Quilt Market, my new line Well Played was announced at Carta Bella! I”m so excited for this scrapbook line! It’s modern and upbeat! It’s game board inspired but has enough great patterns in it for everyday use. I plan on using it for all my kid layouts. Hoping to get a [...]
Instagram Giveaway & Facebook Giveaway
There is so much awesomeness happening at Carta Bella these days. So to kick off the awesomeness, I am giving about 3 kits each of True Friends and Well Traveled on Instagram. To enter, just follow @carinagardner on your Instagram feed and add a comment to the “Instagram Giveaway” photo. Invite a friend and you [...]
Back from Winter CHA
I’m back from Winter CHA in Anaheim and a sweet family trip to Disneyland. I’m trying to wrap my head around all the things that are about to happen this coming month. You should check out this link for a peek of things to come. But back to the things that are NOW. You’ll want [...]
Smashball 2012—Utah Edition
Yes, I have been terrible about posting, but, it is because I have been working like a maniac to get ready for Winter CHA. And I can’t even show you want I’m working on. Boo. Or the other cool stuff I am working on. Double Boo. Well, all in good time. In the meantime go [...]
Remembering
Last night Josh and I pulled out the old video camera and watched my daughters’ first few hours of life. I’ll admit…I cried…a lot. It was one of those moments where your life is put into perspective and all you can do is feel grateful for what you have been given. Seeing that miracle made [...]
Episode 4 All Hallow’s Eve Decor Video
I know it’s only August, but this Halloween video is meant to get you excited about the approaching season. I love fall and adore Halloween. With school starting next week (eek!), fall is just around the corner. I know there’s a lot of sentimentality about new beginnings and freshly sharpened pencils when school starts, but [...]
Summer CHA Tradeshow Booth Video (Episode 3)
I wasn’t sure if it was going to work, but I tried to create a video of us putting up the tradeshow booth. Before I had ever participated in having a booth, I always wondered what the process was. Sooooo…here’s a time lapsed video of the two days we put together the Carta Bella booth. [...]
Summer CHA 2012 Review
Hello! I’m back from Summer CHA in Chicago and I’ve spent the last 24 hours downloading a heck-of-a-lotta videos and photos! You can see more photos (if you don’t think you’ll get enough here) on the Carta Bella blog. Many of you will recognize the booth as my Quilt Market booth. It was fun to [...]
Carina Gardner TV Channel—Episode 2 Paris Girl
I just finished editing Episode 2 for the new CG TV Channel. Today’s episode features guest Lindsay Moore, who is the Director of Sales at Carta Bella Paper. I hope you’ll check out because we show off the Paris Girl Collection for Carta Bella Paper Company and making this darling card (see left). Watching this [...]
New Lines
Today I have been getting production files ready, getting ready for CHA, and a lot of other general fun stuff for Carta Bella. I also announced two new lines for Carta Bella. Go check out my blogpost for that reveal here. In the midst of getting the new lines ready, I managed to take the [...]
Beautiful Moments Ships
Beautiful Moments™ shipped this week! Ironically, I haven’t even had a chance to let it sink in because I have already moved on to the next 5 lines. Today, I’m sqwanching (is that word?) paper and tying up twine to take photos of the Halloween line. And I took photos and made layouts for our [...]
Carina Gardner TV Channel—Free Download and Giveaway
I’m excited to introduce to you a series of videos straight from my studio! Introducing CG TV! I originally got the idea for doing the videos because I wanted to show tutorials on my sewing patterns. The idea eventually was expanded to include all the things I do here in the studio—paper, fabric, digital, hybrid, [...]
Surprise, Surprise!
You’ve been waiting, and I will not disappoint! I have TWO announcements for you today. I’m going to let you in on my family news first—and that is we are expecting baby number 3! After a five and a half year gap, we have decided to head back into diapers, teething, and night feedings. (It [...]
Paper and Digital Designer Workshop Review February 2012
This last weekend was the Paper and Digital Designer Workshop. I obviously wasn’t thinking straight when I scheduled it the weekend after CHA. Despite the back-to-back scheduling, we had a fabulous time and it went off without a hitch. Truthfully, it doesn’t matter how many classes I have taught, I always get a little nervous [...]
CHA January 2012 Review
Get ready for an image-heavy post! Lots and lots of eye-candy! Here we go! I really didn’t even plan on going to CHA until the last minute with Designer Workshop being just around the bend. So I was in-and-out in a jiffy (I flew in Saturday morning and left Monday bright and early). However, I [...]
Giving Thanks-Free Thankful Banner Download
Last year, we did a thankful tree on Thanksgiving day. This year, the girls have a jar of leaves that they can write or draw on whenever they want to add to this banner in our kitchen. I’m hoping it’s a great way for them to see what their parents are grateful for and encourages [...]
Hybrid Project Submissions Now Open!
We’ve had such a tremendous response to the hybrid section of the Quarterly Newsletter that I have decided to open it up to anyone who would like to submit projects they have done using my fabric, digital, or paper. This is very exciting for me since I love seeing everyone’s creativity! Our first deadline is [...]
Issue No. 5 of the Newsletter—Spraguefest and Tutorials
Wheww! Here it is! Our fifth issue of the newsletter. This thing just gets bigger and bigger! This one is 39 pages long with a huge section on Spraguefest, an introduction to Susan, a quilt pattern, a coupon code for Designer Workshop, and tutorials galore! Be sure and check out the calendar at the end…it’s [...]
Essentials Plus
I was browsing through my creative team’s layouts that feature my new digital scrapbooking line Essentials Plus. I’m amazed at the way they are using the line! Even though I did intend it to be a paper-meets-elements line, it is way more versatile than I thought it would be. Most of these layouts use ONLY [...]
Exciting New Upcoming Events!
There are two spectacular events that I plan on attending in the coming months. The first is Spraguefest! This is an annual event hosted by Jessica Sprague to further build (the already awesome) community. I know there are going to be a lot of awesome people at this event, and I’m pretty excited to attend! [...]
Carina Gardner Quarterly Newsletter (Issue No. 4)
FINALLY! We’ve finished our fourth issue of our newsletter! Better late than never, right? I think this is our best issue so far. First of all, there are a LOT of photos. And tutorials. And photos. And an announcement (which links to ANOTHER digital magazine). And did I mention photos? It’s seriously delicious! Susan has [...]
It’s Been A Week
I think it’s been a week at least since I have blogged. I’m too lazy to go back and check the front page to see how long it has been. Or too tired. Which is ironic since my kids got a sleepover with cousins last night and are getting a sleepover with grandma tonight all [...]
This is the 10th Stop on the Jessica Sprague Bloghop Freebie!
Thanks for making it to my stop on the Jessica Sprague Birthday Party Bloghop! Just click on the image below to get your freebie for me that coordinates with all the other designers at JS! If you have stopped here first, you can find the beginning of this blog hop at Jessica’s blog. Be sure [...]
Huge Jessica Sprague Sale!
JessicaSprague.com is FOUR! To celebrate, they’re throwing a HUGE Birthday Bash & Summer Sale. From June 13-26, you can save 20% off of every self-paced class (think Illustrator, hehe), and 35% off of ALL digital products. In addition, grab all 27 episodes of Jessica’s amazing Photoshop Friday tutorials for just $1 each before they’re retired [...]