Angie Pedersen's Scrapbooking Industry News

CK Announces 2005 Hall of Fame winners

Creating Keepsakes has announced the winners of the 2005 Hall of Fame contest.
Melissa Chapman          Rachel Ludwig
Cynthia Coulon         Stacy McFadden
Terri Davenport            Beth Opel
Julie David                  April Peterson
Danielle Donaldson     Shelley Rankin
Renee Foss                        Amber Ries
Leah Fung                           Lisa Storms
Kolette Hall                      Shannon Taylor
Vicki Harvey             Sue Thomas
Carey Johnson                Traci Turchin
Kim Kesti                 Annie Weis
Sande Krieger                 Shannon Zickel
Leah LaMontagne

Read the stories of "The Call" here

Also announced were the 50 Honorable Mentions.

Big congrats to all the winners!

Boxer Scrapbook Announces Acquisition of Lavish Lines

Boxer Scrapbook Productions today announced it has acquired Lavish Lines.  Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Lavish Lines launched in September 2003, with both retail and wholesale sales.  Their products consisted primarily of printed ribbons, including several custom designs.   

Boxer has been distributing the Lavish Lines products since the launch of the company, and accounted for more than 80% of their sales.  Boxer will not be continuing the retail side of the business effective immediately.

“We are very excited about this acquisition.  It will allow us to expand this product line to fit our current lines, and create more complete lines in the future,” said Vicki Warhurst, co-founder of Boxer.

Current Lavish Lines wholesale customers will benefit from the expanded resources, marketing and operational scale made possible by the acquisition.

About Boxer Scrapbook Productions, LLC:
Boxer Scrapbook Productions, LLC is a wholesale only mid level manufacturer and distributor in the crafts industry.  Founded in 2001, by the mother-daughter team of Vicki and Angie Warhurst, Boxer has grown from five products to well over 1000.  Products are available in over 1200 U.S. retailers and many countries worldwide.

SEI Releases New Embellishments

SEI announces new and irresistible embellishments to match their newest lines: Aunt Gerti’s Garden and Grandpa’s Attic. Along with SEI’s existing quality products, these embellishments will add an even greater dimension to your layouts and projects. “SEI did it again,” said Tillie Kerna. “Embellishments to spark your creativity and toy with your emotions.”

• Rhinestone Brads – SEI has added sparkle to the ordinary brad, by topping it with a brilliant rhinestone.  Rhinestone Brads come in a variety of colors, giving your creations a kick, a little punch, and a lot of dazzle.
• Colored Rub-Ons – Great for embellishing layouts, invitations, tags and cards.  These colorful sayings will give your project a professional finish.  (seen above: rub-on's for Gerti's Garden)
• Alphabet Rub-Ons – Lettering and titles have never been easier than with SEI’s new letter rub-ons.
• So Bold Stickers – Stickers can be used in a variety of projects.  Run these cardstock stickers through your home printer, to add your own pattern or design.
• Kinda Bold Stickers – A scaled down version of our So Bold stickers, but with the same great quality and printer capability.
• Coasters – Coordinating coasters are terrific for monogramming, accenting, or just adding the finishing touches to your projects.
• 12x12 Preservation Series Albums – The size you’ve been waiting for! A large-format album to preserve your memories in your favorite 12x12 size.
• Printed Preservation Series Albums  – Not a plain Jane? These albums are for you. SEI’s great designs are now printed on new colors and sizes of the Preservation Series Albums
• Coordinating Ribbon – No need to worry about matching your ribbon to your layouts. SEI has made it easy to accent your favorite SEI paper line.

For additional information on these and other great SEI products, visit the SEI website.