By Cyn Gagen Last night on In the Zone with Roberta Birnbaum and me, our theme was the number one Billboard hit for this week in 1979, Heart of Glass by Blondie.   To see the details and hints for how I created these and to check out Robi’s amazing creations as well, watch the [...]

It’s the big day! Tonight is our online crop in celebration of National Scrapbook Day.  Join us for part or all of our SIX hour crop from 7 pm to 1 am Eastern.  There will be fantastic demo’s, challenges, giveaways, prizes, and so much fun!  If you have a cam, you’re invited to show us [...]

Tonight’s theme for In the Zone is Knock on Wood.  Come join your hosts Robi Cohen and Cyn Gagen and find out how they interpret this theme.  http://linqto.com/rooms/creativeedventures

  This past Monday on In the Zone, our show theme was once again the #1 Billboard Hit for this week in 1969, Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In.  I made this fun craft that would be great to make with kids using items from my own stash as well as items from the Dollar Store Crafts [...]

We’re having a special show tonight on the Creative EdVentures network to help reach out to a charity in need.  Marion Smith is collecting chipboard “tiles” to put together into a sort of collage quilt and then will be auctioning those off in order to raise funds for Reece’s Rainbow.   Reece’s Rainbow is an organization [...]

The theme for last night’s In the Zone show was the number one Billboard hit for this week in 1950 “If I Knew You Were Coming I’d Have Baked a Cake”.  Joining hosts Robi Cohen and Cyn Gagen was our very special guest Eileen Hull who shared a great project using her Sizzix Bigshot, one [...]

Monday’s In the Zone show theme was Penny Lane, the #1 Billboard hit for this week in 1967.  Boy oh boy, did we ever give ourselves a challenge in this theme but I think Robi and I really did a good job in pulling it off.  Robi made the cutest piggy bank while I went [...]

Today during our chat time, I shared a few of the background techniques that I love to use and referenced some of my favourite technique books.  The books I showed, which are pretty much my “bibles” as far as mixed media work goes, are: Collage Discovery Workshop by Claudine Hellmuth Collage Discovery Workshop: Beyond the [...]

Last night was another In the Budget show on the Creative Edventures network.  In the Budget is a show hosted by Cyn Gagen which features budget friendly crafting ideas.  Last night’s theme was Easter. The bunny candy cup is based on a design I saw in the most recent issue of Crafts and Things magazine.  [...]

This past week’s challenge was to recycle some cardboard into something practical and useful.  Once again I’m blown away by the incredible creations people submitted for this. Look what Fab came up with!  Is this not gorgeous???  http://www.papermood.com   Genelle submitted two items; first is this super cute coupon bag. And then this adorable Spring [...]