Card with revolving centre piece

In our Shout about Spellbinder's section in our CropStop's Forum we have the instructions for this type of cards.  You have seen them, the ones where the front of the card revolves and shows a second image!

Here are some samples of the outside and the inside of the card:

The colorful world of distressing inks!

We have two new classes that talk about how to use your distress ink pads and re-inkers, they are right in our Crop Stop's Forum in the Class section. Here are some samples of the gorgeous things you can learn how to do in the class:

Challenge #35 - It's all black and white

challenge for you this week is to create something, LO, card, ATC, altered or whatever, in black and white.



For this I have used 7Gypsies patterned paper, the musical paper is of unknown origin, cardstock in black and white, ribbons and buttons from stash and stamps from Autumn Leaves. To this Staz-On and Distress Inks. BossKut Daisies die and Sizzix Wingo Zingo alphas, which has been covered with Stickles.

The instructions for the fan can be found in the BossKut section in CropStop's Forum.

Upload in the April Weekly challenges section of the gallery no later than April 30th, and link to this thread.

15% off all Quickutz Die cuts!

Get back to the basics of crafting with these new shapes from QuicKutz! With everything going on in the economy lately, there seems to be an enduring call to return to the simple things in life, or in other words, the bare essentials. We've discovered that even the most basic things provide the most versatility, functionality and happiness. In staying consistent with that spirit, Quickutz is releasing a collection of dies that are practical, efficient, usable and therefore essential to any serious crafter! 

QuicKutz Dies work in all leading machines including the Cuttlebug Machine

Chatter about cuttlebug - Fun with Fabric

We have already used mulberry paper, metal, foil, chipboard, and grungeboard in our embossing folders. Today, let's try some fabric! Check out this and other tutorials using your cuttlebug products in the "Chatter about Cuttlebug" section of the Cropstop's Forum!

Banter about Bosskut!

Do you want the look of chipboard using your Bosskut die cuts? Then check out Elisabeth's great idea in the "Banter about Bosskut" of our CropStop's Messageboard.

Swaps, swaps and more swaps!

We have some new swaps and we are taking sign ups right now!

We have flower and die cut swaps right now!!!! Common ladies sign up before you're spot is taken!

Fashion a Project with Fabric - Challenge #34

Your challenge for this week (April 17-23) is to make a card (or other piece of art) using fabric.

Here is my sample card:



Please post your project to the April Weekly Challenges Gallery by Thursday, April 23rd in order to be eligible for the Monthly Random Drawing. Every project you enter wins you a ballot in the Monthly Draw.

Have fun playing!

Brought to you by Gloria!

Challenge #21: Take your time submissions

I love clocks so when Marion asked us to use some of our clocks on a project I was really excited! We had some really gorgeous submissions for this challenge:

here are some of them:

  

by Elaine

by Marion

by Elisabeth

Keep submitting your projects to our challenges, and you might be featured in our blog!

Challenge #33: A recipe for success!

This week's challenge is from Mel:

Create a LayOut or Card using the following recipe:
(at least) one piece of cardstock 
(at least) two pieces of patterned paper 
(at least) three different pieces of embellishment 
(at least) two pictures on your page 
(at least) ten different words in your journaling 
(at least) one piece of fiber or ribbon 
and (at least) one reusable item (think stamp, stapler, mask...) 
Mix these up and a great project will appear & YOU will have SUCCESS!!

Remember to post it before next Thursday on our Gallery!

April Sketch Challenge is up!

Every month we give you a sketch challenge to complete. We will do a random draw of the entrants for a CropStop Goodie Bag on the 10th of the following month.
You are welcome to post your entries in this thread but to be eligigable for the CropStop Goodie Bag you must upload them in the Gallery under Sketch Challenge's by May 10th.

Many thanks to Becky at Page Maps for the Sketch.

Good Luck!