Wow, what a prize!!!

The cat's out of the bag! 

 Starting tomorrow, February 1st, 2012, any CropStop Facebook "fan" can play along for a chance to win this personally autographed Vagabond Machine!  Yes, it has been autographed by Tim Holtz himself.  We will also have 5 runner-ups that will receive an autographed Tim Holtz item too.  Stay tuned to our CropStop Facebook page for more details!  Become a fan today!

Winter CHA in progress...

CHA Winter session is now open and in progress!  Yesterday, the crowds surged into the Annaheim Convention Center in Annaheim, California to catch a glimpse of the new, upcoming crafting products!  Stay tuned to the CropStop Facebook and Twitter Pages along with our CropStop Blog for CHA updates and photos!

Hold on to your hats, gang! Here's a sneak peak picture at some of Tim Holtz's new stuff!!! Can you believe it?! Distress Markers!! Who's in? Can't wait to try them!

Ooh, aah. New Core-dinations papers! SPOTTED has a great pattern beneath the surface! Check it out! Oh the treasures at CHA Winter 2012!!

Name dropping!! Here's a cute shot of Hero Arts' Designers (and much more!) Jennifer McGuire and Shari Carroll. They look very happy to be at Winter 2012 CHA introducing new Hero Arts products!

Name dropping - AGAIN! There's the talented and lovely Claudine Hellmuth.

So many new things. We are going to be going mad adding them to our store!!! HeroArts has new die sets coming out - each set 

coordinates with a number of different stamp sets! Love these hearts!

And how about these babies? Lifestyle Crafts/QuicKutz Doily Dies!!! So beautiful! Can't wait to use them ourselves!!! 

Here's some new stuff! Lifestyle Crafts/QuicKutz Embossing Folders - we grabbed a shot at CHA Winter 2012 for you. Such teases, aren't we?

Meet the new CropStop Creative Team Members!

We had an extremely overwhelming response to our CropStop Creative Team call.  Thank you so much to everyone that applied for our team. Please watch for future calls and be sure to submit again.

It was a long road to choosing and finalizing our choices and getting the details in order and...

We are happy to announce the addition of 4 members to our CropStop Creative Crew!
A huge welcome  to....

Carina Hella

Lisa Watson

Nancy Jensen

Nazeema  Bastian

They will be joining us for the next 6 months.  Ladies, we look forward to working with you and sharing your creative inspiration and goodness on our CropStop Challenge Blog.

You can read more about them on our Creative Team Member page. Just click on the "Creative Team" tab in the left sidebar of the blog!

We are sad to say good-bye to fellow Creative Team Members, Agnieszka Marchel and Kathleen Hernandez. It has been a pleasure working with you and sharing your creative abilities on our CropStop Challenge Blog the past 6 months. Thank You!

Don't miss it!!

Be sure to visit the CropStop Facebook Page and become a fan!!

Tim Holtz Giveaway Contest!!

Stay tuned to the CropStop Facebook page and the CropStop Challenge Blog for more details to follow!

Challenge #54 Winner!

Wowzers!!  What a great response we had to our "A bit old, you said?" challenge!  The entries were amazing with lots of vintage, shabby chic, and distressed details.  Thanks to everyone that played along.

On to the winner of our randomly drawn, $15 Gift Certificate.  The winner this week is #39-Billie A. Congratulations!  Please contact us at the e-mail address under the contact tab within one week to claim your prize.

Billie A's Card

The CropStop Creative Team has chosen 8 entries to receive the "Cream of the Crop" Badge for design and creativity.  There were so many fabulous entries for this challenge.   Our badge winners are: #5-Celticrafter, #25-Carol H, #31-Viv,  #36-Irit, #58-Melisa W., #59-Mary B., #66-Gertrud, and #70- Tammy Louise.  Please claim your "Cream of the Crop"  Badge by right clicking on it in the blog sidebar to copy and paste it in yur blog.

Celticrafter's Card

 Carol's Card

Viv's Card

Irit's Card

Melisa's Printer's Tray

Mary B's Card

Gertrud's Shadowbox

 

Tammy Louise's Card

 

Thanks once again to everyone that participated!

 

This week's challenge on the CropStop Challenge Blog is "TIME".  Link your creative project using your interpretation of our "TIME" theme.  See the challenge guidelines to be sure your entry qualifies.

 

Watch our CropStop Challenge Blog for upcoming exciting news on our February 2nd Challenge!

Challenge #55: Time is gold!

Hi everyone!  Did you have fun with last week's challenge?  I guess you did, we had a fantastic amount of entries!  You did wonderful!  This week might also be a theme that you are pretty comfortable with it.  Are you ready to find out?  Our theme for this week's challenge is: "TIME".  You can interpret it  any way or form you wish.

Remember to check out our Guidelines to ensure your entry is considered for the weekly prize.

The Design team had a blast creating some Timeless pieces.

Michelle's card uses: Tim Holtz Distress Ink – Spun Sugar, Tim Holtz Distress Ink – Walnut Stain

Vicki's card uses: Cart Us Trendy Flowers Embossing Folder, Spellbinder Scalloped Circle Small, Spellbinder Standard Circle Small, Inkadinkado Ink

Veronica's card uses: Classic Scalloped Oval Large,  Tim Holtz Distressed Inks, Candi Dots, Diamond Glaze, Tim Holtz Border Dies, Tim Holtz tattered floral die

Katie's card uses: Cart-Us Trendy Diamond Embossing Folder, Enamel Accents by Ranger, Tim Holtz Decorative Dies Strip by Sizzix, Sizzix Big Shot Extended Spacer Platform (13in), Sizzix Decorative Strip Cutting Pad (13in), Core'dinations: Tim Holtz Distress Collection

Challenge #53 Winner!

Our $15 Gift Certificate winner, by random draw,  for Challenge #53, You can "Quote Me On That" is #10-Sheila!  Congratulations on your win.  Please e-mail us at the address under the contact tab in the blog sidebar within one week to claim your prize.

Sheila's card.

This week's "Cream of the Crop" Badge winner is #9- 2Craftyeveryday!  Collect your Cream of the Crop Badge from the blog sidebar by right clicking on it to copy and paste it in your blog.  Congratulations!

2Craftyeveryday's card.

Thanks to everyone that played along with our "Quote" Challenge.  

This week's challenge, "A Bit Old For You?" using distressed, vintage, or shabby chic techniques, is waiting for your creative entry.  Don't miss the opportunity to win a $15 Gift Certificate to the CropStop Store!

Challenge #54: A bit old you said?

You ladies did amazing with the quote challenge!  This week we are going to challenge you to make a project that is: distressed, vintage looking or shabby chic.  For some of you this is no challenge, but for others it will be.  Show us how you can master this gorgeous look!  Don't forget we love to see you using your CropStop's supplies, let use know when you use them in your blog.  Show us on facebook too,  you are always welcome to show us what you created for either our challenge or any other occasion using supplies from CropStop.com

Now let's enjoy the amazing samples from the team, showcasing distressing, vintage and shabby chic looks.

Michelle's card uses: Heartfelt Creations Dutch Iris Medley PreCut Set, Copic Markers, Memento Black Ink, Candi, Martha Stewart 3 in 1 Butterfly Punch, Candi Fix

Katie's card uses: Cart-Us Roses Embossing Folder, Tim Holtz Caged Bird Die, Spellbinders Dahlia Die, Spellbinders Blossom Two Die, Tim Holtz Crackle Paint

Veronica's tag uses: Tim Holtz Tag Die, Tim Holtz various colors of Distressed inks, adhesive, Core'dinations - Tim Holtz Distress Collection

Vicki's card uses: Cuttlebug Heart Blocks Embossing Folder, Tsukineko Memento Rich Cocoa Ink, Tsukineko Shimmerz Sparkle Spritz

"Scor Tape" with Rosemary

Do you have bottles of loose glitter sitting around collecting dust?  I have lots of them, because frankly, I hate using them and having glitter all over the place.  

Well, here's an easy and fairly clean technique to use up those loose glitters and add sparkle to your cards!

You'll need Scor tape (the sheets work awesome for this technique), loose glitter, and a sharp craft knife.

First, you'll want to color up your image.  I used the fabulous Craft Concepts 5th Avenue Glam, Sophia's Garden Embossing Folder and embossed the image onto white cardstock.   Then I colored the sky and grass with chalks.

Next, I turned the cardstock over to the backside, and using a sharp craft knife, I cut out the areas where I wanted to apply glitter. (Flowers and butterfly)

Now, you will want to grab your Scor Tape...the stickiest stuff ever!

 The Scor Tape Sheets would be perfect here, but all I had was the 1/2" roll.

Apply the Scor Tape over the cut outs.

Turn your image over, pour your loose glitter over the sticky areas, and press the glitter into the Scor Tape with your non manicured finger.  You can use this technique with various types of glitter, small beads, Flower Soft, Fun Flock, etc. 

Shake the excess off in the trash.  You may have to gently rub off the surrounding glitter with a tissue.

Here's my finished glittery and sparkly easel card!

Here's a close up view of the top of the card.

I used the same technique on TGF Merman Ian's hair.

There are so many uses for this awesome technique.  I hope you try it out on your next creation!

Hugs, Rosie

Scor Tape, Craft Concept, and  Flower Soft products are available in the CropStop Store!

Tour 5th Avenue with Peggy!

Take a walk with Peggy and the new 5th Avenue Glam Collection from Craft Concepts.  These fabulous embossing folders are available in the CropStop Store,  individually or in a complete set of 8.  

Grab the discount code from the blog sidebar for additional savings in the CropStop Store!

Challenge #52, "Go for the Gold Winner"!

Congratulations to this week's winner of our "Go For The Gold" challenge, #17, Scatty Jan.  Please e-mail us at the address under the "contact" tab in the blog sidebar within one week to claim your $15 Gift Certificate to the CropStop Store.

Jan's Card

"Cream of the Crop" Badges go to #2-Celine and #11-Gloria M.   Congratulations!  Claim your "Cream of the Crop" Badge by right clicking on it to save it to your blog.  

Celine's Card

Gloria's Card

Thanks to all that participated!  This week's "Quote" Challenge is waiting for your creative entry.