Winner

 It’s time to announce the winner from our last link-up!

Chosen by random.org our winning entry is:
#13 Lovely Linda 

Please email Cropstop owner, Haylie-Jo, at cropstop@cropstop.com within seven (7) days to claim your prize. Be sure to include your physical mailing address so she can get your prize out to you right away.

Thanks for playing along in this last challenge.

Wishing you a wonderful 2019!

Happy Creating!

Goodbye

Here we are at the end of January already, and it's time to say good-bye. This is my last post for Cropstop. I've enjoyed working for Haylie-Jo for these past two years, and have been inspired by the projects you-all have linked up each month! I wanted to say a big THANK YOU for all the sweet comments you left on the challenge post this month saying how you've enjoyed the projects I've posted each week and will miss the challenges. So kind of you to take the time to say that!

Supplies and Tools:

Doily Embossing Folder (Sizzix - Tim Hotlz)

Antique Linen Distress Spray Stain (Ranger) 

Distress Ink in these colors: Gathered Twigs/ Vintage Photo

Sponge Daubers

Distress Embossing Ink (Ranger)

Brilliant Sparkle Gold Embossing Powder (Cosmic Shimmer)

Script Stamp (Stampin' Up)

Fiskars Paper Crimper

Love This Die Set (Echo Park)
Sheer Ombre Gold/Ivory Ribbon 
Plaid Background Stamp (Impression Obsession)
Worn Lipstick Distress Oxide (Ranger)
Tuxedo Black Ink (Tsukinedo)
Little Birdies (Dina Wakley - Ranger)

ATG Gun

Cuttlebug

Here's wishing you all a wonderful 2019 -- full of happiness and creativity!  Come back on Thursday to see who won the Final Cropstop Challenge.

Guest Designer - Amy Brown

It's time for our final Guest Designer post, and Amy Brown (of Brite Designs Studio) made sure we went out with a "bang!" I just love this adorable owl card with it's bright, happy polk-a-dot background!! Here's what Amy says about putting this cute card together:

"I started this card by stamping the Thank You sentiment from MFT's Spotlight Sentiment onto some white Neenah cardstock and heat embossing it with this beautiful Oasis embossing powder by WOW!

I trimmed the sentiment strip to fit the front of a card and added some stitched detail to the edges using MFT Home spun Stitch Lines. Afterwards I placed foam tape on the back and adhered it to the card front. 

I embellished this card with this adorable dimensional owl sticker that a friend sent me from Dollar Tree and a few "Date Night" enamel hearts by ChickANiddy."

 

 

Supplies used:

My Favorite Things Spotlight Sentiments

My Favorite Things Homespun Stitch Lines

WOW! Oasis embossing powder

ChickANiddy "Date Night" enamel hearts

Dollar Tree dimensional stickers

 

 

 

There's still a few days left to enter your project in our FINAL LINK PARTY! Stop by and show off any project that includes a product or two from companies carried in the Cropstop store.  

Let It Snow

Today I have a fun snow themed card for you in pinks and browns. When I was gluing my sentiment on,  I accidentally smudged some brown ink on the embossed background. Since I didn't feel like starting over, I diluted some distress oxides and created a spatter effect. Fun fix for my whoopsie!

Supplies and Tools:

Create a Flake Dies (Spellbinders)

Christmas Quilt Embossing Folder (Couture Creations)

These colors of Distress Oxide (Ranger) - Worn Lipstick/ Walnut Stain

Picked Raspberry Distress Ink (Ranger)

Pink Burlap String

Sponge Daubers
Pearls
Alphabet Punches

Cuttlebug

ATG Gun

I'd love to see what you've been creating, so stop by the final link party and showoff any creation that includes a product or two from one of the companies carried in the Cropstop store.

Guest Designer - Amy Brown

 

We're back for week number three with our sweet and talented Guest Designer for January - Amy Brown of Brite Designs Studio! Amy created another bright and cheery with a fun peek-through element. Here's what she says about putting this pretty card together:

 

"I decided to try something new this card so I hope you all enjoy it! 

I use a My Favorites Things 'Friend" die to die cut through both a card base and card front to create this fun peek-through card. I used MFT's Homespun Stitch Lines to add this lovely stitched detailing just above and below the die cut window. 

I heat embossed the sentiment from Avery Elle's Handwritten Notes stamp set in Midnight Black Stamp-N Stuff embossing powder. I absolutely LOVE this stamp set and use it all the time because the font is so versatile and works with almost any type of card you could make.

I popped the sentiment strip up on foam tape and adhered the gold detailed floral embellishment just slightly behind it. I topped off the card with some enamel dots in a deep teal that almost matched the floral element exactly. Thank you CropStop for allowing me to guest design again today!"

 

Products used:

My Favorite Things Friend die

My Favorite Things Homespun Stitch Lines die

Avery Elle Handwritten Notes stamp set

Stamp-N Stuff Midnight Black embossing powder

Enamel Dots

 

 

 

 Why not show us what you've been working on of late....stop by our FINAL LINK PARTY and show off any project that includes a product or two from companies carried in the Cropstop store.

He Heals the Broken

Hello Friends, today's card features one of my favorite stamps to use on sympathy cards. I did it up in neutral tones, adding just a touch of light blue and lavender to match the ombre ribbon from Cropstop.

Supplies and tools:

Chiro Embossing Folder (Couture Creations)

All Things are Possible Stamp Set (Heartfelt Creations)

Circle Nestabilities (Spellbinders)

Blossom Nestabilities (Spellbinders)

Distress Embossing Ink (Ranger)

Distress Ink in these colors: Salty Ocean/ Shaded Lilac/Hickory Smoke

Sponge Daubers

Black Embossing Powder

Petaloo Flowers

Scotch Foam Mounting Tape

Sheer Ombre Ribbon - Lavender/Blue

Cuttlebug

I'd love to see what you've been creating, so stop by the  last link party and showoff any creation that includes a product or two from one of the companies carried in the Cropstop store. 

Guest Designer - Amy Brown

 Welcome to Guest Designer Friday. Today we have a beautiful card created by our January guest designer --- Amy Brown from Brite Designs Studio. I love the way Amy used her embossing folder on this card - such a bright and pretty design! Here's what she says about putting this card together:

"I ran the gorgeous Couture Creations Hyper Magical Embossing Folder through my Big Shot to dry emboss some white cardstock, then applied a soft layer of SSS (Simon Says Stamp) Inks in Wisteria and Sky Blue to the paper with a blending brush. I die cut two circles using SSS Stitched Circle Dies, one in vellum and the other in white cardstock, then stamped this sentiment from Trinity Stamps "Let Love Grow" Stamp Set with the same SSS Wisteria Ink onto the white circle off centered a bit. I glued the circles together, then placed them to the edge of the embossed panel and trimmed down the side of the circles. I added the silver glitter cardstock strip to the right of the card before adhering the embossed panel with Ranger Multi Medium Matte. I used the same adhesive on the Glistening Snow Confetti from Trinity Stamps and these beautiful Exclusive Acetate Leaves from the Hip Kit Club November 2018 Kit. This card was inspired by Jennifer McGuire, the queen of card making!"

 

Products used: 

Couture Creations Hyper Magical Embossing Folder (my giveaway winnings, thanks!!)

SSS (Simon Says Stamp) Inks in Wisteria and Sky Blue

SSS Stitched Circle Dies

Trinity Stamps "Let Love Grow" Stamp Set

Trinity Stamps Glistening Snow Confetti 

Hip Kit Club Exclusive Acetate Leaves

Ranger Multi Medium Matte

Blending Brush

 

 

Why not show us what you've been working on of late....stop by our FINAL LINK PARTY and show off any project that includes a product or two from companies carried in the Cropstop store. 

Winner

 It’s time to announce the winner from our last link-up!
It was great to see so many of you do the optional twist (use traditional Christmas colors - red and green) last month.
It paid off for one lucky winner!

Chosen by random.org our winning entry is:
#60 Donna Phelan

Please email Cropstop owner, Haylie-Jo, at cropstop@cropstop.com within seven (7) days to claim your prize. Be sure to include your physical mailing address so she can get your prize out to you right away.

Great job everyone! Thanks for playing along on the Cropstop blog - we look forward to seeing more of your fabulous work this month! 

Changes -- Link Party #47

Hello Cropstop friends! Here we are at the beginning of a new year and with it comes some BIG changes. This will be the FINAL CHALLENGE for the Cropstop blog as I have decided to step down and Haylie-Jo has decided to give the blog a break for a while. We've enjoyed working together for these past two years, and have been inspired by all of your beautiful work.

Supplies and Tools:

Knitted Embossing Folder (Couture Creations)

Create a Flake Dies (Spellbinders)

Red Sampler Pack (Canvas Corp)

Distress Embossing Ink (Ranger)

Burlap String

Primary Bark Embossing Powder (Wow!)

Winter Wonders Stamp Set (All Night Media)

Scotch Foam Mounting Tape

Cuttlebug

Challenge Rules:

1. Create ANY new project using a product or two from one of the companies CropStop carries in the store. (It’s ok if you didn’t buy it from us, and also fine if it’s a product we don’t currently have it in stock as long as it’s from one of the companies we carry!)
2. Please, no back-linking old projects
3. Limit 5 entries per challenge
4. Link your project here, link back to this post, and mention the CropStop Challenge in your post.

Optional Twist for this final challenge is:
Create a project in NEUTRAL TONES and I'll enter your name twice in the random draw!

(Note: This last challenge will run through January 30th - the winner will be announced January 31st!)

Guest Designer - Amy Brown

Welcome to Guest Designer Friday. This month we have another "new to Cropstop" guest designer --- Amy Brown from Brite Designs Studio. Amy created a super cute (and FUN) scrapbook page layout to inspire you --- What better way to showcase all those photos you took over the Christmas holidays?!

Here's what Amy says:

"I cut strips of the patterned Christmas Town paper into various sizes, tearing the edges of some and fringing others to give the page some fun texture and detail. I stitched each to the page with my sewing machine using white thread in zigzag and straight stitches. I then splattered metallic watercolors over the page, and set to work on the main photo. I backed the photo with some vellum and Scotch foam tape. After the watercolor splatters dried I adhered the photo and embellished the page with Doodlebug Christmas ephemera, stickers, and paper flowers."

Supplies used: 

Doddlebug Christmas Town paper pack (6x6)

Michael's paper flowers

Doodlebug Christmas ephemera (not sure of the exact pack, they are from last year, sorry!)

K&Company Very Merry embossed stickers

Metallic watercolors

Scotch foam tape

Why not show us what you've been working on of late....stop by our FINAL LINK PARTY and show off any project that includes a product or two from companies carried in the Cropstop store. 

Happy New Year!

It's hard to believe we've come to the last day of 2018 already, but here we are! I enjoy the feeling of clean slate whether it be -- the start of a new day, the beginning of a new month, or the dawn of a  new year! I thought this TCW stencil looked a bit like a clock face it's center, so I decided to make a New Year's card with it. This card is a bit of a departure for me -- it's a bit more mixed media than I usually do, but I really wanted to do something with my Gelli Plate. I mixed two colors of distress paint (blue and gray) on my gelli plate and used a stencil to create the center of my card.

 Here's wishing each of you a Happy and Blessed 2019!

Supplies and tools:
Gelli Printing Plate
Mini Rosetta Stencil (TCW)
Distress Paint --- Hickory Smoke & Blueprint Sketch
Dina Wakley Pallete Knife
Circle and Scallop Circle Nestabilities (Spellbinders)
Clock Hands Die (Sizzix)
Tuxedo Black Ink (Tsukineko)
Distress Embossing Ink (Ranger)
Distress Ink (Ranger) - Hickory Smoke & Chipped Sapphire
Sponge Daubers
Silver Embossing Powder
French Market Stamps Set (Tim Holtz)
Different Strokes Stamp Set (Basic Grey)
Pearl
Silver Gel Pen

I'd love to see what you've been creating, so stop by the current link party and showoff any creation that includes a product or two from one of the companies carried in the Cropstop store.

Guest Designer - Jennifer Lewis

Welcome back to our last Guest Design post for the month of December! It's been a pleasure sharing the work of Jennifer Lewis this month! (You can visit her Splitcoast Stampers Gallery by clicking here.) She has one last beautiful card to share with us today....

"For this card, I used the Great Almanzo Embossing Folder by Couture Creations that I received in my prize package from the October Link Party.  I decided to use it with one of my favorite embossing folder techniques—Crayon Resist.  I placed my white cardstock on the open embossing folder and rubbed a white crayon all over it.  I really love the soft image that appeared as I sponged Cracked Pistachio and then Peacock Feathers over it.  Using the Peacock Feathers ink, I stamped these Ranger flower stamps and colored them with my Spectrum Noir markers as a cheerful background for one of my favorite sentiments from the Ranger Letter It Birthday stamp set.   I started to assemble the layers all nice and straight, but then thought it would be more fun and playful with the panels tilted.  And I added some random black Enamel Accents as a finishing touch."

Supplies and Tools:

Stamps:

• Ranger Dylusions Flowers
• Ranger Letter It Birthday 

Inks:

• Memento Tuxedo Black
• Distress Ink Cracked Pistachio and Peacock Feathers
• Spectrum Noir Markers

Other Products:

• Couture Creations – Great Almanzo Embossing Folder
• WeR Precision Press
• My Favorite Things Die-namics stitched square die
• Sizzix Stitched Squares die
• Ranger Black Enamel Accents

Now it's your turn to share the projects you've been working on! Stop by the current link party and link up any creation that includes a product or two from one of the companies carried in the Cropstop store. Hope to see you there!

Dimensional Snowflake

Merry Christmas Eve! Today I have square card featuring  a multi dimensional snowflake!
Wishing all of you a Very Merry Christmas tomorrow --- may your day be happy and blessed!

Supplies used on this card:

Circular Grid Embossing Folder (Anna Griffin - Cuttlebug)

Dimensional Snowflake Die (Spellbinders)

Pearl

I'd love to see what you've been creating, so stop by the current link party and showoff any creation that includes a product or two from one of the companies carried in the Cropstop store.

Guest Designer - Jennifer Lewis

Hello Friends! It's hard to believe that Christmas is just a few days away! I love this beautiful card  created by our talented guest designer for the month of December -- Jennifer Lewis! (You can visit her Splitcoast Stampers Gallery by clicking here.) I have this same stamp set, and her gorgeous design makes me want to pull it out and ink it up!

Here's what Jennifer says about putting this card together:
"I started with an alcohol ink background of green and red to give the feeling of an evergreen bush with red berries.  I stamped the birds, cutting one out with my ScanNCut and drawing a few extra branches around the other bird.  I colored them both with my Spectrum Noir markers and sponged a bit of Pear Tart around the top bird.  I finished the card by matting the panels with black cardstock and stamping a sentiment banner to ground the bottom bird, who is popped up on foam squares."  

Supplies and Tools:

Stamps:

• Tim Holtz Birds 
•  Inkadinkado Sentiment

 Paper:

• Papertrey Ink Paper Basics white
• Ranger Yupo paper
• Neenah Exact Index
• Astrobrights black

 Inks:

• Memento Tuxedo Black and Pear Tart
• Ranger Alcohol Inks in Citrus, Lettuce, and Cranberry
• Spectrum Noir Markers 

Other Products: 

• WeR Precision Press
• My Favorite Things Die-namics stitched square die 
• foam squares
• Papermate Inkjoy gel pen
• Brother ScanNCut

 Now it's your turn to share the projects you've been working on! Stop by the current link party and link up any creation that includes a product or two from one of the companies carried in the Cropstop store. Hope to see you there!

Fancy Drum

Today I have a quick and easy card to share with you. Since holiday's are a busy time of year I thought I'd share something that only takes a few minutes to whip up and yet still looks festive and pretty.

Supplies and Tools used on this card:

Christmas Quilt Embossing Folder (Couture Creations)

Circle & Scallop Circle Nestabilities (Spellbinders)

Music Background Stamp (Stampin' Up)

Blueprint Sketch Distress Ink (Ranger)

Fancy Drum Die (Memory Box/Poppystamps)

Sponge Daubers

Scotch Foam Mounting Tape

St. Nicholas 2 Stamp Set (Graphic 45)

I'd love to see what you've been creating, so stop by the current link party and showoff any creation that includes a product or two from one of the companies carried in the Cropstop store.

Guest Designer - Jennifer Lewis

We're back with another beautiful card created by our talented guest designer for the month of December -- Jennifer Lewis! (You can visit her Splitcoast Stampers Gallery by clicking here.) Jennifer created a gorgeous Christmas card to share with us today, here's what she says about putting this beauty together:

"The first time I saw this Ranger Alcohol Lift Ink in action, I just had to have it.  It's amazing how it just lifts the alcohol ink right off the paper.  I started by making green alcohol ink background.  Then I inked up my stamp with Ranger Alcohol Lift Ink and stamped the image onto the Yupo paper, blotting the image with a paper towel to really get the best lift.  My favorite part about this Alcohol Lift Ink is that you can then stamp the image onto regular cardstock with the ink that you've just picked up.  So I cut out the middle tree and the sentiment from that cardstock and popped it up on the Yupo.  To give it a festive and finished look, I put some Ranger Gold Mixative on a cotton swab and edged the Yupo and that middle tree in gold.  Finished the card with a kraft frame and some jute twine." 

Inks:

Ranger Alcohol Inks in Lettuce, Citrus, and Broken China

Ranger Gold Mixative

Ranger Alcohol Lift Ink

Paper:

Ranger Yupo

Neenah white and kraft cardstock

 Now it's your turn to share the projects you've been working on! Stop by the current link party and link up any creation that includes a product or two from one of the companies carried in the Cropstop store. Hope to see you there!

Frosty The Snowman

Today I have a fun Frosty the Snowman card to share with you. This card features a wintry background created with Color burst powders and Inka Gold.

Supplies and Tools used on this card:

Ultramarine Blue Color Burst (Ken Oliver)

Beaded Snowflake Die (Memory Box/Poppystamps)

Platinum Inka Gold

Sentiment from Martha Stewart set

Holiday Words Stamp Set (Inkadinkado)

Chipped Sapphire Distress Ink (Ranger)

Scotch Foam Mounting Tape

I'd love to see what you've been creating, so stop by the current link party and showoff any creation that includes a product or two from one of the companies carried in the Cropstop store. 

Guest Designer - Jennifer Lewis

 Today we have a brand new guest designer here on the Cropstop blog. Her name is Jennifer Lewis and she makes some super cute cards! (You can visit her Splitcoast Stampers Gallery by clicking here.) Jennifer is sharing a fun masculine card with us today. In her own words Jennifer says:

"This card started with a magazine print transfer on my Gelli Arts Gel Printing Plate.  I've found that the Ranger Distress Paints work really well to get just the right thin layer of paint to pull a good print.  But the travel magazine that I used had pages that were a bit too glossy to get a great print. No problem, It still makes a cool background.  And because I had been using a travel magazine, I was inspired to make a card using my Art Impressions "Born to Ride" stamp.  In order to make it look like a Polaroid picture snapped on a road trip through this place in the magazine picture, I masked off a square to stamp the biker and sponged in some blue sky all around him. I popped my "Polaroid" up on foam squares at a carefree angle and tied it up with a bit of black twine."

Stamps:

Art Impressions "Born to Ride"

Inks:

Memento Tuxedo Black and Bahama Blue

Distress Ink -  Black Soot

Spectrum Noir Markers

Other Products:

Gelli Arts Gel Printing Plate

Distress Paints in Black Soot, Wild Honey, Spiced Marmalade and Picked Raspberry

Spellbinders Card Creator A and B dies

 Now it's your turn to share the projects you've been working on! Stop by the current link party and link up any creation that includes a product or two from one of the companies carried in the Cropstop store. Hope to see you there!

Winner

 

 

It’s time to announce the winner from our last link-up!

Chosen by random.org our winning entry is:

#53 Amy Brown

 

Please email Cropstop owner, Haylie-Jo, at cropstop@cropstop.com within seven (7) days to claim your prize. Be sure to include your physical mailing address so she can get your prize out to you right away.

Great job everyone! Thanks for playing along on the Cropstop blog - we look forward to seeing more of your fabulous work this month! 

 

December Link Party #46

Happy December! It's time for a new link party here on the blog and today I'm sharing a fun festive card to kick things off.

Supplies and Tools used on this card:

Knitted Embossing Folder (Couture Creations)

St. Nicholas 2 Stamp Set (Graphic 45)

Pine Needles/Fired Brick Distress Ink (Ranger)

Dotted Ovals Dies (Spellbinders)

Distress Embossing Ink Pad (Ranger)

Brilliant Sparkle Gold Embossing Powder (Cosmic Shimmer)

Gold Ribbon

Scotch Foam Mounting Tape

Now it’s your turn to share the projects you’ve been working on! As always our link party is "Anything Goes" with these few simple rules

1. Create ANY new project using a product or two from one of the companies CropStop carries in the store. (It’s ok if you didn’t buy it from us, and also fine if it’s a product we don’t currently have it in stock as long as it’s from one of the companies we carry!)
2. Please, no back-linking old projects
3. Limit 5 entries per challenge
4. Link your project here, link back to this post, and mention the CropStop Challenge in your post.

We’ll choose one random Winner who will receive a prize from the CropStop Store! (100 or more links = two winners and two prizes!) Thanks so much for linking up with us, we look forward to seeing all your great entries this month. Grab our badge and help us spread the word that CropStop is a great place to play along!

Optional Twist for December:

Create a Christmas card in traditional colors (red/green) and I'll enter your name twice in the random drawing for a prize (for each project linked).