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. 

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!

Art Pieces Challenge Blog

We are sponsoring Art Pieces ATC challenge blog this week. The challenge starts Tuesday 24th and lasts until 31st of March, and the challenge this time is:
Make an ATC using Swirls and glitter (and embossing if you want).


In Norwegian:
Premien denne uken hos Art Pieces ATC utfordringsblogg er sponset av Crop Stop.Utfordringen varer fra 24. til 31. mars, og utfordringen denne gangen er:
Lag en ATC der du bruker Swirls og glitter (og embossing hvis du vil).

http://artpieceschallenges.blogspot.com

March's Sketch Challenge

March's Sketch Challenge

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. To be eligigable for the CropStop Goodie Bag you must upload them in the Gallery under Sketch Challenge's by April 10th.

Many thanks to Becky at Page Maps for the Sketch

February's Sketch Challenge

February's Sketch Challenge

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. To be eligigable for the CropStop Goodie Bag you must upload them in the Gallery under Sketch Challenge's by March 10th.

Many thanks to Becky at Page Maps for the Sketch

Good Luck!

Challenge #22: Have you Felt it?

This week's challenge is from VickiR!

Challenge: Have you "Felt it"?
Use felt embellishments on your project. Make a card, layout, or altered item.



Challenge provided by VickiR - see more of her work at VickiR's Blog

Please post your project to the January Weekly Challenges by Thursday, January 29th in order to be eligible for the Random Monthly Drawing.

This months prize will be for a set of stamps from Marty at Pez-A-Doodle as well as some CropStop goodies. Don't forget every entry wins you a entry in to the Monthly Draw on Feb 6th.

CropStop's Class Schedule

The school is in session ladies!  Go check out what you have been missing.

• Jan.5th - Magnetic calendar
  

• Jan.12th - Adding texture to your pages
  
• Jan. 19th - Stuck on stickles
  
• Jan. 26th - Mini class, Post It Notes/Q&A Session
  
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• Feb. 2nd - Stamping with baby wipes
  
• Feb. 9th - Stamping/embossing on flowers
  
• Feb. 16th - Date Reminder Flip Book
  
• Feb. 23rd - Mini Class, Restaurant Survival Kit/Q&A Session
  

Januray's Sketch

Every month we give you a sketch challenge to complete. We will do a random draw of the entrants for a CropStop Goodie Bag.
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 February 10th.

Many thanks to Becky at Page Maps for the January's Sketch

Good Luck!