Challenge #76: It's a Celebration!

The ultimate party decoration are banners and pennants, they are all the rave in the scrapbooking and paper crafting world right now. This week we want you to show us some banners or pennants in your projects. They can be BIG or small, simple or elaborate, you pick the project and you pick the look of it and as always have fun!



Items from the Cropstop store: Craft Concepts Solid Stars Embossing Folder, Candi Dots, Ranger Distress Ink, Ribbons

Other items not from Cropstop:
Papers- Studio Calico, Sentiment sticker -SRM Stickers


Remember you have til Wednesday at midnight to upload your creation to CropStop!!

Cropstop Doily Challenge

Challenge #73 Doily Challenge

This week we challenge you to use a doily or doily image. CropStop carries some amazing doily die cuts, sure you are aware of this, right? Show us how you use your doilies in your projects, remember it can be ANY paper project that follows the challenge.

Items from the Cropstop store: Lifestyle Crafts -Classic Embossing Folder, Spellbinders Pagemaps Tags & Flags, Monarch Butterfly Punch Martha Stewart, Platinum Stickles

Papers: Kaisercraft Tigerlily Collection

Remember you have til Wednesday at midnight to enter your project into the Doily challenge at Cropstop.

TaDa Creative Studios & Cropstop Challenge

Cropstop Challenge #72
This weeks challenge at CropStop is to create a Masculine Birthday card.

Items used from the CropStop store: Spellbinders Ironwork Accents Die, Distress Pad - Pumice Stone, Chalkboard Charcoal Mist, Dew Drops Hardy Ivy, 3 in 1 Advanced Craft Glue

Other items used Paper: TaDa Creative Studios Just Chillin' Collection.

Remember you have til Wednesday at midnight to upload your creation to the CropStop blog to be entered to win a prize.

TaDa Creative Studios

For this project I wanted to make a shadowbox of random pictures of my youngest. The Just Chillin collection was the perfect choice for this project. I started by getting the shadowbox out of the closet and then started to rough up the frame to go with the grungy feel of the just chillin collection. I did use a Pagemaps sketch to create this shadowbox.

I had so much fun adding all the little bits and pieces, stringing all the flags, pictures, title block on the baker’s twine. So Stoked was the paper used for the background. I cut all the flags myself and used pinking scissors to make a couple of the flags. The tickets and title block were created from Spellbinder’s dies. The title is from the Snippets & Clippets paper, just cut to fit into the space I wanted. Using the Unlimited TXT paper I created a brad. This project was perfect for using pieces from every paper in the Just Chillin collection. I also included the smiley sticker from the Stickies sheet too.

Cropstop Challenge #71 Show us the animal in you

Did you know that the Ringling Bros. Circus opened on May 19th, 1884! Let's celebrate their anniversary by using an animal or animal print as part of your project. Make it sassy, make it cute, make it fabulous! This is such a broad subject, so we are hoping to see some amazing entries! Have fun!

I had fun with this challenge. The animal print paper is super old, but that never goes out of style so I kept it. When I thought of animal print the title just came to me and so I made a card filled with hearts and animal print. I know its not the first thing most would think about but it worked for me.


Items from the cropstop store: Ribbon Brown sheer with ruffle edge, Spellbinders Classic Scalloped Hearts, Memory Box/Poppy Stamps Bookcase Key, Angel Pink Dye Ink, Memento, Tonic Studios Paper Distresser, Spellbinders Rubber Mat

Remeber you have til Wednesday at midnight to link up your animal or animal print project to the cropstop blog to be entered for this week prize.

CropStop April Pagemaps Challenge

Welcome to CropStop's April, Spellbinder/Becky Fleck Challenge! For the entire month of April, we challenge you to create a project based on Becky Fleck's newly released Potpourri Die Set from Spellbinders and her coordinating Pagemap Sketch.

I used the sketch for inspiration for this card, but I felt I couldn't use all the elements in the sketch because the card wasn't big enough. But I'm very happy with how the card turned out.
Items from the CropStop store are: Memory Box Woven Circle; Sheer Ombré ribbon; Dew Drop's Hardy Ivy.
Other Items: Papers -My Mind's Eye & Dear Lizzy. Die Cut- My Mind's Eye. Sticker - My Mind'e Eye. Chipboard Banner - Jenni Bowlin. Glimmer Glaze - Ocean's Spray.

We know you don't have Becky's new die set yet, but we want to see what you can do with her Pagemap and make your project look similar. If you happen to have the die set already, that is awesome! You will have the entire month of April to create and link your project for the opportunity to win Becky's Potpourri
Die Set from Spellbinders. Just follow the rules below and link your project to this post by the challenge deadline.


FOLLOW THESE SIMPLE RULES TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS CHALLENGE:
1. Use the link tool at the bottom of this post to link your entry. Limit of 3 entries, please.
2. Your project must be newly created for this challenge. No back posting to prior projects.
3. Your project must follow Becky's Pagemap Sketch to qualify.
4. All projects must be linked to this post by the deadline of April 30th, at 11:59 A.M. ET in the US.

Another CropStop Challenge

Challenge #65 Oh So Bright

Some of you are celebrating Summer and some of you are celebrating Summer temperatures and then some of you are wishing it was Summer. This week we are going to celebrate bright and summery projects. In your project there could be a sun or any summer activities or you could use bright colors. No pastels or fall colors for this week.

Items from the CropStop Store: ATC Texture Trades - Playing Games set by Tim Holtz, Magic Pearl Pen in Lemon by Viva Decor, Ranger Stickles - Frosted Lace

Other Items used not from CropStop: Paper - We R Memory Keepers, Butterfly Punch - Martha Stewart, Sticker Sentiment - Jillibean Soup, Ribbon -unknown.

Remember you have til Wednesday at Midnight to upload your project to CropStop.

CropStop Rainbow Challenge

CropStop Challenge #62 Rainbow of Colors

We all love color, some of us might love bright colors, some might like pastel colors, but one thing that all crafters do have in common is the LOVE FOR COLOR! This week we challenge you to use at least 4 different colors (not shades of the same color but different colors). Are you ready to meet this challenge?

Items used from the CropStop Store Spellbinders Lacey Nested Pennants, We R Memory Keepers SewEasy Floss Orange.
Other items used Sentiment Sticker -SRM Stickers
Papers used Bo Bunny and We R Memory Keepers.

Remember you have til Wednesday at midnight eastern time to create your Rainbow of Colors project and link it up to the CropStop blog. If your looking to do some shopping don't forget about the 10% off coupon code to the CropStop Store Use Code LWCT-02.

New CropStop and Scrapfit Challenges

Scrapfit Workout Challenge #63 is a Sketch
As our in house Trainer, Diana has drawn out this workout with your best fitness results in mind! She knows the importance of inspiration when it comes to working out and that was her goal when she created this sketch for you! Join in the fun with us by creating a layout base on this sketch!

Here is the great sketch Diana created for us. I know you ladies love sketches so I can't wait to see wait you create with this one.

I got to work on this sketch right away and pulled out some older pics of my daughter taking her Girl Scout Pledge. Thanks for a great sketch Diana!

With our Workouts there is always a prize involved and this time our SPONSOR is: Paper Quirk

Look at this generous prize that they donated.

So remember you have until March 31 to upload your creations based on the Sketch to the Scrapfit Blog Challenge #63

CropStop Challenge-Ovals

CropStop has the distinction of being one of the on-line web stores selected to premier the new Becky Fleck Pagemap Dies from Spellbinder! This original series of dies co-ordinate perfectly with Becky's monthly release of page and card sketches found at Pagemaps. Use these exclusive dies to recreate many of the design elements you love, including journaling spots, embellishments, and trims. Spend less time planning and more time crafting eye-catching creations!

We have a very exciting challenge this week that will continue through July! Today, and the first week of the next 4 months, we will be posting a challenge plus for you!


Follow the challenge for an opportunity to win a $15 Gift Certificate to the Cropstop Store, and/or create your project following the challenge plus use one of the Becky Fleck Pagemaps posted for an opportunity to win her Spellbinder-Becky Fleck Featured Die! All prizes are randomly drawn.


Now, the challenge...OVALS! We want to see ovals somewhere on your creative project. And, THE PLUS...use one of Becky Fleck's Pagemaps as inspiration on your project too!

Again we have two sketches for you to use there is the layout sketch, which I love and hope that I get a chance to use.

and there is the card sketch too.

I actually didn't use either sketch this time but created an Oval card, using a very old tool the Curvy Cutter (haven't used it in YEARS) plus I have an oval sentiment on an oval sticker on a scalloped oval paper.

Closeup of the Crackle Paint, I love that stuff.

Products used from the CropStop Store Distress Crackle Paint -Tattered Rose, Tonic Studios Paper Distresser.
Papers used We R Memory Keepers, Good Day Sunshine Collection
Chipboard Butterfly-unknown
Sentiment Sticker -SRM Stickers
Border Punch -Martha Stewart
Scalloped Oval Punch -Marvy Uchida

Remember you have til Wednesday night at Midnight to enter your Oval project to the CropStop Blog to be entered into the two seperate prizes.