Crop Addict Birthday Blog Hop!

Happy 4th Birthday Crop Addict! To celebrate Crop Addict's birthday we are having our Spring Cyber Crop beginning next Friday and from now until then, we are also celebrating with Crop Addict's first ever blog hop! If you are doing the hop in order, then here you you should have come here from Tonya's blog.

The rules of the blog hop are simple: The hop starts Friday, February 26th at 6PM EST and ends at the start of the Cyber Crop on Friday, March 5th at 6PM EST. We have an extra special prize for the winner of the blog hop! For a chance to win, all you need to do is post a comment on each DT member's blog and also one on the Crop Addict blog.

To earn a second entry into the prize drawing, post about the crop (details below) on your own blog and let us know you did so by posting a comment on the Crop Addict blog.

And you have an opportunity to earn even more entires into the prize drawing. For each friend you bring to the crop, you earn another entry into the drawing. There will be a special thread in the Crop forum where you friend can post who invited them!

At the end of the Crop, we will draw for a Blog Hop Winner!

The crop will begin at 6pm EST on Friday, March 5th and continue through the weekend until 6pm EST on Sunday, March 7th. There will be lots of challenges, games and of course, prizes. And new to this crop be on the lookout for drive-by, on-a-whim freebies, prizes and discounts! It's going to be a ton of fun. We are looking forward to seeing you there!

So you need to post a comment here before moving on! The next blog you should visit is the Crop Addict blog!

And in case you are hopping along and get sidetracked, here is the blog hop order to put you back on track...

• Crop Addict
• Debbie
• Brandy
• LG
• Carolyn
• Tonya
• Megan

The Crop Addict March Kit is AMAZING!

From the moment I opened this kit, I was in love with all the bright, cheery papers and embellishments. This kit is chock full of awesome products from Shabby Green Door, We R Memory Keepers, Imagination Project, Jenni Bowlin, Heidi Swapp and more. Also, you have to check out the awesome kit option add-on. I picked one up and I'm happy I did. Check out what I created with my kit below!

Crop Addict's Biannual Cyber Crop is here!

Join us Friday, March 5th through Sunday, March 7th at Crop Addict for a weekend full of challenges, games & awesome prizes! The Crop Addict design team has been working hard to create an awesome weekend full of scrappy fun for you. And Debbie has pulled together some fabulous prizes. So be sure to mark your calendars. We can't wait to see you there!

Fall in Love with the February Crop Addict Kit!

Celebrate winter with many of the winter themed products in this month's Crop Addict kit. Besides gorgeous hues of blue snowflake patterned paper, you'll find Valentine themed products (of course) and some amazing Spring-themed products (in case you are wishing the groundhog hadn't seen his shadow). With papers from Bo Bunny, Heidi Grace & Little Yellow Bicycle and a variety of coordinating embellishments, this kit is sure to chase away those winter blues! And best yet...the BRAND NEW FEBRUARY KIT IS 33% OFF! Check out the layouts and cards I created with this kit below.

Congrats to the new Crop Addict design team!!

I have some great news! I get to return for a second term as Design Team Coordinator at Crop Addict! Now I have the opportunity to stay on the team for another six month term and design with Debbie's awesome kits, work with a bundle of supplies from various manufacturers and I also get to lead a whole new team of awesome designers. A big congrats to the new team...

Carolyn Lontin

Lady Grace "LG" Belarmino

Tonya Manglona

Brandy Seitz

Treasured Scrapbooking Blog Hop!

Treasured Scrapbooking is hosting their first ever blog hop! Click here to visit the Treasured Scrapbooking blog to begin the hop. You'll need to post a comment there first and then you'll find the blog roll call to continue the hop - have fun!

One random participant will receive a Gift Certificate to the TS store! Also, share this same info on your blog and post back to let us know that you have for an extra entry! Send a friend, have them say that you sent them and you get another entry! Also, you'll find challenges along the way, every challenge you complete before the end of the week will earn you an entry into another RAK drawing! You need to post your challenge layout on TreasuredScrapbooking.com in the Challenge Forum to get your entry!

Every design team member will be giving away a gift certificate to the TS store on their blog! You have until the 5th to complete the hop, and until the 7th to get your challenge page posted! Be sure to post a comment on each DT member's blog, and also be sure to post your challenge pages in the TS Challenge forum and the TS Gallery!

Also, you can find the February Kit here. There are limited quantities, and you won't want to miss out!

And while you're at it...check out the March Guest Designer Contest here. Entries are due by the 10th!

Bottle Caps & Pop Tabs Weekly Challenge

Here's this week's challenge over at Crop Addict!

As I said below, this month our challenges are going to focus on repurposing items found in our supply stash and around the house. By using items like this, you are saving money by reusing these items and not having to buy more scrapping supplies. You are also being environmentally friendly by recycling these items that would have otherwise been thrown away.

For this week, your challenge is to use bottle caps or soda can tabs on your layout. You must use a minimum of five bottle caps or soda can tabs on your layout.

On my example, I used five bottle caps in various ways. To flatten my bottle caps (so my layout wasn’t too bulky), I ran them through my Cuttlebug. If you don’t have a Cuttlebug or Sizzix, an old-fashioned hammer and self healing mat will work!

Upload your layout by midnight PST on 2/8/10 to the February 1st weekly challenge gallery and link it back to this thread to have a chance to win a prize!

Check out the challenges over at Crop Addict!

As the February Featured Design Team Member for Crop Addict, I have the chance to pose a monthly challenge as well as several weekly challenges for the month.

This month, the challenges are going to focus on repurposing items found in our supply stash and around the house. By using items like this, you are saving money by reusing these items and not having to buy more scrapping supplies. You are also being environmentally friendly by recycling these items that would have otherwise been thrown away.

For the Crop Addict monthly challenge, let’s see you create some beautiful handmade flowers from supplies in your stash. The only requirement for this challenge is that your layout must include a minimum of one handmade flower of some sort.

Here are a few examples of handmade flowers. Also, check out the Crop Addict totally techniques index for step-by-steps on how to make a variety of handmade flowers.

Create lollipop flowers from scraps of patterned paper and some circle punches…

Take transparency circles, dye them with alcohol inks, warp them with a heat gun & stack them to create these glass-blown, “Bellagio-style” flowers…

Use a die-cutting machine to cut several flower shapes from patterned paper and layer them to create a dimensional flower…

Use a length of ribbon to create the petals of a flower…

Upload your layout by midnight PST on 2/28/10 to the February monthly challenge gallery and link it back to this thread to have a chance to win a prize!

How to make lollipop flowers!

Gather your supplies: Several scraps of coordinating paper, circle punches and/or cutting system, ink and something to use for flower centers (such as buttons or brads).

Cut several circles of various sizes from your scraps of paper. When cutting, keep in mind that each flower created will use two to five circles of different sizes and patterns.

Distress your circles by crumpling each one and then inking the edges.

Stack your layers so that the largest circle is on the bottom and working your way up so the smallest circle is on the top.

Add your flower center to the flower.

Now you have some cute lollipop flowers.

Use them on your project!