Speaking of Spreading Love....

We still have CHA giveaways for you!


Don't have a Valentine this year? No worries! We have plenty of love to share! Today, we have two giveaways!


First, up for grabs - 3Bugs in a Rug Savannah Collection! - Love the pretty pastel colors in this collection and those prints are perfect for Spring!


and next we have 3Bugs in a Rug - Great Outdoors collection! These fun camping/hunting/fishing inspired papers and embellishments are perfect for your next vacation layout!

What do you have to do to win? That's the easy part! You can earn a chance to win these fun collections by completing the following tasks (you will earn one entry for each one completed)

#1. Leave a comment on this post telling us what you love best about these lines.

#2. Link us up to a photo or group of photos you might use with this line!

#3. Visit the The Croppin Paradise Forum and hunt for the hidden collection in the "Croppin Chit Chat" forum. The spot will change each day. Find it, come back and name the thread in your comment.

Comments will be closed at 11:59pm on Friday, February 12th, 2010!

Best of luck!

Spread the Love!

Good Morning Croppers and Welcome to the first official day of our Conversation Hearts Blog Hop Crop! We are hoping you will help us spread the love by inviting all your friends!

What is a blog hop crop you ask?

For the next 7 days we will take you on a hop (a tour if you will) of all the CP Design Team Members' blogs. On each blog you will find a "love" inspired challenge and a game! Complete the challenge on the blog, upload your image to our gallery (or other photo sharing site) and then link it to the corresponding Challenge thread in our forum for a chance to win a GC to the Croppin Paradise store! If you missed the first game click here to give your best guess and win that adorable cupcake!

Our first challenge is all about those cute Valentine candies we all know and love... Conversation Hearts! Who doesn't love to open a box of these sugary delights and read the captions?? "My Girl", "Cutie Pie", "Be True" and most recently "Email Me" are all phrases you can find in a box! Not only are these memorable sayings, they can make excellent titles for your scrapbook pages!

My challenge to you is to use a Conversation Heart message as the title of your page! You can find a list of messages HERE!! Create a page, load it to the CP gallery and link it to THIS THREAD - Good Luck! - I cannot wait to see your creations!

Here is a page I created for inspiration - I used the message "Go Girl" to document my oldest daughter riding her new 2-wheel bike for Christmas!

Ready for another challenge? - Head to Wendi's blog - Scrappy Day in Paradise

xoxo

Trish

Let's Give 'em Something to Talk About...

Due to the snow, my internal calendar is a day off ! - I am so sorry.. I didn't realize, until Wendi told me, that today, yes, today is the 6th!

The 6th? oh no! The first challenge layout is on the desk wet.... but never fear! We can still start spreading the love with a fun game!

See the jar below?

It is filled with conversation hearts.. lots of them -

Can you guess how many?

Leave your best estimate in the comments section and have a chance to win this cute cupcake filled with fun scrappy bits, from me

and this from CP!

Best of luck!

Make sure to stop back by first thing in the morning for the first Conversation Hearts challenge!

xoxo

Trish

Need a Pick-Me-Up?

Then head to the Croppin Paradise Store and check out the new Basic Grey Sugar Rush! This collection of sugary sweet pattern papers with names like "Gummy Bears" and "Fireballs" and yummy embellishments are sure to put you in a sugar coma!

Take a trip to the candy shop with the Croppin Paradise Design Team and let them give you a sugar rush sure to spark your creativity! The colors and patterns are so versatile in this collection that they are perfect for any occasion or special memory!

Trish Harwick

Nubia Posey

Wendi Robinson

Mara Campbell

Joan Borgelt

Jenny Dziekan

and in case we haven't sweetened you up enough... The Croppin Paradise Design Team would like to invite you to join us for the Conversation Hearts Blog Hop Crop which will begin RIGHT HERE on February 6th!

Add the blinkie below to your blog or signature line where permitted for a chance to win a $10.00 Gift Certificate to the CP store!

Pleats, Pleats, Pleats Everywhere

How cute is this skirt?!? Oh my goodness, flirty, fun, and I lurve the added oomph that the pleating adds. Why in the world am I chatting about skirts? This is supposed to be an article about paper and glue. Maybe you like this one for my daughter a bit better. Just what every 1st grader needs for Valentine's Day, huh? Can't you see this skirt paired with a cute little red & pink number? Maybe one with some bling or chunky buttons?

Why all the talk about pleating? Isn't it obvious? I absolutely love to add paper pleats to my pages. I just pick up a scrap of paper and start folding away. Sometimes I fold in a nice uniform manner. Other times I just throw caution to the wind and just fold away all haphazard-like and irregularly. Or, I may choose to manuever the paper to follow another element on my page. I may even add some machine stitching down the entire pleat. Here's a look at a completed page with two examples of pleating...

Here's a closer look...

I really like the added layer the pleats add to my projects. Note the ends I cut on this one...

Just a small pleat added to another grouping of elements...

Here I layered 2 pleats one with tiny staples and another backed with some pop dots...

Buttons anyone?

Hope you found a little bit of inspiration in the pleats. If you do, we'd love to see your creations. Please add them to our Gallery. Have a great week. And see you around the Boards.

scrappinJenoffive

CHA Giveaway Winner #3!

The snow and ice didn't only close down stores and roads... It affected my internet for a bit yesterday, so sorry that I didn't get this posted!

The winner of giveaway #2 -

#15 - a post by Jennifer who said, "well I have signed up as a friend and on the forum - even left a comment ;-) thanks for the chance at this great prize!"

Congrats Jennifer! - Make sure to send me your mailing address at CroppinParadiseDT@gmail.com

(I'll be back later - I might have another giveaway or two!)

xoxo
Trish