The Love Bandit Ran Away with My Heart!

WINNERS . . . From the last give-away for 5 prizes! Please email Natalie at info@croppinparadise.com! mari -Dear Lizzy , Jodi C - Heat Wave , Scrappyjo - Bag , katrnesbit - Bag , GingerC - Bag (Next giveaway soon!!!!)

Have you seen the Love Bandit line by Bo Bunny in the Croppin Paradise store?

It is sure to steal your heart (and your money) with it's bright colors and adorable little forest animals! The Croppin Paradise Design Team has definately fallen in love with this cute line! - Check out their creations!

Wendi

Nubia

Mara

Joan

Lisa

Jenny

Great work ladies! - Now, you will need to go find your heart in the CP store! - or join us in the forums for lots of hearfelt fun!

xoxo

Trish

Give-Away winners!!!

AND THE WINNERS ARE . . . . . (chosen randomly at www.randomnumbergenerator.com)

Wendy K. has won the Grab and Go Tote!!!

Mari has won a Cosmo Cricket Material Girl/Garden Party Paper Pad!!!

Bri Bear has won a Cosmo Cricket Material Girl/Garden Party Paper Pad!!!

CONGRATULATIONS!!! :)

Please email Natalie at info@croppinparadise.com with your address!!!

AND . . . How about another giveaway!!! Yes, already!

This weekend we are giving away 5 PRIZES!!!

Prize #1


This is a fun assortment of American Crafts Dear Lizzy Collection! You will get 9 sheets of double sided papers (including one of the new fabric papers not available in the store)! We will also throw in a coordinating Bo Bunny Double Dot ribbon!!!

Prize #2


This is a fun assortment from the American Crafts Heat Wave Collection! You will get 1 of each of these bright double sided papers! And again, we will throw in a coordinating Bo Bunny Double Dot Ribbon!

AND PRIZE's 3-5!!!


We are giving away 3 of these fun Creative Options bags! Made of durable material, we are sure you could find hundreds of uses!!!

So how do you win? You can get up to 3 entries! Here is how . . .

1. Get your first entry by signing up to be a follower of the Croppin' Paradise Blog! If you are already a follower, say hi again!

2. Get your second entry by heading of to the store! Find your favorite American Crafts Products and come back to the blog and tell us about it!

3. Get a third entry by signing up for our newsletter! Come back and let us know! We send our newsletters out about once a week. We let you know when something is new, and of course about any sales!

Good luck ladies! We will announce the winners the first part of next week. Oh, and don't forget to spread the word for the chance to save 15% on a future order! Once we get to 250 followers, the code will be announced!

-Croppin' Paradise

2 G I V E - A W A Y S ! ! !

Have you been waiting for a give-away?
We have stacks of free items ready to send your way! But before you see the 2 great give-aways we have for you today, we want to give you the opportunity to save 15% on any order at www.CroppinParadise.com!!! Our blog following is rising, and we want to hit 250 followers by the end of the month! How does that happen? When you spread the word! If we hit 250 or more followers by March 1st, we will post a coupon code to save 15% at the store! That is 15% off any order! You could save 15% on that item you really wanted to win, but didn't, or maybe you have had your eye on a certain collection from Basic Grey, Bo Bunny, My Mind's Eye, Anna Griffin, Making Memories, American Crafts or any of the other amazing lines we carry. AND, if you help spread the word this week, you will get an extra entry to win!!! (See details below) Now on to the Give-aways!!!

Have you seen What is New in Paradise? We have hundreds of new items! One of the newest lines of products we have received in Paradise is from Creative Options - the creator of amazing scrapbook storage products! This week we are giving away the following item in BLUE . . .


Creative Options Scrapbooking Storage pieces are versatile, durable, and attractive. These great storage options have drawers and extra bulk storage on top! It comes with the four utility boxes that are the perfect size for tools, embellishments, adhesive and more! And the top compartment has plenty of room for larger items. This item usually retails for $29.99!!! We have the amazing Purple and Avocado Grab and Go available for only $27.99 in the store.

Size - 11”L x 7.25”W x 10”H

So how do you win? You get up to 3 entries by doing the following:

1. Get one entry by becoming a follower on the blog, then say you are a follower. If you are already a follower, say "hi" again!

2. Get a second entry by spreading the word! Each time someone mentions your name in their entry, you get a second entry, and so do they!

3. Get a third entry by going to the store to find your favorite Creative Options product. Come back and tell us!

How about a second give-away! The newest collections from Cosmo Cricket are absolutely, amazingly cute - and now you can own all of the papers from Material Girl and Garden Variety in a paper pad for free! We are giving away 2 paper pads worth $20 each! Here it is!



The double sided papers in these two collections are versatile and fun. The pack contains 48 papers. You can see each individual paper in the Material Girl and Garden Variety collection in the store. So how do you win one of these? You can get up to 3 entries.

1. For 1 entry spread the word! Bring a friend over to follow the blog and have them post your name - you will both get 1 entry.

2. Get a second entry by heading over to www.CroppinParadise.com then come back and tell us which embellishment from Material Girl or Garden Variety you just have to have!

3. Get a third entry in the drawing by posting about our give-aways on your blog or facebook, and give us the link!

The 3 winners for the giveaways will be announced on Friday, so check back! And, we might just want to have another giveaway within the next few days!!! Spread the word, and Good Luck!

Croppin Paradise is Gonna Keep on Lovin You!

Hello Croppers!

I hope you all had a love filled Valentine's day surrounded by family and friends! (and we hope you took lots of pictures!)

The Croppin Paradise Design Team wants to persuade you to create some fabulous Valentine's Day and "love" inspired projects by sharing these projects using the Bo Bunny Persuasion Collection - Enjoy!

Nubia

Wendi

Lisa
Joan

Jenny

Feeling inspired?

Head over to the Croppin Paradise store to pick up this fun collection (and so many others!) There are new CHA goodies being added to the store each and everyday! - See you soon!

xoxo

Trish

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!