Friday, March 30, 2012

Congrats to our Card Contest Winner

Thank you to everyone who participated in our Blog Card Contest Giveaway.

Our winner is Debbie K with her Quad-Fold Card!  Congrats on winning the Goodie Bag.  We will ship it out to you next week!


Here are a few of our other favorites.  We have something special for you too!
Margie M.


Sheila W.

Here are the cards that we made on our March Cruise & Crop cruise.  We wanted to share them with you and we hope you enjoy them.


Dress-form stamp and leaf stamp from Close to my Heart.  Happy Birthday stamp and green ribbon from Papertrey Ink.


I love these spiral flowers.  The dies are from My Favorite Things Stamps.
http://www.mftstamps.com/die-namics  They are the medium and small size roses - packaged together.  There is also a large size available.



When you have cool paper like this, simple design is all you need.
The corrugated strip is inked and then wrapped with metal wire.


It's always nice to have "guy" cards ready for your loved ones.


Okay - so I scrap-lifted this card design from http://patternedpaper.typepad.com/

And our final card....


Love these flags that are everywhere!

Well, that is all folks.  I put in my overtime today and now I'm off to bed!  Have a wonderful weekend!  Stay tuned next week as we share our mini-album photos.

Tuesday, March 27, 2012

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Friday, March 23, 2012

Blog Giveaway - extended! + our Cruise Photos

Hi Ladies!

We are back from our Cruise & Crop cruise and we are finally getting our e-mails caught up.  Thank you for your patience as we sorted through them.

On the day we left we announced a Blog Giveaway / Card contest.  Now I know we have lots of card makers and stampers.  So this one is for you!  We have decided to extend our contest through next week (3/30/12).  Mainly because we were so busy we forgot to send out reminders.

Here are the rules again...

We are giving away a goodie bag of scrapbooking supplies worth over $150!  This is the same goodie bag our cruiser got earlier this month. 

How can you qualify for this goodie bag, you ask?

  • First, you need to be a registered "follower" of our Blog.  
  • Second, we are holding our first CARD contest.  There are really no rules about the content or size of the card.  You can use any brand and the subject matter can be chosen by you (assuming it is G Rated).
  • E-mail a photo of your card to us by March 30th.  That gives you 1 extra week to prepare.  E-mail to:  info@cruiseandcrop.com
  • We will announce the winner on April 2 and post the winning card.


And here are some photos that we'd like to share with you from our cruise.  Gail created these on ScrapPad....an app for your iPad (not iPhone/iPod) if you want to check it out.



Our wonderful scrapbookers...

 

Check out these cute corrugated stars.  Rita, a creative cruiser, sprayed them with Glimmer Mist and then added Stickles to the edges.  They looked great.


Our tradition - Button Swap!  We laid out piles of buttons from PaperTrey Ink and the ladies got to fill up their bags with all the different colors.  They loved it!

 


Gloria was our Grand Prize winner of the Vagabond - donated by My Pictures In Time of Flemming Island, Florida.


Lisa won a pack of goodies from Bella Blvd. 

 


Jane & Julie both won a Handi-Iron from Kandi-Corp.

Dinner Time....everyone cleans up so nice!

 
 
 

 It was Gail's birthday while on-board so we did our best to embarrass her.  Check out her Birthday Queen sash and crown.

 

Stay tuned for photos from our mini-album and card projects.


Thursday, March 8, 2012

Blog Giveaway - worth over $150!!

In honor of our Cruise & Crop cruise leaving today, we are giving away a goodie bag of scrapbooking supplies worth over $150!  This is the same goodie bag our cruisers are getting.

How can you qualify for this goodie bag, you ask?

  • First, you need to be a registered "follower" of our Blog.  
  • Second, we are holding our first CARD contest.  There are really no rules about the content or size of the card.  You can use any brand and the subject matter can be chosen by you (assuming it is G Rated).
  • E-mail a photo of your card to us by March 22nd.  That gives you 2 weeks to prepare.  E-mail to:  info@cruiseandcrop.com
  • We will announce the winner on March 23rd and post the winning card (along with some of our other favorites).
Here are some of our goodie bag sponsors:


Happy card making!


Thursday, March 1, 2012

New Cruise: November 24, 2012

Have you heard about our new Cruise & Crop cruise?  Join Sweet Sentiments on a 9-night scrapbooking adventure.  This cruise leaves from Cape Liberty, New Jersey and sails to the Eastern Caribbean.  Are you just drooling over the 4 days at sea where you can scrapbook uninterrupted?  This 9-night cruise is priced more like a 7-night cruise - it is like you are getting 2 bonus days for FREE!




Sweet Sentiments will be teaching a mini-album class and a card class.  Cathy Dafoe (Close to My Heart Consultant and Cruise & Crop veteran) will be teaching two layout classes.


Sweet Sentiments is located in Belleville, Ontario, Canada and they welcome all of our Canadian and American friends.  All rates are listed in US Dollars.


Check-out all the details on our dedicated webpage:  http://www.cruiseandcrop.com/SweetSent2012.htm