Croppin Cousins

Close to my Heart Catalog Party!

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Hello to all my wonderful friends! I will be celebrating my birthday in August. I am in love with all the CTMH heart products and thought I would have a couple parties to get some goodies! My party has reached the maximum limit, but I am still opening it up for people to order from the catalog. For my Tampa friends you can contact Penny Duke, and for my Brandon friends you can contact Adriane Winchester. I have about 4 CTMH consultants so I have spread the love! LOL

There is an amazing promotion for August! If you order $100 in product you will get the Stamp of the month free and any Level 2 paper pack for free. Take advantage of this great deal!

E-mail me with any questions or orders! If you don't have a catalog let me know, I have a couple that I can get to you.

Happy Scrappin!

Dani
croppincousins@yahoo.com

Thanks for coming to the Disney "Crop til You Drop"

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Brenda and I would like to thank all of you for coming to the crop and we wanted to let you know what a fabulous time we had! It was so nice to meet all of you lovely ladies, and we were just blown away at the talent we had in the building! If you wanted to see a picture of the layout kits that we gave you we are posting them here for you to refer back to. We are planning another for January, so check the blog often and check your e-mail boxes for an invitation. Have a wonderful next few months until we meet again!

Dani and Brenda

My night with Ace Young!

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Here's Ace singing Father Figure.
Click on this link to hear it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nT1-dygonyg

Our private concert with Ace Young!

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pT232Rieads

Here's a little snippet of Ace's new single skattered.

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Here are all the scrapbooking buddies with Ace and his brother Ryan!

Here's Jill getting her Autograph.

Dani and Ryan

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Ace and Joni
Ace and Tiffany
Ace and Wendy

My friend Joni won the Edy's American Idol Ice Cream
contest and invited me to come over and hang out with Ace Young at her house.

I was so starstruck!

Here's all the scrapbooking buddies together!

He sounded so much better in person than he did on TV.

Scrapbook Yard Sale

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Brenda and I will have a booth at this Scrapbook Yard Sale. The proceeds from the booth rentals will go to Relay for Life. I hope you can make it!

Rubber Stamping & Scrapbook Yard Sale
April 14 * 8am-1pm
Meadowpointe #1 Clubhouse by the basketball courts
New Tampa I75 & SR56 (Bruce B Downs)
This sale is strictly for rubber stamping and scrapbooking items! Just imagine going to 20 garage sales with the items you LOVE without driving to them all!!
All fees collected from the booth rentals will go to help the Sand Pine Elementary PTA Relay for Life Team held April 20-21.
This is the same day as Meadowpointe's Community Garage Sale.

Disney Crop til You Drop

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5th Semi-Annual
Disney “Crop ‘til You Drop”

Hosted by Croppin’ Cousins/Scrappy Chicklets
It’s that time of year again; another cropping event hosted by Brenda and Danielle. There’s no better way to celebrate National Scrapbooking Day than with your scrappin’ buddies! We have an incredible event planned for you at this crop. An all day crop dedicated to DISNEY!!!

In lieu of goodie bags we have decided to do a 2 page Disney themed page kit. “Scrapbooking with Love”, “Creative Memories,” and “Close To My Heart” will be on the premises with Disney products for you to purchase. Everyone is welcome regardless of if you are working on Disney pages or not. Register today, this event is limited to the first 50 people.

What’s Included in the crop fee?
Breakfast, Lunch, Snacks, Sodas, Tea, and Desserts, All Day Crop, Awesome hourly Door Prizes, Free and $1 Make ‘n Takes, and a 2 page Disney layout page kit.

When: Saturday, May 5, 2007
Time: 10am-6pm
Where: Messiah Lutheran Church
14920 Hutchison Rd, Tampa, FL 33625
Crop Fee: $25.00
** Paypal: $26.00 (thecropcircles@yahoo.com)
Contact Danielle at croppincousins@yahoo.com

*** All Crop Tickets Must Be PRE-PAID/PRE-REGISTERED***

Events Planned:
Page Layout Contest (Free)
Everyone is invited to bring your pre-made pages to enter into the page layout contest. One winner will be selected from each category.
Layout Contest Themes: Magic Kingdom, Epcot, Animal Kingdom, or General Family

Cropper’s Challenge (full)
Cost: Free
Time: 10:30-11:00 am
Each contestant will be given a page kit and will have 30 minutes to complete something with it. Three prizes will be awarded. Register early this challenge is limited to 10 people.

Guess How Many Contest
We will have a slab of paper and a jar of embellishments. Each guest will guess how many items are in each. The person closest wins the jar or slab!

Classes:
Creative Memories
Princess 2-page Layouts
Cost: $15.00
This two page layout will have your little princess gleaming with excitement. You will receive a 2 page layout kit plus extra stickers and paper to make more on your own. You will also receive an idea booklet and a "Precision Point Adhesive" pen.
What to bring: Paper trimmer, Adhesive

Close to My Heart
“Love” Altered Frame
Cost: $15.00
For those of you who would like to do something “non-Disney” this class is for you! You will be altering a frame using the new paper line “More to Adore” from Close to my heart.
What to bring: Paper trimmer, Adhesive

Upcoming Classes at Scrapbooking With Love

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I love Starbucks coffee! I've always wanted to make a layout to capture my love for coffee. Well, Maria let me do a whole album dedicated to my beloved Starbucks and we turned it into a class. The first class is scheduled for Friday, March 30 at 6pm. We have had an amazing response to the class and we may add another date if more people want to take it. Check out Maria's calendar with a sneak peek at the cover of the Starbucks album.

http://www.scrapbookingwithlove.com/calendar_event.asp

Do you love Basic Grey? Their new line is to die for! I have selected the Phoebe line to create 10 unique cards for my April class. We will be using new tools, products and techniques on these all occasion cards. The class will be on Friday April 27th at 6pm. Sign up soon, you won't want to miss this one!

Don't miss out on Scrapbooking With Love's Sidewalk Sale on Saturday March 31st from 10-5. There are going to be some amazing deals!

• ALL Sticker Roll Sheets $0.10 each
• Assortment of 12x12 Paper $0.05 each
• Various Embellishments, Rub Ons etc. $0.05—$2.00
• Variety of Albums $2.00-$9.99

Scrapbooking With Love
9911 Race Track Rd Tampa, FL 33626
(813) 814-5892
www.scrapbookingwithlove.com

2006-10-23T10:46:00.000-07:00

I did it!!!!
Thank you all for your support and your donations! I could not have done it without you! I can't wait for next year, and I hope some of you will join my team to walk!

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These were the last few steps we took, people had blisters and road rash and were in so much pain, but I bet they would have done 60 more miles for this cause!

The Pink Teachers Finish!

My family came to support me at the closing ceremonies!

I thought this picture summed up the entire weekend! As the 200 survivors that walked in the 3 Day came into the closing ceremonies, everyone took off their shoes and raised them to the sky to show how much we care for them. The event raised $4.6 million dollars, and donations were still coming in. There were 1700 walkers.

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We made so many friends along the way. We cried we laughed and we listened to everyone's story. What an amazing event this was and I can't wait for next year!

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We had so many supporters along the way. Including my sweet family! They came bearing signs, hugs, and kisses!

This was one of the cheering stations. It was hard to make it through here without shedding a few tears!

FWEEE STIKEWRS!!!!

This little boy was so adorable. He was passing out his free stickers.

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After finishing Day 2 we took advantage of the foot massages.

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Here we are with the Pink Ladies. These sweep van drivers were full of energy!
This crew lady had a great sense of humor!

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The crew did a phenominal job of keeping us entertained and laughing.

They had safety teams riding their motorcycles from intersection to intersection all along the trail to keep us safe on the cross walks.

The Sweep Vans played music and cheered us on every step of the way. The would also make an occasional stop for those that couldn't make it.

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Charron and I completed Day 1!

They had a billboard made for us along the way.

Charron and I couldn't resist the beautiful scenery around us. This was a perfect photo op!

We even met some celebrities. Reginald Roundtree and Heather Van Ness did the walk with us. They were really nice and such troopers!

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This was the camp, we stayed at Walter Fuller Park.
Everyone was all bundled and crashed out in their tents

The showers were nice and hot, and not as bad as I was expecting. I was just so happy to get a hot shower at the end of the day I don't think it mattered much to me.

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Drink, Eat, Pee
These were the lovely potties we had to use along the way. They did a good job of keeping them clean and full of toilet paper. They also had little handi wipes for us to wash our hands.

There were pit stops every couple miles and they kept our bellies and our water bottles full.

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We started our walk on a brief cut through on the beach. It was very cool and the scenery was beautiful!

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This was the opening ceremonies on the first day of the 3 Day. We all stretched together and listened to a very encouraing speech. We started our walk at Sand Key Park on Clearwater Beach Fl.

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GO Denise GO!!!!

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Hurry Tiffany, only 5 minutes left!

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Kimberly is taking a peek at what everyone is working on.

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Brenda and Cheryl were working hard to beat the clock!

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Wendy, Jenni and Leslie are working hard on their challenge!

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Things were going so fast and I accidently misplaced the kits for the challenge. Someone suggested that we give them 5 minutes to go pick something off of the giveaway table, and then when they got back they only had 30 minutes to make something with it. Now that's what I call a challenge! The girls came up with some amazing projects!

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We had a cropper's challenge where 10 croppers had
30 minutes to put together whatever they could and
the most creative one a prize donated by Purple Cows Inc.

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Laura and her mother, Ellen, were having a great time at the crop!

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Dee from All that Scrap and Carey from Creative Memories
and Pampered Chef were a big help at the crop. They had
lots of stuff for sale and were there to help with anything
I needed. I was so happy to have them there!

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I gave a heartfelt explanation of why I was walking
and showed a 3-Day video, there wasn't a dry eye
in the house! Including mine!

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Lisa from TLC taught an Altered Clipboard class.
The ladies in her class really enjoyed themselves.

In case you missed last week's class!

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I will be teaching another class this Friday Aug. 4th at Scrapbooking with Love. The theme will be Love and I made this adorable little album that folds up into a purse! We will be using papers from the the new Making Memories line of paper. To see a picture of the cover click on this link:

http://www.scrapbookingwithlove.com/ideaPages_detail.asp?AlbumID=409&page=2

The class costs $25, and there is only space for 10 people, so call today to reserve your spot!
Maria ~ 813-814-5892

I'm teaching a class at Scrapbooking with Love

2006-07-13T13:24:00.000-07:00

I will be teaching a Wild Asparagus Baby Boy/Girl Chipboard album class on July 28th. It will be from 6-8:30 if you are interested in coming you can check out the details at the link below!

http://www.scrapbookingwithlove.com/class_detail.asp?ClassID=208

Dani

School of Scrap

2006-07-12T08:04:00.000-07:00

Ladies, I have been invited to be a design team member for the School of Scrap! I am so excited! Come join the message board, so you can see my work, play some games, and win prizes!

I'm having so much fun already! See you at school!

http://schoolofscrap.proboards102.com/index.cgi?

Dani

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Think Pink crop was a huge success!!!

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Thank you to all the women that came to the Think Pink Crop on July 8th! I was able to raise close to $3,000 for the Susan G. Komen Foundation! The food donated by Crispers and Panera was delicious and all the prizes were amazing! Thank you to all the vendors, Lisa from TLC, Kristi from Stampin Up, Dee from All that Scrap, Carey from Creative Memories and Pampered Chef, Addie from CTMH, and Jan and Yocasta from Club Scrap. I really appreciate your support and the croppers were very happy to have you there!

Stay tuned for pictures and info about the next Croppin Cousins Event!

Think Pink Breast Cancer Benefit Crop

2006-06-15T19:54:00.000-07:00

Think Pink
Breast Cancer Benefit Crop

We'll each year it just keeps getting better and better, and this year just presents more fun! Representatives from Stampin' Up, Top Line Creations, Close to my Heart, Creative Memories, Club Scrap and All That Scrap, will be on site with products for you to purchase. Classes will also be offered again this year. We will be holding a silent auction with 4-5 baskets including awesome materials from Scrapbooking supplies and tools, to everything you will need for a great Date Night, and a weekend for two to a scrapbooking retreat to Cropapalooza, Proceeds will benefit the Susan G. Komen Foundation. Bring your checkbooks girls this is for a good cause! Make sure you come decked out in pink!

When: Saturday, July 8, 2006
Where: Six Mile Creek Church
4036 Faulkenburg Rd.
Tampa, Fl. 33610
Time: 10:00am-7:00pm
Cost: $25.00
RSVP: Danielle e-mail croppincousins@yahoo.com

What's Included in the crop fee?
- Breakfast by Panera Bread
Lunch by Crispers
Snacks, and Desserts
- All Day Crop
- Awesome hourly door prizes
- A goodie bag

Danielle will be walking 60 miles in the Breast Cancer 3 Day walk in October in honor of her close friend that was diagnosed with Breast Cancer last year. Please show your support and come crop out cancer! We have been given so many awesome donations that you won't want to miss out on this great event! Contact us today to reserve your spot!

What’s going on at the “Think Pink Crop”?

Page Layout Contest (Free)
Everyone is invited to bring your pre-made pages to enter into the page layout contest. One winner will be selected from each category.
Layout Contest Themes: School Memories, Photography, Friends

Cropper’s Challenge (FULL)
Cost: Free
Time: 11:00-11:30 am
Each contestant will be given a page kit and will have 30 minutes to complete something with it. Three prizes will be awarded. Register early this challenge is limited to 10 people.

Goodie Table
Cost: Free
Do you have any Scrap booking items that are just cluttering up your space? Well, bring them to the crop and put them on “the goodie” table. One person’s scraps are another person’s treasure. You might even find something that you can use!

Classes:
Stampin’ Up Presents a Mini Birthday Album
Cost: $35.00 (includes 3 FREE items to take home) Time: 12:00-1:30

Using the hottest colors out right now, Stampin’ Up offers a mini BIRTHDAY album to showcase your favorite party event. It’s quick, it’s cute, and your friends and family will love it! You will go home with a completed mini album, a FREE sheet of dimensional pop dots, a FREE ½” circle punch, and a FREE 12-piece stamp set (already mounted and ready to use).
Supplies needed: scissors, paper trimmer, adhesive and 5 birthday photos (optional).

Trendy, Altered Clipboard
By-Topline Creations
Cost: $10.00
Time: 2:45-3:45

We will explore and learn how to alter a clipboard by using TLC’s latest patterned papers, ribbons, flowers, titles and more! This will be a unique project for you to keep and hang in your scraproom, to place family notes, reminders, and calendars on, or just hang around to 'dress up' a wall.

Supplies needed for class: Adhesives, paper trimmer, scissors

Scrapbook Box
Presented by Yocasta Rodriguez and Jan Cole
Independent Crafters, Club Scrap
Cost: $10.00
Time: 2:45-3:45

Create a scrapbook gift box with luscious Club Scrap cardstock! Your box will hold up to 16 photos, journaling and stamped images. It can be used as a unique scrapbook to admire or a gift box for someone special!
You will receive 5 sheets of CS cardstock, instructions and have the use of an array of inks and fabulous Club Scrap and Club Stamp images to embellish your box as you wish. A variety of color combinations will be available for you to choose from.

We'll have everything you need to complete your scrapbook box for this class, but if you have a favorite paper cutter or adhesive feel free to bring your own.

“Youve Got A Friend” 2-12x12 page layouts
By-Close to My Heart
Cost: $10.00
Time: 4:00-5:00 pm

We have all had our lives touched by Breast Cancer in some way. Honor your family or friends with this two page 12 x 12-inch layout which features Close to My Heart’s newest paper collection in the season’s hottest colors of pink, cocoa, and mint green. Combine stamps, fibers and embellishments to make a one-of-a-kind “friends” layout perfect for your cherished memories!

Supplies needed: Scissors, Paper Trimmer, and Adhesive

Borders etc . . . 1-2 page layout
By: Creative Memories
Cost: $10 for 1 page
$15 for 2 pages
Time: 5:15-6:15

I will be doing a 12 x 12 layout class..."Borders etc". I will teach how to make fun, decorative and creative borders and journal boxes to accent any page in any album, using the simplest of supplies. I will supply the 12 x 12 CM double sided page and all the paper, stickers, tools necessary to complete the class.

Make your own Page Kit/Crop Bag
By Croppin’ Cousins
Cost: $15.00
Time: 5:15-6:15

You asked for it,, so here it is! You will make your own page kit bag from start to finish to tote around with you at all of your upcoming crops. This bag will organize all of the supplies you will need to stay organized and ready to make tons of layouts. Curious? Pictures are available if needed!

Supplies needed: Scissors, Paper Trimmer, and Adhesive