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If you haven't done so already, check out the latest Spring issue of Canadian Scrapbooker magazine.  They were super great to us and featured Crop and Cruise in their "Made in Canada" section of the magazine.

And......... if you doing nothing this coming November, why not book yourself into a cabin on Norwegian Cruise lines and join us in our next adventure.  You can read all about it on our website.

 You could be taking fabulous photos like this one.

 And, perhaps be featured on the next promo poster for Crop and Cruise!!!

And...........be influenced by crazy people like this.......(yes......these would be your instructors)!!!!!!!!

So, come on -- what are you waiting for?

{from the farm},
j.

me

just click on the link below:

http://cropandcruise.blogspot.com/

Too funny when you have to visit a website these days to see what your life is like.  :)

{from the farm},

j.

need a last minute gift???

Check out the following link to experience

The Ultimate Christmas Gift

for your

favourite Scrapper or Photographer:

http://www.cropandcruise.blogspot.com/

I'll see you on the boat!!!

enjoying the season {from the farm},

j.



aloha......look who's cruisin' now

guess what?
i'm one of the luckiest people in the whole wide world.
no...seriously....i am.

next November......in almost a year from now.......i will be instructing (again) at one of the most fabulous scrappin' events of the year.
 
I have been asked (again) to come back to Crop and Cruise as a Featured Instructor -- this time to HAWAII!!!!!!!

So.....if you have always wanted to see Hawaii.  And you have always wanted to experience a cruise.  And you have always wanted to meet new and exciting and talented scrappers (just like yourself).  And you love taking new & exciting classes.  And you need a few tips in photography (in Hawaii!!!!).  And you have never met ME and would like to (hahahaha)........then

.........come visit the website and register TODAY.  You will never regret it.

Here's the TEAM for this year:

 Allison, myself & Christy

 This is how much fun we are going to have.  Love this girl.

So.........stay tuned for more fabulous details, classes, itinerary & more.

The fun as just begun.

aloha {from the farm},

j.

cruisin' design

So.....it seems like months & months & months ago that I shared the news with you that I was invited to create & design a layout for this years Crop and Cruise event as a past Featured Instructor. Well.......that fabulous event has been and gone and they all had a fantastic time (so jealous I couldn't be there this time). Click here to read all about their ADVENTURES.


I realize that I never did share the layout I designed using the greatest products from three amazing companies that I design for:
Nikki Sivils Scrapbooker,
myStampBOX &
Cut Your Way!!!!!!
Click here, here & here to see these companies featured on the Crop and Cruise blog.


So here is the layout (drumroll, please): My Personal Paradise

There are so many incredible products that I had the pleasure of working with. Basically, I chose each company's products and created a double-page layout kit. After choosing the products for the kit, I then designed the layout. Choosing the products first (without really having a definite vision in mind allowed me to "go a little crazy" with the products and choose prints & patterns that wouldn't be a scrappers first choice). I love doing this -- thinking a little outside-the-box and making participants think "holy cow, how's THIS gonna work?"

Here's a close-up of the mSB stamp set I used in the design -- Abundant Blossoms. I mixed the stamps with fabulous (fuschia) vinyl from Cut Your Way and one of my favourite products from NS, the burlap buttons. Loooooooove these!!!!!!

My sister personally cut all the titles, flowers & palm trees for the layout. Love the little details all over the layout that give it such a "paradise" touch. I used the cardstock pocket from the Pocket of Treats (by Nikki Sivils) to house one of my feature photos on the layout. Gives the page a little more dimension, while the vinyl dresses things up a bit.

I combined the Cardstock Letter Stickers from NS with a purple vinyl "paradise" from Cut Your Way. Took a while to find just the right font for the title (vinyl), but I think it turned out just the way I imagined.

Little details, like these Cardstock Stickers from NS complete any layout. You just gotta' have them all!!!!

Now....go check the Crop and Cruise blog so you don't miss the next event, all the fabulous products from myStampBOX & Nikki Sivils Scrapbooker and get emailing your vinyl order into Cut Your Way. Go on.......you have a busy day ahead of you!!!!!

(**editted**)

Thought I better give you the complete supply list -- in case you want to create your own "paradise" layout.

Nikki Sivils:

Willow Bee PP - Bee Strips/Day Dreamer; North Pole Nights - Creatures Are Stirring/24 Nights Til Christmas; Something for Everyone - For Hilde/For Deana; Blueberry Hill - Vines/Sunny Day for Blueberries; Boo-tiful - Trick or Treat Small my Feet/My Costume; U R My Favourite - U R My Favourite/U R Love

Burlap Buttons - red

Cardstock Stickers - Sugar Cookie

Pocket of Treats - Brown Curtain

myStampBOX:

Abundant Blossoms

Cut Your Way:

olive (palm tree)

fuschia (multi-sized flowers)

plum (paradise)

{from the farm},

j.

I'm baaaack.....as a designer

Pop on over to this blog to see who I'm designer for right now...........she's an incredible friend and she's hosting yet another FANTASTIC event!!!!!!

And I used product from three of my favourite companies to design the kit!!!!!!

I'll give you a peek at the kit / project once the event starts in November.

working inside on this rainy day {from the farm},

j.

Thinking Vacation?

You betta' get to the above website and check out the FAB scrapbooking vacation that YOU {& your closest scrappin' girlfriends -- o.k. maybe your hubby & kids} could steal way on.

Crop Tropical www.CropTropical.com is sure to be "THE EVENT" of 2010!!!!!

You won't want to miss this event as it is planned, organized & hosted by the uber-fabulous & talented photographer/scrapper "Miss Allison Orthner"!!!!! www.allisonorthner.com

And if you think you couldn't possibly enjoy a scrapbooking vacation in a tropical location ... check out www.cropandcruise.com ... WAY TOO MUCH FUN!!!!!!

I dare you to check it out -- nobody is looking -- I know you are secretly dreaming about it!!!

winking {from the farm},

j.

got 2 have.........!!!

Found these super cool embellies in the Etsy Scrapbooking department. Go take a looksie for yourself...............they are FABULOUS!!!!!! You will find many things that you just GOTTA HAVE!!!!! I fall in love with something new everytime I visit -- haven't actually purchased anything yet though. {sigh}.

You can find them here:

http://www.etsy.com/search_results.php?search_type=category&category=paper_goods.scrapbooking.embellishment&search_query=evalicious

Those Basic Grey LOs that I promised a few weeks ago are going to be photographed this week sometime. They are coming........!!!!

Will also show you some FANTASTIC products that just came to my door -- maybe some class kit products for the fall..............hmmmmmm!!! That sure sounds like fun.

And........................if you haven't checked out the Crop and Cruise website lately.................WHAT ARE U WAITING 4???????

www.cropandcruise.com

Although you will have to wait until the Fall of 2010 to cruise again................a Tropical location sounds like a fabulous place to getaway for a scrappin' week with the gals, your hubby, your family, etc. This will be a hoot -- I guarantee!!!!!!

all 4 now {from the farm},

j.