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Greetings!
We hope you are tolerating the recent heat wave well enough. We here at Crops Plus are heating up, too! We've been very busy making arrangements for our 2012 events (dates announced below) as well as putting the final touches on the September raffle prize!
We'll be raffling off something truly spectacular: A rolling tote stuffed with over $400 in amazing products. Brand name page kits, albums, papers, embellishments, magazines and tools will be included. To top it all off, we'll throw in $100 worth of the adhesive of your choice! It's a raffle not to be missed!
Stay tuned to our Facebook page and this newsletter to see how you can earn extra raffle tickets before the crop even starts!
Forget summer, it's going to be fun fall! Have a wonderful month!
The Crops Plus Team
PO Box 2041
Arlington, VA 22202
703-260-6105
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June Scrapbooking Tip
Side by side photos
Photos are at the heart of your scrapbook pages, so you want to make sure they're the clear focus of each design. You also want to fit numerous photos on a layout, so perhaps you've found that many designs work best when you can place photos side by side to conserve space. This approach is a perfect solution--except when your photos share similar backgrounds. When photos share similar backgrounds, there is the potential of having the photos blend together, making it difficult for viewers of your scrapbook to clearly differentiate between the pictures on each layout. Follow one of these three solutions to avoid this potential problem in your scrapbook-page designs. - Solution #1: Arrange photos so similar backgrounds are not side by side. If you have multiple photos, simply position them so that no photos with similar colors or backgrounds are side by side. In this layout by Angie Cramer, the visual separation between photos is clear because of the contrast in the colors of the photos and their arrangement.
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter by Angie Cramer. - Solution #2: Leave a thin gap between the photos. When you're placing photos directly on the background of your scrapbook page or when the pictures share the same photo mat, position the photos so a slight gap remains between them. The color of the paper background helps the eye visually separate each of the photos.
I Love . . . by Shelley Laming. - Solution #3: Place strips of paper or cardstock over the seams between similar photos. You can also create visual separation between photos by placing thin strips of cardstock between the photos. For a decorative flair, cut the strips into creative shapes instead of straight lines, like Lisa Brown did with this curved line reminiscent of a breeze on a winter day.
Winter Walk by Lisa Brown. Courtesy of Club Creating Keepsakes |
| 2012 Dates Announced
Whooo hooooo!
We are very excited to announce our 2012 dates! We will have 4 dates at our usual Holiday Inn in Sterling:
Jan 20-22, 2012 (3 day)
March 24-25, 2012 (2 day)
May 19-20, 2012 (2 day)* Special event, see below
Sep 14-16, 2012 (3 day)
Nov 2-4, 2012 (3 day)
Online registration will begin 3 months before each event. However, crop attendees can register at each crop for any and all future events. If 2011 events have shown us anything, it's that these 2012 events WILL sell out!
Also, we will be hosting a 5th event: A special "mother/daughter" 2-day crop at the Hampton Inn and Suites in Alexandria, VA on May 19-20, 2012. A PERFECT Mother's Day gift, this is going to be singular event with fun times for mothers, daughters, sisters and friends alike ("Mother/daughter" groups can consist of anyone! Friends, sisters, aunts, cousins, etc) Young croppers age 8 and older are welcome and will have a special section of the room. Highlights include: hotel rooms INCLUDED in the registration fees, a 'pizza and pajama party', specialized classes/contests/prizes for our younger croppers and other fun surprises. We will have a special web page and registration form dedicated to this event later in the year.
Mark your calendars - we can't wait to see all of you in 2012!
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| November Crop - 3 spots left!
Sign up now to get the last spots or on our wait list.
The sad/great news is that our September Crop is sold out and we have only 3 spots left open for our last crop of 2011, November 4-6.
We're very excited about all the buzz that our events are creating and are grateful for those that are sharing their new-found or long-time love of Crops Plus. We appreciate your support!
If you are one of the lucky few who would like to join us in November, please register now. If you are unable to register in time, you will be placed on the wait list and notified. http://www.ourcropsplus.com/registration.html
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May Sketch Contest Winner
Congratulations, Laurie!
 A special congratulations to our Monthly Sketch Contest winner: Laurie Hill!
Laurie is our very first winner to have submitted a digital layout. She has won a Basic Grey layout kit! If you would like to enter the June contest, see the sketch below! |
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June Sketch Contest
Enter to win prizes!
 Every month in our newsletter, we publish a sketch. Any scrapper who feels inspired by the sketch should create a layout based on the sketch and post it on our Facebook page. You can also email your layout to us and we can post it for you if you do not have access to Facebook.
Layouts must be posted by the 21st at midnight Eastern time every month. Voting will start via poll on Facebook on the 22nd through the end of the month. The winner will receive TWO My Mind's Eye paper packs, including double sided cardstock and cardstock embellishments, worth almost $20!
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Featured Vendor: Creative Memories
Lynn Barker & Betsy Detlefs
 At each Crops Plus event, come meet two very relaxed, "We never met a scrapbooking product we didn't like,"Creative Memories Consultants and check out all of the amazing changes going on with CM! We've gone to TRUE 12 x 12 and 8 x 8 albums, papers and kits. Our paper is gorgeous and our album kits will help you get your projects done in no time. We have the ease of digital scrapbooking software. We also have software to organize your pictures, and tons of new traditional products, as well as all of your old favorites. We continue to offer the easiest, most versatile and most durable tools on the market. We have at least one of just about everything CM sells in stock at Crops Plus and if we don't have it, we will happily ship your order to you. No matter what your scrapbooking style, we're sure we have something that will catch your eye.
Betsy Detlefs, www.mycmsite.com/bdetlefs
Lynn Barker, www.mycmsite.com/lynnbarker1
Come out and see us! We would love to meet you!
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SAVE 10% OFF YOUR PURCHASE AT SCRAPBOOKS PLUS
This coupon is only valid for current Crops Plus Newsletter subscribers. You must print the newsletter with your name in the greeting line, as well as the coupon and present it in person for your discount.
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