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Monday's Challenge: Spread the Word

This weekend is the Coordinates Collections Winter Crop! Are you SO excited??  If you are, then this challenge will be easy for you.  All you have to do is tell your friends - then tell me you told them - and you'll be entered in this week's random drawing for a fun prize from CC.

Invite your friends to participate in the crop this weekend - January 28-30 in the CC Cyber Crop forum.  Share via Facebook, post on your blog, send an email, call, or Tweet.  Get the word out, because the more, the merrier!

Comment here and let us know you're spreading the word.  You can also reply to the Monday's Challenge thread on the CC Message Board.  Comment or reply by midnight on January 30th to be entered to win a prize from CC! Winner will be announced on February 1st on the CC Blog and will have 14 days to email Jamie@coordinatescollections.com to claim her prize.

 

 

Of Challenges, Crops and Creativity

Good day, ladies!

First, congratulations to Lindy. She is Monday's Challenge winner (randomly drawn!) for the January 10 "New Year" challenge. Remember, to claim your prize, you must send an email to Jamie at jamie@coordinatescollections.com not later than Tuesday, February 1.

Next, I want to remind everyone that our Winter crop is coming soon. If you haven't already, mark your calendars for January 28-30. We'll be posting challenges and games, with lots of fun and fabulous prizes to go around, so make sure you hang out with us that weekend.

Also today, I'm sharing a little project I've been working on. Have you ever had a project that even after it was done, you thought it wasn't quite done? That it needed just a little more ... something? Well, that is this project for me. I think it's complete, but I also feel like I want to do something more with it. Hmmm ... that may end up being my next creative post! For now, here's a what I did with the remaining pages from the Cosmo Cricket blackboard album I got in the "Amish Quilt" kit.

If you didn't get "Amish Quilt" you can still get one of these little albums in the CC store -- they're only a dollar! Gotta love a fabulous sale like that. I love the black color -- it's perfect for painting. And the chipboard is not so thick and heavy that it can't be used on a layout, like I did with a couple of my "Amish Quilt projects. And I found out, too, that my sewing machine has no trouble stitching through it.

For my mini-book, I used some wallet sized pics of my youngest boy, Daniel. I painted each page with a few swipes of grey acrylic paint. From the CC store, I added BasicGrey "Kioshi" micro mono alphas, BasicGrey "Hopscotch" Pops, and American Crafts clear stickers. The white doodles were made with the awesome UniBall Signo White Gel Pen. The ribbon scraps came from my stash. Put them all together, add a bit of stitching, and viola! A cute little mini-book that took practically no time to make (and used up some of my ribbon scraps).

Thanks, y'all, for taking a look at my project. Congrats again to Lindy, and I hope to see you all at the crop!

 

Fallidays Sale & Friday's Fab Find

FALLIDAYS 2010 SALE

It's time for the Annual FALLIDAYS SALE at Coordinates Collections! Enjoy a 25% discount on all items in the store except monthly kit subscriptions, current and preorder monthly kits and addons, gift certificates, and sale items. Sale runs October 22-24, 2010.

Use coupon code:  FALLIDAYS10

Another Friday. Another chance to spotlight the talented members of CC! And right now the gallery is hopping. With the Fall Crop this past weekend and members still sharing inspiration through after-crop entries, the gallery is pleasantly flooded with oodles of amazing layouts and projects. So this week, we're showcasing THREE talented ladies for Friday's Fab Find: daiva, tallgirl_msu (Jana), and nataliadbh. 

First up, we have daiva's entry for Fall Crop Challenge #5, mixing 5 pattern papers from at least 3 manufacturers. She pulled together papers from BasicGrey, Reminisce, and Sassafras Lass. I absolutely love the clean lines and the connecting embellishments. And bravo to the hand journaling!

Next up is Jana and her entry for Fall Crop Challenge #2, using a quote in the title. Her take on the challenge is stunning! She used lyrics from a song as a subtle component in the top corner (and then repeated "Wildflower" in the title), but then told the real story in the focal point — and what a focal point! I love the grouping of elements, the stitching, and the story with the journaling is wonderful (a conversation with her daughter). And she uses my favorite recent line from BasicGrey, which was featured in a past CC kit (Soul)! For more inspiration by Jana, be sure to visit her blog, Just Jana.

Finally, nataliadbh went outside the box with Fall Crop Challenge #1, doing some paper piecing. Her project shows just how great it is to get inspiration from CC members. I'm sure lots of us will be making something like this for the fall, or maybe as a springboard for a holiday project in the next couple of months.

Now head on over to the gallery and give these ladies some love: daiva, tallgirl_msu, and nataliadbh! 

The Day After Tomorrow

No, no ... not the end-of-the-world disaster movie with Dennis Quaid. It's time for CC's Fall 2010 Crop! I've got my hubby lined up to babysit, a couple of frozen pizzas in the fridge so nobody starves (and so I don't have to cook) and a bowl of Raisinettes all ready and waiting for this weekend.

The fun starts this Friday, October 15 with six scrappy challenges that Stacey has planned for us. (Oh, and maybe we can tempt her to post them a little early!) Throughout the weekend, Robyn will be posting door prize contests and games to play, too. Be sure to check those out because some of them will come with prizes (and Jamie's prizes are always pretty awesome).

Be sure to check out the Fall 2010 Crop Rules on the message board for all the technical stuff, and uh ... rules, and mostly importantly, HAVE FUN!

Winter Online Crop This Weekend!

The WINTER CROP at CC is this weekend!  Challenges will be posted TONIGHT on the CC Message Board.  A big THANK YOU to Sarah Smith and Susie Chadwick for hosting the crop!

Cyber Crop Weekend!

Cyber Crop Weekend is here!  Thanks to Cara for organizing this fun crop!

We have 6 layout challenges for you this weekend. Make sure you follow the instructions in each thread, all found in the CC Cyber Crops section of the forum. Some are materials challenges, while others require a specific theme. As a general rule, any size layout/project is acceptable for any of the challenges. Challenges must be completed by midnight PST on Sunday, October 18th to be eligible for the prize drawing. Each challenge will have a separate random prize drawing.

In addition to the randomly drawn prizes, you will also be able to earn store discounts!! Check out all the details HERE.

Post your completed layouts to the CC Cyber Crop Section of the gallery, then link back to the appropriate thread.

Ready?

This crop's theme is all about books! Novel idea, huh? (I'm sorry, I couldn't resist!)

#1 - Famous & not-so-famous quotes
#2 - Cover inspiration
#3 - In the Romance section
#4 - Book Report Time!
#5 - Creative writing
#6 - I love a good series.

Be sure to check out the door prizes as well! Some are easy, but one is going to take a little more effort.

Over the Rainbow

We are heading somewhere over the rainbow for the next Coordinates Collections Cybercrop. Follow the yellow brick road to the online crop taking place May 8-11. You guessed it, all challenges are going to surround the classic movie, The Wizard Of Oz! We hope you'll join us for this fun filled cybercrop!  (More details will follow on the CYBER CROP section of the CC Forum).

Online Crop March 27-29

Melissa DeLlanos has organized and will run this fun crop and here is what she has to say about the upcoming weekend:

Join us at Coordinates Collections for our March Magic Cyber Crop!! Challenges will be posted on the CC CYBER CROP section of the Forum at NOON(Central) on Friday, March 27th, and you will have until MIDNIGHT (Central) on Sunday, March 29th post your creations in the CC Gallery.

Your participation will earn you not only a CC store discount (anywhere from 4-24%), but ALSO chances to win the March Magic Cyber Crop GRAND PRIZE!! We will also have LOTS of games to play and chances for other little prizes!! Do you like rainbows? How about a pot of gold? If so, our March Magic Cyber Crop is where you NEED to be the weekend of March 27th-29th!!!

You’ll never believe what the GRAND PRIZE is… go ahead… try… oh, nevermind…
The winner will get to *choose* the prize!!! You can choose EITHER a $30 Gift Certificate to the CC store OR *2* FREE kits!!! What an awesome prize!

Just to get everyone in the mood… we’ll be issuing some pre-crop challenges during the week before the crop too!!  Pre-Crop Challenge #1 has already been posted!

There is also a Spread the Word challenge to email, blog or post on another forum (follow all forum rules when posting on other boards).  Click the link to see the details.

Be sure to mark your calendars and be ready for the scrapping fun!

Cyber Crop March 27-28

Mark your calendars for the CC Cyber Crop on March 27-28.  The theme for the crop is:

MARCH MAGIC! 

More information will be coming soon to the CC Message Board and here on the Blog. 

Updated Crop Details

Welcome to the first Coordinates Collections Cyber Crop of 2009!

The theme for this crop is "The Office," but don't worry if you don't go to one! The challenges can apply to a TON of different ideas!

We have 6 layout challenges for you this weekend. Make sure you follow the instructions in each thread, all found in the CC Cyber Crops section of the forum. Some are materials challenges, while others require a specific theme. As a general rule, any size layout/project is acceptable for any of the challenges. Challenges must be completed by midnight PST on Sunday, January 11th to be eligible for the prize drawing. Each challenge will have a separate random prize drawing.

Post your completed layouts to the CC Cyber Crop Section of the gallery, then link back to the appropriate thread.

Ready?

Here are the challenges!

#1 - Is someone stealing my pens?
#2 - Working 9 to 5
#3 - Alright, who left the copy machine jammed?
#4 - I literally cannot function without my (insert electronic device here).
#5 - My "To Do" list just keeps getting longer and longer.
#6 - Is it Friday yet?

Be sure to check out the door prizes as well! Some are easy, but one is going to take a little more effort.

And make sure to check out THIS THREAD for some money-saving goodness!