Round Up The Cure......

Each lady was greeted with all these goodies at their seats. We want to Say a BIG thank you to all our sponsors, Maya Road, Prima Marketing, Creative Imaginations, Imaginisce, Bazzill, Technique Tuesday, Isla Jones and many individuals that donated.






We honored our Breast Cancer Survivors with a charm bracelet from Brighton.......
Cheryl Darrow and her friend Karen from Ten Second Studio came down to do make-n-takes....Thanks girls!


We had LOTS of great prizes for the raffle...Coach purse, Michael Korr purse, cuttlebug, cricut machine and many more goodies!
Ruthe with all her raffle tickets, dreaming of winning those purses.....
Becky was very excited to win the Coach purse....
Shelly won the Michael Korr purse.....

We had some awesome name tags this year, the prize was a Crafty Scrapper class!

Brook took home the prize with here bingo cowgirl name tag.

Thank you ladies for helping us raise money for the Susan Komen Foundation!

Halloween Crop...............

Will we were at it again, another fun filled event at the Crafty Scrapper. This was our 4th annual Halloween Crop. We started the morning off will some creepy fresh donuts and fruit........ As usual MaryLou surprised us with her fun will thought out costume, its always fun to see what she comes up with.........hey Caroline, that's Maya Road mist she used on her pants!
Sandra and I received our hats from the same witches school.................... These two are very happy with their prizes for finishing the Halloween owl riddle book first. This projected was created by Isla Jones, who couldn't attend and was very missed!
We had a lot of new girls that drove far to join in on the fun, very talented and fun............
And of course our regulars working on Holiday projects.............Oh is that Sherri covering her face!
I was even able to work on a class project, this is for our 3rd annual Christmas Cookie Exchange Class. I used the Maya Road Air Mail, BoBunny's new Christmas collection, I also added what I learned from Wendy Vecchi with the grunge board Christmas trees. And of course I had to add some of my favorite metal goodies.
We will starting taking sign ups for this popular class....its like a Christmas party. You bring cookies, and recipe cards to swap with the girls and take this adorable class. When you leave you have a basket of yummy cookies, 12 new recipes and this holder to keep them in. Remember this class fills up fast.

Another Saturday of FUN....

There is a lot going on at the store these days. Last Saturday was the breast cancer crop as you have seen. Well, don't rest too long because this weekend has the special Saturday of classes with Lisa M. Pace!! Whether you are an experienced scrapper looking for an unusual project or a new scrapper wanting to learn about layouts and projects, there is a class for you.

Here are some pictures of one of the classes to be held, the specific times and costs are listed on the events page of the website. You can sign up for just one class or for all of them. There have been a few changes in the scheduling, so check out the events page. Call the store to sign up for any classes you want to take. Class sizes are limited so call as soon as you can!!

Knock Out Breast Cancer!

...we hope that we at least gave it a good strong punch! Saturday was the big fund raising event. Hurricane Ike managed to only disrupt the festivities a little. The boxing ring had to be taken down from outside and put up inside the store instead but that was about it. Fortunately, Ike went a little more east than our area and the worst we got was a couple inches of rain.

Each cropper was greeted by a cheerful stack of scrapbook items and a special candy treat. Pink balloons were everywhere in the store. Breakfast, lunch and supper were provided for the croppers as well.

The money paid by each cropper was donated to the Susan G. Komen Foundation. In addition, there were raffle tickets sold for great prizes and the money from that will also go to the foundation. The group honored three survivors attending the crop this year with a pink rose bouquet and took a moment of silence to remember others who had lost their fight against breast cancer.

The store provided a project for the attendees which reminded us all that a cure might be in our hands. We each need to take charge of our health with monthly checks, mammograms, BRCA testing and other opportunities as appropriate to find problems early. Education about cancer and treatments are readily available for us. We can also provide help with our hands by sharing our time and resources toward a cure.

Thanks Pink Junkies and to all who supported this event Saturday.
PS: We have posted a few pictures out on flicker group too.

Fighting at the Store....?!?

Crafty Scrapper will host the 4th Annual Breast Cancer Crop benefiting the Breast Cancer 3-Day Walk on Saturday, September 13th 2008 from 10am-midnight. This annual favorite offers scrapbookers a time to enjoy their favorite hobby by cropping for the cure.

Laura Megonigal is the organizer of this event and the founder of the "Pink Junkies" 3-day walking team. This will be her 4th year to participate in the 3-day walk. Thousands of women and men will unite in cities across the country and walk 60 miles over a course of 3 days. It's a weekend of hope as we honor lives lost, celebrate survivors, and promote breast cancer research. The Pink Junkies are committed to walk 60 miles in memory of those who died and for those who survived breast cancer.

Please let us know if you are a survivor so they can walk for you, or in memory of a loved one.



On this day, there will be 50 women Scrapbooking in the store in the largest crop we do each year. This year's crop sold out in a matter of hours. However, the store will be open as usual and there will be plenty of activities going on for anyone visiting the store. There will be a Pink Knock Out Boxing Ring out in front of our store. For a $5.00 donation you can have your photograph taken in the ring with a friend. There are pink boxing gloves for you to wear in the photos. There will be some make and takes happening. The store is stocked full of new products as well.

Tickets for wonderful raffle prizes will be sold. In fact these can already be purchased at the store. Along with all the scrapbook products, we have a Dooney purse, pink digital camera, camera bag, lots of bath stuff, travel bags, breasts cancer Brighton bracelet, Coach breast cancer key chain and lots more. There is also a separate raffle for a $400 Coach purse.

You will see many of these prizes along with other mementos in our store window!!



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For those attending the crop: a reminder that there will be the usual name tag contest. So don't forget to make your tag. (here is a photo of last year's tags) and there are more at the post from last year's event.


Let's make this the best year yet!!

The Store This Week:

is having a

BIG SALE:

ALL albums 40% off
Love Elsie 50% off
Luxe Design 50% off
All ScapOnizer products 50% off
Stamps 30% off
(the stamps on the wall, not the new ones out around the store)

Plus we will be adding more things to the 1/2 off section. So much new product has come in and there is more expected this next week, we have to make room. So come see us!

NSD at The Crafty Scrapper.....

Heidi here, I am highjacking Carolyn's blog to update everyone on the shenanigan's we have been up to. Joanna has found a vintage smock at one of the antique stores on the square. We have been gigling quite a bit because with her shorts and the smock on, you can not see her shorts!!!! Between that and her banging away on her new vintage typewriter, she looks like Polyanna! Megan from 10 second studio has been teaching us new uses for Glimmer Mist (hairspray!) And there is so much new product in the store and so many people it is great. Not to be forgotten Sherri's new pedicure!! Oh, and there are people scrapbooking. See more pictures on the design team blog here.

National Scrapbook Day

We still have a few spots open & Here is what we have planned:

Friday Crop 3pm-2am $30 includes pizza, salad bar and dessert. Plus a mini class, metal dog tags. Prizes & giveaways

Saturday Crop 8am-2am $60 Includes breakfast, lunch, dinner, make-n-takes throughout the day from the design team and one from Ten Second Studios. More prizes and giveaways and 18hrs of cropping.

Sign up for both days and receive $10 off. Call us at 972-923-3151 and reserve your spot today.

Happy Birthday to Crafty Scrapper.......

This past Saturday was the stores 3rd anniversary, and boy did we celebrate. Everyone received a birthday bag with goodies, and throughout the day we gave LOTS of goodies away. I was so excited when Caroline with Maya Road, called and said she wanted to come down and do make-n-takes. I even learned a few new things.


After lunch I told her husband, David, that he and my husband were going to do a special make-n-take with the metal. I told him to go pick some chipboard out, he came back with one of their new Maya Road People chipboard albums, and the excitment on his face was priceless. Wish I could say the same about my husband! At first they were a little scared of all the tools, but then they really got in to it, and actually created some awesome metal chipboard men.
Don't they look proud of themselves! Some of the ladies bought chipboard people and took their example to copy....you guys are setting a new trend....lets here it for the guys, HOORAY!
After Caroline, David and her adorable son, Noah left, Cheryl and Megan with Ten Second Studios came to demo their metal products. I LOVE to be around these two, they are creative, funny and have the best personalities.
Everyone got into the metal, some already had tools and have never taken them out of the package. Before they left they gave away a $100 tool kit for a drawing, Gena was the lucky winner! If you have not tried the metal, they are coming back May 17th to teach 2 different classes, be sure and check out the events page on the web site.
Gail was quite proud of her frame, these went on the celebrate canvas that everyone received at the crop.
We even had time to celebrate Stacie's birthday, I think she was turning 21! HAPPY BIRTHDAY STACIE....WE LOVE YOU!
And what a great end to a fantastic weekend, I opened the Sunday paper and saw that I had received business of the week. Thanks to all of you wonderful customers for supporting us the last 3 years.