Another Fantastically Fabulous Crop!

Angela's Black, White & Color Challenge

Our A Cherry On Top Summer 2009 Online Crop is officially in the record books! Thank you for participating and making this crop a blast and a huge success! We had fun with fast scraps and bingo games! Points were sprinkled randomly to participants throughout the weekend.

We hope you enjoyed it as much as we did!

Mayertk's Overlay Challenge

Now is the time to finish up those entries for the Challenges.
You have until midnight EST to submit them into the corresponding gallery.
Winners will be announced soon! With Challenges like
'Build-A-Hottie' and using 'Recycled Product',
how could you not be inspired?

View the Official Crop Rules

Great job, everyone! A special THANK YOU to our Creative Team
for putting in the hard work and long hours!
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!

Crop Countdown!

It's almost TIME!

Join us for our online Crop!

Visit our Summer '09 Crop Forum
for a list of activities and online crop tips!

Try something new by participating in a 'Fast Scrap'.
Make new Message Board Buddies.
Play Bingo. Win prizes. Shop-n-Crop til you...well you know.

Festivities begin Friday, August 28th at 3pm EST

Be there!

Local Customers--Don't Miss It!

Sign up for our LOCAL NEWSLETTER to receive all of the last minute news about our A Cherry On Top Fall Warehouse sale! Live in Michigan or the surrounding states? We want to see you in September! More details coming soon!

Don't Miss Our Summer Crop!

If you've ever 'attended' one of our online crops, you already know how fast paced, fun and exciting they are!

If you've never experienced one, then NOW is the time!

Games, classes, prizes all weekend long!

Get your scrappy supplies, schedule the baby sitter, grab your favorite ice cream and crop with us all while in the comfort of your PJ's!

Mark your calendars and join us:

August 28, 3pm - 1am EST
August 29, 6am - 12am EST
August 30, 8am - 10pm EST

What's an Online Crop?

How to prepare for an Online Crop.

See What You've Been Up To!

Tranquility by bj_ella

Our Creative Team loves looking through the layouts and projects you submit to our ACOT gallery! This week we spotlight TWELVE of your submissions!

Nature Boy by Deanna

I'm including only a small sample of the layouts highlighted. Read the entire article for more projects and Creative Team comments!

If you've never shared your talent with our Message Board Members or our Gallery, maybe you should! Who knows, maybe next time we'll hold the spotlight on one of your creations!

Until next time...

Silhouette SD Winner Announced!

Help us congratulate Yaneth from Oak Harbor, Washington for being our blog subscriber winner!
Yaneth (aka: MamaG) will receive a new QuicKutz® Silhouette SD!

Stay tuned for more prizes to be given away just for being a subscriber! Tell your friends!

CONGRATS AGAIN, YANETH!!!

We're Hearing Wedding Bells!

The ACOT family wants to congratulate Michelle and Jonathan on their Wedding Day!

Michelle is in charge of finding homes in our warehouse for all of the fabulous new products we get in on a daily basis.

We're sooo happy for you both and wish you a long, beautiful life together!

Michelle, ACOT Product Specialist

Congratulations!

Meet Ann--ACOT's 2nd Featured Guest For August

Ann (aka: Beachlover on the Message Board)

Ann gets her inspiration from anything and everything around her! She's been scrapping for ten years and has been a member of our ACOT family for nearly 5 years, now.

What is a favorite technique that you like to use?

Lately I have been really getting into distressing.

When and where do you create your layouts?

I have a little cubby that is a home office/scrappy area. I work two jobs, so I rarely have the energy to scrap during the week. Usually Sundays are my scrapbook days unless I am lucky enough to get out to a crop.

What is a favorite layout of yours and why?

I have not found a LO of mine that has completely satisfied me. I think I’m still trying to ‘find my mojo’.

Get to know more about Ann by reading her complete interview.

Meet Lilkoala--One of August's Featured Guests

Leslie (aka: lilkoala on the ACOT Message Board)

You will NEVER forget Leslie! Check out her profile and get to know more about her! Here's an exerpt from her recent CT interview:

Name 3 of your favorite embellishments to work with. Human hair, goldfish crackers, and gum chewed by celebrities.

What are your favorite adhesives? I’ve rigged up my ATG to dispense grape jam. I find it makes a less-expensive and tasty adhesive.

What is your top two fave holidays? My birthday and my birthday. I don’t like to share holidays with other people or religious figures. Or leprechauns.

Read her complete interview HERE.

Don't go too far away! You'll get to meet our second Featured Guest "Beachlover" in our next blog entry!

Take A CHA Tour With Kristianne!

Great Job Kristi!
Stay tuned for more videos featuring product reviews and special guests!

CHA Wrap Up--With Pics!

Pam, Kristin and Jules

Kristin and I are back from CHA. What a trip! The Orlando Convention Center is one of the largest we’ve ever be in. When filled, it probably surpasses the populations of most small towns. Crazy!

We had a blast seeing and buying the newest releases and seeing the faces behind many of our favorite manufacturers.

The highlight?

Why hanging with members of our Creative Team and our ACOT Message Board, of course!

What an amazing turn out for our Meet-N-Greet. Much appreciation goes to Pam and Sus for helping us re-organize the meeting. Being ‘newbies’ to Orlando, it was a little harder than we thought to find a suitable place that opened before 6pm. We had a fantastic time. Tons of pictures were taken. I’m including some here, but you can view even more on our Message Board!

Pam sportin' a gift from Jules

Thank you so much for attending and sharing and just being the amazing ladies you are!

CT Member Kristi and James from Tattered Angels

Kristin and I picked up some great new releases from manufacturers like Basic Grey, Bo-Bunny, My Mind's Eye, Fancy Pants Designs and Graphic 45. The Fall line-up is beginning to arrive already! Be sure to check out our New Release section for all of the latest and greatest!