Video Preview: Let's Be Mermaids Paper Crafting Collection by Echo Park

Watch this video preview featuring Echo Park Paper's adorable, new paper crafting collection: Let's Be Mermaids

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Perfectly girlie! Create a project for the mermaid in your life. Products now available at ACherryOnTop.com Crafts. 

October Guest Designer Challenge #1

Sandy is our October Guest Designer and she's busy creating new challenges to inspire you!

Check out our Contests & Challenges Message Board forum to catch the latest.

Click here to view Challenge #1 from Sandy

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Scrap about your favorite or new part of an upcoming holiday meal:

ACherryOnTop.com is giving away a $5 gift certificate to a random participant of this challenge.  Be sure to post your layout by November 5, 2015.  To view more details, please click here.

Happy Creating!

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Congrats To This Week's Crafty Sketch Winner!

Fall is officially in full swing and our latest random sketch challenge winner captured it perfectly in this scrapbook layout:

Redsonic20 has been a part of our creative community for a couple of years, now!  Her amazing layout was randomly selected as our Sketch #105 1000 Points Winner.  She featured products from Simple Stories' Pumpkin Spice collection:

All other submitters received 100 A Cherry On Top Points!  Look for another sketch next week.

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Help Us Welcome Sandy - Our October 2015 Guest Designer!

Screenname:  writerlady       

First name: Sandy

Favorite Color: ocean blue (I’m not sure that’s a real color name, but it’s my very favorite color)

My craft supply 'must have': Right now it would be Heidi Swapp Color Shine mist in gold. Of course it’s always patterned paper – that’s my first love and what got me scrapping in the first place.

I mostly create: 12 x 12 layouts. I’ve only made 2 2-page or double page layouts. I don’t always have that many photos to make a double page layout. I am thrilled to be scrapping my tiny little grandson now. He has my heart for sure. I also make mini books, the occasional 8 ½ x 11 layout and some pocket pages to put on the other side of a 12 x 12 layout when I have more photos to include.

Guilty pleasure: I hope I can have more than one… In scrapping, it’s Heidi Swapp's Gold mist and my much loved patterned paper. In life it’s Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups, watching Project Runway and Downton Abbey or going shopping in a nice little store just for myself.

To read Sandy's complete interview - click here

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Scrapbooking layout: 'As You Grow'

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Sandy tells us about this paper crafting project:

'As I was looking through my photos to decide what to scrap next, I remembered one of the cut aparts in the Simples Stories We Are… Family Collection Kit. It has this wonderful list of things I wished for my little grandson Chance as he gets older. I love him SO much already and watching him grow is the greatest joy in my life...' continue reading

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Scrapbooking layout: 'Thankful for Family'

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Sandy tell us about this paper crafting project:

'This was the first full day we were down in NC with our new grandson. My stepson and his beautiful partner took us out for barbeque. Now this photo was taken in July but look at the colors in it.  I thought it was perfect coloring for the Echo Park The Story of Fall by Lori Whitlock. Who says you have to only scrap fall using a fall kit? I scrapped summer. The beautiful background paper is called Wood Floral. I fussy cut some of the banners on the top left and popped up parts of them. I covered the rest of the paper with clear gesso. Then I used my favorite stencil by Hero Arts – it’s got tons of little heart groupings. They aren’t all the same, so it’s fun to play around with'... continue reading

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Congratulations Sandy! Thank you for sharing your talents with us and we look forward to your paper crafting challenges!  To read Sandy's complete interview and view more of her projects, click here - 

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Click here to find out how to submit

Congrats To This Week's Scrapbooking Sketch Challenge Winner!

Sketch Challenge #102

Congrats to Blfonty!

She created this cute layout featuring products from Echo Park Paper Birthday Wishes - Girl Collection!

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We loved her sketch and had a ton of fun looking at every submission.  We have some terrifically talented members of our Craft Community!

We hope Blfonty enjoys spending her A Cherry On Top Points in our shop.  Remember, if you want to get in on our ACOT sponsored or community challenges, be sure to visit our Contests & Challenges Forum on our Message Board.

Happy Crafting!

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Help Us Welcome This Month's Guest Craft Designer!

Please help us welcome our Guest Designer for July 2015!

Screenname:  1scrappymom

First name: Shannon

Favorite Color: yellow

My craft supply 'must have':  I am a sucker for patterned paper!!  I also think I might be the only person left in the world that still uses adhesive squares as my go-to adhesive. 

I mostly create: 2 page layouts – mostly theme-park and travel-related

Guilty pleasure:   Going on scrapbook retreats or shopping trips with friends. I am also a huge fan of Orange is the New Black.

BIO:   My name is Shannon Blinn.  I have been married to my best friend, Shane, for nearly 23 years now.  We have two children.  Bailee is our daughter and she is 19.  Logan is our son and he is 13.  

We have FOUR dogs.  We normally only have two beagles at a time, but this year we decided to look into rescue and now have two, very, large, ornery lab-mix puppies (are they still puppies if they are over 50 pounds??).  I am a licensed, master-level social worker by profession.  Although my passion is in helping children and families, I also have an artistic side and love to use that to document the stories of my own life and the lives of my family.  

Click to view Shannon's complete interview

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Layout: 'Iguana Go To Mexico'

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Layout: 'Good Dog'

'We rescued two lab mix puppies in February.  They were so little! They are now well over fifty pounds each!'


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Look for Shannon's projects in her A Cherry On Top Gallery and get in on her paper crafting Challenges during July on our Message Board!

Welcome Shannon!

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Click here to find out how to submit

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Help Us Welcome This Month's Guest Craft Designer!

Happy April!

Please help us welcome this month's Guest Designer, Leslie!  Leslie has been a part of our A Cherry On Top community for many years and we're excited to see what fun she has in store for us!

Screenname: lesmitch

First name: Leslie

Favorite Color: I would have to say Teal or Aqua blue

My craft supply 'must have': I must by all means have Bling.

 I mostly create: I think I equally create layouts and cards

Guilty pleasure: this would have to be Pepsi.  I seriously cannot live without it.

BIO:  I have been married for 28 years to my High School sweetie. I was blessed with 2 daughters and five beautiful Grandbabies. 

I started scrapping late 2008. I love trying out new techniques to push myself to learn as much as I can.  I am on a couple of different design teams Moxxie, Red Carpet Studio, Feeling Sketchy and Sketches in Thyme.

I was also able to be a part of Nuts About Sketches DT team for a term.

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Leslie selected products from Prima Flowers, Echo Park and Tim Holtz.  Here are some of her projects:

Layout: April Showers

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Layout: Cherish

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Project: Vintage Tag

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Look for Leslie's projects in her A Cherry On Top Gallery and be sure to get in on her paper crafting Challenges during April on our Message Board!

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Click here to find out how to submit

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Free Ebooks = Paper Crafting Inspiration Anytime!

I'll admit it.  Sometimes I have projects that need to get done, but my mojo isn't exactly cooperating.  It's nice to find that perfect inspiration at that exact right moment.  There's nothing like it when it comes to paper crafting!

We're thrilled to see more and more manufacturers providing scrapbooking tutorials, art deco ideas and general paper crafting design how-to's via Ebooks!

We thought it would be a great idea to put these all in one spot for you - making it easier to grab that inspirational mojo rejuvenation anytime you need it!

Here are a few direct links to get you started:

Fancy Pants Volume 1
Fancy Pants Volume 2
The Story Of Us Inspiration Ebook
Good Day Sunshine Inspiration Ebook
Echo Park May Idea Book
Echo Park Spring Idea Book

Don't you just love it when inspiration strikes - anytime you want it to?  

We'll be updating our paper crafting resources all of the time so be sure to bookmark the page and check it often!

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Click here to find out how to submit