The End

The End

 

This is as hard to write as it is for you to read.  Sadly, the is the end for Compuproscrapbooking.com.

 

We are sure that this is a shock to you, and we are sorry for the sudden change in plans.  While it was in everyone’s heart that this site could continue “as is” – many different obstacles showed themselves and the decision has been made to close the site down.

 

Thank you to everyone who sent in the donations to help with the site.  Amy will be contacting you individually to arrange to get your money back (and thanks Amy for taking on the collection role in the first place).

 

On behalf of the DT members past and present, we want to thank you, the members and core of this site, for all that you have done.  The community that was created in the short life of this site is truly amazing.  Coming together, supporting one another, the creative talent…..all amazing.  Thank you Nicole for starting this venture for us, we are all better scrappers and better women from it.

 

So – what next?

 

We are not sure of an exact date to when the site will close.  The blog will remain active at least till the end of January so that we can communicate to you.  There are lots of other places to play on the world wide web, and we encourage you to share the sites that you visit so that we can all gather together somewhere else.

 

Feel free to continue with the challenges and chatter till the site reads no longer active (although LO tag has been cancelled).  Share emails with one another and whatever information will be relevant to keep in touch.

 

Again, thank you all.  It’s been an amazing journey, and while we are all sad to see this site close, it’s a new year and a new beginning.

 

All our best

Compupro DT

The site is back

Hey ladies, looks like things are up and running again!

A Little Technique To Tide Us Over

Love those Cuttlebug embossing folders but don't have a Cuttlebug? You can still use them!!

This is all you need: the folder of your choice, your cardstock of your choice, a water misting bottle and a rolling pin.

Mist your cardstock well with water (not sopping, but damp). Place it in the embossing folder.

Roll your rolling pin back and forth in all directions - the more you roll, the better it will emboss.

Finished product is on the left, actual Cuttlebugged item on the right. Not bad, eh?

What Are We Up To?

Since we can't chat in the forum today (and I'm missing you all), I'm going to host a little game with a prize here on the blog.

I'm going to a holiday dinner party tonight and I'm taking a holiday dish. Post a comment with your guess of what dish I'm taking and tell me what you're up to today. I'll draw a winner on Sunday from everyone who guesses. And the first person to guess correctly automatically wins a prize!

KFLO's December Challenge...

Have no fear, Kflo's here!!!!

I've been a little MIA these days. Ha ha...get it? Ok, corny jokes.

Anyhoo. I figured what better time to post my December challenge than, NOW...that way, you get to keep scrappin and work on a challenge here and there until things are back to normal...

So here goes people:

Kflo's December Challenge - FAMILY

Christmas for me is all about FAMILY. It's so important for me to have everyone near. So I was thinking about that for a bit and realized that most of my layouts are about Mia these days, or maybe about DH, or the roast I made last week...but I don't often do a layout where the whole purpose is to chronicle a family member, or to honor my family. Whether it be immediate or extended...1 or 100 people. Do a layout where you dedicate the whole page to 'family'... That doesn't have to be the title, but make sure you do 'explain' your layout through your title and/or journaling.

Have fun...

Kim F.

The "suspense" of transition

Ahhh - the familiar joys of "transition"! If you're reading this blog, it probably means that you've checked the forum and discovered that the "Account has been suspended"...well...that would be the result of that "transition" thing we were talking about earlier.

As we speak, a gaggle of "compupro" people are scurrying around like elves in Santa's workshop, trying to get it all sorted out. Please be patient with us and we'll have everything back up and running in no time :)

In the mean time, I'm going to see if I can shake the DT Tree and see what we can post here for some fun challenges (and maybe even a prize or two) to keep us all on our scrappy toes?? Whadya think??

Stay tuned and I'll chatatcha later scrappy people :)

Free For All - Birthday CROP

I can't believe it has been 5 Years since we opened!

One thing we have planned to Celebrate is a FREE Crop.

You pay $10.00 to register and recieve a $10.00 Gift Card to use the day of the Crop! Making the Crop itself FREEEEEEEE!!!

You can sign up now on our store at:
http://compuproscrapbooking.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=17&products_id=98

I sure hope you can come out and join in the celebrations with us!!

Mark November 1st on your calendar and sign up quickly as we are over half full already :) :)

Marbalized Cards

Rolling Marble Background Card

My directions call for specific colours. Obviously that was for ease of instruction. You can use any colour combination you like. Try experimenting with different types of stamps, re-inkers and CS.

Supplies:

8-1/2 x 11" Black Cardstock

8-1/2 x 11" White CS

4" Red CS

4 Marbles

Plastic box

Red Re-inker (I used SU Classic Real Red)

Black Ink Pad (I used Stazon)

5" length ribbon(I used red grosgrain)

Round image stamps (I used SU In The Spotlight)

Circle punch, cutter (CM, Nestabilities, etc..)

Corner punchadhesive

Directions:

From the White Cardstock

Cut a 4-1/2 x 5-1/2" piece of white CS. From the remaining white CS, cut a 3" circle using whatever tool you have - circle punches, CM cutting system, Nestabilities, etc ...

From the Black Cardstock

Cut black CS in half so you have two 8-1/2 x 5-1/2" pieces. Fold one piece in half to form a 4-1/4 x 5-1/2" card. Round all four corners with a corner rounder punch. From the remaining piece of black CS, cut 1", 2-1/2" and 3-1/3" circles using whatever tool you have - circle punches, CM cutting system, Nestabilities, etc ...

From the Red Cardstock

Stamp the 2" round image on red CS using black ink. Centering this image, cut circle out to measure 2-1/4". At this point, you can add a brad at the center of the image if you want.

Adhere to the black 2-1/2" circle, then to the white 3" circle, then finally to the black 3-1/4" circle. Set aside. Stamp the round "thank you" sentiment on red CS with black ink.

Cut circle out to measure 3/4". Mount this circle on the 1" black circle.

Set aside.

Rolling Marble Background

Add several drops of re-inker to a plastic box. Add several marbles to the plastic box and close the lid. Shake the box to ink marbles. Place 4-1/2 x 5-1/2" white CS in plastic box and close lid. Roll marbles over CS to create a pattern. Continue until you like the look of the BG. Trim Marble BG to 3-3/4 x 5". Round all four corners with a punch.

Final Assembly

Adhere the grosgrain ribbon to the Marbled BG 1" from the bottom. Attach the BG to the black card front. Attach the stamped images to the Marbled BG, centering the "thank you" circle on the ribbon.

Voila! You're done!

Faux Metal - Heat Embossing

I will post over the next couple days all the WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL techniques shared on World Card Making Day.

We not only want to teach you NEW Techniques. We ask you send a Card to a Troop Member. All directions on how are listed below.

If making a soldiers day isn't enough - we are also putting our own challenge on please see below for that also!

If you can't wait for me to post all 9 Techniques make sure to check our forum out at:

http://compuproscrapbooking.com/forum/index.php?board=52.0

Okay, w/o further ado - here are the directions :)

I must admit I’m not a savvy card maker and really struggle with manly cards! I have used this technique on a couple manly cards and scrapbook pages and always liked the look.

I used a green and brown color combo, which I excitedly noticed once completed had a Army feel to it!

Now unto the card shall we?

Items Needed:

Heat Gun

Versa Pad

Embossing Powder

Peice of cardstock larger then stamp imageStamp (Cannot be foam stamps)

On this card you are going to learn how to heat emboss a faux metal image!

This will allow you to use your stamps in a whole new way!!

Embossing Cardstock

First step is to goo up your paper with your Versa Mark.

Proceed, to sprinkle your embossing powder on the piece of paper and heat emboss.

I'm showing you a picture of what my cardstock looked like after I embossed it.

You are to proceed to layer your embossing 5 times!! Let it cool, recover with versa pad stickiness, pour your powder over, heat & Repeat 5 times.

Included is a image of what the same peice of cardstock looked like after 5 layers of embossing powder.

Ready for the magic part?!?

When you are done your 5th layer and your embossing powder is totally melted, quickly grab your stamp and stamp into the hot embossing powder.

Don’t worry this won’t hurt your stamps!!

You know what else is really cool….if you make a mistake you can reheat your embossed cardstock and restamp! Don’t worry about the edges. I trimmed mine down a bit but like the tarnished finished look of the metal.

On the finished card I used my Cuttlebug and chalk inked the CB peice.

Shake things up and use bronze or cooper embossing powders!

In case you are wondering the tinfoil was my embossing tray mine was at the store when I put this together I hope you have fun with this new technique and make sure to share you masterpeices with us!

World Card Making Day

WORLD CARD MAKING DAY is this Saturday!!!!!!!! And guess what??? We have something fun planned for you!!

Here at CompuPro Scrapbooking, on October 4th, 2008 you are invited to come together to celebrate this holiday with us for a 9 cards in 9 hours “Write to the Troops” crop!! Starting at 9am (Atlantic Standard Time) and continuing each hour there after until 5pm, our talented design team together with a few guests will be posting a unique card and the step by step instructions to go along with it so you can create the card yourself. A challenge or two may be thrown in there every now and then too!!

We chose a “Write to the Troops” theme for our World Card Making Day crop because there are many soldiers overseas serving our country at this very moment. Regardless of what we think about the conflicts going on around the world, we agree that our soldiers are brave, honorable, and deserve our support!!

So we would like you to share the joy of a creating some handmade cards with us on October 4th and pay it forward afterwards by writing a little message inside and sending them on to a soldier (or two or 3.) Just one or two cards is all it would take to make one day out of their deployment a little bit brighter and more meaningful. Please let them know you are thinking about them, supporting their strength and admiring their courage. If you have happen to complete ALL 9 cards and maybe even more, it would be a nice sentiment to send them along too. The soldiers can definitely use them to keep in touch with family and friends back home.

If you do not personally know of a troop serving overseas, here is a link for you to send mail to “Any Canadian Forces Member" For those of you local to the Oromocto area, the Military Family Resource Center accepts card donations and ensures thier delivery!
It's located at:A-45 St. Lawrence Ave.Oromocto, NBE2V 4J5phone: 506-422-2000 (ext.3352)On that same note, I am sure that any of you close to a military base would have a Resouce Center that will accept your card donations.

If you are in the US, here is a link for “Cards for Heroes” where you can donate your card (s)!

****Please post the links to your card (s) in this thread by Monday, October 20th to be eligible for a prize.
http://compuproscrapbooking.com/forum/index.php?topic=1536.0
On Tuesday October, 21st we will draw 2 random names from all the participants and they will win a small RAK put together by Nicole and the DT.We hope to see you Saturday!!!!!!

Monday

What a weekend! We had a FAB crop on Saturday. What a great bunch of ladies that were there. I dont get to scrap at these events but have fun none the less. It was just like old times, it seemed so long since a gang of scrappers were together.

Then yesterday, I awaited patiently for Tori to call me and give me trip updates from her drive home from Montreal. The bus had them home by 10:30PM last night yipppeee! How great to have her home safe and sound :)

Every Monday there is a new Technique of the Week posted on the foum posted by your Design Team Members - I'm going to share one this Morning that Kim Flogeras posted awhile back.

www.compuproscrapbooking.com/forum

Flowers with Hearts...This is super easy...and check out the beautiful flower you will get...You need CS or PP, a heart punch (or you can make your own with the above directions) - You'll need about 5 hearts. Once you have the 5 hearts, fold each heart in half lengthwise. Using your fingers, round the top "bubbles" of the heart, so that it bubbles out from the fold (see picture)... Ink if you wish and TADA a flower. I used a prima and some glitter glue for the center of my flower...

No Post Today

Well not a BIG post. That is going to come Monday when I have something BIG to say.

Today, I'm preparing for40 ladies to come crop for the day tomorrow!
4 Turkeys Bought - Check
100 Apples Peeled & Apple Crumble Made - Check
60 Pounds of Potatoes Peeled - Check
20 Pounds of Carrots Peeled - Check

Challenges Ready - Check
Prizes Ready - Doing that Next!!!

Have a Great Weekend Everybody and Check in on Monday for something BIG :)

October is What?

October is What? October, is only a week away - What is up with that? Seems like Summer just passed me by with a quick howdy doodie wave and left!

Ah well, not to despair to much as I can't say that I don't like Fall. It really is my fave time of year. I love watching our leaves turn colour, going and picking out those perfect pumpkins, Thanksgiving Dinner the list goes on and on.

In case you haven't been on our gallery lately let me post a layout done by Denise Schurman that brought a giggle and teehee to me :)

www.compuproscrapbooking.com/gallery

Wassup?

Well where to start!

We have recieved in too open loving arms the new Fancy Pants and Scenic Route Sonoma!
http://compuproscrapbooking.com/store/index.php?cPath=110&osCsid=975e08bf9e7f16cbc0c939c9a41c7244

Now, how about the new My Minds Eye? Well, I am happy to report that it is selling better then my wildest dreams!! BUT, then I get all worry warted and think you haven't been in or you haven't been or even you! That as much of it that has sold we still have yet to see a lot of you in for it. I guess, I better warn you now rather then later that if you think you might like to see this line before it is gone to get up here sooner rather then later. Cause, some of the papers and embellies are sold out already!!!
http://compuproscrapbooking.com/store/index.php?cPath=109

October, is creeping up on us. We have some fun things planned for October & November! Classes, Classes & Oh did I mention Classes? How about a FREE CROP? Yeah, that got your attention eh! Keep watching here, your inbox, and the forum for more details :)

Well, Off I go to pack more orders up. And to hang the gorgeous fancy pants rubons up on the wall.

Hellloo Blogland

I know not everybody checks the forum everyday but maybe checking in on our Blog is where you prefer to go? :)

Before I put the Blog back on my checklist of things to do, let me know your here, give me a little shout out that you still the read the blog and I'll make sure the Blog is a place for you to come and get inspired :)

Do You Want To Know?

Do you want to know, how to make Fabulous Flowers as shown on this layout by our Design Team Member Tracey Spencer? Log onto our forum and check out thread:

http://compuproscrapbooking.com/forum/index.php?board=21.0

Where there is step by step visuals!

Every week there will be a new step by step technique for you to learn from our design team members on the forum!

Pre-Orders at 10% OFF!

Us, having the Online store is opening up not only our store 24/7 but also great new services we can offer you!!!

I will be sending out NEWSFLASHES via. email when new items are up for Preorder on the online store :)

Local Customers
It is as easy as going to www.compuproscrapbooking.com/store on the left hand side click on Preorders and browse away. Add items to your shopping cart at 10% off that you need. No more will orders be coming in and you having to sleep on our doorstep to ensure you that the very special *thing* you wanted is in stock!!!
Billing and Shipping info can always be found on the forum at www.compuproscrapbooking.com/forum Under Expected Arrival & Ship Dates of Preorders feel free though to contact me with any questions though!
Payment, for all Preorders for local customers can be credit card or Money order. However, the money order MUST be at the store by the billing date. No exceptions. I will not be emailing reminders out of this either. If your Money Order is not recieved your order will be null and void.

Online Only Customers
Basically read above except your items will be promptly shipped out to via our shipping policy!

All other online items for Local Customers. Please note that Money Order for Local Customers for any item not PREORDER is not applicable. SORRRRRRY, but I can't be picking orders hoping you will come in to pick them up. Credit Card is the only way we can assure payment for the items and will cause ALOT and I mean ALOT less paperwork and streamline the process for us all.

Once again ANY questions email me :)

On the ending note go check out the Daisy Bucket & Cuttlebug Folders now available for Preorder at 10%! Once the items are shipped to us they will no longer be eligible for the discount! Shop early, as we recieved 16 orders since Saturday Night at 11PM for those goodies!!!!!

CHA Sneak Peaks

Hey ladies,

Starting on July 17th (My Birthday ... imagine what a great gift!) is this Summers CHA - Scrapbook Releases galore!

I have been busy posting you girls lots of sneak peaks and I'm sure with lots more to come.

Before we used the blog as our showcase nope not now. It is in the forum. Please come take a look at what this great hobby is going to have all BRAND NEW FOR YOU!

Please, Please, Please, Please leave a comment if you love or even if you hate it. I don't care if you hate no skin off my back.....it actually helps as I wouldn't bring in a TON of it if more people despise then love it. Know what I'm saying Jelly Beans.

Come on the forum:
www.compuproscrapbooking.com/forum
DON"T BE SHY
and tell me what you think!

Yellow Polka Dot Bikini Crop :)

Our very first Online Crop is July 1st - July 20th! I would love to have you all there scrapping with us online. At the same time I know you are wondering what in the world Nick is a ONLINE CROP? Let me first tell you it is free.......all you need to do is scrap. If you want to get together w/ some friends and scrap hey that is awesome too! Here is some more info. If you are interested stop by the forum at www.compuproscrapbooking.com/forum click on Cyber Crops and sign on up :)

So ... what is an Online Crop?

1.) What is an online crop?
An online crop is an huge event hosted by our Design Team members and myself incorporating scrapbooking, games, challenges, PRIZES, chatting with other members and all around FUN! The point of an online crop is to get active and we encourage you to participate in the many games and challenges.
2) Online Crop Activities
The main attraction to the online crop are the challenges. You'll find layout challenges featuring many different themes and techniques, and Fast Scraps which are mini challenges intended to keep you thinking and scrapping on the ball! Most every challenge can be completed using basic supplies any scrapper should have in their supply. In the case that a particular product is required, an announcement will be made ahead of time in the Online Crop Forum, allowing plenty of time to gather necessary supplies beforehand. In the near future our online crops may feature scrapbooking classes. Make sure you check the class supply list in the Cyber Crop Forum or Crop informational page. Games are another big feature during the online crop. You can join in the fun playing bingo, guessing games, scavenger hunts and MORE! Remember... the more games and challenges you participate in the better your chances are of walking away with prizes and/or gift certificates!

3) How do Classes Work?
Stay Tuned!

4) How to get ready for the Online Crop This is simple!
Check out the Cyber Crop Forum (or the crop info page in the Events & News section) and jot down the schedule, sign up for classes and check for any other announcements regarding challenges or games. Also, don't forget to sign up for Bingo and send in your bingo cards early! We've got a number of different bingo games scheduled to keep the fun rocking all weekend long! Then gather all your favorite supplies and clear a scrapping space... preferably near your pc to optimize your crop enjoyment! Lastly, make sure you plan ahead and clear your busy schedule so you can spend as much time participating in the crop as you possibly can! You won't want to miss a bit of the action!

5) What to expect once the Online Crop begins?
Hold onto your hats for Fun! Fun! Fun! You'll suddenly begin to notice new threads popping up for games, challenges and friendly chit-chat in the Cyber Crop forum. Keep an eye on the Cyber Crop Forum, refreshing often to be sure you don't miss a new challenge or game. The rules for each challenge and game are posted clearly in each new thread. As always, if you have a question please feel welcome to shout it out. Our Design Team hostesses and myself are there to ensure you have fun and many members of our online community are seasoned veterans of online cropping!

6) How to find new challenges as they become available
The best way to stay in the know is to keep refreshing the Cyber Crop Forum! You'll see new threads with the challenge title and # and in case you get lost in a sea of new threads... there is always a master Crop thread highlighted and stuck to the top of the Crop Forum with an up to date listing of current and past challenges.

7) How are winners chosen
Our Design Team hostesses try their hardest to make sure everyone has the most fun they can have during an online crop. The only way to get awards is to participate, participate, participate! Most challenge and game winners are chosen by random drawing. Some games will state in the rules as they are posted, that the "first person with the correct answer" is called winner. It's important to read the rules in every new challenge or game. You also never know when you'll be randomly selected just for hanging around on the Message Board with us!