Get To Know Christy Riopel

CHRISTY RIOPEL is also back for her 3^rd time teaching on Crop and Cruise where she is known for taking you on an artistic journey like no other!!  From cards and layouts to mixed media and home decor, Christy does it all!!

She not only enlightens you with more tricks and techniques than you thought existed, but thoroughly entertains you as she pushes the boundaries of creativity!  Christy’s background in art and design mean her classes leave you inspired, infused with potential and simply wanting more!!

As a contributing writer for Canadian Scrapbooker Magazine and co-owner for MondayNightClass.ca, Christy’s art has been widely published and enjoyed across the country including numerous appearances on Breakfast Television!!

She has also taught internationally at CHA, Scrapfest, Camp Croppin' and The Great Canadian Scrapbook Carnivals and for companies like Basic Grey, Westcott, myStampBOX and Upsy Daisy!!   Her favourite part is meeting people who share a love for creating.

Besides crafting, Christy has become a quick study in photography and has some stunning shots from a recent trip to China!

Christy lives in Calgary where she is mom to two beautiful girls, wife to the most patient man in the world and caretaker to two dachshunds who all together give her much joy and plenty of antics to scrapbook!!

Christy is super excited to join Jill Hildebrand and Allison Orthner as instructors and looks forward to spending time with you in Hawaii and is already dreaming up projects!!  To get to know Christy Riopel better, visit her blog at http://www.christyriopel.blogspot.com/

Get to know Jill Hildebrand

JILL HILDEBRAND is back by popular demand for her 3^rd Crop and Cruise!!  This smalltown, farm-girl is not only profoundly creative, but comes with a contagious personality and high energy to boot!! 

She is a widely published scrapbook artist who has taught at numerous events throughout Canada and USA and is best known for her colourful and edgy layouts.  In Jill’s classes she encourages scrappers to get CRAZY and become excited about the products in front of them believing there are “No Mistakes – Only Unexpected Creations” in the Life Art we are creating. 

Jill is currently a design team member for myStampBOX and Nikki Sivils Scrapbooker.   Her work has been featured in Canadian Scrapbooker Magazine and her keen eye in photography portrays a wildly fun passion for life and will most definitely rub off on you in Hawaii!!  

As the wife of a grain farmer in Manitoba, Jill stays busy being a SAHM to three children and working as a substitute teacher.  In any spare time she happens to find, she will get “lost” in home decorating, travelling and watching NBA games with her family… oh and folding laundry!!!!

To get to know Jill Hildebrand better, visit her blog at www.fromthefarm-jill.blogspot.com

Watch here soon to meet Christy Riopel, our next featured instructor for Hawaii!!!

The Big Reveal: Our Featured Instructors for HAWAII

We are so very pleased to announce:

Joining Allison Orthner 

as Featured Instructors on Crop and Cruise HAWAII in Nov. 2012 are:

Jill Hildebrand

and

Christy Riopel

 We are stoked to have these past Crop and Cruise instructors back on board with us by popular demand!!!!  Not only are they ridiculously talented (you will learn TONS and TONS of the industry's best TIPS and TRICKS just hanging with them and taking their classes), but they are also more fun than we can even put into words!!!  And if a picture's worth a thousand words, check these out from the last time the three of us were together to get an inkling of what's in store in Hawaii:

And as a special bonus, we will also teach you the top ways to wear Hawaiian leis...

The "Roman"

The "Bam Bam"

and the "Scrunchie"!!!

Watch here over the next week as we introduce each of these ladies a little better... we promise that their passion for crafting, photography and sharing their heart and soul with you will be inspiring!!!  We invite you to join us on this ultimate adventure!!

You had us at Aloha!!!

Red and Green Sand Beaches????

Did you know...

• HAWAII is home to some of the world's most beautiful beaches!!
• Besides white sand, there are beaches with black, red and even green sand!!

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And we are planning an exclusive Crop and Cruise 

PHOTO FIELD TRIP 

to visit and of course take stunning photos of some of these unique sites while on Crop and Cruise HAWAII!!!  Just imagine!!!!

AND... if you are really curious about exactly who our 

Featured Instructors

are for Hawaii... check out page 23 in the Winter issue of Canadian Scrapbooker Magazine!!!!

You had me at Aloha!!!

Guess Who?????

We are sooooooooo excited as we are getting ready to announce our Featured Instructors for Crop and Cruise Hawaii!!!!

GUESS WHO THEY ARE???!!!

We think you are going to be delighted as these ladies are not only ridiculously creative, internationally experienced and fantastic educators, but they are FUN FUN FUN to hang with!!!!

You had me at Aloha ladies!!!!