Good day to all mad croppers…here are the special deals I’ve found just for you…happy shopping!
Celebrate National Papercrafting Month with Close To My Heart – free kits!
Stamp Set Giveaway
Two Peas in a Bucket End of Year Clearance

Check this out. You might be next Product Designer over at Making Memories designing those oh-so-yummy scrapbooking products
The Making Memories Product Design team is seeking a Product Designer to complement our current initiatives and goals in the design and development of new products related to scrapbooking. As a Product Designer, you will also have an opportunity to participate in various promotional opportunities.
Duties and Responsibilities:
* Conceptualizes, plans and executes design projects as assigned by Product Design Team
* Responsible …read more

Those who have always wanted to use Photoshop but couldn’t afford the software, here’s your chance to use the new Photoshop line for free. There’s a catch of course but it ain’t that hard. All you have to do is provide feedback on the functionality of the new programme.

Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced Adobe® Photoshop® Express public beta, a free Rich Internet Application (RIA) available to anyone who wants to store, sort and show off digital photos with eye-catching effects. During the public beta period, Adobe will solicit Photoshop Express user feedback on product features and functionality, which will …read more

Hello Mad Cropper readers! Happy Easter to you! How did you spend the long weekend? I spent it with my family (sans my husband who spent the long weekend touring the South Island of New Zealand on his motorbike)…My family means our daughter, my sister and her family plus my Mum and Dad
I hope you had a great holiday!

Do you Facebook? I do. I’m a member of 2 social networking sites that I regularly check on. One of them is Facebook. I’ve got one for my professional networking. So I’ve got 3 in all. How many have you got? There’s so many networking sites out there, it’s hard to keep up! But I digress, just good to know that Pink Paislee recognised the power of social networking!

Taking an innovative approach to the idea of brand awareness and consumer interaction, Pink Paislee, LLC is the first scrapbook manufacturer to launch a networking community that focuses on everything creative. …read more

Hmm, I didn’t realise that the scrapbooking world is surrounded by controversy as well!
Rumors of impropriety have swirled around Creating Keepsakes’ annual Hall of Fame contest almost from its beginning 9 years ago. But with the release of Vol. 9 of the Hall of Fame annual, featuring the 2007 contest winners, the whispers have become a roar that Creating Keepsakes and the scrapbook industry can no longer pretend not to hear.
The 2007 contest rules explicitly stated that all photos in the entry had to have been taken by the entrant. But when the book hit newstands recently, at least one …read more

The Rolls Royce of Crafters has just upped the notch of this wonderful hobby, scrapbooking. Who decided she likes scrapbooking? It’s Martha Stewart that is! I admire this woman despite the conviction but hey, no one’s perfect!
The Economist reports
MARTHA STEWART is a woman with many hobbies. She cooks, gardens and makes jam. And now it seems she has decided to take up scrapbooking. This month Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia launched a line of Martha-branded supplies, bringing a dash of glamour to the world of paper crafts.

Can you believe that? Is this true? Here in New Zealand, almost every bloke I know is a keen or aspiring golfer.
However, according to a Craft and Hobby Association research,
Modern scrapbooking began in the early 1980s when the first scrapbooking store opened in Utah. But the hobby really exploded about 10 years ago, turning into a $2.5 billion annual industry.
In fact, the pastime is now more popular than golf. That’s right. Golf.
One in three households has a scrapbooker, compared with one in four households with a golfer.
Wow, better let the boss know….haha!

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I may not do any digital scrapbooking but I do have a lot of valuable digital photos, emails, downloaded songs and files in my computer that if my machine ever dies on me, I’d go mad.
I found this media release from Broderbund regarding their new product, The Print Shop.
The Print Shop® 22 product line, can be the first print program users to get a free 15-day trial subscription to Carbonite, the online backup service that backs up your whole computer simply and automatically. The Print Shop22 customers can go to www.carbonite.com/broderbund to sign up for a free 15-day trial of …read more

For all you mad croppers who have got tons of photos in your shoe box, now is the time to digitally archive them!
Canon releases four new scanners!
he new lineup of Canon’s flexible, yet attractive scanning solutions fit most budgets and lifestyles. The new CanoScan 8600F, LiDE 600F, CanoScan 4400F and the LiDE 70 colour image scanners offer the latest in design, ease of use and affordability.
Hmm, perhaps now is the time to replace my old scanner! I’ve still got tons of photos to scan and archive!
For more info, click HERE.