Mystery Challenge Winner & a RAK

Well Scrapbook Supplies Direct has a winner for the monthly mystery challenge from December! Congratulations are in order for MSIPPI .... Congrats girl!

We'll have a new challenge up by noon tomorrow .... it'll run through the end of the month so come on over and give it a try.

AND ........

ScrappyGal's also got a challenge where you can win a great RAK! Create an altered item and submit it to the gallery (and the challenge post). The challenge will end Friday, January 23rd and the winner will be announced by Sunday the 25th.

What's up for grabs? Hmmmm a birdhouse, paper and embellies to alter their birdhouse with. Sounds yummy! Here's one that she's done .....

Click HERE to pop on over to check out her challenge!

Might you be the lucky winner?

HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND AND I HOPE TO SEE YOU OVER AT SSD!

*Don't forget SSD is having a big sale!*

Halloween Hoopla at SSD is in full swing!

Scrapbook Supplies Direct is in day 2 of their Halloween Hoopla!

There are contest, challenges, games and PRIZES!

Don't forget to pop on over and hang out for a while!

Great things are happening and you might walk awaywith the PhotoBook Maker ($100 value).

We've also just released our HALLOWEEN KIT featuring the spooky fun pages in Cosmo Cricket's Haunted Line! Aren't they just yummy!

This is just the papers!

There are rub-ons, lacing cards, paint, chipboard & so much more!

Here's are a few of the things that I created with them....

"FREAKS" Layout

and my cards

The gals on our Design team created some pretty amazing stuff... They're so creative!

Christine S. (aka: ScrappyGal) made this adorable lacing card album

Lelie C. (aka: Mimibean) made this spooktacular "BOO" decor

Pop on over to SSD! These kits were created in very limited quantities and while you're there .... stay and play a while.... You could just be the biggest winner!

GO NOW!

A week In Review & What's In the Coming Week

Wow .... Lots of thing have been happening and there's more to come!

My youngest son turned NINE and my parents came to visit!
I so love 'em dearly, but when they come to town it's like the Hatfield & the McCoys!
[so much dislike between my husband and parents]
Some of you already know!

Anyhow, my boys had a blast eating, swimming, haning out with the g-parents. My youngest got some videos, pokemon cards
(ughhh, I just don't get those things),
toys and lots of hugs!
I always hate it when they have to leave, but all good things must come to an end. Besides that ... I'm planning a trip to visit them and my grandmother in November sometime.

I didn't get to scrap much, well actually none at all.
That royally stinks because I've got to work on an album for someone. I've got lots more to do, but quite honestly it's difficult when you don't know the faces you're looking at and none of the photos are dated. Oh well, just means I have to meet with him often and get relative info to keep scrapping. I have an impending deadline though of around the first week in November ... SO I BETTER STAY BUSY ON IT!

ScrapbookSuppliesDirect.com has yet another Guest Designer call out to reign during the month of November. Deadline for submissions for this call is October 15 (which is rapidly approaching). Oh, and I've seen the new SSD kit that is going to be released soon. IT'S SPOOKTACULAR! Pop on over to SSD and check them out, sign up AND make sure you sign up for the newsletter. Kit details will be in the newsletter, as well as the 2nd Annual HALLOWEEN HOOPLA!

I've got a full day ahead of me on Monday, my LSS class is full to capacity! I'm so excited because this will definitely make the trip much more bearable. The class is on BO Bunny's "Family" word album. I'll have to snap some pictures of it later!

Oh and lastly, my bloggy is soon to be celebrating it's one year anniversary!
Whoo hooo!
Thanks for putting up with me this long!

Olympic Tally Challenges

Okay I'm waist deep in the TallyScrapper Olympics Challenges now. Here are the three that I've done so far

CHALLENGE #1: Progress

RULES: "Progress" must be in the title! Layout must include the olympic circles (any size, color, layout, just have circles)

RESULTS: I actually liked the layout and colors used here.

CHALLENGE #2: "no, no, no"

RULES: No patterned paper, no stickers, no rub-ons, no brads, practically no nothing! Must incorporate staples or tape, must include "no, no, no" somewhere on layout.

RESULTS: I wasn't totally thrilled with how this turned out, not quite what my minds eye had invisioned.

Well the base cardstock (white) was a solid white piece that I randomly stamped w/paint. I used rust, evergreen and royal blue paints, which coordinates perfectly w/cardstock in this layout.
The BIG circle center is the title "No 3" (which means no, no, no). The title No 3 was freehand cut in the green cs. I used staples in each corner to anchor the mat (blue cs) and did my journaling on them.

Journaling reads:

No, it's not easy being a mommy!

Everything is no, no, no!

No quite time for me,

No privacy in the bathroom,

No rest for the weary.

My time is not my own!

I wouldn't give it up for anything!

Adrian & Alexander, Oct, 2001

CHALLENGE #3: 95 (the number of medals the USA had received thus far in the Olympics)

RULES: (too much to type, see comments below photo)

In this challenge came about due to the number of metals the US had received (hence the numbers 29, 34, & 32 .... and the colors gold, bronze and silver)

Here it is and it is what it is.........

GOLD - Large Brad in center of flowers

SILVER - Brads at the end of paper strips

BRONZE - "95" & "ME" (Also serves double duty as stickers)

29 Pcs PP = Six multi-layer flowers that have been chalked and inked, paper strips upper left corner. Tag has been stamped w/lines therefore turning it into patterned paper. Tab on end of tag.

34 Stickers = 95 & ME were bronze/copper letters that were ran thru xyron. Rest of stickers are found in the wording around photo mat.

32 Brads = 20 along the edge of the photo mat, 6 on flowers, & 6 at the end of the paper strips.95 things = on the tag ... and THAT was the hardest part about this challenge. I'm a humble person and thinking of that many things to me was kinda like bragging and that's not my style ... so, it is what it is.

Hope you like THEM!

Happy Harvest

We'll I decided to give it a go .... so I took Trina's Timeless Treasures Card Sketch Challenge a shot and this was my creation.... Happy Harvest! Hope you like it!

I used a lot of pop dots to really pop the farmer off the page.
The farmer and the barn are stamped images I received from Sairabee.
The pumpkins and the 'happy harvest' are Stampin Up stamps that I owned.

HOT CHICK gets a new home!

Well I’ve got so much going on that I didn’t have a chance to draw a winner for the Little Chick Stamp by Imaginisce yesterday …. But I did it today! I had 8 comments and I used RANDOM.ORG to select a number 1-8. It chose a number and the person with that comment is the winner. With that out of the way…….

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Random Integer Generator
Here are your random numbers: 8
Timestamp: 2008-08-16 23:42:23 UTC

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The 8th comment was made by BREANN!

Congratulations BREANN, send me your addy next

time you're on tally and I'll drop it in the mail the very next day!

Can't wait to see what you create with it!

Rev'vd Up And Ready To Go !

Potential Guest Designers have started their engines. Submission have been rolling in for the ScrapbookSuppliesDirect first ever GUEST DESIGNER. If you would like to be considered in the call, please hop over to ScrapbookSuppliesDirect and register. Once registered you'll be able to upload your images for submission, ITS JUST THAT EASY! All the details have been posted on the site. Could YOU be the first. You have from now until the 15th to upload your most amazing creations. This call is open for scrapbook pages, cards and altered arts. Come on over.

Guest Designer Call

I've been moderating at ScrapbookSuppliesDirect for some time now. I've watched the sight morph into a great little community. We have periodic contests, ongoing monthly challenges and have had some awesome prizes, most recently, the Photobook Maker by Unibind. Now, we've gone and done it again.... we're seeking a monthly Guest Designer. Could it be you?

How to Apply for Scrapbook Supplies Direct's Team

1. Sign up for membership at ScrapChat (if you're not already a member)



2. Upload some of your current layouts, cards or altered art items to the ScrapGallery to showcase some of your work, (the more the merrier [minimum of three items], the better we can see your work - and we have lots of room, so show us your stuff!)



3. Send the Site Admin a batch of chocolate chip cookies (some say this is optional). Please do not upload layouts that have already been published elsewhere without making clear, concise notation.



4. PM the Design Team Manager, Scrappy Doo 2 U, the following information:

• Your name and User ID



• Your location (Currently our call is limited to Domestic USA residents unless other arrangements have been made. Great Britian and Canadian residents may inquire using our contact form or through the ScrapChat Forum. )



• Website address of your current blog, website & galleries, if any



• Brief history or bio about yourself



• List of specialty tools you own (ie: Cricut, Cuttlebug, Pazzles, etc)
  

There's so much more to discover, hop over to SSD and register today. Upload your creations into the DESIGN TEAM GALLERY for consideration. We will be accepting entries through 8/15/2008. A Guest Designer will be chosen on/around the 2oth. More details (Guest Designer Duties & Perks) will be posted here and on the site shortly.

Tell your pals, Share the love, LINK TO US ... go ahead, snag the image at the top of the post!

Well Poooh & a Whoo Hoo!

First the well poooooh! I didn't make the TallyScrapper DT, but that sure won't discourage me from trying again AND Again. Persistence pays off for stalkers (sometimes). I just realize that I was up against some really talented gals! So to those gals that make the DT ... CONGRATULATIONS and I can't wait to see what you bring us for your tour of duty.

Now the Whoo Hoo! On my challenge I participated in about "HAPPINESS IS..." on Tally....... I placed second. Not first, but I had some stiff competition! Whoo hoo! Still happy with second!

I've also just noticed that GutterGirlz has their new prompt in play! Hmmmmm, has my wheels turning .... so many possibilities! Check them out!

Happiness is ......

This creation I can attribute to two things. On Tally, would be CCORIGINAL for a Journal and VictorianGirl for a challenge about Happiness.

Journaling is embedded in the photo and reads.....

Happiness is a frame of mind that is dynamic in it’s nature.

It is the state of oneself and makes one’s life worth living.

Happiness is found within and in the giving and sharing with those less fortunate.

It is a sense of joy that can not be bought or sold.

My happiness is found in the daily sacrifices for my family and the sakes of others.

My happiness can be found in making someone else smile.

It can be found in my acts of charity and the living a righteous life.

My happiness lies within my friends, family and the strangers to whom I’ve brought joy.

This is my happiness!

DT Calls and I tried to answer!

We'll I really want to be on a Design Team that is active! I have pulled this creation together based on guidelines established by GutterGirlz.

The theme is I FEEL LIKE A WOMAN (Shania Twain song) and must incorporate panty hose. All the gals layouts that I saw were great. They were sexy. I dont have that hot little bod some of those gals do and am not really a girlie girl. With this in mind it helped me create the following layout for their challenge. I took the liberty to show the 'other' side of being a woman...... maybe you'll get a kick out of it. I love to place humor in layouts when I can.

Let me know what you think.

7 Deadly Sins & 7 Holy Virtues

I have this challenge running on two different sites at the same time. It's called 7 DEADLY SINS & 7 HOLY VIRTUES. Here's a quick layout for reference on my 7 sins.

Each site has it's own prize, so if you are participating in it, you have double the chance to win! The sites are.......

TallyScrapper

Scrapbook Supplies Direct

(If you register at SSD, please enter in the referral box that ScrappyDoo2u referred you!)

GOOD LUCK EVERYONE!

* G E T F E L T U P * Challenge

We’ll I’ve decided to host yet another scrapbook challenge online.

*** GET FELT UP ***

This one is revolving around the use of felt.

It will run on Tally from 6/1 – 6/20
(Prize will be mailed by 6/25, and will be chosen & mailed by me)

Up for grabs on this challenge is an assortment of felt cut-outs

AND

A special addition ----- but I'll let that be a surprise!

CONGRATULATIONS LAURAJEAN

for her winning submission...

The same challenge is also running on a different website
I moderate at, ScrapbookSuppliesDirect.com from 6/1 – 6/30/2008.

If you wish to double your chances AND POSSIBLY YOUR PRIZES,
Register where I moderate … tell ‘em ScrappyDoo2u sent you!
Any contest won on ScrapbookSuppliesDirect
Will be selected and mailed by the site owner.