May: NATIONAL SCRAPBOOKING MONTH
I keep forgetting that May is National Scrapbooking Month, but this year, I happened to catch the announcment in my email from Scrapbook.com telling of their yearly contests in celebration of all memory keepers who scrapbook. I first joined in in 2008 when there was a set day, time and site. You had to reserve that day, be there to receive instructions and submit your creations by a deadline time. It was maddening! One would try to create something amazing in a short few hours, take pictures and upload them to the site.
I like the way they are doing it now. They announce the contests in April and give you a deadline approximately a month later for submissions. Even the submission process has gotten easier. You can enter as many times as you desire. A much more practical way to do it. I liked the thrill of trying to get it done with a deadline with what I had on hand on that day. However, it felt more like a race, than a creative contest. I love having the time to incubate ideas, gather supplies, create.
The prizes are amazing. There are gift cards from major scrapbooking supply stores, craft stores, etc. I entered several things this years.
I did not win anything this year. I had in 2008. I won all sorts of embellishments that were outstanding. Although I did not win a prize this year, I did get something more than I expected. I took the time to look at many of the other entries. The creativity out here is so wonderful. So many ideas are shared. You know what happens when creative ideas are shared?? More creative ideas are born!!! New methods are learned and people grow. I know I have grown just from looking at the other entries, other member's galleries of their creations, commenting on their entries. What is more, I made a few friends doing so. Creative, crafty people are so friendly, fun, exciting. Creative people fuel the imaginations of other creative people. For me, I won grand prize, the friends, ideas, methods and sharing of so many creative people.
A special thanks to Scrapbook.com for sponsoring this amazing event each year. It gets better all time! Thank you to the vendors who donated the prizes. They are greatly appreciated. Thanks, too, to my fellow creative scrappers. Thank you for your comments, encouragement, and love, but most of all thank you for helping my creative side grow. #scrapbook.com #nationalscrapbookingmonth
Below are a few of my entries. There were three categories:
To enter the Live, Laugh, Layout Challenge: you create a layout that incorporates a wide variety of embellishments. To enter the Die Cut Challenge you To enter a creation that shows off your creative use of die cuts. The Crafters Choice Challenge allowed crafters to enter whatever they create, not just scrapbook pieces.
My Live, Laugh Layout Challenge submittal: A three page scrapbook layout of my birthday at the Grand Canyon with map post card pocket and a self authored Haiku.
My other entry, Crafters Choice, were the fairy home domes that I detailed in my previous blog.
I keep forgetting that May is National Scrapbooking Month, but this year, I happened to catch the announcment in my email from Scrapbook.com telling of their yearly contests in celebration of all memory keepers who scrapbook. I first joined in in 2008 when there was a set day, time and site. You had to reserve that day, be there to receive instructions and submit your creations by a deadline time. It was maddening! One would try to create something amazing in a short few hours, take pictures and upload them to the site.
I like the way they are doing it now. They announce the contests in April and give you a deadline approximately a month later for submissions. Even the submission process has gotten easier. You can enter as many times as you desire. A much more practical way to do it. I liked the thrill of trying to get it done with a deadline with what I had on hand on that day. However, it felt more like a race, than a creative contest. I love having the time to incubate ideas, gather supplies, create.
The prizes are amazing. There are gift cards from major scrapbooking supply stores, craft stores, etc. I entered several things this years.
I did not win anything this year. I had in 2008. I won all sorts of embellishments that were outstanding. Although I did not win a prize this year, I did get something more than I expected. I took the time to look at many of the other entries. The creativity out here is so wonderful. So many ideas are shared. You know what happens when creative ideas are shared?? More creative ideas are born!!! New methods are learned and people grow. I know I have grown just from looking at the other entries, other member's galleries of their creations, commenting on their entries. What is more, I made a few friends doing so. Creative, crafty people are so friendly, fun, exciting. Creative people fuel the imaginations of other creative people. For me, I won grand prize, the friends, ideas, methods and sharing of so many creative people.
A special thanks to Scrapbook.com for sponsoring this amazing event each year. It gets better all time! Thank you to the vendors who donated the prizes. They are greatly appreciated. Thanks, too, to my fellow creative scrappers. Thank you for your comments, encouragement, and love, but most of all thank you for helping my creative side grow. #scrapbook.com #nationalscrapbookingmonth
Below are a few of my entries. There were three categories:
To enter the Live, Laugh, Layout Challenge: you create a layout that incorporates a wide variety of embellishments. To enter the Die Cut Challenge you To enter a creation that shows off your creative use of die cuts. The Crafters Choice Challenge allowed crafters to enter whatever they create, not just scrapbook pieces.
My Live, Laugh Layout Challenge submittal: A three page scrapbook layout of my birthday at the Grand Canyon with map post card pocket and a self authored Haiku.
page one
post card pocket
page 2
page three
GRAND CANYON HAIKU
My submission for the Die Cut challenge was a wall hanging made with machine, handcut and purchased die cuts;
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| A Diecutville Christmas |
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| Fairy Home Dome |
These Fairy Home Domes are for sale in my
Etsy Shoppe: GOOD THINGS SMALL PACKAGES There are four different positions right now. I am in the process of making the "home domes" for gnomes, elves, dragons, etc. I also take custom orders.
~Marie
#scrapbook.com, #nationalscrapbookingmonth
SCRAPBOOK.COM (not just scrapbook supply site, a community of very creative people!)
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