Just a Little Bit of Scrapping

Not sure what the deal is . . . it doesn't seem like I've done much scrapping this past month. School started back today, so maybe that had something to do with it. Who knows! Anyway, I did manage to do this page over the weekend. I love how it turned out. It was for a scraplift challenge. I used an older kit and just love how perfectly the colors match my picture.

X Marks the Crop

I really meant to post about this before now and I just haven't been very good about keeping up with my blog. We had an X Marks the Crop crop over at Treasured Scrapbooking and it was so much fun. It was pirate-themed and was a huge success. So fun to see new members coming in for it. My challenge was to talk like a pirate, so I created this page for my challenge. Scooby's all-star team from last year was perfect for this challenge. With them being the Lady Pirates, it worked out perfectly.

The Treasure Hunt is still going strong and the entries are being narrowed down. I'm just blown away by the pages I have seen. Such talent! :)

The Treasured Hunt - DETAILS!

It's here - our biggest contest of the year - The Treasured Hunt!
This will be a six week contest. To enter, upload your very best layout into the Treasured Hunt gallery-Eligibility Entries category by 9pm (EST) Friday July 31st. The Design Team will vote and the top 25 entries will move on to compete in the contest. Following is the timeline of the contest:

Eligibility Round - deadline Friday, July 31th - 9pm (EST)
Sun Aug 2 - 25 contestants announced

1st round
Tues Aug 4- 1st challenge announced
Mon Aug 10 - deadline to upload entries (9pm EST)

2nd round
Tue Aug 11 - announcement of 20 contestants moving on/2nd challenge posted
Mon Aug 17 - deadline to upload entries (9pm EST)

3rd round
Tue Aug 18 - announcement of 15 contestants moving on/3rd challenge posted
Mon Aug 24 - deadline to upload entries (9pm EST)

4th round
Tue Aug 25 - announcement of 10 contestants moving on/4th challenge posted
Mon Aug 31 - deadline to upload entries (9pm EST)

5th round
Tue Sep 1 - announcement of 5 contestants moving on/5th challenge posted
Mon Sep 7- deadline to upload entries (9pm EST)

6th round
Tue Sep 8 - announcement of 3 contestants moving on/6th and final challenge posted
Mon Sep 14- deadline to upload entries (9pm EST)

WINNER ANNOUNCED - on or before September 17

After the 25 contestants are chosen, weekly challenges will be posted on Tuesdays and entries must be posted in the appropriate challenge gallery by the following Monday at 9pm (EST).

Pages will be judged on photography, creativity, originality, relativity to challenge theme and overall design. Winners for each round will be determined by the Design Team and myself.

Please pay close attention to the requirements of each challenge! Ask questions if you need clarification! Any deviation from the challenge requirements listed will result in disqualification. This is only to be fair to those who follow all of the requirements. We ask that all entries be posted only to the Treasured Scrapbooking gallery until the end of the contest or elimination.

PRIZES!! (Now to the good part!)
GRAND PRIZE: Prize Package worth over $250 of scrapbooking supplies and a $50 gift certificate to the Treasured Scrapbooking store!!

2nd prize: $40 Treasured Scrapbooking Gift Certificate

3rd prize: $25 Treasured Scrapbooking Gift Certificate

All submissions must be original designs. Layouts submitted for any round of the contest (except the original eligibility entries) must be posted only in the TS gallery until the end of the contest or elimination and must not be published, posted or entered in any contest, in any magazine or on any website until the end of the contestant's participation in the contest.
Exception: layouts may be posted on your personal blog.

The Treasured Hunt

Oh my! I can't believe it is that time of year already! The biggest contest of the year is getting ready to kick off over at Treasured Scrapbooking (see link at right). Last year was my first year participating, and I can honestly say that the layouts I created during that contest have been some of my most favorite. And the prize -- the GRAND PRIZE -- is amazing! You have to come check it out! Sure hope you play along! Here's what I did last year during the contest.



Come play along -- and be sure to introduce yourself and let them know Ginger sent you! Hope to see you over there!

Catching Up

Whew! Life has finally settled down a bit and we've had some nice quiet evenings at home! I'm loving being on the DT at Treasured Scrapbooking -- it has been a dream come true and Leslie has sent me some amazing kits to work with. Here's a few goodies from July's kit. It is so fun and bright and funky -- right down my alley!

School's Out for Summer Crop

Treasured Scrapbooking is having a School's Out for Summer Crop this weekend! Come play with us. I issued a scraplift challenge and just love how my page turned out. I lifted Reelgirl's (Shelly) Dog Days of Summer. It's such a fun, bright layout -- and of course, you know I'm all about pup pages. Here's my version:
Cocoa is such a funny dog!

Anyway -- come join us for the crop! There's tons of fun challenges and games going on. It goes through Sunday. Hope to see you there!

Let's Go Blog Hopping

I have never participated in a blog hop, but I'm hoping to on June 18th if I'm not on a ballfield! Scrapattack Scrapbooking is hosting one and it sounds like tons of fun. All you have to do is visit the participating blogs, leave a comment & your name will be put in some drawings for some great prizes. Come play along!

And while you're at it -- my dear friend Kelzpop has been hosting SSU classes over at Scrapattackscrapbooking. I didn't get to participate in the first round but I'm sure hoping to dive right in on the 2nd round that's getting cranked up. I'm having trouble getting the link inserted -- but if you look over to the right and click on Scrapattack Scrapbooking, that will lead you right to it.

Hope to see you there!