Layout Challenge Winner

I'm excited to announce that Belinda is the winner of this month's layout challenge. She didn't have much competition on this one...you all must be so busy! What I love about this layout is that she turned the second page. This layout was used for my recent scrap-a-stack and I keep hearing rave reviews from the attendees with how pleased they are that both pages can be easily turned to suit the photos that they have. The stamped horse, twill tape, and brads add beautiful embellishment to these great photos. Thanks so much Belinda for sharing this with us!

Scrap-A-Stack Photos

Here are the rest of the photos from the Scrap-A-Stack, the first was posted on 5/17 for the Sketch Challenge. The intent of this class was to create 12 simple pages using the same sketch, but different colors, papers, and accessories. There are no titles and the pages are generic enough that they can be used for a variety of photos. Enjoy!

May Layout Challenge

This is a little late in coming, but I'm excited to give you all a new sketch challenge to play with. I hope we will get more participation this time. This is actually the sketch that I used for last week's "Stamp-a-Stack" during which we made 6, 2-page layouts. I'm excited to see what you all come up with , feel free to share layouts with or without photos. The "deadline" for this challenge is Monday, June 1st. Due date for this challenge is Monday, June 1st. All you need to do is upload your creation to a blog or online gallery and then comment on this post and link to it. Unfortunatley, linking in a comment on blogger is not very user friendly, but it's not that bad if you just use the html code below:

In place of "linkaddress.com" place the web address of your creation, in place of "Link Name" you can write a title that you've given your creation. Feel free to contact me if you have problems or questions.

Blog candy for this challenge is another StoryTellers Club mini Kit...Owl themed this time. For some reason owls are in fashion now-a-days. I just saw a pair of jeans with an owl stitched on them!

And the winner is....

Belinda, who created this adorable layout to display her son at his first Tiger Cub Pinewood Derby. For my first Scrappy Mama Challenge, we only had 2 entries, but hopefully we'll get more in the future. The other entry was from Paula, who made the cute layout below:

To choose the winner, I used the "coin flip" tool on Random.org for the first time. I assigned "heads" to Belinda and "tails" to Paula. I had the computer "toss" 3 coins and the results are shown below. I know...I'm such a geek, but I think this is neat (you can even pick what kind of coin to toss).

Congratulations, Belinda! I'll be sending you the adorable prize kit shortly. Stay tuned for more challenges, and spread the word about this blog so we can get more entries (ideas) next time. I know I have some work to do to make it a bit easier for people to link their entries to this blog.

5 Days left for Sketch Challenge!

Just 5 days left before I draw a name for the winner of my first sketch challenge! Here's another example that I whipped up last week with some extra kit materials. The details for the challenge can be found here. I can't wait to see what all of you come up with!

Papers: Starburst Storytellers Paper, Tempting Turquoise Textured Cardstock, Green Galore, Real Red
Accessories: Turquoise grosgrain ribbon, Startburst Storytellers die cuts

March Layout Challenge

I'm excited to offer my first ScrappyMama Scrapbooking Challenge this month. Since most people I know tend to scrapbook 2 page layouts, I'm going to provide a 2-page layout sketch for you all to try. You can then take a picture of your layout , post the picture on splitcoaststampers.com, your own blog, or some other online gallery, and then link it in a comment to this blog post. For every picture you post, you will be entered into a drawing for this month's blog candy, a page kit with supplies from StoryTellers Club.

The deadline for entry into this challenge is Sunday March 15th. I will be drawing a winner on Monday, March 16th. The winners picture will be posted on this blog that week.

The sketch that we'll be using is one that I found in the March issue of Creating Keepsakes Magazine by Becky Higgins.
The prize drawing is a page kit from StoryTellers Club that is "Love" themed. You could use these papers to make 4-6 layouts if you add some more cardstock of your own, it comes with so many die-cut embellishments. Included in the kit is 2 sheets of double-sided patterned paper, and 3 sheets of coordinating die-cut embellishments.

Good Luck everyone! I'm excited to see what you will come up with!