This is such a fun, busy time of the year for shopping and giving to our friends and family. It is also about celebrating and thinking of others. This month we are focusing on giving. Please make a project ( page layout, mini book, altered item) to document how you spend the holidays whether it be decortating a tree, singing songs, lighting candles, or time with special people, we want to see how you enjoy the month of December. As you are out shopping, please keep in mind, other people who are less fortunate, and do a little extra something special for them. Some ideas are: donate some spare change to the Salvation Army who stand in front of most grocery stores and large retail shops, or give a new toy for a toy drive. The local fire stations often collect toys for tots. If you aren't able to "give" anything financially, you can donate some extra clothes or household items to your local goodwill. We at Scrap It Forward want to combine the love of scrapbooking, with helping others. Whatever you decide to do, please let us know when you submit your challenge entry! Thank you for particiapting and helping someone else!!! Happy Holidays!

This challenge will run from today, December 14th until Wednesday, December 30th. Two winners will be selected on December 31st. We know that it is a busy time of year,but to get you in the mood, and those creative juices a flowing.... here are some sample layouts that Illyse and I did. AND if that doesn't get you going, check out the prizes below! :0)

Illyse's Layout


Christine's layout


PRIZES! PRIZES! PRIZES! OH DON"T YOU WANT SOME?



Thanks for all those who stop by, support us and play along. You make it all worthwhile and a lot of fun~ Happy Holidays!

Congratulations to Carla for winning our We Are So Very Thankful challenge. She made an adorable "Thankful" card. Carla, please send us an email with your address/contact information so we can send you your prize. Thank you to all of you who participated in this challenge. Be sure to check back because we will have another challenge soon!

During this time of year we often reflect upon the many gifts in our lives that we are thankful for. Many of us are so very blessed with family, caring friends and loved ones. We also may be thankful for the good fortune in our lives or for small gifts that may seem hidden to others. Whatever it may be, why don't you share it with us?
This challenge is simple, link a picture of your paper craft, layout..whatever you may choose, in your post of something that depicts your "thankfulness". The project must have the word "thankful" displayed on it somewhere. Along with your post, please tell us why/what you are thankful for this season.

Why do you want to do this? Well, first of all, sometimes it is good to take an inventory of your life and realize that even when things get tough..there is always something to be thankful for. Secondly, there is a prize involved..if you do both parts of the challenge, of course. So why not?

Here is the lovely RAK that you could win....

To inspire you here are a few examples from the design team :0)

Christine's Mini Book:

Illyse's Layout and Card:



To give you time during the holidays or perhaps even that dreaded Black Friday shopping, this challenge will run until Sat. Dec. 6th. A winner will be selected on Sunday the 7th. Now pass this on and lets spread the love and scrappy goodness!

AND LASTLY... HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!

is....

STEPHANIE! Thank you so much for participating! You win girl! Please contact us with your mailing info and we will send your package right off! Woohoo WTG!

October is National Breast Cancer awareness month. Unfortunately
many of us know someone who has been touched by Breast cancer or have personally suffered from this disease. It affects many of us and as women we are all at risk. I have had 2 very good friends that were afflicted by this disease and thank goodness are also Breast Cancer Survivors. Compared to other cancers, breast cancer has a very high survival rate. However that doesn't change the need for more research to be conducted to help find better treatments and hopefully make this disease a thing of the past.

This month we are also going to focus on women and friendship(Young or old). Aside from treatment, friendship and love also give us the strength to carry on when things get tough. Please create a layout that is of just girls celebrating their friendship.
Include a link in your post to your layout for an entry into our random drawing.

Here are our samples:

This is me with a very good friend celebrating our friendship, her clean scans and being CANCER FREE!


Here is a wonderful layout that celebrates friendship. Girls we need our girlfriends..they give us strength. Look how young we start.....

But wait there's more! Any of you eat Yoplait yoghurt? Are you aware that in the month of October that the little foil lids on their yogurts are pink? There is a reason for that. Yopliat Yogurt donates 10 cents for every lid that they receive to the Susan G Komen Foundation. This money goes to research and support for breast cancer victims. To further explain here is something that I pulled from their website....

During our annual drive, for every pink lid you send in by December 31, 2009 Yoplait® will donate 10 cents to Susan G. Komen for the Cure®, up to $1.5 million. And we guarantee a donation of at least $500,000. So grab your friends, coworkers, yoga class or neighbors and start getting involved today.

Use our tools, start a team or just pick up a spoon and you can help fight breast cancer. Every lid matters.

So want an extra entry into our little drawing for the think pink prize? Just collect and thoroughly clean the lids, promise to send them in to either us or yoplait. If you choose to send them on your own please send us a photo or your stash. Here is where you can send them:
Save Lids to Save Lives®
P.O. Box 420704
El Paso, TX 88542-0704

OR

Scrap It Forward
2040 Brittany Place
Placentia CA 92870

Please support this cause and spread the word. You could even collect them at work..just put a Manila envelope in the staff lounge.
Just go to http://www.yoplait.com/slsl/#/tools to print out a poster/flier.

Want to see the pink goodies that one lucky winner will receive?

Not bad eh? Come and join the fun! Let's help make a difference!

Sara and Cheryl. We did a random drawing and you were the lucky ones! Please contact us so (via our email addy in the upper right hand corner of our page)that we can send off your prize. We also want to say thank you to Irit all the way from Israel for taking part in our challenge! We are so excited to see participants from other countries! Wow you made our day!

Check back in the next few days for a new challenge!

It is time for a new challenge! Did you guess from my silly clues who our next prize is by? If you guessed Tattered Angels, then you guessed right!

Yes friends it is time for us to be angels. So many of us have them in our lives, some are recognized and some are present when we don't even know it. Regardless, we are blessed to have them.

To tie in the "angel" part of it all we are asking you to check out this website http://www.chemoangels.net/Main%20Content/how_it_works.htm and consider becoming a "Chemo Angel". Here is quick description from the website: Chemo Angels is a program dedicated to supporting people with cancer. In addition to providing helpful information and cancer related resources, we match patients who are going through the difficult time of chemotherapy with "Angels". The function of these Angels is - through little notes, cards and occasional small gifts - to bring a bit of cheer and encouragement.

I have been a Chemo Angel myself and am signing up for another angel spot today. It really isn't that tough to do and it brings a little light in to those tough days for cancer patients. If you decide to sign up, let us know in a post and you will receive an entry into our drawing for a prize from "Tattered Angels".

Now for the crafty part of it all....Do you like Glimmer Mist? Have you ever used it? If not, Glimmer Mist is a product by Tattered Angels. It is a fun spray mist that adds a little sparkle and color to your paper craft projects. It comes in many colors that you can mix and match and spray on any paper project. So...Illyse and I played around with it the other night and this is what we came up with.

Illyse's Project
Illyse pained chipboard and then sprayed on top of the painted surface...pretty no?




Christine's Project
Look did you see..I sprayed this on a chipboard flower and look what I got! Then I decided to spray it on my card stock..doesn't it look like Bling paper? Fun stuff!




So the Crafty part of the challenge is to make a project using glimmer mist and link it in your post for us to see! It is fun and easy challenge to do, so show us your stuff! For more ideas on how to use Glimmer Mist..go check out their blog! http://mytatteredangels.com/blog/

Why not double your chances of winning! Do both the crafty and the paying it forward Chemo angel challenge and get TWO entries into the drawing! Here is what you could win! a bottle of Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist, a tattered angel,a chipboard flower and a wooden tag!


This challenge will run run from today Sept. 9th until, Saturday Sept. 26th. Two winners will be randomly selected on the following day! So hurry! Have fun and get in your entries!

So today is the day! The day we announce the winner of our juicy Blog Candy! Thank you to all the played along! Remember the more participation and followers that we get, the better our prizes will be. So spread the word! We want to be the talk of the town :0) .

Now what you have been waiting for.... we used a random number generator from Random.org and our winner is:

CARLY

Carly said...
Woohoo! Checked those things off my list! Awesome site! Can't wait to see what's in store!

August 15, 2009 2:36 PM

Yes you read that right. No challenge really...well not quite at least. It is time to sweeten things up a bit. To get things rolling again. So just to all let you know how much we appreciate all of our followers and those who pop in from time to time..here is a chance at some blog candy.

Recently I took a little trip and got some goodies at CHA for our blog. We made some new friends & contacts and have some prizes to give away in the near future. But for now... this is how easy it is to get your hands on "the crafty goods"....


To qualify for this random blog candy drawing you must...

a) become a follower, if you aren’t already!

b) link us on your blog and tell your readers about this candy.

c) leave us a comment and let us know that you have done the above mentioned.

Included in this sweet deal is: A Making Memories Apron, 2 packs of Making Memories stickers, a Die Cuts with a View lanyard, a BoBunny rubber Bracelet and Pack of Chunky Charms chipboard, a pink Paisley pack of Letter Rub-ons, A Lifestyle Crafts tote and finally a bottle of Sprinkle and Sparkle "Raspberry Soda" glitter. Now doesn't that just sound "sweet".

To make this deal even sweeter once we reach 50 comments a few more items will be added to the deal. If we reach over 100 comments I will add even more goodies to the mix! So get working :0)

This Blog Candy giveaway will run from today, Sunday Aug. 9th until Sunday August 23rd. The winner will be announced on Monday, Augsut 24th.

Well our lucky winner from The "It's Clearly Simple Challenge" is Stephanie. Stephanie will be winning the transperancies and 2 stamps. Congrats girl!

And...a new challenge will be up tomorrow! It's prize is full of a lot of goodies! So stay tuned!

Stephanie..please contact us via our email. We will send you your goodies once we have your mailing info! Thanks for playing along!

Well HELLO there friends and fellow scrappy followers. We had to take a quick little hiatus due to vacations and some minor life's challenges demanding attention....but WE ARE BACK!

We have a new challenge coming to you! It is called...It's Clearly Simple. We have some fun prizes that are clearly divine. If you get your challenges in by Thurday, August 6th..you'll be in the clear.

Okay so...did you all get my silly attempt at giving you a clue? Well if not, here it goes. Your challenge this time around is to create a project (layout, altered item, card, whatever you can think of) with clear materials. This could be acetate sheets, clear buttons, glossy acccents, a clear clipboard,clear alphas (lke Maya Road or Heidi Swaap) a clear paint can or whatever else that you can surprise us with. Please link us to your project in your post! Did I make that clear? Sorry I just couldn't resist. :0)

The second part of our challenge is the human aspect of it all. Often we have so many people in our lives that we care for and maybe it is clear to us how we feel about them, or how we are very grateful for what they do....but have you made that clear to your special person in mind? This could be a friend, a teacher, a family member, a neighbor, a postal carrier, your pastor... I don't know..you tell us..who is this person and why? Next, make it clear to them how very grateful you are to them, how you appreciate something that they do etc. Then share your story about it in your post, along with a link to the project that you made. Simple words and gestures can make a world of difference and this is an easy thing to do..so have at it!

Now... what you have been waiting for....the prizes. Right? We didn't forget!
Two lucky winners will receive a pack of 4 6x6 sheets of Grafix Clear Craft Plastic and a clear stamp.


These sheets are very versatile and fun! You can stamp on them, emboss, paint, apply glitter, ribbon, tape,punch holes and add brads or eyelets in them and much more. Here are a few ideas from Illyse and Myself :0)






So we will be waiting to hear from you and see what crafty goodness that you will be coming up with! We just can't wait.

And on another note..It is time for me to make something very CLEAR to two special people in my life. Illyse and Jenn who are part of this wonderful team. I love you both for being such good friends to me, for being there in my time of need, for making me laugh at everything, for making this blog a reality, for sharing my excitement for all things, for listening, for laughing,for friendship. Girls..you both seriously ROCK!...and I don't use that term loosely ;0)

LUcky lucky you! 3 lucky gals will be winning one of the stamps revealed in our last challenge. Who will it be.... Without further adieu... the winners of our Dear Ol' Dad contest are: Megan A.,
"........." (we don't know this person's name,but this is how it links to her blog). Kind of a mystery no? But she has been contacted!
and lastly ................ Liz

Ladies thanks for playing along and please contact us with your names and mailing info. You can find our email addy at the upper right hand corner of our blog!

Stay tuned for another fun challenge within the next week. Thanks for taking part in all the fun!

Well Father's day is fast approaching. It is time to show our gratitude to the special men in our lives. Our own fathers, our children's fathers, fatherly figures...all of them. They play a special part in our lives and bring joy to many of us.

Our challenge is sponsored by the one and only lovely Jennifer McGuire from Hero Arts. Go by her blog and check out all the fabulous things that this giving and creative genius creates. You won't be disappointed!

The challenge is a simple one. Make a layout, project or a card all about/for our special guys. It can be a layout of a father with a child, a father's day card, a layout all about dad, a gift that you are making for dad..whatever works. Surprise us! This challenge starts today June 14th and end on June 28th. Winners will be announced on June 29th! This only is a 2 week challenge so hurry and get the goods in fast! ;0)

Link the project here and tell us what you are doing/or did to celebrate father's day. Three lucky winners will be selected! And here is what you could win :0)


Easy enough right? So have at it!

Illyse's Layout



Christine's Father's Day Card



Jenn's layout

The Ronald Mcdonald house winners are.... Cher and Tracey. We know that some of you are behind and are still sending in those tabs, so and thank you! We could only pick 2 winners this time due to time constraints! Thanks for playing along and ladies please contact us via our email so that we can mail out your prizes!

Well It's that time again friends. We have a new and simple challenge. Our focus this challenge is for ailing children and their families. We will be supporting the Ronald McDonald House. If you are unaware of what the Ronald McDonald house is, here is a description of their services taken from their website:

Christine

Illyse

Challenge Two: Oh my this is EASY! Now you soda drinkers before you trash that soda can, pull of that tab and set it aside. Collect as many soda tabs as you can and send them our way! Yes it is true..they are worth something to us...well actually they are worth something to the Ronald McDonald house. You see, they are recyclable and....we can turn them in to a recycling center who will in turn write a check to The Ronald McDonald house. It is a win win situation! You recycle and do the earth some good and we send a check to the Ronald McDonald house for the recycling dollars raised!

Oh all of you moms deserve something special,but we could only have 3 lucky winners! The winners were randomly selected and they are....

Lisa Marie

Ivon/Divascrapper

and....

Joan!

Congrats ladies! Please be sure to send us your full name and mailing info to our gmail account. Scrapitforward@gmail.com We will send all prizes out ASAP !

Check back later for a new challenge too!

Happy Mother's day to all our mommy readers!

Seed seeds and more seeds! Wow scrappy ladies! You sure did more than your part sending in those seeds. Boys Hope Girls Hope will be more than thrilled. Because of you, many children will be able to plant a wonderful garden. We received well over 100 seed packets..look here!!!We also had some wonderful entries for our layout challenge. Thanks for playing along and sharing your talents with us.

We are also very grateful to Cosmo Cricket and the sweet and wonderful Jill from Memorable Seasons for sponsoring us. Thank you for helping make our blog a place where people want to be and reach out to others! We heart you!

So..I guess it is that time!!! Time to announce the winners...

The winner of the layout challenge is Tracey with her great spring baseball LO. Please contact Jill at Memorable Seasons for your gift card! She is waiting to hear from you!!!
The winners of the Cosmo Cricket 8x8 paper packs are.... Nicole and Jennifer B.. You will both receive one of the pictured paper packs from the previous post! Please contact us via email so that we can get your mailing info! Congrats to all of you and thank you to all those who participated!

Now if you have taken the time to read beyond the winners section of this post..you are in store for something good. We know that most of our readers are moms who work hard and never stop giving of themselves. We too here at Scrap it Forward are all mommies. We appreciate how hard all of you work. This is just a little something to say "hey...you deserve a little treat". So leave us a comment in this post on how you are spending or spent your mother's day and by week's end we will randomly select 3 lucky winners to receive a small treat from us. Here is what you could win :0)

Lastly our new challenge will be posted next week. Please start saving the tabs off your soda cans!!! We could use them!

We are so excited to introduce to you our new challenge sponsored by two fabulous organizations! Cosmo Cricket provided us with kits for a giveaway and for our DT to work with, and Jill at Memorable Seasons is providing one lucky winner with a Generous $20 Gift certificate to her online store/message board.

Here is what you could win!
OR a $20 gift certificate to Memorable Seasons, a great Scrapbooking online community and a fantastic place to shop!
This challenge is called Spring has Sprung! We will be supporting the organization called Boys Hope Girls Hope. This organization helps youth who are at risk and provides them with positive learning/growth opportunities who otherwise may not have the chance to do so. Here is a bit from their website. Please follow the link above to learn more.

By providing children with arms-around care, safe homes and environments, a
first-class education, opportunities to learn more about themselves and the world,
and academic, financial, and spiritual support through college, Boys Hope Girls
Hope empowers children to realize the potential that is within them.

Our challenge is simple. You may do one or both challenges. We hope that you partake in both. If so, you will even make your chances of winning greater!

Challenge #1 Make a spring themed layout for an entry into our drawing and link it back to us! Use Cosmo Cricket paper and get an extra entry!

Challenge #2...Send us packets of seeds like these :) Flowers, fruits and vegetable will do..no bulbs please. They cost next to nothing and are inexpensive to mail...but will do a world of good for those kids at Boys Hope Girls Hope. Let them plant some goodness and watch spring blossom right in front of them! You may email us for our mailing addy.

We are so excited to get this challenge up and running so share with us your layouts, well wishes and send us those seeds.

Thanks to Cosmo Cricket and Jill at Memorable Seasons for sponsoring us. You are both incredibly generous and we love you!

Here are a few fun things that our team has created with Paper kits that Cosmo Cricket has provided for us!

Illyse's creation using Cosmo Cricket's Honey Pie paper line.

Christine's Layout using Cosmo Cricket's Fleuriste paper Line

Jenn's Creations using Cosmo Cricket's Girl Friday paper line. This contest will run From today Sunday April 19 til Sat. May 9nd. Winner's will be announced on May 10th. Thanks and have fun with it!

A very big thanks to all of our friends who have displayed our new Blog Blinkie! If you haven't put it on your blog yet,it isn't too late! Go check it out and snatch it up for your blogs now!

The winners for our "it's just that easy" contest are.... Liz, Tracy and Heidi. Thanks ladies and Congrats! Make sure tho passs the word on. The more followers and more hits that we have, the better! We appreciate all our followers support!

Now you winners please email us your mailing info so that I can get those goodies out!

Congrats!!!

This one is an easy one ladies and gentleman. We have a new blinkie. Thanks to a special friend! Thank you Leah! We are so busy planning for our crop tomorrow for Autism Speaks that we thought that we would make it easy on us and easy on you too! So here's what ya gotta do ;0).

See that cool little blinkie up in the right hand corner of our page? Yes that one..just right click on it and grab that code. Add it to your blog (even if you have already linked us..put this one up..it is prettier) and let us know that you have linked us up! Yep..that is it. So this is what 3 lucky winners will get their hands on...
Who doesn't love Thickers? So what are you waiting for. A set of Thickers and a We R Memory Keepers Lanyard..could be yours. Thanks friends!

In the mean time. Our next challenge will start on April 19th. Start collecting packets of Vegetable, Fruit or Flower seeds and make a layout with Cosmo Cricket papers..more details to come!

(((HUGS)))
Christine

Thank you to all those who contributed to our baby bottle/pacifier drive for Project Cuddle and for creating your most outstanding baby layouts. It is very obvious that this all came from the heart and we appreciate it immensely. Thanks for making this blog a reality to us :)


As for right now....we will be announcing our winners. We will have more updates later on our next challenge/giveaways. Okay now what you all have been waiting for....the winners are:

Well we have received well over 100 cards with still more on the way. We want to thank all of those who participated. This will be a great way to raise funds for Autism Speaks. The cards will be sold at Our Crop to Benefit Autism Speaks at the Scrapbook Oasis on April 4th. If you would like more details about the crop, please email us.


Okay here it goes...the winners of the Create and Donate Card Drive are.....DRUM ROLL PLEASE.........

Just a little update on our Create and Donate card drive. We have been receiving oodles of cards. It is so wonderful how so many of you have been so giving of yourselves to support a cause that is so personal to us. We have got some yummy Pink Paislee to give away! The countdown is on! Here's a few cards to oogle at. Thank you scrappy friends!





A special thank you to: Alicia, Dawn, Stacy, Laura, Detta, Heather,Holly,Liz, Bucket and Patricia. Thank you for being so giving of yourselves and paying it forward in such a thoughtful way. We know that there are more on the way and we appreciate all of our scrappy friends. Thanks for making this such a success. Remember to get those cards in by March 15th to be included in the drawing. AND...remember to leave a message in the original post if you haven't already!
*HUGS*
The Scrap It Forward Team