Scrap It Forward

Operation...Let's Get that Mojo Back!

2011-06-18T20:52:00.000-07:00

Okay this time around we are jumping on board with Nikki Sivils and we are going to help the tornado victims in Joplin, who lost their homes, all their earthly belongings, just everything...we are going to help them get their
"Mojo" back. That's right...we need to give a little. We all know what it feels like to go scrappy shopping and just imagine what our next layout or card, or craft is going to look like. Imagine now having nothing. Why don't we help them out a bit. Every little bit counts. So here is your part of the challenge...
Make a card for a new Joplin scrappy friend,

along with it send one or two scrappy items. Take a photo of what you are going to send and link it up in your post so that we can see your card and donation... here are more details via our friend NIKKI SIVILS

This challenge will run today June 18th through June 27th. * Please note that all items shold be sent Nikki Sivil's way by the 27th to ensure that she gets all goodies to our Joplin friends by the first week in July. We know that this is a very very short run, but we want to make sure that all the goodies get to Nikki in time to be sent out to her Joplin friends. So please act fast! We will choose a random winner for this fun little prize and you never know...Nikki might even choose a random winner too!

Okay go go go! Let's do this thing!

Much Love,

Christine

Spring Cleaning Anyone?

2011-06-03T15:08:00.000-07:00

SPRING CLEANING WINNER IS JOELLE>>PLEASE CONTACT US VIA OUR EMAIL. Congrats! We will have another challenge up tomorrow my friends!!!

Well readers, in the midst of all the tragic events that have occurred all across our world. I think it is time to reflect first on how grateful we all are for all the excess we have in our lives. How grateful we are to have a roof over our heads. How fortunate we are to have family around us that are there to help.
If you are one of these fortunate people take a moment just to reflect and be grateful.

Our challenge this month is twofold. The first part is an easy task. Make a layout and reflect about the things you are most grateful for and link it in your post. Secondly do some spring cleaning, and fill some bags up and generously donate to the Salvation Army or another collection center that will help tragedy victims in need. We realize that all of us are not able to donate monetarily,but there is nothing stopping you from filling up a bag full of your gently used goods for someone else in need :0) As a matter of fact, if you include a pic of your donation goods as well as your layout, you will receive an extra entry in our random drawing! Sound good!?

Illyse's Layout

Christine's Layout

Bree's Layout

This challenge will run from today, Friday June 3rd - Friday June 17th, and a winner will be announced the Saturday the 18th. Here is the prize waiting just for you!

Okay go at it scrappy friends!!

Much Love,

Christine

Woof there it is! Winner!!

2011-06-02T22:18:00.000-07:00

Well we appreciate seeing all your sweet little poochies! You all did such a wonderful job with your layouts and linking them up to us too! Thank you so much for playing along. We are so happy to have had such a great response :0)

A winner was selected at random just moments ago!! Sorry it is a bit late in the evening, but it was a busy day!! So let's not waste another moment!
The lucky winner this time around is Nicole with her fun layout below!

Congrats Nicole!!! Please contact us via our email and we will send you your goodies asap! And to our readers don't fret! We have another great challenge coming up tomorrow!!! So stay tuned!

Much love,

Christine

Woof there it is...

2011-05-16T19:33:00.000-07:00

A bunch of us love our cuddly canines right? Or our Other furry little friends I bet! There are many organizations out there to dedicated to helping out our lap dogs, cuddly cats, and so on. One is that I can think of is called "The Animal Rescue Site". This is taken directly from their site: "The Animal Rescue Site provides simple, effective, feel-good ways to address an urgent, specific need: providing food and vital care for some of the eight million unwanted animals given to shelters every year in the U.S., as well as animals in desperate need around the world". What I really like about their site is that with one click of your mouse you can help feed an animal in need for free and no obligation. The sponsors of their website will do the rest and you can visit the site daily. So think about bookmarking their page!
Bree, Illyse and I all are dog lovers and all of our dogs are rescue dogs. That is they have not come from pet stores but from pet rescue organizations. We are all animal lovers. So we thought that the next challenge should be something that was personal to all of us. But before I go into our next challenge, Bree even has something a bit more to share:

Recently while watching a TV special I heard about Tara the Elephant and Bella the Labrador mix who had became best friends at the Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee (http://www.elephants.com/). At about the same time I had started making cards for friends who had lost a pet - and they were always asking where I got them from. The idea suddenly came about - how could I help both people who lost pets and the elephants? That is how "Wipe Your Paws" then came into being. I make and sell a variety of cards and pet related gifts and ALL the money made is donated to the Elephant Sanctuary and the Humane Society - where our little dog Jackson came from. Both these groups are doing amazing work and no matter how small the donation - every little bit helps.
Wipe Your Paws - http://wipeyourpaws-cardsgifts.blogspot.com/

Elephant Sanctuary - http://www.elephants.com/

Humane Society - http://www.humanesociety.org/
Okay so now on to the challenge is it quite an easy one, just show us your layout with your cat or dog and tell us something special about him/her. Make sure to please link the layout in your post! This challenge will begin today, May, 16th and end Wednesday, June 1st. A winner will be announced on Thursday, June 2nd. Now let us share our cuddly little loves with you!

Bree's Layout about.... Jackson

Illyse's Layout about.... Naomi

Christine's layout about.... Leila

And lastly, here is the fun prize for one lucky and random winner!

So hurry and get those layouts in!!! Link us up, share your layouts with us, post them on your blog and share with us in your post what makes them so special! We can't wait to see your cuties!!!

(((HUGS)))
Christine

Mother's day Challnege winner announced!

2011-05-14T21:13:00.000-07:00

Hello all, if you were waiting! Here I am with a winner being announced now!!!

Thank you all for your participation in our challenge we will have a new challenge up on Monday!

Our winner of this challenge is Erin R! Here is a link beautiful card that she made! Erin please contact us via our email with your mailing info.

Mother's Day Challenge

2011-04-29T10:48:00.000-07:00

*If you are looking to find out who won our last post scroll down to the very bottom!!!

Mother
Author: Rebecca Curran

M is for the Moments she wiped away my tears

O is the Opportunity she gave me through the years

T is for her Thoughtfulness in everything she does

H reminds me of her Heart that's always filled with love

E is for Encouragement that is given out for free

R is for Reliable-she's always there for me

Whether you are a mother or you have the most wonderful mother that deserves some recognition we thought that it would be nice to recognize Mother's day! So if you are a mommy to some wonderful kiddos, a mom to some cute fur babies, or just really love your own mom let us know about it!

We have have a great prize up from American Crafts just for you! This challenge will run from today Friday April 29th through Friday May 13th. A winner will be chosen by random and announced on Saturday May 14th. Remember to link up your layouts in your post :0)

Here are our DT's Layout samples for this challenge

Illyse's layout:

Bree's Layout

Christine's Layout

And lastly if you are looking to see who the lucky winner is of our last post it is........

KATIE!

Congrats Katie, please contact us via email and send us your info. We will be happy to send you your goodies!

Welcome our new Guest Designer Bree!

2011-04-26T12:20:00.000-07:00

We thought it would be nice to introduce you to a our new guest designer, Bree. She is not only a lovely person full of goodness,but a gifted artist and crafter as well. Read on and get to know and love her like we do!

Hi, I am Bree; an Aussie who married her wonderful American husband and

have been living in the USA for the last 8 years now. My professional
background is that of a social worker but I have also been an artist of
one kind or another most of my life - starting with doing pet portraits
in pencil, painting in water colors and acrylics to now doing my own
style of 'dot' painting. I also love crafts from sewing and jewelry
making to altered art, card making, soap making, molding, art journals
and scrap booking. Basically if it seems like fun - I will try it!

The past couple of years my work has certainly developed a
vintage/floral theme to it. I like to create pages that can be used as
art and started making a range of vintage pages that I sell. Once placed
in a shadow box they take on a wonderful 3 dimensional look and have
become very popular with restaurants, cafes etc.

I have also had Rheumatoid arthritis and Lupus since I was in my 20's
and this has taught me so much about patience and doing things when my
body will allow it. But it has also taught me to not be limited - and
when I could no longer hold a pencil to draw - I changed to painting
with large handled brushes. We are never given a gift without also being
able to find some way to use it and this is certainly true for creativity.

I am honored to be a guest designer on Scrap It Forward - a wonderful
concept for a blog.

Some of Bree's work:

**okay it's Christine again! For all those readers who have finished reading this post, please leave Bree a huge, loving and warm welcome. And... one poster will be selected to win this prize below. The winner,as always, will be selected at random !

A new challenge will be posted on Friday! Thanks for being here readers..We love ya!!!

Think Green WINNER :0)

2011-04-25T19:58:00.000-07:00

Wow...you crafty Chicks really had us busy. I have to say we really had a lot of entries! Not only did we have those who posted and linked us up to some lovely creations,but we had some wonderful new followers email us some fantastic creations that unfortunately did not get submitted. Which I must let you know really broke my heart. I am so sorry to those that I let down. Perhaps I haven't made it clear enough to our newbies and I am so very sorry because we want you here! We are so glad that you came and we want you to stay.

So before we announce our winner please let me briefly explain that entries are to be linked in the comment section. They can be linked in a blog, in a message board gallery or even in an online photo gallery. So please don't hesitate to share your fantastic creations!

Now, as always our winners are chosen by random because all of the work submitted here is wonderful and we love you all!
So on to our winner...
Our lucky winner this challenge is..... JASMINE and here is a link to her beautiful work!

So Jasmine, please email us your info so we can mail so we can send off your prize!

Now for all of you that are reading this...come back tomorrow for a special announcement and perhaps a freebie too!

Time to think Green.....

2011-04-10T15:41:00.000-07:00

Okay scrappin' kids... it's time to start thinking and scrappin' green. Yes earth day is right around the corner ( April 22nd !)and the Scrap it forward team is challenging you to "think green" and come up with a craft that uses a little bit of the old and a little bit of the new together. Let me be more specific... we are asking you to "upcycle" and get crafty while doing it. What is Upcycle you ask? It is to to transform discarded or second-hand resources into a new or altered object. Yep...those containers that you usually would toss or perhaps recycle (hope so) maybe you can reuse and make something out of it.

Here are a few projects that we made.....

Christine's project:
so this old and empty tin....

Turns into the perfect gift card holder....

Illyse's Project

And this sliced apple container

Turns into Illyse's daughter's little make shift garden planter.....

We reuse, recycle and upcycle whenever we can and so should you! Don't just throw your old scrap supplies away, donate them to children's hospitals. There are plenty of kids who would love to use them and make a big mess while doing so. Just imagine the difference that you could make in someone's day.

So to make it a bit interesting here is the prize this time around....a necklace made from soda pop lids and some library pockets and cards that I salvaged from school because they were going to throw the entire box of them away which seemed criminal..... I can see endless crafty possiblilities....

This challenge will run from today, Sunday, April 10th through Sunday, April 24th. A winner will be announced on Monday, April 25th. Okay get a move on and let's have some fun!

(((Hugs)))

Christine

Let's Sock it to 'em WINNER ANNOUNCED !

2011-04-09T10:53:00.000-07:00

Hello Scrap it Forward friends and readers :0) Thank you so much for your interest in supporting the project Socks for Japan. We had many outside groups say that they would get their churches and schools involved! That is wonderful and that is really what our main focus is about here at SIF to reach out and help others and/or to make a difference. So thank you! We appreciate your enthusiasm and support.

We saw a lot of great cards and cute socks to boot! However we could only choose one winner! So let me just get to it and spit it out! Our winner for this challenge is......

JULIE M. !!!!

And here is her card (and socks :0)

Julie please contact us with your mailing info via our email.
And as for the rest of you....Please come back tomorrow for a new challenge and a great new prize!

(((HUGS)))
Christine

Let's Sock it to 'em!

2011-03-25T19:26:00.000-07:00

These days we can't turn on the television or listen to the radio without hearing about the horrible devastation that the earthquake/tsunami created in Japan on March 11th 2011. Not only has this natural disaster created intense destruction,destroyed many lives, displaced many people, separated familes and created a sense of desperation in many,but it has left many people without basic essentials.

Many of us have offered our prayers, offered monetary donations or given in other ways. We at Scrap it Forward have discovered yet another way to to help. It is a way for us to reach out and put a human touch on the other end of the donation and let the people of Japan know that we are thinking of them. We came across an organization called Socks For Japan. This organization basically gives us the know how to send a pair or many pairs of socks to those displaced and missing the basic essentials needed. Imagine how a pair or a few pairs of socks could be so comforting to someone who has been wearing the same pair for a week or maybe more.

Our challenge this time is simple. Make a card for someone in Japan. Inside attach a short and simple typed note in English and then go to Google translate and translate your message below in traditional Japanese below it. Send that card with a pair or two of socks included (make sure that the socks are the same type/size). Please write on the outside of your package what type of socks they are (ex: womens size 6-9, boys size 2-5). You may put more than one pair in a mailing envelope,but only put one type/size sock in the envelope. This will help them organize quicker. Please put both the card (no envelope) and socks in a ziplock bag within the envelope and send it here:

Jason Kelly
Plaza Kei 101
Wakamatsu-cho 615-6
Sano, Tochigi 327-0846
Japan

Write “Urgent: Relief Supplies” boldly on the package
If you have any more questions please refer to the website www.http://www.jasonkelly.com/helpjapan/

***In your post please link us to a picture of your card and socks that will be sent :0).

Our challenge is partially sponsored by Tattered Angels. Thank you so very much for your yummy Glimmer Mist. One lucky winner will receive a prize package filled with some great goodies to make some new cards for whomever they'd like!
Here are some samples of our cards:

Christine's card and socks ;0)

Illyse's card and cute socks not pictured...bust super girly and cute!

P.S. Don't forget those..boys. I just read on their facebook page that they are short on boy socks!

This challenge will run from today, Friday, March 25th through Friday April 8th. A winner will be announced on the 9th. And here is the fantastic prize for one lucky challenger! Will it be you? Let's help out others in an urgent and desperate time. Even if you don't win here you can know that you soothed someone and warmed their tootsies.

(((BIG HUGS)))

Christine

Technical difficulties

2011-03-25T16:00:00.000-07:00

Dear SIF blog readers :0(,
I have been trying all day to successfully put up our new post with our pics for the new challenge and we are experiencing techinical difficulties. ;o( Please come back later to see our new challenge. Hopefully it will be posted up later tonight...sigh. Let's put our hands together and hope that blogger will help us out soon! :0)

Feeling Lucky..winners announced!

2011-03-23T22:28:00.000-07:00

Hello dear scrappy friends in blogland. Oh my goodness! What a fantastic bunch of layouts we received from all of you! It was so exciting to see so many wonderful entries and so much enthusiasm on your part. THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU! We feel so Lucky ourselves to have all of you participating! Fantastic entries...and fantastic people. :0)

And now without futher adieu.... the winners of our Feeling Lucky challenge are:

Bree

Tracy
Not pictured..so sorry tracy, I was unable to "lift it" from your blog. ;0(
But you can see it **here**

Susan

Congrats Ladies! Please contact us via our email and we will send out your kits!

And scrappers/paper crafters be on the lookout for a new challenge up this Friday with a FABULOUS PRIZE!!!!!!

Feeling Lucky?

2011-03-05T13:02:00.000-08:00

*Scroll down to see the winner of our previous challenge!
So March, the month of St. Patty's day; are you feeling the Luck of the Irish? How many of you realize how lucky you really are? How many of you count your blessings every day? Well if you do, then you already realize how "lucky" you really are!

This challenge is all about counting your blessings. Scrapping something that reflects your gratefulness about something or someone in your life that really makes you look back and say.."wow, I am so LUCKY". Here are the rules: You must use green as the main color in your layout and you MUST use the word "LUCKY" in your title. Link your layout in your comment so the readers and the rest of us here at Scrap it Forward can come check it out.

Now Here is the BEST PART! BEST CREATION has sponsored us for this challenge and.... they were kind enough to give us, not one, not two, but THREE of these layout kits (minus my kids cute pics, the title, crystal button and tag). We are so grateful to them. When we asked them to sponsor us with a kit they said "oh, one...TAKE 3"! Thank you for your generosity Best Creation! WE LOVE YOU and ALL YOUR YUMMY PAPER. Sif readers be sure to visit their website and check out all the wonderful work that their DT has created...you will be AMAZED!

Here is the sample of my layout! You can use the same kit for your St. Patty's Day pics or however you please!

Three winners will be chosen at random! This challenge will run from today, Saturday, March 5 through Tuesday March 22th. Winners will be announced on Wednesday, March 23rd.

So come and join in on the fun! Try your "luck" !
Congrats to Stephanie who is the winner of our previous challenge...congrats..please contact us!

Candy..who loves the sweets...want some?

2011-02-22T10:31:00.000-08:00

Hey Scrap it Forward readers it is that time again. Time to Spread the love and bring some new readers/followers our way. So that means we are asking you, our faithful readers and maybe even some of our newbies to spread the word!

We've got some yummy blog candy to share with someone who really wants it. We mean really wants it ;0) We want you to earn this blog candy! But actually it isn't that difficult to do so.... to earn that chance to win all you have to do is....

1. Put our Blinkie on your blog and let us know in your post that you have done so.... (link us up so we can come visit your blog and check it out)

and for an additional chance to win....

2. Write all about our Blog Candy in a post on your blog and encourage your friends to do the same. Please include in your post that you have done this and leave a link to your blog so that we can check out your post :0)

and....if you want another chance to win....

3. Post about this blog candy on any message board or Face book and let us know. Also include the details of any MB or FB post in your post.

This Blog Candy Challenge will run from today Feb. 22 - March 8. So have fun with it and pass it on!
And Finally Here's a pic of the goods!

Who loves you winner!

2011-02-20T12:06:00.000-08:00

Congrats to our Who Loves you Winner Penelope Scraps! Here is her card!

Penelope congrats! Please email us with your contact info and we will send you your prize!

And for all you SIF readers come back tomorrow for an announcement and a chance to win some BLOG CANDY!

Who Loves you?

2011-02-11T11:14:00.000-08:00

*Please check previous blog post below for our last challenge's winner!

Most often during Valentine's Day we give our Sweeties, our family members and sometimes even our dear friends a valentine just to show them how much we really care. That is what Valentine's Day is all about right? Well let's make a paradigm shift here. Let's pay it forward for a moment shall we? Is there someone in your life that does something special everyday for you that you never acknowledge? Maybe it is the girl behind the Starbucks counter that always hands you your coffee with a smile morning after morning. Or your paper delivery boy who doesn't throw your paper in the wet grass just before the sprinklers go on. Your neighbor who collected your mail while you were away? You get the picture right?

So here is your mission if you wish to accept it. It is a simple task, make a Valentine's Day card for your new unexpecting Valentine just to let them know that they are appreciated. Isn't that a simple challenge? Inside the card, write the person a short little note telling he/she why you appreciate him/her. That is it! Here are a few examples of cards that we made :0)

Here is my card. I made this for my neighbor that is a teenager. NOt only does she babysit my kids and play with them,but she took care of my dog while we were on vacation. Just as a favor. Sweet kid. She is getting a little treat inside this card ;0)

Here is Illyse's Card: She made this for her Daughter's preschool teacher. It is important to note that her daughter has been out of preschool for 2 years now, however she still appreciates what an impact she made during her daughter's preschool years. Illyse wanted her to know how much she still appreciates her.

Just think how this simple gesture will make such a great difference in someone's day! Please take the time to do this for someone who makes a difference in your day!

Now on to the prize! You will like this! We have two fantastic sponsors this round! First off, we have the very dedicated company, The Robins Nest. They are a wonderful scrapbooking company who have supported our blog as well as our crop to benefit Autism speaks for the past two years. WE LOVE THEM! They have given us this beautiful Valentine's day 12x12 paper kit and Dew drops. Thank you so much!!! And our other sponsor is our one and only DT member ILLYSE! She provided us with the fun embellies...so thank you my dear. So we have one fabulous kit to give away! LOOK!!!!!!!!!!!

So now the details. This challenge begins on February 11 and ends on Februrary 18th. Winner will be chosen at random and announced on the 19th. Please link your cards in the comment along with an explanation to who you're giving the card to and why. Thanks and happy card making!

It's time for Me..well really YOU!

2011-01-28T13:41:00.000-08:00

WINNER: Miss Leah C.'s name was randomly chosen here is her layout!

Leah congrats! Please contact us at via emailwith your mailing info. :0)

So it is time for things to start again because when we are up and about I feel good! I know that Scrap it Forward is about taking care of others. Paying it forward in other words in a Scrappy kind of a way. Showing others we care and reaching out, but if we run around taking care of others all the time and don’t take a moment just for ourselves, sometimes we get lost. I am here because I want to be and I hope you will too!

This challenge is an easy one. Or maybe it isn’t :0) Take a moment..focus on yourself and make a layout all about you. Yes, YOU! I will reward you for it! All you have to do is link it right back to us in your comment and a winner will be selected at random for just this little prize I put together to focus on your inner diva ;0).

Here is the layout that I made about me.

Illyse's Layout

Simple, really,You don’t have to get deep. Or you can. The point is, that I took the time for just me :0) Now you do that and next challenge we will get back to reaching out to others and saving the world one scrappy and crafty minute at a time. This challenge starts today, Friday, January 28^th and will end on Friday Feb. 11^th. A winner will be selected at random and announced the following day! So are you in?!

4th of July Winner announced

2010-07-13T08:37:00.000-07:00

COngrats to Amanda! Amanda Thank you for partaking in our challenge! Thank you for supporting our troops! Please contact us with your mailing info!

HAPPY 4TH OF JULY

2010-07-03T10:01:00.000-07:00

Hello all and Happy 4th of July! As you celebrate your Independence day with your families with BBQ's, fireworks, block parties or perhaps just a simple and quiet day off please take time to quietly reflect and remember the men and women who have dedicated their lives to serve our country and given us this freedom.

Today I have listed a few simple ways that we can help out the men and women of our armed forces. The video above is about a program started by two young kids called "Cell phones for soldiers". You can click on this link and learn more about it HERE. More or less donating your old cell phone will provide soldiers with free calling card minutes to call home and to speak to their friends and families. What a simple and kind thing to do. I know most of us have old cell phones lying around. :0)

Another kind and easy thing to do today is to go and vist the USO support site and leave a message to our soldiers to wish them a Happy 4th and to thank them for their continued service and dedication. GO HERE :0)

Now of course this post would not be complete without a prize being involved right?... so...leave me a post with a link to your blogs and/or facebook pages with the links to cell phones for soldiers and the USO 4th of July message board/wall that I gave you today and you will be entered in a random drawing for this prize sponsred by: The Robin's Nest and Tammy I. This will challenge will run from today unitl Sunday, July 11th. A winner will be announced on Monday July 12th.

Good luck and remember to keep on

Scrapping it Forward!

(((HUGS)))

Christine

Hop.... Hop and you just couldn't stop....we have a winner!

2010-07-01T09:31:00.000-07:00

Hey Scrap It Forward readers and friends thanks so much for playing along and participating in our first ever Blog Hop! We had a BLAST! It was so much fun to follow along with you and read your comments. Wasn't it so interesting to see how different those canvases all came out? What fun...so many creative and diverse brains and work!

Well as you all know, as I promised.... For those of you who "hopped" on to all our DT's blogs there would be a prize name drawn for one random post. And...I did go back and check...... SO....I did put all thos girls posts into a random number generator and guess who was chosen? The lucky gal is.......STEPHANIE. Congrats to you!!! Please email us with your contact info !
Thanks to all who participated you made it a huge success! And... thank you to our wonderful desgin team! We couldn't have done this without you! We will miss you! You have made the last 3 months a lot of fun. Your creativity has given our blog a lot of inspiration, new followers and fun! Moreover thank you for your friendship!

Much love,
Christine

And readers..... Come back in a few days for a fun 4th of July Celebration Just for you!

Scrap it Forward's First Blog Hop!

2010-06-22T21:49:00.000-07:00

Hello all! The past three months have been wonderful!!! We have had a lot of new faces here! A lot of new readers, a lot of new friends, a lot of new challenges and a new design team to boot! It has been fantastic!!! The inspiration has been wonderful, the teamwork has been fantastic and I couldn’t be happier. I am so very pleased with it all.

To celebrate what a huge success that it all has been, the Scrap it Forward team has decided to host its very first BLOG HOP! WooHoo! And…It all starts today, Wednesday, June 23rd! This Blog Hop will last for one week…so you have until the 30th to visit each and every one of our blogs! I know you can do it!

So let me tell you how it is all going to work, it is rather simple you see…. This is our current guest DT’s send off. Sadly their terms are ending and we want to send them off in a special way. So go visit their blogs…give them a little love…and in return each member will have a little RAK for one random reader.

You must first visit Illyse’s blog…you can follow this link…. She will then tell you where to go next and the following DT member will share with you which blog to go to next etc. etc. If you happen to visit each blog, then come back here and let us know. ONE lucky winner will be entered into a drawing to receive this RAK below, but remember… you must go to each DT member’s personal blog and leave a post.

All winners will be announced on July 1st! So good luck and pass the word on!

We love you Julie, Vicki And Cher you have really made an wonderful addition to our little ol' blog over here at SIF. Thank you for your creativity, insight, teamwork, lightheartedness, fun, inspiration and friendship. You girls ROCK...and if you know me...you know that I don't just throw that term around. Love ya girls....AND THANK YOU!

Dear ol' Dad WINNER!

2010-06-21T15:59:00.000-07:00

Wow Ladies..so many fantastic entries! A lot of our loyal peeps participated this time around as well as some new faces! Thanks for playing with us here at SIF!

You always make it so hard on us to choose a winner! This time around we have a newbie to our crowd as lucky winner.

Our lucky winner is :

CONNIE!!!

And these are her entries....

Thanks to all of you who participated. All of your layouts and cards were WONDERFUL! You make this blog a whole lot of fun and give us a lot of inspiration!

Connie Please contact us via our email and send us your mailing info, so that we can send you your prize!

Come back on the 23rd for our first BLOG HOP! It will be a lot of fun and a few RAKS will be given away!

A new Tutorial from our fabulus Cher!

2010-06-13T21:00:00.000-07:00

Our Crafty how to gal, Cher came up with this fantastic how, to just for you.

If you want to make a little something for Father's day and you are stumped for ideas, Cher has got a whopper of an idea just for you! Look below and check this out!

Remember, you still have just about a week to get your entries in for our Dear Ol' Dad challenge. So hop to it! Perhaps you'd like to give this idea a try!

Thanks Cher this is WONDERFUL!!!

Dear Ol' Dad Challenge

2010-06-07T18:47:00.000-07:00

So the time is near to recognize our fathers, or our children’s father’s. Or as I like to call them, “our dear old dads”. They are good at fixing things and carrying heavy stuff, and yet, so much more. So this month we will recognize them …as we should!

Whether it is your own dad or the one who does such a good job with the kidlings, let’s let them know how much they are appreciated. This month our challenge is to make a layout, a card or even a gift showing the men or the daddies in our lives that they certainly are appreciated. Yes it is that simple. And the funny thing is..for doing so..one of you will still wind up getting a prize for doing so… now that ain’t half bad ;0) !

Here is what our Design team came up with this time around:

Illyse's Layout

Vicki's Layout

Julie's Layout

Christine's Card

And here is the fun prize just for you :0) some great chip board given to us from Cherry Arte and manly rub-ons from The Robin’s Nest !

This challenge will run from today, Monday, June 7 through Sunday , June 20th. A winner will be announced on Monday, June 21st. You’ve got just about 2 weeks to participate on this one, so get those projects, cards, gifts or layouts done and linked back to us. We can’t wait to see what you come up with.

Being A mom Winner !!!!!!!!!

2010-06-06T21:19:00.000-07:00

Winner...we have a winner! So many moms out there and yes..we are all hard workers and and all winners :0) But we could only have one lucky one here on Scrap it Forward today. So our lucky winner is........

Becca who entered this layout :

Becca thanks for entering this layout and participating in this challenge. And thanks to our wonderful Sponsor, Jennifer Priest, who will be sending Becca a fantastic kit to make the beautiful book pictured in our last post.

Congrats Becca! Please email us and send us your contact info, so that we can pass it along to our sponsor!

Okay scrappy friends, we will have another challenge up starting late tomorrow,so

Come back to see what's in store for you!!!

Being a Mom Means....Challenge

2010-05-12T22:27:00.000-07:00

Well …ALL YOU Moms out there, it has been a few good days since Mother’s day has passed,so we are thinking that you have probably got your photos uploaded and are ready to scrapbook them from mother’s day. Or perhaps you have another photo that you just adore of you and your kids that you would like to scrap. This prompt is just for all the moms out there. It is a simple one…..

Our challenge, this time around is:

To Use the prompt…”Being a mom means”….. You may use this directly on your layout or just use it as words of inspiration. We would love to see what you come up with.

Here is what the DT came up with to share with you :0)

Julie's Layout

Illyse's Layout

Cher's layout

Vicki's Layout

Christine's Layout

Our challenge will be sponsored by the very talented Jennifer Priest. Jennifer is a wonderful designer, instructor and philanthropist. She is an amazingly talented gal. She certainly has a lot to share and has decided that she wanted to share a little bit of her talent with you! One lucky winner will win a kit from Jennifer, to make this beautiful book designed by Jennifer Priest herself!

like what you see…go check out Jennifer’s blog to see where she is teaching or even her ETSY shop The Hydrangea Hippo to get your hands on some of the cute little embellies that she uses to make some of her unique creations.

Thank you Jennifer..We appreciate your generosity and your wonderful inspiration!

Okay ladies we can’t wait to see what is in store for us. This challenge will run from today Thurs, May 13th, till Friday June 4th. That gives you just over 3 weeks to post us a link to your work, in your comment! A winner will be announced on Sunday, June 6th.

We have been noticing a lot of new faces around here and so many wonderful entries. We just wanted to thank you for your enthusiasm and for passing the word around. Thank you for scrapping it forward! If you are ever interested in sponsoring our site please contact us via our email above.

Thank you and big hugs!

Christine

Winner..YO teach We Luv Ya Challenge Winner

2010-05-11T20:16:00.000-07:00

Well Friends, a teacher has a tough job for sure,and so did we trying to choose a winner for this last challenge. You all did a fantastic job on your entries. Not only were they all beautiful,but they were all so very different and creative. Not one person duplicated the idea of another. Wow! Awesome! That is why I love doing this :0). Thanks for sharing your ideas!

Okay so before recess is over, let me announce the winner... The winner is
Teenabugg38!

So congrats you! Please contact us with your mailing info and we will send out your prize.

Thanks all for playing along nicely!

We will have a new challenge up in 2 days!!!

Mom's Day winners and a new Tutorial from Cher!!!

2010-05-10T13:26:00.000-07:00

Hey moms out there we have two new winners of the Tammy I cell Phone cases! Thanks for playing along and we hope that you had a wonderful mother's day!!! Here are our lucky winners!

Jennifer Campbell said...

What an adorable cell phone case. Happy Mother's Day to all of you!

May 9, 2010 7:55 AM

Denise said...

Gorgeous cell phone case! So girly, I love it :)

May 9, 2010 2:16 PM

Thanks for playing along girls! Happy Mother's day! Please contact us and via our email with your mailing info :0)! Congrats!

And now for our fun tutorial from Cher...

Here Cher has given us a step by step mini tutorial on how to heat emboss a stamped image! Thanks Cher. Just beautiful!

Remember to stop by on the 13th for a new challenge..we have some new prizes and some fun things in store just for you!

Happy Mother's Day!!!!

2010-05-09T07:17:00.000-07:00

Good Morning and Happy Mother's day! If you are reading then it just might be your lucky day. Today we are paying tribute to all the moms out there. Today we don’t have any particular challenge. ..Nope! We know that sometimes being a mom, although rewarding, is challenging enough :0).

So ….Instead of a challenge today, we just have a freebie from a fabulous sponsor. Two random posters will win a cute cell case provided by none other than the Wonderfully Creative “Tammy I”. (And don’t worry this case will fit your phone...it has elastic on the sides.)

:0) “Tammy I”, Is a Southern California creative/crafty genius,as far as I am concerned. She has a wonderful array of kits and products. You should definitely go check out her online shop if you haven’t already. Please be sure tolet her know that Scrap it Forward sent you her your way! She is definitely one of a kind and her kits are beyond adorable. So thanks Tammy for your fun stuff and your inspiration!

Happy Mother's Day to all! Now go leave that post and go spread the word!!!!!!!

(((HUGS)))
Christine

Yo Teach..We Love ya...Challenge

2010-05-02T23:51:00.000-07:00

This week May 3rd through the 10th is teacher appreciation week and we thought it would be nice to let all our kids' teachers know that we appreciate them. As a matter of fact, if you think about it, our children spend the better half of their days with their teachers. To show our teachers that we appreciate them we really don’t have to go out and spend a lot of money. We could just go in our stashes and make them something! So this week the challenge is simple, go in your stash and make them something! This will only be running for 1 week.. ..so hurry and get those assignments in and don't be tardy!.... Here are a few samples from our design team…

Vicki's homework:

Julie's Homework:

Illyse's Homework

Christine's Homework

Here is the Fun prize for onelucky winner :0). I know this is one quick little challenge, but remember this can be as simple as a card or a love note from your child. Be original and have fun. Use your stash!

Remember: Teacher appreciation is a simple idea. It means showing teachers you value their work. If your goal is to enhance the educational environment at your school, it makes sense to help energize the teachers.

What matters isn’t how much you do, but how thoughtfully you do it.

This will run from Today Monday, May 3rd until Monday May 10th. A winner will be announced on May 11th.

Oh and ladies be sure sure to check back on Mother’s day for a very Special Treat..that is all I can say..MY LIPS ARE SEALED!!!!

Going Green WINNER!!!

2010-05-01T20:53:00.000-07:00

Yes..we have a winner :0) We definitely had many wonderful and impressive entries in our "Going Green" challenge. You ladies..surely know how to upcycle and would definitely make our mother earth proud ;0).

And without further delay.... Our winner this time around is..... DANI!

This is her ingenious book made from embellisment packaging. Way to go girl! Dani please contast us via our email addy and we will get your prize out asap! :0)

And...we will have a new challenge up on May 4th...So come back in a few days and see what we have in store for you!!!

Happy Earth day!

2010-04-22T08:30:00.000-07:00

Happy Earth Day!

Hey Scrappy Friends! While you are working on those projects for our latest challenge take a look what Cher has done as an Upcycling project that you can do with your kids at home! This is perfect for a rainy day or any old time for that matter! Great job Cher!

A pictoral how to from Cher

Here is an easy going green card to make.

What you will need:

sandpaper

Goldfish box or bag

blue and green card stock scraps

light blue card stock

bubble wrap

scissors

double-sided extra tacky tape

Martha Stewart leaf punch and some scrap yarn optional

Step Two

Step three

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Step Five

Step Six

Step Seven

Step Eight

Step Nine

Step Ten

Hope you like it! Great use of upcycling products Cher !!! Way To go!!!!

Remember Ladies you Still have 8 days left in our challenge! So hop to it! We can't wait to see what you come up with! And if you haven't seen what it is al about. Scroll down and check it out!

Don't forget about the Earth day Blog Carnival at Craftique.com ! Check it out today!

Scrap it forward is Going Green!!!

2010-04-16T16:05:00.000-07:00

Earth day is around the corner you know, and we are paper crafters with a conscience! We reuse, recycle and upcycle whenever we can and so should you! Don't just throw your old scrap supplies away, donate them to children's hospitals. There are plenty of kids who would love to use them and make a big mess while doing so. Just imagine the difference that you could make in someone's day.

Now for the not so obvious...your daily household items that you recycle or items that you think are old and you want to just throw away... may just be something you could upcycle. What is Upcycle you ask? It is to to transform discarded or second-hand resources into a new or altered object.

So that is what the design team did this time around in honor of our upcoming Earth day. We hope to inspire you as well. Here is what all of us came up with.

Illyse went to the movies and re-used her drink carrier as a little decorative box to put on her daughter's dresser to put her little "girly stuff' in. BRAVO YOU!

Julie made this lovely welcome sign from a wooden placemat,ribbon, flowers and some other paper crafting goodies. Anyone would feel welcome walking up to your door and seeing this colorful display. The good news is...you just might be that lucky person who gets to display this sign on their door. Julie wants to spread the love just a bit more...go to her blog and find out how. You just might be the lucky one!

Vicki upcycled a prima flower tin and did a wonderful job. She was able to use a lot of incoroporate a lot of recycled products such as the tin, vintage buttons, vintage wallpaper and book pages well as many popular crafting products such as distressing inks,crackle paints, Prima Pearls annd much more. She ahs also offered a insturctions in word format. If you wold like a copy,please email us :0).

Christine well I stuck with a traditional layout and used some recycled elements . I made a flower of sorts with newspaper and with a bottle cap in the center. I also used one of the shopping fliers and cut a scalloped border down the side of my layout. Lastly I used one of my shopping paper bags and used it as an element in my layout.

Now our challenge to you is to show us how you upcycled making a new altered object or recycled some items to use in your layouts. Here is the prize that you can win!

An extra large bag from quick quotes to bring with you while you go shopping to cut down using those paper/plastic bags :0), a newpaper flower made by me (humor me I tried), a notebook made with recycled paper, and some fun Jillibean alpha stickers.

This challenge will run from today, Friday, April 16th, until Friday April 30th.. A winner will be announced Sat. May 1st.

Be sure to link your project in your post for us! We all want to enjoy your work and so do our readers!

Until then, get busy and get involved. You can do a lot to help save the earth, by just doing a little. Like checking out this website and signing little ol'petition about keeping our climate clean and using clean energy :0).

Simple ways to help our earth

Make less garbage by packing your kids lunch in a lunch box instead of a bag

Turn off the lights, TV, radio, and computer when you are not using it to save energy.

Use less water by turning off the faucet while you are not using it (while you brush your teeth).

Plant flowers and tree in your yard and put up bird feeders and houses to provide shelter for animals.

Refill water bottles that you drink out of wach day instead of buying new ones.

Use totebags at the grocery store, store them in your car..so you don't forget!

Stop buying paper towels, period. Americans go through about 2.5 million tons of paper towels annually, an even those made of recycled materials usually end up in landfills.

And remember to join the Earth day Blog carnival at Craftique.com on April 22
right here!

Winner announced for our Autism Awareness month Puzzle Piece Challenge

2010-04-15T08:56:00.000-07:00

Thank you for all those beautiful entries. April is Autism awareness month and being that Autism has touched my life, I couldn't let this month go by without putting a bit of focus on it. Thank you helping to for raise awareness. All of your entries were fantastic. All of you not only submitted stellar work,but you also mentioned it on your blogs or message boards for double pointers..so thanks again! :0)

The choice was not easy, so we decided on a random draw...the winner is...... Karen B. and I don't know what she is so "PUZZLED ABOUT" This is wonderful work!

Karen Please contact us via our email for your mailing info and I will get your prize out asap. Now come back tomorrow for a new challenge and see what our new GDT has been up to!!!!

(((HUGS)))

Christine

Meet Our New Guest Design Team and By the way you've got just 2 more days to get those projects in!

2010-04-12T21:41:00.000-07:00

Hey People! It's time to introduce you to the wonderful gals that have joined our team~ meet them, greet them and get know them. These are our new talented gals!

Julie

Hi...my name is Julie Tucker-Wolek and I am over the TOP excited to be guesting for Scrap it Forward :):):):):):):):):) I had the honor of meeting Illyse and Christine while I was in California...and when they told me about this blog...I found the concept to just be AMAZING!!! :):):):):):):):) I have been seriously into scrapping for the past three years, but recently found out that I made my very first scrapbook back in 1985!! LOL!! It was a present for my Aunt! :):):):) I can't wait to work with this team! :):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):)

Vicki

I'm a 46 year old Stay At Home Mom. I live in Round Rock, Texas with my husband of 8 years and our kids, a son, 6, and step daughter, 11. I retired from 17 years of government service to stay home and raise my children. I have been involved in arts and crafts since I was a child. More recently I owned a faux painting and home décor business and an online scrapbook store. I became involved in scrapbooking and mixed media about five years ago. I love papercrafts, altered arts and mixed media. I teach classes at local scrapbook stores, retreat centers and online on a variety of topics from basic scrapbooking to complex technique heavy altered art and mixed media projects. I also instruct students to use tools like Purple Cows Trimmers and Zutter Bind It All and DreamKuts. My scrappy style is eclectic, at best! Some days my pages are neat and simple.....others, I throw on everything I can get my hands on. I have a special love of distressed items and ephemera.

Currently, I design and teach for:

Purple Cows

Zutter Innovative Products (Original Zutter Zister)

Gecko Galz

Scrap It Forward Challenge Blog

Scrapbook Haus

Scrapperie

Jean's Art Dolls

Rockin' R Retreat Center

I am also a:

PrimaDonna: a Prima Marketing Endorsed Artist Educator

Tattered Angels Educator

Copic Certified Designer

Certified Fiskars Demonstrator

AND......

Cher

(Our Scrap happy How to Gal)

Hi, I'm Cher from sunny California.

I've been married to a wonderful man for over 20 years, have three children, a pet bunny and two water turtles.

I have been paper crafting for about 4 years and love every moment of it. It all started with rubber stamping and now I'm hooked on the art of card making and scrapping.

I feel so blessed to have been given a chance to be part of such an amazing team at "Scrap it Forward". I can't wait for the challenges to begin!

You can check out my blog to see some of my work at http://stampingwithcher.blogspot.com/

NOW..GET YOUR PROJECTS READY AND IN...YOU ONLY HAVE A FEW DAYS LEFT! A NEW CHALLENGE WILL BE UP AND OUR GALS HAVE SOME GREAT PROJECTS READY TO SHARE WITH YOU!

Time for a new Challenge and Welcome to our New Guest Design team!

2010-04-02T10:10:00.000-07:00

The big news is Here!!! Woohoo People!!!! Thanks for the great response..you were all holding out I see and you made our job so tough ya know! ugh! I tell you it wasn't easy! There are just so many talented friends out there! Oh my goodness.

So..Illyse and I gabbed a lot..talked a bit..cried, ate chocolate, I waved my hands in the air a bit, we wished that we could take all of you, and then we settled back down and rejoined reality. Although..we did shake it it up just a bit and if you are wondering how, I am going to tell you right now. We didn't choose 2 girls like we said we would. We chose 3. But not like you are thinking....
We chose 2 Challenge Designers to work along side us and then we decided to mix it up a bit and have a new kind of a feature on our blog in between challenges. Yep..we are going to have our own Tutorial Crafty Teacher kinda of a gal on here. We just need to come up with a cute name for her. She will give Step by step "Crafty How to's" on the blog. Won't that be fun! Yay!

SO NO MORE BLABBING...

Here are our NEW GDT GALS FOR APRIL THRU JUNE
DRUMROLL PLEASE..............................................................

Julie Tucker-Wolek

Vicki Flinchum

Cher KosaKura

(Crafty How to gal)

Congrats gals..we love ya and are so happy to have you as a part of our team. Our new gals will be formally introduced during our next challenge On April 16th. As of right now..click on their names and check our their blogs to see why they are so fabulous!

Thanks to all of you who gave us a try we love you for being a part of our team because without you, we wouldn't be here either. So please stick around. And why don't you join us for our new challenge. Here it is.....

April is Autism Awareness month. Autism has touched my life. My son, Adam, has Asperger's syndrome, which is a high functioning form of Autism. Every year we walk for Autism Speaks and raise $ and awareness for the cause. This year I explained to him a bit more about his autism and how it made him so special. The symbol of Autism is a puzzle piece, the catch phrase is..."find the missing piece". The reason behind this is because there is still so much more to be learned about autism and not much is known about what causes autism.

Your challenge this month is to make a Layout, card, altered item or whatever you may desire.... and include PUZZLE PIECES IN IT . The other part of your challeng is to simply add this...link http://www.autismspeaks.org/ to your blog, read about it and learn. Maybe you will want to join a walk or contribute to one. Here is our walk page if you want to join our team, "WE CAN". You can even be a "virtual walker"! http://www.walknowforautismspeaks.org/faf/donorReg/donorPledge.asp?ievent=327446&supid=282386722

Here are our Layout samples:

Christine's Layout:

Illyse's Layout

Now all you have to do is make your lovely creation and link it to us in your post. Please mention it on your blog along with autism speaks for another shot in a random draw for a winner. Here is the fun prize!

This challenge starts today and will End on April 14th! A winner will be announced on April 15th!!! Good luck and let's get the word out and

SCRAP IT FORWARD!

(((HUGS)))

Christine

Last day!

2010-03-31T09:30:00.000-07:00

Last day to get your entry in for our guet designer spot. There are 2 spots open for a 3 month term! If you want more go HERE. This will run until tonight 8pm PST. Good luck!

(((HUGS)))
CHRISITNE

There's Still TIme!!!

2010-03-18T16:56:00.000-07:00

Hey crafty friends. ....remember we are looking for 2 talented GDT members to join us for a 3 month run. Could you be one of them? You have until the end of the month. Check out the previous post below for the details and hurry and get those entries in!!!

Good luck! We love all these entries coming in and want to see more!

(((HUGS)))

Christine

March is National Craft Month and we need to get busy!

2010-03-07T17:28:00.000-08:00

Hey Scrappy friends being that March is National Craft month. I think that we should do something about it! I know many of us craft for our own reasons. Sometimes because it is an artistic outlet, sometimes to preserve family memories and sometimes out of necessity or it is a simplre stress reliever. This month why don't we all make something for someone special and share our spectacular crafty goodness! This will also come along with an extra bounus..YES IT'S TRUE!!

If you were reading last week I said that there would be a surprise and I meant it!
So here it is people....Scrap it Forward is having a call..yes we are ..for two Guest Designers! How do you enter...? EASY...just play along with us and participate in this challenge. Make something for someone, be it a mini book, a scrapbook page, an altered item or card...WHATEVER. It just has to be crafty. Then once you have made something that you feel good about, leave us a comment and link your creation in your post. The Guest Designer Spots will be for a 3 month run! So please only play along if you are down with that ;0). We would love to have you join us!
This challenge will run until the end of the month....that is Wednesday March 31. Winners will be announced on April 2nd.

Here are our creations for this challenge:
Christine's Crafty things:

Illyse's Crafty things:

So what's in it for you?
*Well first of all you will be working with a fun and happy bunch (okay well maybe not a bunch since there are only 2 of us on here, but you get the picture) who are crafty and care about making a difference in our world day to day.
*Not only that, you will get exposure to all our other peeps in blogland and the WWW.
* You will get a shiny Blog Button to put on your blog that says: I was a GDT at Scrap it Forward.
* Last you will get a small rak from me that you will be able to use on any of your upcoming challenges.
What are our expectations?
* Place the blog button on your blog proudly and promote our latest challenges online or wherever it may be appropriate...we are ging to rule out bathroom walls and locker rooms...but that's about it.
*Participate in all challenges during your reign..(there will be approximately 5-6 of them)
*Feel free to share ideas for new challenges and/or charitible causes.
* Send in challenge projects 3-4 days before next challenges are posted.
*Have fun!
So now spread the word and start getting crafty. We can't wait to see the goodies that come in!

(((Take care and big hugs)))

Christine

Our precious Children..winner

2010-03-03T21:56:00.000-08:00

Hey all thanks for visiting and playing with us. We are so glad that you take the time to read, comment and particiapte in our challenges. We have a winner selected randomly for our last challenge and the winner is....
Tanya said...
I've clicked and bookmarked The Hunger Site (thanks for letting me know about them). Great Challenge!

So Tanya please contact us via our email so that we can send out your prize! Congrats!

Now in other news...something different...that has never been done before will be happening at Scrap It Forward soon! Please check back this weekend for an update that you won't want to miss! For now...scrap happily and live everyday making a difference!

(((HUGS)))

Christine/Scrappygal

Our Precious Children

2010-02-15T20:43:00.000-08:00

I would suspect that most of us scrappers on here are moms or have hopes of becoming a mom in the future. If not, I would say that it is safe to assume if you don't fit the previous two, you have/had a mother in your life that supported and loved you while growing up. For the most part we as mothers will do whatever it takes to provide for our children. They are beyond precious to us and we celebrate them daily. We are so fortunate to have them in our lives. Children bring us inexplicable joy. Sometimes it's that "thing" they they say, or the faces they make,the gestures, wet kisses and big hugs. They give us memories that will be forever etched in our brains. To be able to provide for them is a blessing that is probably easily forgotten by us at times.

Now imagine a mother not being able to provide the most basic needs for her child. Imagine not having enough food to nourish her children. Imagine those hungry little tummies rumbling, those tears streaming down a child's face and a mother on the other end feeling hopeless and desperate because she cannot soothe the hunger pangs of her child. When we see our children skin their knees, or crash on their bikes, we wince,but really it is over quickly and we move on. Mothers watching their malnourished children suffer, can't simply move on.

A lot of us want to help those less fortunate than ourselves and do when we can,but we cannot always financially pull it off. Well the good news is, that we can help those that are hungry and we don't need deep pockets to do so. Did you know that there is a website called The Hunger Site? Yes it's true! The Hunger site feeds children and their families for just a click of the mouse. It is COMPLETELY FREE! When you click, they display ads from their site sponsors. 100% of the money from these advertisers goes to their charity partners , who fund programs to provide food to the hungry. It is that easy and the best part is, you can do it EVERY DAY!

So now here are the challenges
1. Bookmark the hunger site on your computer and click to feed the hungry EVERY DAY!
2. Do the scrappy challenge....this one is easy too. Create a layout of your kid/s doing something that makes your heart swell. One other thing..somewhere on the layout, there must be glitter ;0)

Why glitter you ask? well that is simple. This time around our challenge is sponsored by none other then, "The Robin's Nest" who just so happen to make a whole ton of glittery papers. Both Illyse and I used some of their paper and Dew Drops on our layouts to show off their product. Don't you want some too?

Here are our layouts:
Christine's Layout

Illyse's Layout

So now, to win this sparkly prize, list two things in your post to us...
1. Link your layout, so that we can check it out
2. Let us know that you visited the Hunger Site and clicked away!
It is that easy!

A winner will be randomly chosen. This challenge will run from today Monday, February 15 until Monday, March 1st. A winner will be announced on March 2nd. Okay go at it and let's Scrap it Forward!!!

(((HUGS)))
Christine

Winner of our Valentine's Sweet deal!

2010-02-15T08:45:00.000-08:00

So Laides..how was your Valenitne's day? Did you celebrate with family or friends? We hope it was special. We had a huge day in our house. It started off with Heart shaped chocolate chip pancakes, we went for a family bike ride, walk, attended a birthday party, went out to dinner with friends and all of our kids combined! Later came back to our pad for ice cream sundaes. YIkes a busy day,but a lot of fun!

Thanks for sharing your thoughts, loves and day's plans with us! We enjoyed reading all about them. And now for time to revel our winner! OUr randomm winner is...
DONNA LARSON
Donna Larson said...
I have three loves at home... my husband and my two cute kiddos! I also love my family and my friends! All of these people help to make life sweet!

Tonight I am making a Louisiana Crab Boil with chocolate covered strawberries for dessert!
Happy Valentine's Day!!
:)
Congrats Donna and thanks for playing along with us! Please contact us and seed us your mailing info!!!
Please remember to check back tonight for our new challange sponsored by: The Robin's Nest!!!

Happy Valentine's Day!

2010-02-13T18:58:00.000-08:00

Happy Valentine's day friends and readers of SIF! We just wanted to let you know how much that we appreciate you! Today we have a sweet deal for one lucky reader :0)
Tell us what you love, who you love or how you will celebrate today. Today is not just a day for significant others,but friends and family as well. We want to hear all about it...so share your thoughts and leave us a "love note". One lucky reader will recieve this fun little RAK!
Who doesn't want a new Slice Apron from CHA, a Zva Creative tote, some Bam Pop chipboard, a spool of American Crafts ribbon and some Jenni Bowlin label stickers?

So now leave us a little love and tomorrow we will select one winner! Happy Valentine's day

Winners of Counting my Blessings challenge...

2010-02-13T18:48:00.000-08:00

Well thanks to all those who participated in the challenge! We appreciate you reaching out and also partaking in the fun! We have two winners to announce!
The two lucky winners were randomly selected today! The winners of the fun stamps, transperancies and Kaiser kraft pearls are.....

Cheryl Kosakura and Sara (of Hunzinger's Helper)! Ladies thanks again and please contact us with your mailing info!

Now if you are actually reading still, you should know that tomorrow is Valentine's day and I am just saying that you might want to come back and check out the blog for some kind of a sweet deal! Yes there will be a RAK...no strings attached. So come back tomorrow and leave a comment on tomorrow's post for a chance to win!

Counting my blessings...

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With the recent quakes and heart-breaking devastation in Haiti. I stop and think to myself...What a rich and beautiful life that I have. I am not referring to monetary wealth. I am referring to the wealth of security, family, friends,resources, support, happiness, and just the basic necessities that I/we possess. I can truly say that I have not been in any kind of situation that would compare to the desperation of the the people of Haiti must feel. When I reflect upon all of this, I realize that I am "rich" and blessed with opportunity that these people may never possess.

To rebuild, refurbish and provide these people with just solely the basics will demand a lot of dedication, resources and funds. I know that my contribution can help and may make only a small dent,but it will make a difference and so can your donation. There are so many agencies out there willing to give of their time and aide. If you are interested in donating to the cause here are a few resources that I found online via USA TODAY:

Disaster relief and non-governmental organizations:

Action Against Hunger has mobilized an emergency response and has teams already on the ground, assessing and responding to needs;

You can make a donation through the American Red Cross' International Response Fund, and it will be allocated specifically for Haiti relief efforts;

CARE, a leading humanitarian organization fighting global poverty, also needs donations for its on-ground work in Haiti;

The Clinton Bush Haiti Fund brings together President Bill Clinton and President George W. Bush (at the request of President Barack Obama) to raise funds for high-impact relief for the long-term. Doctors Without Borders needs donations to provide crucial medical treatment and supplies;

Habitat for Humanity has been working in Haiti for 26 years and will be sending a team to assess the impact on affordable housing after the earthquake. The Lions Clubs International Foundation is working through local Lions clubs members in Haiti. To make an online donation, go here and select Disaster, including "LCIF Haiti Earthquake Relief" in the comments section;

Mercy Corps has a way for you to donate your money straight to its efforts in Haiti.

The Pan American Development Foundation is the disaster relief arm of the Organization of American States. It has been in Haiti for over 30 years, and currently has over 150 people on the ground there.

Project HOPE, which provide medical supplies and health care services to those in need, is seeking donations for its aid efforts in Haiti.

Save the Children says that at least 2 million children or more have been affected by the earthquake. Donate online or by phone at 1-800-728-3843 to support their efforts to help Haitian children and families.

UNICEF is working hard to help Haiti's children. To donate to its ongoing emergency relief efforts, visit the website or call 1-800-4UNICEF;
Staff from the United Nations Foundation is currently on the ground, and its United Nations Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) is accepting donations toward these relief and recovery efforts.

You may want to consider donating with TEXT format. Here are a few options. This is a quick way to get your $ working.

Text HAITI to 25383 to donate $5 to International Rescue Committee
Text CARE to 25383 to donate $10 to CARE
Text QUAKE to 20222 to donate $10 to the Clinton Bush Haiti Fund
Text OXFAM to 25383 to donate $10 to Oxfam International
Text AJWS to 25383 to donate $10 to American Jewish World Service
Text HABITAT to 25383 to donate $10 to Habitat for Humanity
Text BABY to 20222 to donate $5 to March of Dimes
Text GIVEto 25383 to donate $10 to Partners in Health
Text HAITI to 90999 to donate $10 to the American Red Cross
Text HAITI to 864833 to donate $5 to The United Way
Text SAVE to 20222 to donate $10 to Save the Children

I have provided many avenues in which to choose to donate. You may have already donated and bless you for that. Perhaps you can pass this info on to another person. I let my sons each choose a charity to make a donation to help the victims in Haiti. I thought that it was a good idea to let them be a part of it, to teach them that they can help make change by getting involved and to shine a light on the fact that they are very fortunate to live such a blessed life.

The challenge for the next few weeks will be to do two things:
One to create a layout using one of these prompts:
Blessed with _________________ or Rich with ___________________. The other part of the challenge is to let us know where you donated or suggest another place to donate that has not been mentioned in this post. Please link your layout in your post,so that all can admire your work and get inspired.

Your layout can be light hearted or very meaningful. It is up to you..whatever you are inspired by ;0)
Here is my sample:

All participants that complete both challenges will be entered into a drawing to win one of these prizes.
Two winners will be randomly selected. This challenge will run from Friday Jan. 29 through Friday Feb. 12th. Winners will be announced on Sat. Feb 13th. Good luck to you, and thanks for helping make a difference. Please pass this info on and let's Scrap(pay)it forward!

((Big Hugs))
Christine

Winter Holidays Challenge!

2009-12-14T21:31:00.000-08:00

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!

We Have a Winner

2009-12-07T18:01:00.000-08:00

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!

We are all so very THANKFUL CHALLENGE!

2009-11-22T19:30:00.001-08:00

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!!!

Winner of the Think Pink Breast Cancer Awareness challenge

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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!

Breast Cancer Awareness Month~ Think Pink!

2009-10-04T19:54:00.000-07:00

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!

And the Angel winners are...

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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!

Be an Angel Challenge

2009-09-09T12:39:00.000-07:00

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!

Blog Candy Winner!

2009-08-24T18:25:00.000-07:00

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

Congrats Carly..looks like you have been quite lucky lately! Please email us your mailing inof and I will get all of your candy right out to you!

Our next challenge will be up on Thursday! So come back and check it out. Just to give you a little idea of what it in store for you. Let me say that you may get a little "misty" while creating your project for our next challenge...don't worry my scrappy angels..it will be worth it!

Time for some Candy...

2009-08-09T20:46:00.000-07:00

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.

It's clearly simple challenge winner plus a new challenge!

2009-08-08T16:08:00.000-07:00

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!

It's Clearly Simple

2009-07-20T15:04:00.000-07:00

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)

Dear Ol' Dad Winners!

2009-06-29T13:32:00.000-07:00

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!

Dear Ol' Dad contest

2009-06-14T10:40:00.000-07:00

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

Winners announced!

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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!

Ronald McDonald House Challenge

2009-05-18T21:15:00.000-07:00

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:

The Orange County Ronald McDonald House :

The idea behind the Orange County Ronald McDonald House is simple: provide a comfortable and affordable “home away from home” for families shouldering the burdens associated with a child who is being treated at a nearby hospital. Some children must travel great distances to get the medical attention they need. Hospital treatments may last a day, a month or more than a year. For the families of these children, affordable accommodations are few and far between. Often, they are limited to costly hotels or unforgiving hospital chairs. The Orange County Ronald McDonald House offers a comfortable, supportive and affordable alternative for these families. It’s a temporary home near their child’s hospital where they can sleep, eat, relax and find encouragement from others. It is much more than just a nice place to stay. It helps to anchor families in very trying times. It can reduce stress by providing a venue where people can talk things out with others who are wrestling with the same issues.

This challenge is sponsored by Bam POP and Illyse one of our Fabulous designers! Thank you bunches! The prizes for this challenge include: 2 sets BAM POP chipboard sentence bubbles and a set of Chipboard Heidi Swaap frames. Let's here it for our sponsors...WOOHOO!

Now on to the challenges. It seems so often the little things in life we often unintentionally take for granted. As parents we often live vicariously through our children's joyful moments. It is important that we cherish each and every moment with them. When unexpected illnesses or injuries occur to one of our children, it can turn a our lives upside down. Therefore Our layout challenge (Challenge one)is a simple one! We want it to focus on your children or a special child in your life... Show us a layout...any layout of a child/children enjoying themselves with smiling faces! Perhaps a special moment or even just being goofy..you pick..whatever brings you joy when you look at it is the right choice!

Here are the Design team's sample layouts!

Jenn

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!

***Remember. We do not need the entire can..ONLY THE TABS :0)

And..as usual, do one challenge,get one entry into the raffle, complete two challenges, get two entries into the raffle for our fun chipboard prizes. This challenge starts today Monday May 18th and will resume Sunday June 7th. Winners will be announced on June 8th! Please pass our website/challenge on to your friends and make sure to leave a post in this thread to be included in the raffle. Please contact us with any questions and/or our mailing addy to send us the soda tabs! Thanks and have a wonderful week!

Mother's day winners announced!

2009-05-17T13:23:00.000-07:00

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..and Spring has sprung Winners announced!

2009-05-10T11:26:00.000-07:00

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!

(((HUGS)))

The Scrap it Forward Team

Spring has sprung!

2009-04-18T22:19:00.000-07:00

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!

If you want a heads up for our next challenge, start saving up the tabs off of your soda cans. Yes it is true,they are actually worth something to us...so start saving up now!!!

Winners of..it's just that easy!

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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!!!

Yes it is that easy!

2009-04-03T11:41:00.000-07:00

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

Project Cuddle and Creative Options..WINNERS

2009-03-29T11:01:00.000-07:00

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:

Cheryl K.

Leslie C.

And...

Minda

Please send us your mailing addies so that we can send you your new Creative Options tote and Paper Kits!

Lastly, thank you Creative Options for providing us with such fun prizes !

Stay tuned..we will have more to come. Tomorrow our next challenge will be posted here!

Create and Donate card Winners announced....

2009-03-15T19:23:00.000-07:00

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.........

DettaO

Alicia

LauraJean

Congrats Ladies...please email us so that we can get your mailing info! Thanks to all those who participated. Your willingness to help out has really touched my heart.

(((Big hugs)))

Christine

P.S. Don't forget our new challenge to Benefit Project Cuddle..if you would like more info...scroll down (Did I mention there are cool prizes involved ?) :)

Project Cuddle & Creative Options

2009-03-08T10:05:00.000-07:00

Thank you for joining us in another great Pay It Forward opportunity and giveaway. This month’s focus is on a non-profit organization founded by Debbe Magnusen and known as Project Cuddle®. The organization’s goal is to help prevent infants from being abandoned. Project Cuddle® offers a crisis line where frightened girls or women can find safe, legal options so that they never have to leave a baby at a dumpster, a church or dirty back alley. It is a reality too often seen in this world. Since its inception, Project Cuddle® has saved over 600 babies across the country and into Canada from the fate of being abandoned, or worse. What can you do to help? We are asking for your donations of new baby bottles or pacifiers to donate to this agency. Every little bit will help. If you are interested in joining this opportunity, please email us so we can send you an address on where to ship these very important necessities. Once we collect all the bottles, we will take a picture and deliver them to the agency.

If you are looking for a paper craft challenge create a layout that is baby focused. You can upload it to our Mr. Linky :) Everyone who creates a layout will also be entered in our raffle for a Creative Options paper kit.

So to sum it all up there are 2 challenges:

Challenge 1- Send us new baby bottles or pacifiers for project cuddle

Challenge 2- Make a baby layout or baby related layout and upload it at the bottom of this post!

It is that easy :)

So,why not try for both? If you participate in 1 challenge you get one entry. If you participate in both challenges you will get two entries! The winners will receive both a creative options tote and paper kit!
We are happy to be to have this month’s challenge sponsored by Creative Options, who bring you creative and stylish storage/organization systems for your crafting needs. They are also concurrently running a Sweepstakes with the kits we are giving away, where you can win a gift basket of goodies. Check out their site here and let them know we sent you! All we ask is that you Be Creative and send us some inspiration. Once you have created something, place your name and link in Mr. Linky’s section so we can all ooh and ahh over it. Thanks again and we look forward to seeing you strut your stuff.

Thank you to Creative Options for sponsoring us this month! Here is a little bit of inspiration for all of you. The Creative Options kit is versatile and a lot of fun! Check out what our team did with this great kit!

Christine's Creations

Illyse's Creations

Jenn's Creations This challenge will run until March 28th! Winners will be selected on March 29th!

Good luck!

(((HUGS)))

The Scrap it Forward Team

Update on card drive!

2009-03-05T08:51:00.000-08:00

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

Time for a challenge !

2009-02-14T22:31:00.000-08:00

This time around our sponsor is none other than the wildly adored PINK PAISLEE. Yes that's right, you heard us Pink Paislee was generous enough to sponsor us. 3 lucky winners will win some paper from their new lines. Check these out !

Wouldn't you like to win some? Wouldn't you like to know how to win some? Well, it is simple.

You may already have noticed that we take a special interest in the Organization, Autism Speaks. Christine, one of our creators, has an autistic son. Every year she walks with her team "We Can" to benefit Autism Speaks. This year along with many other fundraisers, we will be running a card drive to benefit Autism Speaks. If you are interested in helping out, this is what you will need to do:

Create a card or many cards to donate to our card drive.Any kind of theme will do..birthday, anniversary, sympathy, new baby, congrats etc. These cards will be sold at a fundraising event to benefit Autism Speaks. 100% of the profits will be donated !

Anyone that is interested in participating in the Create & Donate Card Drive, can email us at Scrapitforward@gmail.com. We will be more than happy to give you any additional information that you would like. Also, please email us if you would like the address where to send the cards.

Once you make your card/cards email us a pic of them and inquire where to send them. Remember to include an envelope with the card ;0) Every person who participates will be put in a random drawing to win some Pink Paislee Goodies ! We know that you've got those scraps just laying around waiting to be loved. We will place your name/screen name on this post as cards and names come in. Names will be added daily or as the cards arrive. Please be sure to include your name and contact info with the cards that you send. It is that easy! Want to take a chance at winning something fantastic while paying it forward..this is an easy way to do it!

This card drive will run from Sunday, Feb. 15th to Saturday March 15th. Winners will be announced Sunday, March 16th.

Just as a little teaser...here are a few layouts and cards that our team put together so that you could get a better look at the paper collections :) Aren't they YUMMY?!

Christine's Samples using the Fascinating Collection

Jenn's samples using the Fetching Collection:

Illyse's samples using the Enchanting Collection

P.S. Want to double your chances of winning? Go over and visit Danielle at her blog and give her a few cards too! She also is having a drawing that you won't want to miss out on! Thanks Danielle..you are one in a Million !

Can't wait to see those cards!!!

(((HUGS)))

From the Scrap it Forward Team

Something Sweet...it's Valentine's Day

2009-02-13T21:28:00.000-08:00

Well, we cannot even begin to thank you all for the wonderful out pour of well wishes, support, sponsorship and friendship that you have all extended to us. It has been overwhelming and very touching. Thanks for making our first run such a success !

Now for the sweet part..what you have been waiting for ! It is time to announce our first winners ! Drum roll please:

Prize #1 goes to Bree Reilly for her lovely layout: Innocence

Prize #2 Goes to Cheryl Kosakura for her beautiful card:

Prize # 3 goes to Dawn T. for linking us sweetie ! Thanks !

And once again...thank you Making Memories for sponsoring us. We all love you !

And last our random prize winner is Lisa Mariemlt...thanks for being so generous and giving back to your community..every little bit helps! Enjoy your MSE stamps!

Ladies please kindly give me your mailing info...you can send it to us using the email link . Your prizes will be sent out you this week!

Now the rest of you don't go away yet! It is Valentine's day and we didn't forget about you. The first 3 people to post here will win a Valentine themed goody pack like this one! Lucky you :)

The fun isn't over yet, come back tomorrow and see our new challenge. Oh the prizes...they are good. I will leave you with this, the manufacturer who is sponsoring us has a 2 word name..both beginning with the same letter. Can you guess who ?...oh boy is it YUMMY! See you in a day or two !

Let's get this party started !

2009-01-25T21:27:00.000-08:00

EDIT: PRIZES are posted below ! look to see who sponsored us!!!

*Our first bit of inspiration comes from two simple sketches, one for a layout and the other for a card. Your job is to create either a card, layout, or both and send us a link to your creation. Each creation will be viewed and your name placed for a prize opportunity. Link us on your blog and you get an additional entry.

Scrapbook Sketch

Card Sketch

*Now for the giving part...we challenge you to go through your closet or pantry and put together at least one grocery bag of items to donate either to your local Goodwill or food bank. Take a pic of your bag and send it to us. This will get you an additional entry to win a RAK from us. Thanks again and we can't wait to see what happens!

Check out what we have done with the sketches! And now go get yours done ! All entries must be linked to us by Feb. 12th 12 p.m. Pacific standard time. We will be selecting the winners on Feb. 14th. Want to see some of the prizes? Scroll down!
Christine's layout sample

Christine's Card Sample

Jenn's layout sample

Jenn's card sample

Illyse's layout sample

Illyse's Card sample

Thank you Making Memories for sponsoring our site and help making our little dream a reality ! Once we shared our vision with them, they were very open about giving all of this to us and more for future challenges !

Making Memories...you truly ROCK !!!!

Readers... please know that prize 1 does not contain an actual Slice..this is a stress squeezey Slice :)

But wait there's more ! My Sentiments Exactly has also joined in our fun and they too are sponsoring us. Because our challenge ends on Valentine's day, we are going to help spread the love! One random...lucky winner will win these stamps !
Thank you MSE ! Your stamps are beautiful and we are so happy to have your support !