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

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

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

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

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


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






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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


Easy enough right? So have at it!

Illyse's Layout



Christine's Father's Day Card



Jenn's layout

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

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

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!


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!

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

Lisa Marie

Ivon/Divascrapper

and....

Joan!

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

Check back later for a new challenge too!

Happy Mother's day to all our mommy readers!

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

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

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

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

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

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