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!

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....

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!
                                   

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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......

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)

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.

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)

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:

*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.