... just Laura

two giveaway winners

thanks to all of you who played along with the giveaways. i wish i could send you all something. but since i can only pick one of you for each giveaway, i went to the random number generator thing-a-ma-giger to be as fair as i could.

first up, the giveaway for elizabeth's "52 more challenges" idea book.

 

awesome - thanks for the chance to win!!

Posted by: cassie| December 03, 2009 at 03:39 PM

second up, is the giveaway for the package of making memories goodies from me.

 
Love your style - never disappoints! You make it look so easy!
Posted by: NancyC | December 04, 2009 at 06:04 PM

congrats girls! email me with your address info, and i'll get those out to you this week :)

scrapbook trends *slice* giveaway

can you take another giveaway? today's is brought to you by scrapbook trends magazine. head over to their BLOG, where you can leave a comment for a change to win a pink slice! and speaking of the slice, i wanted to share this layout i created yesterday.

this was a really quick layout. a smaller one, 9x9 in size. just pulled out a recent 4x6 photo, and built around it with a few products. and i didn't have to dig around for letter stickers or chipboard alphas in the perfect color. i just pulled out my slice and made a simple title. these words and phrases are by far my favorite thing to slice. and this font is my favorite too! 

then, if you happen to have a slice or are getting one soon, you might want to check out my good friend wendy bretz's blog. she's doing a giveaway for the big kids slice design card. i just got this one, and it's super cute!

and since you're in a comment-leaving kind of mood, why not leave one on my blog too. i don't have a slice or a design card to give away. but i will put together a little package of making memories goodies to send to one lucky blog reader. i will randomly draw a winner on sunday afternoon, along with the winner of yesterday's giveaway :)

edited to add: comments now closed. thanks to everyone for playing along.

"52 more scrapbooking challenges" giveaway

have you seen this book yet?

"52 more scrapbooking challenges" is the newest idea book from creating keepsakes. and elizabeth kartchner is the creative genious behind this book. and check out her list of contributors that worked with her challenges. cindy tobey, amanda johnson, keisha campbell, sheri reguly, kelly purkey, sasha farina, mou saha, shelly aldrich, and beth opel. some of my favorites are on that list. elizabeth has put together 52 challenges, one for every week of the year. all the challengs are broken down into chapters like design and color, photo fun, around the house, journaling, techniques, inspired by, take a number, and use your stash. how fun do those sound? i've already picked out the first one that i want to try out. it's #44, getting yourself inked. as soon as i find that bottle of spray mist ink stuff that i've been dying to use. no idea where i put it, but i'll find it. lol!

i have an extra copy of this fun book to give away to one of my lucky blog readers. just leave me a comment. anything, just a "hey you" will work. lol! i will randomly draw a winner on sunday afternoon. and my apologies in advance, but this is only open to US residents (unless you're willing to pay the extra shipping). also make sure and go over to the creating keepsakes blog and leave a comment, for another chance to win. 

and that's not all. for more chances to win a copy of elizabeth’s book, you can also check out the blogs from these dream team members and CK contributing writers:

* Wendy Sue Anderson

* Maggie Holmes

* Elizabeth Kartchner

* Mou Saha

* Cindy Tobey

* Susan Weinroth

* Suzy Plantamura

edited to add: comments now closed. thanks to everyone for playing along!

giveaway winners

the winners from the making memories giveaways were announced HERE. congrats to amanda h, who was the random winner choose from my blog!

hope to be back blogging later tonight, or maybe tomorrow. we had a very busy weekend here. end of season tournament for soccer. we spend 9 hours straight on the fields on saturday, and 7 hours straight on sunday. 8 games total, 4 for alyssa and 4 for sarah. so we're all dead tired and trying desperately to catch up on life right now. more later :)

just chillin giveaway

making memories is such an awesome manufacturer to work for. and i think it's so cool that three of their designers were chosen for the 2010 creating keepsakes dream team (maggie, wendy, and i). i'm so excited that we all get to experience these two great adventures together. making memories is generously donating each of our favorite collections to give away to one of our lucky blog readers. of course i had to pick the just chillin collection for my favorite. and i figured this layout goes perfectly with this giveaway.

copyright creating keepsakes. posted with prior permission from the publisher.

i've been wanting to share this layout for a while. it was featured in the october 2009 issue of creating keepsakes, in the becky higgins sketch column. when i saw her sketch posted, i knew that it would be perfect for this layout idea. the sketch had room for 16 photos. so i was able to include 15 of my most recent daycare kids, along with a photo of myself. although as soon as my girls saw this, they asked "where is so-and-so" for a bunch of the other kids that have been here over the past 8 years. i told them i could only do the kids that were here during my digital years. lol!

now if you saw this layout in the october issue, you might have noticed a different photo of me on there. i did change that out before sending it out (but forgot to take a picture), since this photo of me has been previously used for something in the magazine. i admit, i like this photo better. and i did change it back when i got the layout back. lol! then i found my favorite photos of 15 kids. took me a while to dig around the external hard drive, since these were all taken over the last 4-5 years or so. i've had some cute kids, haven't i ;)

i went with the mix of color photos and black and white photos for one main reason. all the boys photos looked great in color. but i had a little too much color going on. i loved all the colors in the girls photos, and knew that i wanted to use the just chillin girls collection on this. so i made the boys all black and white. i think it actually looks pretty cool. all the photos are 3x4 in size. such a great way to get a ton of photos on there.

so, what do you need to do? just leave me a comment. i know a lot of you already congratulated me on my other post, so don't feel like you have to do it all over again. lol! just a simple comment is all that's required, to get your name in there. then make sure to go over to maggie's blog and wendy's blog, and leave them some congrats too. we're each doing separate drawings for different collections. then monday, we'll randomly pick the winners, who will be announced on the making memories blog :) 

comments now closed. look for the winner to be announced on the making memories blog later this morning.

class pass winner

sorry for the late post. between the 2 girls, we had 3 games and spend 7 hours on the soccer field. on to the winner of the free class pass to doris sander's online class, product pizzazz 201. i did the random number generator thingie, and it spit out number #19. which means our winner is: 

my favorites are buttons and alpha stickers! and thanks to you, Laura, some string now and then too!
thanks for the chance to win!

posted by: Heather Jordan | September 30, 2009 at 07:13 PM

congrats heather! i know you're going to love the class! and thanks to everyone for playing along. loved reading what everyone's favorite embellishments are!

want to win a free class pass

i have this friend, doris sander. she's an amazingly talented scrapper. it's the little details that really complete her layouts. she just has this way with embellishments. and she does these online classes. i took her very first one, and she's done several since. her newest one, product pizzazz 201, started this past monday. but it's not too late to join in. she offered me a free class pass to give away to one of my lucky blog readers. i told you she was pretty cool :) here's a few peeks to give you idea of what the class is about.

  

are you ready to add the “wow” factor to your layouts? surprisingly, it’s the smallest details that can have the biggest impact on your designs. in Product Pizzazz 201, we’ll be polishing our layouts, taking them from fine to fabulous. you'll get your scrapbooking to the next level by using tiny embellishments, basic tools, and simple techniques.

each lesson will include:
innovative ideas for incorporating those extra bits of embellishment on your layouts.
tips for using basic tools and techniques to add structure and sparkle to your pages.
ways to make journaling both easier and more inspiring.
and the Use It Now! challenges to get you out of the classroom and into the creativity zone.

8 lessons cover:
icons 2/covering chipboard/quotes
stamps/embossing/hidden journaling
frames, photo corners, parenthesis/outlining/handwriting
punches/paper piecing/lines
borders/border punches, deco scissors/lists
layering/flowers/conversations
tags, tabs/glitter/chunking
beads, pins, sequins/sequin stitching/stream of consciousness

please go and check it out, and consider signing up. also check out her blog. she's super funny and a good read too! but also make sure and leave a comment here, telling me what your number one, favorite embellishment is. then i'll randomly draw a name on saturday to give one of you a free class pass! 

bean chase

 

yay, you found me! i'm your hostess for this round of the jillibean soup "bean chase". yes, i'm the one that has to have at least 3 rulers out to scrap. really. i have rulers in my kitchen drawer, for when i scrap downstairs. a ruler by my laptop/printer area, for measuring how big to make my journling. and a few rulers on my scrap island. i measure everything, multiple times. what can i say? i'm a linear girl ;)

 

so what do you have to do now? it's super simple. just leave me a comment and tell me the one thing you cannot scrap without. and then a random winner will be chosen monday afternoon to win these awesome new stamps and journaling sprouts! so make sure and check out the jillibean soup blog on monday, to see who the lucky winner is. good luck, and thanks for playing the bean chase with us!

green tangerines winner

 

thanks to everyone for their great comments. appreciate it! hope you all checked out the green tangerines kit club, because they have some great stuff put together. i'm posting this super quick after the cutoff time, since we're heading out to soccer practice. and now for the winner that the random number generator picked for me.

Wow, I love all of your layouts! I am so stealing the googly eyes idea -- my kids will love it. Thanks!

Posted by: Karen | July 28, 2009 at 02:35 PM

congrats karen! please email your info over to kitclub@mygreentangerines.com, since they'll be sending the kit directly to you. thanks to everyone for playing along!