New Contest @ SWG!!!!

Let’s get ready to RUMBLE! SWG and Pebbles Inc. have teamed up for the month of October to bring you a super fun contest! It’s football Survivor style! Is your scrappin’ so awesome that you can tackle and scrap at the same time? Well if so…this contest is for you!

We are currently taking sign-ups for our new contest “Survivor Football”! When you sign up you will be placed on either the Theodore or Nellie's Garden Team (these are some new lines from Pebbles)! You will battle against the opposing team while trying not to end up on the “bench”.

Each Monday you will be issued a new challenge and your assignments must be uploaded into the appropriate galleries by Sunday at noon CST! Of that week!

The Game schedule is as follows:
Monday Oct. 1st first challenge is issued and challenge is due Sunday Oct 7th at noon CST!

Sunday, Oct 7th (sign-ups close @ noon CST) and 2nd challenge will be issued the 2nd challenge is due Sunday Oct 14th @ noon CST

Monday Oct 15th 3rd challenge will be issued and due Sunday Oct 21st @ noon CST!

Monday Oct 22nd 4th challenge will be issued and due Sunday Oct 28th @ noon CST!

Crop weekend and announcement of winner will happen the weekend of October 26th-28th! (we hope to see you all there!)

Prizes:
Our Survivor Football winner (the last scrapper standing) will receive $65 dollars (retail) from Pebbles: 2 chalks/shimmers, 1 kit, and embellishments.

Best Sportsmanship (the person that praises others, lifts up the team, active on the board, etc….this person will be catch the attention of the judges and will be awarded for it…you can be “benched” and still win this prize!) will win $45 (retail) from Pebbles: 2 chalks, 1 kit $45

Each team will then get to vote for their teams MVP: Each MVP winner (1 from each team) will win a set of chalk from Pebbles (retail value $17)

Now for the small print: (as we have to have it)

1. Each week you will be issued a challenge and you can earn extra credit by using one of the pebble lines that SWG carries! (this will give your team and extra 5 pts per person that uses these lines! So check out the store! For more details). Each challenge that you complete will earn your team points. There will be a possible of 20 points per week per person that you can earn for your team (and then of course the extra 5 points for using the newer products from pebbles that are carried in the SWG store)

2. You may miss 1 week from the contest. However, (beware) if your team is the “losing team” that week…you may still be voted out.

3. There will be 1 challenge that will require the use of 90% pebbles product…however keep in mind that using the new pebbles products each week can earn you an extra 5pts to your weekly score! (see the SWG store for details)

4. Each Monday you will be issued a new challenge and your assignments must be uploaded into the appropriate galleries by Sunday at noon CST! Of that week!

5. The Refs (Current Dt, SWG store owner, DT Coordinator) will then score the layouts…and then the team scores will be added together. The team with the highest score that week…will get to rest up! While the team with the lowest score will head to the referee box…where they will all have to vote off some team members (weekly elimination will depend on how many people sign up for the contest! *details of how many to be voted off will be given at the beginning of each week)

6. The players that are voted off…will be posted by Monday @ 2pm CST. If you do not vote before noon on Monday for which player you would like to see voted off you forfeit your vote. Also if there is a tie that needs to be broken…it will be broken by the person that scored the highest that week for the team.

7. You may still sign up until the 8th of Oct. to be placed on a team…however the first due date for the first challenge is midnight on the 7th.

8. The last few scrappers standing…the winner will be determined by the highest overall score.

9. All entries must be new! and may not be posted outside of the SWG gallery other than your own personal blog.

10. We reserve all rights to clarify any rules.

11. If you have any questions, just ask on the message board.

Ready to sign-up? Head on over to the Scrappinwithgrace.com message board! Look under October happenings to find the sign-up thread.

After signing up the Special Events Coordinator, Jen, will place a blinkie in your signature line…this indicates which team you will be playing for!

Design Team Reveals

Well this month at Scrappinwithgrace.com we were working with the ultra cool Mustard Moon products! I enjoyed working with these products and I am still working away (so more to share later).

Here are 2 of my projects:



This little tin was a recycled electrasol tin that I turned into a card holding/present. I am going to fill this will fall cards (thankful/thank you, thanksgiving, halloween and get well soon...as so many of us come down with something at season change :) I am going to give it to my daughters pre-school teacher as a fall gift...I sure hope she likes it :)




Here is a layout of my sweet heart Gavin... my baby is growing up way to fast! I used a transparency on the little "evidence card".

At scrapstreet.com I created this month with the awesome Paper trunk papers! I can't tell you how much I loved this paper! I wish I could share my projects but they are being published in the ezine...so I will have to wait until next month :)

Also on the digital team...we worked with the awesome free kit that Janneke created....make sure you check out the Nov. issue to get your free kit! and check out my layout under digi dashboard! :)

SWG: Celebrity Chat with Karen from Mustard Moon!

Join us for a celebrity chat Sunday September 30th from 7-8pm CST!
We have been working with mustard moon this month and are excited to talk with Karen! You will not want to miss out on this opportunity! We will see you there! Head on over to scrappinwithgrace.com to check out the full details.

Free October Digi Kit

Well I have been busy this weekend creating a digi kit for the October newsletter at SWG! If you want to get this free kit...make sure you are signed up for the newsletter! (www.scrappinwithgrace.com)

Here is a preview....


Each month...we will have a free digital kit offering! So if you like free...you will want to make sure you are signed up!

Lazy day....

Well I have so many projects that I should be working on ...but I haven't gotten much done!
We did get up a new gallery over at SWG today...stop by and check it out (www.scrappwithgrace.com) I think it is more user friendly than the last one...and everyone seems to be enjoying it!

Last weekend we took some pictures out by the sunflowers...each year when the sunflowers come up I swear I am going to take some pictures...well this year we did...here are some of my captures...





Ashlee also started school this last Wednesday...but she wasn't in much of a "picture mood" ...




Oh well...she is normally my picture girl...so we've gotta cut her a little slack ;) RLOL!
I am working on some fun projects over at Scrapstreet for this next months magazine! I just love it over there...if you haven't had a chance to check out the amazing site or the fab. magazine...head over there and do so!
I am also in the "kit club" and the kit this month is to die for...it's the daisy d's new fall/autumn line...and I am loving it!
There is also a "secret" reindeer running around the streets getting us all ready for (gulp) Christmas early!!! don't miss out on the fun! head on over and sign up!

New contest: "School of Scrap" at SWG!

School of Scrap

Scrappinwithgrace.com and Mustard Moon are taking you back to school in our fun and twisted contest “School of Scrap”! How long has it been since you sat in a classroom desk? Well this month…take your seat and get ready to get your scrap on! We will stretch you a bit as we make the weekly “assignments”

Our sponsor Mustard Moon has provided 2 prize packages both worth 25.00 (retail value) Each prize package will consist of Mustard Moon’s latest lines: Sew it Seams I & II, Man in the Moon & Opulent Whimsy along with their latest big Honkin’ Stickers release and cardstock stickers!

We will be awarding 1 of the prize packages to the winner (the person who gets the highest overall grades) and also awarding 1 prize package to the “teachers pet”…what is the “teachers pet” you ask…well it is the person that interacts best on the boards with praising the other members, posting to our board…and being an all around super star! So if you like to go the extra mile while getting your scrap on the title of “teachers pet” just might be yours!

We are also looking for 2 design team members!!! In order to apply to become a design team member at SWG you will need to complete the entire contest and then fill out an application (which will be provided toward the end of the contest). This will be for a 6-month stint that will begin in Oct and go through March 2008!

There will be 4 challenges during this contest:

Challenge 1 will be issued Sept. 1st and due Sept. 8th @ midnight CST

Challenge 2 will be issued Sept 8th and due Sept 15th @ midnight CST

Challenge 3 will be issued Sept 15th and due Sept. 22nd @ midnight CST

Challenge 4 will be issued (Wednesday) Sept 19th and due (Wednesday) Sept 26th @ midnight CST

Now we all know that every class room has rules…so here are ours:

1. Sign-ups will be taken on the Scrappinwithgrace.com message board until Sept 8th at midnight CST! (please sign up under the sign-up thread) However, your first challenge will be issued Sept 1st!

2. If you are on the “class roster” (aka…all signed up) your first assignment will be given to you on Sept. 1st…and you will have 1 week to complete the assignment. All assignments (except for the last one) will be due at midnight CST the following Saturday (please see the assignment schedule for the last assignment).

3. You will be earning “grades” during this contest. You may drop your lowest grade…which also means you may skip 1 week during the contest… (giving you a zero…which you would want to then drop)

4. You will be required to use product from Mustard Moon for 1 of the challenges and also 1 of the extra credit assignments. If you do not have any of mustard moon products you may purchase them in our store for a great price!

5. You can earn “extra credit” throughout the contest and will be given 1 “extra credit opportunity” each week! This will be worth 5 extra credit points! Please note that extra credit is not mandatory! So watch out for these opportunities…they will be given at different times during the week…and can be time specific….and will never be the same thing.

6. No one will be eliminated during the contest! The person with the highest score at the end of the contest will be our winner! We will determine the winner by adding all of the grades together and subtracting out the lowest score.

7. Assignments will always be due on Saturday at Midnight CST! (*with an exception for the last assignment…please see the assignment schedule) (failure to upload that week will result in a zero (*keep in mind that you can drop your lowest score…so if you choose to skip a week…you would be able to drop that zero) Please keep in mind that everything will be run on CST. You will receive your scores back no later than Monday at noon CST.

So what can you expect for your first assignment? Well of course the teacher never let’s you look at the test before you take it! So you will have to join us in this super fun contest to find out! WE will see you on the boards at Scrappinwithgrace.com

Well I made it...

To week 5 at the scrapncircle.com contest! I am so excited! This week is going to be hard...as I have to make my own pattern paper...so the thinking cap is on!

Here are my layouts from week 3 and 4:

Week 3

Week 4

Now on to week 5...I will post my creation when I get it finished :)