July 6th, 2008
Have you always wanted to improve your creative photography skills so you can have better photos to scrapbook? The Creative Photography Retreat might just be the right workshop for you!
Keynote Speakers include Lisa Bearnson and Ali Edwards!
Creative Photography Retreat (CPR) is breaking ground in applying professional photography techniques to the art of scrapbooking! Hosted by your favorite photography and scrapbooking professionals, you’ll experience two full days of “exposure” to top techniques for capturing everyday moments, creating priceless portraits, and making your photographs even better than ever.
Explore SLR camera systems, master diverse flash methods, study the art of child and group portraiture, improve your photo fixing and enhancement skills, and much more!
Professional photographers and scrapbook experts on staff include Candice Stringham, Jessica Sprague, Cheryl Muhr, Skye Hardwick, James Ransom, Renee Pearson, Matt Adcock, Nicole Hill, Brian Smith, Karen Carey and Erin Manning, sponsored by Canon.
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July 5th, 2008
**STICKY: Have you checked out Mad Cropper’s latest contest yet?**
Here’s another Design Team Call found by Mad Cropper! Good luck!
To all scrapbook stores out there, you can submit your contest and DT calls to Mad Cropper. Drop me an email at christine(at)b5media(dot)com.
Are you a creative artistic soul? Have you always had a passion for art, and a desire to share with others? Are you shy about submitting for design teams? If you answered YES! to any of these questions, then the FireCracker Designs by Pamela Design Team might be just the place for you!! So come out from under the bed, get out those stamps and start your stamping!
Submissions are accepted thru Aug. 15th! New team will be announced and posted on this blog on Sep. 1st.
Here are the details!
FireCracker Designs by Pamela DT Info/Instruction Sheet
1. Fill out the dt-application.zip OR try this one: dt-application.doc and email back to me at : admin@firecrackerdesignsbypamela.com (both of these are word documents, the first file is in a zip file, the second one is just a plain word doc. Click SAVE option, and then save to your pc, to open with Microsoft Word.) They are the SAME file-just different ways to d/l them-If you are having ANY problems d/ling them, please email me, and I’ll copy paste the info into an email and we can handle it that way. Thanks!)
2. Email 4-6 samples of your best (*previously unpublished) work. ANY type of stamp art is great, not just cards. (wall art, jewelry, t-shirts, etc…as long as it’s stamped, it’s eligible)
3. Please label your sample file names: YOURNAME-01, 02, etc…Please keep them about 100K in size.
4. Use of FCD stamps is not required for submission, but it does make me smile when you do!
5. Wait patiently for an email confirmation. You will get a confirmation email, letting you know that I did indeed receive YOUR email, with your application, and your art.
6. All art will be given a random number, and voted on by my current design team. The winners will be announced Sep. 1, and will begin their duties there after.
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July 4th, 2008
**STICKY: Have you checked out Mad Cropper’s latest contest yet?**
A Cherry On Top has some great 4th of July themed scrapbook layout kits that you can use to scrapbook memorable moments of America’s Independence Day! They are on special so hurry and shop till you drop while they are at discounted prizes!
Celebrate freedom with this kit! The colors are soft and worn for an old-time flavor. The kit includes; 3 solid papers, 6 textured or patterned papers, 4 different frame styles, 2 wordarts, 1 star sparkle overlay, 1 flower, 1 fireworks cluster, 1 decorative trim, 1 stapled star cluster, 1 American flag, 1 messy stitch, 1 stitched star, and 1 alpha (upper case with special characters included). Each item created at 300 dpi for best quality. Hope you enjoy this kit and have some fun scrapping those special summer photos!!
Need some fun embellishments for those 4th of July pages? Look no further because this embellishment pack has lots of goodies!! Included are; 4 different frame styles, 2 wordarts, 1 star sparkle overlay, 1 stitched star, 1 messy stitch, 1 fireworks cluster, 1 stapled star cluster, 1 American flag, 1 decorative trim, 1 flower, and 1 alpha set (upper case with special characters included). Have fun creating those memorable pages!!
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July 4th, 2008
While the writers of the b5media Lifestyles Channel may be scattered about globally, one thing we all have in common is a celebration of fireworks. Whether it’s the U.S. and our Fourth of July - or a very different kind of holiday in Perth - we all know the unique smell that penetrates the air and the sense of freedom the mere sound of them instill. There is truly something so divine about a celebration of fireworks - they do create some of the most treasured memories.
Over here at Mad Cropper remembers Guy Fawkes Day, a day celebrated in New Zealand with lots of fireworks. Find out why Guy Fawkes is celebrated by the English and most commonwealth countries. It is indeed a blast from the past!
Chloe of Tangled Thread shares a few festive fireworks and needlework patterns.
Kerri and Cory at Marriage Actually talk about why having a shared past is one of the best parts about being married.
Heather at A Creative Journal shares her first memory of firecrackers with a view from Australia.
Mary Emma at Quilting and Patchwork, provides a quiz for her readers. See how many of the quilt designs you can connect with historical Americana - events, objects or people.
Marye at Baking Delights reflects on just how much menu’s have changed over the years while at Kettle and Cup she shares a modern twist that many are sure to love with her Non-Alcoholic Long Island Iced Tea
Kelly Saunders at Thrifty Mommy shares her favorite 4th of July memory - I just can’t spoil the surprise - check it out.
Char and Christine continue Camp Weary Parent with this weeks Patriotic activities: Star Spangled Rocket and a week full of other fun projects
Marcie and Mary Emma are blasting through books with Fourth of July and summer recommendations at One Book Two Book. Make sure to check out Fourth of July Books for Teens and The 10 Best Fourth of July Picture Books
Linette at Robust Cooking shares 10 Healthy 4th of July Dessert Ideas. At Mother Earth’s Garden she calls out the old saying about corn - “Knee high by the fourth of July.” At She Knows Parties, she shares fond memories of her summers and holidays as a child.
Karen at Thrifty Mommy probably has the most reason to celebrate the fourth as anyone I’ve heard - join Karen as she shares family photos of one of the most memorable nights in her families lives.
Christina at SoloMother shares her own experiences of celebrating the 4th of July in the nations capital.
Susan at PlayLibrary shares her memories of playing the classic game of Zimm Zamm during her family’s annual July 4th barbecue celebration.
Eliza at Babylune reflects back on early holiday celebrations with baby on board and looks to this years celebration - their first out of the military.
And finally, there’s Gayla at MomGadget - Without fail, each year her memories race back to an earlier time when life was much simpler and she’d celebrate her summer holiday with relatives down in the holler in the hills of Kentucky - this year - she shares a Bluegrass Kinda Fourth of July.
To all our readers in the U.S. - we wish you the happiest and safest of holidays - and everyone else, thanks for allowing us to share our own memories with each of you.
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July 3rd, 2008
Scrappin’ Kids, the newest scrap blog in town is hosting its 10th scrap challenge. The theme for the month of July is “I Did It”
Our little ones have definately achieved a lot during their growing up years!
The achievements are just sooo precious that it would be soo Great if we could scrap about
every single achievements made!!!
“I DiD IT”
Challenge #10
Our layout challenge this month
is to scrap an achievement made by your little one…
it could be of anything!!
The layout has to be multi photos
and do include journalling as well.
Scrappin’ Kids‘ designers have created layouts using this theme to inspire your creative juices. So hurry and join! You’ve got till 31st July!
Do link your layout (on your blog) in the comments section
or send us a copy by email to scrappinkids4@yahoo.com.sg
Please submit by
Thursday, 31st July 2008 Midnight Eastern Time
International scrappers are most welcome to join this challenge.
This “I DiD It!” July, Scrappin Kids is honoured to have
Craft Place sponsoring the RAK.
Scrappin Kids will pick one favourite layout
and the winner will be announce on Friday, 1 August 2008
Do share with us your creations!!
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July 3rd, 2008
Starting the month of July 2008, Mad Cropper will be hosting a contest or challenge.
The very first Layout contest that Mad Cropper is sponsoring is:
“Fireworks Layout Challenge”
In honor of USA’s 4th July holiday, Mad Cropper is looking for scrapbook layouts involving fireworks — it can be single or multiple photos featuring a holiday or a vacation or memory that you have had that involves fireworks + journalling.
The Prize is a $25 gift certificate or voucher from an online scrapbook store of your choice.
Contest guidelines:
1) Create a scrapbook layout with the designated theme for the month (see above)
2) Post the layout in your blog (if you have one) plus the journalling text and link back using the comments section of this entry. If you do not have a blog, submit your entry to christine(at)b5media(dot)com. I will only accept layouts in jpeg format with a size below 200kb. Please submit the text of your journalling too.
2) The contest is open to all scrappers based anywhere in the world!
4) You can enter as many layouts as you want. Sky’s the limit :-)
5) The contest will run for the whole month of July 2008. Entries will be accepted till 11.59pm EST on 31 July 2008.
I will announce the winner on the first week of August (the following month). Mad Cropper’s decision is final and cannot be contestable.
For any enquiries, please shoot me an email on christine(at)b5media(dot)com.
Have fun and good luck!
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July 2nd, 2008
Today is the b5media Lifestyle Channel’s Promo Day and our theme this time is “Blast from the Past” celebrating the US 4th July holiday. I am not based in the United States so can’t really share any 4th July experience but I’d like to share a ‘holiday’ in New Zealand where fireworks are involved.
We celebrate Guy Fawkes’ Day with fireworks! For what, you say? For his plot on blowing up a parliament building in the UK. Weird eh? But yes, we celebrate that with fireworks in New Zealand!
According to Wikipedia
Guy Fawkes sometimes known as Guido Fawkes, was a member of a group of Roman Catholic revolutionaries from England who planned to carry out the Gunpowder Plot. He was attempting to overthrow the newly formed protestant ruler who would consolidate quickly and rule for hundreds of years. He planned on blowing up the parliament building to dissolve the regime.
This first happened in 1605 and until now, the UK and most of the commonwealth countries like New Zealand celebrate the day with fireworks. It is at this time where fireworks are sold to consumers like myself :-) So, yes, 400 years on and that day still lives on so it’s indeed a blast from the past! :-)
What about you? Are there any holidays in your country that are celebrated with fireworks?
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July 2nd, 2008
I am pleased to announce the winner of Mad Cropper’s Random Act of Kindness Contest. I am sorry for the delay in the selection and announcement of the winner. I had a family emergency that I had to deal with. But we are now back to our regular programming :-)
Michael Mayfield of Eastman Kodak and his team selected the entry of Ann Marie Walker on 18th May:
I nominate my Sister Terri. She has done so many nice things for me and my family. She was never able to have children, and is like the second mother to mine. I know that she is always there for me, and would do anything for me. When we went through a tough time financially, she was right there. She would show up with clothes for my kids, or bags of grocerys. When my daughter was ill, she sat right there beside me all nite in the hospital. She is also a geriatric nurse and gives it her all helping people. I know many of times when she stayed after work, just to hold someone hand while they passed away, so they wouldnt be alone. I’d love to be able to give something back to her. To let her know how much I love her and appreciate her. I just got her hooked on scrapbooking, and this would be wonderful for her. Even if I dont win. I’m happy to be able to post something about how much she means to me.
Michael says it was difficult for them to choose the winning entry as there were so many touching entries and random act of kindness. Thanks to everyone who participated!
Congratulations Ann Marie for winning the contest and to Terri, enjoy your super fabulous Kodak EasyShare Printer 5300 All-in-One Printer with a retail value of $149.99! With this printer, did you know that you 2x more documents and photos compared to other printers out there! A real value for your money!
Ann Marie, I will email you for details on what you should do so that Terri can receive this fantastic prize! Thanks to Eastman Kodak for sponsoring our contest.
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June 29th, 2008
If you want to promote your design team calls, contest, challenges or anything scrapbook-related, drop me a line at christine@b5media.com
Announcing the Sassy Design Team Call…Applications due 1st August 2008. Good luck!
Do you love to create crafts? If so please check out sassycardsnscraps.com
We are a new site for all types of crafters. Scrapbookers, Cardmakers, Jewelry Makers, etc,
Requirements:
1. You MUST be an active registered member of the message boards
2. You will be required to create at least 3 projects a month
3. You must be willing to promote the site in everyway possible
4. You will be required to have at least 25 posts a month
5. You will be required to host a challenge and/or how-to each month
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June 27th, 2008
This is not only a Design Team call per se but Making Memories for You is also looking for a coordinator for her Design Team! Good luck! Applications due 30 July 2008!
We at Making Memories For You are sad to see Karrie leave us as both the DT coordinator and a member of the DT.
Who can follow in the footsteps of Karrie? She has been our DT Coordinator now since March & member of the DT since May.
Due to being on another DT and having a busy family life Karrie is going to step down.
Karrie’s son will be starting school full time and she is hoping to get a job out of the home.
With that said she will not have the available time that she has had this past reign.
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