The 12 Days of Christmas!

Join us for the next 12 days for some inspiring challenges on the forums, games, fun, prizes, giveaways, freebies, and MORE!

Today, on the FIRST DAY OF CHRISTMAS, your challenge is to use a SINGLE photo and a SINGLE collection!  I used the Gramercy Road collection by Gossamer Blue for this fall page.

I used some strips in the background to create a sort of starburst effect, and then scattered the page with the die cut leaves and enamel dots.  You may notice the tone-on-tone circle that are added to the page....I punched them from some of the packaging from the embellishments!



Today's 12 Days of Christmas SPECIAL:

I have create a FREE cut file (PNG format) that is available in the store!  Please refer to your electronic die cutting machine for specific instructions on how to cut PNG files.

You can find the file HERE:

http://www.myscrapsandmore.com/december-2014-digital-cut-file-holiday-words/

***********Store News************

Today is the LAST DAY for the awesome Black Friday sale in the store! 

And Coming Soon:

Simple Stories Life Documented

*************Weekly Giveaway***********

For a chance to win a $10 gift certificate to the store, please leave a comment on the blog posts throughout the week. At the end of the week, I choose a random day and a random commentor to win!!
This weeks winner is:

Congrats!  Please email me at info@myscrapsandmore.com to claim your prize!

Happy Holidays everyone!!!!

At the Patch, DT Call, and online crop!

I used some Bella Blvd Hello Autumn and Elle's Studio Sycamore Lane goodies on this simple, fall page!

On the side, I simply layered some stickers from the Bella Blvd Hello Autumn Sticker sheet.

I added a few die cut leaves, and some leaves fussy cut from Elle's Studio "leaves" paper.

***************Store News****************

New Dear Lizzy-Serendipity, Crate Paper-Kiss Kiss, and Bazzill Cardstock arriving SOON!

Also, we are having a DESIGN TEAM CALL for 2015!  Check out the details HERE: http://myscrapsandmore.blogspot.com/2014/11/my-scraps-more-design-team-call.html

Finally, join us Friday Nov. 7-16 for a PINSPIRATIONAL online CROP!

***************October Ticket Winner***************

For every $10 you spend in the store (after discounts) you receive a raffle ticket.  At the end of each month, one ticket is chosen and the winner receives a $10 gift certificate to the store!  Octobers winning ticket is:

PINK TICKET 894476

************Weekly Giveaway*************

For a chance to win a $10 gift certificate to the store, please leave a comment on the blog posts throughout the week. At the end of the week, I choose a random day and a random commentor to win!!

This weeks winner is:

Congrats!  Please contact me at info@myscrapsandmore.com to claim your prize!

August Ticket winner and Halloween...

Good MORNING!  Happy Monday!

I'm sharing a page today that I created with some Shimelle papers and a some from Brighton Pier.  I was inspired by the hexagon alphas, so I decided to use hexagons as the major design on my page.

In addition to cutting out some large hexagons using my Cameo, I also traced some with a black pen to create a place to journal.

The alphas I altered a bit by inking them with some light blue ink.

***************Raffle Ticket Winner***************

Here is the winning ticket from all August sales!  If you had the matching ticket in your order, you win a $10 gift certificate to the store!  

For every $10 your spend (after discounts), you earn one raffle ticket with your order.

And the winner is:  

BLUE TICKET

#108522

*************Halloween***************

Are you looking for some Halloween Items?  The latest Jillibean Soup releases are pretty much sold out, but there are a few cute embellies left, like these die cuts:

American Crafts re-released the Thirty-One collection from Pebbles....I LOVE these papers:

And the always cute papers from Bella Blvd Trick or Treat:

and stickers, too:

The "Raven" collection from Glitz was one of my favorite Halloween releases!  Here is the collection kit, ON SALE:

And if you like traditional Halloween, how about this collection kit from My Mind's Eye-Happy Haunting:

**********Weekly Giveaway************

For a chance to win a $10 credit to the store, leave a comment on each blog post this week. I will choose a random day and then a random commentor on that day to win!!! Winners have 7 days to claim their prize.

Congrats!  Please contact me at info@myscrapsandmore.com to claim your prize!

Check out the Gallery!

We are experimenting with a new gallery at My Scraps & More using Flickr. It is very user friendly and easy to navigate through. Plus there is a great iPhone app with it, too!

We would LOVE to have you come browse and even sign up and contribute!

1. Go to www.flickr.com and create an account. If you already have a yahoo account, you just use your yahoo login. You can also log in with Facebook, too.

2. Once you create an account, you can start uploading your photos to your photostream. If you want your photos to be seen by others, you need to make them "public". These public ones you can share in the My Scraps & More group (and any other group you wish to be a part of).

3. Next, you need to join the My Scraps Group: www.flickr.com/groups/myscrapsandmore/

4. Once you are a member of the My Scraps Group, you can add photos from your photostream to the group and share! You can leave comments, particpate in discussions, and LOTS more! You can also post your photos to your facebook page from there and lots of other social media things, too.

5. The benefit for the store is that anyone who searches for "scrapbook galleries" can find My Scraps & More (but everyone who contributes must be a member first).

6. NOTE: You will notice that there are no "albums" or categories for the layouts (i.e., no "Got Talent" album). Instead, you have to tag your photos with words that will be predetermined. For example, I tagged one of my pages with junechallenge. If you search for junechallenge, you will see all the pages with that tag. You can add as many tags as you want to your photos, BUT if we do a contest or challenge, we will give you a specific tag to use for that event. If you want to try tagging your photos, you can start with the tags: junechallenge and gottalent, if your photo applies to those categories.

***********Layout*************

I have been really into using my Silhouette lately to cut out some unique shapes to use on my pages.  I found this circle one with leave shapes cut out.  I backed some of the open spaces with patterned papers and then stitched around the outside of the circle.  

There is a whole bunch of fussy cutting with the flowers, and then I layered some other die cuts and vellum pieces.

I've been doing a lot of color challenges lately, and this one was based on one at Color Me Scrappy.

Papers are from Glitz "Finnley", MME "Now & Then Mildred", and Crate Paper "Maggie Holmes Styleboard".

*******************Weekly Giveaway*******************

For a chance to win a $10 credit to the store, leave a comment on each blog post this week.  I will choose a random day and then a random commentor on that day to win!!!  Winners have 7 days to claim their prize.

And this weeks winner is:

Congrats!  Please send me an email at info@myscrapsandmore.com to claim your prize!

New Fancy Pants and Echo Park!

I wanted to share one of my favorite layouts recently.  I created this page with Crate Paper Open Road and Studio Calico South of Market.  The design kind of came to me in my head and I went with it!  But my most favorite part about this page is the photo of my dad and daughter, and the story behind my daughter's "Favorite Friend"-her Boppy!  :)

*********Store News*************

I am so excited about the new arrivals in the store today!!!!!

First is Echo Park Simple Life:

 And THREE new collections from Fancy Pants:

Burlap & Bouquets

Everyday Circus

Me-ology

Look in the store later today to see all the items!!!

************************Weekly Giveaway*********************

For a chance to win a $10 credit to the store, leave a comment on each blog post this week.  I will choose a random day and then a random commentor on that day to win!!!  Winners have 7 days to claim their prize.

And this weeks winner is:

Congrats!  Send me your mailing address and email to info@myscrapsandmore.com!

Have a great week everyone!

New Markdowns!

Do you realize that summer CHA is just over a month away?  I am already getting emails from manufacturers with some sneaks of their upcoming releases.

Here's the problem....I need more space to put it all!  So all this week I am marking down HUNDREDS of products!  You will start seeing them in the "SALE-25% off" category. But here's the BEST part....the sale prices work with the monthly coupon codes!  So, for example, if there is a piece of paper that is marked down 25% off (let's say an $0.89 piece of paper is marked down to $0.67), when you enter the code JUNEBUG20, that is an ADDITIONAL 20% off the the $0.67, which makes the piece of paper only $0.54!  

Here are just a few of the manufacturers that will have markdowns:

American Crafts
Basic Grey
Bella Blvd
Carta Bella
Echo Park
Elle's Studio
Fancy Pants
Glitz Designs
Jillibean Soup
Lily Bee
My Mind's Eye
October Afternoon
Pebbles
Simple Stories
Studio Calico
Webster's Pages

That a LOT!!!!

***************** recent layout*******************

Sharing a page I recently made celebrating my 38th B-day!!  I used some Bella Blvd, Basic Grey, and Heidi Swapp for this page.

I printed the numbers on my page through my Silhouette software and then had the 3 and the 8 cut out and just put patterned paper behind them.  Then just some layering of bits here and there!

******************* Weekly Giveaway****************

For a chance to win a $10 credit to the store, leave a comment on each blog post this week.  I will choose a random day and then a random commentor on that day to win!!!  Winners have 7 days to claim their prize.

And this weeks winner is:

Congrats!  Send me your mailing address and email to info@myscrapsandmore.com!

Have a great week everyone!

New products, a few winners, and the Getaway Show!

Oh my gosh I can't begin to tell you how busy I have been!  There has been so much going on this month...birthdays, graduations, a few illnesses, and the Rubber Stamping and Scrapbook Getaway Show that I attended this week as a vendor.  I brought a TON of products from the store.

Since the show was local for me, I couldn't resist.   I made a LOT of new connections with local people and really got the store name out there!  PLUS, I got interviewed for the news and they did a little clip on the event!  EEK!  I was so nervous and flustered!  Camera shy I guess!

I have share a few photos on the store's Facebook page, but here are a few of them again:

My brother build the displays for me, and I put them all together at the show.  They each have 2, 7 foot posts with a finial on top and a stand/support on the bottom.  I screwed in 4x5 pieces of peg board on each side to display products and strung some twine between the posts at the top to hang sample pages.  I love the way it all came together!

If you are reading this post because I met you at the event, please leave a comment and let me know!  :)

*************NEW PRODUCTS****************

The new October Afternoon Public Library collection is finally in stock!!  There are some people that have been waiting for this for a long time!!!   Tons of stickers, awesome papers with the classic OA patterns and shades, a some cute, whimsical icons!

And there is a new 20% off coupon code for June: JUNEBUG20

Check out October Afternoon Public Library HERE: OCTOBER AFTERNOON PUBLIC LIBRARY

**************Monthly Raffle Winner*****************

For every $10 you spend in the store, you get a ticket with your order.  At the end of the month I draw one to win a $10 certificate to the store!  So here is the winning ticket for May:

If you have the matching number, please email me at info@myscrapsandmore.com!

*************Weekly Giveaway******************

For a chance to win a $10 credit to the store, leave a comment on each blog post this week.  I will choose a random day and then a random commentor on that day to win!!!  Winners have 7 days to claim their prize.

Last Monday was Memorial Day and I didn't do a post, so I owe you TWO weekly giveaway winners!

So here is the winner for the week of  18-24:

And the winner from May 25-May31:

Congrats!  Send me your mailing address and email to info@myscrapsandmore.com!

Have a great week everyone!