pretty paper. true stories. {and scrapbooking classes with cupcakes.}

_{See the JBS Inspiration blog for more details about this layout.}

Once again, thanks so much for all your participation in last weekend’s online crop! I know August is a tricky month for lots of people, so I’m taking it as a sign that our autumn crop will get even bigger. I have my thinking cap on already so you can look forward to some new things then!

But now the exciting part if you could take part — the list of prize winners! It’s a long list, so be sure to check for your name. If you’re a winner, please follow the instructions at the end of this post to claim your prize. (If you’re not a winner, I’m sorry and I wish I had something for everyone! Please play again at our next crop, and I hope you enjoyed the challenges anyway!) Okay — winners then!

Crafting challenges:
Scrapbooking with red, aqua and white
Jenny B wins a prize package of red and aqua inks, paints and mists!

The first sketch
Liz wins a selection of label stickers

Scrapbooking with a free printable alphabet
Connie C wins a selection of goodies from Shimelle Digitals.

Scrapbooking with circles
Jenny Pitcairn wins a set of Banana Frog stamps.

Scrapbooking with black and white photos
Mary Bainbridge wins a class pass for herself and a friend on Learn Something New, the September online class here at shimelle.com.

Scrapbooking with patterned papers
Helen Overton wins a prize package filled with patterned paper.

Journal around the page
Lisa Funky Fairy wins a prize pack filled with paper goodness from Jenni Bowlin Studio.

Scrapbooking with squares
Kitty Scrapper wins a prize pack of scrapping supplies with a square theme.

Scrapbooking with at least a little pink
Maja wins a prize pack of pink scrapbooking supplies.

The second sketch
Lisa O wins a copy of Stretch your Sketches=, an e-book from Ella Publishing

Scrapbooking with heart
Mandy Mck wins a selection of scrapbooking goodies from the Green at Heart collection by BasicGrey.

Scrapbooking with letters or numbers
Lisa wins a copy of Time to Scrapbook, which features the layout above and tips for finding time from each of the Most Influential Scrapbooker nominees.

Scrapbooking with paper rosettes
Jimjam wins Scrapbook Inspirations Idea Book volume 2.

Scrapbooking with stamps
Susan Roh wins a set of Banana Frog stamps.

Scrapbooking with quadrants
Karen wins a custom portrait (person or pet) as a Little Musing by SJ Dowsett.

The third sketch
Shannon Hager wins a prize pack of scrapbooking supplies.

Scrapbooking with layers
Anne wins a prize pack of scrapbooking supplies.

Scrapbooking with your favourite supplies
Hannah wins a prize pack of supplies from a manufacturer of her choice.

Scrapbooking with whatever you have left
Kirsty wins a prize pack of scrapbooking supplies.

Photo challenges:
Get close
Daphne wins Picture Perfect a photography e-book from Ella Publishing.

Manmade
Aussie Mon wins Scrapper’s B&W Actions, a workflow of black and white processing options for your photographs. Or her choice of another product of the same value from Two Peas in a Bucket.

Through the glass
Natalie wins a new album.

Explosive energy
Rachel wins a camera t-shirt from Threadless.

I saw the sign
Leah wins a Keep Calm and Snap On print from the Keep Calm Etsy shop.

Night light
Christina wins a selection of fonts available exclusively at Two Peas in a Bucket.

Up above
Emy wins a pack of photo paper in her choice of brand.

Add a laugh
Tape wins her choice of a hilarious book.

Nature
Karen wins 40 Top Tips for Better Photos, an Ella ebook by Rebecca Cooper.

Below the knee
Gemma wins a care package of funky socks.

Reflections
Rinda wins a selection of glittery scrapbook supplies.

Study session
Louise wins some reading material and some pretty paper.

Get in the picture
Co Co wins this adorable handmade owl in navy AND this supercute one in red from etsy seller Vivikas.

Portrait or candid?
Jennifer wins Scrapbook Inspirations Idea Book volume 2.

Craft in progress
Lizzie wins a prize pack of scrapbooking supplies from Imaginisce.

Zoom out
Anso wins a prize pack of scrapbooking supplies from American Crafts.

Smiles
Bethan wins a prize pack of scrapbooking supplies.

At home
Kirsteen wins a prize pack of scrapbooking supplies with a home theme.

And the two comment-to-win posts:
Share a favourite quotation
Lorraine wins this gorgeous print from the always amazing Vol.25.

Share a scrapbooking thought
Smeepee wins her choice of a knitted bow headband or a knitted flower wearable from The Funky Beau.

To claim your prize, please email me (shimelle at gmail dot com) with the relevant details for your prize. If it’s a digital prize, I need your email address. If it’s a physical prize, I need your mailing address. If there are options (like t-shirt size or paper brand), please let me know. If it says ‘from a selection’, just email me and I’ll get back to you with the options so you can choose. Please make the subject line of your email PRIZE WINNER so I don’t miss your message. Thank you!

On a totally different note, I’m packing up a small number of kits appropriate for Learn Something New. They will be available for UK addresses only, I’m afraid, and I’ll probably pop them in the shop first thing tomorrow morning. Watch Twitter as I’ll post there first when they are in the shop. Once they are gone, I won’t be putting together any other kits for this class. (For those of you outside the UK or not fancying a kit, there will be notes on supplies in the prep notes that go out next week.)

Right – back to packing those boxes then!

xlovesx

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Thank you so much for joining me for the online crop over this past weekend! I am loving all the projects and photos that are being posted. If you still have some time to take some pictures or finish up a crafting project, you can still get in on the fun — all of these challenges are open until 6am Tuesday morning — UK time. And each of these has a prize package up for grabs! Here’s a quick run-down of everything in one place:

Crafting challenges:
Scrapbooking with red, aqua and white
The first sketch
Scrapbooking with a free printable alphabet
Scrapbooking with circles
Scrapbooking with black and white photos
Scrapbooking with patterned papers
Journal around the page
Scrapbooking with squares
Scrapbooking with at least a little pink
The second sketch
Scrapbooking with heart
Scrapbooking with letters or numbers
Scrapbooking with paper rosettes
Scrapbooking with stamps
Scrapbooking with quadrants
The third sketch
Scrapbooking with layers
Scrapbooking with your favourite supplies
Scrapbooking with whatever you have left

Photo challenges:
Get close
Manmade
Through the glass
Explosive energy
I saw the sign
Night light
Up above
Add a laugh
Nature
Below the knee
Reflections
Study session
Get in the picture
Portrait or candid?
Craft in progress
Zoom out
Smiles
At home

And there are two posts where you can win a great prize just by leaving a comment.
Share a favourite quotation
Share a scrapbooking thought

Winners will be posted on Wednesday, and look for some details about an online class tomorrow! I hope everyone has a lovely week.

xlovesx

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Thanks so much for joining me for whatever part of this three days of crafting you could! It’s been lovely to see your photos and projects pop up across the blogosphere and in page galleries!

For our final giveaway, just leave a comment on this post sharing a thought about why you love scrapbooking. That’s all — just a little positive thought about this creative outlet that everyone here has in common.

One comment will be randomly chosen to win your choice of a knitted bow headband or a knitted flower wearable from The Funky Beau, Rachel’s lovely folksy shop with cute and affordable hand-knitted accessories. Please see this post for all the deadlines and details about this weekend. You have until bright and early Tuesday morning to enter this and all the other prize drawings from this weekend. I’m also going to throw in some extra prizes here and there. All of the prize drawings announced on each post will be randomly chosen, but I’ve saved some shimelle.com class passes to give to a few scrappers who have really made the most of the crop by taking part in many challenges or by creating a real masterpiece for one of the challenges. So those are out there to be won too! All of the prize winners will be announced on Wednesday, as the challenges are open until Tuesday morning.

Thanks again and I hope you had a lovely weekend, no matter how much scrapping you had on the schedule.

xlovesx

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If you’ve been cropping with us all weekend (or you’ve been out and about with all the other things on your schedule), it’s about time to crash and relax for the last few hours of Sunday. So this final challenge is something nice and calm.

Your challenge is to take and post a photograph from home! Absolutely anything in your home – a tiny little detail or a wider shot of everyone relaxing in the living room. As long as it’s from home, you’re all set.

Post your image on Flickr, on your blog or in another online photo gallery. Leave a link to it in the comments on this post to be entered.

One winner will be randomly chosen to win a prize pack of scrapbooking supplies with a home theme, but also great for a variety of other projects.

Please see this post for all the deadlines and details about this weekend.

You can even take this picture from right there at your computer screen if you fancy!

xlovesx

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One final crafting challenge for this weekend to help get the most of the supplies you’ve hauled out over the last three days or so: create something with the leftovers from everything else you’ve been creating. Try not to cut into any full sheets of paper or open any new packages of product – make a card, scrapbook page or tag with whatever you have open. Digi artists won’t have run out of anything of course but try using just elements you’ve already worked with this weekend to get a new look from the same selection of supplies.

As always, upload your project to your gallery or blog and post a link in the comments. One entry will win a prize pack of scrapbooking goodies — all full sheets and new packages, I promise!

Don’t miss the two hourly posts to follow — one last photo challenge and then a comment-to-win post to draw things to a close!

xlovesx

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If you’re happy and you know it… you should be smiling, right? So here’s a challenge that I hope won’t be too difficult for this weekend.

Your challenge is to take and post a photograph with at least one smile! Whether it’s you, a friend, a family member or your dog – just make sure there’s a smile on display.

Post your image on Flickr, on your blog or in another online photo gallery. Leave a link to it in the comments on this post to be entered.

One winner will be randomly chosen to win a prize pack of scrapbooking supplies, and the winner can choose from several options to make sure it’s just what she would like to add to her stash.

Please see this post for all the deadlines and details about this weekend.

Now run off and command people to say cheese!

xlovesx

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I almost always mix up my manufacturers when I scrapbook and tend to pull a piece of paper from this collection, some die cuts from that collection and some completely unrelated ribbon to form the mix that I want. But occasionally it can be quite liberating to take it back to just one collection or designer and work within that range.

Your next crafting challenge is to create a project with predominately one collection or manufacturer’s supplies — choose your favourites! Make a scrapbook page, card or other project and upload it to share. Leave a link in the comments and one comment will be randomly chosen to win a prize pack of scrapbooking supplies from a manufacturer of your choice!

So… what will your favourite be today?

xlovesx

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Nine times out of ten, I take pictures that are zoomed in close (well, maybe not with a zoom lens but still — framed closely) and I have to physically remind myself to take shots that include more of the scene. So if I have to remind myself, well… I’m going to remind you too. Just this once.

Your challenge is to zoom out and take a photograph of a whole scene. Depending on your camera, you may need to do this with your feet or your lens!

Post your image on Flickr, on your blog or in another online photo gallery. Leave a link to it in the comments on this post to be entered.

One winner will be randomly chosen to win a prize pack of scrapbooking supplies from American Crafts, ready for your next crafting project.

Please see this post for all the deadlines and details about this weekend.

Now… what scene will you find? Indoors and outdoors both welcome!

xlovesx

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