TGIF Friday Five

Hello Fellow Scrapbloggers!

As promised, and back by popular demand, I present to you this week’s Friday Five. Many of you may already know that we recently relocated the company from Miami, FL to San Francisco, CA.
As you can imagine, the past few weeks during the move have been a little bit on the crazy side. However, this week has given me my sanity back a bit. I hope you enjoy this week’s choices for Friday Five, because I certainly enjoyed searching for them this week. So, without further ado…

Scrapblog: by an 8 year old
Author: pcup

This scrapblog caught our eye not only because of it’s obvious “cute factor” but also because the author is one of our many young creators that have found a home on Scrapblog. Isn’t it so great to see creativity start at such a young age (ok, I feel totally old now!)

Scrapblog: Robert Growing Up Vol.2
Author: chichamarsh

We chose this scrapblog because it’s sort of fascinating thinking about Robert growing up. I keep wondering, who is Robert? How old is he now? What was his cat’s name? And too many other questions to ask. We also loved the creativity of the layouts. I’m sure Robert loved them too!

Scrapblog: 2000
Author: shirleyscrafts

This is one of the best designed scrapblogs we came across this week. Undoubtably, Shirley is slowly (like the rest of us) getting caught up on documenting her photos, but I really loved each and every page! The colors chosen are fabulous, especially for a baby boy! And we totally got sympathy pains when we saw page 3! He’s a beautiful little boy, congratulations (10 years too late!) We hope to see more wonderful scrapblogs from you Shirley.

Scrapblog: Welcome Home Steve
Author: jsmarried05

Military families are a big part of our community here at Scrapblog. I love seeing the pages entitled “Welcome Home.” It feels good to know that we can help celebrate a special moment in someone’s life. The reality of war is really apparent in the pictures of the pages and I can’t imagine how challenging it was for Steve to be away from his family. Let us join you in saying “welcome home, Steve!”

Scrapblog: calendar
Author: chick1028

So if you are like me and pretending that it’s NOT the first week of February and you are still planning on making a calendar for your family, here’s some inspiration. We totally fell in love with the ultra-cute pictures and the festive layouts. Definitely feeling like finishing up my calendar and sending it out as a late gift. Maybe for Valentine’s Day? We’ll see…

Have an AMAZING weekend and thank you for stopping by and reading the Friday Five!

Rebecca

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By Rebecca
— February 5, 2010 at 8:05 pm

Give Us Your Thoughts and We’ll Give You a Gift

Hello Fellow Scrapbloggers!

Many of you email us, call us and post on Get Satisfaction and it really helps! Thank you so much for your constant feedback and questions about the site. You may not realize it, but your feedback is what makes our product the best it can be.

If you haven’t noticed it on the front page we are conducting a survey. This is your chance to really tell us more about you. So, click the photo below to help us out and once you’ve completed all the questions, you’ll receive a 35% off your print order coupon. This offer is only good for the first 500 survey takers, so act quickly. Thanks in advance for helping us out!

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By Rebecca
— February 4, 2010 at 6:50 pm

Are You a Super Fan?

Hello Fellow Scrapbloggers!

So thank you to everyone that left comments on Friday! Please continue to leave them, we can use all the feedback we can get! Specifically I’d like to know more about what you want to see here on the blog, but any feedback about the site is great too!

Well, the big topic last week was “I want more freebies.” Which I totally get. Freebies make the online world a happier place, don’t they? Today we posted some new stuff for you. I think pretty much everyday there is something new in the “get stickers” section or a new theme or new QuickMix theme. I hope to keep you updated here on the blog, but in case I miss something, be sure to check in the builder often to see new goodies (free & not free). In the spirit of “thanks for your feedback”, I have a special treat for the blog readers just click this photo below and it will open up a freebie!
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You may have guessed from the image above that some of our new stuff is all about FOOTBALL! Anyone out there live with a football nut? My dad is crazy for football and you can bet that this Sunday will be a big event including having tons of “football” snacks and inviting all his loud football crazy friends over to watch the big game. As for me, not so football crazy. BUT I do love an excuse to have a party, so watching a football game is just as good an excuse as anything else, right?

So who will win this “big game”? More importantly, who will have the best party? Are you having a get together? Cheering on your favorite team? Just making some REALLY good chili? Any of these reasons deserves a scrapblog. We’ve made some pre-designed themes that you can use to show off your team spirit or create a page to send via email. Just click any of the images below to get started.

We want to see what you create, so don’t forget to tag your scrapblog “superfan”. Have a very happy Tuesday!
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By Rebecca
— February 2, 2010 at 4:42 pm

Blog Refreshed

Hello Fellow Scrapbloggers -

You may have noticed that we’ve been a bit absent from the blog lately. Shame on me, I’ve been something I never wanted to be “a bad blogger.” I’ve been thinking a lot lately about you, our wonderful community members. I have thought about the group of wonderful humans you are and how much you inspire me everyday here at Scrapblog and now as an active community on Facebook. I want to better understand you; what your needs are and what inspires you to come to the site and read our blog.

It occurred to me that most of you may not know how important you are to our company. You have inspired us in many ways, not only in making changes to the Scrapblog builder and the tools we create, but how we communicate to you via our newsletter and on the homepage. Scrapblog is created for you and I want you to know how seriously we take our relationship with each of you. I consider many of you personal friends and I have really enjoyed watching you grow and develop as a community over the past three years.

Today I would like to offer a fresh start to the blog, but I need your help! The first month of 2010 is quickly coming to a close, but I think I still have time to list my “resolutions” for the year, right? I’d like to take this opportunity to ask you a few questions, learn from you, understand your needs and welcome you to our Scrapblog community. So whatever the reason you are here, my mission is to help you find what you need, encourage you to learn, and inspire you a bit along the way. I think together we can make the joy of story telling and sharing more exciting with Scrapblog.

I recently returned from the annual winter CHA tradeshow. The goal of CHA is to get inspiration, visit with our content partners and learn more about how creative people do what they do. The big thing I took away from the event was how much we needed to light a new fire for our blog. To help me figure out some direction, here are my questions.

1. What types of articles do you read most? (insider tips, feature updates, projects, etc.)
2. Would you like to see guest blog posts teaching techniques about photography, story writing or tips on using Scrapblog?
3. Do you like the Friday Five?
4. Is there anything we can do differently?
5. Are you a fan of ours on Facebook (if not, here’s the link!)
6. Do you want to see more contests and challenges?

Please leave your comments below and by-the-way, I am totally posting a Friday Five next week (I promise!) Looking forward to growing together with you this year!

Cheers!
Rebecca

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By Rebecca
— January 29, 2010 at 9:30 pm

Scrapblog™ Adds New Top Creative Content Designers to its Marketplace

New partnerships with Stampendous, Eleanor Grosch and others bring rich scrapbook content to the digital space.
Anaheim, Calif. – Jan. 26, 2010 – Today at The CHA Winter Convention (Craft and Hobby Association) Scrapblog™, the leading online application for making and sharing digital scrapbooks, announced the addition of new industry-leading partners that will set up shop in the Scrapblog virtual goods Marketplace™.

Over 30 industry-leading creative content designers have already made the leap to digital through their partnership with Scrapblog. New elite designers joining this prestigious list include Jill MacKay, distinguished jewelry designer; Lynne Becker of Me Too Mommy, a baby book for the busy mom on the go; Eleanor Grosch, an established print designer who has worked with major consumer products such as Keds® brand shoes; and Stampendous, a household name in traditional rubber stamps.

In the thriving Scrapblog Marketplace virtual goods shops, Scrapblog’s two million users can purchase premium scrapbooking embellishments including stickers, backgrounds, themes and kits to give instant personality to their photo creations and help personalized photo projects come alive. Scrapblog members can purchase Marketplace goods with Scrapblog credits through a credit card or PayPal.

“Opening a store in Scrapblog’s Marketplace was an obvious decision once I saw the number of dedicated scrapbookers in their active community. Having my content available in a Scrapblog Marketplace store allows me direct access to a growing and passionate group of digital scrapbookers,” said Eleanor Grosch. “I love that digital scrapbookers out there will be able to customize their memories with my artwork! Working with Scrapblog is such a great opportunity and I can’t wait to see what people make.”

Scrapblog Marketplace partners enjoy digital asset protection since all of the content remains protected within the online Scrapblog builder application. Scrapblog and its partners operate within a revenue sharing model.

Creating a World for Your Photos
Scrapblog is changing the way people make scrapbooks with award-winning online tools. Every day Scrapblog members create a wide array of online and printable creative photo projects including scrapbooks, calendars, family trees, travelogues, school projects, invitations, yearbooks, fan tributes and greeting cards. The site’s users make up a world-wide, vibrant social community that share tips, ideas, kudos and creative challenges with each other daily. Users can opt to have their creation professionally printed through Scrapblog’s printing services, or immediately share it online on their Scrapblog pages or through social network sites like Facebook or MySpace.
Scrapblog is easy, fast, and open-ended and its user-base spans beyond scrapbooking enthusiasts to incorporate busy parents, social network users, teens commemorating their idols and children creating school projects. Scrapblog’s tools, templates and creative premium content helps anyone get creative quickly.

For a full list of Scrapblog Marketplace partners see below:
• Adornit
• Amy Hutchinson
• Anna Griffin
• Bam Pop!
• Claudine Hellmuth
• Cosmo Cricket
• Crate Paper
• D23, “The Official Community for Disney Fans”
• Designer Digitals
• Eleanor Grosch
• Glitz Design
• Gypsy Chick
• Hambly Screen Prints
• House of 3
• Jill MacKay
• Kristina Contes
• Kristy Valshan
• Little Dreamer
• Me Too Mommy
• My Sentiments Exactly
• Pebbles Inc.
• Peppermint Creative
• Posh Patterns
• Rhonna Farrer
• Sassafrass Lass
• Stampendous
• The Greeting Farm
• The Red Porch
• Valentina Ramos
• Vintaj

About Scrapblog, Inc. Scrapblog enables everyday people to express themselves online in a creative way. Through its multimedia scrapbooking service, users can aggregate their social media from multiple sources in a web-based application that is truly drag-and-drop-easy. Funded by Steamboat Ventures, Scrapblog has already been used by over two million people to date. Scrapblog is free to use with a robust virtual goods marketplace, featuring high-quality content from some of the marquee names in scrapbooking as well as branded partners, like Disney. With no software to download, integration with social media sharing sites and a high-quality printing service, Scrapblog is a fun and easy way to extend digital photos.
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By Rebecca
— January 27, 2010 at 1:41 pm