It’s the day you’ve all been waiting for; the day we announce the winners of our 2nd Annual Holiday Card Contest. Let’s begin by saying “WOW!” you are all very talented designers.
I must say that we had so many wonderful entries, it was practically impossible to choose the winners. However, after much deliberation, we’ve decided on the following three stand-out card designs.
Congratulations to our winners - you totally deserve all the kudos!
Even though our contest is over, it’s definitely not too late to create and order your holiday cards. When placing your order, remember to allow 3 business days for processing. For example, if you placed your order today, it would likely ship on Friday or possibly even Monday.
Now for the winners!
Title: Christmas Card
Author: sarahkirksey
Sarah’s card is not only well designed, but the photos and typography give the card a luxury feel. The beauty of the card jumps at you immediately. Well done!
Title: White Christmas
Author: Lost Girl
Lost Girl has a knack for detail and creativity. As last year’s winner, she had big expectations for us here at Scrapblog HQ. But we couldn’t resist this well crafted snow-globe themed card. I actually had to look at in the builder to appreciate all the fine details. Truly an amazing card.
Title: Holiday Family Card
Author: CRZY4SCRAPPN
Our final selection was created by the talented CRZY4SCRAPPN. She actually submitted two entries that we loved. Both are creative and well designed, but this one was just a bit more fabulous!
Congratulations to all of our winners, you totally deserve it. Thank you to everyone that participated! As I said, it was a really difficult decision. Have a great holiday season and we look forward to seeing more of your creations!
So guess what? Today is November 4th and we just finished Halloween, so now we can focus on getting ready for the holiday season! As creative people we know the importance of getting a head start on holidays. To feed your competitive spirits and get you in a creative frame of mind, we are announcing today our 2nd Annual Best Scrapblog Holiday Card Contest.
If you participated last year, you remember all the totally AMAZING scrapblog holiday cards that were created. Check out all the entries from last year here. With so many great stickers, backgrounds, themes and kits - we simply cannot wait to see what you come up with!
So here’s how you participate:
1. Create your Scrapblog Holiday Card. - The holiday you choose is totally up to you! Maybe your holiday is Halloween, Christmas, Hanukkah or Thanksgiving?
2. Your card must be 3 Scrapblog pages - 1 for the front of the card, 1 for the inside top and 1 for the inside bottom.
3. Save and publish your scrapblog publicly. We need to see your creation!
4. Tag your entry HOLIDAYS09
Your entry must be created before midnight on November 13, 2009. The Scrapblog staff will vote on all the entries and choose the best THREE entries as winners. The winners will receive 25 copies of their Scrapblog Holiday Card!
I find genealogy can be both exciting and overwhelming at the same time. There are so many times that I say something that reminds me of my late grandma or my mom will tell me a story from my childhood and I wish that I wrote all of those things down. Join Georgana Hall of Adornit as she walks you through a simple family history project using Scrapblog.
If you are not familiar with the Big Picture Scrapbooking format, Georgana will walk you through every step. This is a self paced class that won’t break the bank (it’s only $10!!) Plus you will get a free gift from Scrapblog too. I know you will love learning from Georgana; she has a sweet, patient nature and will encourage you along the way.
Everyday you create more memories, so now is your chance to learn something new, capture and share your heritage and learn more about Georgana and Adornit.
Thanks to all of you that are trying out QuickMix! I have seen some really great Scrapblogs created with the new kits! We have also really enjoyed getting all your feedback, so keep it coming!
Today I want to show off one of my favorite of the new features: shapes and backgrounds. If you are a legacy user of Scrapblog, you are already aware of how to use shapes. When dragged onto the canvas, shapes can add visual interest to your scrapblog pages. They can be filled with color, gradients and prior to releasing the QuickMix, you could fill shapes with backgrounds that were “patterns.” I’m so excited about shapes today because, first of all, we’ve added 12 new ones. All the older shapes are still in the tray and they act just like the new ones - yay!
The best thing (in my opinion) about the shapes is that they can now accept ANY background. Your eyes are not deceiving you, I did say they can hold ANY background! No more searching for the square backgrounds in the builder. Simply see one you like, add it to your tray and drag it into the shape you want. As you can see in picture below, you can have as many shapes as you want on a page and they can each hold a different background. Think of it as a digital way to die cut the background papers.
Shapes have always been a very unique asset in Scrapblog. They can do so many things and change the look of your pages in pretty creative ways. We understand that sometimes you want to layer backgrounds and it’s not enough to have basic shapes like squares, circles and rectangles. So the new shapes are designed for you to really spice things up on your pages. I haven’t yet decided which one is my favorite. The rounded corner rectangle is very versatile, but I’m also extremely found of the heart, scallop edges and the tag shape. Be still my heart, I’m definitely in love with all the new shapes!
So what else is cool about them? If a background is not what you want, you can still fill them with color and add a gradient. You can add or remove a border and make it any color your heart desires. Add a shadow, change the angle and change the opacity are also creative things you can do to make the shapes perfect. If you decide you don’t like the background you added to the shape, just click the “remove pattern” button and the shape goes back to white.
You may have noticed in the photo above, a “hand” in the middle of the shape. This is a helping hand! When you click on the hand, it changes to fist show you know you’ve grabbed the background, now you can move the background around until you find the perfect selection for your page.
The last shape feature I want to show you is all about size. Shapes can be as big or as small as you want. To change the size of the shape, click on it, grab the blue square in the corner and drag it bigger or smaller. To retain the proportions of the shape hold down the SHIFT key when you are dragging.
Enjoy playing with the shapes, backgrounds and colors. We are so happy to continue to help you get your creative juices flowing!
Halloween is THIS Saturday people and if you haven’t prepared the perfect spooky event, here are a couple of ideas to add a little something extra to your party using Scrapblog.
Every great party starts with great invitations. I used stickers and backgrounds from Pebbles, Inc. Those of you that know my style, know that simple is not usually a way to describe it. However, I love the clean, classic design from Pebbles and I think it works really well for these projects. If these aren’t your style, we have hundreds and hundreds of stickers to choose from.
Don’t forget to add all the details about your party so your guests know the details. When you are finished with your invite, you can print it from home, order postcards from scrapblog, post it to your Facebook event wall, or email it to all your ghosts (I mean guests!).
Now that everyone is invited, I want to show you a quick and easy party game that you can create in Scrapblog and print right from your home printer. I LOVE playing pin the tail on the donkey, but that doesn’t really work too well for Halloween, so I decided on pin the tail on the black cat. This cat is one of the most popular stickers in our library and he really looks upset that his tail is missing! To hide his tail, I used an oval shape in same color as the background and placed it over his tail until it disappeared. Ledya was happy to play my game with me after I printed it.
Once the party is over, you can send out great thank you cards. Just design 3 scrapblog pages (1 for the front, 1 for the inside top and 1 for the inside bottom). Order your cards and call your party a success!
I hope this has sparked some ideas for you to create the spookiest, best Halloween ever!!!
