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!
Love seems to always be in the air here at Scrapblog. Scrapbloggers search the word “love” more than anything else on our site. Also, a week never goes by that we don’t see a scrapblog printed about wedding love, baby love or pet love. So, Challenge 22 was a big hit here in the land of love.
As usual, we all had a difficult time choosing a winner. Each entry was special and unique in it’s own way. Each entry could have been declared the winner. It’s true that love can inspire art, creativity and emotion as you will see from our two runner’s up and our winner. Please take the time to review all the entries, they will make you fall in love!
2nd Runner Up
Title: 2008
Author: trilogymom
What an unbelievably amazing year! Follow world travelers Kate and Kevin as the visit many wonderful cities, see lots of exciting shows and fall in love along the way. Beautiful photos and wonderful pages.
1st Runner Up
Title: Long Lost 1953 Wedding
Author: Chilypepah
Love and family go hand in hand and we found Chilypepah’s pages delightful! Chilypepah does a wonderful job telling the story and giving us insight into her family. Fabulous work!
The Winner!
Title: Love Story
Author: emeralda
Our winning scrapblog is a classic love story. Emeralda, unfortunately, I think many of us can relate to your tale. Boy meets girl, puppy love and then someone’s heart is broken. We loved the details and your photos. Great job telling your story - CONGRATS We LOVE it!!
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’m so excited to tell you about our latest Scrapblog Challenge! If you haven’t already heard, the classic Maurice Sendak storybook, “Where the Wild Things Are”, will come to life in IMAX theaters across the country beginning October 16, 2009.
The film tells the story of Max, a rambunctious and sensitive boy who feels misunderstood at home and escapes to where the Wild Things are. Max lands on an island where he meets mysterious and strange creatures whose emotions are as wild and unpredictable as their actions. The Wild Things desperately long for a leader to guide them, just as Max longs for a kingdom to rule. When Max is crowned king, he promises to create a place where everyone will be happy. Max soon finds, though, that ruling his kingdom is not so easy and his relationships there prove to be more complicated than he originally thought.
To celebrate the IMAX opening of “Where the Wild Things Are”, we challenge you to submit a story about your child’s (or your own) imaginary world using Scrapblog. Here are some ideas:
* Do you dream of running a kingdom of magical creatures?
* Maybe you have discovered a family of woodland fairies, we want to see it come to life!
* Have you flown on a rocket ship to meet Martians?
* Do dream of hitting a home run in the World Series?
* Perhaps you wish to dive to the depths of the oceans and discovered new species
There is no limit to your imagination, so let it run free! The lucky winner will be chosen at random from all the entries tagged WILDTHINGS09 and will receive the following prize package from our friends at IMAX. Your scrapblog must be created by midnight EST on October 16, 2009 to be entered into the drawing.
· 1 copy of Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
· 1 adult Where the Wild Things Are t-shirt
· 1 youth Where the Wild Things Are t-shirt
· 1 Where the Wild Things Are poster
· A family 4-pack of IMAX tickets
Where the Wild Things Are has been digitally re-mastered into the unparalleled image and sound quality of The IMAX Experience® through proprietary IMAX DMR® technology. With crystal clear images, laser-aligned digital sound and maximized field of view, IMAX provides the world’s most immersive movie experience.
For most of us living here in the US, the seasons are changing from summer to fall. Living in Miami doesn’t bring the beauty of the changing leaves, like other parts of the country, but the heat is definitely subsiding a bit making the days feel much more bearable. Our friends in Australia and New Zealand are heading into springtime. Both seasons are equally delightful in my opinion and it means being outside is a bit more enjoyable. Challenge 21 asks the question “What is Your Favorite Season.”
Many of you submitted entries and we definitely had fun reviewing all the entries. Here are the winners (we couldn’t pick just one!). Great work everyone!
Summertime by Scrapaholic Sherry - this is the Scrapblog staff pick. We loved the scrapbooky feel of her pages and since we live in year ’round summertime, Sherry is speaking our language.
Winter Snow Squirrels Bird by Ginnymo wins the technique award this time for her use of photos as backgrounds and embellishments.
Autumn Challenge 21 by Gravic wins the award for best journaling in this challenge. We loved the quotes framed in the beautiful pages.
Frozen in Time by Bubblee wins the Community loved award. We loved her beautiful springtime images. So simple, yet amazing!
Congratulations to all of our winners! Don’t forget to enter Challenge 22 - Tell Your Favorite Love Story! Tag your scrapblog Challenge22 to enter!
