JULY RAK WINNER, MSW & CARD UNIVERSE

Good ole "Random Generator" chose #22 today and that number belongs to SaScoma (Sessy). Congratulations, girl - send me your address when you get a chance!

A couple of other things: The ABC Summer Crop starts tomorrow at MSW and will last through the entire month of August. If you haven't signed up in this FAB forum yet, what are you waiting for???

Have you checked out the Card Universe yet? We're planning some exciting events there starting in August - the first "event" will actually take place on the first Thursday (Aug. 6th) - you won't want to miss the exciting things we have in store for you!

One of the features that I'll be personally adding will be a "Featured Artist". I'll be "blog-cruising" looking for projects that knock my socks off. The artists who knock my socks off will be invited to be Featured Artist at the Card Universe. I won't be limiting my choices to the CU (as I have been doing) - this search is going to go out into Blogland.

If you'd like to join the Card Universe, just go to the right column and click on the CU icon. That will take you right to the CU. I'm also hosting a new challenge every week in the "Holiday Challenge Group". Tomorrow is the day I'll post the next challenge.

BLOG RAK AND ABC CROP

Well, I've been neglecting my poor blog again. Between my new duties at SNR and all the happenings at the Card Universe, my blog has slipped a little. However, tomorrow is the last day of July and I'm going to be drawing for the July Followers RAK. So stay tuned to see who the winner is.

The ABC Summer Crop starts Saturday over at MSW - you must make some time to get over there. It will be a month long extravaganza of challenges, games and lots of fun. If you're having trouble with your MOJO lately, MSW is the perfect place for you!!

I'll be back tomorrow to announce the winner of my July RAK.

Friday Night Fun!

Well, the first ever 1 Hour Card Sketch Contest at MSW was a huge success!! We had one hour to make as many cards as we could from six sketches that were revealed at precisely 9 PM EST. I got three cards done and was very happy with that. Actually, I really like all four of them.

REMINDER: THE ABC SUMMER CROP AT MSW STARTS ON AUGUST 1ST!!

First Ever 1 Hour Card Sketch Contest at MSW

The 1 Hour Layout Sketch Challenges are always so much fun that we have tweeked it a bit and want to give our Card Lovers an equally Fun Time!

When: July 24th at 9pm EDT
Where: MSW Forum

Join us for a fun and face paced One Hour Card Challenge.

The 6 Sentiments will be listed the day before the Challenge in our Forum. This will give you a little time to think about what papers you would like to use and how you might want to do your sentiment.

At 9pm EST, The 6 Card Sketches will be revealed in our Forum. Let’s see how many you can get done in One Hour! For each card finished and uploaded into the gallery, you will receive 1 point. The more cards, the more points and the more chances to win our Door Prizes.

Cards must be completed by 10:00pm EST and you will have an extra 20 minutes to upload the cards into the Gallery.

Join us!!
woohoo!

SNR CURRENT CALLS

Special Double Issue for August/September 2009

Scrapbooking

* By Style* (see special call below)
* Babies
* Grandparents
* My first job
* School days/teacher's gifts
* Silly grins and crazy faces
* Stamped backgrounds

Digital Scrapbooking

* Adding selective color to photos
* Converting photos to black-and-white

Cards

Anniversary
Back to school
Cards that feature sewing
Cards that feature dry embossing
ABC (Anything But Cards) -- Teacher Gifts

Stamping

* Fashion stamps -- can be shoes, dresses, purses, make-up, etc. Think diva.
* Reader Spotlight: Transportation -- can be airplanes, cars, trucks, trains. Any stamp that features a form of transportation. Can be cards, layouts or projects as long as they feature stamps

Altered Art

* ATC's -- of any style or theme
* Arches -- of any style or theme
* General call -- altered art projects of your choice

Deadline: August 1, 2009

Send submissions to: subs@scrapbooknewsandreview.com

Call Guidelines

Please submit your pages with the following guidelines:

•Pages only – unless specified, no mini albums, altered projects or home décor
•Can be of any size, i.e. 12"x12", 8"x8", 6"x6"
•Artwork can be traditional, hybrid or digital (please specify)
•Please send images as large as possible and we’ll scale to size
•You must name your image with the title of the layout or project.
•The call name must be specified in subject line of your e-mail
•There are no restrictions on whether your artwork has been posted to an online gallery, blog or other site but we respectfully request you take them down upon request for publication.

Important to Note: Please register on our site before sending in your submissions. This will ensure we’re able to properly contact you as well as authorize you to view the magazine should your artwork be accepted for publication. All submissions must include a SNR username.



Special Call for August/September Issue
By Style

In each issue of Scrapbook News and Review, we feature scrapbook pages by style and skill level. As a chance to see as many styles and genres as possible, for this call only, we do not restrict the amount of submissions per scrapbooker. In fact, we'd prefer to see at least three to five layouts per person in order to give us an idea of how well your defined style is. We're currently looking for pages of size or subject. It must be a clearly defined style, for example: clean and simple, modern and graphic, shabby chic, freestyle, eclectic, etc. Please include the style category you feel best describers your work.

JULY 24TH............SAVE THE DATE

Please join us for the first-ever ONE HOUR SKETCH CARD CONTEST over at My Sketch World! Here's the 411 and I hope to see you there.

**Friday, July 24th
**Sketches posted at 9:00pm EST
**Finished cards need to be posted in the gallery and linked to sign in thread by 10:20pm EST.
**The 6 sentiments we are working with will be posted the day before so you can pull papers and get psyched up.
**6 sketches will be posted and you will get one prize draw for each card completed and posted by 10:20pm EST.
**All action will take place the Card Challenges Forum.

Wonderful News!

I'm on the MSW Card Design Team for six more months!! I'n SO thrilled to have been asked to return as one of Lucy's designers!

The DT over there consists of some of the most talented women that I know! It has been such a pleasure working with all of them and I'm looking forward to the next six months! If any of you are looking for a place to call "home" on the internet, come on over to MSW - we have the friendliest women on the internet, too. Everybody is so supportive and did I mention the talent?

Come Back and See Us Again

Here's the announcement that appears on the SNR homepage, written by Kate Koch, our Editor-in-chief:


"While the classes and festivities may be over, we plan on keeping the good times rolling. Every day, for the next six days, we'll feature a prize package from each of our sponsors.

Thank you for attending our first summer event. We have several more in the works with manufacturers you know and love so keep an eye out for more details. While the classes and festivities may be over, we plan on keeping the good times rolling. Every day, for the next six days, we'll feature a prize package from each of our sponsors. Be sure to stop daily and throw your name into the hat. Sponsor days are as follows:

•Monday, July 13, 2009 - Clearsnap
•Tuesday, July 14, 2009 - Cosmo Cricket
•Wednesday, July 15, 2009 - Crate Paper
•Thursday, July 16, 2009 - Lizzie Anne Designs
•Friday, July 17, 2009 - a double header with Magenta and Prima
•Saturday, July 18, 2009 - another double header with Prism and Teresa Collins

As for the prizes for our games and challenges, the deadline to get your entry in at games@scrapbooknewsandreview.comThisThis e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it is 11:59 p.m. on July 12, 2009. Winners will be announced on Monday, July 13, 2009 at 12:00 p.m. and will be promptly notified.

If you'd like to take a look at all projects without having to scroll down forum threads, please check out our main gallery. You can access it by clicking on Gallery on the main menu at the top of our site. Everything is front and center and easily downloadable. You can also convert any forum thread by opening it, clicking on forum tools in the upper right hand corner of the thread, hitting PDF and saving to your computer. It really is that simple. All classes, galleries, and chatter will be available to peruse at your leisure until our new site debuts, which you'll just have to check back often to see when it's unleashed and ready for fun and play.

Once again, thank you for making our event a huge success. While most of you were oh-so-quiet, we have to say, the numbers were terrific. So far, over 51,000 people visited our site and/or enjoyed the manufacturer's galleries and threads. Next time, don't be so shy, speak up -- we really want to hear from you!"

Stop by soon,

Kate Koch

Editor-in-Chief

Lots of news!

Join us today at SNR, for lots of classes, inspiration, prizes and just plain fun. Here's the link with the entire schedule - I hope to *see* you there. Since I'm such a "newbie", I'm not doing any of the classes, but I will be hanging around in the Teresa Collins thread most of the day, so come on by!

Speaking of SNR, I am now the Card Team Assistant Coordinator and will be working directly with Anne House! I'm SO excited! I have pretty much "morphed" into being more of a card maker than a layout maker in the past few months, so I'm super thrilled that Anne asked me to work with her on the card section of SNR!!

I'll also be taking a very active role in the development of The Card Universe. We know there is so much potential there and now I will be putting quite a bit of effort in helping that grow. I know that some of you are already a member of the "CU". If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to let me know. You can always leave me a message, or post right in the thread.

Finally, it took a few days, but we finally have all the winners of the July 4th Blog Hop! Each staff member gave away a 1 month subscription to SNR, and the lucky winner from my blog is Sonia Kertznus - congratulations, Sonia!!

Here is the official post of all the winners. QUOTE:
We want to thank everyone who participated in last weekend's Oh Say Can You See Blog Hop. With over 90 blogs along the way, there was quite the parade of inspiration, fun and patriotic celebration for the holiday weekend. We have appreciated all of the wonderful comments and feedback we have received from everyone involved. A special congratulations goes to our list of Scrapbook News and Review winners for the event.

From the Staff Blogs, the winners for the 1 month free subscription are:

Anne: Peggy Marsh
Tina: Ginni Glass
Pam: Anita Bugg
Jamie: Kristina
Tami: Beth
Grace: Andrea
Jennifer: Sheila
Thena: Joyce
Lucy: Cassie
Cheryl: Sonia Kertznus
Kim: Freida

And, our winner of the free 1 year subscription to Scrapbook News and Review: ScrappingMommy.

Congratulations, we know you will enjoy all of the inspiration inside our magazine.

4th of July Layout

I hope all of you had a wonderful 4th of July celebration. The SNR Blog Hop was a big success and I'll admit that I'm still tired from that. Getting 95 blogs ready to hop took a lot of time and apparently more energy than I realized. On top of that, the kiddoes have been here quite a bit. I think I'm starting to get caught up again, though.

Here is a layout that I created for a reveal at Scrap Whispers - which debuted on July 5th. Did you notice the first three pictures on the top right of my blog? They were taken five years ago at a parade and were the inspiration for my layout.

4th of July Blog Hop!!

Welcome to the Scrapbook News and Review "Oh Say Can You See 4th of July Blog Hop"!! If you just came from Patti Behan's blog you're on the right track. If you didn't, you might want to hop to SNR Card Universe and start at the beginning.

I love using vintage images and have had this one for nearly a year - just waiting for the 4th of July! I used cardstock for the base and chose turquoise blue so that it would match my bling - LOL. I added some beige twill tape and adhered the bling squares to it. I also tucked a piece of red scrap paper, (which I distressed up a bit) behind the image, for an additional accent. Quick, easy and fun to make!!



HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO WIN A 1-YEAR SUBSCRIPTION TO SNR?? We're giving this amazing prize to one lucky person! How do you play? Collect all of the words/phrases that can be found only on the blogs of the SNR staff members. Unscramble all of the code words and email your entry to games@scrapbooknewsandreview.com. THE CODE WORDS FOR MY BLOG ARE "WHAT" AND "YOU". GOOD LUCK!! You have until Monday, July 6th at 10 PM EST to send in your entry.

Leave a comment here today and be entered for a free 1 month subscription to Scrapbook News & Review!!

Enjoy yourselves as you participate in this blog hop and don't forget to look for the staffers blogs - just keep following the links and good luck!! The next blog on the list is Steph Hughes . Be sure to stop by for a visit.

In closing, I'd like to share the "Preamble of the Constitution" with you. It's still as appropriate today as it was in 1774 - I urge all of you to read these words with a renewed vigor!! "Happy Birthday, America"!!!

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security."