The first recipe for the Ultimate Recipe Showdown has been posted! Come check it out: Week 1 recipe
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If you are interested in signing up for this contest, you still have time to do so! I will be taking sign-ups until midnight CST on Sunday, July 6. Remember, you need to have 25 posts to participate, so come and chat with us or be inspired by our fabulous gallery (gallery comments count towards your post total)! Here is the official signup thread: Ultimate Recipe Showdown signup thread
Since July started on a Tuesday, thus making our week short, and because the holiday is in there too, our first round will only be a practice round. We will not be voting. You will not be penalized for not doing the challenge, but I encourage you to try it. I want you to get used to using a recipe, and also to scrapping with a deadline.
Your practice round recipe:
There you go, easy as all-American apple pie! Hope to see you there!!
Click here for full details of this contest!
Filed by Stinkerbelle at 2:26 pm under Challenges, Digital Scrapping, News, Paper Scrapping, Stash
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Ultimate Recipe Showdown contest!
Come find out what we have cooking for the month of July!
We’re not talking Betty Crocker here–we want to put your culinary skills to the test, using your kitchen (scrap space), cookware (tools) and ingredients (scrap supplies). We’ll provide the recipes, but you’ll need to add the final garnish–your creativity!
The contest will run the entire month of July 2008. The winner will receive an online gift certificate in the amount of $25.00 USD (online vendor TBA).
Beginning Tuesday, July 1, each week participants will be given a “recipe” to follow (a list of scrap supplies to use on one layout). How well you follow that recipe, as well as your skill at combining the ingredients, will be determined by a weekly vote, with only the top chefs moving on to the next round.
The requirements are pretty simple: you need to be registered for our message board and have at least 25 posts. To register, simply go to www.scrapshanty.com and click on “message board” for info.
Paper, digital and hybrid scrappers welcome!!
Please note that this contest does not involve actual food preparation, nor will you be making a book of recipes.
We hope you’ll come join us for a month of fun and to find out if you can stand the heat–or if you need to get out of the kitchen!
Filed by Stinkerbelle at 5:01 pm under Challenges, Digital Scrapping, News, Paper Scrapping, Stash
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Hey there all you photo fans! We have decided to shake things up a bit with the photography challenge. Taking pictures is awesome….but lets don’t be forgetting to SCRAP those shots! This challenge is all about that……the idea is to not only take the picture of the week but to SCRAP that photo too!
Our first week’s theme is BEAUTIFUL to ME
Beauty surrounds us in many forms. Nature, people, pets…beauty means different things to each of us.
Find some beauty and take a photo. THEN scrap this photo(s) to record the beauty you see……….
don’t forget to share it with us on the board and in the gallery so we can be inspired!!
http://www.scrapshanty.com/forum/showthread.php?t=11712
watch for next week…every other week will be a subject/topic to help you get out there and TAKE photos!
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Be sure to watch many of the challenges for new lil twists 
Starting this month there are some changes…
The LOTW now has a scraplift challenge and is being done bi-weekly
The Ad Challenge is now bi-weekly also 
POTW has some new twists also—there will be TWO of them..hehe
one will feature a ’scrappable’ photo challenge. The other will be a technical type photo challenge with photo tips
There are other changes but you will just have to WATCH for them ..hehe
Looking forward to seeing your creations
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Begins June 1st
Just like in the hit show “So you think you can dance” we are pairing
up for the challenges, so find a partner! Don’t let finding a partner
discourage you from joining, if you can’t find one, let us know and we
will help find one for you.
Next pick a name for your team! Be creative, this should be fun!
Entries can be paper, digital, or hybrid, we want everyone to play.
Entries will need to be emailed to me no later than Saturday evening. Emailing them will make them anonymous for voting.
Sunday the voting begins, anyone on the message board can vote.
You are playing for a gift certificate TBA
Schedual:
Week 1 starts June 1st; Due by June 7th; Vote on June 8th
Week 2 starts June 9th; Due by June 14th; vote on June 15th
Week 3 starts June 16th; Due by June 21st; vote on June 22nd
Week 4 starts June 23rd; Due by June 28th; vote on June 29th
Check out the Forum for more information or to join!
Filed by Christi at 4:34 pm under Challenges, Digital Scrapping, Paper Scrapping
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A “So you think you can scrap” contest challenge is starting June 1st and going all month long with new challenges every week. Will you make it through to the final round or get voted off? Only the best will win a fabulous prize at the end!
Filed by Christi at 12:06 am under Challenges, Digital Scrapping, News, Paper Scrapping
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My dear darling but WRONG hubby INSISTED it was green like our current one!
Kimi and Aimee both remember it being a bright blue……and were not about to back down. I recalled it being blue also but figured I would stay out of the *fight*…haha and well Calliope wasnt even around when we had that tractor BUT…she figured if her sisters thought it was blue it was BLUE…. *wink*
Hmmmmmmm how to solve this problem???????
Aimee to the rescue! She quickly ran to the large shelf full of scrapbooks and pulled out one she was sure would have photos of the tractor in it and she was right! Several layouts in that album showed various family activities centered around the tractor….rides in the yard, tilling up garden and Daddy teaching his small daughters how to steer and shift… AND GUESS WHAT??????????? YUP YUP YUP…the old tractor WAS……ready for this??? B…L…U…E !
After that lil debate was finished…we looked thru that large scrapbook and then 2 more…talking about the fun times we had. It was a wonderful way to spend some family time! My darling hubby then made a comment which made me happy to the core……… he said–”we wont ever had to look at a photo and wonder about it. Mom has made a history for us!”
So altho this isnt a challenge where you scrap or even create something–I challenge you to set aside some time to pull out some of your OLDEST scrapbooks and spend some family time looking at them. You wont regret it I promise (you might even win a lil fight or two..hehe)
Filed by Carrie at 6:33 pm under Challenges, Digital Scrapping, Paper Scrapping
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If you’re like me, then you just loved the Queen & Co. Felt Fusion borders when they were released and had to have them all! However, the first time I went to use a 12″ piece of the cream scroll, it was definitely difficult to get it to lay down on my LO without it sticking to itself and everything else. I persisted and was ultimately successful, but my first venture into using Felt Fusion was absolutely a challenge. Love the look, but Felt Fusion is some extremely sticky stuff!
Since that first time, I’ve learned some techniques for working with Felt Fusion and thought I would share with all of you.
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Tip 1: If using Felt Fusion as a 12″ border, only remove the paper backing and expose the adhesive in select areas. Trust me, exposing the adhesive in just a few areas makes it so much easier to work with this product and the adhesive is so sticky that the border will stay stuck to your LO without any problem.
I tried this trick and have to admit that I found a border of Felt Fusion much easier to work with.
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Tip 2: Like I said, this is sticky stuff, so put all that stickiness to work for you by removing the paper backing and laying the border down in loose glitter or fun flock.
I also tried this trick with a small piece of the green leaf border. The glitter stuck to the adhesive back of the Felt Fusion really well and, best of all, there’s minimal shedding of the glitter.
If you use this trick, of course, you will be adhering the Felt Fusion to your LO felt side down. I recommend that you use Ranger Glossy Accents - it worked perfectly to adhere the glittered Felt Fusion to my LO.
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Tip 3: Look for opportunities to accessorize Felt Fusion. Consider adding stitching, buttons, brads, bling - the possibilities are endless.
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My final tip is to visit the Queen & Co. blog for additional ideas: http://queenandcompany.typepad.com. Two recent tips have been to use Glimmer Mist to color Felt Fusion and to use Felt Fusion to decorate Easter eggs.
I hope you have fun playing with Queen & Co. Felt Fusion!
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When you open a magazine or look through an online gallery at people’s scrapbook layouts what is the first thing that catches your eye and makes you slow down for a better look? If you are like me it is the photographs that make or break a layout.
When I started scrapbooking, the photos I was working with were not the worst, but there were lots of times I wished I had something better to work with. As my scrapbooking developed I started noticing my photography improving as well. I knew what kinds of photos scrapped well, I knew what kinds of photos I WISHED I had of different events or places, and I took my pictures accordingly. I did more of my cropping ahead of time through the lens rather than after I got my prints, I started paying attention to backgrounds and shadows and things like that. Above all I took LOTS more pictures!
I think it is a lot like any sport or craft or other skill. To improve you must practice. Don’t treat your camera like a lot of people did their musical instruments when they were in school. You know….take it out for a concert once or twice a year and maybe on a special occasion to show off for the relatives or something. The folks who became the GOOD musicians were the ones who practiced all the time and kept at it. So let’s get our cameras out of those bags and of the top shelf in the closet and take some pictures!
Did you know there is a photo challenge on Scrap Shanty every week?? Yup…every Wednesday a new “assignment” is given and we all grab our cameras and see what we can come up with that fits the theme. And of course don’t forget to share your handiwork in the challenge forum. If there are at least 6 participants in a given week a lucky player will win a small RAK! If the topic doesn’t speak to you this week…come back next week, there will be another one. The most important thing is to keep that shutter clicking!!
Filed by DidiR. at 10:26 am under Articles, Digital Scrapping, Paper Scrapping, Photography
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