Are they dirty or clean???

I can't tell you how many times I have heard this from my family...referring to the dishes in the dishwasher of course. So this was my solution:

They are magnets for my dishwasher. :) I made them using products from My Little Shoebox and some magnets. These were actually published in the For The Home idea book, but I hadn't shared them online so I thought I would share them with you all! :)

Hope you enjoyed...and if it inspires you to create a similar project, we would love to see it!!!

Have a fantastic day!

Pamela

Saturday Challenge 8/28

I work as a part-time mail carrier. I also recently did some work for the census. And one thing I can tell you--the government LOVES to use acronyms and initials.

At the post office, my position is RCA (rural carrier associate). With the census, I was involved with the NRFU (non-response follow-up....pronounced NARFOO). Every form, every task, every position--all given a different set of initials. It is almost like they have their very own language and can be a bit overwhelming to learn it all.

Of course, some acronyms and initials are better than others. I enjoy the occasional BLT. My husband loves a good PB&J. We all like to LOL. And everyone deserves a little TLC.

This week's challenge is to create something brand new and include an acronym (or initials) on your project. Can't wait to see what you come up with on this one!

More cocktail free fun!

This week is the 3rd (and final) installation of Cocktails Anyone?--our anniversary celebration kit.  You can download it for free before it hits the store!  This week I have all the embellies you need to scrap your girls night out and your sweet summer memories. I hope you enjoy!

This Week's Download:

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Stop back in next week to see what new freebie we are offering. As always, we love comments and links back to your creations.  Thanks!

A winner and another prize!

Howdy all!

Today I have the winner of our 10,000 subscriber comment contest AND a new gorgeous prize to tell you all about!  First up:  our winner.

Congrats Dani!  Please send me an email at dora@scrapstreet.com with the subject Winner! with your addy and I will get this fabulous box out to you this week!  You are going to have such fun!

And now another prize!  Our November Issue cover prize is provided by the absolutely fabulous Bella Blvd.  They were soooooooo generous gifting FOUR different lines.  Would you like to see?

How do you win?  You submit to one of our November calls.   You can find our calls in each issue.  To make it easier, we link them over in the sidebar, too.  You may submit to as many as you wish, but please use a separate email for each submission.  We need to be able to easily forward them to each writer.

How do we determine the cover winner?  Every item submitted is eligible.  Our editors will sort through the submissions and select any that have a strong cover presence.  What does that mean?  A strong design.  Take a peek at our last 12 covers here.  Those selected will be forwarded to our staff for a vote.  The winner is asked for her item, but not told she is the cover winner until the issue is live on the first of the month.  We love the suspense! 

Some hints?  (1) Make sure you take a great picture or scan.  We need to see it to love it.  (2) Remember the season.  We have a call for Food Glorious Food right now.  Any food has the chance to be published, but Easter Eggs will probably not land you on the November cover.  (3) Keep an eye on your email! (and make sure we are not landing in your spam) It always makes us so sad when a cover gal does not respond and we have to move on to our alternate. 

Would you like to have a cover designed around your creation AND win this fabulous prize from Bella Blvd?  Submissions are due by the last day of the month.  Go check out that list!


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Saturday Challenge 8/21

My youngest nephew started kindergarten last Wednesday. It was the "boys only" day. And since the next day was for "girls only", he spent Thursday with me.

I was very happy to spend the day with my little guy since we always have a fun time together. But I realized something.

He has NOT grown out of the "why" stage.

"Aunt Lori...why do you grow a garden?"
"Aunt Lori...why do the clouds look so fluffy?"
"Aunt Lori...why is eggplant purple?"

It was like that all day. The never-ending question machine. It was downright exhausting trying to figure out answers to all of those questions. I mean...do YOU know why eggplant is purple? Neither do I!

It was still a fun day. And I have to admit...he got me thinking about things I never really thought about before. It is fun to see the world through a child's eyes sometimes.

This week's challenge is to create a brand new layout with a question theme. You could make your title a question or maybe use a series of questions and answers in your visible journaling (like an interview). Get creative with it. And have fun!

10,000 reasons to celebrate!

We are so excited to announce that ScrapStreet.com Magazine has topped the 10,000 subscriber mark!  Woohoo! 

If you have found yourself here today and are not a subscriber, hit that button over on the right and join us.  You receive a free and fabulous (if we do say so ourselves) magazine that features a mix of digital, hybrid, and traditional scrapbooking.  The link and cover come to your email at the beginning of each month and you can click right to the online publication.  Nothing to download and take up space--just glorious inspiration to read and enjoy.

If you are already one of our 10,000+ subscribers--THANK YOU!  We are simply thrilled that you have chosen to join us.  We love seeing your submissions and knowing we are part of your scrapping journey.  These five years have meant more to us than we can even journal about. 

We think such a special moment deserves a huge prize.  Want to see it?

Look at all those goodies!  Huge thanks to:  BasicGrey, Cosmo Cricket, Pink Paislee, KaiserCraft, Jillibean Soup, American Crafts, Teresa Collins, Nikki Sivils Scrapbooker, My Favorite Things Stamps, October Afternoon, and Fancy Pants Design for contributing to this package worth over $100.

How do you win?  The luck of the randomizer.  How do you enter?  So glad you asked.  You may have up to five entries:

1.  Leave us a comment.
2.  Join as a follower and leave us another comment telling us so (if you are already a follower, tell us that too)
3.  Blog about us and comment with the link.
4.  Join our facebook followers--and comment about it.
5.  Tweet or facebook about our 10,000 day and comment about it.

There you go!  5 chances to be richer in scrappy goodies.  We will stop counting new comments at midnight Sunday, Central time.  We will announce the winner on Monday!

Thank you for being a part of our magazine!  We appreciate you!

Jack it up! {Part 2}

I'm baaaaaaaaack!

Yes.  I am back with the second half of this fun little series of jacking up our projects.  Let's review what "Jack it up" means: "Taking something already beautiful and adding the right touches to blow it out of the water!" Simple enough?

Sometimes we begin creating layouts.  We finally reach that point where we think we're finished but something just doesn't seem right.  It's okay to walk away from a layout and come back.  I'm sharing with you a layout I made a while back that I enjoyed but, again, something was missing!  So it's been sitting around waiting for the perfect touch.  This past week I finally brought it back to my crafty table and completed it.

Here it is the before:

I really liked the color palette and design of this.  I like the simple, well balanced layouts and this one seemed complete until I looked at it again.  Pretty soon it was bothering me.  So I decided to let it sit for awhile because nothing was coming to me.

Are you ready to see it jacked up?

Can you see what I did?  I added some bling, a brad and used my black pen to add some interest.  I felt like the title and the journal blocks were just floating out there.  The photo was so heavy with the black matting.  Now I'm loving the layout and am very pleased with the finished product!

What have we learned from all this?  Don't always feel like your project is finished.  Let it sit.  What else could you add to give it that final, special touch?  I suppose you can't leave it lying around forever but a month won't hurt anything!

Happy jacking up your projects!!

hugs,
Melissa