Congratulations Returning Staff!

I know that I am prejudiced, but I happen to believe we have the best team ever!  Every month they work their creative tushies off to produce a magazine filled with inspiration for every level of scrapper with something for paper, hybrid, and digi scrappers alike.  Not an easy task, but they more than make it work.

The end of a contract year brings excitement and sadness.  Some staff move on to new endeavors and others are asked to return for another year.  A few additional staff members are promoted to a Senior Staff helping to train new staff, fill in where needed, and do many of the other jobs that keep our site and magazine humming along. 

Although it is the end of one year, it is the beginning of another which brings a different type of excitement and sadness.  We are thrilled to welcome some talented new staff members, but sad to not be able to take all of the amazing women who applied.  We are sending our invitations out today and will announce our new seven staffers tomorrow!

Today, we are so excited to announce the return of seven simply amazing team members.  Please join us in cheering for:

Jennifer Wuthrich

Jen

 

 Stacey Michaud

It's Just Paper

 

 Lindsey Krauss

Lindsey's Scraps

 Diana Brouder 

A Spark of Creativity

 

 

 Janis Medina-Maghinay 

the reluctant scrapper

 

 Brianne Nevill 

One Crazy, Beautiful Day at a Time

 Nicole Martel 

Just a simple gal...

 

Congratulations again, ladies!  Join us tomorrow to see our newest seven!  Happy Sunday!

Ahhhh....spring time. Isn't it glorious? It's my favorite time of the year. The grass is turning green, the birds are building new homes, the flowers are beginning to bloom. Even the vegetable seeds we planted, just a week ago, are starting to sprout. Everything has a fresh, NEW feeling to it and it makes me view life in a fresh NEW way. Every time the season rolls around, I just feel READY. Ready to clean out the clutter in my house. Ready to tackle all the chores that built up over winter. Ready to make my yard as beautiful as possible.

Unfortunately, this feeling usually fades in a few weeks and I'm over it by summer...*giggle*. But when spring is in the air, anything is possible.

For this week's challenge, grab some of that spring energy and apply it to your projects. Maybe you will be inspired by spring flowers. Perhaps you will scrap about something "new" like a baby's first steps or your son's first swimming lesson. So many possibilities for this one. Create something and link it back here by Thursday for a chance to win a prize. Can't wait to see what you do!

4/3 winner!

I loved some of the different interpretations this week!  Everything from cards using the inspiration to an actual altered egg.  Absolutely cool, ladies!

This week was a random draw for the winner and Danielle is our champ!  She created this fun card:

I can totally see the egg inspiration and really enjoyed a peek around her blog: Scrappy Arts N Thoughts.  Danielle, you have one week to email me at dora@scrapstreet.com for your prize.  Please use Blog Winner in your title.  Goodies will be on their way to you!

Lori will be back in with something fun and fabulous to challenge us all again tomorrow.  See yall then!  Thanks for playing!!!!!!

Wednesday Freebie

Welcome to our Wednesday freebie from ScrapStreet. Today we have a mini digital kit for you. An add on to Respire by Handmaid Designs.


You can get your copy here and be sure to link us up to your creations.

You can see what I did with it below!

Click the layout for credits.

Blog challenge 4/3/10

Happy Easter!!!

Is decorating eggs part of your Easter tradition?

My kids are 15 and almost 18 and we STILL dye eggs every year. I pretend it's because they enjoy it so much but I know it's really the other way around. They do it because they know I love it. What can I say?...I'm still a kid at heart. And it's just not Easter without pretty eggs. Well, that and chocolate bunnies of course.

Take a look at these Ukrainian Easter eggs called Pysanky. Designs are "written" on the egg in hot wax with a stylus or a pin-head. Then they are dipped into a series of dyes, light to dark, with more wax decorating done between colors. The final step is to melt away the wax and reveal the designs. So detailed and SO beautiful!

How will these eggs inspire you? Create something and link back here by midnight on Thursday. On Friday, we will select a prize winner. Have fun!!

3.27 Challenge Winner!

Congrats to Jen who found inspiration in our clocks and won herself some fabulous new BasicGrey yummies!  Please email dora@scrapstreet.com with your address and I will send them right out.

See her fun and bright layout:

A new challenge will be posted tomorrow.  Stop on by!

Free Digital Kit

Welcome to April with ScrapStreet! We have another free digital kit for you this month! Rainy Play by Dora's Lemonlove Creations. Full of bright and cheerful colors for you to splash and stomp your way through the month!

Make sure of your copy this month by popping into our digital store here before it disappears! Show us your creations in our online gallery or submit to our magazine calls.