Golly, sorry that I am running late here.

Anyway, Alamama here to bring you one of my favorite challenges!  There’s no rules, use the template anyway you want.

http://www.4shared.com/file/23299090…ttemplate.html

Here’s mine:

Using Sarah Bennett/Judet *Storytime*, Sahlin *Explore, Learn, Grow* and Jennifer Barrette *Autumn Bliss*.

Here’s some inspiration from our awesome new CT.  I only posted a few here.  The rest will be posted in the forum.

by kim21673

Using  Tough Boy by Sarah Bennett

by loribear

Using Connie Prince’s – Forever Kit – “Cherished”

by jeffsamber

Using Erica Zane’s Backyard Buddies

A quick reminder of the rules:
- You will receive one point for completing this challenge and posting your layout in both the gallery AND the forum thread. You will receive 1 extra point if you use a new release product within the week it was released. You must make note of this in your post in the forum to get the point.
- You will have until the end of March to complete the challenge.
- No double-dipping, your layout must be unique to this challenge only.
- FYI: you don’t have to use ScrapMatters products to complete this challenge- we just like it when you do!

It’s Tuesday Template time! Wendy here with another template! It’s practically 2010, which seems completely crazy to me!! 

There is no specific theme or set of rules for today’s template, just have fun!! Use the template as is, or switch it up…it’s all up to you!

Here is the template:

Here’s *MY* LO :

Credits:

“1st & Park Way” by Pressed Petals
“In The City” by Sahlin Studios

Here is some inspiration from the ScrapMatters CT/DT:

Layout By: JenDavey

Credits:

Vintage Christmas by WM[squared] Designs
Vintage Christmas Bonus Alpha by WM[squared] Designs
Simply Dated v.5 by WM[squared] Designs
Doodle Borders by Britt-ish Designs (recolored)
JH_Amy Font by Jeni Hopewell

Layout By: jami

Credits:

Resolutions kit by AnnaBV Designs (new on 1/1)

Layout By: Becca

Credits:

Sahlin Studio’s Season of Giving

Erica Zane’s Border Dates

Layout By: Jill

Credits:

Innovation by Sahlin Studio

Layout By: Natasha

Credits:

Feel Free by Juno

Feel inspired? Good! Now go download the template –>> HERE! and lemme see what ya got! I’ve included both the .psd and .png files for you!

The “Fine Print” aka the Matter of Scrap Challenge rules:

You have the rest of December to complete the layout, and all of January as well, since this challenge starts the last week of December! Upload it to the gallery, and leave BOTH the image and a link in the challenge forum–>>  HERE!

You will receive one point for completing the challenge. You can earn an additional point for using a new product from the ScrapMatters store (PLEASE indicate you have used something new when you leave us the link in the forum), and one lucky winner will receive one more point – I will be doing a random draw!

Remember, no double dipping…your layout must be unique to this challenge.

Happy Scrapping!!

It’s my FAVORITE Challenge!! It’s Tuesday Template time! Wendy here with another template!  I haven’t hosted a challenge in like 2 months, and i’m SOOO excited to get to host one in October, my FAVORITE month of the year!

There is no specific theme or set of rules for today’s template, just have fun!! Use the template as is, or switch it up…it’s all up to you!

Here is the template:

Here’s *MY* LO :

Credits: Kits:  “Autumn Blush” by Jennifer Barrette & “Feeling Fall” by WM[squared] Designs, Alpha:  “In the City” by Sahlin Studio

Here is some inspiration from the ScrapMatters CT/DT:

Layout By: alansrock

Credits: “Octobers Daily Download” by The SM Design Team

Layout By: happyscrapgirl

Credits: “Explore, Learn, Grow” by Sahlin Studios

Layout By: jillyfish

Credits: “Everyday Elegance” by Stolen Moments

Layout By: jennamy82

Credits: “With Dessert” by Juno Designs

Layout By: jendavey

Credits: “Punky” by Erica Zane, “Date Labels” by Erica Zane
“Chatter” by Plum Dumpling Designs & “JH_Krisi Font” by Jeni Hopewell

and last, but certainly not least…

Layout By: loribear

Credits: “SM Collab Friday Flea Market” by the SM Design Team

Feel inspired?  Good!  Now go download the template –>  HERE! and lemme see what ya got!  I’ve included both the .psd and .png files for you!

The “Fine Print” aka the Matter of Scrap Challenge rules:

You have all of October  to complete the layout. Upload it to the gallery, and leave BOTH the image and a link in the challenge forum–>

You will receive one point for completing the challenge. You can earn an additional point for using a new product from the ScrapMatters store (PLEASE indicate you have used something new when you leave us the link in the forum), and one lucky winner will receive one more point – I will be doing a random draw!

Remember, no double dipping…your layout must be unique to this challenge.

Happy Scrapping!!

Hi everyone, Andrea here. I hope you’ll join us starting on Friday, August 7th for all kinds of digital/hybrid birthday goodness. There will be a sale August 7th-9th: 30% off on personal use and 10% off on commercial use, as well as 20% off on Kaiser Craft hybrid albums.
If you spend $15 dollars in one purchase you can have the design teams newest MEGA kit, A Perfect Picnic. Look at all of the goodies it has:

The ScrapMatters’ Design Team created this terrific kit with picnics, parties and all kinds of summer fun in mind.
We also have games planned throughout the weekend–your favorites like Bingo and I Spy as well as some new ones.
There will be so many Speed Scraps you will be on your way to getting all of your terrific summer memories scrapped! Did you get your Special Edition copy of the ScrapMatters’ newsletter? If not click here for your official guide to all of the festivities.

Hello All!  Can you believe that it’s already September?  WOW!!  At any rate, Wendy here, bringing you September’s first installment of “Words for Wednesday”.

I’ve been wanting to do this “challenge” for a while now, so I’m super excited I get the chance now!  It’s all about you and your name!  How did you get your name? What’s the story behind how your parents named you.  What does it mean?  Is it significant as far as your family is concerned (i.e. is it your Great Grandmas name?).  Your challenge, should you choose to accept it is this:  Create a LO about yourself and your name!  You must have at least one picture of yourself *you can have others in the picture as well*, and include some journaling regarding your name!

Simple enough, right?    If you accept this challenge, and post it in the forum –> HERE, then you will receive a participation gift!

The participation gift is this Mini Kit!  I LOVE fall colors – hence the Kit Name – “Fall In Love”!

Can’t wait to see your LO’s!!   Please be sure to post your LO in the forum so I know to PM you your participation gift!   You have until Tuesday, September 9th to submit your LO in the forum!

Hello Ladies! Wendy here again, this time with the Saturday Special Challenge! I’ve been wanting to do a layout of how my astrological sign describes me for a while now, and figured that this would be the perfect time! Now, I don’t know about you all, but when I read up on what a Gemini is…it usually describes me to a “T”! Do I follow my horoscope? No. But it’s fun to see all the Gemini traits, the good and bad.

There is a wikipedia page –> here, that lists all the astrological signs, if you scroll down, you can find your sign and click on that to learn more about it.

Now the rules of the challenge:

*You must include a picture of yourself.

*I’d also like to see a couple of descriptions about your sign and what you think about how your sign describes you.

Here is *my* LO!

I am including the 12 Zodiac signs as “rub-on” freebies.

The freebie can be downloaded –> HERE!

Here are a few LO’s the wonderful CT made:

There will be two $5.00 gift certificates given away, one to my favorite LO and one will be a random drawing.

I can’t wait to see what y’all come up with! You have until midnight MST Thursday, June 26th, to complete your LO. Please post your LO in the gallery and link it to the forum!

Hello ladies! Wendy here! It’s my first time writing for the SM blog, and couldn’t for the life of me think of something to write, then it came to me.

As artists, we do an amazing job of preserving all our happy memories. Looking through my scrapbooks, you’ll see vacations, birthdays, layouts of my Godson, nephews, nieces, weddings, concerts and every other happy memory that i’ve been able to immortalize in pictures. However, as we all know, life isn’t always as peachy as our LO’s might suggest. Now, this isn’t meant to be a debbie downer post, its just a post to challenge you to scrap outside the box, scrap a not so happy memory in your life. Maybe it was losing a family member, not getting that dream job that you applied for, or anything else that you’ve made it through and as a result has made you a stronger person! Think of it as a way of healing, an outlet for your thoughts.

On June 16th of last year, my favorite grammy died. June 16th also happens to be my birthday! Talk about a bitter-sweet day! Ever since that day, I’ve wanted to dedicate a LO to her memory. Is it a happy, bubbly fun event? No, but it’s my way of saying I love you to her. It’s my way of scraping about one of my all time favorite people, and how I felt on that day when I heard the news. We used to sign everything “Love you mucho mucho”…so I incorporated that in my LO. My LO is below. Credits can be found in my gallery.

So I challenge you to create a layout to remember a particularly hard time in your life, after all, you’ve made it through. If you’re going through a rough patch right this very moment, think of it as a step towards healing, or an outlet for your thoughts.

I’ve created 2 pieces of “word art” that may help with this project. The drop-shadows in the preview are not on the actual word art itself!

You can D/L the word art –> here!

I hope this post sparks you to scrap outside the box!

Hello Scrappers–Andrea here. Today is a super special day–it’s my youngest’s birthday! We’re on our way out to celebrate so I’ll have to make this short. We’re starting our new quick page exchange with a great kit and I made these little, square buttons to coordinate with it. They are available in the store here. More about the quick page exchange soon. I will update this post to let you know who’s kit we’re using for the quick page exchange. ENJOY and hope your Saturday is something special!

Hi everyone–Andrea here.

The team has some fun freebies on their blogs:

Heather has these terrific Cardboard Frames & a Christmas Tree.

Shari has this cute two-page template–it will hold a whopping seven pictures! Perfect for all those Christmas pics.

Hope you enjoy these goodies from our talented design team.

PS Don’t forget to play along with Kristie’s template challenge too! Go grab your free template now! You have until Dec 20th to get your entries into the ScrapMatters’ gallery. I’m in a giving kind of mood this Christmas–there’s sure to be more than one winner of the $5 gift codes to the store.