I have a few random things to share with you this weekend.

WeScrap is holding a Fresh Faces Contest:

WeScrap’s Next Top Designer! We are holding an open call for anyone who would like to be weScrap’s Next Designer. Have you always wanted to be part of a design team but have always held back? Why not try out for our Next Top Designer Contest??

Based on America’s Next Top Model we will be hosting weekly challenges and bonus challenges as well. There will be prizes throughout the entire contest!!! The Grand Prize? A 6 month contract as a weSrap iTeam member and everything that goes along with it! Scrapbooking supplies galore and discounts too.

The contest will run for 6 weeks and a panel of esteemed judges will decide who will stay and who will be sent home each week.

We are looking for Fresh Faces, people who haven’t been on a design team before. This is open to everyone, across the globe!!

Please email your request and resume to (contests@wescrap.com) . Include any blogs or galleries you may have. **Everyone who qualifies for the contest will be given a free membership to WeScrap**

Deadline for entries: October 31st
Contest Starts: November 5

Wicked Halloween Crop

Come and join the iTeam for our weScrap Wicked Halloween Crop, October 24th weekend. There will be plenty of challenges and games to inspire you. Loads of spooky prizes will make this a Spooktacular event. Details in the forum.

For those of you who love sketches, check out Valerie Salmon and Janna Wilson’s Got Sketch Express!! It is a wonderful way to have thier amazing sketches delivered to your inbox. Check it out here: Got Sketch Express

I can honestly say from experience just how wonderful thier classes are. They jam pack them with inspiration and tips.

For those of you who live in Southwestern Ontario…. please join Jen and I at the Creativ Festival this weekend. We will be lurking about and helping our friend Catherine at the Scrapbook & Cards Today booth. I hope to see some of you there. Don’t forget to bring some of your hand made cards for their “Bring a smile to a child” campaign.

If you have any special events or blogs you would like me to share with our readers please email them to me at thynner5@yahoo.caand if I feature them you receive a ballot for the monthly draw!

~Tara~

Scrapbook & Cards Today magazine have posted all of the sketches that have appeared in the magazine over the last few years on their blog. There are single page and double sketches as well as 12×12 and 8.5×11 sketches, basically something for everyone.

My challenge to you today is to choose one of the sketches and create a layout.

Please email your creation to Tara at: thynner5@yahoo.ca and put “CCAS Blog Challenge” in the subject line, and be sure to tell her which sketch inspired you.

You could also link it here on the blog.

All creations will earn you a ballot into the Monthly Blog Draw!

Have a fantastic day!

~Jen

Did you know that the industry has many Ezines or online magazines? And a lot of them are accessible for FREE!

Why not check out a few of those magazines today:

Scrapbook & Cards Today: This traditional paper magazine is also offered as a complete download for FREE here! Released every new season (Spring, Summer, Autumn & Winter), it’s packed full of scrapbook pages and cards of all designs. Check it out here. All previous issues are available for download as well.

ScrapStreet.com Magazine: This ezine is filled with lots of colourful images, some digital layouts and lots of inspiration. Released once per month, the most recent copy it can be found here.

SheetLoad of Cards: This monthly free download can be found on the ezine’s blog, here. This ezine specializes in teaching the thrifty way to create multiple cards using only a minimum of supplies. Make sure to check out previous issues on their blog.

Making Memories for You: This monthly ezine is available in a easy to reader pdf format and it’s latest issue can be found here. It has a number of pages filled with wonderful ideas and lots of eye candy. Make sure to check it out!

Scrap N’Art: This extremely large downloadable magazine is available bi-monthly. It’s jam packed with colourful pages loaded with pages examples, lots of creative cards and informative articles. Check out their blog here to access their premier issue download.

And check out this REALLY new ezine, L’Atelier du Scrap L’e-zine. It comes in a French version and an English version. You can downlaod them for FREE here.

Hope you enjoyed your ezine tour! Come back tomorrow when Tara will have something sketchy for you!

~ Ally ~

I am excited to share a great way to combine our love of Scrapbooking and helping a great cause!!

Ally has an amazing contest posted on her So Sketchy Blog where you make cards for the “Bring a Smile to a Child” campaign that was started by Scrapbook and Cards Today magazine. She is offering up some prizes for everyone who participates.

Check out her blog for more details!!

~Tara~

I came across this great tutorial while reading the Scrapbook and Cards Today Blog. I wanted to share it with our CCAS readers. Have you ever wanted to make your own gel letters?? Thanks to the wonderfully talented Jen Backler….. now you can too.

Make sure to scroll down to “3T’s Make Your Own Gel Letters”. You will be glad you did!!

Scrapbook and Cards Today Blog

If you happen to use this technique on a layout or card email it to me at thynner5@yahoo.ca and you will earn a ballot for this month’s Blog Prize Draw!!

~Tara~

This weekend is the big CHA show in Chicago and lots of new products are being released by all kinds of scrapbook companies.

The Scrapbook & Cards Today Blog is sharing 13 company releases; BasicGrey, We R Memory Keepers, My Sentiments Exactly and Doodlebug to name a few!

Come and check out the blog today for all the new stuff you’ll just have to add to your scrapbook stash!

~ Ally ~

I hope everyone is enjoying the Canadian Long Weekend. We have been suffering through thunderstorms and hail!! This is the perfect excuse to stay in and check out my favorite new blog. (Other than the CCAS Blog of course!)

You all know by now that we love Scrapbook and Cards Today Magazine!! Well, did you also know that they debuted their new blog this past week?? Our very own Ally is the blog editor! A good choice indeed!

The premise is along the same lines as our blog so you are gonna love it! It gets updated daily and features challenges, inteviews and giveaways!! This week they interviewed the very talented Kelly Goree, had challenges by my pal Kimber McGray and is celebrating thier 10th Anniversary issue with amazing Giveaways!!

Check it out today! Scrapbook & Cards Today Blog

~Tara~

Today is an amazing day!  The summer issue of Scrapbook & Cards Today (SCT)  was released yesterday and it is fabulous!  Catherine, Kerry and the team at SCT have been working hard to create a new look for the magazine, and the changes are wonderful! There is also a new blog and new look for the SCT website.  As in the past, you can also download the entire issue and all past issues online.

Over the next week, I challenge you to comment on the CCAS blog and let us know what you think about the new SCT site and the magazines new look.  On July 1st I will choose one lucky commenter to win a one year subscription to Scrapbook & Cards Today magazine.

Get commenting and tell us what you think.

Have a fabulous day!

~ Jen

The summer issue of Scrapbook & Cards Today will be available from your local scrapbook store in just a few weeks.  This new issue is sure to excite you as the SCT team has been working hard to create a fantastic new look for the magazine.  And stay tuned … there is more exciting news to follow!!

Remember to checkout the Scrapbook & Cards Today website after June 21st. 

Have a great day!

~ Jen

For challenge #4 I want to see some birthday cards! Yup… birthday cards! They can be any size, any shape, any colours or made for any age or gender…. make them fun!

Now since Catherine at Scrapbook and Cards Today has been SO extremely generous and donating some AWESOME prizes for our celebration here at CCAS, I’d like to help her out too!!! I’d like to add a BONUS challenge to this one…… I challenge you to create at least ONE birthday card and send it to Catherine for her to share with the kids who can’t be at home during their birthdays. You see, recently Catherine has been collecting birthday cards to give to local Children’s Hospitals. And I’d like to help her out by contributing to her cause!

So to be eligible for a BONUS randomly drawn prize from me, create a minimum of ONE birthday card to send, take a photo of the card with an addressed envelope to SCT and link/email your photo to the CCAS blog. If you create more than 4 cards for the cause, I will enter your name twice into my BONUS draw!

Here’s the address to send your card to:

Catherine Tachdjian,
c/o Scrapbook and Cards Today,
139 Church Street,
Markham, ON
L3P 2M2

Here’s a few birthday cards to inspire you…

So let’s see ‘em everyone!!!