National Scrapbook Weekend

I hope you are planning on enjoying the huge list of activities that are being made available all over the web for NSD. Bouquet of Pixels is just one of the awesome places where you can find fun, games, quick pages and freebies.

On that note, I am hosting my very first speed scrap on Friday 4/31 at 12 Noon Central Time. There is both a participation prize which will be available to everyone who submits a layout in the gallery and an overall “Best Layout” prize. You can find the chatroom HERE and the NSD Forum HERE.

Participation Prize

Grand Prize

To celebrate NSD, the Creative Team at Bouquet of Pixels is hosting a blog hop. There is a twist to this blog hop. When you visit each creative team member's blog, you will collect words along the way. At the end of the blog hop, you will email Tzigane with the phrase and your name will be entered in a drawing to win Sunset Funk, a kit by Inkin Creations.

I get to start that particular blog train so here is the beginning of the train:

In friendship's fragrant garden,

To find the next part, hop over to Jewel’s Blog http://bothmadandgenius.blogspot.com/

On a final note, the Bouquet of Pixels store is holding a scavenger hunt today to pick up pieces of the kit “Nature’s Beauty”. Here is a freebie Brag Book Page (I know everyone likes freebies and there will be LOTS this weekend) for you from that kit.

http://www.4shared.com/file/102739378/30700034/BOP_BB_TM_Natures_Beauty.html

I hope you have an awesome weekend and come away with not only new products and challenges but inspiration to do what we collect this stuff for – to record your memories.

New Construction

So what do you think of the new look? It took a lot of research to get the secrets behind a three column blog and in the end I found an awesome blog that had the tricks and easy-ish answers. http://www.threecolumnblogger.com/2008/09/three-column-minima-layout-version.html

I am personally tired of spring and am looking forward to the days of BBQ's, beach parties, graduation and weekend outdoor fun. Don't get me wrong, I live in Texas so it isn't like I am dealing with the yucky, cold, white stuff that some of my fellow bloggers are dealing with but I am so over pastels and flowers. This is the reason that I used such a summer kit. It is called Summertime Grill by Creations by Rachel and you can find it here at Pretty Scrappy. Here is the preview for the entire kit. As you can see, you can use it for all kinds of things.

My other choice is to use her Juicy Pop kit - which I might in a few weeks when I get ready for another change. I think I have WAY too much time on my hands. Unfortunately it is more like I can't sleep at night and I hate doing housework. Here is the preview of Juicy Pop if you want to get it for your own. Here is the kit at Pretty Scrappy.

I absolutely love all the doodles in this kit and since I want to do a bunch of buttons, this will be a great kit to learn with.

Leave me a comment and let me know how you like the new look.

National Scrapbook Day Events

I am hosting my very first Speed Scrap on Friday May 1st. Won't you join me and the other team members over at Bouquet of Pixels for the fun???

The Paper Iris Template Bonanza

Are you looking for some awesome, easy to use templates? I found a newish site where Leslie, the brain behind The Paper Iris, is giving away a new template every day for 75 days. She also has a store where she is selling the "Helter Skelter" template album which contains 12 - 2 page templates for $12.99. Here are a few of the templates she is giving away.

You can get these and others at her website HERE

Pretty Scrappy Speed Scrap

Kelly is hosting a Speed Scrap on Saturday. I'm gonna be there, are you?