http://scrapbooking.craftgossip.com Scrapbooking news @ CraftGossip Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:56:10 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Michaels, North America’s largest arts and crafts specialty retailer, launched its first ever “Handmade Holiday Contest” on November 1, and will be awarding two $100 gift cards awarded every week through December 20.  Customers can upload photos of their handmade gifts at Michaels.com, and website visitors ... http://scrapbooking.craftgossip.com/michaels-handmade-holiday-contest/2009/11/20/ Create texture on your pages with non-traditional items. Rita Barakat from Scrapping from the Inside out, shows you how. Click here to go to tutorial. http://scrapbooking.craftgossip.com/tutorial-creating-texture-with-cardboard/2009/11/20/ Lucy Edson shows how to further embellish stick pins in this video tutorial from A Million Memories. Click here to go to tutorial. http://scrapbooking.craftgossip.com/tutorial-embellished-stick-pins/2009/11/20/ Cathy Zielske shows how to create rounded photo corners on digital phots using Photoshop Elements. Click here to go to tutorial. http://scrapbooking.craftgossip.com/tutorial-rounded-photo-corners/2009/11/19/ Just in time for Thanksgiving you can download these elements and brushes by Karla Dudley. Click here to go to download. http://scrapbooking.craftgossip.com/freebie-thanksgiving-digital-elements/2009/11/19/ That means our winner is Sarah!!  Congrats Sarah, you should have an email from me, if not please contact me ASAP at scrapbooking@craftgossip.com http://scrapbooking.craftgossip.com/winner-jenni-bowlin-kit/2009/11/19/ Be inspired this month with free prompts from A Matter of Memories. Click here to download. http://scrapbooking.craftgossip.com/november-creativity-prompts/2009/11/18/ Check out the new polka dot labels from Jenni Bowlin Studio! They will be available exclusively in December. Also visit the main blog to see lots of Holiday ideas from the design team. http://scrapbooking.craftgossip.com/december-exclusive-at-jbs-mercantile/2009/11/18/ That means our winner is Marie!!  Congrats Marie, you should have an email from me, if not please contact me ASAP at scrapbooking@craftgossip.com http://scrapbooking.craftgossip.com/winner-studio-calico-kit/2009/11/18/ Kenner Road specialises in vintage inspired paper kits, digital kits and ephemera. The club offers two monthly kit, a main kit ($29) and an embellishment kit ($24). You can subscribe to either kit for 6-months, or a combined subscription with both kits at a cost of $59 US shipping included. ... http://scrapbooking.craftgossip.com/kit-club-feature-kenner-road/2009/11/15/ Looking for the kit giveaways? Click the links below to go to the giveaway posts to enter! Studio Calico Giveaway: ends Tuesday November 17th Jenni Bowlin Mercantile Giveaway: ends Wednesday November 18th Scrapbook Deals 4 U: ends Friday November 20th Scrapbooking from the Inside Out: ends Saturday November 21st Note: This is a sticky post. ... http://scrapbooking.craftgossip.com/kit-club-week-giveaways/2009/11/15/ [caption id="attachment_3622" align="aligncenter" width="415" caption="Yearning Kit"][/caption] Overview Scrapbooking from the Inside Out approaches kits differently. Each month the kit is designed around a specific emotion, and includes products that can help you express what that emotion means in your life. The club offers one mega kit with a 6-month subscription price of ... http://scrapbooking.craftgossip.com/kit-club-feature-inside-out/2009/11/14/ [caption id="attachment_3619" align="aligncenter" width="350" caption="Cocoa Daisy November Kit"][/caption] Overview Cocoa Daisy offers 3-month and 6-month subscriptions at a cost of $30.95 and $29.99 respectively. You can also purchase a kit as a one off for $32.95. Requests for skipping a kit will be handled on a case by case basis, but it ... http://scrapbooking.craftgossip.com/kit-club-feature-cocoa-daisy/2009/11/14/ Dear readers, Due to a number of issues I wasn't able to get the kit club feature posts up as planned, so I will be extending the special theme week. Look for another giveaway today, and feature posts through Monday! http://scrapbooking.craftgossip.com/kit-club-week-extended/2009/11/14/ [caption id="attachment_3612" align="aligncenter" width="320" caption="Home Sweet Home Kit"][/caption] Scrapbook Deals 4U is a no commitment club. You can cancel your subscription at any time with no fees, and you are welcome to skip a kit. The club offers two kits a month. A one kit subscription costs $24.95, or you can ... http://scrapbooking.craftgossip.com/kit-club-feature-scrap-deals/2009/11/13/