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This week is brought to you by Gossamer Blue!

Each of our designers this week will be using the
March main kit from Gossamer Blue.

and the giveaways go to...

Amy, Theresa, and Geezee, please email your mailing address to us at writeclickscrapbook at gmail dot com. Thank you!

give.away.day. featuring AC DIGITALS

Oh me oh my! It is another MiniMadness 

Before we tell you about today's giveaway, we want to let you know that you are all lucky today! Not only are we one day away from leprechauns, but we also have a coupon for each and every one of you! AC Digitals has kindly created a 25% off code good until Sunday March 17th midnight Pacific time. Here is the lucky code:

25WCSMINIMADNESS

 

Have fun shopping!! They have so much to choose from, and with 25% off you can buy more than one...

 

On to the giveaway...

This week, AC Digitals provided our four designers with their StoryTeller kits and now three of you will have the same opportunity!

American Crafts is generously offering three kits for three of you! If you would like to be the lucky recipient of this digital kit, please leave us the start of your own story. Once upon a time...

If you would like a second chance to enter, please stop on over to the AC Digitals blog and thank them for their generosity this week. Then come back and tell us you have done so.

Comments for the giveaway will remain open through Sunday evening. Three lucky numbers will be selected at random and posted Monday morning. Please remember to check back as it is your responsibility to claim your lucky number via email by midnight Tuesday. We can't wait to read your comments. Don't forget to weave your story into a page for your album!

and the giveaway goes to...

Congratulations, Miriam! Please send your mailing address to us at writeclickscrapbook at gmail dot com. Thank you, everyone, for your comments and for joining in!

give.away.day. featuring LITTLE BLACK DRESS KIT CLUB

Not only is March filled with four leaf clovers (and minialbums) but there are also four exciting pots of give.away.day. gold (to help you make your own minialbums!). And today is our first rainbow day! Please put your hands together for our first MiniMadness

Not only has Little Black Dress kits provided each of our four designers with a kit so that they could create their minialbums, but they are also sponsoring today's giveaway. One lucky reader will be fortunate enough to take home the March kit, A Chance for Luck.

If you would like a chance to take home this kit, please leave us a comment telling us of a time where luck was on your side. If you would like a second chance to enter, please stop on over to the Little Black Dress Kit Club facebook page, like them, and leave them a little thank you for their generosity, then come back and tell us you have done so.

Comments for the giveaway will remain open through Sunday evening. One lucky number will be selected at random and posted Monday morning. Please remember to check back as it is your responsibility to claim your lucky number via email by midnight Tuesday. We can't wait to read your comments. Don't forget to make a page about your lucky self and situation!

Are You an Embellishment Collector?

Welcome to Day 4 of use your stash week. Today we are here to chat about embellishments. Are you a collector, or should I say hoarder, of embellishments, like I am? I tend to buy them by the bucketful, but then hold onto them waiting for the perfect project to use them on. Sometimes I've held on to packs of embellishments until they have gone out of style. I guess I'm a trendy embellishment shopper?? ;)

I have found that since I usually buy kits now, I am better about using up the embellishments, although sometimes an embellishment comes along and I just can't help myself. I found that keeping them in baskets on my desk helps me to remember to use them.

                          

My best tip for using your embellishments is to group them. For some reason, I am pretty anal about grouping them in odd numbers...call it a quirk. I did that on this layout using up some buttons, some enamel dots and some mist-able arrows.

I also have a ridiculous amount of letter stickers. Does this sound familiar to anyone? Francine not only does a great job of using an amazing amount of embellishments, but she also uses up some of her letter stickers on these gorgeous layouts.

Christa sent along some amazing layouts, including this one that she created using a handful of flair.

                            

And I love how she used ribbon on this one.

                           

I have some embellishments that I just can't bring myself to get rid of. I was a huge fan of Heidi Swapp's Ghost Letters (glad they are coming back). I am pretty sure I had these in my stash for at least 5 years, and was so happy to pull them out to use on this layout as a mask for my title. 

Hope this has influenced you to use up some of those embellishments.

                          

You have one more day to enter to win a $35 GC from Chic Tags. Click here to get the details, and link up a project using older supplies in the comments on any day.

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Congratulations, Carla! Please email your mailing address to us at writeclickscrapbook at gmail dot com. Thank you!

Flair

Hello! Welcome to the final day in embellishment week. Today I'm going to share ideas for using one of the hottest embellishment in the scrapbooking industry right now...flair! 

Flair is fabulous on layouts, but it can be used for so much more. Let's take a look!

 

Flair on Layouts

Besides the obvious of using flair as a decorative element, why not use it for part of the title in your layout. That is exactly what I did on my layout for the January gallery. Take a look at your word flair and see if you can incorporate a piece into your next title.  

How about using word flair as journaling prompts. I had a full set of flair that I used on one layout to record my current thoughts and activities...all 8 of them on one page. I'm going to enjoy taking a look back at this some day to see how I answered all those prompts.

There are many arrow flair designs and they are fun and easy to use. Try using it to direct your eye to a title, a little detail, or a photo. This flair has the words "one little word" and an arrow which directs the eye to my title and my one little word for the year.

You can use flair for the centers of shapes, just like buttons and brads. Celeste used a piece of flair for the center of her snowflake in this layout.

Use them at the bottom of your photos along with a geometric border, like Celeste did here. I like how it anchors the photo and draws your eye across the page.

Flair on Cards

Flair is perfect for cards too. Create a coordinated set using flair. Here is one card of an entire set I made and posted last year. Did you miss it? Visit this post to see the entire collection of cards I made with flair.

 

Flair in Home Decor

I've used flair in my home decor to. It was the perfect finish touch to this piece of framed subway art that I created using my cutting machine.

 

Flair in Jewelry

Did you ever think to use flair in your jewelry? I have always wanted a charm bracelet with all my "one little words" so I decided to make my own and incorporated a few pieces of "one little word" flair in with the charms. Fun, right?!

 

Flair Giveaway

I hope this has given you some ideas for using flair. Would you like to win some flair? Yes! I thought so. The flair I used for all of my projects is from {a flair for buttons} etsy shop.The owner has generously donated three sets of flair from {a flair for buttons}. One lucky winner will receive the following sets:

My Life Words 2 flair set.

My Life Words 5 flair set.

Tell Your Story 3A flair set.

To be entered in the {a flair for buttons} giveaway leave a comment on this post letting us know your favorite way to document your memories. The comments will remain open until 10pm Eastern Standard Time tonight. One lucky number will be selected at random and posted tomorrow. Please remember it is your responsibility to check and see if you were the lucky number. The lucky number will have until midnight on Saturday to claim your prize by sending us an e-mail at writeclickscrapbook at gmail dot com.

I hope you have found some inspiration for using your embellishments this week. Remember to come back tomorrow to see if you are the giveaway lucky number and for our February gallery reveal.

and the giveaway goes to...

Congratulations, Kristy! Please send us an email to writeclickscrapbook at gmail dot com, including your mailing address! We look forward to hearing from you.

give.away.day. featuring OCTOBER AFTERNOON Make It Merry

Today we are excited to bring you a fabulous...

sponsored by October Afternoon. Their Make It Merry line is perfect for all kinds of holiday projects, with its mix of vintage and trendy patterns, including a subway-art-inspired patterned paper, a chevron-print patterned paper, and a number-print patterned paper:

Vivian used Make It Merry to create this elegant Christmas card:

Her card combines Make It Merry patterned papers (some cut with a Silhouette and folded into rosettes), stickers, brads, and a postcard. She added spray ink to the background cardstock for a fun touch.

Here's a closer look at the rosettes, complete with matching brad centers:

Vivian also created this card, previously featured on her blog as part of an October Afternoon Make It Merry feature:

One lucky write. click. scrapbook. reader will take home the Make It Merry collection kit:

To be entered to win, simply leave a comment on this post letting us know what makes it merry for you during the holiday season. Comments will remain open through Sunday evening. One lucky number will be selected at random and posted Monday morning. Be sure to check back to see if yours is the lucky number. You will have until Tuesday midnight to claim your number by email at writeclickscrapbook at gmail dot com.