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Welcome, August!

This month, we are giving in to the heat, the humidity, and the final few lazy days. We are hoping to put our feet up and breathe in the last sights and sounds of summer: the squeals of outdoor laughter, the roar of the lawn mower, the glorious long golden light of summer evening skies, the warmth of the suns rays on our healthy summer glowing skin. Soon, alarms will be ringing, backpacks will be zipping, and school busses will be arriving. But for now, we will revel in summer's greatest glory: its parting days.

This month our team put together a gallery for you that celebrates all that is summer. Its sights, sounds, memories, and rhythms. We hope you enjoy our hard work and hope it inspires a few pages of your own!

Introducing, Summer Lovin'...

Thank you for stopping by to take in the new gallery. This month, we would love to hear about something that caught your eye as you browsed through our pages. Please leave us a comment or two with things you loved. One lucky comment will take home a few scrapbooking goodies from EK Success! Look for a lucky number on Saturday, August 4th! Thanks, again, for stopping by. We adore you, our loyal, delightful, wonderful readers!

In Review

July is finishing, the Olympics beginning, and school is just around the corner. With so much going on, this month's theme, Five is Fun! is perfect as we take our limited items and create some simpler works of art to help us complete some summer pages and document those memories before they fade away into a summer sunset.

Let's put on our fanciest flip flops, and our most comfy summer whites, and stroll through our gallery one last time. Together. The way we like it best, no?

 

Before we begin our prompt lists, let's do a bit of trend spotting. There are many multiple photos layouts this month; 12 in fact. 5 use grids. 6 use linear stacks. If you copied each of these 12 layouts, you would be scrapbooking 57 photos. Imagine how freeing it would seem to have 57 photos properly preserved?

For a mid-summer gallery, the colors are also light and bright. Lots of pastels and muted brights here. Right on trend according to Project Runway this week!

Let's get to our lists! First up, journaling prompts.

1. have you a dream? (Francine)
2. thoughts on the gender of your children (Deb)
3. the personality of your pet (Lisa)
4. a way that your child is changing (Emily)
5. a Fourth of July tradition (Celeste)
6. documenting something you have been waiting for (Diane)
7. look deeper at a field trip detail (Vivian)
8. a current creative stage of you or your child (Kathy)
9. document how a tradition began (Paula)
10. a treat and why you love it (Teka)
11. different aspects of your child (Valerie)
12. capture a moment of zaniness (Emily)
13. look at your child. what do you see? (Sarah)
14. party details. bare bones. (Donna)
15. journal the start of a conversation. the photos will be the end. (Erin)
16. record a gratitude to your child (Marnie)
17. document a special relationship (Christa)
18. a summer delight (Amy)
19. something that makes life good (Monika)
20. a list of a few goods and bads from a day of vacation (Marie)
21. record some details from a touristy day (Kelly)
22. your thoughts as you look back at an old photo (Alexandra)

 

And your photography prompts:

1. stand by a window for a selfie (Francine)
2. take a portrait shot of each of your kids with the same background on the same day (Deb)
3. take a series of photos to help better tell the story (Lisa)
4. be higher than your subject (Emily)
5. have your subjects lay down and stand over them (Celeste)
6. use a fun filter (Diane)
7. take two: one up close, one far away (Vivian)
8. use a white background for a detail shot (Kathy)
9. get a series that help tell the story (Paula)
10. foodie photos. yum! (Teka)
11. block a chunk of time, patiently sit and capture expression changes (Valerie)
12. before you clean, click! (Emily)
13. take an everyday shot of someone you love (Sarah)
14. the birthday candle, before and after (Donna)
15. look back through your photos and match them up for a page (Erin)
16. same subject, front and back (Marnie)
17. look for a moment that you can capture the essence of relationship in a photo (Christa)
18. summer food eating action shot (Amy)
19. set your scene with near, far, up, down, left and right (Marie)
20. tourist day: remember the people pictures, too (Kelly)
21. remember to add in the background for an additional bit of preservation (Alexandra)

 

And lastly, 22 things to try when you scrapbook this month:

1. use an unlikely thread for a banner (Francine)
2. rounded corners on your photos, squared corners on the mattes (Deb)
3. use the negatives of a punch (Lisa)
4. create a photo strip by reusing the same photo 3 or more times (Emily)
5. keep your layout in the upper half of the page, with lots of breathing room below (Celeste)
6. try a black photo matte to help your colorful photo pop (Diane)
7. emulate a graphic on your photo with paper (Vivian)
8. enlarge a photo with unusual proportions (Kathy)
9. have a perfectly centered and symmetrical layout (Paula)
10. use patterned tape on top of patterned paper. i dare you! (Teka)
11. jump the gender gap with products (Valerie)
12. tip your photo away from the lines of your layout (Emily)
13. use a reference point in your photo in the background decor (Sarah)
14. keep an uniform margin in a block of photos (Donna)
15. let an embellishment aid in your storytelling (Erin)
16. use a ribbon in lieu of a patterned paper (Marnie)
17. journal round your photo (Christa)
18. use a graphic element three times (Amy)
19. place your title over a strip of washi tape (Monika)
20. place your photo grid on the lower left hand corner and then use your journaling and embellishments to create a visual triangle (Marie)
21. journal on our photos (Kelly)
22. use those old decorative scissors! (Alexandra)

 That's it! 66 ideas to keep your juices flowing and pages coming!

 

As a thank you for the time you have spent with us this month, our lovely Monika created this printable for you and our Five is Fun! theme.

You may download it here.

Thank you for stopping by! Have a terrific weekend!

Refreshing Watercolor

Hi there, it's Sarah Pendergrast here today to share a fun technique that most people have probably tried at least once or twice, and that's watercoloring. I've actually been playing with this technique  a fair bit lately, but you'll have to bear with me as I take you on a walk down memory lane on some of my very early layouts, which also used this technique, but in different ways!

 

Supplies

The are actually many supplies that one can use to watercolor on your projects. The obvious is, of course, a set of watercolor paints, but there are many others as well. For example, there are watercolor crayons, watercolour pencils, watercolor papers (like Peerless), dye-based ink pads and markers, twinkling H2O's...just to name a few. You can even raid your kid's stash and try Crayola markers, and kids watercolor paint trays.

 

Techniques

Well, I'm not an expert by any stretch, so this is just a brief overview touching on a few ways you can use these versatile supplies. Again, please forgive the "vintage" layouts here!

1. Create swooshes of colours

For my gallery layout this month I used my water colour crayons to create large "swooshes" of colour as a backround for my photo. In this case, I just used a foam brush to spread the colour.

If you're not using watercolor paper, you run the risk of your paper pilling. If this happens, wait for the paper to dry, and just brush off the pills.

 

Kathy Martin used the same technique to create a backround for her stamped image in her adorable birthday card:

Kathy used the following method with her dye-based ink pads to colour. She simply pressed her ink pad onto an acrylic block to transfer the ink. She then picked up the colour with a brush and painted!

 

2. Color Stamped Images

For the next layout I used a set of outline stamps to create my own patterned paper for the layout  (*note* - I was REALLY into using my stamps on layouts back then!). I then colored in the images with my watercolor crayons, and I have a unique page, with the colors of my choosing:

You can also add a colored stamped image as an embellishment. Here I used water color pencils (easier for fine details) to color a stamped image that I thought matched my photo in the layout...lol!

 

Another way you can use your watercolors with you stamps is to color diectly on your stamped image, then spritz with a bit of water, and stamp your image. This works best with solid images, using either markers or watercolor crayons. It's a great way to create a muticolored image, with beautifully blended colors.

In this example I used my watercolor crayons, a solid butterfly stamp, and stamped on a doily. 

 

3. Paint shapes on your layout

Needless to say, with a blank piece of paper and a set of paints, there are endless possibilities! For this layout, I created a simple set of watercolor circles:

 

Amy Sorensen used her paints to create a rainbow on her layout. She then ran her paper through her printer, and printed her journalling directly over her painting:

4. Dribble and Spatter

Spray mists are really hot right now, but you can get a very siminar effect with watercolor paints. Just create a pool of color in your tray, and use a brush to drip and spatter your paint on your layout:

 

You can get a very cool result by dripping watercolors on old book pages.  In this example, I created unique little photo frames using that technique:

 

I hope you enjoyed this brief walkthough of watercolor painting. It's such a fun and versatile technique, so I hope you give it a try!

Summer Themed Canvases

Hi there! This is Sarah Pendergrast, and I'm delighted to be here today with my first post for write. click. scrapbook. I had so many ideas of fun things to share, but decided I would do something a little different today, and share one of my favourite home decor projects, canvases! I made my first set of mixed media canvases about three years ago for daughter's bedroom. They were a big hit, so  since then I have made several more themed sets, including a seasonal set of trees for a teacher gift, a Halloween set that I display every October, Mario and Louigi and recently, a set of summer-themed canvases that I donated to our school's silent auction. I really love how the summer canvases turned out, so I wanted to share them here today, and give a little tutorial to show you how you can do the same at home, using your scrapbook supplies.

My first step is to choose a canvas size, and decide how many will be in the grouping. I usually buy my canvases at a local art store, but I have also seen them at dollar stores - just make sure there are no staples around the edges. Next I paint the the base colour, using acrylic paints. If I'm doing more than one, I try to make all the base colours work well together. I usually add in a few little streaks of accent colour so the base doesn't look flat. I should add, I am NOT an artist, so please excuse my non-technical terms and simplicity of painting! Also, please excuse my messy desk!

 

Next I sketch out my designs (or at the very least create a mental sketch in my head :) ). I then try to choose about a dozen patterned papers in different colours that will be consistent for all canvases. I've found that smaller prints work best, and  my personal preference is to try to include one print and/or music print, and one woodgrain - but it really doesn't matter. The papers I might choose would look something like this:

 

Next I get to work on assembling my designs. There are lot of different ways you can cut the shapes, including die-cutting machines (like a Big Shot or Revolution), punches, hand-cutting, and in the case of the summer canvases, using an electronic cutter like the Silhouette. Since not everyone has a closet full of tools, I thought I would do a canvas for this tutorial using only a pair of scissors - not even a paper trimmer or a ruler! 

I start by laying out my basic design on the canvas, and using Modpodge, adhere the pieces to the canvas:

After the Modpodge starts to dry, I start adding in details,using a variety of supplies. For this example I used some adhesive cork sheets, a few metal brads, some green buttons, washi tape, a wood veneer die cut, some very old prima flowers, and some mist (to change the colour of the flowers). I did not use that circle punch shown - it was just part of my messy desk!

When I'm happy with the overall look, I set it aside and let it dry for several hours. My finished piece for this tutorial, using ONLY a pair or scissors, turned out like this (canvas size: 11 x 14):

 

Finally, here's my set of summer canvases (canvas size: 12 x 12) using the same techniques I showed you today, but with a little help from my Silhouette ;)

Bicycle Party

 

Escape

 

Swing

Surf

 

Since I was donating them, they never made it to my walls, but they looked cute on the piano for a couple days!

 

I hope you enjoyed this little tutorial, and that it will maybe inspire you to try a little something different with your scrapbook supplies. 

Welcome, July!

It is July! Summer is in full heat here above the equator!! We hope that you are enjoying your summer and our Summertime Dailies!!

While tomorrow is the first of the month, you know we like our Sundays quiet, and we are super excited to share our big news with you, so we are here today, rather than Monday! We hope you don't mind! Before we get to our new gallery, let's start with our exciting announcement!!

 

While we thought it was fun to announce that we were having a talent search, it doesn't at all compare to announcing our decision! Before we do, please know that we were humbled to receive your applications and wish we had room for you all! We love that our message can also be found in so many places and through so many designers. Thank you, dear applicants, for helping spread the word that simple is stunning!

 

Without further ado, please put your hands together for ...

Jennifer Larson

and

Katie Ehmann

 

Yes, it's true, we picked two!! Jennifer and Katie, we are so very happy to have you on our team! We know that you will be fantastic additions to our little family and know that the readers are going to love you as much as we already do!! And we are looking forward to sharing the talents of the finalists with you as well in the upcoming months!

 

The theme this month, is Five is Fun! Every now and again, we like to challenge ourselves (and you!) to limit the number of products we put on a layout. And even though we try to begin with the required five products, sometimes five items can suddenly become five groups, or five items plus one (or six!), or five if you don't include paper. Or maybe you need to stretch to five by counting up the fonts separately!!

No worries, we bought some doughnuts for the scrapbook police so hurry and count out your five'ish products while the uniforms are distracted!

 

We are, of course, teasing! Because the scrapbook police aren't real, you may choose as many as you wish. But know that sometimes it is fun to try something new! Perhaps you can begin by finding your three favorites and then building your layout from there. With all the summer activities you have planned, sneaking in a five product layout before breakfast might be the perfect way to get a layout or two finished, too! And still have time for a hike or a swim! Just like our team did!

So take five! Products, that is, and have fun with a Five is Fun! layout!

In Review

Every month I sit to write and I think, "Really? A whole month has already passed?" And then I shake my head, sigh, and recall what a fabulous month it has been.

June began with a fun birthday celebration. After much hemming and hawing about whether it was 3 or 4 (why is it that we turn our birthday number at the end of our year, rather than at the beginning??), we ate some virtual cupcakes and were thrilled to have some new team members, a new gallery, a talent search, and a giveaway! Woohoo! Who cares about the number, after all! We're just happy to be here with you!

With the return of our summer dailies posting series, we have already been honored to learn from Marnie, Vivian, Lisa, Emily, Monika, Diane, Amy, Emily, Paula, Francine, Celeste, our new Valerie, Donna, our also new Teka, and Katrina. We have addressed school's end, summertime, beaches, flags, fathers, and reading. Did you know that this month alone has brought you 60 layouts, 6 mini albums, 3 sketches, 2 cards, and a handful of ideas for home decor, and project life. We are doing our best to keep your summer filled with scrapbooking tips and inspiration that is doable, and fun!

 

There are only seven more days until our new gallery, so we wanted to take one last look back at our gallery. Shall we go together?

Last month, as we walked through the gallery, we put together lists of page starters, prompts, or ideas, separated by our three site themes, write, click, and scrapbook. We thought it was helpful to re-examine the layouts with a different perspective (and fun, too!). Did you agree? We hope so, because we are doing it again!

This month, we are going to start with journaling. Without further ado, here are 25 stories to write:

1. a time we changed a tradition (Christa)
2. the story of our pet coming to our home (Celeste)
3. a snapshot of my day told in words (Donna)
4. if I were a pet, I would... (Lisa)
5. document a family first (Paula)
6. how I celebrated my birthdays as a child (Deb)
7. how has your style changed over the years (Kelly)
8. how you prepare your home for visitors (Valerie)
9. a scaled back celebration (Francine)
10. the favorite beverage in your home (Diane)
11. when I was small, I loved to pretend that... (Vivian)
12. document a ritual that you have in your home (Keshet)
13. what it means to you to have a sibling (Monika)
14. record something that is ending (Kathy)
15. how do you feel about your children right now (Teka)
16. tell of a family trait that you inherited (Marie)
17. make a list of things you would like to do this summer (Lisa)
18. use one word to capture your child's personality (Sarah)
19. list 5 things that describe each member of your family, right now (Emily)
20. something that made me happy today was... (Katrina)
21. your favorite mode of transportation (Erin)
22. something that changed between last year and this (Amy)
23. I witnessed a miracle when... (Emily)
24. how you feel when all your kids are getting along (Marnie)
25. a new family tradition (Karen)

 

Moving on to photos... Here are 25 photos you could consider taking so that you don't end up with the same photos day after day. (Oh wait, that's me. sorry... teehee!)

1. your child at play from the backside. be sure to include some of the surroundings. (Christa)
2.  headshot of your favorite pet (Celeste)
3. a snapshot of my day told in photos (Donna)
4. soaking up the sunshine (Lisa)
5. the food you ate at a summer event (Paula)
6. a summer beverage (Deb)
7. a cute outfit (Kelly)
8. a child practicing a skill (Valerie)
9. a photo mid-action (Francine)
10. your family eating breakfast (Diane)
11. a field trip photo (Vivian)
12. you wearing your favorite top (Keshet)
13. your family just being together (Monika)
14. a final event (Kathy)
15. a selfie with someone you love (Teka)
16. someone resting (Marie)
17. an usual pose (Sarah)
18. a coordinated clothing photo (Emily)
19. something you know you will miss in five years (Katrina)
20. photograhic evidence of the reason you are tired (Erin)
21. a person-less photo that helps tell the story (Amy)
22. freshen your makeup and do a selfie! right now! (Emily)
23. your people in the back of your car (Marnie)
24. your table (Karen)

 

Lastly, our gallery is filled with great design. Here are some tips and ideas to try to keep your pages fresh!

1. trend alert: rulers and measuring tape (Christa)
2. try cutting your title out of some patterned paper and using the negative (Celeste)
3. use your favorite stamp (Donna)
4. use the same patterned paper in two places, but in different proportions (Lisa)
5. frame out your photos (Paula)
6. repeat your elements in three places on your layout, creating a visual triangle (Deb)
7. create a focal point on your photo without cropping it (Kelly)
8. add small embellishments that help tell your story (Valerie)
9. try layering your photo mattes, tipping each layer slightly askew (Francine)
10. paint your letter stickers (Diane)
11. layer your letter stickers onto your photo (Vivian)
12. use a circle garland to help lead you into the focal point of your photo (Keshet)
13. get out your label maker and put it to use! (Monika)
14. trim your photo to an unusual size (Kathy)
15. trend alert: wooden embellies and people chains (Teka)
16. use your washi tape for journaling strips (Marie)
17. create a border with 7 scraps of paper (Lisa)
18. create a triangle mosaic (Sarah)
19. create a mirror image layout (top to bottom or side to side) (Emily)
20. create a layered embellishment collage (Katrina)
21. rounded corners are still in. have fun! (Erin)
22. use three patterned papers of varying colors, but with similar scale and cut to similar sizes (Amy)
23. trend prediction: quatre foil is the next big graphic (Alexandra)
24. use a number in your title (Emily)
25. use a long descriptive title (Marnie)
26. embrace some white space (Karen)

So many great ideas! I am thinking I might take one from each list, put them together and make a layout! Will you join me?

 

As a thank you for joining us this month, Monika has put together a printable for you to help celebrate the perfect pairings in your life!

You may download it here.

 

And here is a sweet layout that she made using it!

Love the idea of shoes. Perhaps it is also that I cannot resist a little bit of word play!

 

Before we go, one last reminder that the clock is ticking on our Talent Search. Hurry and get your audition tapes ready! (just kidding about audition tapes, but not kidding about the deadline drawing near!)

Have a great weekend! And thank you for joining us for this magnificent start to our summer series!!

Beach Layouts

First, I wanted to start off letting you know how happy I am to be here sharing a blog post with you today! This being my first official post on write. click. scrapbook. it just wouldn't feel right starting without saying hello before we dive into the scrappy goodness.

As I was deciding what this post should be about I kept running the word 'Summer' over and over in my head. Living in Florida it took me all of 5 seconds to come up with the idea for a Beach Theme. Nothing screams summer to me more than the smell of sun screen, beach towels, flip flops and ice cold fruity beverages. This summer so far I have not been to the coast but luckily I remembered that I do have some photos from last year that I have really wanted to scrap. They are extra special to me since they are of our daughter Charlotte's first time at the beach. This was during a visit from my husband’s sister, Clara, and really wanted to layout to capture all of us instead of making it solely baby-centric. Here is what I came up with:

layout by Teka Cochonneau

 

I love making themed pages without using thematic papers. I tend to stick to B-Sides and I enjoy matching the colors in the photos to whichever papers I have in my stash. So don’t worry if you don’t have any papers or embellishments that scream salt and sand. Let your photos speak for it instead. Here are some other examples of beach themed pages using non-beach themed papers and embellishments:

layout by Lisa Ottosson

 

layout by Celeste Smith

 

layout by Diane Payne

 

The great thing about the beach is that it is a great family outing. Between swimming, sand castles, sun bathing, and sports it really helps get the extra energy out.  And if you are anything like me (which I am sure you are since you are reading here) every one of those activities can also be considered a photo-op.  Here are some fun pages about the kids at the beach:

layout by Paula Gilarde

 

layout by Francine Clouden 

 

layout by Kathy Martin

 

Also, let’s not forget the vintage photos of ourselves, moms, dads and other extended family members. Summertime can be pretty nostalgic for many of us just on the heels of Mother’s and Father’s Day. So break out those super old photos of times almost forgotten and get them down on a page.

layout by Sarah Pendergrast

 

layout by Diane Payne

 

Thank you for joining me today. I hope this post gets you inspired to record some of your past or pending beach plans!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Today is a big day!!! A new look, new teammates, an announcement, a new gallery...

But first, please help us blow out the candles because today is our

Three years ago today, Tina, Elizabeth, and Marnie posted the first post at write. click. scrapbook. how time flies. Since then, we have had 1315 posts, nearly 40 000 comments, and more than 150 giveaways. We cannot even begin to add up the number of layouts that our team has done, but the monthly galleries, alone, have showcased 977 layouts and 44 mini albums. All for you!

 

And while three years have seen patterns on the papers change, products come, and trends go, one thing that stands strong is our commitment to you. When we began, we carefully crafted our beliefs:

1. We believe in telling stories.

2. We believe that understanding photography and design make scrapbooking a little more fun.

3. We believe in the power of color. We also believe in the power of kraft, black, and white.

4. We believe that scrapbooking should be fun and guilt-free.

5. We believe that there is no one right way to scrapbook.

and we stand by them as much today as in days' past. We love scrapbooking. And we know you do, too. And we are here to help you make it doable, sustainable, and fun!

 

To help us celebrate today's birthday festivities, we have put together a team bloghop! We wanted to make it easy, so we are going in alphabetical order. As you click from blog to blog, you can collect letters that you will need to know if you are selected as the lucky number for a giveaway! Our crew is also excited to share with you their thoughts about being a part of write. click. scrapbook. and to give you a sneak peek into their layout for this month's gallery!!

Here is the list, in order:

Alexandra Sirugue-MacLeod
Amy Sorensen
Celeste Smith
Christa Paustenbaugh
Deb Duty
Diane Payne
Donna Jannuzzi
Emily Pitts
Emily Spahn
Erin Sweeney
Francine Clouden
Kathy Martin
Katrina Simeck
Kelly Jeppson (this link will be to an extra place as Kelly is without a public blog!)
Keshet Starr
Lisa Kisch
Lisa Ottosson
Marie Taylor
Marnie Flores
Monika Wright
Paula Gilarde
Sarah Pendergrast
Teka Jo Cochonneau
Valerie O'Neall
Vivian Masket

Look for this graphic

and find the letter that is associated with each team member. Then return here and leave a comment telling us what you love most about write. click. scrapbook. Your comment will be considered for our first year four giveaway, an entire box filled with scrapbooking goodies. AND there are giveaways to be found all along the path...

 

Before you hop away...

Did you notice some new names up there? We thought you might have. We are thrilled beyond measure to announce the addition of 5 new team members. (We actually have 6 new ones, but you are going to have to wait for one whole month to meet the other! heehee!!)

Please give a warm welcome to...

 

 

We are excited for all of you to fall in love with them as we have. Not only are they talented scrapbookers, but they are kind, lovely women with a point of view, a story to tell, and some amazing creativity oozing out of them! If you click on their photo, it will take you to their bio pages so you can read a little more about them. And as you visit their blogs on the bloghop, please take a minute to say hello and introduce yourself to them. Be forewarned that you might get lost in their talented creations!

 

You may also have noticed a few names missing from the list. Aly, Karen, Stacy, Wendy, and Cheryl are all turning in their keys, so to speak. Stacy, Aly, and Cheryl have all been with us from the beginning. We cannot thank them enough for their kindness and hard work. And while Karen and Wendy added later, they, too, left an indelible impression on our site. We will miss them; not just their talent, but also their hearts. We look forward to seeing them in other places and wish them tremendous success and happiness.

 

And while you have filled some of the spaces on our team. We still have one more! And wondered if you might like it? Announcing our first ever

If you have longed to be a part of the write. click. scrapbook. team, now is your chance! We are excited to open up a team spot to one of you! We want to fill it with someone who knows us and loves us. Someone who will help make us great and will shout from the rooftops that write. click. scrapbook. is one awesome scrapbooking site.

As a write. click. scrapbook. teammate you will be responsible to provide a minimum of one layout per month for our monthly galleries, and you will host the blog for one week, and a handful of single days. Team members also help one another by providing pertinent layouts to support the other blog authors.

We love pages that are well-designed, and tell good stories. Our teammates not only scrapbook well, but also write well, as they must share their love and knowledge of scrapbooking through a week of blogging. Good photography is an asset as well.

If you would like to be considered, please put together a sample blog post, on your topic of choice. Additionally, please create a layout or project that will fit under the topic, Summer Fun. We will accept applications through June 23rd. Please know we will also browse through your blog to get a feel for your writing style and personality. The new team member will be notified prior to July 1st. Please send your application materials to marnie@writeclickscrapbook.com.

To review we need:

1. a sample blog post on a topic of your choosing,
2. a layout that fits the theme Summer Fun,
3. a link to your blog,
4. a link to your sample blog post, and
5. a bit about why you want to be on our team.

Please don't forget that we are real people with real lives and are looking for real pages. Please try to be yourself. We will be impressed without you even trying. Promise.

 

Lastly, on this very busy day, let's not forget that today is the first of the month, which means it's

This month, our teammates were paired up and asked to create a layout inspired by their partner. Here are the pairings. What great pairs!

Christa Paustenbaugh & Celeste Smith
Diane Payne & Francine Clouden
Donna Jannuzzi & Lisa Ottosson
Emily Pitts & Alexandra Sirugue-MacLeod
Erin Sweeney & Amy Sorensen
Katrina Simeck & Emily Spahn
Keshet Starr & Vivian Masket
Lisa Kisch & Sarah Pendergrast
Marie Taylor & Teka Cochonneau
Kelly Jeppson & Valerie O'Neall
Marnie Flores & Karen Grünberg
Monika Wright & Kathy Martin
Paula Gilarde & Deb Duty

If you follow the links found in the designer's notes, you will see the inspiration and learn how one layout or project inspired another. Be sure to look at both--some are so similar, while others are worlds apart. Isn't inspiration an amazing thing?

 

Thank you for stopping! We appreciate your comments, in ways you can't imagine, so please leave one telling us why you love write. click. scrapbook. Comments for the giveaway will remain open though Sunday evening. One lucky number will be selected at random and posted on Monday. Please remember it is your responsibility to check back and claim your lucky number before Wednesday.

Have fun in the gallery, on the blog hop, and we look forward to receiving your applications!

edited to add: the giveaway is now closed. thank you!