give.away.day. featuring OCTOBER AFTERNOON

Road Trip. What images are conjured up in your mind when you hear the words? Do you think back to college days? to friends piled in a barely functioning car with windows rolled down to preserve the gas singing along to popular music du jour? Or do you smile fondly remembering a minivan crammed with your kids playing "I Spy" in an effort to stave off the full bladder needing the fifth potty break of the morning?

Summer is the time of Road Trip. Here at write. click. scrapbook. we took a mini-poll.

A sampling of cities we will visit this summer:
Hilton Head, Charlotte, Philly, King of Prussia, Tulsa, Pittsburgh, Palm Desert, Orlando, Washington DC, New York City, White Mountain, Yellowstone, Bear Lake, Preston, Moab, Cape Cod, Tampa, Long Beach Island, Hollywood, Anaheim, Fresno, San Francisco, Caddo, Denison, Boston, Montreal, Port Renfew, the West Coast Trail, and Ottawa

And the states & provinces:
AZ CA CT DE FL ID MA MD ME MT NC NH NJ NY OH OK PA SC TX UT VA VT WV WY AB BC MB ON QC SK

And the miles traveled:
41 116.

And in spite of all the travel around here, we haven't forgotten that today is

In honor of the miles, the staycations, the no doz, the car songs, the carsickness, the gas, and the fun, today our we are excited to announce a giveaway from 

October Afternoon, always a crowd favorite, has, in a very short period, created quite a following. And for good reason. With fantastic patterned paper and sweet embellies (who could forget these? oooh, so fun!)

everyone knew they were a company here to stay. And if you love October Afternoon and would like your very own

collection, then you have come to the right place. Using papers like these

and embellishments like this:

you'll be making sweet layouts like these, in no time:

or maybe a card or two like this:

(pages and cards by Linda Barber)

Or perhaps a mini-album suits you better:

(album by Tina Cockburn)

Katrina Simeck used the Road Map collection on her Project of the Day yesterday at Fiskars. And October Afternoon has their very own blog that's filled with even more ideas.

If you would like to be considered for today's giveaway, leave a comment with your favorite vacation spot. It may be somewhere you have been, or somewhere you have always dreamed of going! Comments will close at 8:00 pm PST. We will randomly select a lucky number tomorrow. Check back to see if you are the lucky one. If you are, please email us at writeclickscrapbook at gmail dot com by midnight Saturday to claim your gift!

Best of luck and don't forget to buckle up!