Yet another Magazine Mondays challenge comes to a close.

We only had one submission for last week’s challenge, but it’s an awesome interpretation of the inspiration piece.

(Have no idea what Magazine Mondays is? Check out the announcement here for all the details, then come back and see who won!)

For those who might have missed Monday’s post, Magazine Mondays: Papercrafting Inspiration - Week Seven, here’s the magazine cover that was posted:

Even though I was out of town and unable to participate last week, I love the strips of text. I am using them as inspiration on a project I’m working on…to be shared…eventually!

So, who played along last week and created something for all of us to see?

Jean M.

Jean created a card inspired by the colors and text strips in the inspiration piece:

Thanks so much, Jean, for playing along last week. For being the only participant last week, you get an extra entry in next week’s drawing (if you submit again!).

I assume you all know who got this week’s prize, right?

Congrats Jean!

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Didn’t play along this week? You’ve got to play to win!

Playing along is so, so easy…join us next Monday and YOU could win a fun surprise.

Be sure to subscribe to our email list and you’ll never miss a posting of the Magazine Mondays papercrafting inspiration piece, or all the other cool stuff we’ll be sharing on our blog.

Have a great week everyone and be sure to check the blog next Monday for another edition of Magazine Mondays…or perhaps a “new” version of the challenge! Hint, hint…

Steph

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Boy, it sure seems that scrapbooking has been a popular topic in the news lately.

Have you seen the article on the Huffington Post site?

It definitely got the attention of not just scrapbookers (including yours truly), but other crafters who didn’t appreciate their hobby being mislabeled or derided.

If you haven’t had a chance to read it, check it out using the link above (but be ready, there’s some ’fightin’ words’ in it and lots of “vocal opposition” in the comments!).

Then, another “non-scrapbooker” decided to get in on the action (after all, posts like the one above can be good for traffic).

Erica B. demonstrates her “knowledge” about scrapbooking by sharing these thoughts (and more):

“It’s undeniably true that a well-designed scrapbook page is a gorgeous work of art, as well as an heirloom quality keepsake that your family and descendants will treasure. There are a lot of really nice scrapbook pages out there. I’m sure there are plenty of ugly ones, but that’s true of any craft.

No, the problem with scrapbooking is everything else about the hobby. From an external, cold-heartedly realistic perspective, scrapbooking is the art of buying a ton of stuff you never use, and feeling really bad about it.

I’m going to estimate that only .01 percent of scrapbooking supplies ever actually get used in the creation of a scrapbook page. The other 99.99 percent of the supplies just take up room in your house and weigh down your psyche with the collective guilt of all the things you’re not busy scrapbooking.”

Wow! Really?

So, everyone buys lots of stuff and no one uses any of it? And, we all feel bad about it? Please share your comments if you’re so inclined.

The rest of Erica’s post?

ETA: Well, it was worth reading to see how misinformed she is, but the post was apparently removed because my links no longer work and even a Google search on the content leads to messages that the page no longer exists.

Let’s move on to the more positive shout-outs to scrapbooking, shall we?

First up: Disney’s New App

Disney has launched a new scrapbook app. It’s called Story and enables users to “…pull photos and videos from your iPhone’s camera roll.”

A little more from the coverage:

“The beauty of Story is its simplicity. The app predicts what photos and videos you want combined into a “moment” and suggests them to you. Users can then customize the order (of) photos, add captions and change the theme before sharing. Moments can have up to 20 photos and two short videos. The way Story handles moments is brilliant; it looks at where and when the photos were taken to decide how to group them.”

Sounds like something worth checking out, don’t you think?

Well, at least for those of us who aren’t horribly depressed about all the stuff we bought and haven’t used for “traditional” scrapbooking, right?

Next Up: History Lost?

This next piece is a great reminder about how important scrapbooks can be in documenting the history of our country and the lives who have defended it.

“This is a treasure that represents an important part of local history,” said Jerry Moretz of Boone, sergeant-at-arms of the Watauga County American Legion Post 130, after seeing a copy of the (scrap)book that was presented to his post.
 
Moretz, along with Stewart (the new owner of the scrapbook) and Miller, would like to learn more about the scrapbook — including who created it.

“We can’t seem to find out where it came from,” Moretz said. “Some people just don’t realize the importance of this collection and what it could mean to our county. Just by looking through these pages, you can get a pretty good idea of what Watauga gave up during the war.”

If nothing else, that statement should be a call-to-action: we need to remember to label our scrapbooks with our names and the dates they were created. We won’t always be here, and someday they may fall into the hands of someone who’s outside our family and circle of friends, someone who won’t know us and that we created this piece of history. I know this to be true because I see amazing old scrapbooks at yard sales and antique shows on a regular basis (and my heart always aches knowing they are “lost” forever).

There’s more to this story.

And finally…

A Rockin’ (and Rolling) Scrapbook

Bill Wyman’s “Scrapbook,” Bill’s newest book documenting his life from wartime child in England to now, is a recap of his life, and the stories and photos any Rolling Stones fan would love to spend time persuing.

What I liked most about reading this article is this:

“Each picture is captioned and explained in Bill’s beautiful writing.” Yet another reminder: include our handwriting on our pages is a good thing.

I hope you enjoyed this peek into “Scrapbooking in the News”  and I welcome your comments (link above).

I now return you to your regularly scheduled programming scrapbooking,

Steph

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Wow, they just keep on coming!

This time around it’s a new papercrafting collection from Elle’s Studio…

Presenting:

SERENDIPITY!

Papercrafting Collection from Elle’s Studio: Serendipity Paper Collection

And, not only are you getting in on this peek at Elle’s Studio’s pretty new papercrafting line…

…Elle herself has offered an amazing papercrafting prize!

What’s the prize, you ask?

The entire collection!

What?!!!

Yes, you heard right – Elle has graciously offered the whole collection (a $37 value) to one lucky paper addict. (That’s you, right?)

Is that generous, or what?

Now, there is one item that will NOT be included in the prize package and that is the Limited Edition Vellum.

Why is the Vellum not included?

It was limited edition and it’s already sold out!!!

And now, on to the sneak peeks and your opportunity to share your comments to be eligible to win this fabulous collection!

Papercrafting Collection from Elle’s Studio: Serendipity Journaling Tags

Papercrafting Collection from Elle’s Studio: Serendipity Cutouts

Papercrafting Collection from Elle’s Studio: Serendipity Pennants

Papercrafting Collection from Elle’s Studio: Serendipity Tabs

But, that’s not all of it!

Hop on over to the Elle’s Studio site to see the rest of the Serendipity Collection…the rest of the collection that could be yours if you leave a comment (link above) and your comment is chosen!

Don’t forget to come back and leave your comment – before midnight Saturday, May18th – here on this post to be eligible for the drawing for the Serendipity Collection Prize!

You can’t win if you don’t play along!

Steph

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O.K., so how many of you are Tim Holtz fans?

Yeah, that’s what we thought – lots of raised hands!

Us too!

“The Man” has done it again – he’s branching out and bringing us even more ways to play with his unique papercrafting product designs.

Well, at least for those of us who are handy with a sewing machine, hand-stitching, quilting or incorporating fabrics into our creative endeavors.

What? Fabrics?

Yup, you heard right. Fabrics!

Several of Tim’s papercrafting product designs are now available as fabrics.

Where can you see what’s included in this brand new product line extension? Here’s a sneak peek at the designs:

Papercrafting Designs from Tim Holtz Turned Into Fabrics-Sneak Peek 1

Papercrafting Designs from Tim Holtz Turned Into Fabrics-Sneak Peek 2

Papercrafting Designs from Tim Holtz Turned Into Fabrics-Sneak Peek 3

Papercrafting Designs from Tim Holtz Turned Into Fabrics-Sneak Peek 4

I don’t know about you, but I am already plotting what I am going to do with the fabric in Sneak Peek #4! As a passionate collector of typesetting letters from the days of old printing presses, this fabric is shouting, “Buy me, buy me!”

For the whole collection, check out the Coats & Clark site.

And, to read the announcement, check out Tim’s site.

We’re very excited for Tim and his team and look forward to seeing the amazing things he and his fans (including us) create with his eclectic new fabrics.

Have a project in mind for one of Tim’s new fabrics?

Please share your ideas with us in the comment section (link above).

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day,

Steph

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And, the mid-season product releases just keep coming!

Let’s kick it off with a fun Halloween collection from Graphic 45!

Papercrafting Product Release: Steampunk Spells By Graphic 45

Graphic 45′s newest collection, “Steampunk Spells,” is a fanciful Halloween collection that will make you smile.

This collection is perfect for Halloween, Fall or any Steampunk project.

Papercrafting Product Release: Steampunk Spells By Graphic 45

Steampunk Spells is full of magical vintage fun.

With double-sided 12×12 papers, stickers, alphabets, chipboard die cuts and more, you’ll be inspired to create from now until Halloween!

Papercrafting Product Release: Steampunk Spells By Graphic 45

This collection also includes several adorable stamp sets!

Your Halloween projects have never been so colorful!

And, you have to check out each day of Graphic 45′s release. There are so many amazing projects and pages ready to inspire you!

Check out each day’s sneak peeks here:

GRAPHIC 45 Papercrafting Collection Sneak Peeks Day 4:  STEAMPUNK SPELLS

GRAPHIC 45 Papercrafting Collection Sneak Peeks Day 5:  STEAMPUNK SPELLS

GRAPHIC 45 Papercrafting Collection Sneak Peeks Day 6:  STEAMPUNK SPELLS

GRAPHIC 45 Papercrafting Collection Sneak Peeks Day 7:  STEAMPUNK SPELLS

GRAPHIC 45 Papercrafting Collection Sneak Peeks Day 8:  STEAMPUNK SPELLS

Simply gorgeous stuff!

Steph’s already salivating over the banners, flowers and “Bewitching Hour” paper! They are perfect additions to a Harry Potter mini album she’s working on.

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What collections have YOU the most excited and ready to create?

Please share your thoughts in the comments section (link above).

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Want to make sure you don’t miss a single new product release sneak peek? 

Subscribe to our blog feed and you’ll hear about the collections as they’re announced!

Monica

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Good evening everyone,

I hope you all had a wonderful Mother’s Day weekend.

How did YOU celebrate?

Please share your comments here or on our Facebook page.

And now, it’s time to get down to business, right?

Magazine Mondays, Week Seven…

New to Magazine Mondays?

Please scroll down to the section ”What is Magazine Mondays All About?“ for more information, then scroll back up and check out this week’s challenge.

And now, this week’s papercrafting inspiration:

Papercrafting Inspiration: Magazine Mondays – Week Seven Inspiration Piece

What are you focused on?

• the high-contrast colors
• the strips of text
• the cut-up image
• the hand-drawn font
• or, maybe something else?

Have fun incorporating something from this week’s magazine into your next papercraft creation.

Not sure how to use this cover as inspiration? Simply leave a comment (comment link above) and we’ll do our best to assist you.

We look forward to seeing what YOU create this week!

*** Special Note: Because Steph may not have internet access during a quick trip at the end of the week, you have until MONDAY to complete & submit your project! ***

Important Note

This papercrafting challenge is not just open to cards or scrapbook layouts (which have both been popular entry categories), but to ALL papercrafted creations!

How about creating something for your home or office or as a gift?

Whether you like to make home decor items, work in your art journal, create “repurposed” projects out of paper products, make cards, enjoy creating scrapbook layouts, or prefer book-binding, quilling or origami, or some other form of papercrafting, it’s all welcome! Love this week’s inspiration for a Project Life or 365 entry or page? Create and enter that!

The ONLY requirement for entering the Magazine Mondays papercrafting challenge (at this time) is that your entry must be a papercraft project - it must somehow incorporate paper.

Playing along with this papercrafting challenge is easy:

• Go create something – any papercraft project – based on this week’s inspiration above
• Come back to this post and leave a comment, including a link to where you’ve posted your papercraft creation
• Check back often to see what others have created and posted
• Check the blog Friday afternoon to see if you won!

We’ll be checking the comment section of this blog post daily for comments and links to papercrafting goodness, and we’ll pin all the creations to our Magazine Mondays Pinterest board and link to them on our Facebook page at the end of the week so everyone can be inspired. (Note: be sure your papercraft creation is not blocked from being pinned if you want it added to our board.)

Then, on Monday (delayed a bit to give you all more time to create and submit since Steph may or may not have access to the internet while she’s traveling), we’ll randomly choose one participant from the previous week’s papercraft entries to receive a fun prize!

And, their winning entry will be the cover image for our Magazine Mondays Pinterest board until the next magazine inspiration piece is posted, and will forever* live in our Facebook timeline!

Have a great week everyone and happy papercrafting!

Steph

What is Magazine Mondays All About?

It’s a weekly dose of papercrafting inspiration courtesy of magazines. We’ll be offering you peaks at their covers, pages, topics, colors and type in hopes of inspiring you to create.

And, most importantly, it’s a chance for you to show off your papercraft creations and win fun prizes!

PaperCrafter’s Corner (PCC) has been known for being a papercrafting information resource (store, event, retreat and kit club directories; industry news; product roundups, etc.) and provider of entertainment (product sneak peeks, challenges, giveaways, etc.).

Now we want to become your number-one source of papercrafting inspiration…more specifically, papercrafting inspiration!

Magazine Mondays - How To Play Along

Each Monday we’ll post a magazine here on our blog and encourage you to use it as inspiration to create something of your very own. Then, we’ll invite you to add a comment on the blog post, including a link to your inspired papercraft creation.

We’ll “pin” each week’s magazine – as well as everyone’s creations – to our Magazine Mondays Pinterest board to provide even more inspiration for our community.

And, we’ll link to the creations from our Facebook page so everyone following our Facebook timeline will see the creations our community has shared!

And the best part?

One lucky winner (chosen randomly) will receive a prize for participating!

And, the winner will get to see her/his papercraft creation on the cover of our Magazine Mondays Pinterest board

until the next magazine inspiration is posted!

Play along and Good Luck!

Steph

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Helloooo Papercrafters!

It’s time to bring another Magazine Mondays challenge to a close.

The submissions are in and we have a winner!

(Have no idea what Magazine Mondays is? Check out the announcement here for all the details, then come back and see who won!)

For those who might have missed Monday’s post, Magazine Mondays: Papercrafting Inspiration - Week Six, here’s the magazine cover that was posted:

I just thought those glasses were too cool for school! And, what a great way to showcase people’s eyes – the windows to one’s soul.

So, who played along this week and created something for all of us to see?

First Up: Stephenie S.

Stephenie created a card inspired by the layout of the inspiration piece:

Stephenie mentioned that this week’s challenge truly was a challenge because she tends to create “literal” translations of the inspiration piece and this one was tough for her to follow.

Way to go with rising to the challenge, Stephenie!

Next Up: Holly E.

Even with a bit of a challenge in getting her project posted by the deadline (she ended up emailing me her entry!), Holly was committed to participating again this week. Yay!

Holly created a layout, also focusing her creating on the “sections” from the inspiration piece:

Between all the new product announcements, my wedding anniversary and Mother’s Day, I had so much going on this week and didn’t get my project finished.

I know, shame, shame.

And now, drum roll please…..

This week’s winner is…..

Stephenie S.!

Congrats Stephenie!

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Didn’t play along this week? You’ve got to play to win!

Playing along is so, so easy…join us next Monday and YOU could win a fun surprise.

Be sure to subscribe to our email list and you’ll never miss a posting of the Magazine Mondays papercrafting inspiration piece, or all the other cool stuff we’ll be sharing on our blog.

Have a great weekend (and A Very Happy Mother’s Day to all our papercrafting moms!) and we’ll see you next Monday for another edition of Magazine Mondays,

Steph

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Are you ready to find out who won the Simple Stories I Heart Summer 12×12 Collection Kit?

Here are just a few of the snippets of the new line – I Heart Summer (starting with the prize!):

Papercrafting Product Release: I Heart Summer by Simple Stories – 12×12 Collection Kit

Papercrafting Product Release: I Heart Summer Collection By Simple Stories – Chipboard Stickers

Papercrafting Product Release: I Heart Summer Collection By Simple Stories – Sn@p! Cuts

I agree with so many of the comments we received:

• The Sn@p! Cuts are awesome!
• The colors are perfect for scrapbooking summertime photos
• The images, including bicycles, ice cream cones, and even a giant bottle of ketchup, just scream summertime fun!
• And, this collection, like all the Simple Stories collections, will make easy work of documenting summertime activities or creating birthday cards for those with birthdays during the summer.
• I would add that many of the items are perfect for Project Life projects too!

So, who won?

First things first – we want to again thank Simple Stories for offering the I Heart Summer 12×12 Collection Pack as a prize for one of our community members.

Thank you Simple Stories!

Now, on to the winner…..

Drum roll…..

And, the winner is…..

Fonda R.!

Fonda’s comment:

fonda rush says:

May 9, 2013 at 6:41 pm (Edit)

i love the bright and summery colors of this collection. i especially like the brads.

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You’re in good company with those thoughts!

Have fun creating summertime layouts or cards (and maybe even some home decor?) with this new line, Fonda!

Please join us in congratulating Fonda on winning this prize pack.

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Didn’t win this time? Don’t fret, there are more giveaways right behind this one!

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If you don’t want to miss out on a single new product release sneak peek and giveaway,

Be sure to follow our Papercraft – Giveaways board on Pinterest and subscribe to our blog feed.

Steph

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Are you ready to find out who won the Authentique PRIDE 6×6 Prize Pack?

You may recall we showed you some snippets of the new line – Pride:

I agree with Monica – this “Pride” collection is perfect for summer holiday photos.

And, I would add that it’s perfect for honoring America’s troops, past and present.

So, who won?

First things first – we want to again thank Authentique for offering the Pride Prize Pack as a prize for one of our community members.

Thank you Authentique!

Now, on to the winner…..

Drum roll…..

And, the winner is…..

Jean M.!

Jean’s comment:

Jean Marmo says:

We couldn’t agree more!

Please join us in congratulating Jean on winning this prize pack.

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Have fun creating fun 4th of July layouts with this, Jean!

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Don’t want to miss out on a single new product release sneak peek and giveaway?

Be sure to follow our Papercraft – Giveaways board on Pinterest and subscribe to our blog feed.

Pinterest Papercraft-Giveaway Board Link

Steph

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I need your help…

(If you’d rather just skip to sharing your Mother’s Day Papercrafting Wish List, scroll on down to that section below – it’s o.k., really…no, really, it is…)

As we placed the annual flower order for my mother-in-law, Carol, today I thought to myself, “Isn’t there something else we could get her?”

I enjoy spending time picking out just the right gift for people, something that enables them to partake in their hobbies or interests, or that offers an experience.

Flowers, again, just seemed like the easy way out.

Carol doesn’t have any obvious interests other than loving spending time with family, seeing pictures of the grandkids and great-grandkids, tending to her rose bushes and watching her favorite shows (don’t ever try to drag her out to dinner when Dancing With the Stars is on – you’ll have NO luck!).

Pictures in a frame or book? We got her a digital frame and that’s how she likes to view pictures now.

Write and send a long letter to catch her up? She stays in touch through email on the tablet we got her for her birthday last year, and we talk on the phone.

Gardening implements? It gets quite hot where she lives, and she really shouldn’t be out in the hot sun, so we’d hesitate to get her anything that might encourage activity that could be dangerous for her.

So, that leaves Dancing With the Stars. And, unless we can get her a front-row seat to a taping (ok, anyone got any connections? ), I’m not sure how we would gift her anything related to her favorite show. Ideas?

She does like to watch movies (my sis- and brother-in-law got her a Netflix subscription which she really likes), and she enjoys perusing Southern Living (we got her a subscription for her birthday years ago and have renewed it every year after learning she really enjoys it).

And, while she’s never been into papercrafting (despite my best efforts at “sharing” my love for it!) she used to enjoy crocheting and cross-stitch. But, I haven’t seen her pick up a hook or needle and thread in years. When I ask her about those crafts, she says she hasn’t done them in years and doesn’t think she can anymore.

That makes me sad. I know she enjoyed these activities.

So, it was flowers … again.

Now, we know she loves getting flowers – she always tells us how much she loves the bouquets that arrive from us and from my brother-in-law and sister-in-law. But I sure wish she had a hobby or obvious interest that hasn’t already been addressed so we could pick out something different for Mother’s Day.

What do you think? Any recommendations?

That brings me to the second purpose behind this post…

YOUR Mother’s Day Papercrafting Wish List

What would YOU like to receive for Mother’s Day?

More specifically, if you could have ANYTHING papercrafting-related, what would it be?

Please share your papercrafting wish list in the comment section (comment link above).

I can’t wait to see what everyone’s lusting after! 

I’m sure we’ll all discover new goodies we didn’t even know we needed, right?

I’ll be posting all of YOUR Mother’s Day Papercrafting Wish List items to our Pinterest board:

PCC Community – Mother’s Day Papercrafting Wish List

Stuck for ideas? Check out that board!

What’s on my list?

I can’t think of anything that I NEED, but there’s a lot on the “Ooh, I love that list!”

High up on my papercrafting list?

Ali Edwards’ new class: Hello Story. It looks like a fabulous class! Ali’s the queen of STORY.

And no, she did NOT pay me to say that!

Thanks to everyone for sharing your Papercrafting Wish Lists & an early Happy Mother’s Day to all the Moms!

I hope all you moms have a wonderful Mother’s Day weekend…come back and share your weekend activities with us, o.k.?

Steph

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