7 days in may | come join in!

The first challenge of 7 Days in May has been posted! Come on over to JessicaSprague.com to join in! Also, to claim your freebie for today!

(Click on the image to go directly to the challenge)

And of course, there will be a new challenge every day for the rest of the week (including, of course, a freebie). Whee!

7 Days in May 2012

It's here again peeps! It's time again for for our annual week of fabulousness; 7 Days in May!

Join Liv Esteban, Nancie Rowe-Janitz, and myself in the yearly tradition of a week full of fun! We're starting tomorrow and then going strong all through the week until Sunday with a new challenge (and a freebie!) everyday! It will be a blast! Do make sure to stop by!

photography | april challenge

Thanks to the ever wonderful Pinterest I came across this blogpost at Paper Coterie about a daily photochallenge for April. I've done a monthly photo challenge before, in November, and I want to remember that I said it would be a cool thing to do it every month that has 30 days. So yeah, I'm totally doing this one! Anyone up for joining me?

challenging you

Did you know that there is a challenge every week in the forum at JessicaSprague.com? My friend Liv and I have been hosting the challenges for years, and this year we have invited the wonderful ladies of the creative team to join us. This week Meg Stocks is our host with a fabulous challenge!

Come on over and join in the fun!

freebie | spraground challenge

Do you usually play along with our weekly challenges over at JessicaSprague.com? This week I am hosting and there is a treat at the end of the challenge in the form of a freebie template. Yay!

Here's what it looks like:


If you want to join in the fun, then just click HERE!

Where I go all mushy

Did you know that there is a weekly challenge at JessicaSprague.com? My lovely friends Liv Esteban and Kari Holt and I try our best to bring you fresh and fun digi- and hybrid challenges every week. This week is my turn to host, and we're taking cue from Oprah!

I decided to join in the fun this week. That is something I rarely do. Not because I don't want to - I do! I just really never seem to find the time to sit down and scrap anymore. Sad but true.

But yeah, I created this little layout. All lovey and dovey about my husband. Straight to the point. Short and sweet. But very true.



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Weekly Spraground challenges are back!

I'm geeked out at the fact that our regularly scheduled weekly Spraground challenges are back in full swing from this week. After a hiatus for the month of June we've recharged our batteries and are ready to give you a challenge every week. Heck yes!

This week I am your designated driver and the challenge is a scraplift challenge. The liftee is the amazing creative team member Cathy Pascual.

Come on over and join the fun!

Speed scraps - be there or be square

Tonight! At the general forum at JessicaSprague.com. Speed scrap with Amy Mallory. Don't miss it!

Join the fun and get a freebie - 7 Days in May

Ok, just so you know, if you haven't popped over to join in the fun of the 7 Days in May challenges at JessicaSprague.com yet then you are really missing out. The forum and gallery is hopping with creativity! Of course, it's not too late to join. Come on over! You will get a freebie! Today is a template freebie from moi!



Go on, you know you want to! ;)

7 Days in May is roaring - join and get a freebie

Are you keeping up with the 7 Days in May challenges that started on Monday? So far we've had two fabulous challenges courtesy of Liv Esteban and today's challenge, which I put up, is live right now! Come on over and join us in the fun over at the foum at JessicaSprague.com. Do it today though, because the freebie that is included will go down tomorrow to make room for tomorrow's challenge freebie (also by me).

Here's a sneak peek of today's freebie:

7 Days in May - starting today

Today is the start of the 3rd annual 7 Days in May challenge week. For seven days starting today we will be posting a challenge in the forums at JessicaSprague.com. Each day we will also include a freebie. So stop by and join us, why don't you?

See you there!

Mark your calendars, folks!

Guys, don't forget about the 7 Days in May Challenges Week that kicks off on Monday! It will be a blast, and we've got great challenges and freebies lined up for you. Mark your calendars, folks!

7 Days in May - the return of a favourite

Don't miss the third annual 7 Days in May challenges week over at JessicaSprague.com!
My fellow co-hosts, Liv Esteban (of LivEdesigns) and Kari Holt (of iKari), and I will give you a new challenge every day for a whole week and each challenge features a fab freebie. Come on and join the fun!

A challenge with a freebie!

I've got a challenge up at the forum at JessicaSprague.com today that is inspired by the awesome new Nikon campaign. If you want to participate just hop on over here and see what it's all about. There's a freebie to pick up as well so you don't want to miss it!

Here's what the freebie looks like, just as a teaser.


Also, do go to the campaign website to see the awesome photos!

Happy weekend everyone!

Spraground challenge and a new layout

This week is my turn to host the Spraground challenge (Liv Esteban and I share the "burden" with our girl Kari Holt and the occasional guest host). With Christmas on my brain I had to make the challenge about just that. If you're up for it, come on over and join us!

I created a layout for the challenge:

Apart from the stitches, which are by Anna Aspnes, it's all my designs but you can see full credits here.

Happy Digital Scrapbooking Day!

Happy Digital Scrapbooking Day! I hope you get a few minutes to spend creating if you are into digi scrap!

Myself, I've spent the major part of last nigth and today working on a project that is a little different than what I've released before over at JessicaSprague.com. My hope is that I can have it finished very soon. I'm very excited about this project!

If you don't have any set plans for you DSD, head on over to JessicaSprague.com and download the *free* Photoshop Friday episode that Jessica released yesterday and also take the Spraground challenge in the forum. But don't wait, it's only free this weekend.

Happy scrapping!

The P52 post that wasn't

This post was going to be devoted to Project52. I had four weekly photos to share. They were beautiful too. But then I went and participated in a highly successful bloghop the other day (thank you sooooo much everyone for participating, it was a blast) and the amount of visits here made the bandwith on my Photobucket account max out. Bwah! Who knew? Not I. Not that they had a limit. Not that I would ever be in danger of surpassing it!

So if you are new to this blog, and there are just a bunch of ugly little squares where my colourful and glossy photos should be, I am terribly sorry! I am currently looking into going pro - on Photobucket that is - but I am usure if I want to make that commitment ... It feels awfully big. Like getting married almost ... Not that I have had any other (again, online photo storage that is) for years and years but I do admit to eyeing other potentials from time to time. I have to say, Flickr is and has been since the beginning very tempting. I have just been too settled, and quite frankly lazy lol, to move everything over.

So, what I really wanted to say was "I'm sorry, but no photos today".

I can, however, link to a layout I scrapped for one of the Birthday Challenges over at JessicaSprague.com this past weekend.

The challenge was to use the quote

"Everything you can imagine is real"

by Pablo Picasso. I created the wordart as a freebie for the challenge and also asked everyone to use a colour in the green colour family and use circles in the LO. Here's my own take on that challenge.

(Click on the image to go to the gallery and see more layouts for the challenge)

I used papers and the pearl buttons from my Make a Splash kit and one of the templates in the It's a start 2 set.

It's been ages since I scrapped last. Mostly when I sit at the computer, and I admit that happens quite a lot lol, it's to work on my designs. To just play and put something together was so freeing. I loved how  much I enjoyed working on it and accomplished I felt when I had finished the layout. I really must do some more scrapping!

OK, so Friday is a big holiday around these parts of the world and I will be off celebrating Midsummer's Eve all day. So if you don't hear back from me in a couple of days, you know what I'm up to. Hee! I promise I will work on those photos too.

The flyer post

Yeah, this post will truly live up to its name. I've got some exciting news to share with you guys, and all in the shape of flyers.

We love flyers at jessicasprague.com. We make them as often as we can. No joke either. Going to the shops for some milk? Make a flyer! Changing the channel on the telly? Make a flyer! Sipping the coke zero? You got it - make a flyer!

LOL

Yeah joke. But we do like to proclaim our news to the world, and what better way than to use a pretty flyer that can go on blogs, or FB, or the in every mailbox on your street.

So you know I told you about the upcoming FREE class with Jessica? Yeah, here's more info:

(Click on the image to go to the class page)

Now, next weekend is when you do not want to be away from your computer. For two reasons. The first?


Ya, über fun challenges are being planned for next weekend. It'll be hosted by me, my fellow designer Liv Esteban, and one of our CT girls, Chrissy. You don't want to miss!

The second?

Can you believe it? I can hardly contain myself, I am so excited about this massive collab by all the designers and CT members of jessicasprague.com. If you only attend one digi related event this year, this is it guys.

See you there (and here, hee!) guys!

7 Days in May challenge fest

Whew, desperately trying to catch up on my blogging. With business travelling all week I haven't been able to come on here and post anything.

If you haven't participated in the 7 Days in May challenges at JessicaSprague.com  it's still not too late to jump right in. We still have a few days left! And today there is a template freebie from me as a extra little incentive to join in the fun! :D Just hop on over for the challenge requirements and the freebie right here!

2nd annual 7 Days in May

Thought we'd had enough with a four day (i)NSD celebration? No way! We're continuing the fun by throwing ourselves heads first into the 2nd annual 7 Days in May challenge fiesta!

Everyday for seven days Liv Esteban and I will be your hosts at the JessicaSprague.com forum with a  new challenge to help you get your creative juices flowing.

Last year was a huge hit and a real blast, so there isn't any reason why this year wouldn't be the same. So come on over and join us!