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Hello everyone!  Hope you are having a beautiful Sunday.

If you aren't signed up for the newsletter from The Art Studio, you missed the info below.  We are having a FUN TIME for two weeks YEAH!  I will have a contest on my blog in celebration too, stay posted for details.  I can give you a hint, if you are a follower or leave a comment in this thread you will up your chances in the contest I am holding on my blog!  So get started now, become a follower, and leave me a comment. Then head over to The Art Studio blog  and the Scrapbook News and Review blog to check out the fun!  Can't wait to see you there! Sneak peek of a bitsy bit of fun that someone just might find in their mailbox, along with several other fun goodies to be revealed later ~

OK, here is the news ~ The Art Studio's Grand Opening Kick Off

What We'll Be Doing Over the Next Two Weeks The next two weeks are going to be all about fun, fun, fun. We've got prizes galore, including gift certificates to online stores, lots and lots of paper crafting products (including mixed media goodies such as pastes and mediums), subscriptions to Scrapbook News and Review Magazine and free classes -- just to name a few! Some of the activities we'll have to keep your mojo revved to the fullest are challenges, a Facebook party, craft room tours, scavenger hunts, our Pin It to Win It on Pinterest challenge as well as a cool carnival at the end.  Every day we'll post new stuff to our blog that will keep you in the know as well as send out e-mails every few days. You can also follow along our on Facebook page or follow us on Twitter to keep up to date.  Be sure to hop on over to the magazine to see the current issue. And a big hug, welcome and thank you to those who purchased a subscription last night and today. Wow! Very cool. I told you it was awesome. I'm glad you agree! The first prize will be available tomorrow night on both The Art Studio's blog and Scrapbook News and Review's blog, which if you didn't know, is chock full of awesome stuff. We have a team dedicated to just the blog and man do they come up with some amazing stuff. If your creativity is in need of a kick start, check it out. There's a lot going on, including sketches, color palettes, inspiration pieces and more.  As is our tradition, we always start off every party with a $100 gift certificate to your favorite paper crafting online store. And yep, it has to be a paper crafting store because we're all about pumping some moolah into the industry. So now that I've talked your head off, get ready for an awesome adventure with The Art Studio @ SNR and Scrapbook News and Review Magazine (we've been in business for almost 5 years now! Woohoo!) Thanks for being a part of our community, Kate Koch Owner/Editor-in-Chief Scrapbook News and Review There you have it!  Please zip over and say hello.  If you have any questions, please let me know.  I would be happy to help.  I wish you all a joyful and creative day ~ Pam

Busy times! Blog Candy reminder, and news too!

Wooo, so sorry I haven't posted in a few weeks, it has been crazy busy here! Besides working on a gazzillion things, we have been planning the garden. I want spring to get here so badly! To console myself, in my free time I have been working on flowers and tags like a mad woman. Lots finished, but I still want to finish lots more! Seriously, I am addicted. :) Don't forget about the blog candy we have going on. **EXTENDED** until March 1, since I was a slacker and did not do a weekly post. :) I will choose three winners to make up for it. DEETS - Just sign up to be a follower of my blog and you are entered in the contest. Post about it on your blog and you are entered again! Already a follower? You are in the contest too! Don't forget, I will draw THREE winners, and the winners will receive boatloads of fun flowers or tags such as these -



or these (excuse the mess, for some reason I am really a messy scrapper right now, not sure why)-



I have a few projects I am working on now too, including three projects for Zutter. I'll show you those in a few weeks. I can show you this card I made for Sketches Creatively Yours though -



Here is the faboo sketch if you would like to whip a card up yourself -



I am also excited to announce that I am the new Altered Art Group Leader at Challenge Maasters. Come check it out, we will have loads of fun. I am working on a special altered art challenge for March, so stay tuned. In the meantime, please stop in and say hello and check out the other challenges and groups. There are some AMAZING and fun challenges posted right now. It will get your mojo going for sure! Hope to see you there.

There is gonna be a fun crop at Citrus Tree Studio in March! It's the Going Green Crop March 13-15, so make sure you save the date.

The DT at Zutter is planning a fun blog hop for March too. Put these dates on your calendar - March 26-28, with the drawings held March 29. There are going to be fun prizes too, WOOO HOOOO! Hope you hop along with us.

We just got a fun little camera to replace our older than dirt little digital camera. I have been playing with the new camera a bit, and so far it is really easy and fun to use. I took a few pics of my handsome hubs, our back yard, and back, back yard where we will be enlarging our garden this summer.

This first pic is from my back patio. I am looking out towards our first back yard (a large portion is fenced in for the dogs) -



You can go through an opening area in our pine trees to get to our back back yard. This pic is looking back toward our back yard (see the fence?) before going around the trees to the back back yard -



Next is a picture of some deer tracks in front of our barn -



This shot is of my hubs as he is walking toward the garden (the sun was nice and bright, we were definitely squinting!) -



Now I have walked down the little hill toward the garden house and garden and am looking back at our barn -



This shot is of the garden area. We are going to increase it in size by about 2 times. You can see the wire fence that is there now, we will enlarge the area to go all the way to the wooden privacy fence and to both ends. Last year the garden was almost 40 x 40 (and we canned 167 quarts of dill pickles alone, woo!). Hopefully we will have lots more veggies and fruit this year, as we have promised to donate the extra produce to a local food pantry (which is why we are making the garden bigger)-



Here is a pic of our poor little swing, located under our apple trees. As you can see, it is covered in snow. Can't wait for the warm weather so we can swing in it again!



Well, that is about it for now. I am off to work on a few more tags and flowers. :) Hope you all have a safe and warm week, and happy crafting!

WOOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOO Lots of fun stuff happening at Scrap N Art!!!

Check it out! There is a DT call, contests, and more going on. I gotta tell you, the kits and products you will get to use are AMAZING and you will learn firsthand about some of the newest and hottest companies around!!! The staff are all very, very nice, and super great to work with. Here are the deets about the call, you should all go apply if it looks like something you are ready for -

Would You Like to Design for Scrap n' Art? Here's Your Chance!
Scrap n' Art Magazine is adding two additional paper crafting designers to its staff.

Candidates should meet the following requirements prior to applying:

3-5 years experience in paper crafting (scrapbooking, card making, altered art, mini albums, etc.)
Training and/or experience in creative writing and/or craft-related educational writing
Be on a maximum of 1 other design team currently or be freed from additional design team commitments by 1 September 2009.

Previous publication experience is not necessary, though it is always taken into consideration. Scrap n' Art extends one year contracts which are renewable at the publication's discretion.


Please note that Scrap n' Art is unable to hire designers, writers, or editors at this time that reside outside the continental United States. We do however, encourage you to submit your artwork for publication so that when this policy changes we will be familiar with your portfolio.


Some of the Benefits of working for Scrap n' Art

Access to new release products before they hit the market.
Generous bi-monthly product packages that are some of the most valuable in the industry.
Exclusive supply benefits in addition to product packages.

Opportunity to attend Winter and Summer CHA
Interested?

Paper designer candidates should submit:

Resume
Images of 10 projects they feel are a fair representation of the quality and style of their paper crafting work. These should include a mix of cards, scrapbook pages of varying sizes, a mini album, and an altered art project.
Creative writing sample, such as a previously published or unpublished article, tutorial, product review or demo, video script, or educational document related to crafting. Please note that blog posts and informal writing samples will not be accepted. Writing samples must be in proper document format, and meet the submission requirements specified below.

Send the above information as attachments to submissions@scrapnart.com. Please submit resumes and texts in .txt, .doc, or .pdf format. Layouts, photos, and project images should be submitted as .jpg images. Please make sure your photos and scanned images are large enough for us to see the details. All emails will receive a response within 48 hours.

The free digital kits in the current issue are fabulous too! Go check everything out here

Feel free to email me if you have any questions. Hope to see some familiar faces soon!