Wednesday Sponsor Giveaway : Get It Scrapped, Transparent Touches, & Blue Moon Scrapbooking

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Get It Scrapped is giving away one spot in Pattie Knox's "More Mad Digital Skillz" online workshop.

Pattie Knox’s favorite part of digital scrapbooking is learning new techniques for creating realistic--as in “I can’t believe that’s not paper!”--layouts. In “More Mad Digital Skillz,” you’ll learn how to create torn edges on your photos and papers, how to insert photos into type, Pattie’s method for digital dry embossing, and much more about making your own brushes, working with custom shapes, and creating depth and interest with texture. Each lesson is accompanied by beautiful digital products from the talented artists at Designer Digitals—including Ali Edwards! Class starts May 25th at Get It Scrapped!

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Transparent Touches & Tags (TTT) is giving away two different prizes this week. The first winner will get to
pick one of the monthly kits pictured on the slide show above. The
second winner will receive $20 in TTT transparencies of their choice.

Transparent Touches & Tags is one of the only monthly kit clubs that offers 3 kit choices each month. They have 3 and 6 month kit subscriptions available. TTT also creates transparencies to use for scrapbooking pages, cards and other projects.  

TTT has a kit subscription offer going on FOR ONE WEEK ONLY for new kit members who sign up because of the Wednesday giveaway. If you sign up for 6 months, you will receive a fun goodie bag filled with scrapbooking products for FREE with your first kit. After you sign up, email Monica (info@transparenttouches.com) to let her know that you heard about TTT from this giveaway. Offer ends Wednesday, May 27th.

TTT is also giving you another chance to win a monthly kit...go to their blog to find out how you can win another kit and more transparencies.

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Blue Moon Scrapbooking is giving away a terrific package of goodies that retails for $86.99 (and includes the Tiny Attacher highlighted here yesterday). See the full list included in the Spring Party package here.


For more check out the Blue Moon Blog and Blue Moon Videos.

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To be entered into today's drawing please leave a comment sharing your best journaling/writing/story-telling tip. Comments will be closed tonight at 8pm Pacific with the winner's announced shortly after.

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  1. Lexi says…
    05/20/2009

    I can never really journal at a crop--too much noise and I can't seem to focus! So I'll either journal before so all I have to do is copy the thoughts or save my journaling for later, so I can really think of what I want to say. Thanks for the chance to win!

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  2. Kelly says…
    05/20/2009

    I keep a small notebook at my desk so I can see it everyday and I just write down little stories, feelings, comments, etc.....I use this tool for journaling on my scrapbook pages..

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  3. Jennifer says…
    05/20/2009

    I keep a calendar in my purse and try to record something about a photo or event as it happens rather than try to recall all the details later when I finally get to scrap it.

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  4. holly says…
    05/20/2009

    Like others, I keep a little journal with me, I find the Moleskines are a great size for my bag. My tip involves journalling trips/vacations --- I find that just going out into a city by myself for a couple of hours, without any family or friends who may be on the trip with me, makes me look at a new place in much more detail, and I don't have to feel guilty for stopping and starting so much to take pictures and notes.

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  5. Karen Kennedy says…
    05/20/2009

    Ohh!! I love reading these comments. My best tip is that I write how I speak...and that makes it most personal for me. Also, having two little ones, I like to take notes on my wall calendar so that I don't forget when "Lily said ma-ma" and I can add it into my layouts without having to find little pieces of note paper all over the place! Thanks, Ali!

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  6. Ashley says…
    05/20/2009

    My best journaling tip?
    Be yourself - don't write something you think someone else would want to read. When you write exactly what you're thinking/feeling, then it becomes more meaningful.

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  7. Lisa H. says…
    05/20/2009

    My best journaling tip would be to do it as soon as you do the page. I am so guilty of "doing it later" and then never actually journaling on that page.

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  8. Kathy says…
    05/20/2009

    Make sure you write it down early....even if you don't scrap it for a while. Otherwise, you forget the details that make it memorable....spoken from experience!

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  9. minna says…
    05/20/2009

    I wish I would be organised enough to keep notes, but I don't. Often I just go with the flow and the actual journalling may have nothing to do with the photos, just writing down the feeling and my love :)

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  10. Lindsay G says…
    05/20/2009

    I usually start with a quote - something cute or insightful that one of my kids has said! The story comes naturally from there!

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  11. Karen G says…
    05/20/2009

    I just write whatever comes to my head until I get it out and then only go back and edit. When you edit as you go, you lose the flow of the words.

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  12. Christine villacarlos says…
    05/20/2009

    i keep a tiny notebook and jot down some thoughts and anecdotes. it's also where i quote the kids - someday soon i'd love to incorporate them into my LOs. today i also signed up for a twitter account. i'm thinking that might also help in my process of documenting thoughts and stuff :)

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  13. Susan D. says…
    05/20/2009

    i usually have a pretty good memory, but am bad about keeping a journal. i started a blog...and then eventually a twitter account to do a full on entry or to leave a little memory jogger, so when i am ready to scrap it i can find great ideas and remember when and what happened.

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  14. Elisa Bohm says…
    05/20/2009

    Spell Check!~I have my husband proof read my work for me. When reading my own writing I often miss spelling errors. They can interfere with the mood of the story I'm telling. He's a big help.

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  15. Samantha Oikawa says…
    05/20/2009

    I like to write out my journaling on scrap paper first and see how much I've written, then I decide how to add it to my layout.

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  16. Sara Donaldson says…
    05/20/2009

    I will admit that I need to get better at this. I bought a notebook to start writing some things down in. Alot of the time I will ask my husband or kids about the pictures and what they remember. That way there is always something that I probably forgot about. Plus makes them know they are part of the process in making the pages.

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  17. Anne says…
    05/20/2009

    Write as you talk. Don't think that because something is written down it must be in "writing" words. Imagine you are telling your best friend a story and IN THOSE WORDS, write it down!

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  18. Abbey says…
    05/20/2009

    My best tip is to journal right away even if you know you won't scrapbook the event until later as it is much easier to capture the moment immediately thereafter.

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  19. Kristen says…
    05/20/2009

    I use my blog to help me journal. I update it as often as I can and use pictures to tell my story. It helps to go back to the blog that I wrote when my pictures were taken to remember the feeling and story from that day.

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  20. Nikki M says…
    05/20/2009

    Great giveaways! I have always struggled with my journaling, especially working on pages for events that happened years ago, months ago, or even days ago. My memory seems to be failing me. I have mommy-of-2 syndrome! ;) To help with jogging my memory, I keep a daily journal of events, even outlines of what I might want to write about pics that I have taken. This has really helped me. I also write my journaling on a scrap piece of paper, if I am going to use my own handwriting on the page. Then I can gauge how much space I need. I find that I am journaling on the computer a lot more though! Simple but it works for me.

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  21. tammyg says…
    05/20/2009

    I grab a piece of paper and just write at my desk. I write everything that comes to mind. Sometimes I use all of it on a page and sometimes it just works as a springboard for a completely different thought. Love all the goodies!

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  22. Lori Page says…
    05/20/2009

    In my mind I'm always telling the stories tobmy dad who passed away nine years ago. I always include a lot of details. The journaling is the hardest part for me but I work really hard at it.

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  23. Ann Marie says…
    05/20/2009

    For journalling a trip, I type it up while it is fresh in my mind. When it is time to scrapbook, I can print out the portiont that I need for each page. I know - that's not in my own handwriting! That's o.k. with me!

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  24. Stacy McGinnis says…
    05/20/2009

    I like to pencil my words in first when I'm handwriting journaling. That way I don't have one word squished in at the end because I ran out of room. Use a white art eraser for pencil lines, they're the best.

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  25. Debbie says…
    05/20/2009

    I write on the spot---as I am doing the page. When I am printing my pictures, the memories come flooding in and my journaling is from the heart. I love it when it comes together so nicely that it brings tears to the reader's eyes. I try and capture the moment, whether it be sad, funny or just ordinary. I do keep a journal for moments I don't want to forget, but typically, it is right then and there as the page is coming together.

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