Sponsor Giveaways | The Mother Load, Summer Card Camp 2011

GIVEAWAY | One person will receive a spot in Lain Ehmann's upcoming 13-week online class at Big Picture Classes: The Mother LOAD: A Scrapbook Marathon

SPECIAL OFFER | In addition to receive $20 off of The Mother LOAD use code: load2011

Are you a marathon scrapbooker? Do you want to be? As crazy as it may sound, scrapbookers have a lot in common with runners. Both can run into the same problems – lack of time, isolation, a routine that has become more of a drudgery than a help. The good news? You can easily overcome these obstacles.

No, Lain won’t make you run 26.2 miles in just a few hours – but she will challenge you to scrapbook 26 layouts in 26 days! Through The Mother LOAD - A Scrapbook Marathon, part of the 4Experts series for 2011, Lain will show you how committing to making scrapbooking a priority in your life will help you:


  • Scrapbook faster

  • Love your pages more

  • Actually USE your stash

  • Connect with what you love best about this hobby of ours


The first two months of class will be spent on “basic training” to increase your stamina, refine your process, and get you mentally and physically ready for the ultimate challenge: creating a layout a day for the first 26 days of September. After you cross the finish line, there will be time for reflection – and celebration!

For more information, and to register, please visit The Mother LOAD.

GIVEAWAY | Three people will receive a spot in Jennifer McGuire & Kristina Werner's new online class: Summer Card Camp 2011

Get ready for a summer full of colorful cardmaking fun with Summer Card Camp 2011. Jennifer McGuire and Kristina Werner have teamed up to bring you a 4-week workshop loaded with fresh color combos, cutting edge techniques, and versatile sketches that will leave you feeling inspired to create!

Summer Card Camp is your all-access pass to 48 new card ideas, daily PDFs, twice weekly videos, guest designers (including me), huge prizes and access to a private blog where you can share your own creations. For more information and to register, visit http://onlinecardclasses.com/summercardcamp2011/classinfo.html. If you are picked as a winner and have already signed up, you will receive a full refund.



TO BE ENTERED into this giveaway please leave a comment below sharing a link to something that inspired you this past week (if you are reading this post on Facebook please come to my blog to leave a comment). Comments will be closed at 8pm Pacific on Sunday and the winner posted shortly after. Please be sure to check back or subscribe (click here to get posts delivered to your email box) to see if you are receiving one of the items this week.

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  1. missy carta says…
    06/11/2011

    I don't have a link that inspired me this past week as we were on vacation at the beach all week...therefore I spent less time on the computer and more time with my 2 boys building sand castles and being inspired by their awesome sense of wonder

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  2. Jen Pitta says…
    06/11/2011

    I found this blog post from Becky Novacek incredibly inspiring: http://www.beckynovacekphotography.com/farm-chicks-recap-beckynovacekphotography/
    Either one of these prizes would be a great kick in the pants :) Thanks for the opportunity...

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  3. Sarah B says…
    06/11/2011
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  4. Pamela says…
    06/11/2011

    I would love to win either of these classes! Thank you for the chance to win a spot. This blog www.oneprettything.com inspires me on a daily basis.

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  5. Julia L. says…
    06/11/2011

    I was inspired to create something "out of the box" when my daughter and friends went to a local skating rink and we used their photo booth! I remembered Ali's love of photobooths and the girls loved it. Can't wait to turn it into a thank you note.

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  6. Beth says…
    06/11/2011

    I was SO inspired by Tim Holtz's tutorial about kraft glassine this week: http://timholtz.typepad.com/my_weblog/2011/06/kraft-glassine-ideas.html

    Either one of those classes would be awesome, but especially the card class, since I seem to be making cards non-stop right now! Lots of celebrating lately!

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  7. Amy P says…
    06/11/2011

    I have recently stopped focusing so much on my pages having to be works of art. I want to get my memories down to share with others. I came across this blog this week - I have a Provocraft Imagine so I am planning on using the matching rgb codes to create some coordinating (colors) embellishments!

    http://www.craftincaro.ca/search?updated-max=2011-03-29T13%3A00%3A00-04%3A00&max-results=20

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  8. Carole says…
    06/11/2011

    As I train for a 1/2 marathon, this inspired me. Hurting is okay. Hard work is okay. There are rewards in both. :)
    http://www.godtube.com/watch/?v=FJF22CNU

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  9. Verona H says…
    06/11/2011

    We are changing some rooms around in our house and I seen some world maps used on walls in frames or papered. I've seen them in about 3 differnent sites or magazines, so was inspired to go to the garage and get our framed world map and try it in the guest room and it is a nice change. We need to update the pins in it from our trips.

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  10. Melanie says…
    06/11/2011

    I love making cards with my supplies. I hope I'm the lucky one you choose!

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  11. Margot/NZ says…
    06/11/2011

    Would love to win either prize - thanks so much for the chance!

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  12. Cassie T says…
    06/11/2011

    I was inspired on Tim Holtz blog. Tim Holtz shows how to use grungeblocks to resemble 'printer blocks'
    http://timholtz.typepad.com/my_weblog/2011/06/a-grungeblocks-how-to.html
    Thanks Ali!

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  13. Dionne says…
    06/11/2011

    I think this sounds so awesome.
    This card is so awesome
    http://michellewooderson.blogspot.com/2011/03/postmarks.html

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  14. Brenda says…
    06/11/2011

    What a great giveaway - both classes sound so amazing and helpful since I scrapbook and make cards. I have been inspired this week by the American Crafts Confetti papers and Thickers, they were so adorable when I saw them at my LSS that I immediately scrapped a few layouts of my kids birthdays!

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  15. Julie says…
    06/11/2011

    I would love to win a spot in either class. THanks for the giveaway.

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  16. Joan says…
    06/11/2011

    Just came from KP's blog (www.kellypurkey.typepad.com) and was very inspired by the mini she's doing for her Thailand trip! Especially so because I'm embarking on my own adventure to Europe!

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  17. Pamela Telgenhoff says…
    06/12/2011

    These look like great classes. It's important to learn your art and find it improving from the study. Glad to see this in the scapbooking world :)

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  18. Kathy Mc says…
    06/12/2011

    LOVE the concept of this new class and would be thrilled to win a spot. Congrats on being selected as a designer ~ you deserve it!
    One website that inspired me is this:
    http://nicholeheady.typepad.com/capture_the_moment/2011/06/introducing-daydreamer-think-big-favorites-tag-its-flower-fusion-5.html
    Thanks for the chance to win!

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  19. Kathleen Sunderland says…
    06/12/2011

    I so need to regain my scrapping mojo. Hope I win THe Mother Load!!!

    I have been inspired lately by all the fun punches I saw on the EK Success website. http://eksuccessbrands.com/ektools/productlist.htm?bid=692&page=all

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  20. Melanie L. says…
    06/12/2011

    This past week, I was inspired by my Finding Photo Freedom class at Big Picture Classes. I've been looking through a ton of photos that I want to scrap!

    Those two classes sound so fun! I enjoyed Lain's free LOAD class at Big Picture a couple of years back. I started being able to make quicker decisions about my layouts because I realized that I didn't need to obsess about every detail.

    Thanks for the chance to win this and the Summer Card Camp class!

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  21. JudyJ says…
    06/12/2011

    This looks like so much fun. I am up for something new to kick start me. Remodelholic inspired me with this table: http://www.remodelaholic.com/search?updated-max=2011-06-07T12%3A00%3A00-05%3A00&max-results=4

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  22. val'ee says…
    06/12/2011

    How absolutely marvelous! Thank you, again.

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  23. Linda R says…
    06/12/2011

    Oh this giveaway is just what I need! This week I found this video on my Yahoo page, it's a henna design that inspired me to try Zentangle in my art journal next.

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  24. Jenny says…
    06/12/2011

    both of those sound awesome. Need a pick me up, but keep being inspired by www.bigpicturescrapbooking.com and Stacy's class to find the connections and not just events and at www.cathyzielske.typepad.com to read her blog.

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  25. Sara-Jane says…
    06/12/2011

    I would abolutley love to do the LOAD class thanks for the opportunity.

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