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March Kit Sneak Peeks!

Picture It Made is ready for Spring! These long winter days have us longing for warm rays of sunshine, clear blue skies, blooming flowers, and a breath of fresh air. And even though we have a little ways to go until it is officially Spring, our new scrapbooking kit, card making kit, and project kit are sure to put a little spring in your step and evoke that sense of "renewal" that Spring Time seems to bring to our lives. New Picture It Made Kits debut March 1st and we are having a Leap Year Special of 29% off any purchase all weekend long at our online store! Enter code LEAP29 at checkout to receive your discount and be sure to click redeem! (This special offers ends Monday, March 3rd.)

Here a few new kit sneak peeks to start your Spring Fever....

March Scrapbook Kit: Spring Time Garden Featuring Making Memories Garden Party

March Scrapbook Kit: Spring Fling Featuring Imaginisce For Peep's Sake

Check This Out - Leap Year Online Crop!

Scrap City is hosting a Virtual Crop (VC) this weekend that is sure to be a good time and guess what, Picture It Made was offered the awesome honor of sponsoring the GRAND PRIZE for the crop!! The lucky winner will receive the new Mango Paradise Scrapbook Kit from Picture It Made.

The Leap Year Crop will start Friday and run through Sunday. Scrap City has lot of cool fun things planned with lots of prizes being offered - what a way to get some scrapping done. I have never done an online crop but I am going to give it a try to see what it is like. If I actually get something accomplished, I will be sure to share it with you. For more details, visit Scrap City or the The Scrap City Blog. To participate in Scrap City events, you do have to register, but it is free, fast and easy, and they are a super great group to be a part of! Even if you don't participate in the crop, check out the gallery for project ideas.

The supply list for the VC looks do-able, not too intimidating...

• CD's, DVD's...check the house...or you can pick up the free AOL or other internet ones free at stores...
• A few playing cards...hearts & spades
• A small album or chipboard book

Hmmmn...I think I have most of these things laying around my house so I don't really have a good reason not to participate!!

Have a great day!

Sketches - A Great Tool!

How many of us see card and scrapbook designs that we absolutely love and wonder how they came up with those great ideas? Although there are many designs out there that are original, there are just as many that have been adapted from someone else's great idea. If you feel creatively challenged or are just looking to expand your creative horizons, try following a sketch. Sketches help us out with the hardest part of any project, coming up with a plan! With sketches, the basic design, or blueprint if you will, is already planned out for you. I am amazed at all of the websites and blogs offering sketches for us to use. How nice is that?!? Two of my favorites are Page Maps and Card Positioning Systems. Not only do these sites provide the sketch layout, they also provide a well-rounded offering of completed samples - some following the sketch exactly while others have a creative spin added to them. What I love most about sketches is the visual cue that they offer, and sometimes that is all we need to get us on our way. Check out these sites for a little scrapbooking and card making inspiration mojo! (More great sketch sites listed at the left!)

Page Maps

Card Positioning Systems for Cards

Sketch This

Simple Scrapbooks features PIM DT Member Terri Hayes!

Congratulations to PIM Design Team Member, Terri Hayes! An adorable layout of her dog Phoenix was chosen to be published in the March/April issue of Simple Scrapbooks magazine. We are not able to share the layout publicly quite yet, however, if you want to see it, you can find it on page 88! She also has a card featured in Card Magazine this month and 5 scrapbook layouts published in the Memory Makers 601 Idea Book! Way to go Terri! We are very happy for you.

Check out my Slide Show!

Weekly Challenge #3

Challenge #3

Create a scrapbook layout with a winter/snow theme. [Since we are in the middle of a very snowy winter, why not capture and scrapbook some snowy memories!]

Prize

Deja Views Flurries & Frost Prize Pack containing 4 patterned papers and coordinating embellishment goodies.

Deadline

All entries must be submitted by 10:00 p.m., CST, on Thursday, February 28th. The lucky winner will be chosen on Friday and notified by e-mail. Good luck!

How To Enter

Post a comment to this blog entry and provide a link to the online location of your layout (if it is in an online gallery such as Photobucket, Slide, etc.) or send an e-mail to info@pictureitmade.com and attach your layout in jpeg format. 

Congratulations Weekly Challenge Winners...

Heather K. and Celeste B....they have won prize packs containing products from the Daisy D's Maybe Baby and Reminisce Flirt collections. Congratulations and thanks for sharing your creative cards with us! Here are their entries:

Weekly Challenge #2: By Heather K. -

Weekly Challenge #1: By Celeste B.

Our Design Team has their own blog!

Our Design Team of six fabulous ladies now has their own blog. Their blog will be full of their creative works, provide great ideas and helpful tips, and so much more. They are in control of this blog so I have no doubt that it will be both informative, inspiring and fun!! Check out the PIM Design Team blog and be sure to bookmark it as it will be updated each week by a different team member with fresh ideas ideas and inspiration! We love how each of them has a style all their own. We also appreciate the fact that they all enjoy to create a variety of projects-from scrapbook layouts to cards to mini-albums and altered projects. We are very fortunate to be able to share their knowledge and design talents with you, our customers!

Crop-A-Dile II Big Bite

The Crop-A-Dile II Big Bite by We R Memory Keepers is being touted as one of the industry's hottest new tools. If you already own the original Crop-A-Dile, then you know what a great tool this is. However, they have gone and improved this fabulous scrapbooking tool and now it does even more...and better!! This tool can punch AND set and snap both eyelets and grommets--of all sizes big and small. No more hammering - this thing is silent and easy to use. It can punch through paper, leather, fabric, plastic, thin tin, chipboard, and grungeboard with ease! And, the best part about the new Crop-A-Dile II Big Bite is the amazing 6" reach, so you can now set embellishments at the center of a 12x12 layout no problem. The adjustable measuring guide allows for accurate measurements and consistent patterns. No more guessing or "eyeballing" it. Yeah!! That alone makes this tool worth it. See how pretty it is... (Stay tuned for details on how you can enter for a chance to win this HOT new product from Picture It Made!)

Weekly Challenge #2

Challenge #2

Create a Valentine's/Love scrapbook layout or card that includes at two paper layers and at least one type of heart-shaped embellishment, i.e. brads, eyelets, rub-ons, punches, QK dies, etc. Create and share some love this week!

Prize

Daisy D's Maybe Baby Prize Pack containing 4 sheets of patterned papers and 1 pack of Lovestruck rub-ons from the adorable Maybe Baby Collection plus some other little goodies.

Deadline

All entries must be submitted by 10:00 p.m., CST, on Monday, February 18th. Winners will be chosen on Tuesday and notified by e-mail.

How To Enter

Post a comment to this blog entry and provide a link to the online location of your layout (if it is in an online gallery such as Photobucket, Slide, etc.) or send an e-mail to info@pictureitmade.com and attach your layout in jpeg format.