If you are one of the six participating in the June Card Swap and did NOT get my mailing address to mail your cards to, please let me know. I'll e-mail you right away. Give me your e-mail address, otherwise I'll do what I did 2 weeks ago - e-mail you THROUGH your e-mail link on your posts/profiles which comes from "[email protected]". So let me know!! I hope you all are working on your cards. I created a card today that I like so I'm going to make 5 more of them for the swap! Deadline to postmark your card package to me is Saturday June 11th -so that is LESS than two weeks away!! THEME IS THANK YOU! Hugs, Trisha

I posted the other day about a weekly challenge. I think that weekly would be best for me, because I'm not able to scrap every day...even though I would love to. Here are the "rules" You don't HAVE to participate. No one is going to force you to take part. But it's here if you want to. It's also open to all experience levels...from beginner to expert. I am by no means an expert. I started scrapping in 97 and did about 30 pages or so, then I got interested again when I found out I was pregnant...and I've been collecting ever since. (Notice I said collecting...not scrapping hence the reason for this challenge.) I will be listing 3 challenges per week. (I will try to do them either late Saturday, or some time on Sunday. I actually meant to have it done earlier than this today, but kept procrastinating.) I figure by listing 3 a week, you can pick and choose which ones you want to do. You don't have to do all 3, but if you can...more power to you. Try to make it where you only do one challenge per layout. (A layout can be 1 or 2 pages...you choose) We have a site that Tonya set up for us over at Yahoo if you want to post your pages once you get them done. Again, posting is not a requirement...I don't have a scanner, but have taken pictures of my layouts. I do notice that on Yahoo, there is a limit to the amount of stuff you can have on there. If we're wanting to post layouts, we may think about getting an MSN page, or even having one hosted at angelfire...or someplace like that. *shrugs* just an idea. Here is the addy for the yahoo site. Yahoo site Okay on with the challenges. Reply to this thread to give me some sort of idea who is doing this. 1. Do a top ten list. Like David Letterman...I did the "reasons I love being a mommy" You could do reasons I love ________, or something like that. Use your imagination...and have fun. 2. Dangle something from the title. Tags, charms, buttons....whatever you have handy. 3. Do a totally me layout using your pictures of you doing your stuff. This would be a good All About Me or Book of Me page. If you have any comments, questions, or suggestions...I would love to hear from you. Also, if anyone can think of anything to add, I would like to hear it. I'm new at this...so any feedback--good or bad would be appreciated. My email address is [email protected] Amanda

I was at a Scrap last week and was shown one. Thanks for posting the link so I can see the steps. It looks like a really cute project for kids. My daughter is 5 and I plan on making it a rainy day project for her. She loves using mommy's scrapbook stuff. Dawn

Trisha, I am doing one right now for my babysitter who just retired after watching kids for 32 years!! The above listed site is a great tutorial for it.... You can also check out : www.scrapjazz.com/topics/Scrapbook_Basics/Album_Ideas/527.php This one you can print out.... This is the one I used! You have to remember if you regular ole' brown lunch bags, these are NOT acid free!!! So they will not be the greatest to have around long term! Its a great quick gift, and if you layer you could put pictures on it that way. You can get 'mock' lunch bags that are acid free at any of the craft stores! xoxoxojenn

Here are some instructions to make a paper bag album. http://scrapbooking.about.com/library/weekly/blpaperbagscrapbooks.htm It looks cute, but I've never gotten around to making one. HTH, Amanda