Angie Pedersen's Scrapbooking Industry News

Skinny Cow Seeks Queen of the Crop

OAKLAND, Calif., May 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Calling all croppers! The Skinny Cow brand is recognizing excellence in social cropping by unveiling a contest to find and crown the "Queen of the Crop."

According to the Craft and Hobby Association, scrapbooking, a method of preserving a legacy of written history through photographs, memorabilia and embellishments, has recently become more popular than golf. With one in three households containing a scrapbooker, the hobby has grown rapidly since its modern debut in the early 1980s.

The Skinny Cow brand is inviting "scrappers" across the country to share their snipped, stamped and stenciled memories as part of a nationwide challenge in creativity. The contest involves creating a layout with two photos, a title, at least one accent or embellishment, and a journalizing block to bring the page to life. Croppers have until midnight on July 31, 2007, to submit their entries in one of the following categories:

• Best "Girls Nite Out" Page: -- From TV show watching parties to book clubs and happy hours, memories are always made when good friends come together for an evening of fun!
• Best "Crop Party" Page: -- Scrapbooking and parties go together like glitter and glue!  If your scrapbooking get-togethers go down in history, be sure to preserve memories with an amazing visual display of all the good times.
• Best "Scrapbook Convention" Page: -- Croppers across the country convene to refine skills and creativity... and not to mention, scrapbook!

The top 150 contest entries will be judged by a panel of "celebrity scrapbookers" from Creating Keepsakes and Simple Scrapbooks magazines. The grand prize winner will be crowned "Queen of the Crop," and receive a trip for four to Walt Disney World in Orlando, Fla. Three 1st prize winners (one per category) will receive a digital camera and photo printer package, and 30 2nd prize winners (10 per category) will receive a year's supply of The Skinny Cow frozen treats.

For additional contest information, a complete list of the rules, and to fill out an entry form, visit www.skinnycow.com.

ABOUT THE SKINNY COW ICE CREAM SNACKS

The Skinny Cow brand offers a variety of decadent low fat and no sugar added frozen snacks from rich and creamy ice cream sandwiches and bars to delicious ice cream cones. Since 1994, The Skinny Cow brand has made mouth- watering ice cream snacks for health-conscious dessert lovers who know that looking good and staying healthy doesn't have to mean a life without indulgence. The goal of The Skinny Cow brand is to make healthy lives a whole lot happier with amazing better-for-you ice cream snacks that are "big eats" without the "big regrets" of excess fat and calories found in conventional ice creams. For more information on the company, please visit www.skinnycow.com. Walt Disney World is not a sponsor of the "Queen of the Crop" contest or otherwise involved.

SOURCE: Yahoo! Finance

Call for Submissions: Best of British Scrapbooking

ScrapBook Inspirations, a UK-based magazine, recently announced the Best of British Scrapbooking contest on their blog.

Announcing Best of British Scrapbooking 2007! Calling all scrapbookers! ScrapBook inspirations are thrilled to announce the launch of Best of British Scrapbooking 2007!

Don't miss out on the biggest and most popular scrapbooking competition in the UK! We've teamed up with Joanna Campbell Slan to seek out the most talented scrapbookers.

The first prize winner will receive a whopping £1200 of goodies, while five other winners which each be awarded £600 of scrapbooking stash from our favourite brands. All six winners will also receive a paid commission to create a project for ScrapBook inspirations!

..We’ll be looking out for layouts that show imagination, good design sense, a range of techniques, great photos, and your journaling and choice of subject matter are also key!

Participants can enter under the following categories: Best of British Scrapbooking, Best New Scrapbooking Talent, and Altered Item Challenge.  The entries will be judged by a panel of judges using the following criteria in equal measure:

1. Are the projects unique, well designed and do they reflect excellent craftsmanship?
2. Do the projects present innovative principles or techniques?
3. Do the layouts express meaning through journaling, art or photographs that provides value or insight to viewers?

The best of British Scrapbooking is open to all residents and scrapbook stockists within the UK (you must be aged 18 or over).

Look for details about Best of British Scrapbooking in the next issue of the ScrapBook Inspirations magazine (on sale 30th April).

Entries must arrive by MONDAY 23RD JULY 2007.

The Bigi Digi Digital Scrapbooking Contest

Scrapbook.com's Bigi Digi Digital Scrapbooking Contest (pronounced "bigie dijee") begins April 25, 2007 and ends at midnight on June 30, 2007 PST.

One lucky winner will win a brand new computer system prize pack of their choice (either Dell PC or Mac), complete with a 20” LCD flatscreen monitor, Canon PIXMA Pro9000 12x12 printer, Photoshop Elements, LumaPix Fotofusion Enhanced, and over $400 in digital element kits. 

2nd place, 3rd place, and 10 Honorable Mentions will also receive some fantastic prizes! Plus, winning layouts will be seen by tens of thousands of scrapbookers worldwide!

Each layout may not be displayed or submitted to any other contest, or publication during the contest period, or after it has ended if one is selected as a Winner or Honorable Mention. Each layout must measure 8"x8" or larger and must be a scrapbook layout. Cards and other craft projects will not be accepted.  The contest is restricted to residents of the United States and Canada, age 18 or older, only. Residents of Puerto Rico and Quebec are not eligible for the contest, due to strict laws in those areas with regard to  contests.

Contest Criteria -

Judging will be based on, but not limited to the following criteria:

1. Design elements (color, repetition, balance etc.)
2. Must use at least 50% of Scrapbook.com or ComputerScrapbook.com element kits in layout. No purchase necessary to enter the contest. Free elements and papers are available at ComputerScrapbook.com.
3. Use of title/journaling (the story)
4. Photo quality
5. Originality and Innovation
6. Quality of the submitted layout (suggested: 600x600 up to 1200x1200 in size, 72 dpi, and .jpg format).

See the complete rules, requirements, and prize information at Scrapbook.com.

Call for Submissions: 2008 Memory Makers Contest

Submit your best work today for the 2008 Memory Makers Contest. 

Ten winners will be awarded more than $2,000 in cash and prizes, and will work with Memory Makers editors, creating layouts and projects for the magazine for an entire year, beginning August 15, 2007.

In addition, each Memory Makers Master will also receive:

• A full line of Memory Makers 2008 products, including a magazine subscription and books.
• Exclusive opportunities to create art and to be published in Memory Makers magazines and books.
• Payment for published pages.
• During your term, special recognition each time your pages are published in Memory Makers magazine.
• Your name on the magazine masthead alongside the Memory Makers staff.

Send one actual/original 12x12 single-page layout highlighting your interpretation of the theme: I Wish. The theme does not have to be the page’s title. Use actual photos on the page, no color-copied photos. Original artwork will not be returned but becomes property of Memory Makers, and will be kept on file for possible future use.

Send four different color-copied layouts (approximately full-size), of any theme, that represent your best scrapbook artwork and your special abilities. Layouts may be a mix of single pages or two-page spreads (a two-page spread counts as one layout), in any of the following sizes: 12x12; 8.5x11; or 12x15.

ENTRY DEADLINE: July 31, 2007
Winners will be chosen by August 15, 2007, and notified no later than August 22, 2007. Winners and 10 runners-up will be posted on the Memory Makers Web site on or before August 22, 2007.

Paint, Paper, & Crafts Contest Seeks Submissions

From Cutters Productions, Inc.:

Paint, Paper and Crafts 2007 Viewer Arts & Crafts Contest
Crafty Basket Giveaway

We know our viewers are talented, creative and crafty!  Here's your chance to show the world just as marvelous you are by entering our exciting econtest.  Whether it's beaded jewelry, a scrapbook page, needlework, pottery or just about anything that ignites your crafting fires, we want to see it!  Then we want to share it with all our viewers on TV and on the web!

• Projects must be original (designed by the viewer)
• Include all materials and steps involved in the project and tell us how you came up with the design.
• List any specific details for the project.
• Email us 2-3 good digital photos of finished project & step outs.

Entries must be postmarked by midnight April 20th!

One submission per viewer will be accepted.  The winners will be notified by email or phone by May 15th.  You must respond by May 30th to claim your prize.  Both winner's projects will be demonstrated on the show by Sloan Payne-Rutter, host of Paint, Paper and Crafts.

Visit the contest homepage for more information.

Lazar StudioWERX Seeks Design Team

Lazar StudioWERX has announced a search for their 2007/2008 Design Team.

We are looking for 6 artistic individuals who can take our diverse product line to the next level in scrapbooking, rubberstamping, altered and mixed media art.

...we are looking not just for Design Team scrapbookers... we're also looking for stampers, altered artists, collage artists and more. We are hoping to create a uniquely blended Design Team capable of utilizing our product lines in combination with the vintage ephemera and eclectic supplies available at RubyDog's Art House. The store's function is to inspire paper artists of all types and the focus is primarily mixed media, collage and altered book style artwork; cool, non-cute rubberstamping and free-style, funky, collage inspired scrapbooking. The ideal candidate would not only be comfortable in the scrapbooking and rubberstamping field, they would also willing to experiment and stretch themselves in the mixed media, collage side of paper arts.

Deadline for submissions is May 15th.  Visit http://lazarstudiowerx.com/designteam.html for more information.

Memorytrends Magazine & SnapTotes Partner for Bag Full of Memories Contest

Via the Memorytrends Magazine e-newsletter:

The Bag Full of Memories Contest is now accepting entries for the chance to see your digital page on a photo bag by SnapTotes. Winning page designers receive a photo bag with their page. The retailer whose customer wins the bag contest will win a starter sales kit with 8 bags (a more than $500 value.) For entry forms and more information, visit www.snaptotes.com/contest.

About SnapTotes
SnapTotes is an innovative company that helps you create your own personalized photo handbags. They are a custom manufacturer that allows you to select your favorite style of handbag, choose your interior colors and add your favorite picture to it. The photograph is actually "baked" into the fabric with what is known as a sublimation process. This sublimation process creates a photo that is literally embedded into the fabric. The result is an extremely clear image that will not fade crack or peel.

Martha Stewart Scrapbooking Contest

Martha Stewart has begun her search for five master scrapbookers. Enter Martha's Scrapbooking Contest if you think your page is prize-worthy. You could win an amazing scrapbooking package, including HP products and a gift certificate to Michaels Stores. Enter now for your chance to win.

Tune in May 7-11, 2007 for Martha's Scrapbooking Week.

Fine Print: Contest entrants must be legal US residents, aged 18 or older.  Since Michael's (Arts & Crafts Store) and Hewlett Packard are two of the sponsors, employees "and their immediate family members (mother, father, brothers, sisters, sons, daughters and spouse, regardless of where they reside) and/or those living in the same household of any such individual, whether or not related, are not eligible to enter or win."

Contest runs from April 10, 2007 to April 27, 2007.  Entries accepted ONLY online.  All Winners  will be notified by between April 28, 2007 and  May 11, 2007.

Five Grand Prizes will be selected from among all entries received, based on the following criteria: Creativity/Originality (0-50 points); and Workmanship (0-50 points). The five highest scoring entries will be deemed the Grand Prize Winners.

Each Grand Prize consists of a HP Photosmart c7180 All-in One unit,  a HP Photosmart R837 Digital Camera, a HP Customer 02 Series 150-Sheet Photo Value Pack, fifteen sheets of HP Premium Photo Paper and a $250 Michael's Gift Card.

Times Mom Stood Up For Me: A Writing Competition

Editor's Note: Not a call for scrapbooking submissions, but a writing contest perhaps of interest to SBIN readers

Borders, CBS News The Early Show, and Mitch Albom, author of For One More Day, are bringing you a writing competition: Times Mom Stood Up For Me: A Writing Competition. Featuring Mitch Albom.

Honor your mother or her memory by writing a short essay describing a time she stood up for you – perhaps when no one else did. Gather members will select the 10 finalists by reading and rating the entries, and Mitch Albom will select the Grand Prize Winner from the finalists. You could win a fabulous trip to New York City with Mom, or whoever you're honoring this Mother's Day, to join Mitch on CBS News The Early Show!

Grand Prize: A Trip to NYC and a Royal Caribbean Cruise
You and Mom, or the someone special you're honoring on Mother's Day, will win a trip to NYC to appear on CBS News The Early Show plus a fabulous cruise vacation!

Entry Period: Wednesday, April 11,  2007 to Wednesday, April 25, 2007
Winner Notified: Winner will be notified before Thursday,  May 10, 2007. 
Winner Announced: Winner will be announced and will appear with Mitch Albom on the CBS Early Show on Thursday, May 10, 2007.

To enter the contest, join Gather and the Borders group on Gather.com.  Entrants should submit an original, previously unpublished, article/essay relaying a childhood memory of a particular moment in which a mother stood up for them.  Submissions should be no longer than 300 words and can include one or more JPEG images.  Photos are NOT required, but are encouraged.

[fine print: open only to US residents, excluding Puerto Rico and other US territories, at least 18 years old.  Official contest rules here.]

Scrapbookgraphicscom Launches Queen of the Crop Competition

The Queen of the Crop is a digital scrapbooking layout competition hosted at Scrapbookgraphics. Participants who enter the competition will be expected to create 4 layouts that meet contest-specific criteria. All participants remain in the contest until the end of the four weeks. At that time, votes will be totaled and then ten participants with the highest votes will move on to the final round. Voting will continue on again in the final round, and the results revealed at the end of that week.

What is the reward? - The artist with the most votes overall will take first place, claiming the title and crown of SBG Queen of the Crop 2007.

1st place

• $1000.00 cash (US funds) to be distributed by PayPal (winner must have PayPal account)
• $500.00 donated by us to the winner’s certified charity of choice
• 1 Shutterfly Storybook 12 x 12

Besides this loot, the Queen will have the opportunity to take her rightful place as a VIP representative for Scrapbookgraphics. Throughout the course of her reign, she may be called upon to review products, share tips, tricks, layouts and possibly write articles for the Scrapbookgraphics newsletter or blog.

How to Submit Layouts:When submitting layouts, please Save for Web and submit a 600 x 600 .jpg.  With each submission, please include credits and any project description. Please also include comments on your creative process if you are able to share that.

Contest entry form here: http://www.scrapbookgraphics.com/queenofthecrop.htm

FAQ here:  http://www.scrapbookgraphics.com/forum/showthread.php?t=807 (must be a registered Forum user to view)