Love me some Penny Black! **contest closed**

Okay, so the cat is out of the bag! :) I am so happy to have joined the creative family at Penny Black stamps. They have embraced my quirky style and are some of the kindest people I've ever worked with. It was a mad dash to release these six stamp sets at CHA Winter this month, but they made it happen (thank you Shaida!), and here they are, along with a link to ordering:

April Showers
(those little clouds coordinate with the clouds in the
PageMaps Whimsy dies by Spellbinders)

 

Hey Cupcake!

Home Sweet Home

Spring Bunch

 

Address Book
(coordinates with the new PageMaps rolodex dies by Spellbinders)

 

Charmed, I'm Sure

(coordinates with the new PageMaps charm dies by Spellbinders)

 

 

And here are some fantastic card samples created by my good friend, Julie Koerber. Thanks, Julie!



 

Along with an adorable card by Jill Foster

 

And another cutie by CathyAndronicou

 

 

So there you have it -- my first release with Penny Black. :) Are you wondering why I didn't make any card samples? I have no doubt that is the first thing that my friend, Marla Kress, will ask when she sees this post! Fact is I work too darn much to stamp and make cards. Sad, huh? But I'm happy to report that I am taking this weekend off and will bust out my big girl crayons and make some, too. :)

How would you like to win a set of all six stamps!? Just post here an idea you'd like to see in a future stamp set. We'll draw a random winner next Monday. And who knows, maybe your idea will be a new stamp set this year, you just never know!

Thanks for stopping by and sharing this new venture with me!

Becky

would you like to win an iPad Mini? :)

Well, here's your chance! Scrapbook & Cards Today hit 20k Facebook fans while we were away at CHA, and today we are celebrating this huge milestone! For your chance to win the iPad Mini, just head over to SCT's facebook page and give them a "like." Easy peasy!

 

Have a great weekend y'all!

 

Becky

Fancy Pants Love Note sketch contest

With Valentine's Day on the horizon, what could be more perfect than the new Love Note collection from Fancy Pants! A complete collection pack, including die cuts, shape stickers and letter stickers, is up for grabs in this sketch contest. :)

To enter, create a layout based on this sketch, in any size, any orientation, any way you want to interpret it and using any products you would like. Post a comment on this thread with a link to your entry. The contest starts today and ends at midnight, Sunday, January 27, 2013 (MST). This contest is open to everyone, everywhere! :)

Good luck everyone!

Becky

Spellbinders Explore Beyond: Sneak Peek and Giveaway Day 4

Hello all and happy 2013! I hope you had a fantastic holiday season. The new year is off to a great start and I am so excited to share a sneak peek of two brand new PageMaps die sets that will be premiering at the CHA Winter Show next week (along with four others)!  Four of my favorite designers have joined me to test drive these dies, and we have the most wonderful layouts and cards to share with you today.

First up is the “Say What?” speech bubbles. I think everyone loved playing with this fun set of dies! Marla used all five die shapes on this layout to capture all of the funny things her kids said during a road trip:

layout by Marla Kress featuring Say What? And Charmed, I’m Sure dies

Stephanie had the same idea in mind, but clustered the speech bubbles together to showcase lyrics to a song that her son made up, and included die cuts from two other previous PageMaps sets:

layout by Stephanie Perdue featuring Say What?, Office Supplies, and Labels & Tags dies

 

I thought these speech bubbles would be great on a card and had some {quirky} fun with this little gem, perfect for Valentine’s Day:

card by Becky Fleck featuring Say What? Dies; stamp by Mo’s Digitals

To round out the Say What? collection, here is one of my favorite layouts Kelly has ever created. I’m not sure if it’s because it’s such a sweet story about her little one, or how she used the dies, but it is so darn cute!

layout by Kelly Goree featuring Say What? dies

Next up, is our second sneak peek reveal called “Charmed, I’m Sure” and it’s filled with itty, bitty charm tags. One thing I love about this set is that they are the perfect size to top off a layout or add a small sentiment to a card. Here, Lynn Ghahary created a baker’s twine pennant and used all of the charms in the set:

layout by Lynn Ghahary featuring Charmed, I’m Sure dies

Summer used a combination of both new die sets and created a hilarious page about her son and all the ways he is “cool” (or so he thinks):

layout by Summer Fullerton featuring Say What? And Charmed, I’m Sure dies

Marla mixed up both sets, too, and I love how she double matted the charm tags:

layout by Marla Kress featuring Say What? And Charmed, I’m Sure dies

As I mentioned earlier, these charm dies are great for cards! I used two of them to write my sentiment on for this card:

card by Becky Fleck featuring Charmed, I’m Sure dies

The creative possibilities are endless with both of these new die sets, and they also work well with many other previous PageMaps dies, too.

Official Contest Rules can be found HERE.

**this contest is closed**

The fun doesn’t stop here! Please click on the link below to visit Beate Johns and Debbie Olson’s blogs for more creativity and another chance to win!

Beate Johns

Debbie Olson


A big thanks to Stephanie Perdue, Kelly Goree, Summer Fullerton, Marla Kress and Lynn Ghahary for their wonderful projects. I hope you like these new PageMaps die sets, along with the other four that will be premiering at CHA next week!

Happy scrapping,

Becky

Contest Questions?

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No entries will be accepted at this email address or blog site

holiday ornament crate winner

Thank you to everyone who posted their favorite ornament from the 12 Days of Ornaments. I'm super excited to be giving the crate and tree away and the lucky winner is:

 

Congratulations Lisa, I hope you enjoy displaying this crate in your home during the holidays! Please contact me (becky@pagemaps.com) with your shipping address and we'll get it sent off to you.

Happy New Year everyone,

Becky

winners, winners, chicken dinners!

Christmas really got my schedule out of synch and and two contests ended during the holiday whirlwind. I'm so sorry! Without further delay, we'd like to announce the winners of the Flourishes card contest and the My Little Shoebox page contest!

Congratulations to Lynn from Alberta, Canada, who submitted this darling layout for the My Little Shoebox contest. I promise I did not judge this contest but if I had, those pups would have definitely caught my eye. :) Super page, Lynn!

And props to Chitra Nair, who created this darling card for the Flourishes card contest. Her Copic work is seriously wonderful!

Ladies, please email me (becky@pagemaps.com) with your mailing addresses and we'll get your prizes shipped off. Thank you to everyone who entered these contests, and a big thank you to MLS and Flourishes for their wonderful prizes.

Another contest will start later this week!

Becky