*YAY*

We have a lovely, gorgeous, talented, fabulous new member of our Category Stories team....

Introducing...


KARIN from the Netherlands. Karin has the screen name of MeXx as many of you know her! She was our guest designer a little while ago and we had such a lovely time working with her we asked Karin to join!!!

Please make her welcome.

OK on to other stuff - don't forget to link up your pages by the 30th to be in the running for the totally ace prizes we have lined up this month!!

August winner!!!

wow!!! we had so many awesome submissions for this challenge!!! a big, huge thanks to everyone who participated in our sunshine challenge.

okay, now for the winner....

drum roll please....

Congrats Trish!!!!

please email us your address, and we will get a surprise package out to you!!!

Keep the Anniversary submissions coming folks!!!! we have lots of prizes to give away!! you have til midnight September 30th to get them posted in the comments or added to the slide show!

Anniversary slide show

Hey! Hey! They say it’s your birthday….
That’s right! Can you believe we have been challenging you for a whole year??? A whole year!?!?

Well, to celebrate our birthday here at Category Stories, we are going to look back at all the challenges we’ve done so far. Each member of the team has chosen their favorite challenge from the past year. And, here they are….


Heather's Something Spooky:


Cammeron's Guilty Pleasure:
Deanna's Crush:

Jodi's Day in the life of...:

Lee's Favorite Body Part:

Lucy's Dream:

Martha's Sunshine:

Mandy's Best Day(s) Ever:


So, the challenge for you my friends is to pick a previous challenge and go to work! This is your opportunity to catch up on one or two you may have missed. We are excited to see all the different entries this month!!

Here is a list of the past categories:
Crush
Body Parts
Fabulous
Guilty pleasures
Spooky
Warmth
Toys
Bad Hair
Your play list
Dreams
Best day ever
If I had a Million Dollars
Shoes
Relax
Candy
Arm chair travels
Childhood Character
A day in the life....
Sunshine

That's a lot to choose from!

And to top it all off we have 4 special sponsors this month!!!!

Every Jot and Tittle

Elle’s Studio

Maythird

Kitty Robot

Each one will be sending out a lil something! So, there will be 4 winners this month!!!

What are you waiting for?! Get scrappin’!!

Don’t forget to link us up to your creations (here in the comments section of this post) before midnight September 30th. OR once the slide show is posted, you can post your lo right to that!

Directions on how to post to the slide show:
When the slide show has ended, the screen changes and asks you if you want to subscribe. Just above that there is a tab that reads: Add your image. Click on that, and add your image. Don’t forget to add your name too! It’s super easy!!!