Category Stories

* New Blog reminder,,,, *

2009-02-05T18:15:00.001-06:00

Hey everyone,
I just wanted to remind those of you who are subscribed to this blog through bloglines, that Category Stories has moved - over to www.categorystories.wordpress.com so don't forget to update your subscription!
Cheers
The Team.

Elf Family 3

2008-12-11T21:59:00.001-06:00

Send your own ElfYourself eCards

Elf Family 2

2008-12-11T21:58:00.001-06:00

Send your own ElfYourself eCards

Elf Family

2008-12-11T21:57:00.001-06:00

Send your own ElfYourself eCards

ooooh lookit

2008-12-09T01:18:00.006-06:00

it's all shiny and new.... and our new home so update your linkaroonies kids!

http://www.categorystories.wordpress.com/

go lookie at who won our November "PHONE" category (soooo cute!), and check out our rad December category.

xo xo

gossip girl..

oops, I mean The Category Stories Team.

stay tuned

2008-12-01T03:32:00.003-06:00

Due to a bit of a technamalogical (as Homer Simpson would say) difficulty, we'll be back on the 8th with our November winner announcement, our fabulous December challenge, and a couple of other great surprises!

Happy December everyone!!! See you on the 8th!

WE WANT YOU

2008-11-17T04:09:00.009-06:00

To join the Category Stories team.

YEP, we are saying goodbye this month to Martha and Cam (so sad to see you go girls, you’ll totally be missed like crazy!)

The search is on for some new Story Tellers, to join Jodie, Karin, Lee, Mandy and our NEW NEW NEW Story Teller STEPH, who was our fabulous November guest!

And it is super simple to apply if you’d like to be considered for the team.......

1. Complete the November, plus the upcoming December and January categories - creating a LAYOUT of your favourite size based on each category. (We are only accepting layouts as part of the Story Teller search to even the playing field a bit!)
2. Link us up to your pages as per usual in the comments section for the November, December and January prompts.
3. After you make your January page, EMAIL category (dot) stories (at) ymail (dot) com with the phrase STORY TELLER SEARCH in the title bar, and answers to the following questions in your email:
Your Name & Country:
Links to your blog or online gallery/ies:
Any other design teams you belong to (includes other challenge or inspiration blogs, online stores or manufacturers):
The links to your pages for November, December and January:
Tell us why you would like to become a Story Teller in five lines or less!:
(You can also ask any questions you might have about the team).
4. APPLICATION DEADLINE: January 15th

Please feel free to ask any questions to us privately via the email address, or in the comments to this post if you wish! We will amend this post with any questions asked and the answer if we feel it necessary.

FINE PRINT:
* You need to have your email to us by January 15th with links to the Nov, Dec & Jan category pages - you don't have to have your pages for Nov & Dec completed in the normal timeframe of the end of the month if you wish to just be considered for the DT, in case you find us for the first time after that month has passed! You just won't be eligible for the monthly prize draw.
* Jan 15th is the cut off date for Story Teller applications (pages for people who aren't applying are Jan 31 as per usual) to allow time for the new Story Tellers to get their creations done to upload on Feb 1 with the new team announcement.
* All people are welcome, including digi and hybrid peeps, from any country.
* You need to be able to commit to supplying at least one original creation (which is not limited to just layouts, it can be cards or other creations) per month based on the monthly category for inclusion on the Category Stories blog, for 6 months minimum period of Feb to July 2009.
* We have on occasion in the past each been given product sponsored to work with, but it is usually we use our own stash. Sometimes a prize might be sponsored to the months participant winner. Story Tellers contribute towards a RAK for a month we don't have a sponsor, so be prepared to be able to contribute a small amount on those sponsorless months (usually no more than $2.50US each). You will need an active and useable paypal account to be able to contribute. * There will be a number of positions to be filled (exact number to be determined), so please apply! We fully encourage those of you who have never been on a team before, we’d love to see your stuff. Likewise, if you are already on another team/teams but know you can meet the commitments listed above, please apply too!

THANK YOU AND GOOD LUCK - hope you have fun making your pages!

Cheers,

The Story Tellers!

ICK - its a WINNER!

2008-11-07T17:53:00.003-06:00

Congrats to....

CASS - http://scrapcass.blogspot.com/ you were the winner of the random draw for our ICK category! *and congrats on the publish Cass - I just went to get your image and it is off for publishing - YAY YOU!*

Please email us (email info in the sidebar) and we can arrange your prize which is donated by our StoryTeller Lee this month - a $20 voucher to one of these stores - either KittyRobot Etsy; OR Elle's Studio Etsy; OR Every Jot & Tittle Etsy; OR SISTV -you choose!!

HOWZAT for a wicked prize!

YAY.

OK, don't forget to play along with our awesome NOVEMBER category. See you just might NEED to make the page, if you wanna join our team...*hint hint*.....whoops, gah, I may have said too much already...........BUT stay tuned for a pretty fabulous announcement next week OK!

You'll all love it I am sure, speshly the hardcore Category Stories fans!

CHEERS!

Ring, Ring why don't you

2008-10-31T04:30:00.007-05:00

give me a calllllllll.

Yep, you know when I do the posts because I can't help singing!

Welcome to November (well almost anyway - it is about 3 hours to go here in Australia. Happy Halloween to the rest of you!!). It is the last month our lovely lovely LOVELY Lucy will be playing with us. And we have also bid farewell to the gorgeous and amazing Deanna. We'll miss you stacks girls!

We do have a fantastic, exceptional, ace, fabulous guest Story Teller this month - STEPH PEACHEY - aka skalovingeek . We love her style, and here is a little bit about her! (Isn't that the cutest photo too!)

"my name is stephanie peachey, im a 25 year old paediatric ITU nurse and i live in the UK with my fiance and our overweight cat. i got interested in scrapbooking in 2003 but couldnt afford to do it until i left uni in 2006. i love most crafty things but have too many ideas and not enough time so i tend to stick with paper! i love instant photography and am a total sci fi nerd!"

SO onto our November category - which is "PHONE" - your phone, your love of your phone, your hatred of the phone, your landline, your mobile/cell, why you can't leave your phone alone, why you wish it would never ring again. Which ever way you wish to take it!

And remember, we accept all creations here - paper/glue layouts, digi, hybrid, cards, ATC's, projects, WHATEVER floats your boat! Just use "Phone" as your theme! And swear words are allowed *ahem* I had better just clear that up seeing as mine has an f-bomb in the journaling...

ANYWAY, here's what the story tellers did!
Steph

Karin

Lee (yep, people who text message conversations to me instead of actually calling to speak totally drive me bonkers)
Lucy
Mandy (with a rockin card)

So please, play along and share your phone stories. Link up here by November 30th.

Tahtah,

The Category Stories Team!

Ick slide show

2008-10-19T21:33:00.001-05:00

Anniversary Winners!!!!!

2008-10-08T13:27:00.003-05:00

the winners of our Anniversary Challenge are...........

mandy
Kristi
babehs
pigmentations

Congrats!!!!!
please email us your mailing address, so that we can notify the sponsors!! Thanks for participating!!!

Icky Sticky October Challenge and the Gutter Girlz!!

2008-10-01T08:05:00.012-05:00

This month we decided to do something CRAZY! We the storytellers, have teamed up with the super awesome and talented Gutter Girlz .
You're probably confused by this, so I will explain.
The Gutter Girlz took our challenge and we took theirs! Clear as mud. Right?
So, if you want to see what their challenge is and what we did with it you will have to pay them a visit.
Ok, so on to what our challenge is for you...... The category is ICK. It's that time of year for all things icky and such, so share an icky project with us!

Below, you will see what the Gutter Girlz did with our challenge.

Staci

Shirley

Rachel

Leah

Kristina

Amy

Christi

Christine

Glenda

Kris

Fabulous ladies!! Thanks so much!

Ok, so don't forget to link us to your ICKY projects (cards, layouts, ATCs, altered items etc.) by midnight October 31st!
And please stop by the Gutter Girlz blog for thier challenge and check out what we did with it!

YAY

2008-09-19T06:10:00.004-05:00

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!!!

2008-09-17T14:00:00.003-05:00

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

2008-09-08T16:33:00.001-05:00

2008-09-01T15:02:00.018-05:00

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!!!

2008-08-27T05:55:00.005-05:00

JULY WINNER....

Simona, can you please email us again with your address - the new email address is in the sidebar. Sorry for the inconvenience. Lucy is waiting to send out your fantastic scrapdiary papers!

It appears our old email account has an appetite for emails and ate some of them! And if anyone else has contacted us in the last two months, can you please resend? I know it is a pain, but we want to make sure we get back to everyone who may have emailed.

Thank you!

2008-08-27T05:55:00.004-05:00

WOW we have had some fantastic submissions for the SUNSHINE category.

There are a few more days to submit, so please keep linking them up. Also, we haven't been able to comment on some pages as some of us don't have an account with your particular gallery, but please know we do look at all entries, and comment where possible.

And finally in this little update, please note we have a new email address if you need to contact us - it is over in the sideabar!

Check back on September 1 for our big 1st anniversary Category!

2008-08-14T19:10:00.004-05:00

JULY WINNER....

And how cool, our ever gorgeous StoryTeller LUCY, on behalf of the fantastic Brasilian online scrap store SCRAPDIARY, will be sending our lucky winner some of her gorgeous, rare and oh-so-HOT line of papers!

Now for the winner.... here it is, the gorgeous page from SIMONA of Italy - thanks so much for joining in Simona!

Please email us your details and postal address at categorystories@sbcglobal.net with the words CATEGORY STORIES JULY WINNER in the subject line.

Thanks to everyone for playing along with us. Have you checked out our August Category of SUNSHINE yet - oh my goodness the pages that have been coming in are amazing!

And we have something ace in store for you next month - September is our blogs 1 YEAR ANNIVERSARY (w00t) so it shall be super fun! Stay tuned.

2008-08-06T09:28:00.003-05:00

Sunshine Slide Show!!

if you don't see your lo in our slide show, that means i had problems copying your image (this usually occurs with flickr). i will post a link to your lo OR you could add your image to the slide show yourself. it's very easy.

Instructions on how to add your image to the slide show:
When the slide show has ended it stops and it says "enter your email and slide.com will...."
if you look just above that, there are a set of clickable tabs, you want to click on "Add Image!"
just fill out the required fields and send it in and it will add your image to the slide show (upon approval)

Thanks to everyone playing along! There are some fabulous entries so far!!

2008-08-01T07:07:00.006-05:00

Sunshine, lollipops and Rainbows...da da, da da dum. Ok so I really can't sing.

But Category Stories for August shall be a month of happy happy joy joy and all things light and pretty.

SUNSHINE is the theme kids! I know it has been summer for you northern hemisphere dwellers, so doing a sunshiney page should be a breeze. And for us southernites, winter is upon us so dream up those pages about those lovely sunshine filled days ahead!

And, I did say this month's category. Due to team hyperbusyness (new word) we are just floating one category this month - and depending on how it goes we may just do a monthly challenge in the future - so drop us a comment in and let us know which you prefer once or twice monthly challenges!

OK on to the pages...and we have also thrown in a card and an ATC just to switch it up a bit, so please feel free to submit any of your new sunshine related projects!

Deanna

Jodie

Lucy

Mandy (with a fabulous card!)

Martha

Lee (I am on an ATC roll at the moment!)

Due date for this challenge will be August 31, so please link your pages TO THIS POST by then.

Love,

your friendly Neighbourhood Category Stories Team

2008-07-22T19:10:00.000-05:00

2008-07-16T09:36:00.005-05:00

its that time again.....
time for a new category...

we want to know all about your favorite character from your childhood. did you run around in a cape like superman??
jam out to Jem?
spread love like the Care Bears??
climb trees like the Munchee-chees?
we want to know.

with all that out of the way, i would now like to introduce you to our guest designer!

her name is Karin Kreijen.

and here is what she has to say about herself....

Well i am karin and i am 29 years young, live in the south of the
neterlands together with my hubby mich and son Mexx and our two cats
poekie and dipsy. I work as a hair artist and have my own traveler
haircompany and i love that very much it is so creative..
I think now for almost 6 i fel in love with my hobby scrapbooking. My
sister came back from america and infected me with the scrapvirus so ...
when i see stuff back i see that my work is change and i like it .. I am
freestyle colourful crazy girl..i try to mixx non traditional stuff with
scrapstuff and paint ooooh i love that it is so fun to work with, and
trying new things ..so this was a dream come true to make this lo for
these wonderful girls thanks that you believe in me....

and here is what she did for us...

and here is what some of the other storytellers have done....

Sarah:
Lucy:

Mandy:
Lee: (who really really was not trying to be a Mandy copy cat, but She-Ra was so freaking amazing I couldn't not do a page on her...LOL!)

don't forget to link us up to your creations by midnight, July 31st!

2008-07-08T17:28:00.002-05:00

And our JUNE WINNER of the awesome Q-Tea embellishment kit is...

Drumroll...

kayakgrl! CONGRATS! Please email us via the address in the sidebar so we can pass on your info to the every lovely Danielle at Q-Tea to claim your fab prize. Thanks again for sponsoring us Danielle!!!!

Thanks again everyone for playing along, and we many even have a fab guest storyteller coming up soon too - stay tuned.

And don't forget to link up your "Day in the Life Of" pages to the post down below!

2008-07-01T22:27:00.001-05:00

a day in the life of a slide show...

2008-07-01T07:32:00.002-05:00

Hi.
Hello.
Welcome back.
Come in, sit down, take a load off. Tell me about your day...
It's July 1 - and our new category is up.
"A day in the life of....." - you, your dog, your cat, your favourite silver ballet flat shoes, your kiddo/s, your obsession with Johnny Depp, your job, your doing the most hated chores ever, did I mention the JD obsession??.
Anything goes really!
Here's what the storytellers came up with....
MANDY:

JODIE:

MARTHA:

DEANNA: (ace creation on SCRAPBLOG!)

LEE:

LUCY:

Please don't forget to pop back next week when we'll announce the winner of the FABULOUS Q-Tea embellishment kit.
Ta-tah.

2008-06-18T11:44:00.001-05:00

peace out man!

2008-06-16T13:58:00.004-05:00

peace out, man!

what gives you that "peaceful easy feeling"? is it laying on the beach? the moment the kids go to bed at night? a glass of wine and a favorite movie??
or what are your thoughts on the state of the planet? could there ever be peace?
tell us all about what "peace" brings to mind for you.

here's what our storytellers did:

Deanna made this fabulous canvas set!

Lee:

Lucy:

Mandy:
Cammeron:

please link up your peaceful creations here for us by June 30th for a chance to win a kit from Q-tea kits!!!

everyone is welcome to play along!

2008-06-09T11:43:00.002-05:00

May challenge winner!!!!

Congrats to Sandy!!! Please email us with your full name and email address and we will get a SISTV Gift Certificate on it's way to you!!!
Thanks you to everyone who played along! We hope to see more of you work soon!

2008-06-08T12:59:00.000-05:00

arm chair travels slides!

2008-06-01T10:03:00.006-05:00

Where do you want to go?
What do you want to see?
Our FABULOUS June sponsor Qtea Kits sent us there rockin' Phone Gnome kit to play with. It was perfect to do an Amelie inspired "armchair travels" challenge!
Tell us all about your travel dreams!

You have until midnight June 14th to share you layouts with us to be entered into a drawing for a kit from Q-tea Kits!

All styles (traditional, digi, and hybrid) are welcome as well as international players! We love everyone! :)

Here's what the storytellers came up with:

Jodie:
Lee:

Lee used bits & pieces from Phone Gnome as well as items she had saved from other Q-Tea kits for just this sort of project, to create a mini album. Lee's album contains thoughts and notes on her love of travel, and has room to add in photos and memrobilia.

Mandy:

Martha:

Sarah:

Cammeron:

Deanna:

the lyrics on the canvas are from a Madonna song.
I used the napkin to texture the background, then painted over everything, mused mod podge to stick everything down...and that's about it.

Elly:

We can't wait to see what you come up with!

Don't forget to leave a link to your creations in the comments for us!

And stay tuned for the May winner announcement!

2008-05-25T08:59:00.000-05:00

Candy Slides!!

2008-05-15T16:46:00.007-05:00

You make me feel like candy-yy-y-yy.... (*yes my voice IS that bad*)

Mmmmm. Candy. Lollies. Sweets. Treats.

You love it, you eat it, now you SCRAP IT! The May RAK prize is a random drawing for a SIStv voucher donated by the Story Tellers, so get your scrap on - digi, paper&glue, hybrid. SHOW US! NOW!

Here are our candy Obsessions...:

Martha (who picked this ace category)

Sarah's candy:-

Lee - we say lollies in Australia - and FRECKLES are the best!!

Mandy's candy!

Deanna's canvas - using a quote from Willy Wonka:-

Post links to your gallery HERE AT THIS POST by May 31.

Sweeeeet.

2008-05-08T22:40:00.003-05:00

*APRIL WINNER*

WOW there were such ace pages you guys sent in for our April categories, so very cool. We totally dig looking at everyones creations.

The winner of the awesome Paper Pixie prize has been decided and it is......

MeXx

Congrats! Please email us at categorystories@sbcglobal.net and make sure you include as the email title "April Category Stories Winner" so it doesn't go to spam.

DON'T FORGET to link up your current category "PLAYLIST" pages by the 14th kids, we want to see 'em!

2008-05-06T13:41:00.004-05:00

playlist slides

2008-05-01T09:06:00.007-05:00

dude.
is that freedom rock?
well, turn it up!

okay, that was cheesey, and some of you may not even recognize that old commercial. but, i couldn't resist.

the category for this round is PLAYLIST. let's see what you are listening to, or don't like to listen to, or what your kids are listening to, or... you get the picture.

here's what the storytellers came up with:

Sarah:

Mandy:

Elly:

Jodie:

Lee:
Lucy:

Lucy says: Here is Ivete. Ivete Sangalo she is the most important singer in my life.Yeah she's brazilian and all her songs are on my Ipod.Her music brings me back in the good times.She brings the memories from the summer,parties,BBQ with friends and family at the beach and of course the Carnival! She rocks my world!

Martha:

Don't forget to link your los here for a chance to win a gift certificate from ScrapInStyleTV(provided by one of our storytellers)!!!

And stay tuned for the April winner announcement!

2008-04-19T13:35:00.001-05:00

2008-04-15T02:01:00.012-05:00

*shoe me the money*

Ok excuse the bad pun, but I couldn't resist!

SHOES - what are they to you? Do you love wearing them, loathe shopping for them, or fall over in pure bliss when you find that most fab pair of sliver ballet flats with the cute leather detailing and buckle on the side.......(ok, um, that last one may have just been me...*ha*).

Anyway, shoes is the newest "Category Stories" category, so please link up your well shod pages. Remember, Paper Pixie Kits are our sponsors this month, so you have to be in it to win it baby!

Mandy

Lucy
Lee

Sarah

Jodie

Pop your pages on your gallery/blog and link them back to this post!

Cheers!

2008-04-07T19:01:00.003-05:00

March WINNER!

Thanks for joining in and sharing your Million Dollar and Best Day Ever stuff with us, we totally dig looking at everyones fabulous creations! Choosing a winner is hard too, it was a close election but the votes are in and the results double checked, so the winner for March is...............

SASHA as the winner of the awesome Kitty Robot prize for this month! Email us your contact info Sasha via the link in the sidebar.

Don't forget this month Paper Pixie Kits are sponsoring us, so make sure you link up your pages!

2008-04-05T21:41:00.004-05:00

relax slide show

2008-04-01T20:53:00.009-05:00

maxn' and relaxn'

so what do you do to unwind? watch a movie? take a walk? listen to your favorite tunes?? or maybe you just need to remind yourself to kick back and relax once in awhile.
That's why I made this little canvas for myself, as a reminder to take time to chill.

Here's what the other fab ladies did...

Martha:

Lucy:

Jodie:

Deanna:

Cammeron:

Lee:

Make sure you link us up to your projects for a chance to win a kit from Paper Pixie Kits!!!

*reminder: only one drawing per month. if you do both challenges, then you have two chances to win!!

2008-03-20T11:14:00.001-05:00

2008-03-15T18:39:00.001-05:00

So, what would YOU do if you had a cool $1m to splash around? Offer it for a night in with Johnny or Orlando? Sponsor an orphanage? Have all your teeth plated gold and encrusted with diamonds that spell out "sexy"? Give it away to family and friends?

Here is what the StoryTellers came up with:

Cam...who says "if I had a million dollars....I'd quit my job and stay home and love on my girls all day"

Deanna...

Jodie...

Lucy.....

Lee....

Martha....

Sarah....

Please share links to your gallery or blog of your fabulous million dollar creations by the 31st!!

2008-03-14T16:44:00.007-05:00

Before the new category goes live tomorrow, I just wanted to let you know about our fabulous sponsor for the March categories!

Category Stories is delighted that the awesome KittyRobot Etsy store will be sponsoring the layouts for March - with the winner to receive the upcoming April Kitty-Robot kit AND some of the fabulous handcrafted buttons. How flippin excellent!

Regarding our giveaways, we will now be doing one prize draw at the end of each month from all layouts submitted in the months two categories. So if you do both challenges you are in with two chances to win!

Giveaways will be either a sponsored prize - with the winner chosen by the Category Stories team, or a RAK (random act of kindness) voucher to an online store donated by one of the team members - in which case the winner will be randomly chosen.

OK don't forget to check back tomorrow for the new category - you can bank that it will be a goodun...(*tease*)

2008-03-04T11:15:00.001-06:00

slippery slides!!

2008-03-01T08:45:00.009-06:00

Well, its the first. And just as I promised, we have some news to share AND a new challenge! First, the news.
Miss Elly and Miss Heather have decided that they need some time off, so they will be stopping in for a challenge or two here and there. :(
BUT we are welcoming two new ladies to the team! Please welcome Jodie and Sarah to the Category Stories team! They are gonna knock your socks off!!
And, now for the challenge....
The challenge for this round is "Best Day Ever". Can you hear SpongeBob singing?? Tell us all about your Best Day Ever. It can be one you have already experienced or a made up one. Here's what we came up with...

Sarah

Martha

Lucy

Lee

Elly

Deanna
Cam

Mandy

2008-02-11T15:09:00.003-06:00

So sooo sorry everyone! Our next challenge will be up on March 1st! Please check back!

2008-02-07T23:37:00.001-06:00

Stay tuned! We have some announcements to make.

2008-01-28T18:46:00.000-06:00

And the winner of the Toys challenge is.....

drum roll please.....

Hooray! Congrats! If you could email us your address, your goodies will be sent out to ya!

Thanks to everyone who played along!

2008-01-15T08:39:00.001-06:00

OH MAH GOD, BECKY! HER HAIR IS SO BIG!

oh yes. bad hair. we all know it. dig into those old pictures of your painful adolescence. when you thought, "oh, i should totally perm my bangs!" or "this mullet totally shows off my fine neck!" we know that there is photographic evidence of those really bad choices you made. mall bangs? geri curls? frosted tips? let us see the layouts that those hair disasters inspire!!

CAMMERON:
LEE:
LUCY, who says, "Because a girl always have a high and low moments,but always good ideas! No matter how bad har hair is those days :D"
MANDY:
MARTHA:

2008-01-15T08:35:00.000-06:00

PLAY WITH ME!

2008-01-06T08:53:00.000-06:00

Dream of a WINNER!

Lucy's Lilly Liza Minelli took the time out of her busy schedule to choose a winner!

#15!!!! please email us your address so KT can send you your fabulous prize! :D

2008-01-01T13:55:00.000-06:00

TOYS!

they are tons of fun, whether you remember them from back in the day (Lite Brite ftw!) or from your current stash... Grungeboard anyone? these are the things that make us giggle like wee kidlets, our toys! tell us about them! are they yours? are they your kids'? are they your significant other's? are they big? small? round? square? colorful? :D show us what your fav toys are!

and you would NOT believe how lucky we are! we have with us as a guest designer the fabulous and amazing Larissa!! she is stirring up the fire like mad with her amazing skillz! not only is she lending us her talent, but is also sending a prize out! special hotness from Brazil! i hear rumours that there may be some papers by Lucy in the package... :D she tells us that she is very happy to assist us in making our challenge blog crazy awesome. :D

larissa:

elly, who thinks that lincoln logs are still cool:heather:
lee, whose journaling reads, "Mum & Dad got Cara the Cabbage Patch Doll for me when I was 12 and we were in Cairns during our 6 week Cape York trip. I love her to bits, and now Ivy has fun playing with my fave doll.":
lucy, whose journaling is translated to "I had two years old when I got this lil goose from my granny.
I simply loved her and if I close my eyes I can feel her smell and remember how heavy she was cos she was stuffed with wooden grain.
She had such cute felt flowers in her head...
Her name was Luligu,and wherever I was she followed me,but one day she got old and it tore into pieces.
But no tears come in my eyes because my mom had the awesome surprise,she gave me a real little duck,she grew up with me for many years.
And I'll always remember the swwet moments of my childhood."

mandy:
martha:

2007-12-05T05:35:00.001-06:00

KT SAYS...

the wonderful, amazing, kick-butt KT would like y'all to know that she is doing a SECOND drawing for goodies at her website! just upload your dreamy layout to the gallery so that she can see your amazing dreams!

2007-12-05T05:34:00.001-06:00

ELECTRIC SLIDE

2007-12-01T12:10:00.001-06:00

EVERYONE DREAMS...

this category is a special one... from little things to big ones, from goals to hopes to fantasies... we all dream. we daydream, nightdream, twilightdream, dawndream... we want to share these grand ideas with everyone because they thrill us so! we have been graced with the kindness of KT from ScrapHappyKT, who donated the beautiful Marah Johnson papers from her Love Struck collection by Creative Imaginations. :) the winner will receive a goodie package from KT! on to the layouts! we apparently were sharing a hive mind for this challenge, as many of us chose to use the same corner of one of the papers... :)

CAMMERON:
ELLY:
HEATHER:
LEE, who says "My title is a play on I Dream of Genie. I love George. Lots. And dream of him often!"
LUCY, whose layout is based on Le Petit Prince:
MANDY, who says "when I started having kids, I stopped dreaming my own dreams and started dreaming for my girls. I now realize they should be chasing their own dreams and so should I."
MARTHA:

2007-12-01T11:52:00.001-06:00

what happens
...when you put a bunch of numbers and catnip in a bowl and mix it up?

sylvia chooses a number!!

the winner is... #3!!

please email us your mailing address so that we can get you your goodies!

2007-11-24T00:55:00.000-06:00

SLIP SLIDE!

2007-11-24T00:48:00.000-06:00

WHO IS FABULOUS?

lee's adorable kidlets picked, and...

#7 IS FABULOUS!!

please email us right away so that we can get your FABOO SIS kit to you!!

2007-11-15T14:25:00.001-06:00

BABY IT'S COLD OUTSIDE!

here in the northern hemisphere it's starting to cool down, perhaps getting a bit nippy... xmess is comin' up, inspiring thoughts of sitting before a fire with a cup of cocoa in front of the tree... warm thoughts, warm feelings, warm tootsies. we were incredibly lucky to receive goodies from the peeps at THE PAPER PIXIE who have put together the most wonderful kit that has been perfect for this category! thank you so much, Sara!!

CAMMERON:

DEANNA:
ELLY (click the image to see the rest of the mini!):
HEATHER:
LEE:
MANDY:
MARTHA:

2007-11-06T08:52:00.000-06:00

Fabulosity Slide!

2007-11-06T08:42:00.000-06:00

PIXIE PIX of a PICK.

Martha's beloved Pixie chose the winner!

and that is....

congrats!! please send your snail mail to us for a spooky RAK!

2007-11-01T08:01:00.000-05:00

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABSOLUTELY FAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABULOUS!

you knew we would come up with something incredibly awesome for a very special Category Stories challenge!

first off, we have the extra-fab KRISTINA CONTES as a guest designer! who better to create a layout for this category!? thank you, Kristina, for the wonderful creativity you inject into the world and into our little blog! the word fabulous has never applied more!!

second, we have a VERY SPECIAL prize of SISterly love! the amazing JJ has donated an utterly fabulous Kristina Contes Collection!! if you haven't heard of Scrap in Style TV, then you should go there posthaste! it is a very sweet and loving message board with tons of fantastic ideas and lub spread all around! lub lub lub. it's just fun to say! JJ also gave us storytellers KC's Collections to work with as well, hence the fabulousity ahead!

down and dirty, here is Kristina's layout:

and the layouts from the rest of the fabu storytellers!

CAMMERON:
DEANNA:
ELLY:
HEATHER:
LEE:
LUCY:
MANDY:
MARTHA:

2007-10-21T14:48:00.000-05:00

Oh Look, Slides!

(feel free to comment to this post with your layouts!)

2007-10-17T22:49:00.000-05:00

BADA BING BADA BOOM!

the winner is...

#3!!!!!

you love books, we all love books! :) please email us so we can send you a RAK! :)

2007-10-15T12:43:00.000-05:00

SOMETHING SPOOKY...

did you see that shadow behind the door? or the eerie yellow of that full moon? perhaps you heard a creaking door behind you? wait - over there - was that a hand reaching from under your bed ready to grab your ankles? the storytellers have been overwhelmed with feelings that are plain spooky! some make us turn in fear, some make us jump with terror, some make us grin slyly. in honor of the most wonderful holiday of the year (at least according to me), please do a layout about something that makes your skin creep and crawl!

CAMMERON:
DEANNA:
ELLY:
HEATHER:
LEE:
LUCY, who writes "I just can't stand scary movies,ghosts stories and all the creepy things! I guess I'm much happier if they could invent the Fairy day!":
MANDY:
MARTHA:

2007-10-02T23:05:00.001-05:00

HAYZOOS KREESTOS, PEEPS! bring on the slides!

2007-10-02T23:01:00.000-05:00

TADA!

after much de-pantsing and putting on of wings, some wee fairies dipped into the watering can to see who the winner of the Body Parts Challenge was!

#22!!! see the winning layout here! *points down* please email us so we can send you goodies! :D

2007-09-30T20:12:00.001-05:00

GUILTY PLEASURES!

guilt: it's not just for catholic school girls anymore! we all have a little secret love tucked up our sleeve, something we stash behind the couch or in the back of the drawer or hidden in a folder named test.doc on our computers. the storytellers have come up with pleasures from the Enquirer to, well, our first layout below. show us your crazy guilty pleasures! what are you really embarrassed about doing/using/eating/seeing?

CAMMERON:DEANNA:
ELLY:
HEATHER:

LEE says, "Yes... it's so very WRONG, but man i like to get my fix of trashy gossip from N.W.":

LUCY says, "I can't survive without my Nutella every morning! Yep, it's my breakfast! ewww i know and it makes me feel so guilty!":

MANDY:
MARTHA:

2007-09-16T05:24:00.000-05:00

and so the slides begin!

2007-09-16T05:15:00.001-05:00

AND THE WINNER IS...

#14!!!!

officially chosen by darling deanna's little boy!

please email categorystories@sbcglobal.net so we can getcher mailing address and send out your goodies!! thank you!!

2007-09-15T05:46:00.000-05:00

BODY PARTS

we all have them. we all know which ones we don't like. that is a given! but! what DO you like? which body parts make you secretly smile because you think that they are just right? the little freckle beside your nose? perhaps the elegance of your wrist or even that perfect toe! show us your layouts! and your body parts only!! no one else's! :)

CAMMERON (the one who started it all by dipping her toe in the water):

DEANNA:

ELLY:

HEATHER:

LEE (who says, "You are looking at approx. $5000 worth of orthodontic work as a 17yr old to get this lovely straight smile."):

LUCY:

MANDY:

MARTHA:

2007-09-15T05:41:00.000-05:00

we are so incredibly thankful and proud and excited and a whole lot of other adjectives!! a few layouts came under the wire but the total hit SEVENTY!!! we are so very, very glad we decided to do a random prize pick because honestly we were stewing and gnashing our teeth at how difficult the decision would have been!! i want to thank EVERY single one of you for entering!! later today we'll announce the winner. :)

2007-09-03T13:56:00.000-05:00

guess what... you only have until tonight, September 14th at midnight CST to get your entry in... :D

2007-09-01T06:15:00.001-05:00

CRUSHES!

TADA! here we are! the first challenge of the Category Stories challenge blog! who is your crush? for whom do you have a burning desire hiding under your cool, calm exterior? what adorable bag, fantastic power tool or hunk of man love is in your mind? what person do you love and admire for all of her qualities (or maybe just a couple!)?

we are here to help you figure that out!

ALL SCRAPPING STYLES WELCOME - if you are minimalist or extremist, use Paper or work the Digital, go pen & paint crazy or keep it clean and simple, if you prefer to create ART or concentrate on the MEMORIES you are WELCOME HERE!!! Just have fun & enjoy making some pages that make YOU HAPPY!

this challenge blog is to give you great prompts to add to your albums, no matter what your style or skill level!

our storytellers share their secrets - some of the love is so overwhelming, they decided to do more than one layout!

CAMMERON:

DEANNA:

ELLY:

HEATHER:

LEE:

LUCY (for her):

(for her husband!)

MANDY:

MARTHA:

2007-08-31T20:49:00.001-05:00

getting oh so close...

2007-08-31T10:49:00.000-05:00

don't forget to keep your patience panties on! just one more day!!

2007-08-31T10:45:00.000-05:00

y0, when does the show start!?

2007-08-30T18:13:00.001-05:00

what? did you see that? where?

2007-08-28T22:34:00.001-05:00

sneakity peekity!

2007-08-27T11:23:00.001-05:00

teaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaase

2007-08-21T21:38:00.000-05:00

coming soon!

*Category Stories*

* New Blog reminder,,,, *

Elf Family 3

Elf Family 2

Elf Family

*ooooh lookit*

*stay tuned*

*WE WANT YOU*

*ICK* - its a WINNER!

Ring, Ring why don't you

Ick slide show

Anniversary Winners!!!!!

Icky Sticky October Challenge and the Gutter Girlz!!

*YAY*

August winner!!!

Anniversary slide show

Category Stories

ooooh lookit

stay tuned

WE WANT YOU

ICK - its a WINNER!

YAY