Things to Scrap in February

Just a few ideas for things to scrap this month!

Dates:
11^th-19th Jorvik Viking Festival

14^th Valentine’s Day

15^th Brit Awards Ceremony

21^st Shrove Tuesday (Pancake Day)

21st Mardi Gras

22nd Beginning of Lent / Ash Wednesday

Themes:
The love of your life
First date
Things I Love (see our Feb gallery for inspiration)
Snow!
Warm woollen mittens (and hats and scarves!)
Hot cocoa or a roaring fire
First signs of spring (I saw a primrose peeping through the snow just yesterday!)
School holiday activities
Giving up for lent

Want to get published?

We'd LOVE to see your entries for our forthcoming galleries in Scrap365! Here are some themes we have running in the coming months:

• Britain's Great! - A celebration of all things British, as it's our Queen's Jubilee this year and we have the Olympics too.
• Wallet-sized photos - Create a project with these dinky little lovelies.
• All Things Inky - Any kind of ink will do; just get creative with those inkpads (inky doesn't have to mean grungy either - we'd love to see your 'clean' pages using inks).

HOW TO GET INVOLVED:
1 Make a project matching the theme.
2 Email the Editor with a picture of your (unpublished, including on blogs and online galleries) take on the theme. Include a list of materials and a 'quote' telling us about your submission.
3 Use the email header 'Scrap365 Gallery - [gallery name here]' when you submit.
THIS CALL CLOSES: 29th February 2012

- If you are selected you will be asked to send your project to us by post (it will be returned to you after publication). You will also have to supply a materials list and short piece of writing about your project.
- Please try to use recent papers/products on your project where possible.
- Your project does not have to be a layout, it can be off the page, home decor or a gift make (but no cards please).
- Digi submissions welcome.
- Overseas submissions welcome (but please note ref. posting).
- You will be sent a free of charge copy of the magazine in which you are published.
- Please be aware that we had a huge response to our last call and not everyone can be selected but we do appreciate seeing all of your lovely entries. We will reply to everyone who submits but please be patient as this could take several weeks.

Look forward to hearing from you.

Katy x

Feeling sketchy?

Our new challenge is now up on the website for you to enjoy! Below is the sketch - by the marvellous Marsha Valk - and a stunning take on the sketch by Wendy McKee to get your creative juices flowing.

To play along simply upload your version of the sketch here before 17th February for your chance to win goodies from Merly Impressions.

 

Artwork by Wendy McKee

The winner of our last sketch was KATHERINE SUTTON - congratulations on a stunning layout! Send us your address and we'll get your prize popped out to you.

Winning Jan entry by Katherine Sutton

See all the entries for January here.

This Month's Smashing Free Download!

The latest free download is now ready and waiting for you on our website so go and get clicking!

Things to scrap in January

Artwork by Lisa Saunders to celebrate National Thank You Day

Things to scrap in January:

- Resolutions
- Your New Year celebrations
- Woollen mittens and scarves (assuming we get a winter!)
- An overview of 2011
- The inevitable diet
- Your favourite Christmas pressies
- Your January sale bargains

Or why not start a brand new project
- an art journal
- a book of me
- or a 'scrap 2012' page-a-month album

Dates of note this month:

1^st New Year’s Day
3^rd Tolkien’s birthday
5^th Twelfth night
6^th Sherlock Holmes’ birthday
7^th Moons of Jupiter discovered by Galileo (1610)
11^th National Thank You day
12^th First x-ray machine manufactured (1896)
18^th A.A. Milne’s birthday (Winnie the Pooh day)
23^rd Chinese New Year (year of the Dragon)
23^rd National handwriting day
25^th Robert Burns’ Night
26^th Australia Day
31^st Coca Cola trademarked (1893)

Sketch Challenge winner and a new sketch

December Sketch Challenge Winner - Brigitte

Congratulations to our first Sketch Challenge winner Brigitte! We love how she has replaced the bunting on Lisa's sketch with a little string of Christmas baubles.

If you'd like to be in with a chance to win some fab goodies from Merly Impressions or you just want a sketch to get your creative juices flowing then why not have a go at this month's Sketch Challenge Competition? Here's this month's sketch, based on a layout by the super talented Lousette Ashton.

Full details of the competition are on our website. Good luck!

Where do you store your stash?

We hope you've been enjoying our regular article Stash It? And now we'd like to invite you, our readers, to take part!

Do you have an inventive, quirky, or just really pretty way of storing your scrapping stash? Would you like to share your idea with other readers? If so we'd love to hear from you!

Contact us at the usual email address - scrap365@traplet.com

Buy for now folks x