Introducing Our Monthly LPS Blog Card Sketch Contest

We here at Life Preservers Scrapbook Club are excited to announce our new monthly card sketch contest! It is open to everyone in the blog-o-sphere and members of LPS can get two chances to win each month.
Here is this month’s prize - coming soon!

Here is the nitty gritty rules for those in the blog-o-sphere:
1.) Follow the sketch and make your card.
2.) Post a picture of your card on your blog with this message - “My entry for the LPS Blog Card Sketch Contest.”
3.) You can say whatever else you want in the post, but you need to have that sentence with the link to the blog in order to qualify for the contest. Then come back here and post a comment to this blog post with a link to your card post. I will check it out and assign you a number for the random drawing.

And the rules for our members:
1.) If you do all of the above, you’ll get one chance to win. Just like everyone else in the blog-o-sphere.
2.) For a second chance to win post a picture of the card here on our message board, but it has to have been made with 85% of any of the LPS November kits, to get the chance to win. You can make this the same card or you can make one for your blog and one for the MB. It’s up to you.
3.) All entries will be assigned a number and the winner will be picked at random – possibly by my 7-year-old out of a hat.

Good luck and here is this month’s sketch from me:

More of my card sketches at WittyLiving.com.

Finding Friday Freebies - Scrapbook Fonts

If you are like me, you enjoy finding freebies on the Net. I could say I’m slightly addicted to finding scrapbooking freebies – cuz I collect them ;-) – but I feel that is 'understood' between scrappers. The best thing about my little addiction will be that you get to benefit from it!

This week, I was send an email from a font company called ScrapNFonts.com that I’ve enjoyed purchasing from, cute fonts can be found there. Now, they have placed some new fonts in their free section for a limited time, I don’t know how long. There is an example of my favorite free font they are offering below. It is called the Scrap Color Me. Here is a direct link to their free area.

I also may use the LD Wedding one with the LPS Mega Kit for November and do a formal page of my grandparents wedding... what do you think??

Full disclaimer to the government or any cynics reading: I don’t work for them, I don’t get any money from them or anything more than everybody else can get. I just really liked their fonts, dear FCC, and I’m passing that on to my friends at LPS.

Only 10 days left to reserve your December scrapbook kits!

Here at Life Preservers Scrapbook Club, we like to reserve our kits as early as possible, so we don’t miss out… but then there are times, like this month, when you just have the hardest time choosing which ones you want – you all know what I’m saying! But time is running short, ladies. You need to make a decision which of the LPS December kits to get. Take a look at the kits and choose here.

And yeah, did you see the stamp??!! It’s available for December too.

Life Preserver's Club Online Scrapbook Crop: They came. They cropped. They were INSPIRED!

Life Preserver's Club Dare to be Inspired Crop was a blast! There were challenges, there were make-and-takes and there were scrappers cropping 24/7. RAKS were given... and taken. Lots of fun was had by all – and lots of scrapbooking was done. Each and every challenge gave Life Preserver's Club members and guests reason to make beautiful things with their scrapbooking supplies.

The crop started with a early bird sketch challenge where we were blessed with the most inspiring original sketch by Stephanie Vaughn of ScrapSketch.com and ended with a Kill a Kit challenge to help all of those that needed to use up their supplies. Oh, and did I mention the 13 other challenges the waaay coool LPS Design Team put together? What a fun weekend!

If you weren’t able to be at the crop, take a look at all the great layout ideas board members did and the make-and-take tutorials:
Early Bird Challenge, Colour Challenge, Ghosts of Halloweens Past, Recipe Challenge, Interview Challenge, Layout Bingo Challenge, Harvest Inspiration Challenge, Thou Shalt Lift! Challenge, Breast Cancer/Domestic Violence Cause Challenge, Friendly Challenge, Tag Challenge, Tell the Story Challenge, Spray Ink with Leaf Mask Technique Challenge, Trick or Treat, Smell my Feet, Give me Something Good to Eat Challenge, Twin Photos Challenge

Make and Takes: Fall Wagon Paper Piecing, Halloween Banner Make & Take, Jodi's Treat Bag Make & Take, Mini Album/Birthday Card, Coffee Sleeve Mini Album Make & Take

Were you at the crop? What was your favorite challenge? What make-and-take will you use again and again? Let us know in the comments area.

Crazy times on the Message Board

Last week was CRAZY on the message board!  The Big Scrapper House contest is in it's final stages and last week we had to scrap as much as we could to get as many points as we could as a team.  The Red Team won, but only by a fingernail.  But be sure to check out the work in the Gallery-it's FLOODED with inspiration!

Here's just a sampling of some of the goodies in our Gallery from the "Scrap-Cram" week of the Big Scrapper House:


Andrea- using the September Alternate Kit (what a cutie!)

Jodi- celebrating her (not so) perfect life...the journaling really hit home with me!

Kim-using the August Card Kit what a great way to use this flexible kit!

Sue-I just love the feel and flow of this layout!

Sharon-no comment necessary!

That's just a small sampling of the work the girls did this week-check out the Gallery for TONS more and be inspired!

DT Announcement coming on the 30th...this is very very difficult for me...we have a panel of judges that are helping out with the selection process, but I wish I could pick all of the entrants!

Have a great week, everyone!

LPS is in Scrapbook News &Review

Check it out!

http://www.scrapbooknewsandreview.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1749:kit-club-review&catid=82&Itemid=100039
While you are there, be sure to subscribe to their full-color online magazine-it's gorgeous and packed full of scrappy goodness! 

Thanks for the fantastic review, Kate!  

Here it is....

The end of August.  By now I should be anticipating packing the kits for September this weekend.  Am I? NO...I have only received the Ribbon Kits and the patterned paper for the Mini.  Apparently "show orders" are pushing everybody else's orders to the side.  :(  SO, please be patient with me, as I try and get the kit goodies sent asap.

We've been getting our scrap on in the Big Scrapper House!  Even though some of the ladies are a little sidetracked, thanks to Jesse (ahem! You know who you are!) we've been having some fun times. Check out some of the work that we've been doing...(well, I guess I can't say WE anymore, huh? Since I got BOOTED!):

Andrea's week 2 awesome layout-look at those smiles!

Chris' layout from week 2 is fabulous (even though DH got hurt in the process!!)

Lisa's incredible Week 1 layout featuring her little "daredevil".

October sneaky.....

more to come.....

A fun time was had by all...

We got lots of scrappin' done, some games and had lots of fun at our online crop. It was a celebration worthy of Life Preservers Scrapbook Club's 7th birthday!



Jodi's card from Sandra's Make & Take



Kim A's take on the Early Bird Challenge


Chris' take on the Boyz challenge




Lisa's layout for the "bad pic" challenge

If you missed it, you can still access the fabulous challenges and Make & Takes on the message board! Don't miss Gabrielle's Vacation Travel Souvenir Make & Take made from a recycled Walgreen's photo envelope!

Our Guest Designers for July were Andrea Smith (Illinois) and Sharon Sprouse (Virginia). They have done some beautiful work with the LP Kits this month:


Sharon Sprouse, using the July Liberty Mini Kit




Andrea Smith, using the July Featured Kit

Happy Scrappin'!

Coming soon, to a mail box near you!

Featured Mega Kit:

Alternate Mega Kit:

Project Kit:

Mini Turtles & Trees Kit:

(Invoicing is still ongoing, so if you've not received yours, don't worry...you'll be getting it this week).

Don't forget to join us for the online crop July 17-19! The DT is planning some terrific challenges so be sure to join us to get your scrap on!

August ordering has only about a week left...be sure to put your order in now-some kits are limited!

Sneak peeks are coming on July 15th...hint: Apron.