Doodlebug Design Yankee Doodle Giveaway! **CLOSED**

The very talented Doodlebug Design Team has created the layout samples for July's PageMaps and they are just darling! Be sure to check them out HERE. Doodlebug has also generously donated their complete Yankee Doodle collection and one lucky winner will take this prize package home:

For your chance to win this great prize, leave a comment on this post and tell us what your favorite Doodlebug product or collection is! We will draw a random winner on Monday, July 24th. This giveaway is open to everyone, everywhere!

Good luck!

Becky

Doodlebug Giveaway Winner

Kudos to Stephanie M, winner of the Doodlebug goodies! Stephanie, please email becky@pagemaps.com with your shipping info and we'll get this prize sent off to you.

Thank you to everyone who left a comment on this post. It sounds like everyone really loves summer!

Happy weekend,

Becky

Doodlebug Design giveaway!

Calling all Doodlebug fans! Would you like to win this fresh summer-themed collection of papers and embellishments, generously donated by Tonya at Doodlebug? For your chance to win, leave a comment on this post and tell us what your favorite summer activity is. You can double your chances of winning by leaving the same comment on our corresponding Facebook post. We'll draw a random winner on Friday, July 24th at 4pm MST.

 Happy July, peeps!

Becky

Relay for Life Holiday Raffle! **closed**

'Tis the season to be jolly ... and thankful ... and giving. Stephanie and I are so excited to bring you our first ever Relay for Life Holiday Raffle! This baby is chocked full of holiday goodies from some of your favorite manufacturers. Complete collections from Fancy Pants, BoBunny, Echo Park, BasicGrey and more!

Tickets are just $2 and all proceeds benefit the American Cancer Society's Relay for Life (our walk is every July). Take a peek at the treasure chest of goodies you could win (click on each image for a closer look):

Fancy Pants Oh Deer collection

BasicGrey Evergeen cardmakers collection

BoBunny Candy Cane Lane collection

Echo Park This Is Christmas

BoBunny Merry & Bright

Carta Bella Merry Christmas collection

Echo Park Reflections collection

Echo Park Christmas Cheer cardmakers collection

Taylored Expressions Advent stamps

Paper Smooches winter stamps

Spellbinders dies

Lawn Fawn twines

Doodlebug red album

CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE YOUR
LUCKY RAFFLE TICKET!

 

This raffle is open to everyone, everywhere in the world.
We will cover shipping to any winner in the lower 48 states, but ask that if
someone outside the lower 48 wins this raffle to please pay half the shipping.

The raffle starts today (December 6) and closes December 31, 2014. We will announce the lucky winner on January 1, 2015, just in time to start scrapping all those holiday photos!

Thank you everyone for your support of our Relay for Life fundraising efforts. We can't do this without you.

Becky & Stephanie

anniversary winners!

Good morning, everyone! Today we are announcing the winners of all of the anniversary challenges that took place back in May, along with the grand prize winner. Woot! Thank you to everyone who participated in the festivities, and a big thanks to all of the manufacturers who so generously donated prizes and contributed fantastic artwork.

Your Favorite Sketch challenge

Little Yellow Bicycle

Winner: Isbaha

 

 

 

Make Your Own Stamps challenge

Doodlebug Design

Winner: Melissa Bonifaio

 

 

Colour Suite challenge

Echo Park

Winner: Tracey

 

 

1-2-3-4 Card challenge

Penny Black Stamps

Winner: Colleen

 

 

On The Border challenge

Simple Stories

Winner: Nicolle Kramer

 

 

Paper Mixology challenge

BasicGrey

Winner: JinnyNewlin

 

 

Boy-Girl Layout challenge

Fancy Pants

Winner: kmperry

 

 

Sketch Conversion challenge

Webster's Pages

Winner: Debbie

 

 

Shape Up Card challenge

Bo Bunny

Winner: Stephanie Ferris

 

 

GRAND PRIZE WNNER

$200 ACOT gift certificate

Winner: Missy Whinden

 

Ladies, congratulations! Please email me (becky@pagemaps.com) with your shipping info and we'll have the manufacturers send out your prize.

The final challenge (SCT CardMaps Challenge) that was postponed from May 27th will be posted this Friday, June 21st.

Thank you again!

Becky

make your own stamp challenge + prize **contest closed**

My friend, Shanna Vineyard, joins us today with a really cool "Make Your Own Stamp" challenge! And to sweeten the pot, Doodlebug has also joined in with this awesome prize package of their Fruit Stand collection!

Good morning, sketch fans, Shanna here! I was really excited and flattered when Becky asked if I’d like to help celebrate the 7^th Anniversary of Page Maps with her readers. I’ve been a HUGE fan of Page Maps from the very beginning and I regularly check in for inspiration so this was a lot of fun to create something to share today! 

One of my very favorite things to do is create my own foam stamps. There are several ways you can do this.  The first way I’ve shared here is by using some foam letter stickers from your stash and adhering them to an acrylic block. I took the “A” from this package of Thickers and made a plus sign by cutting up a “t” from another package to create an “A+” stamp to use on this teacher card. I stamped all over to create my background paper. Super fun right? 

 

 

Another way you can create your own foam stamps is to use punches or die cuts to cut shapes out of foam.  I traced some flowers I punched out of paper onto this pink foam before I hand cut them out.  You can use foam in most die cut machines to cut out shapes and letters of all kinds so the possibilities are endless!  Once I cut the flowers out of the foam and adhered it to an acrylic block, it was ready to stamp with.  Here’s a few photos of the process. 

Once I stamped several different flowers in two different sizes, I hand cut them out leaving a tiny white border around the image.  Then they are ready to add to my layout like I did below.  Once I had them glued onto my page, I added some buttons for added color and detail.  I glued them to the page using pop dots so they would stand off the page a bit.  I love dimension on my layouts. 

Shanna, thank you so much for this awesome tutorial -- love it!

 

For your chance to win Doodlebug's sweet collection from Fruit Stand collection, create a layout or card based on one of these sketches, and include a foam stamp image like Shanna has shown us here! Post a comment on this thread with a link to your entry. This contest starts today and ends at midnight MST, Sunday, May 26, 2013.  The challenge is open to everyone, everywhere!

 

Good luck everyone!

Becky