Garden Party Release Party: Bags, Boxes and (mini) Books

I have Christmas Elves helping me put these fun posts together. I hope you don't mind that we skipped Saturday's post...busy getting ready for Christmas! But it is the weekend and we figured you all would be fine with seeing a post sometime over the weekend. So let's give away TWO prizes today just to cover the weekend. Scroll down through these Garden Party lovely projects and see how you can win.

Cindy Stevens

Cindy's charming and practical gift bag with matching tag.

 Amy Mitchell
A gift within a gift - Amy's beautiful gift box trio and swing tag.

Janet Wilkins
 This delicately adorned jewellery box makes the perfect gift for someone who loves all things pretty.

Aphra Bolyer

A darling display box by Aphra for brightening any wall with welcome signs of Spring.

Heather Carpenter

Heather has adorned a 'Tim Holtz configuration box' with delicate accents and embellishments to create this dreamy shadow box, perfect for any little girls room.

Sarah de Guzman

A delightful mini-album filled with special Spring memories created by Sarah.

Since we skipped a day I thought I'd add an i-bond tool to each of the Garden Party Prize packages for our winners today. 

Here's how you can enter to win today's 2 prize packages: 

1. Go to Facebook and suggest the Imaginisce facebook page to your friends. Tell them they should "like" us. Come back and tell us how many friends you suggested the page to. 

2. Subscribe to our e-newsletter that will begin in 2011. We'll fill it with tons more inspiration and giveaways. If you're already subscribed, then let us know and you will still be entered to win! 

3. Add an Imaginisce Badge/button to your blog. You can find  a page with the image and code you need on our blog. 

Come back tomorrow for the last of our inspiration and we'll announce the winners from our previous posts!! 

Sarah's dino-mite Giveaway!

Hi all! It's Sarah, here.

Today, I was given the opportunity to share a post, so I decided to carry on with the Dino-Roar Collection release party. What do you say?!

When I got my scrappy hands on this collection, I was ecstatic. Check out some of the layouts that I created with these adorable papers and embellishments:


It definitely helped that I had photos pertaining to dinosaur-related photos, but trust me, these papers work with just about everything... even a layout about your friends!

I told you it's versatile (and super cute)!

...so what are you waiting for?! Get your hands on some Dino-Roar to join in on all the fun. :)

How about a dino-mite giveaway?! Leave a comment to this post by the end of this week, and we'll announce a winner of some Dino-Roar Collection products next Monday.

Good luck to all who play, and thanks for reading!

Hugs,
sarah.

Imaginisce's AUGUST Sketch Challenge by Sarah de Guzman

We are very excited to feature our August Sketch created by Sarah de Guzman. Our design team created some amazing layouts, now lets see what you can do! We would encourage you to submit your layout or card based on the sketch...especially so you can win an awesome prize package and/OR participate in our BLOG HOP today for your chance to win! 

Sarah de Guzman's take on her own sketch using the new B-Day Bash Collection:

Would you like to win now? Just HOP ON OVER to the following Design Team blogs to see what they did with the sketch. Remember, leave one comment on as many of the blogs (and ours) as you like and you'll have multiple chances to win a prize package of Imaginisce goodies. We'll announce the winner on August 9th. Enjoy!

Sarah de Guzman

Robyn Schaub

Melinda Spinks

Lori Allred

Tammy Wark

Aida Haron

Renata Moni

Kim Holmes

Cindy Stevens

Shemaine Smith

Penny Smith

Samantha Hauzer 

Liz Qualman

Heather Carpenter

Pinky Hobbs
Cari Locken
Tracy Gardiner 
Tomomi Hiramaru
Akiko Karoki 

Do you like crafting with sketches? And how would you like to win a bunch of Imaginisce products? Try out the sketch for yourself and you could win $75.00 worth of product (tools and/or paper). Create a card or layout using 75% IMAGINSCE PRODUCTS and Sarah's July Sketch for inspiration before August 25th.  

Post your sketch on your blog or online gallery AND then come back here and list your link via Mr. Linky below. (Please make sure you link to the post with your layout and not just your blog). We will select a winner to be featured on our blog at the end of the month. And of course, that means you could win your choice of the i-top Tool package, i-rock package or a $75 prize Collection package!

Me... being fake?! (and giveaway!)

Yup, you read that right... Sarah de Guzman's being fake! No, not in the way you think, hehe. I'm not fake; I promise! I did, however, want to share a way to "stitch" on all of your projects using a fun technique.

...so tons of projects these days use either machine or hand stitching, right!? Well, for those of you who don't want to break the bank or who just don't want to take out their sewing machines, here's how to get "fake" stitching:

1. Pierce holes in a straight line using a paper piercer.



2. After piercing holes into your project, use a pen to connect the holes.



3. Voila! You are now "fake" enough to add stitching to your projects! ;)



To jazz it up a little bit, you can vary the styles of stitching. Try doing a cross-stitch instead of a single straight stitch.





...and here's another card using a "fake" straight stitch:





...so there you have it! "Fake" scrapbooking at its finest! All right, I'll stop with the "fake", and bring on the REAL. What do you think of the awesomeness of the Cottage Christmas collection?! Isn't it cute?! I LOVE it.



First, because I know you're all anxiously hoping to find out who won from yesterday's blog post. Congrats goes out to Peggy!!! Just email us your shipping information and we'll get your box of goodies out to you!

Now, if you want to get your hands on the Cottage Christmas collection today, here's how:

1. Visit my blog and leave a comment.

2. Come back to this Imaginisce post and leave a comment.

3. To put your name into the random drawing FIVE MORE TIMES, share this giveaway somewhere else online -- your blog, facebook, twitter, etc.

4. Contest to win ends tonight, Wednesday, July 21st at 11:59 pm MST.

Good luck to all! ...and thanks so much for taking the time to read my post today. :)

hugs,
sarah.

Shout Out!! Sarah at The Paper Life

Hey our Imaginisce fans, our very own Sarah de Guzman is being featured over at The Paper Life blog. They even have an audio interview of her. Go check it out and leave a comment telling her how much we love her!! Congrats Sarah!

Sneak Peek: Sarah's To Love & Cherish Album

Look how amazing this sneak peek of the darling album Sarah de Guzman created with the new To Love & Cherish Collection. You will love the rest of her album, click here to go see the front of the album and inside pages. And if you'd like to see other beautiful designs created with the To Love & Cherish collection in our online Gallery.

Organization: Sticker Storage & Giveaway

Another awesome idea using the fun Scooter's Vacation Collection. Sarah de Guzman shared with us this fun "storage" idea for stickers. Something I will be recreating for myself...a girl can never have too many alphabets. Love the idea Sarah...thanks!

Share with us your favorite storage ideas (post a link in the comments) and you could win some fun Imaginisce products.