Challenge #4 Winner!

Thanks so much for playing along in our Hope for Japan challenge! We are thrilled with the response we had. Each one of you made a difference!

We had so many talented scrapbookers from Japan play along! If you have a chance, I would encourage you to click on their links and send them some words of encouragement. Many of them scrapbooked about the earthquake and tsunami and felt it was very therapeutic and healing. We feel honored to have had them play along! (As a side, we tried to leave comments for all our contributors, unfortunately, some of the Japanese blogs would not let us. Please know we looked at and appreciated all of the projects!!)

Now, for the good news:

Due to all of your hard work and effort, we are pleased to announce our donation of $100 to the Japanese Red Cross on behalf of all of you!

And we don't want to forget about our lucky winner chosen randomly from the list of participants:

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CONGRATULATIONS LISA!

Lisa made this gorgeous creation, which is inspired by the Japanese flag:

We will be in contact so we can arrange your guest designer spot for an upcoming challenge! And, you also get to put this awesome button on your blog! (You can grab it from the sidebar.)

The next Use it Tuesday Challenge will go live on the 12th!

Are you ready to Use It??

Challenge #4

Our challenge this week is related to recent world events:

Please make a project using the color RED in honor of Japan. Remember to use something from your stash you have been hoarding and please tell us in your post or project description what that item (or items) is!

As an added twist...we are going to make a donation to the Red Cross based on the number of participants we have! If we get 1-25 players, we will donate $50; 26-50 players we will donate $75 and so on up to $400! So feel free to get the word out! We would love to make a great donation on behalf of our fellow crafters. :)

Please link your creation using Mr. Linky by Friday April 1st. No blog? No problem! Just use keyword USE004 when uploading to an online gallery and leave us a direct link so we can find your creation. (Linking tips are at the bottom of the post!)

Please make sure to mention you are playing along with a Use It Tuesday challenge (a link is great too!) so we know you are participating.

One lucky participant will be chosen randomly to be a featured guest designer in an upcoming challenge!

Here is a little inspiration to get you started:

Siobhan updated a card she made previously for a Stamping Bella challenge, this time using more of her coveted Japanese Washi Paper and paper piecing the kimono.

Samantha used some of her hoarded Thickers! She has tons of these babies! And this gorgeous patterned paper is double sided so it is double the fun (she used both sides, both layouts are shown here!)

We can't wait to see what you create! Now go Use It!!

Tips for linking:

• On your blog, once you publish your post, click on "View Blog". Then copy the URL and paste that into the Mr. Linky address field.
• No blog? Easy enough! Save your creation in your online gallery. Once it has been published, click on the exact project you want linked. Once it is up in your browser, copy the URL and paste that into the Mr. Linky address field below. If you don't use any online galleries, you can use Sami's SP Gallery, registration is free and easy!

Use it Tuesday Participants

1. Sonya 2. The Crafty Elf 3. Amanda W. 4. Janet R 5. mary anne 6. Mary G. 7. yama 8. HeyHeyPaula 9. az 10. Gloria C 11. Ike 12. kotomama 13. kotomama 14. Jan Hunnicutt 15. Nancy E 16. Eve 17. Tomoko(tomo-tomo) 18. Ayuko 19. mutti 20. Tomomi 21. mau,mau 22. Lynne in NI

23. Paige 24. mami913 25. Virginia L. 26. sako* 27. kayo 28. Maki Jones 29. Joan 30. manpukuji 31. Nancy E 32. Amy M 33. Robin H 34. ｋｉｎａｋａ 35. Janeen 36. rami 37. marimari 38. KONI 39. sekky 40. Lisa Hackman 41. Lisa H 42. May 43. Mei 44. Dana

45. Takako 46. yukanna 47. OP 48. machiko 49. Yasu 50. kanga 51. Judy Shuck 52. Jess 53. yukky* 54. Beverly 55. Beverly 56. Sayatin 57. Nikka Geers 58. Toppi (Toshimi) 59. mariko 60. nom 61. keiko 62. nom 63. Isha 64. ayumi 65. Akemi　U 66. misogi

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Challenge #4 Sightings!

Thanks so much to those of you who have already played in our 4th challenge! We have had many new friends join in for this one, many of which are Japanese! It is so fun looking at their blogs! Such talented scrapbookers!!

You still have time play! Just link up to the challenge post by Friday! Remember, the challenge is to make something with the color RED in honor of Japan! And you don't need a blog to play! You can link up to your online gallery. :) We only need 3 more players to make it to our next donation level!

We will randomly choose a "winner" on Saturday and that person will have the opportunity to be a guest designer for an upcoming challenge.

Here are a few projects that were entered this week:

Sonya

Kotomama

Tomomi

Can't wait to see what everyone comes up with for the rest of the week! Remember to Use It!!!