Monday What's Up

Good morning! Happy April first! Its April Fools' Day. Has anyone pranked you yet?

Its a new day; its Monday, and that means today is Mojo Monday. For our inspiration today, I'll be using a card that I made, using my own design, to kick off our first ever monthly challenge! Instead of 24 hours to complete a project, you've got the entire month! You can create as many projects as you want, using the example I've provided (which, you'll find on our page at FB), until midnight on the 30th of April. After all your projects are submitted, we'll vote on our favorite and the winner will be inducted into the Everday Scrapbooker hall of fame. Doesn't that sound exciting? Maybe in the process, you'll inspire someone else. That'd be the biggest compliment of all!

There's a few What's Up items to share today:

A good friend of mine, Sharon, just shared on her blog today, that's she's been asked to be a contributing author on a blog called Ideas for Scrapbookers. Whether you're a seasoned scrapbooker, or are just beginning in a new found hobby, you'll find a lot of great inspiration at this site. Sharon, I'm positive, will help jumpstart your mojo, too, with all her wonderful work and encouraging words. Go check it out! I'll be bookmarking it, for sure!

There are some breathtaking cards up on the Jillibean blog today, some of which are momentarily going to be pinned to my Pinterest. Oh.My.Word!!!

Looking for some inspiration? Need a new project to start, but don't know what to do? How about make a notebook-shaped storage box like this one?! Isn't it gorgeous?!

Lastly, there's a beautiful new sketch posted to the PaperHaus magazine blog. If you're looking for a great starting point for your next layout, you'll want to pin this one!

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I Just wanted to share a few really neat things I found browsing Pinterest tonight.

First I've been seeing wedding dress cards that are made out of doilies floating around the web. The link that I finally pinned includes a tutorial on how to make it. You'll find it here!

Don't know what to do with all those Christmas cards you got for Christmas, your kids' birthdays, your own birthday, or postcards from family that are on vacation or live too far away to see regularly? Punch holes in them and make them into mini card albums! You can tie them together any way you please- either with ribbon or twine, or if you really want to get fancy, use binder rings! I love this idea. No more cards hiding in boxes around the house- now they can be displayed in an uber cute and economical way! You're saving trees (though they could be recycled if you don't want to hang on to them); but if you do, this is such a fantabulous idea!!! I've JUST started doing it!

Lastly, Paper Crafts magazine has a little giveaway going on over at their blog in honor of April Fools Day. One lucky commenter could receive a variety of stamps from a variety of manufacturers. But hurry, your entry needs to be in by Wednesday. Don't delay!