It's the February Progressive Blog Challenge from Snap and Scrap!

Welcome to the February Snap and Scrap Cybercrop Progressive Blog Challenge!! You've just arrived at stop #1. If you're just jumping aboard, here's the 411. Basically, the PBC is a blog train that you follow along to pick up all the freebies and then use them to create a layout. Upload to the Snap & Scrap Cyber Crop Gallery and post a link to the finished product in cybercrop forum before 9am Monday 2nd March. It's heaps of fun and you get all of the freebies along the way!

PLUS this FABULOUS co-ordinating participation prize!

Here's your PBC freebie. Remember, you MUST use at least 1 thing from this download on your layout!!

Click the preview or click here to download. (4-shared)
If you would prefer to download from Box.net, click here.

Here's a 100% closeup so you can see the texture: Once you've finished downloading, head on over to stop #2, it's Sharon's Blog (http://www.digitalcreations.typepad.com/) As we are co-ordinating this across quite a few different time zones, please be patient if all of the stops are not yet posted.

Progressive Blog Challenge:
Stop 1 - Caz <---------------------- You're here!
Stop 2 - Sharon
Stop 3 - Charlie
Stop 4 - Christina
Stop 5 - Bonnie
Stop 6 - Bree

The Cybercrop that is happening over at Snap and Scrap this weekend is such a blast with Bingo (a total riot, and SOMEONE has to come and BEAT our reigning Bingo Champ who has never lost a game!), Scraplift Challenge, Template Challenge, and a whole lot of other amazing happenings.

We'd LOVE to see you there!

Just for Fun! kit by Mel Hains

Mel is at it again! Her latest kit is bright and cheery and very versatile - us it for those boy AND girl LO's ... you know the ones where they can't be all pink or all blue? ;)

Credits here

Get it here!

There is SO much in the works in scrappyland - stay tuned!

February Cybercrop at Snap and Scrap THIS WEEKEND!

If you haven't been to a cybercrop at Snap and Scrap yet, you need to MAKE SURE you come to the one this weekend!

See you there!

HUGE "Spirit of Summer" Charity Collab kit - Over 1 gig for a small donation for victoria fires!

Spirit of Summer is a charity collab benefiting the Victorian bushfire Appeal. Not only has this affected Australians, but human beings the world over. 29 Australian and international designers have banded together to help support many Australians, animals and communities decimated by one of Australia's worse national disasters.

What happened?
On Saturday, Feb 7, the temperature in Melbourne was 33'c by 9am. By noon it was 40'c and by 2.50 pm soared to 47.9'c (a state record).Thousands of people were also about to start running from the inferno that would become one of Australia's worst peacetime disasters. Trees ignited in the blink of an eye. By the time people heard the roar, it was too late to flee ahead of the flames.Unfortunately no one or nothing could have stopped this inferno that wiped out communities, bushland, and lives within minutes. Many towns now cease to exist!.After watching
interviews with survivors, many say that they cant put into words what
they went through, saw or felt on that day.Here are just a few
pictures(courtesy of google,The Age, SBS & ABC Aust.) of this
horrible disaster:

Why is this charity kit different?

No money will change hands at Snap N Tag (our host website).
We are asking for your support by donating DIRECTLY to one of the
following charities:

Donations can be made here:

The salvation Army

or here:

Australian Red Cross

What do I get for my donation and where:

You will be helping the people of Victoria, Australia most importantly, but you will also receive this amazing MEGA kit (see below).
There are 167 papers, 326 elements, 2 Alphas and a glitter syles pack as well. How amazingly fabulous is that and you can receive all of this for as little as a $5.00 donation.(**Vouchers will be emailed upon receipt of proof of Donation**)
But thats not all! For showing us how much you all really care, you
not only get the MEGA kit but receive a Quickpage Album if you donate over $10.00...WOW how awsome is that!

Look at the STUNNING LO's using the kit:

To receive your Charity collab go here at Scrap N Tag (** Don't forget
your receipt of donation**)

Donated! Wear your blinkie proudly: (made by Michelle Filo)

I want to personally thank those invloved in the creation of this MEGA kit!

Dont we all! 34 ladies have done an amazing job planning,
creating, collating and advertising for this Charity appeal! Below is a
list of blogs with the names of these 29 people. Please leave some
love for them all to let them know how appreciated there efforts have
been.

A work in Progress-designs by Vicki
Ambowife Designs
Carjazi Designs
Carolyn Kite- Co-Owner of Scrap N Tag
Chaos Lounge
Charlie's Digiscraps
Color with Caryn
Desert Designs
DigiLover's Addiction
Emcee Scraps
Flergs
Gillian Foley- owner of Snap & Scrap
HoleyCow Designs
Jeanette Bollinger Designs
KimB's Designs
KylieM Designs
Laitha
Lindsay Jane Designs
Mel_h Designs
mITSYBELLE
Piggyscraps Designs
SKrapper Digitals
Scrap'it Designs
Scrappin happens/Julie C Designs
Shazbutt's Digi Scrapz
Sweet Blossom Designs
WenchdGrafix Designs
Zesty Digi Designs
[ksharonkdesigns]
Dunia
Scrapidea Timkova
Toni Autrey Designs
PST Designs
Designs by Aliya

Thank you so much to everyone who contributed in whatever ways they could to bring this together. Ultimately, small efforts from many people end up being one BIG effort, and I hope that the donations from this Collab will significantly impact the lives of those who have so drastically changed by the fires.

Something fun - what word are you!?

My favorite Mel has this fun little doo-diddy on her blog so I decided to have a little fun (yeah - my life is sorely in need of a new definiteion of FUN! LOL!)

What's Your Word?
Your Word is "Love"

You see life as possibility to form deep connections with a few people.Relationships are the center of your world, and you always take time to bond with those you love.You are caring and giving. You enjoy helping those you love.And when it comes to romantic love, you feel passionately ... even in a very long term relationship.

Free Mega kit - over 100 megs and it's GORGEOUS!

The designers at Snap and Scrap have really done a fantastic job with their kit "Circle of Friends." What's even more amazing is that they're giving it away FREE!

All you have to do is mosey on over to the forum and say hi here! That's it! Nothing else to do! Wowsers!

I'm off to get brownies out of the oven :) I may be back later... SO sorry I have neglected the blog lately. A lot going on. But that's how it is for all of us, isn't it!?
Take care!

My Template Challenge on the Snap and Scrap blog is up!

Just wanted to let you know that I made my very first template ever, and it's up on the Snap and Scrap blog for Thursday's Challenge! Head on over there to see all the goodies - there are some great tutorials from Sharon (a.k.a. skyezak) The girl is amazing! There are also some other challenges, ideas - it's really a great place to get inspired.

This is my layout using my template, and "Homemade Valentine" by Wimpychompers Creations. I really enjoyed this kit - lots of unique elements, and great fun to use.

Credits here

And this is the template:
This link has expired!

Make sure you head over to Snap and Scrap and post your layouts there - I'd LOVE to see what you do with the template!

I need an early night tonight. BOY am I going to enjoy my bed! Good night!

Remember the gorgeous "Paper Princess"? Enter the fabulous "Paper Prince"!!!

One of my favorite kits of Charlie's is Paper Princess, which also happens to be one of her first. She has done it again with Paper Prince! I just LOVE this two kits, and to have the two co-ordinating kits to use together for those of us who have both boys and girls is awesome. I might just have to do something with that for you guys!

Credits here

The kit is incredibly versatile and there have been so many completely different LO's already from her CT.

You can get this gorgeous kit from her store at SAS. It'll be at Snap and Scrap later in the week.

I have SO much to catch up on after taking a few days off from Digiscrapping. Ya know, I'm not sure it was worth the time off! I missed a lot, and now I'm scrambling to catch up. Hmmm. Lesson learned ;)

All that to say, this may not be my only post today! LOL!