School Theme Winner! :)

Yet another great week with so many
Grade A school projects!
Thank you all for joining us again! :)

This week's random winner has won a Crate Paper
"School Spirit" collection kit!
The lucky winner is....Congratulations Jinny Newlin!!

What a beautiful card!!
Please email us at thepapervariety@gmail.com
with your name and mailing address and we'll
get your prize to you right away.

Also, here's a special blinky for your blog! :)

*code is located on the sidebar*

Tomorrow's challenge is "tasty sweet"! ;)

And we welcome back a most fabulous sponsor!
Yummy challenge, huge prize!
Don't miss it! :)

Want a hint?Also!
Suzanne has a special announcement
for our readers tomorrow!!
Be sure to check it out! :)

Have a great night!
-Abby

It's Spotlight Night!

Our challenge this week is to create a paper project

including a school theme. With so many end-of-the-year
school functions currently going on, it's so nice to see
such a variety of projects! Our last day of school is this
coming Friday- we're super excited and looking
forward to a wonderful summer! :)
It's not easy choosing projects to spotlight! lol There
are just too many great projects every week!

MariaMaria has wowed us many times at TPV and this week
is no exception! Such a super cute mini album noting
the first day of school! Love all the embellishments! Be
sure to visit her blog to see all the great pages inside :)

LaJanetteI love the soft colors of LaJanette's graduation card.
The rolled flowers are fabulous, as well as her copic
coloring of that gorgeous image. Beautiful card! :)

Congratulations
Maria & LaJanette!

Here is a special blinky to display on your blogs :)

* See the sidebar for code *

There's still time to enter this week's challenge!


Join us by creating a paper project with a school theme
for a chance to win this Crate Paper collection! :)

All school theme entries are due Tuesday by noon est!
Click here for all the challenge details and to

link up your project :)

Have a safe and wonderful Memorial Day
with your loved ones!

Abby

It's School Week at TPV!

Welcome to week 35 at The Paper Variety!

We're nearing the end of May and students and school staff are anticipating the last day of class as summer vacation is right around the corner. Suzanne and I both work in education, and I can honestly say, we are counting those days by the hours and minutes! :)

Perhaps you plan to create a thank you card/gift for your child's teacher... or you'll be taking photos of your child's graduation (or you have photos of your own!)... you might be a teacher and want to make some cute little gifts for your students. Or maybe (if you're like me) you have years of school portraits just waiting to be scrapbooked.

We'd love to see your school themed projects!

-Challenge-

-Prize-

TPV is sponsoring this challenge and will award this Crate Paper "School Spirit" kit to one lucky randomly chosen winner! :)

-Inspiration-

Need a little push to get scrappy?
Check out these A+ school theme projects from our TPV DT! :)

Marilyn
A memory when my daughter was in Pre-Kinder. Oh my, times flies!!! I used DCWV Pattern Papers.

Suzy

I made a mini album for my daughter, I'll fill this album with her photos from Kindergarten so she can have something to remember when she grow up :)

Theresa

This challenge is great...it gave me the push I needed to scrap this picture of my dad when he was in first grade.

Yara

It seems like yesterday, the first day going to school to pickup your uniforms and working books. Finally, I scrapped our school memories. I used a sketch from Sassafras manufacturer's blog.

Amy

Ready for school! My brother and sister in 1966 with all their school supplies. I used a sketch from October Afternoon and almost all supplies are from OA as well!

April

For my school theme project, I decided to make some cute little gift card holders for teachers! What teacher wouldn't love getting one of these, right? ;)

Abby

I decided to make a mini album (my first ever!) for my son's grade school photos. I used Crate Paper's School Spirit collection, the TPV prize this week. You can view the inside pages on my blog. :)

Now it's your turn!
Get out all your "school supplies" - paper, scissors and glue - and link up your school themed paper project below.
Link before Sunday evening for a chance to be featured in our Spotlight. Link before Tuesday noon for your chance at the Crate Paper prize! :)

One entry per person. Challenge rules can be found by clicking here.

Have fun!
Abby

We have a **winner**!

Is anyone else terribly upset that the Dancing With The Stars, American Idol **and** Biggest Loser finales are ALL on the same night at the same time?! Ahhh!!

But I digress...

We have a winner for this week's challenge and you don't have to channel surf through 2 hours of performances, countdowns, commercials and annoying stage music! :)

Our challenge this week was..

Thanks again to our SPONSOR! ;)

We had 55 fabulous entries and the winner is..

#42 was JuelMarie with her SUPER FUN card!

Congratulations JuelMarie!

Please email us at thepapervariety@gmail.com to claim your prize.

Also, here's a special blinky for your blog! :)

*code is located on the sidebar*

Abby is back tomorrow with a FUN challenge and PRIZE!

Want a hint?

Any guesses?!  

-Suzanne

Are you a *star* tonight?

So many wonderful STAR entries this week! :) It was hard to pick 2 to spotlight!

Fellow Team B DT member Jan chose to feature Susan Zennario's playful layout!

Jan added: "I love the way Susan used stars 3 differnt ways!  Using

them on the banner is a great idea, love them as the center

for her handmade flower and the clustered stars tie it altogether!"

I chose to feature Julie's fabulous boy layout!

I recently picked up this Crate Paper collection and love how Julie used some of the labels and patterned papers. Doesn't that currogated cardboard make the page?

Congratulations Susan and Julie!!

Here is a special blinky to display on your blogs :)

* See the sidebar for code *

There's still time to enter this week's challenge!

For a chance to win:

See THIS POST for all the details :)

Have a great week !

-Suzanne

Technique Tuesday on Friday :)

TGIF! It's time for another spotlight on our generous sponsor :) 

The Paper Variety is pleased to partner with Technique Tuesday this week to deliver a star-studded prize for our current challenge:

A little about this fabulous company:

At Technique Tuesday, we are committed to offering the most beautiful, high-quality, affordable clear stamps and paper crafting products. We are also committed to sharing the art of stamping and our enthusiasm for paper crafting through our website, blog, newsletters, and workshops. Whether you prefer a simple style or an embellished look, are a beginner or have been crafting for years, our products will help you create beautiful scrapbook pages, personalized handmade cards, unique gifts, and one-of-a-kind home décor items.

Technique Tuesday was founded in 2003. Our managers are experienced business people who are committed to doing business with integrity. Because we are also scrapbookers and paper crafters, we carefully design each of our products, thoroughly test them, and sell only what we love and, therefore, what we think you will love too. Our products, our packaging, and the techniques we showcase are all created with you, a fellow paper crafter, in mind.

Be sure to stop by their store!

Leave a comment with your what's on your wishlists :)

For me, I am eyeing up:

These cool date stamps. Perfect for journaling!

All of Ali Edwards' stamps, especially this one:

These awesome postage stamp chipboard pieces!

What do you love?

Supporting our sponsors helps us deliver awesome prizes EVERY week at The Paper Variety! :)

Don't forget to enter this week's challenge before Sunday evening for a chance to be featured on our blog and before Tuesday at noon to be eligible for the prize.

See THIS POST for all of the details.

Have a great weekend!

-Suzanne

Star Studded Challenge!!

Good Morning!!

Welcome to another challenge at The Paper Variety! I had so much fun looking at the movie themed projects last week. You girls bring it every week! Whether you are faithful follower, just stopping by, or new to our blog - welcome to another fun challenge! ;)

You have until next Tuesday at noon to link up your project below:

We will draw one random winner to receive this week's prize - sponsored by Technique Tuesday!

Isn't this 2 page layout so fun?! You will receive everything needed to create this project. I love those star frames and banners!

Design Team B were super STARS this week :) Check out these projects:

Jan

Jan said, "I based this card on a sketch by Nicole Samuels. I used some of my favorite things on it; Strano Ribbon, hand stitching and SRM Stickers!"

Mindy

Mindy said, "I wanted to make a card for my hubby that was masculine! I've been sick this week and although I give my poor hubby a hard time, I am really lucky to have him and I just wanted to let him know that!!"

Patti

Patti said, "I used some Webster's "let's celebrate" pp to make my card. I embossed the word "FAMILY" and pop dotted the star."

Tessa

Tessa said, "I am always drawn to stars as embellishments for boy pages. For this layout I tried the reverse applique technique: I cut stars out of my background, distressed the edges, and then adhered a patterned paper to the back of my layout, allowing the design to show through the spaces I had cut out. I also used foam adhesive to pop up several smaller stars."

Melissa

Melissa said, "Inspired by my Mom and her love of books, I've been doing a lot more reading lately. I thought it would be cool to have a place to record the books I'm reading, and that inspired me to create this mini-book, using supplies from the Little Boy collection by Echo Park. I just used index cards adhered back to back for the pages. Simple, but fun and easy to make."

Suzanne

I just ordered this all occasion Hero Arts stamp set and had to use the July 4th sentiment a few months early! I just love this patriotic silhouette.

We can't wait to see what star-studded project you create this week! Whether you use patterned paper, die cuts, stamps or other media - link up your paper project below for a chance to win.

One entry per person please! :)

Link up before Sunday evening for a chance to be featured and before noon on Tuesday to be eligible for the prize.

Have a great day!

-Suzanne

Movie Theme Winner! :)

Beautiful projects, everyone!
Thanks so much for joining us for our
movie theme challenge! :)

This week's random winner has won a
$10 shop credit and goodie bag kindly donated

by Diana at

Design by Diana!

Our winner this week....

Congratulations Barbara!

Please email us at thepapervariety@gmail.com to claim your prize.

Also, here's a special blinky for your blog! :)

*code is located on the sidebar*

Be sure to return tomorrow for our next challenge!

Suzanne will bring you a fun new prompt
and TPV welcomes a new sponsor!

-Abby