Beary Sweet Challenge #21 and Birthday Bash

Scroll down to see Gini's stunning sample made with this new sketch - it's so beautiful my jaw dropped!

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Our first ever Guest Designer Call ends Saturday night (3/5). Please GO HERE for all the details - we'd love you to enter!

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Welcome to our Beary Sweet Challenge #21
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BIRTHDAY BASH!

The design team sends out HUGE thanks to everyone who joined our BSC #20 - we are so thrilled to see each and every one of you! We'll announce winners on Thursday, March 3rd. Thank you for your support!

March is our 1st birthday here at the Beary Scrap Design Team & Challenge blog! Can you believe it? Phew! Time really does fly when you're having fun. :-) Of course, since it's our birthday we want YOU to get the presents! We're doing things a little different this month, so read on for all the important details to see how you could win.

2 Challenges - 3 Chances - 5 Prizes

We will have two challenges like we do every month, but will not have the normal gift voucher prizes. This month your challenge entries are actually chances to win our birthday party presents! After the second challenge ends on March 31st we will randomly pick 5 names from all of our challenge entries to win. We want to honor and thank our challenge participants both old and new by making the prizes available only to those who play with us. We appreciate you so much!

Chance #1: Enter one project in our sketch challenge March 1 - 14
Chance #2: Enter one project in our theme challenge March 15 - 31
Chance #3: If -and only if- you enter either challenge, you can also put our Birthday badge on your blog sidebar for a bonus chance to win!

"What are the prizes", you ask? Let us tell you!

Winner #1 will receive this fantastic prize pack:

 

Prize pack includes:

Scor Buddy

Echo Park's "For The Record" complete 12x12 kit

Graphic 45's "Once Upon A Springtime" 8x8 pad

MS Deep Edge Border Punch "Flower Bed"

Glimmer Mist "Bahama Blue"

Meyer's Imports German Glass Glitter "Pink"

Kaisercraft Pearls in 4 great colors

Sakura Stardust Glitter Pen set

Stickles "Lagoon" and "Diamond"

Beautiful May Arts ribbons and lace

Fantastic assortment of mulberry roses and calla lilies

Winner #2

 

Winner #3: $25 Gift Voucher

Winner #4: $20 Gift Voucher

Winner #5: $15 Gift Voucher

All you have to do is follow our normal challenge rules below and you are automatically entered! If you want the bonus chance to win (enter a challenge plus put our birthday badge on your blog sidebar) leave a comment below. It's that easy!

Here's our birthday badge - right click to copy or use the html code on the right to easily add to your blog!

Here's the sketch to use for our first challenge - happy crafting!

This challenge runs through March 14th at 11:59pm EST. All entries will be carried over for our random drawing on April 3rd. We will announce our "Beary Sweet Top 3" from each challenge on March 17th and April 3rd.

Here are the simple, standard "rules" to play - PLEASE READ:

• Become a follower if you aren't already (don't forget this one - it's disqualified a few folks already!);
• Link your challenge entry post (not your blog "home page") or your online gallery submission with our Inlinkz frog below.
• Link back to this challenge post (not just our blog "home page") on your blog
• Only one (1) entry per person. In fairness to all players, if you enter this challenge more than once all second, third, etc. entries will be deleted without notice. Links to projects/cards posted before March 1st will not be eligible.

Additional information:

• Feel free to combine with other challenges;
• All NEW project types are welcome as long as they follow this sketch challenge (cards, scrapbook layouts, etc.);
• International crafters can play, too!

Thanks for celebrating our birthday and playing along with our challenges - we really appreciate you!

Cheers,

Susan, Gini, Patricia, Jamie and Kimm