Chit Chat for MS March 2015 Speed Scrap Marathon
 

Mark your calendars! The annual MouseScrappers Speed Scrap Marathon is coming! The dates are March 20th - 22nd! :yeah:

The format is very similar to last year... lots of Speed Scraps, tons of amazing prizes, lots of chatting, goodie bags and LOTS and LOTS of FUN!!!

I will be back very soon with more information, a complete schedule and some eye candy to get the excitement started.

Oh a suggestion for you... You may need to update your JAVA to join in on the chats. Go ahead and do that NOW... so you will be ready. Jump into the chatroom before the 20th to make sure you won't have any issues. :thumbsup:

So.... get ready for loads of fun and fellowship. Mark your calendars, meal plan early, sweet talk DH into giving you this girls weekend, update your JAVA, get your laundry and housework done early and be thinking about all the fun that is about to happen. :woohoo:

I'm so ready!!!! I need a girls weekend!!!! Plus I've already gotten some goodies and I can't wait to share!!!!!

How about you? You ready? Let's use this thread to chat about the marathon. :chat:

YES!!
 

I am sooo ready! I have been stalking the forums waiting for an announcement! My daughter's birthday is the 27, so I am thrilled you didn't chose that weekend!! :hooray::yeah:

Excited! When will it start on Friday - early in the morning or after work time? Just trying to decide if I should take a day from work :)

Sheryl,

The first Speed Scrap is currently scheduled for 1:00 pm EST. Hope that helps in the planning process. :)

I have a full schedule in a week or so. I'm putting the final touches on it now.

Looking forward to posting more about things soon.

Thanks!

I'm glad the timing works for you! Looking forward to seeing your pages in the gallery. :)

I can't wait! My fiance works Fridays and Saturdays from 8-6, so I'll be occupying my time with the SS! :woohoo::yeah: I might have to sweet talk him into letting me do my thing on Sunday! I even put it in my calendar on my phone so I remember! LoL.

-Lori

Woot! I need me a Speed Scrap Marathon!

Can't Wait!
 

So happy I logged on today and saw the announcement. My laptop needs a tuneup and now I have the motivation to get an appointment scheduled so it is in tip top shape for scrappin......and the java update.

I look forward to this every year! Before long, I will need to head back to the Parks for more pictures.....I mean memories! Can't wait to see what challenges are going to be thought up.......along with everyone's amazing layouts! My scrappin time has been suffering....

And now I have motivation to get ahead in my studies, so I can participate more.

Thanks for organizing!
Stacy

count me in! how fun! I will get my cruise album done!!:woohoo::woohoo::woohoo:

Yay! I probably won't be able to do much chatting this year since I've been working weekends a lot recently and will need as much scrapping time as possible, but I'll do what I can to finish (who needs sleep?).

I'll be playing in the parks! Yea and boo. I'm sad I'm gonna miss the marathon this year. I might could do some on Sunday.....we'll see how the vacation hangover is :)

UGH!!! I have homeschool convention that weekend on Friday and Saturday,:sad2: Stinkin kids education, if only the stated realized how much more important the marathon was!!!!:lol2: But I will be up late in the hotel room Fri to get some done :scrapbooking:and I have a 4 hour drive back home afterward on Sat, so I wont be in the chats much but I will be working my booty off to get those challenges completed in time to collect all the goodies! I better get really really organized NOW!!!
:thanks:

Wahoo !!!!! Looking forward to it :yeah::yeah::yeah::yeah::yeah:

I just found this post! So excited! Can't wait to get all the details!! :yeah::yeah:

Yay!! I'm so excited :)

Maybe I can participate this year. I did not get to last year and it was so hard to see everyone having all that fun without me. Hope to see you all there!

I hope I can make it! I have to work in the morning on the 21st, but I should be free the rest of the weekend!!

Looking forward to scrapping! :hooray:

yay! so excited for a fun weekend! I'll have to talk the inlaws into taking the girls for the weekend so I can get some scrapping in!!!

Hope I can make it, summer here so weekends are busy but who knows maybe we stay at home and make DH and DS watch a marathon too LOL

I'm brand new to the boards and am really excited to try this speed scrap.

I haven't done a whole lot of digi scrapping but have tons of disney trip pictures to use- i think i have always been afraid to put them on a paper page because i felt like i had to make it optimal. i really want to try to do these challenges as a way to get myself scrapping again and luck would have it we will have no hockey games that weekend :)

I'm sure you'll do great scraptraci! I hope you'll find that everyone is really helpful and kind here...if you have any questions or need help, feel free to ask!

Yes!
 

So I am so excited. My parents just called and ASKED if they could have my two boys the weekend of the SS! Umm YEAH! Now I just have to keep my 3yo busy so I can scrap hahaha!

Thanks Aussiegirl, i think i will try to do a practice run on how to post files to the forum as i have never done that. I did follow the suggestion and updated my java and successfully logged into the chat app a few minutes ago

I HATE that I am going to miss most of it for the 2nd time. I'm driving to Florida on the 20th to see Mom for the week and I have no idea how many I'll get to participate in on Saturday and Sunday.

So excited! :yeah:
I wish that I could be going to more of the chats, my daughter is playing in Shrek, Jr this weekend and next, so we will be pretty occupied.
I still plan on getting the full marathon, though!!

:hooray:

Whooo hooo!
 

So excited! This will be my first... got a new copy of PS Elements 13 and lots of pics left from our trip in Jan to scrap!

Whoo hoo. Driving home right now from my first cruise so I have a brand new set of pictures to go through and start Scrapping!! And my DH and DS will be camping. DD is going to get to do practically anything she wants to. Lol:yeah:

March 20-22
 

I am new to digital scrapbooking and I am looking forward to the upcoming scrap-weekend. Any advice for a newbie? :thanks:

Welcome! :wave: If you want to join in the chats, try logging in to the chat room this week to be sure your java is up to date. Post a layout to the gallery this week to be sure it works for you. Also, if you look in the forums under challenges and speed scraps, there is a post about tips and tricks that might be helpful. The marathon can be crazy busy but have fun and don't hesitate to ask if you have a question!

One thing I always do is choose which photos I want to scrap and match it up with the kit or kits that I want to scrap them with. That way you're not spending scrapping time trying to figure out what you're going to do.

Same here - Thank you, Boy Scouts! Ha!

Too bad I've got a really busy weekend planned, so I won't be able to participate this time. Had so much fun the last couple of years!

Thanks for the tips. I look forward to learning more.

Like Marie said be sure to have the current version of java. Mine was out of date and no one wants to be updating at the last minute...just sayin' :whistle:

Don't wait until you have completed your first speed scrap layout to try to figure out how to upload! my very first lo I uploaded was for a ss and it took me forever to get it down. Do a test layout this week :) And have fun! If you don't get them all done, that's ok! use the time to get to know the other members and the website ;)

YEP! His Tenderfoot campout - first one as an official Boy Scout so my husband is going to tag along. He can go to all of them if he wants but I think he's looking forward to not having to do them anymore. haha

oh, and another thing that I was stressed about when I did my first few speed scraps. sometimes I don't like an instruction. I will make my page and then after the fact tweak it for my personal album. This mostly comes up when it says "no journaling" but I have a lot to say on most of my pages. haha. so I make the lo with no journaling, but then fix it after I upload it. So don't think that you can't do that. That's the nice thing about digital - the delete button can be used as many times as you want!

Here's a thread with tips for a speed scrap weekend :)

http://mousescrappers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=4848

Yeah! :yeah:

I'm so excited!