Who's ready for National Scrapbooking Day?

I'm so excited! This is kinda like Christmas. I started a little spread sheet to help me keep track of all the fun stuff that's going on on NSD this Saturday! :)

RAKScraps, of course, is kicking off Scrap Week, with lots of fun challenges, chats, prizes all week long. But since we spread it out all week, that means we can spend some time checking out all the other stuff going on on Saturday! And besides the crops, I know there will be a TON of sales. Woohoo!


Of course, I can't find one place that lists everything so I thought I do it here. :) If you have anything going on or have heard of anything else, let me know!

Scrap Week at RAKScraps...
* Gallery Opening mixer with Jeanine on May 5 at 9:30 pm EST
* Spotlights on our CT members
* Daily scrapbooking challenges start Saturday! You'll get a prize for each challenge you complete!
* Participation and posting challenges with GREAT PRIZES!
* Sign up for Scrapbooking Bingo
* Lots of fun in the forum and chatter about scrapping!
* Gallery trivia all week


Sales...
Correen Silke (SBB)
Jeanine Baechtold at SBB

Michelle Underwood (SBB, ACOT)
Deb Fisher (http://debfdigiscraps.com/store/)
Amy Teets (ACOT & 3 Scrapateers)
Shabby Princess - Shabby Shoppe
Natural Designs in Scrapbooking
Deco-Pages.com
Eve Recinella at 3 Scrapateers
Meredith Fenwick (ACOT)
Gina Miller
Holly McCaig Designs (along with a blog contest, newsletter release)
Dani Mogstad (Designs by Dani)
Scrap Outside the Box (spend so much and get free stuff)
Cottage Arts
Lori Furoy at Digitals
Val Lemons (SBB)
E-scapeandscrap.com
Pixel Expressions (buy one get one free)
Modscraps
Scrapbook Elements
Tracy Ann Robinson at SBB
Sophia Davies at Digitals
Scrapin by Design
Roberta D'Achille at Rendered Memories and SBE
Jasbeanie (blog coupon)
Traci Simms at SBE
Butternut Squash Designs
Betty Jo at SBE
ShannonLee designs
Sheila Dixon at SBE
Fat Cat Designs at 3 Scrapateers
Ronna Penner at SBE
Francine Haman at SBB
Dani B at SBB
Hunibuni at SBB
Kathryn Balint at SBB


** I saw a great tip on Amy Edwards' blog - Do your shopping early! You can leave stuff in your cart as long as you are signed in, and then check out when the items are on sale! I'm sure the stores will all be having a lot of traffic tomorrow, so this is a great idea!

Events...
* Scrapbook bytes has chats all day and prizes (including some from yours truely!) Here's the schedule.
Update: Just got another email from SBB:::: AND DON'T MISS our HUUUUGGGEEEE off-site scavenger hunt.... who says the entire day needs to be spent ONLINE???? Grand prize for winner issued at midnight!
SPECIAL GUEST CHATS scheduled between crops with: Jen Wilson, ScrapArtist, MissMint, and Gina Miller!
You just never know what these quickie chats will bring!!! Vouchers, prizes, etc.


* The digi designers at Cherry On Top have put together a big kit called "Circle of Friends" that is suposed to benefit Make a Wish Foundation. They have a lot of chats all weekend long.

* Scrap Artist has this posted on the site: We will be giving away a free kit to everyone just for dropping by the site! - woohoo! Sounds good to me! :) They're also having a "Why I scrap" contest. Here's more details from Dianne: Post an inspirational image and story in our special Why I Scrap gallery that explains how scrapping has changed your life. One winning entry will be chosen by the Scrap Artist Designers to be the inspiration for a fabulous new collaboration kit. The winner will receive a complimentary copy of the kit as well as a $20 dollar gift certificate to the Scrap Artist Shoppe. Three runners up will also receive a $10 gift certificate to the Scrap Artist Shoppe! Posting deadline: Wednesay May 10th at 12pm eastern.

* CK has posted: Don't miss our online scrapbooking extravaganza. We'll be celebrating all day long with fun surprises including free layouts and tips, a HUGE giveaway, free downloads and more! Don't miss it.

* Scrap Girls has a whole day of chats and games planned.

* Shabby Princess is planning a whole day of crops too. And since her add listed all CST times, I thought I'd trnaslate to EST...
Tech Talk 10 am CST (11 am EST)
Realistic Digital 1 pm CST (2 pm EST)
Scrapping the Shabby Days 4-5 pm CST (5 pm EST)
Photography 6-7 pm CST (7 pm EST)
Just for fun 8-9 pm CST (9 pm EST)

* Daily Scrap: Finish all the challenges and get a special prize.

* The Sweet Shoppe is offering a pretty cool free kit to anyone who spends $10 at the store this weekend.

* 2 peas is having a whole day of crops and some exclusive crops.

* Day of crops at 3 Scrapateers

* Divine Digital is having crops, freebies, mega kit release, contests and challenges, and a sale.

* Designer Digitals is having a sale and chats, with freebies, all day too.
Pre-game show ...
* Digital Design Essentials is having a count down to NSD. They are having a free gift and a nice gift with purchase every day! :)

* Kim Hill is hosting a Diva Doubles chat Friday night at 10 pm E to promote the at Digi Scrap Divas with lots of prizes!

* Digitals is also having a weeklong celebration with 2 crops a day, daily downloads and blog giveaways.

Contest...
* Kim Hill's Essential Scrapbooking Contest starts May 7: http://www.cgessentials.com/contest.asp

And...
In case you're wondering why Scrapdish isn't on this list - we're going to have some fun stuff coming up once the madness is over!!!


***Updated sales again (5/6)
** Fixed Shappy Princess times - thanks Kim!