Community News: 11/16/10

FREE Unity Stamps! Well… OK, you have to take the Scrappy Sunday Challenge i{heart}papers makes it happen for us this month — come play along.
Get ready for the holidays – make your own ornaments! Lyn Bernatovich shares easy directions for creating your own tree decor.
Are you always the one behind the camera? Do the people that look at your scrapbooks see YOU in them….really see YOU? The Soulology online scrapbooking course is focused on putting yourself into your scrapbooks. Into recording the things that make you who you are.
BIG shout out thank you to Craft Project Central for giving out gift certificates to FIVE lucky Planet Facebook Fans. Our winners are:  Debby Kay Oliverieri, Pat Ulan Brown , Tammy Dorn,  Yvonne Ramos-Hogan , Ruth Linscott.   Congratulations! Please email me for your certificate.
3d Challenge – Pocket Full of Cocoa: Lyn Bernatovich hosts this awesome challenge featuring a paper mug that you can stuff with cocoa or a gift card or whatever else you can think of!
Are you blown away by the fantastic coloring on the cards you see around the Blogosphere? You can color like that — Diana Gibbs shows you how to transform a watercolor brush and your ink pads into amazing cards. Click here for class info.
Tips, Tricks & Inspiration from Stampendous: Hostess Gifts
Tips, Trick & Inspiration from Stampendous: Family Tree Ornament Gift Set
Lori Tecler brings us this week’s Sketch Challenge: sk111310 This clean and simple design can use either an image or a sentiment as the focal image depending on what you’d like to do.
Have you been following our Stampendous Tips, Trick & Inspiration series? The Supernovas have shared some great ideas. Now, it’s your turn. Would you like to have your holiday project put in the spotlight? Here’s how: email a picture of your never-before-seen Holiday project to susanna.boyd@papercraftplanet.net. Please put “Holiday Showcase” in the subject line. Enter before November 30th.

Becky Green shares this stunning vintage Christmas card.
Jinky Kowalski shines with this adorable mitten card -- takes the award for this last week’s 3d Challenge.

Fresh Brewed Store Grand Opening Party! November 12, 2010 from 7pm to 10pm at Fresh Brewed Designs Group Organized By: Heather Dennis
Party Game #4 – Let’s Celebrate With a Color Challenge! Posted by Linda Anderson (studbo)
Challenge November 11 with Christmas Kitten 6 Posted by Rosalien
Secret Pal — General Problems Posted by Cole Meyer
Party Game #3 Posted by Heather

Looking for a spectacular background technique check out Wendy Price’s snow layout RT @wendyp81 http://bit.ly/aIQNBN
Have an online store? The pre-holiday internet marketing checklist: 20 things you should be doing but aren’t http://tinyurl.com/28jdryn
Heads up Online Merchants: Landing Page Optimization tips: http://goo.gl/hKhc7
Ha ha ha -RT @kateharpercards: How To Wrap A Cat For Christmas youtube.com/watch?v=jm3dm5…
One of my fav photographers – Capture Your Holidays #holiday #photography miniclass with @KatrinaKennedy http://debbiehodge.com/?p=8245
RT @scoutiegirlblog food, photos, and coffee – ideas for a non-traditional holiday + FREE abundant.. http://bit.ly/aHLvlp
I NEED this. I WANT this. I can already envision the scrapbook page of it. But I don’t want to pay $30 for it. http://tinyurl.com/292necf
The Mother Huddle blog shares “Pie on a Stick”. Pie, on a stick? Yep and it looks FANTASTIC! http://tinyurl.com/3x5bqp7
Holiday wrapping just got easier: Make It a Movie Night http://bit.ly/bc1OhJ
Awesome web tool! Cool use of technology to help your scrapbooking! http://bit.ly/bloLlO
RT @aliedwards: That is adorable. RT @liztamanaha: she’s having a baby http://ow.ly/37QF3