all good things

must come to an end.


UnPubbed started almost 2 years ago as an idea amongst friends. A way to give a shout out of validation to those who'd never been given the "Published" title. A way to let our participants know that we noticed their talent and thought they deserved 15 minutes of fame in a small portion of the scrapbooking world.


As life would have it, new jobs come along and babies are born and sometimes life just gets nuts for a whole group of people all at the same time. We have decided that it's time to bring UnPubbed to an end. We've sincerely enjoyed getting to know all of our Famers and participants and many friendships have been formed through this little challenge blog.


UnPubbed has served it's purpose for now and we hope you all enjoyed your 15 minutes of scrapbook fame.

winner!

We love Stephanie's Christmas banner!! Contact us at unpubbed@yahoo.com so we can get your info forwarded on to our sponsor! Thanks for inspiring us with your Christmas Creations everybody!

DT lift winner

Congrats to Mica for her lift of Melissa's layout! Here is what she created:


And, here's a look at the kit that she'll be getting in the mail:

Congratulations and thanks for playing along! Mica, please email us your mailing address so we can get your prize out to you in the mail!

And, don't forget link us to your Christmas creations by November 29!

Christmas

seems to come earlier and earlier every year! The stores set up earlier, people are shopping earlier and we at UnPubbed are taking a break earlier!

Nothing lost, you can still participate for prizes from our awesome sponsors!

What's easier than an open call? What's easier than lifting a Famer?

Linking us to the stuff you're all making anyways...Christmas projects! We want to see your holiday home decor, December mini-albums, home made ornaments, and anything else your crafty holiday hands come up with!

Leave us a link of to your creations by November 29 for a chance at a prize from Paper Jam Studio!

Congrats to...

Berenice!

her winning layout:please email us your address so we can forward it on to the sponsor!

Mixing things up for the holiday season. Check back later this week to see what we have planned.

Open Call with Mica

This week's famer is Mika Akers.

Find Mica on her blog here.


Her Bio:
Hi all! My name is Mika (aka mica). I have been a Mississippian for a little over 3 years now. I live with my husband of 18 years and we have 14-year-old daughter. I discovered scrapbooking about a year before we moved here. When a friend of mine showed me her overseas trip album, I fell in love with it and immediately took up this hobby. Although I didn't scrap at all for 2 years after we moved here, I have been seriously scrapping since December last year. I don't have a particular style. I try to keep my pages simple enough. I love scraplifting and working with sketches. They eliminate a great deal of my frustration and make my layouts versatile. That's why I have been a regular visitor to UnPubbed! I am so excited to be a famer here. DTs and the readers here never fail to get me inspired. Thank you all for motivating me and inspiring me.

Her favorite layout:

Here are some of our recent layouts:

Beth:

Chrissy:

Corey:

Jude:

Kim:

Nicole:

Please leave a link to your layout by Saturday, November 15 for a chance to win a prize from Out on a Limb Scrapbooking.

Also, we want to welcome Kara, the newest member to the UnPubbed family. Congrats Melissa!

Congrats to....

Mica!

Here is a look at her winning layout:

Please e-mail us so we can get you your prize.

See everyone back here again on Thursday. Happy November.

Another (and final) lift the DT member!

Before we get to the next DT Member's lift and kit, we want to announce the winner of Kim's digital kit (from Designs by Leora and Paislee Press at OSCRAPS). There were lots of great entires for this lift, so picking a winner was really hard! I hope everyone who submitted will keep doing so... you could be the next famer! Alas, we can only have one winner though and it is Scrappychic. Please e-mail us so we can get you your prize. Here is a look at her take on Kim's layout.

And now onto the final DT layout and kit. Here is a look at Melissa's cute layout:

A look at the kit you could win:

Our takes on her layout:

Beth:

Chrissy: Jude:

Corey:

Kim:

Nicole:

Please leave a link here to your layout by Wednesday, November 19.

Vanessa's 15 Minutes

This week's famer is Vanessa Colbourne.

Check out her blog.

Vanessa's bio:

I am currently an intern at a local grade school, where I am doing the last months of my education degree. Along with a love of kids and learning, I recently (in the last year) discovered an extreme joy of crafting. I mainly just scrapbook, however, right now I am trying my hand at making cards and other little crafts. When it comes to my scrapbooking I love to do albums for people as gifts (working on one for my dad right now of my uncle who recently passed away and one for my mom of her wedding this past summer) or just for the joy of it. I scrap each weekend with my friends-a little music, a glass of wine and away we go!

Vanessa's layout:

Our lifts of Vanessa's layout:

Beth:

Chrissy:

Corey:

Jude:

Kim:

Nicole:

Melissa

Please leave a link to your lift of Vanessa's layout by Saturday, November 1 for your chance to win a prize from Paper Popsicles. Also, we have started a Flickr group. Feel free to add your layouts here.

Congrats to...

Vanessa! You are the winner of the prize from Coordinates Collections for your entry in the Open Call with Telah. Congratulations! Please e-mail us so we can get you your prize. Here is a look at her layout.

Just a reminder that your layouts (either paper or digital) based on Kim's layout are due on Wednesday for a chance to win Kim's kit. Leave a link to that layout here.

See you back on Thursday with the lastest Famer!

Open Call with Telah

This week's famer is Telah Wrenn.

You can check out her blog here.

Her bio:
My name is Telah Wrenn and I live in Alabama. I've been married for 13 years and we have four children, ages 9, 6, 3 and 8 months. I'm a SAHM that stays busy through the day with the kids and the house. I tend to scrapbook at night after the kids go to bed as my way to unwind. I've been scrapbooking for 9 years, but my obsession has grown stronger over the last 3. I love using patterned papers, especially new stuff! My "thing" right now is cutting out flowers, swirls, etc. out of paper for my layouts.

Telah's favorite layout:


And some of our recent favorites:

Beth:

Chrissy:

Corey:
Kim:
Nicole:

Please leave a link to your layout on this post by Saturday, October 18 to win a prize from Coordinates Collections.

Also, don't forget to play along and lift Kim's layout. Leave a link to that layout here.

Congrats to...

Telah! You are the winner of the prize from Concroption for your take on Deana's layout. Congratulations! Please e-mail us so we can get you your prize. 

Here is a look at her layout:

Don't forget about Kim's layout and lift for a chance to win her prize. Please know your layout doesn't have to be digital. Leave a link on this post.

See you on Thursday!

Deana's 15 Minutes

This week's famer is Deana Boston!

Her awesome layout:

You can check out her blog here.

Her bio:

Wow! I am so honored to be this week's Famer! I have been taking photos & making scrapbooks for most of my life, but became seriously addicted to it about 10 years ago when my husband proposed. I also make hand-made cards and recently became a design team member at Let's Scrap. I love fashion, love to travel, love music, love to work-out & am training for my 2nd 1/2 marathon, and more than anything else....love being a wife to Bob & a mom to Bryn (who also loves to take photos & make scrapbooks!) They complete me...

Thanks again, I really am honored & so grateful! :-)

Our lifts on Deana's layout:

Beth:

Chrissy:

Corey:

Jude:

Kim:

Melissa:

Nicole:

Show us your version of Deana's layout by Saturday, October 4th for a chance to win a prize from Concroption!

Another Lift the DT member!

Before we get to the next DT Member's lift and kit, we want to announce the winner of Jude's kit. There were lots of great entires for this lift, so picking a winner was really hard! I hope everyone who submitted will keep doing so... you could be the next famer! Alas, we can only have one winner though and it is TAMARA!

Here is Tamara's lift:

Tamara, please e-mail us with your address and we will get your kit out to you right away!

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And now, our next DT Member Layout Lift and a peek at her kit. Here is Kim's layout:

And a look at the cool kit you could win (this kit is sponsored by the designers - Paislee Press and Designs by Leora. You can find it here).


And our takes on Kim's layout...

Beth:

Chrissy:
Corey:
Jude:
Nicole:

Melissa:

Please leave a link to your layout on THIS post by Wednesday, October 22 for a chance to win Kim's kit.

Happy creating!