Happy National Scrapbooking Day!!

Good afternoon everyone! What a glorious day it has been thus far! My children allowed me the privilege of sleeping in this morning and they didn't complain one bit! (They can be spectacular children at times!) Did you know that today, this very beautiful and wonderful day is National Scrapbooking Day?? There are so many exciting things that this day brings! Check out the scavenger hunt being put on by the Ettes (AWESOME digital scrapbooking desginers), or check out Audra's Little Scraps for a sweet freebie!! (Here's a hint - check out these awesome ladies cause pretty soon they will be our guest designers!!) What ever you do - don't forget to scrapbook a little bit today! As promised, I have found some fantastically easy cleaning tips from The Happy Slob that should make this month's challenge a snap!! This is her "3 Step Cleaning Solution".

Step 1:

Two Daily Cleaning Bursts: It’s not nearly as painful as it sounds! These short ‘bursts’ of cleaning get an awful lot accomplished in as little time as possible. You’ll do two bursts a day - one in the morning, and one in the evening. The whole family gets involved for maximum impact.

Step 2:

One Focus Room every day: One room in your home gets extra special attention every day. Again, in a short period of time you’ll de-clutter and de-muck, but I don’t call this a focus room for nothing! To get real results, you need to focus your attention on only one room a day. You’ll be left with tidier, cozier rooms, but not perfectly clean rooms. We are SO NOT about perfection! However, a little effort will go a long way.

Step 3:

Weekly Clean-for-All: This is where you get down and dirty with your housecleaning once a week, to tackle some serious cleaning tasks. Don’t worry – you’ll get more one in less time than you ever have before.

Aren't those steps AWESOME?!?!?! I am totally loving them! Now - on to the challenge!

Here's how it will work:

• I will post the current scrapbooking sketch on my blog, facebook and website.
• You spend 15 minutes cleaning up your least favorite part of the house
• Then scrapbook (digital or papercraft) the layout and e-mail me a picture of it with a comment on what part of your house you cleaned up.
• I will draw a winner from all the entries at the end of the month and that one special person will get three awesome things!!! (a cleaner house, some scrapbooking done and a surprise from me! well....technically everyone gets the first 2 things!!)

Here is the sketch for the month of May and my version(s). (I couldn't decide which I liked better - so I am putting up both)

Hope everyone has a spectacular day filled with much happiness at the beautiful weather and the wonderful joy that scrapbooking brings!