Thank you thread!
 

I wanted to start this thread because there are so many people I would like to thank!

First of all Thank you Melinda arranging this whole weekend and being such a support to everyone! And to top it off you also had tendonitis but you managed to do all the 16 speed scraps and chats.... :flowers:

Also a big thank you to all the sponsors for providing such stunning pp's!! Your talents is amazing and it's so sweet of you to let us share for free! p.s. can't wait to see what's in the goodiebags, lol!

Thank you too all the girls that hosted the speed scraps! The instructions where awesome and created really beautiful layouts!!

And last but not least thank you to everyone who entered and made this such a fun weekend! We really did that together!! The chatting was so much fun and I loved to see new people coming in here and making themself at home!

Mousescrappers is a warm and welcoming community and I am proud to say that this really is my digihome! Thank you Carol for making it like this! :flowers:

I sure hope I didn't forget everyone!

now what do I say?
"ditto"? "I second that"? "Hear! Hear!"? ;)

I can't thank everyone enough

Patty, you said that perfectly!! I couldn't agree more!

Thanks, Carol, Melinda, and everyone who donated, sponsored, hosted and made this place special!

THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!
 

:thanks: well, what can I add after Patty's post?? She said everything so wonderfully!!

Just to echo...Thank you to Carol for this fabulous site...where would I be without it!
Thanks to Melinda...our super organizer!! Another successful marathon girl!!
Thank you to all the sponsors and hosts for the inspiration and motivation to get some scrapping finally done!!

Hugs!!

Thank you to Melinda for organizing this wonderful weekend!
Thanks to all who have given me advice, taught me a new technique, or cheered me on this weekend!
I appreciate all the wonderful hosts, super PP and contributions to the goodie bags! Thank you designers! You are awesome!!!

Wow she said it best so read all that and I will add this little bit of my own thoughts :)
Even though I have been signed up on here for a while I have not really been involved. I felt intimidated by all the digital and felt that I would not fit in. I took a big chance this weekend and had a blast! I cant believe how kind and helpful people have been and the prizes are amazing and many I can use in my traditional lo's and project life album. It even forced me to try some digi pages too. I cant wait to see what is in the goodie bags lol!
Again thank you from the bottom of my heart for an amazing weekend.

Patty thanks so much for starting this thread as it is a great way for our community to share their feelings about this weekend's event and express their gratitude for all the people who worked hard to put it on.

I especially want to thank Melinda because she single-handedly coordinated this big party for us. She has planned several of these marathons now and each one has been so much fun for everyone. She comes up with really creative ideas for activities during the weekend and then follows through to completion. I know it takes a lot of time to communicate with each person involved with hosting and/or donating and I really do appreciate her time (especially in light of the fact that she works full time and had lots of company over during the holidays). She also hosted several SS's as well... Not sure how she completed so many layouts during the marathon on top of it all. She's a woman of many talents! So please be sure to give her lots of thanks... It is for sure well deserved.

Thank you also to the people who donated prizes. I know you created them specifically with our community members in mind and you sure know what they like! They are just beautiful and i appreciate your time and energy creating them. I have no doubt that the prizes provided an incentive for people to push themselves to finish (even staying up very late to do it). I don't yet know what is in the goodie bags but I've heard everything is fantastic! I'm so proud of myself for completing enough events to qualify for the half marathon bag! Thank you in advance to those who donated items or coupons to these collections.... Can't wait to see/hear what's in them!

Thanks also to people who hosted the speed scraps. I know from past experience that it takes a lot of planning up front, it takes a lot of back-and-forth between the chatroom and forum during, and it takes a lot of time to leave love for all the participants afterwards as well as send off the prizes to them. I greatly appreciate your time.

Thanks to everyone who came out to play this weekend. I know it is an event that many existing members look forward to (for the prizes, motivation and camaraderie). I've heard nothing but positive things about everyones experience (though tired had a wonderful time). I made it to all but one chat (sorry I missed yours, Paula!), and am pleased to see everyone in the chatroom getting along with each other, making new friends, and offering support and compliments to each other. I welcome all the new members to the site and hope you enjoy the community and come back often. Please be sure to thank all the hosts and designers, and please try to leave as much love as you can. :yes:

Thanks everyone! :thanks:

Thank You!
 

WOW! What a weekend! I just wanted to thank everyone who played a part in making this such a fun/wonderful weekend. I'm not a regular to Mouse Scrappers - though I would like to be, a silly thing called a job usually gets in my way. Last year was my first Marathon and I love every page that I created so this year I for sure wanted to play again. Thanks for all the wonderful challenges. It really changed how I scrapped (made me be faster!) and opened my creativity in a new way. This is awesome and I want to scrap this way more!

As a newbie to this site, some things really helped me. Cynthia Young's "MouseScrappers Speed Scrap Checklist and Credits", couldn't have done the marathon as efficiently without this. A suggestion, maybe to add for next time, a line at the top to say how many hours until the next speed scrap and a line for "finished", "Posted", "Updated Master Thread" and "downloaded PP". I was scribbling notes all over the form and it so helped to keep me on track and all my info in one place. Thank you Cynthia!!!

The other thing I had a hard time with was, where to post everything and which links to use. I kept looking for some sort of instructions and wasn't quite sure if I was doing it right. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that I did!
It took me about 15 minutes to post each layout.

A Huge thank you to all of the Hostess' who gave extra time! Last year I was so exhausted at the end of the Marathon that I didn't touch my computer for days. This year, due to the extra time, I feel like I was able to take a little extra time on my pages and manage my time better and I'm not exhausted! So THANK YOU!

The PPs are wonderful and I would like to thank all the designers who gave so freely. You guys are awesome! Due to some of the prizes last year, I found new designers that I didn't know about before . . . and I love finding new scrapping goodies so thank you designers!

Thank you, thank you, thank you!
 

I too am so thankful to everyone who hosted, organized and donated participation prizes. I am very new to all of this and felt very comfortable sharing my layouts, even when I felt like mine looked like "rookie" LOs compared to others. Not only am I appreciative of everyone who helped put this together, but to everyone who shared their layouts. I found so much inspiration from pages shared that it has motivated me to really try new things and get going on scrapping more of our trips. Hopefully someday I will be able to create some of the beautiful pages I saw here myself. Until then, know that you all are quite the inspiration (and motivation) and I am so grateful to have the opportunity to participate this weekend!

DITTO what everone else said


Also I LOVE the weekend every year because it always recharges me to start really focusing on my books and gives me some great ideas for more pages..... (Like filling one of the photo spaces with paper for journaling... I had never thought about that before!!


Thanks again

Ditto what everyone has said! Thank you Melinda and Carol! Thank you hosts, designers, chatters, and participants! You all ROCK!

You all are amazing! Thanks so much for your investment in this community! It's like no other!

Thank you, thank you, thank you - what they all said!!

Wow! Everyone has said thanks so well. Thank you so much for this wonderful Speed Scrap and the PP for it! Thanks for all the work that all the designers put into this! Thanks!
~Jamie

I had a fabulous time!!! So glad I saw it advertised on someone blog. Thanks to everyone who helps run everything and to all the fabulous sponcers for their prizes!!

:):woohoo::hooray::whistle::thanks:

What everyone said! This was an amazing weekend, fun chatting and some scrapping too LOL

I wanna thanks Carol, Melinda, the sponsor designers, the hostesses and everybody who participated making this the best SS Marathon so far!!!

Add me to the list of those saying, "Thank you!" I had some issues come up this weekend, but in the end, I was still able to scrap many of our Disney memories! And that's what it's about for me! completing pages of our family's special times together!

Thank you to this wonderful site, we're able to do just that!

thanks a bunch!
 

I totally agree, thanks for everything. I hope I can continue this momentum.
You guys are awesome!:hooray:

Thank You
 

Ditto what everyone has already said.
Thank you to all the Host, and to all the designers for the PP, this was my first Speed Scrap ever I have learned a lot of new things.

Again ditto what everyone else has said. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for this wonderful weekend!

Thank you all, I had a lovely weekend! Although it would be nice if it was announced more in advance, so I could arrange my working weekends better. It was very tiring now, with shifts at work too, but I'm happy I got everything done in time!

A big thanks to Melinda and Carol, the designers, the hostesses and everyone who made this such a fun weekend! I have learned so much about digi scrapping from Mousescrappers. Can't wait to look at all the beautiful layouts in the gallery and leave love!:thanks:

Thank you to all who organized, planned, hosted, designed gifts, and participated in the marathon weekend! I hope I didn't leave anyone out. It was so much fun. Can't wait until the next one :yeah:

I would also like to chime in and say THANK YOU to everyone who made this a great weekend. I can't even imagine the time and effort it took for all of you to organize the event. It is MUCH appreciated!

A BIG Thank You
 

This has been an incredible weekend for me, and a huge leap. I feel like I'm making a huge academy award speech, but since I don't know how to thank these people personally, or individually, here it goes....

First I want to thank Kelly from Kelly Bell Designs. I bought my first Disney Kit from her site in November, and signed up for her newsletter. Because she is such a huge supporter of this event, she included an announcement in her newsletter, that I read on the way home from work on Friday evening.... I would have had no idea such a fabulous weekend was in store for me without her.

Second, I want to thank Carol. Despite being so incredibly busy managing this event, she took the time to add me to the registered user list, so I could participate in the last half of the event.

Third, my thanks to Melinda. I am not very familiar with this site yet, but I am so impressed by how organized the event was, and how amazing the PP prizes were for each of the LO created this weekend.

Fourth, to the hosts of the SS. Each of you have given such supportive kind comments and Love, along with your time to lead each page, instead of using your time to create, which would not have made the event possible without your willingness.

Fifth to the designers who gave each PP. You are an extremely talented group of ladies. I didn't know so many designers existed who created kits surrounding Disney, and my pages from this event, and pages I create in the future will be huge benefactors of your talent.

And finally, to all those who participated. I am not a very experienced scrapbooker, and while my pages don't hold a candle to yours, you have all taken the time to send out love which is so encouraging to someone like me who is just beginning to explore and develop talents for creating time enduring pages for generations to come.

I salute you all!
Stacy

A big thanks to Carol and Melinda for orchestrating another fabulous Speed Scrap Marathon. A huge hug to all the individual SS hosts and those wonderful designers who donated prizes and coupons throughout the weekend. We all cherish those gorgeous incentives. The Marathons are a great way for beginners as well as experienced scrappers to come together to share our Disney love in such a creative way. :thanks:

I too want to say a HUGE Thank You to all involved.

This was my first Marathon speed scrap and it was SOOOOO much fun. I know a lot of work went on behind the scenes to make it so successful for all. Thanks to everyone who works hard to create such a great place on the internet to belong too. Thank you Thank you Thank you.

Thank you to everyone! It was a great weekend and I had a ball!

What a great place this is! I love it! THANK YOU!

Holy scrapping wonder. This was yet again an awesome weekend. Thanks to everyone involved in making it possible. The prize providers, the hosts, the participants...
Each year I think I can't then somehow it happens. This wonderful weekend is the result of many working together on a common goal.

Thank you.

:woohoo: Everyone said thanks wonderfully! Thank you for a place where people understand my 2 vices... scrapping and Disney.

As a host, I want to say THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU to all the wonderful scrappers that followed along with me during the chat, took time to follow my instructions and bring them to life using your own memories. That is truly one of the best feelings in the world. To have people understand my own passion and see thier own interpretation of what the steps were is just TOTALLY MIND BOGGLING! 99 layouts! WHAT?!?!?!!?

That's just crazy to me.

I hope to see your participation in other challenges throughout the year! Keep scrappin' and dreamin' :scrapbooking:

Thanks from me too!
I had a lot of fun this year :)

Thank you from a first timer!
 

I have to second what everyone else has said! This was my very first speed scrapping event and it was AMAZING! I love how it pushed me to try things I wouldn't have thought of and experiment in ways that I might not normally try! Plus all of the PP are so FABULOUS! I can't wait to start using them! This also introduced me to some more great sites that make such fabulous kits! Definitely looking forward to the next round!

Thanks so much to everyone who worked so hard putting this together! Your hard work is VERY appreciated!

It was also my first speed scrap. I'll definitely be participating again!

I can only second what everyone else said before me! It was an amazing weekend, and it wouldn't be possible without Melinda, Carol, the sponsers, the hosts and all the incredibly talented members here.
Right now there are so many gorgeous pages in the gallery, and I will take my time to look at all of them. Some pages might never been made if it wasn't due to this marathon weekend. It's a great way to explore new techniques and getting some pages actually done! And right now I actually can't wait till the next one :)
So add me too, to that list of people who say: :thanks:

What a fun weekend thank you Carol, Melinda, sponsors, designers and to all of the hostesses. :flowers:

A huge thank you to everyone. I don't think I could have said it better than everyone before me.

Thanks for letting me join in the craziness.

I totally agree with Patty's comments and could not have said it better!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Read through all of these and I can't think of a thing to say that hasn't already been said !!

I LOVED this weekend! Thank you to EVERYONE! Such a great group of people! LOVE the LO, Love the PPs, love all the comments!! :woohoo:

Wonderful Weekend
 

To Melinda: Thank you for coordinating the marathon weekend. All the speed scraps gave me the push I needed to start scrapping memories from our most recent Disney trip. I think I'd still be staring at them now wondering where to start if not for the marathon.

To all the Speed Scrap Hosts: Thank you all for the fun and inspiring instructions. Many forced me to leave my comfort zone and I ended up with some great layouts because of it. (I have to say, though, all those 4+/5+ photo requirements nearly did me in. :rolleyes:)

To all that donated participation prizes: Thank you SO MUCH for the wonderful goodies. I love them all and can't wait to use them. I truly appreciate the time and effort you put into making these gifts.

And to all others involved in the planning and/or execution of the weekend, another great big thank you. I can't wait until the next marathon.

Thank you to everyone who made the speed scrap weekend possible. And to all the designers who contributed prizes - you are my reason for scrapping. Thank you all so so SO much!!!!!

To Melinda and all the SS hosts: Thank you for organizing such a wonderful weekend event!!!! It was a blast and I feel so great having been motivated to finish a bunch of pages that I had put off. Nothing like having fun and feeling accomplished!! THANK YOU!!!!!! :yeah: