Thanks Melinda, hosts, donors & participants - Winter Marathon 2014
 

I just wanted to thank Melinda for once again organizing our most popular event of the year. She does a lot of work behind the scenes all so our community will have a weekend of fun and friendship. As the site owner, I cannot express my gratitude enough for taking on this endeavor again.

I'd also like to thank the hosts of all the events. I know it can be a LOT of work preparing a prize (or for coordinating one) and I appreciate your time. I know the community loves the prizes! I likewise respect that you leave kind comments for each of the participants of your challenge. I know it takes a while to do (especially for Melinda, Kelly and Michelle who hosted two events each).

To all the designers who donated to the goody bags, thank you! I hear you've provided some wonderful products and coupons, and I know the people who receive them feel like it is Christmas!

Thanks everyone for playing along! I hope you had fun and got some pages done... Despite having to push through the exhaustion. You should feel proud of yourselves! It was really nice seeing new members and reconnecting with seasoned veterans. Please don't go too far away... We have brainstormed some activities for our anniversary (we're turning 5!), as well as some new blog topics and a mini-marathon this summer.

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Thanks to all the hosts, sponsors and members for another great marathon weekend :) Looking forward to seeing more activity here, I'll be there!

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I'm always looking forward to a Marathon weekend. And I know it's a lot of work to get it all done, make PP's and for all of us, getting through it. So we can only be grateful for those who take the time to put this all together.
Thank you all!!

Yes thank you so much, to you Carol, to Melinda, to the hosts, to the designers and to the community in general who support the marathon. I for one love all the activity it brings to the site and I am so grateful to everyone that make it happen!

THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! to all who were involved. Getting so many pages done in such a short amount of time is stressful, so next year, I plan to go away to a little cabin in the woods ( which must have internet access) and scrapbook away without my family staring at me wondering if I am ever going to get off the computer.

THANK YOU!!
 

Thank you to Melinda for organizing this marathon and for all the hosts and designers! The talent here is just so inspiring and I am honored to be part of such a wonderful community!

I'm looking forward to see what Carol and the rest of her team has in store for the upcoming year!!

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Thank you so much to everyone involved!! I always have tons of fun with the marathons! :yeah::thanks:

Thank you so, so much to Carol, Melinda, and all the hostesses and designers who made this happen! All of the speed scraps were so well thought out and challenging. I'm so sorry I couldn't make it to any of the chats - I remember last year that they were half the fun! This weekend was incredible and everyone involved has been just fabulous. Now off to spend the next week or so leaving love and seeing what everyone else has done!

Thank you to all for such a fun and wonderful marathon!
Melinda thank you for all the hard work involved in this event!:thanks::thanks::thanks:

Thanks to all: Melinda for organisation, Carol for running this magical place (second best after Disney itself of course), hosts, designers, participants, chatters and anybody else for just being around here. All toghether we made this a fun weekend. I am already looking forward to next year's. And I can't wait to see what changes you are planning, and also to the anniversary celebrations!

I can't thank all of you enough. You are all so generous with your time, efforts, and products. This is event has become my one not-miss event of the whole year.
I just love hanging in the chats with you all, scrambling to fulfill a challenge, and then opening my inbox to find it stuffed full of amazing gifts! But, best of all - I get an amazing number of layouts done in one weekend.
Nowhere else do I get all of that!
I have done many other events - speed scraps, games, challenges that are near as much fun. I spend more time scrapping and less time trying make sure a product is still for sale in a shop, even though I got it there - that is so great.
One last thing - I also end up finding tons of great products and Disney info by chatting with you all.
Great Weekend, everyone - it just made my birthday!

Thank you to everyone! I had a great time :)

I agree - thank you to Melinda for organizing and all the hosts and sponsors! I've only just begun my 2013 scrapping, but you all have been inspiring. Thank you for all the goodies too! Just icing on the cake!

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Thanks to you and all of the hosts and designers. This was my first marathon and I loved it. I can barely keep my eyes open today, and I have to stay at work until 7pm for parent conferences, but it was worth it! I am so excited about my pages and inspired to keep on going to get the book done!

I'm so glad I found this site! You are all so helpful - I have emailed many of you for help or information on past templates, kits, etc. and everyone has been so gracious. What a great community!

Sheryl

Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!!!!! I just finished my last page (albeit late due to birthday celebrations, ice skating practices and work!), but what an amazing time I had! Thank you everyone for all that you did.

Thank you so much to everyone who organized this. I got 7 pages done in my Disney album from 2 years ago- youve inspired me to really tackle this project so my family can look at the photos again!

I agree with what everyone has already written...THANK YOU!!! I love the marathons and this is the first time I've ever completed the whole thing! the speed scraps were so inspiring as they each had at least one instruction that stretched me or had me doing something I don't normally do! The PPs were all amazing and I can't wait to see the goodies in the marathon bag! :)

I've been a little out of scrapbooking lately but this really got me back into it and I'm looking forward to the upcoming weekly challenges and the birthday celebration along with the mini marathon!

Thanks so much for all you guys do to keep this site running and to all of the hosts for running the challenges and the designers for the AWESOME PPs!
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Can't thank everyone enough. It was great fun and I am amazed by the generosity of the designers and hosts.

I can't wait to see what fun there is in-store for the future.

This was my first challenge and I can't believe I got 14 pages done in two days. Thanks for all the challenges and prizes. I will plan some things a little different for the next one. I think my husband was happy when it was over. I might need to go to be alone. lol.

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These marathons are always the BEST! To the hosts for getting the mojo going, to the designers for donating beautiful prizes, to Melinda for coordinating and to Carol for getting this whole thing started - amazing to think that Mousescrappers will be 5!! Looking forward to what is coming next.

Many thanks to Melinda for organizing this wonderful weekend of fun and scrapping. I know it would not be possible without the help of the hosts for each chat and the talented designers who offer their time and creativity to help us foster our addiction to family, memories and photos. It is truly appreciated.

Once again, it was another fabulous Marathon weekend. Mega thanks for pulling off such a big event. Thanks to Carol and Melinda and sponsor and host. Plus all the enticing participation prizes made by the SS hosts. It was fabulous!

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Thank you so much to Melinda, Carol and all of the hostesses an designers. It was a fabulous weekend. I look toward to it every year (this is my third) and I look forward to many more in the future. :hooray::yeah:

Beautifully said! Thank you to everyone. I can't believe I completed the marathon. It was a little tense there at the end. I told my family, "circles? I don't want to do any more circles!" LOL!

Thank you to CarolC for a great site.
Thank you to all the hosts.
Thank you to all the designers that donated participation prizes.
Thank you to everyone that has commented on my layouts!

I am looking forward to really diving into the gallery tomorrow. We are having a snow day and I am ready to just snuggle on the couch with my computer :). I can't wait to hear more about the anniversary and the mini-marathon!

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! It was a great weekend. I had a blast and I loved seeing everyone's pages.

THANK YOU! THANK YOU!!

Debbie

Thank you to all who put work in on this years marathon! Loved all the challenges and PP! Great work!

thanks you so much!! I look forward to the weekend because I know I will get a lot done. This year I actually got to spend sometime in the chats and it was fun getting to "know" some of the ladies that I admire in the scrapping world! you guys are AMAZING for all you do! Thanks so much for SHARING YOUR MAGIC!!:):thanks:

Thank you all so very much! I had so much fun this weekend. I appreciate all the time and effort you put into having this wonderful speed scrap.
Thanks, Jamie

Thanks so much to all the hosts and sponsors for great marathon weekend!!! I know it is a lot of hard work and time!!! This was awesome!! :yeah:

This is a great thread! Feeling the love for my fellow scrappers. The marathon was stressful, time consuming,frustrating and totally awesome and all consuming! Had a great weekend, got A LOT done and got a lot of great ideas for new pages yet to be completed.
Thanks to Kelly, Melinda, Cynthia, and all the other contributors to the marathon. It must take much time to get organized and be so creative, and we all have families, I am sure. That makes the contribution that much more special and appreciated.
I am exhausted, but am looking forward to next year's, God willing. Unfortunately, I will not be heading to disney this year (first summer in a while we won't be there! ) but I have lots of disney scrapping left to do.
Thanks again!

I have been looking forward to the Marathon for a year, since the last one. I love the sense of accomplishment that I get from getting so many pages done quickly. A big thank you to everyone who worked so hard to make this my favorite scrap event of the year! Good Job!!!

Thank You to all who hosted and provided PP. As a first timer I did not know what to expect or exactly what to do. But WOW what fun! And I haven't been this tired since studying for finals in college. Thank you so very much to all!

YES!!!! Thank you for ALL THAT YOU DO!!! We are very greatful and I totally appreciate the site, the activities and, above all, your friendships!!!! :thumbsup:

:thanks: Big thanks to everyone who makes this marathon weekend possible! I really appreciate your time and generosity! The scraps and chats were so much fun. :)

Although I was not able to participate, I checked in a few times while I was at Disney to see what was going on. Once again you all outdid yourself with beautiful prices and gifts. Good job everyone!

Thanks to everyone! I wasn't able to do as much as I would have liked but I love participating. So good of those that organize, donate and host to make it happen.

Yes, thank you thank you thank you! I love the productivity I feel - and it is kind of like Christmas continued :)

Melinda thanks for putting together another great marathon!!!!!!!! :thanks::thanks:
The is my third one and I love them.:hooray::hooray:
Thanks to all the hosting and designers!!:thanks::thanks:
Thanks to Carol for the site!!!!!!!!!!!!! :thanks::thanks:
Thanks to all who participated!!!:thanks::thanks:
Great layouts and inspiration!! :hooray::hooray:

A great big THANK YOU to everyone involved in putting together this fun event! The PPs were fabulous! Love seeing how everyone interprets the instructions and all the gorgeous pages filling the galleries! Thanks also to everyone for leaving feedback! Feeling inspired to keep up the momentum!! :scrapbooking: