Our many thanks to all who have participated in Urban Anthology’s First Birthday Celebration!  We’ve had a lot of fun partying with you, and have been inspired by your creativity.

The Blog Hop Layout Winner, who will receive a prize, is Howdee a.k.a. Ellen!  We LOVED her layout, using the 8 blog hop elements, check out her winning layout below!

And finally, the BIG announcement, the first ever Urban Anthology Birthday Queen Grand Prize winner is…

Kimmer!

Congratulations, Kimmer!  You racked up the most challenges during the month, including the blog hop project!  Check out one of her entries below:

Ellen and Kimmer, if you could email us your information, we will get some fabulous prizes sent off to you!

Lastly, a gift to you from us!  For all who participated in our month-long celebration, we’d love to send you a digital or printable birthday freebie!  Just leave your email address here in the comment section, or PM Jade on the UA board, and we will send you a free digital mini-kit OR printable birthday sheet.  Included in the free mini-kit/tag set is the banner, balloon, party circles, and “eat cake” text used to create the layout below!

Again, THANK YOU to all who joined in for our celebration!  Here’s to a 2nd incredible year (and more!) ahead here at Urban Anthology!

Just a few hours left of our 1st Birthday Blog hop! Check out all the details below… it’s not to late to win some prizes, and to be entered in a chance to win the title of birthday queen!

Hey everyone, so glad you’re here to join us for our first ever blog hop!

This is a progressive blog hop, where you will visit each Urban Anthology team member’s blog, gathering one layout element from each blog.  By the time you have visited each of the eight blogs, you will have 8 elements to combine into one great layout!  By creating a layout that includes all 8 elements, and posting it to our gallery by Sunday night, you will be in the running for our Birthday Queen grand prize.

Along the way, there will be plenty of blog eye candy, inspiration, and a chance to win a $5 gift certificate by commenting on each blog as well!  So, get hopping!

Blog Links In Order:

1.  Keri Babbitt

2.  Deanna Misner

3.  Jana Eubank

4.  Kristin Fougeron

5.  Karen Maldonado

6.  Eva Dobilas

7.  Susan M.

8.  Pamela Palmarini

Rules:

1. To be eligible, layouts must include all 8 elements, one from each blog.

2. Layouts must be uploaded to our Urban Anthology gallery by Sunday, June 28th, Midnight Pacific Time.

3.  Please link your layout here in the comments of this blog post to be eligible for the grand prize.

4.  To be eligible for the $5 gift certificate blog hop prizes, birthday questions must be answered in each blog post comment section by Sunday night, Midnight Pacific Time.

4. Both the grand prize and the $5 gift certificate prizes will be chosen Monday, June 29th.

THANKS so much for helping us celebrate Urban Anthology’s first birthday!

Ok, ladies, here’s your birthday sketch of the week!  Enter in the gallery and link here to this post, by next Monday for a chance at weekly prizes, and by the end of the month to be in the running for our Birthday Queen grand prize!

This is a picture of my 3yr. old blowing out the candles on his cake …all he knew at the time was how to blow kisses so that is why his hand is over his mouth ….what a crack up …I did not know what he was doing at the first and then figured it out!!!!

Have fun with this one …i even used theMay kit for the LO …see it can be used for boys also!!!!

Okay …sorry gals totally spaced that today was the 1st ….here is the challenge of the week …we are making a birthday LO with using alternative item on your page ….like i put birthday candles and cupcake liners on mine ( it can be a double page or a single page layout)….have fun with the challenge and you have all month to complete it!!!!

We can’t believe it’s already here, but Urban Anthology’s having a Birthday!

Welcome to our month-long Birthday Celebration!  We will be having weekly blog challenges, leading up to a big blog hop at the end of June, after which we will crown a Birthday Queen grand prize winner.  Come join us!

Rules/Specifics:

1.  Challenges will be posted every Monday and Friday.  Project entered for each challenge MUST be newly created for this celebration.

2.  A prize winner will be chosen each week from those who have entered one of that week’s challenges in the gallery and linked to that blog post in the comments section.

3.  Our celebration will culminate with a progressive blog hop June 26-28.

3.  At the end of the month, we will crown a Birthday Queen, who will receive a grand prize!

The first challenge will be posted shortly by our fabulous Kristin…so please come join us for fun, games, inspiration, and celebration!

We are celebrating our birthday… come join us during the month of June for lots of fun challenges, games, and prizes.