Record Low in Florida!

October 20, 2009

Filed under: Beta Testing, ScrapHD Design Team — Katy @ 10:03 am

Morning Beta Testers! I just returned from a quick trip out to Tampa. I went to college there so it was a reunion of sorts. I know a lot of our beta testers are from Central Florida because we met you all at CHA. What was with the COLD weekend!?!?? I still managed to have a blast, but it was really cold!! One of the nights was a record low for the month of October at 48 degrees. I could stay in Chicago for that weather. In fact, it’s warmer here! Everyone kept reminding me that they NEVER have weather like that…the last time they had bad weather was when I visited in July. That time there was a record amount of rain! If I hadn’t lived there for 4 years I would not believe all of you Floridians about the weather ;)

Anyways, I am glad to be back working on ScrapHD. I plan to put more backgrounds and embellies up this week from our Design Team. Right now we have four amazing digital/hybrid designers on the team. Amy Teets, Danielle Young, Laura Burger, and Kelly Shults. You can find their designs in the builder by clicking to add backgrounds/embellishments/frames and then choosing ‘Designer .’ You should check out their kits! We’d love to hear what your favorites are. Also, if there is anything you’d like to see added we are all ears!

Have a FABULOUS day!

Monday!

October 19, 2009

Filed under: Beta Testing — Ross @ 5:26 pm

Hi everyone! Ross here to say hello and see how our beta testers are hanging in there??  Some of you have been very quiet and we understand it may be because we’ll be wiping the slate clean before we officially launch.  Rest assured, we’re working extremely hard behind the scenes to bring you the best hybrid scrapbooking website in the world.

There are so many things going on and we’d love to scream them all out to the whole world, but now’s just not the time.  I like to think of it as a horse race and right now we’ve got the future Breeder’s Cup champion being groomed and in training on the home turf (behind the scenes).   We have a lot of confidence in our development team and have given them a laundry list of site improvements we’d like to see.  Most all of the suggestions came directly from all of you, so thank you for your input.

We will definitely be launched before the end of the year (planning on sometime in November but hate making promises we can’t keep) and have some huge plans for CHA this year.

Stay tuned for important updates and in the meantime please continue to play around with the builder application and let us know what you like/don’t like, or what seems to be intuitive and what remains difficult to navigate for you.

On a more personal note, I’m having a fantastic day after getting myself back in workout mode after about 6+ months of pure ScrapHD development.   It’s easy to make excuses when you’re so in love with what you do, but I finally decided to try an “at home/at office” workout dvd since the majority of the time in Chicago it’s difficult to find a treadmill or machine that’s open when I want it.

I had scheduled myself to run the Chicago marathon on Oct. 11th ‘09  about a year ago, and yeah, that didn’t happen!  I’m not sure if it will next year, either, because I’m soooooooo dedicated to helping everyone here at ScrapHD get our very own marathon completed.

What I love about being web-based is that we can be working on versions that have yet to be seen and then release it when it’s ready overnight without having you all download anything to your computers.  That night is coming soon, and then we’ll be right back to work on the backend and always be bringing our future Club Members fantastic upgrades.

I hope you’re all as excited as we are.  Please trust that we’ve got something special in the works for all of you and we’ll be bringing you the most affordable way to enjoy hybrid scrapbooking at its best!  Oh, and I shouldn’t forget, the easiest and most customizable way, too!

Thanks everyone for playing around – please help us by continuing to build and publish pages so we can see your incredible layouts.

Cheers!

~ Ross

Beta Testing is Back!

October 9, 2009

Filed under: Topic of the Day, Trade Show News — Katy @ 6:05 pm

It’s been quiet on the blog for the past week, but it’s been craaaazy busy behind the scenes. I apologize for the beta testing down time we’ve had the past few days. We are doing a lot of testing and upgrading. Even when we are up and running you may run into instances of slow processing or things not working right. Please continue to report any issues. We are aware of many of them, but want to know about all of them.

Right now Ross and I are working another tradeshow, but this time in Kansas City. We LOVE the responses we have been getting. There are more people than ever dabbling in digital, but the Hybrid Designs approach sure does draw a lot of people in! It’s truly the best of both worlds and I couldn’t be happier being a part of it. I know I keep promising things to come, but believe me, there is a LOT in the works!!

If you met us at the booth we’d love to hear from you! Just send us a comment through here or use the feedback button on the site. You can post to the forum or send us private messages. I’ve said it before and I’ll probably say it a lot more…we want to hear your feedback – the good, the bad, and the ugly. With your ideas and suggestions we will be able to bring you the most powerful application on the web :)

Thanks for all of the positive support out at the shows. We can’t wait to launch the site for you guys!

Greetings From Glendale!

October 2, 2009

Filed under: Trade Show News — Katy @ 3:34 pm

Hi Beta Testers! This is your live report from the ScrapHD booth at CKC in Glendale!! Ross and I are having fun showing off the site and recruiting more beta testers :) We had a long day yesterday traveling and setting up the booth, but it’s worth it. This was the first show that he and I were setting up on our own….it took us a (long) while to do, but we were proud when we finished! Our goal is to finish in HALF the time next week at CKC Kansas City. Now that we’ve done it once it should be a lot easier.

In case you haven’t seen us at any shows yet here is a look at the booth

What do you guys think??

Creating Keepsakes Convention – Glendale, AZ

September 30, 2009

Filed under: Trade Show News — Katy @ 11:32 am

Ross and I are heading out to Arizona tomorrow for the Creating Keepsakes Convention! This will be our first CK event and surprisingly my first time in Arizona. I’m excited to introduce ScrapHD to everyone who attends. If you’re going to be there make sure you stop by and meet us! We’ll be holding contests too – all you have to do is drop by the booth to see how you can win some really cool prize packs! Also, a couple of our ScrapHD partners will be there. I’m looking forward to seeing our friends from Piggy Tales and SEI! Make sure you check out what they have going on!

I’ll try to post from the show and let you all know how it’s going! Until then…..

Mrs. Grossman’s ‘Neigborhood Dogs’

September 29, 2009

Filed under: Mrs. Grossman's, ScrapHD Partners — Katy @ 12:27 pm

Each week we are adding more and more backgrounds and embellishments to the ScrapHD builder, which is a lot of fun because it means so many more options to be creative. I think everybody who we have partnered up with brings something unique to the table when it comes to design. It is really cool, too, to learn a little bit about the history of those designs. Today on  Mrs. Grossman’s Facebook Page they shared a little bit of history about their ‘Neighborhood Dogs’ stickers. We have those stickers on our site!

These are some of Mrs. Grossman’s best selling stickers and they were designed 16 years ago! What’s really cool is that each dog sticker was inspired by one of their company dogs. The big gray and black one was Andrea Grossman’s Russian Wolfhound, Ruckus.

(Bringing your dog to work is SUCH a perk! Just ask Ranger and Charley- the ScrapHD office dogs!)
So as Mrs. Grossman’s asks on their Facebook page – Do any of these dogs look like YOURS?

Bella Blue

September 28, 2009

Filed under: Topic of the Day — Katy @ 11:20 am

Hello to the Beta testers out there! I hope you all had a good weekend. I definitely did…I ended up adopting an 8 week old kitten! I innocently went to the animal shelter to “just play” with the animals. Usually I’m able to resist, but this time I couldn’t! She is an adorable gray kitty, which I’ve always wanted.  I brought her home and introduced her to my 80 lb. Golden Retriever who was excited about the new addition..My other cat, on the other hand, is NOT a happy camper. I hope she comes around!!

Meet Bella Blue…

I’ll be working a lot of tradeshows coming up, so I think this will be a good way to keep my other cat (Risky) company. First tradeshow stop in October – Glendale, Arizona. Anybody gonna be there!? We’d love to meet you!

Time Flies…

September 25, 2009

Filed under: Topic of the Day — Katy @ 10:20 am

I cannot believe it is Friday already!! I guess time flies when you’re having fun – or super busy. Luckily for me it’s been a combination of both. We have been crazy busy behind the scenes, but it’s so much fun because I know it is all going to mean big things for the entire world of scrapbooking. With time going by this fast it won’t be long before we can reveal all of our big ideas :) In the meantime, we are still listening to all of YOUR big ideas. A lot of what you have asked for has already been added. If it hasn’t, then you can at least know we are investigating and implementing everything we can! I think  you’ll all like what you see when we finally go live with the site.

On another note.. It’s supposed to be the last mild weekend in Chicago before we ease into chillyness. I am personally not a fan of the cold so I hope to spend as much time outdoors before it sets in! The only thing I am looking forward to is the change of colors- Fall is a perfect time of year to capture pictures!

Have a great weekend!

Scrapbook Spotlight!

September 19, 2009

Filed under: Scrapbook Spotlight — Katy @ 8:04 am

My favorite thing to do is see what you all have created on the site..Here are a few that I’m lovin this week…

Pharmgirl: Practice


pambartolomucci: Jack

Tammy B: The Places You’ll Go

PaulaSG: Learning to Ride

ginger: beach boys

Nice job, ladies :) I wish I could post all of them here, but I guess that wouldn’t make much sense since you can see them in the Community…Each one of these layouts put a smile on my face today.

Thanks and HAPPY SATURDAY!

We Have a WINNER!

September 18, 2009

Filed under: Beta Testing, Make it Hybrid! — Katy @ 2:37 pm

A big thank you to all of our beta testers this past week. Your emails and comments have been wonderful. I had Ross pull the name of our winner for the Halloween Prize Pack

CoNGRaTuLATioNS to………

Tammy Aunapu!!!

You won!! Thank you so much for your feedback!!
I’ll send you an email to get your mailing address..

Look at all of your goodies!

This contest may be over, but beta testing is still in full swing. Please continue to test every part of the site and let us know what you’re experiencing!Also, feel free to check www.getsatisfaction.com/scraphd for even more updates.

I hope everyone has a fabulous weekend :)

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