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Scrap flaps, first ever 'It's Just Scrapbooking, Get Over It' contest

Posted: 11/6/2007

Mitt Romney wrote in his Olympic memoir that I’m the kind of reporter who is always looking to uncover the next big scandal.

Lucky for Mitt, Suzy Scrapbooker isn’t covering his presidential campaign.

In the past month, Suzy has:
* Exposed flaws and forced dethronements in the industry’s most prestigious talent show, the Creating Keepsakes Hall of Fame Contest.
* Discovered juicy tidbits from a private message board in which the general manager and some designers dissed fellow members of the popular Two Peas in a Bucket Web site, whose owner specializes in family-friendly media.
* Called out both insider

Scrapbooking scandal erupted over Creating Keepsakes’ 2007 Hall of Fame Issue. The heart of the dispute: a photo used by winner Kristina Contes that was shot by a friend.

The dramas played out mostly on the Internet, where hundreds of thousands of scrapbookers seek inspiration, find friendship, get advice and judge each other.

Seriously. If you think the term Suzy Scrapbooker is demeaning, you should see the bathroom-wall banter on scrapbook message boards and blogs.

It began with the publication of the 2007 Hall of Fame issue, wherein one of the entries contained a photo credit.

The rules of the contest say all work submitted, including photos, must be your own, so readers were understandably confused.