Did you all make it out of the NSD crop weekend in one piece!? As IF you guys need more inspiration after all the CT dished up... but just in case you *still* need more, here you go! May is all about Moms and flowers and the end of the school year and I am positive that this latest set of challenges will spark the perfect idea for your next layout. Let's pack the gallery this month!
Remember:
- only one LO per challenge will enter you into the points drawing
- LOs cannot be entered into more than one challenge category
- *please* only enter LOs that meet the specific challenge instructions
Ad Inspiration Challenge - By MamaK321 (Kristianne)
Paper or Digital Scrapbooking
Ad inspiration is about taking ideas, such as colors, patterns, title or keywords, theme, font styles, and element placement, and using them to create your own layout. You can break the ad inspiration down to a basic sketch, copy a prominent design straight from the ad, or you can alter a design to fit your own layout. Most ads are 8.5x11" but you can adapt the ad to fit any size. Remember, this is not a sketch and you are not required to follow every detail. The key is to really LOOK at the ad and find the pieces that INSPIRE you!
Altered Object Challenge - By JulesinParadise (Jules)
Paper or Hybrid Scrapbooking
May's Altered Object Challenge is aluminum foil. I challenge you to use aluminum foil to create an embellishment for a card or a layout or for an altered project. You must use at least a 6" x 6" piece total. And you can use more, of course. Here is what I created using aluminum foil, Ranger Alcohol Inks and a brayer.
Card Challenge - By bluejeans7 (Angela)
Paper or Digital Scrapbooking
Create a Mother's Day card with at least two different types of fabric or material embellishments. Think pieces of fabric, lace, ribbon, felt, etc. On my card I used a blue felt flower and some pretty lace!
Color Challenge - by Art_Teacher (Laura)
Paper or Digital Scrapbooking
May is an important month in my family. Besides Mother's Day and Graduation at the high school where I teach, my dear husband's birthday is in May! So, in honor of his favorite color, I challenge you to do a monochromatic layout in shades of blue! You know, I thought I had done this before, but when I checked my gallery, I hadn't, so this was my chance to use all the beautiful shades of one of the most popular colors. Can't wait to see what you do with it!
Countdown Challenge - By sarahwhithers (Jennifer)
Paper or Digital Scrapbooking
For this challenge you will create a layout using a countdown method of items. I will list five different kinds of things (eg. elements, papers, photos) for you to use in your layout. Every month there will be five new items for you to use. This month I thought of blue skies since Spring is in the air!
5 - Blue Buttons
4 - Rub-ons (of any kind, words, doodles, etc..)
3 - Word Title
2 - Blue Papers (Patterned or not)
1 - Sun Element
You are welcome to use more than these items (eg. 5 rub-ons instead of 4 is fine) just as long as you meet the required list and numbers asked for each. A page is seen below.
Die Cut Challenge - By Dianedi (Diane)
Paper Scrapbooking
To celebrate spring and all of the beautiful flowers that May brings, create a card with flowers you've made on a die-cutting machine! (Cricut, Sizzix, Silhouette etc..)
Digi CT Reveal Challenge - By Janello (Janell)
Paper or Digital Scrapbooking
This challenged is based on a Digi CT Reveal from the previous month. Open to all scrappers!
Let the Digi CT's reveal "Round n Round" inspire you. Create a layout with rounded corners.
Example layout by Smiley-Scrap8
Digi Designer Challenge - By MamaK321 (Kristianne)
Digital only
This month scrap a layout using products from Marci Parmeley/Hot Flash Designs!
Digi Do-Able Challenge - By Smiley-Scrap8 (Ronny)
Digital Scrapbooking
Welcome to another edition of Digi Do-Ables! This month we are going to use the group of templates from the NSD freebie that the Digi Designers got together. You can choose any of the 8 templates to use for the challenge.
Go to the Digi Shoppe and download the free template. Then, use that template to create your own layout. Flip it, change it, or just use it as it is, it's up to you.
Here is the template:
My Layout:
Faithbooking Challenge - By Keling (Sara)
Paper or Digital Scrapbooking
My Hope is Built on Nothing Less
"Many of the British hymn writers were children of the clergy or came from middle- or upper-class backgrounds. But not Edward Mote. His parents kept a pub in London, and Mote says, 'My Sundays were spent in the streets; so ignorant was I that I did not know there was a God.' He was apprenticed to a cabinetmaker who took him to church, where he heard the gospel message. Mote himself became a successful cabinetmaker in a London suburb and was active in his local church.
"Mote wrote this hymn while he was working as a cabinet maker. The chorus came to his mind as he was walking to work, and during the day the stanzas came to him. Two years later, he published it in a collection of his own hymns and titled it 'The Immutable Basis of a Sinner's Hope.' It is a hymn that combines deep biblical theology with sincere personal experience.
Edward Mote (1797-1874)
1 John 1:7-9 - If we are living in the light, as God is in the light, then we have fellowship with each other, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, cleanses us from all sin. If we claim we have no sin, we are only fooling ourselves and not living in the truth. But if we confess our sins to him he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all wickedness.
Taken from Great Songs of Faith, July 20.
For lyrics and to hear the music, visit:
http://library.timelesstruths.org/music/The_Solid_Rock/
Hybrid Challenge - By Smiley-Scrap8 (Ronny)
Paper AND Digital Scrapbooking
On Hiatus
Journaling Challenge - By jjenni08 (Jenn)
Paper or Digital Scrapbooking
Memories - This is the monthly journaling challenge. I would like for you to journal about a childhood memory. It can something you actually remember or something you have been told about your childhood that you are fond of.
Manufacturer Challenge - By 4peasinourpod (Pam)
Paper Scrapbooking
Easy one this month!!!
BAZZILL!!
You can have patterned paper, but the majority of the layout or project must be BAZZILL!
Musical Inspiration Challenge - By Kimandasmo (Cindy)
Paper or Digital Scrapbooking
This month's challenge is to use any Disney song as inspiration for your layout.
I chose to use the song "Be Our Guest" from Beauty and the Beast as the title of my layout.
One Word Challenge - By jjenni08 (Jenn)
Paper or Digital Scrapbooking
Sensitive - This is the monthly one-word challenge. I want you to use the word "sensitive" somewhere on your page. It can be in the title or in the journaling; it just has to be prominent so it can be seen.
Photography Challenge - By nun69 (Angie)
Photography
Get out and enjoy the outside...go and smell the flowers and enjoy the sunshine!!!
Scraplift the GCT Challenge - By Kimandasmo and SarahA (Cindy and Sarah)
Paper or Digital Scrapbooking
This month's Guest Paper CT Member is Anazelia! Visit her gallery here and choose a layout to scraplift. I chose her layout "My Gund Bear." Please be sure to show us what layout you're lifting in your submission!
Scrap Your Life Challenge - By nun69 (Angie)
Paper or Digital Scrapbooking
This month I want you to scrap that special moment you happened to catch on camera... whether it was your children, one of your pets sleeping, something that totally captures the moment and scrap it!!!
Sketch Challenge - By Laura Fiore and 4peasinourpod (Laura and Pam)
Paper or Digital Scrapbooking
It's getting to be that busy, busy time of year again...we're running every which way, taking photos of school, sports and our very fun lives, and hardly have a moment to sit down and scrap! Well, here is a sketch that will make your life just a little easier! Our fabulous CT member Juliana, has come up with another awesome sketch for us to use to get a little scrapping done...use it as is, or make those two photos into a great photo collage...let's see what you can do with it!
Here is Laura's:
And Pam's:
Supply List Challenge - By Beth-W (Beth)
Paper or Digital Scrapbooking
For May's Supply List Challenge, use at least 4 flowers, 4 die-cuts and 4 buttons. If you are into digi, you could substitute a premade embellishment similar to a die-cut (ex- ticket or a star) for the die-cuts.
Theme Challenge - By ScrapGoo (Jess)
Paper or Digital Scrapbooking
This month's theme is to scrap a room. It could be your child's messy bedroom, a home makeover project, your scrap space, etc. I scrapped the story of my son's birth and a couple of pictures of the labor room!
Trends & Techniques Challenge - By Megamay (Meg)
Paper Scrapbooking
We have had a lot of technique challenges lately, so I thought this month should be a trend. Since I am a fan of purple, but very picky about it, I have noticed a lot of purple around lately, gorgeous shades of purples and violets. So the challenge this month is to use purple on your layout. It doesn't matter what shade.
Here is my example, using Pink Paislee Bayberry Road - which has a lot of purple in it. Check out my last two reveals -Bo Bunny and Kaisercraft - for more new lines with purple in them.
