June Challenges

How did you go with the May challenges? I got very little done as i was away for 3 weeks!!! I was travelling around NSW visiting family with our little family. It was so great to get around and see everyone, but boy was it exhusting!! Lots of night driving (since it's much easier with the kids asleep!!), and my little one was just AWEFUL at nights!!! She was in our bed every night with us by 1-3ish due to her getting up so much!!! Totally exhausting. Oh well. It's very nice to be home again, and i've certainally got lots of material for scrapping!!!

Before i get onto the challenges for this month, i want to give a shout out to Charms Creations and her gorgeous handmade embellishments!! I won a $50 voucher with her last night, and boy did i have fun spending it!!! I just can't wait to get my lovely package next week!!! Here's a small sample of what she creates:

Aren't they fab?!!??! You can win a $20 voucher with her challenge each month too, plus a chance to be a guest designer on her blog site! Her challenge this month is so fab - just use one of her AWESOME products with any of the challenges over at Scrapbooking From Scratch!! I've popped these challenges below in the challenges section!!

Challenges

Onto the monthly challenges! Unless otherwise stated, all challenges are due midnight 30th June

Scrapboutique

Monthly Challenge - Think about the things you love about winter. Extra (but not necessary) challenge is to use tone on tone.

(Prize = store voucher)

Stash Stomper - Brads! Use at least 6 on your LO.

(Prize = store voucher)

Stylist Challenge - Inspiration challenge:

(Prize = store voucher)

Scrapbooking From Scratch Monthly Challenges

Sketch Challenge

 (Prize = store voucher)

Quote Challenge 

Colour Combo

Use the following picture for colour inspiration

Purple Pumpkin

White With 1

White + Pale Blue + Flags

Kraft It Up

Create a LO using Kraft and the following:

3 different alpha's + 3 photos + a title with 3 or more words + a masked background

Scrap The Boys

Create a LO about your boy(s) helping others, and use paint on your LO.

Scrap The Girls

This month's challenge is all about being outside, including photos that have been taken outside.

Scrapbooking Top 50

Vicki's Challenge

Grunge + Altered Chipboard (Prize = Scrapbooking From Scratch Voucher)

Sarah's Challenge  

Use twine in at least one of the following ways:

- a frame

- an embellishment

- a title (or alphas covered in twine)

(Prize = Pack from D-lish Scraps)

Ant's Sketch Challenge

(Prize = Pack from Handmade Halo)

Show Us Your Stuff

May Group 1 - Inspiration:

Sophies Corner - Use multiple photos

Try this technique - Book paper blooms

My Minds Eye Blog  - Due June 15

Use fussy cutting, and of course MME product!!!

Kaisercraft Saturday Sketches

#1:

I'll try and add them here as they go up so watch this space :D

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Lots and LOTS of inspiration there!!! I've booked in some scrap time tomorrow arvo while hubby is home, and DS is in daycare :D

Feminine/Masculine Colours

Have you ever done a boys LO using feminine colours or a girls LO using masculine colours? That's the challenge over at the MME blog right now!

Here's a LO of Scarlet that i have made using masculine MME papers:

 Blacks, greens, yellows and reds together aren't traditional for a girls LO, but i think they look alright here!! I've used a bit of netting from an orange net on this page too - it's very subtle, above the black dotted paper :D Love those doilies from Typo too - i've got these in red, blue and black - they're great aren't they!!!

Sharing the MME Love

OK, how many of you scrappers out there just LOVE MME? I'm sure i'm not the first to admit to drooling over all the lovely sparkly papers and gorgeous embellies they put out!!! I also love following the MME blog, and they have a couple of monthly challenges, so i thought i'd give one a go this month!!!

Their first challenge of the month is to use brads in an unusual way (plus, of course, you have to use their product!!!) I had a BOTHER of a time trying to find my MME brad stash, which i only just used a couple of weeks ago when i was at a crop!!! Doh!!

ANYWAY, i ended up just using some generic silver brads to hold down some yummy Green Tara crystal branches, plus for the middle of some butterfly's which i'd popped up, and as just an embellishment cluster.

This page is going in my 'Krafty Koncepts' album, which is a class i'm doing over at Somewhere To Scrap. I'm using this class to scrap my wedding album (finally!!!), and here is what it looks like as a double spread in my album:



I'm really loving how this album is coming together, thanks to Mel who is a fantastic teacher!!

White With One

Have you visited the White With One challenge blog yet? They always have a great challenge every month, based on white + another colour + an extra element.

The April challenge isn't due until May 11, so you've still got a few days to get into it. I finished mine over the weekend - the challenge was "White + Grey + Tabs/Tags". Here's what i came up with:

Isn't my boy gorgeous? I just loved the fun way i've used the "You Colour My World" chipboard on a black/grey and white LO - isn't it cool!!!! I had a lot of fun with this LO, as i always do with the White with 1 challenges. Now to think about the May challenge:

White + Cream + Chipboard

May Challenges

Where is the year disappearing too? May already!!! Which means new challenges at all your favourite scrapping sites :D Here's a little summary. Unless stated, due date is 30th April :D

Pagemaps blog - due May 13

There's also going to be lots of giveaways this month over at page maps, to celebrate their 6th birthday, so don't gorget to keep going there every week!!!

White With 1

April - White + Grey + Tabs/Tags (Due 11th May)

May - White + Cream + Chipboard

Kraft It Up

April - Use Kraft PP/CS plus 3 Kraft elements (Due 11th May)

May - Easter has been and gone, so this month i want you to interview your child/children/partner about what Easter means to them. You can use any products you wish as long as your creation is based on Kraft Cardstock or Kraft Patterned Paper.

Scrap The Boys

April - Recycling - use some form of boy related packaging (Due 11th May)

May - You need to use a photo of your boy(s) getting dirty, this could be anything from mud, paint, dirt, cooking, eating and so on. I also want your photo to inspire your layout in some way.

Scrap The Girls

This month is a quote challenge :

"Having a sister is like having a best friend you can't get rid of. You know whatever you do, they'll still be there" Amy Li

(Prize = various)

Scrapboutique Monthly Challenges

Monthly Comp -

Create a LO based on either how much you love your Mum or how much you love being a Mum. The title needs to have the word love in it somewhere as well.

(Prize = store voucher)

Stash Stomper - Use your alphabets in an unusual way (not just for the title)

(Prize = store voucher)

Stylist Challenge

Sketch challenge (prize = store voucher)

Scrapbooking From Scratch Monthly Challenges

Sketch Challenge


The April Sketch isn't due until May 4th:

And this is the May sketch:

 (Prize = store voucher)

Quote Challenge 

The April challenge isn't due until May 4th:

"The more you enjoy life, the more you find to celebrate!" Anonymous (Prize = store voucher)

And the May quote:

"Let your smile change the world, but don't let the world change your smile"

Colour Combo

The April challenge isn't due until May 4th:

Mustard Yellow, Teal, Kraft + White

And the May combo is:

Pink + Yellow + Orange

Purple Pumpkin

TBA

Scrapbooking Top 50

Vicki's Challenge

Sarah's Challenge  - Use a banner and a frame

(Prize = $20 voucher for Scrapbook Divas)

Show Us Your Stuff

May Group 1 - Inspiration Challenge:

Sophies Corner - Circles

Charm's Creations

Stars - use stars plus Charm's Creations on a LO - due May 31st

I hope you've found LOTS of inspiration here - now you have no reason to not scrap LOL!!

Almost forgot!!!

Well it's the last day of the month today and i was hoping to get another challenge done, but in amongst all the craziness of a bubba with Broccollitus, it just never happened - and i almost forgot to share my entry for the Purple Pumpkin sketch of the month!!! I used their sketch this month for my first year calendar album that i'm creating for Scarlet:

Isn't she just the most darling little bunny? 

I had some fun with these buttons on this LO - check out how i've stamped them!! Aren't they cute!! Definitely got to do this again!! I really do have to use more stamping in my scrapping - i've got so many lovely stamps!!! I had a bit of fun stamping around the outside of the LO too :D

I had some fun joining in at the Scrapboutique April Cybercrop last weekend, and i actually managed to win with one of my LO's! Here's what i came up with:

I'm going to be busy for the rest of the week making bits and pieces for the Scrapbooking Top 50 Crafters Markets. I've got some yummy bottle tops, fabric buttons and yo-yo's that i think look awesome :D Hope you will join me at the markets - they are always full of so much talent!!!

My Bunny Girl

Yesterday i showed you my tiger boy, so today i'll show you my bunny girl!!

Of course this is an easter LO, and i've created it for the Scrapboutique Monthly challenge - an inspiration challenge where the image was lots of wooden painted eggs - all pastel colours. I found this gorgeous tissue paper in Big W before easter and I'm so glad that i snatched it up when i did!!

Isn't that Prima bling just delicious? I've added some yummy My Vintage Blossoms and a bit of Purple Pumpkin, plus some old Heidi Swapp felt butterflies i stumbled across recently - aren't they cute? Got some in blue too - going to have to find a use for them!!!

This next LO i did based on the Scrapbooking From Scratch sketch of the month, using an Echo Park kit that i won last year during the Scrapbooking From Scratch Sketchaday comp. It's a fabulous kit and i've used it a few times now, but still finding uses for it!!

Did you spot some of my Olive Roses on the page? The cute little fabric yo-yos with wooden buttons? These will be available in the next sale!