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Saturday Layout Challenge – Ink It Up

Stamping ink is such a versatile embellishment. It can add color, mute color or simply distress something to make it look more aged or worn. Paint is the same way. It can be used in so many ways on your scrapbook layouts. Todays challenge is to get creative with stamping ink or some paint. Use a lot of it. Not just a little swipe or dab, nope LOTS and LOTS! There needs to be tons of color or if you don’t want a lot of color than just use one color a lot. It doesn’t matter what type of paint … Continue reading →

Saturday Layout Challenge – How Many Layouts?

In honor of National Scrapbooking Day, I thought today’s challenge would be a little different than the normal challenges. In addition, there are many websites and other venues that are offering a special list of challenges just for today. Today’s Challenge: So what is today’s challenge? How many layouts can you complete today? Most people take National Scrapbooking day and attend a crop, class or workshop designed specifically for the this special day. Being able to churn layout after layout out, has never been one of my strong points. However, today I am challenging myself to complete as many layouts … Continue reading →

Saturday Layout Challenge: Bad Habits

It’s Saturday again, and you know what that means? Time for another fun and creative scrapbook challenge. I have been busily making a great list of ideas for upcoming challenges so be sure and check in often. Also, remember that the scrapbook challenges often make great additions to an All About Me album, so start creating and save those layouts so that your family has an album all about you, just as you have so lovingly created an album all about them. I had a few ideas for today’s challenge, but after some careful thought and consideration and a few … Continue reading →

Monday Layout Challenge: Favorite Things in Fall

Fall is swirling all around me at this point. Leaves are changing, the air is crisper and and windier, and I am burning my pumpkin spice candles. So, my house is colder, decorated for fall and is filled with that beautiful Autumn scent. I absolutely love this time of year, more than any other season. Today’s Challenge: This week’s layout challenge is all about this wonderful season, and everything you love (or hate) about it. Perhaps it is the beauty of the season that you love. Or maybe it is the scents that are famous for this time of year. … Continue reading →

Monday Layout Challenge: A Day in the Life

We are back for another great Monday Layout Challenge, and this one is all about you. Scrapbook a layout all about a day in your life. I am really excited to present the details of today’s challenge: Your layout challenge for this week is to take a good hard look into your typical day. Choose a weekend day or a weekday. Scrapbook about the details of getting up, getting ready for work and coming home. Scrapbook about getting kids up in the morning, breakfast on the table, lunches prepared for school and getting the kids on the bus. Scrapbook about … Continue reading →

Monday Photo Challenge: The Great Outdoors

These photo challenges have gotten me motivated to look around me and capture much more with my camera. In fact, last weeks challenge I have 187 photographs to sort through and see if any are good or not. Each Monday, I post a challenge that you can choose to do, or you can choose not to do. It is up to you. My hope is that when you do the photo challenges, it is getting you to think outside the box, and obviously to take more photographs. The purpose of the challenges are to get you to play around with … Continue reading →

Monday Layout Challenge – Song Lyrics

We are back for another great Monday Layout Challenge, and this one is a fun one. I had a blast with last week’s challenge, and actually got about ten layouts done using some of my old stuff. It was great, and I found a whole bunch of new things to do with some of it. I will be putting articles up on that later. Did you use some of your old tools and make new layouts with them? Tell me if you found a new way to use something. I am really excited to present today’s today’s challenge: Your challenge … Continue reading →

Monday Layout Challenge – Use an Old Supply

Hope your longer weekend was great and that you got plenty of scrapbooking in. Even if you didn’t, I hope you got a chance to participate in last weeks layout challenge. We are back again for another week, in the Monday Layout Challenge. Were you able to get your dollar store stuff last weekend? Did you create a cute layout using some new items that would not normally have been used in scrapbooking. I spent $20 at the dollar store getting some non-scrapbook related things and an additional $5 on actual scrapbook supplies. Using a little of almost everything I … Continue reading →

Monday Photo Challenge – Around the House or Pieces of Home

I am having so much fun with these photo challenges, and I really hope you are as well. Each Monday, I post a challenge that you can choose to do, or you can choose not to do. It is up to you. My hope is that when you do the photo challenges, it is getting you to think outside the box, and obviously to take more photographs. I want you to truly play around with your camera, get to know its features, its capabilities, just get to know it better. I want you to try out new angles, lighting techniques … Continue reading →

Monday Layout Challenge: The Dollar Store

Hope your week was great and that you got plenty of layouts completed. We are back for another week, in the Monday Layout Challenge. Did you get your pet pages done last week? I did an adorable layout of my new puppy and his funny way of falling asleep after a bath when he’s all wrapped in a towel. I will try to upload it soon. I am doing the weekly layout challenge for several reasons. One, I want you to get your photographs out of storage devices and onto your layouts, and two I want to help you brainstorm … Continue reading →