Challenge #22 - Neon Colors!

Hello everyone!  Charissa here!  Hope that you are having a wonderful Holiday Season!  We just had our first snow the other day, and though it didn't stick that always puts me in the holiday mood!

This week I wanted to bring merry and bright to our crafting and one of the trendiest ways to bring bright and vibrant pop to crafting projects is the use of neon colors!  There are neon inks, neon ribbons, neon washi and even neon pens out there.  Now, you may not think you have anything neon you could use, but what about those highlighters most of us have around!  Those are the perfect neon colors!

Projects certainly don't need to be winter or holiday themed to enter, but I want to extend the added challenge to use neon colors for a Winter or Holiday themed project, if you so desire!

Because of the upcoming holidays, we are making this challenge last longer than normal. You will have until January 5th, 2013 to link up your project to this post.  We will bring our next challenge to you on January 7th, 2013!

Here are the projects our wonderful designers have created to get your neon creative juices flowing!

I (Charissa) used the pink, blue, and purple Neon Inks from Hero Arts along with some Kiwi Lane Designs Templates to create this colorful winter themed card.

Kristy created this adorable birthday card using strips of neon and brightly colored washi to really make it pop.  I love how she  made a neon rainbow!

Heather created this darling card with stamps and neon embossing powder.  I adore how detailed and ornate the ornaments are and that they are hung on twine!

Charity created this gorgeous piece with all sorts of neon gorgeousness.  The trees are made using bright, neon ribbons and I love how each of them has a little bit of bling!  So awesome!

Erica created this beautiful holiday card. I love the strong pops of white in the frame, tree and snowflakes.  They really make the bright colors stand out.

Amber created this stunning card with lots of neon.  I just adore those neon pink and orange flowers!  And the neon really pops against the black background.

Remember you have until 11.59 MST on Saturday, January 5th, 2013 to link up for this challenge!  We cannot wait to see all of your neon projects!!

And now....time for the winner from Challenge #21

#1 Olivia

Congratulations!!!

Please send us an email papergirlschallengeblog@gmail.com with your info and we'll get those prizes mailed out to you!

How to Join the Fun at the Paper Girls Challenge Blog:

1. Start by following our blog. To do so, click on the "Join this site" button on the right hand side of our blog.
2. We will post new challenges the first and third Monday of every month. It will be up to you to create a project that has been inspired by our challenge!
3. Your entry should be made after the challenge has been posted. We will not say no to older projects but we prefer to see your new creations!
4. Create a blog post about your entry and make sure to include a link back to The Paper Girls Challenge Blog. If you do not have a blog, you may post on our Facebook page and then link that photo to our linky. However, please only do this if you do not have a blog.
5. Add a link to your blog post (or Facebook photo) on our Challenge using the Inlinkz tool located at the bottom of our posts. Please make sure you link the actual post with your entry and not your blog's address.
6. The Deadline for each challenge will be the Saturday at 11:59pm MST before the next challenge is posted. This will give you 2 week and 6 days to complete your projects.
7. Please limit your entries to 3 per person per challenge.
8. We use Random.org to pick the winner. Prizes will be sent directly from the hostess of the challenge. At this time, we can only ship to US and Canadian address, due to postage rates. We hope this will change in the future. In the meantime, we love to see creations from all over the world!
9. The most important thing is to have Fun!

Challenge #21 - Multi Photo Layouts!

Hello Everyone! Kyla here from The Paper Girls Challenge Blog!

To start with I just wanted to say how simply fantastic the last challenge was!! To say that we were all so excited and beyond amazed at the level of participation would be an understatement! 127 entries of beautiful Christmas and Winter themed projects! Wow! A big Thank You to all of you that submitted an entry, it’s truly inspiring to see so many fellow crafters out there joining us! Keep up the outstanding work!!

With that, here we go with our next challenge.

I know I can’t speak for everyone, but I do find that most of my layouts in my scrapbooks only have 1 photo, sometimes two. I want to focus on that one memory or one image and create a page that embellishes it. Every now and again though I need to add more photos! Especially when it comes to big events or holidays that I want to scrap. There’s so many great photos that need to find a space in our books at home, but if I were to leave only one photo per page….My goodness, these albums would be a hundred pages long!

So, for this Monday, I am challenging everyone to create a layout with a multitude of photos! Use those birthday pics that you want to collage or several shots from a recent sports event, group them all together to make a really great multi-photo layout! For this challenge, let’s say for a single page layout 3-4 photos (or more) and on a double page layout 4-8 (or more!)  

In my case, photos from a trip that I took back in the Spring. My brother and I travelled for over 24 hours, had layovers in 4 different airports in 4 different cities on 2 different continents! I definitely wanted to chronicle our journey, and although there are some really great photos from our travels, they may not be the “Oh wow!” photos that usually earn “Single Photo Layout” status.

So without further adieu, here’s all our Team’s Multi Photo Layouts!

Mine – “24 Hours 4 Cities” Our travels and photos of airports and views from our planes!

“Scrappy Goodies”

Sheryl made this fantastic layout using photos of all the treats that arrived from the ScrapbookSteals retreat!

 “This Old Truck”

Charity made a beautiful rustic two page layout about childhood memories down on the farm on a windy day.

“St Patrick’s Day or Easter?”

Heather made a darling St Patty’s/Easter layout with photos of her gorgeous girl!

“Meeting the Girls”

This colourful layout Kristina made with photos from the ScrapbookSteals retreat where some of the Paper Girls Team was able to get together (finally meeting face to face for the first time!)

 “Skiball”

Charissa created this super fun layout using photos of her and her daughter playing Skiball!

"Mom, it's a Robot"

Erica made a fun layout about her son's obsession with robots.

So round up all those photos you've been meaning to scrap and challenge yourself to make a layout using them all together! We can't wait to see what everyone creates!

And now....time for the winners from Challenge #20
Because we had such an overwhelming response we are randomly selecting TWO winners!

#7 Lorianna

And

#90 Cheryl

 

Congratulations to you both!!

Please send us an email papergirlschallengeblog@gmail.com with your info and we'll get those prizes mailed out to you!

 

How to Join the Fun at the Paper Girls Challenge Blog:

 

1. Start by following our blog. To do so, click on the "Join this site" button on the right hand side of our blog.
2. We will post new challenges the first and third Monday of every month. It will be up to you to create a project that has been inspired by our challenge!
3. Your entry should be made after the challenge has been posted. We will not say no to older projects but we prefer to see your new creations!
4. Create a blog post about your entry and make sure to include a link back to The Paper Girls Challenge Blog. If you do not have a blog, you may post on our Facebook page and then link that photo to our linky. However, please only do this if you do not have a blog.
5. Add a link to your blog post (or Facebook photo) on our Challenge using the Inlinkz tool located at the bottom of our posts. Please make sure you link the actual post with your entry and not your blog's address.
6. The Deadline for each challenge will be the Saturday at 11:59pm MST before the next challenge is posted. This will give you 1 week and 6 days to complete your projects.
7. Please limit your entries to 3 per person per challenge.
8. We use Random.org to pick the winner. Prizes will be sent directly from the hostess of the challenge. At this time, we can only ship to US and Canadian address, due to postage rates. We hope this will change in the future. In the meantime, we love to see creations from all over the world!
9. The most important thing is to have Fun!