Challenge #46 - Using Holiday Products on Non-Holiday Projects

Hey everyone!  Charissa here with what is the final challenge for 2013!  Can you believe the year is already almost over?!?  Right now, a lot of us are working on Christmas or other holiday projects, so it is a great time to challenge ourselves to use our Christmas/Holiday theme products on a project that has absolutely nothing to do with the holidays!  We have LOTS of great examples from the DT for you to get some inspiration from!

I (Charissa) created a layout using Elle's Studio's Noel for do this layout of my nephew.  I stayed away from the winter and Christmas themed items and the red and it turned into a great boy-ish color scheme.

Becci created this darling card using an Echo Park Season's Greetings kit.  I works great for this encouraging card.

Deborah really brought out the traditional reds and greens for her project, and they look great with the bright red her kids are wearing in the photo!

Jessica used Fancy Pants Merry Little Christmas for her layout about family game time.  Though, they are playing a console, the numbered Christmas paper definitely harkens to a game board!

Kristy used Lily Bee's Christmas Cheer line to create this fun card!  The pops of blue that are so prevalent in Christmas collections currently make them perfect to use for non-Christmas projects!

Charity used Carta Bella's So This Is Christmas line to create this page about one adorable pup.  Again the fabulous blues of the collection mean the layout doesn't look holiday at all.

Michele used My Mind's Eye Winter Wonderland to create this project about her little dancer.  The colors work perfectly with the bright red (and polka dots!) of the dress.

Because of the holidays, you get an extra week to complete your non-holiday projects with holiday products!  To enter, please link up your project by 11:59pm on January 4th!  The winner will be announced with the next challenge on January 6th!

The winner for Challenge #45 - Confetti Shakers is:  Saskia.  Congrats, Saskia!  

Please e-mail us at papergirlschallengeblog@gmail.comwith your info and we will get your prize sent out.

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. Please also feel free to follow by email too!

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 or to an online gallery 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 /gallery 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. Please make sure you describe how you interpreted our challenge if it isn't clear. If we can't see it, we can't count it.

7. 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.

8. Please limit your entries to 3 per person per challenge.

9. 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 addresses, 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!

10. The most important thing is to have fun!

We are looking forward to seeing what you create, happy crafting!

Challenge #45 - Confetti Shakers

Welcome back for another Paper Girls challenge! Becci here, and my challenge this week is to create a confetti shaker! There are many ways to create a confetti shaker - I have made mine in one of the more simple ways, using a pocket inside a Project Life style page. This is the first page that I have created for my December Daily album.

Here is a finished photo of my page, you can see more photos and a basic tutorial on how I created this page, on my blog!

Here is more confetti shaker inspiration for you from the Paper Girls:

Kristy
Upcycled the packaging from diecuts.  I sewed it down to create the pocket, which I filled with sequins and some circles cut from a previous project.

Charity
I used sequins and a Kreaxions punch for my confetti. My "cloud" is tulle I stitched into a pocket.

Jessica

I made a sort of shadow box with paper, clear plastic packaging, and foam tape to hold my confetti and sentiment. 

Heather

I stapled 2 pieces of vellum together and filled it with sequins to make the birthday present. I covered the edges with washi to try to hide the staples.

Erica
I used the red double sided tape to close the top edge of my pocket pages. The Christmas
sequins were a perfect backdrop to the year on my December Daily cover page.

I love how these ladies all shook it up with confetti shakers!

You have until 11:59 MDT on December 14th to link up your project to be entered into this drawing.

To pass along the Christmas cheer, I have this Basic Grey Christmas card kit and extra Christmas goodness to mail out to a lucky winner!

 And now......

The winner of Challenge #44 is entry #36 Cindy Groh!

Please e-mail us at papergirlschallengeblog@gmail.comwith your info and we will get your prize sent out.

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. Please also feel free to follow by email too!

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 or to an online gallery 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 /gallery 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. Please make sure you describe how you interpreted our challenge if it isn't clear. If we can't see it, we can't count it.

7. 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.

8. Please limit your entries to 3 per person per challenge.

9. 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 addresses, 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!

10. The most important thing is to have fun!

We are looking forward to seeing what you create, happy crafting!

Challenge #44: It's time to give Thanks

Challenge #44 Thankful Projects

Hello all you beautiful people out there in bloglandia. Misty here to welcome back to the Paper Girls Challenge Blog. This go 'round we're challenging you to make a project with thanks giving in mind. It can be any project you'd like to create with "THANKS" in mind.

Every Thanksgiving I wish that I had name plates for everyone at their seats. This year there will finally be a place card at each setting. I used a Stampin' Up set called Turkey Talk for the images, added some punched leaves and stamped the names. A quick and fun coloring project.

 

Here Cathryn created some gorgeous thankful cards to send out. Those owls are precious.

 

Erica made this amazing Thankful Advent. What a great way to remember to give thanks.

Michele went all out when creating these Thankful greeting cards. I love the fall colors.

 

Jessica made these sweet and simple thoughtful cards with some great sentiments.

Kristy scrapped her little heart out and made this SWEET layout of her precious blessings.

 Amber  must have been thinking the same thing...how could she not be grateful for these little munchkins.

Becci created this burlap Thanksgiving banner and she makes it quick and easy with a mini tutorial on her blog.

Deborah made this amazing home decor piece to remind her just what she's thankful for!!

Charity made this beautiful card. I love the trims she used!

Now, if these projects don't want to make you to sit down at your table and start crafting away on some thankful type project then I don't know what will :)

Here's the prize that will be sent to one lucky randomly chosen winner from this challenge's entries.

Make sure to follow our blog and like our Facebook page. Limited to three entries per person per challenge.

And for the winner of the challenge #43 was entry #36 Wendy Brassart

Please e-mail us at papergirlschallengeblog@gmail.com with your info and we will get your prize sent out.

Challenge #43 - Cut it Out

Welcome back for another Paper Girls challenge! Michele here, and my challenge to you is to Cut It Out! You can cut with cutting machines like Cricut or Silhouette, or cut with dies, and if you don't have either of those, I want to see some fussy cutting!

I used my new Cricut to cut out the flowers and sentiments on these tags:

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Charity cut out her butterfly layers with a Kreaxions die, and then punched the corners of the top butterfly to make this beauty:

Becci used her Silhouette to create this cute coffee cup card. (I guess it could be any hot beverage, really!)

Jessica used a scalloped frame die to embellish this page of her mini album.
Be sure to visit her blog to see the rest of this adorable album!

Charissa fussy cut some Dear Lizzy patterned paper for the base of her embellishments on this layout.

 

Heather made these cute Christmas tags with her Cricut Very Merry Tags cartridge.

 

 Kristy used her Cricut to cut out the layers of a banner, then used the banner as a background on her gorgeous layout.

Deborah glued paper to her chipboard letters and then used her craft knife to cut the letters for this banner.

These ladies have certainly inspired me to get creative with my cutting. How about you?

You have until 11:59 MDT on November 16th to link up your project to be entered into this drawing.

Since the challenge is to Cut It Out, I've got a couple of dies to send to our lucky winner!

 And now......

The winner of Challenge #42 is entry #8 ~DEANNE~ .  

Please e-mail us at papergirlschallengeblog@gmail.comwith your info and we will get your prize sent out.

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. Please also feel free to follow by email too!

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 or to an online gallery 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 /gallery 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. Please make sure you describe how you interpreted our challenge if it isn't clear. If we can't see it, we can't count it.

7. 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.

8. Please limit your entries to 3 per person per challenge.

9. 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 addresses, 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!

10. The most important thing is to have fun!

Challenge #42 ~ Put a Bug on It

Welcome back to the Paper Girls Challenge.

Charity here, and I'm ready for a little creepy crawly action.

Get crafty with this bug theme and link up!

Here's what the DT came up with.

I (Charity) used a 7-Gypsies Bumble Bee rub-on.

Heather popped it up with this butterfly card.

Misty made this super cute card with a critter in a costume.

 

Deborah offers us our only layout this round, aren't those kiddo's CUTE, I mean CREEPY!

Jessica added a butterfly title card to her project.

Michele lined up these adorable lady's for a super cute look.

Kristy went with a bit of stitching and a dragonfly for her card.

Now it's your turn.

Get out those bug supplies and get crafting.

You have until 11:59 MDT on November 2nd to link up your project to be entered into this drawing.



As always, there will be a great prize for our lucky winner! 

And now......

The winner of Challenge #41 is entry #23 - Sarah. Please e-mail us at papergirlschallengeblog@gmail.com with your info and we will get your prize sent out.

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. Please also feel free to follow by email too!

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 or to an online gallery 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 /gallery 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. Please make sure you describe how you interpreted our challenge if it isn't clear. If we can't see it, we can't count it.

7. The Deadline for each challenge will be the Saturday at 11:55pm MST before the next challenge is posted. This will give you 1 week and 6 days to complete your projects.

8. Please limit your entries to 3 per person per challenge.

9. 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 addresses, 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!

10. The most important thing is to have fun!

Fall Decor Blog Hop Winner

First off, thanks to all of you who joined in on the blog hop. We really enjoy reading all of your comments. It was fun to show off all of the different Fall Decor ideas and hope it helped inspire you to make something of your own.

Without further ado, here's the winner of the blog hop.

Drum roll please...

Giddy Michelle!!

Please send an email to 

papergirlschallengeblog@gmail.com

and we will get the gift certificate out to you.

Thanks again everyone!

Don't forget to play along with our current challenge going on right now.

Challenge #41 Sew it On

Wasn't last week's blog hop super fun?! I know I was inspired to make some more decorative goodies.

Maybe we can take all that inspiration that has been gathered and throw it into October's first challenge,  Challenge #41: Sew It On. Now, I'm new to the group and thought it was a witty title but after spending a weekend crafting with some of the other Paper Girls, a photo of that in a bit, I realized I should let you in on a little secret. You ready? I just want to see a little sewing going on, use that stitching to attach a button, hand stitch, machine stitch, use a template, faux stitch, or whatever else you can dream up!

Before I reveal what the Paper Girls have in store for you, here's a photo of some of us at Scrapbooksteals Retreat 2013. How cute and color coordinated can it get?! And yes, you'll be seeing this photo again in this post, can you guess who used it?

Sheryl (once a Paper Girl, always a Paper Girl!), Kristy, Charissa, Jessica, Michele

Without further ado, here's my layout:

Jessica (Me!) used a WRMK Sew Easy stitching head to punch the holes for her colorful twine and paper banner.

Becci did hand sewing on her title to go with the vintage and rustic look of this PL page.

Kristy used one of her Amy Tangerine sewing templates to  create a photo corner. Go check out her blog, and leave a little love because it's her birthday today! Anyone care to sing it with me? "Happy Birthday, dear Kristy...to yoooooou."

 Michele stitched up a flower with leaves and made it the focal point on her card. 

Check out the hand-stitched stars that Heather included on this precious layout!

Charissa also used an Amy Tangerine stitching template for this stunning layout about the love of her life. 

Catherine made these sweet cards with a little hand stitching. Don't you just love the detail?

Amber created loops with some sewing thread to lead the eye across the page. I love the simplicity of this page.

 Charity created this fabulous page with lots of machine stitching.

And don't you just love this art journal book page from Erica?! I know I do!

Deborah created this cute Thank You card with machine stitching.

You have until 11:59 MDT on October 19th to link up your project to be entered into this drawing.

As always, there will be a great prize for our lucky winner!  

And now......

The winner of Challenge #40 is Sherri P.!  Please e-mail us at papergirlschallengeblog@gmail.com with your info and we will get your prize sent out.

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. Please also feel free to follow by email too!

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 or to an online gallery 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 /gallery 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. Please make sure you describe how you interpreted our challenge if it isn't clear. If we can't see it, we can't count it.

7. 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.

8. Please limit your entries to 3 per person per challenge.

9. 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 addresses, 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!

10. The most important thing is to have fun!