2nd Anniversary Blog Hop

Welcome to The Paper Girls Challenge blog hop!

We offer our regular challenges every two weeks on the first and third Mondays of the month.  What do we do in the event there is a fifth Monday in the month?  Why we have a blog hop!

And this is no ordinary blog hop. We Paper Girls just recently celebrated our second anniversary! Happy blogiversary to us! 

We have had a fun two years getting to know you and seeing your projects.  We've said goodbye to a few of the original Paper Girls (Judy, Sheryl, and Kyla) and now today we are saying bye to Heather. We appreciate all the work these girls did and wish them all well.  Life gets busy.  And crazy.  And  we know all too well that sometimes crafting and blogs have to be pushed aside for awhile.  Now that we are down a few girls we just may be looking for a few good guest designers in the future!  If you are interested make sure that you are listed on the linky on our sidebar for consideration.

Okay, now back to the hop!  The fabulous store Creative Embellishments is offering a $25 gift certificate to our random winner!  Creative Embellishments carries wood veneer shapes, chipboard, and stamps.  They have so many wonderful designs to choose from.  Please give them a big thanks from The Paper Girls over at their blog or facebook page.

For our hop today we have created projects that have a Celebration theme and that use either wood veneer or chipboard shapes.

Here's a little preview of the projects you'll be seeing today:

And here's the hopping order:

Paper Girls Challenge Blog <<you are here

Erica

Charity

Deborah

Michele

Cathryn

Kristy

Please hop, comment on all blogs and then come back and enter using the Rafflecopter widget. You have through Friday, April 4th to enter to win the gift certificate.
Good luck!

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Challenge #52: Lucky Charm

Happy St. Patrick's Day! Jessica here, and I can't believe it is already the middle of March, this year is flying by already.

In honor of today's festivities I've asked the Paper Girls, and I'm asking you, to create something about your

"Lucky Charm." 

I'm good with a pretty loose interpretation of this -  a daily routine that you just can't mix up, the special bangle that your kid wears every day, or something green that reminds you of the lush Irish coastline. Just make sure you explain in your post so I know how you were inspired by the theme.

I chose to scrap about my father's game day rituals. He's a die hard Cowboys fan and has certain shirts/jerseys for certain types of game days. I don't "get" it, but I definitely think that fan rituals are a sort of "lucky charm."

Check out what a couple of the other Paper Girls think could be lucky.

Charity



Michele included a lucky star on her layout along with the best two lucky charms she could hope to have, her husband and daughter.

Erica went gung-ho and made her girls their own St. Paddy's day T-shirts.

May the luck of the Irish be with you in this challenge (props to you if you read that with a wee Irish accent).

The winner of our last challenge (#51 - Photo Inspiration/Mosaic) is:

#2 Tammi

CONGRATS, TAMMI! Please email us at papergirlschallengeblog@gmail.com to claim your prize.

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 and like us on facebook!

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 slightly 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. You will have two weeks to claim your prize once we post the winner.
11. The most important thing is to have fun!

Challenge #51: Photo Inspiration

Hi!  Kristy here, with your next Paper Girls' Challenge.  I love how random photos can inspire a project - whether it is the picture we are using on the actual project, or something you use as a jumping off point for your project.  In my case, I have 4 images that inspired me.  These are actually photos I took at the Laumeier Sculpture Park in St. Louis, MO.  I loved the mosaic look and how the colors came through.  (Check out to my blog for what the actual sculpture is!)

I used this inspiration, along with some watercolors, to create my cover page for my One Little Word book. 

 Me

The other Paper Girls came up with some wonderful projects using the photo inspiration.  Check them out! Then let photo inspire you...and be sure to link up for a chance to win a prize.

Charity

Becci

Michele

Charissa

Heather

Deborah

The winner of our last challenge (#50 - Home!) is:

#9 Kimberly Fordyce

CONGRATS, KIMBERLY! Please email us at papergirlschallengeblog@gmail.com to claim your prize.

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 and like us on facebook!

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 slightly 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. You will have two weeks to claim your prize once we post the winner.
11. The most important thing is to have fun!