Challenge #72 - Cork

Good morning everyone, Michele here, with Paper Girls Challenge #72. The challenge this time is:

CORK

Cork has been a trend for awhile in the scrapbooking/paper crafting world, and it seems to be sticking around for now. So pull out your cork patterned papers or cork embellishments and start creating!

I created this layout using cork patterned paper to mat my photo and also to back the whole layout.

Are you ready to see what the other Paper Girls have created to help inspire you? I love the texture that cork adds to these projects:

Kristy embellished her layout with cork circles.

Amber  die cut the word 'hello' and punched some hearts with cork-patterned paper.

Charissa used cork cameras to embellish her layout about a favorite photo.

Cristine used cork alphas and embellishments.

Erica used cork alphas

The winner of Challenge #71 is: #18 - Sandy Ross!

Congratulations! Please send an e-mail with your shipping info to 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 #71: Let's Sparkle and Shine!

Happy 2015!!!  We hope everyone had a wonderful holiday season and started the new year on a great note.

It is Kristy here, with our first challenge of 2015.  We are starting the new year with a little sparkle and shine here at The Paper Girls.  Challenge #71 is to pull out your glitter and sparkly stuff and make a project.  Make sure you link your projects here by Saturday, January 17 to be in the drawing for a fun prize pack from yours truly.  We look forward to seeing what everyone makes.

Here are some wonderfully sparkly stuff from the Paper Girls:

Me (Kristy)

Michele

Cristine

Becci

The winner of Challenge #70 is:

KT Fit Kitty

Congratulations! Please send an e-mail with the number of the challenge you won and your shipping info to 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!