Time to Hop!!

 

We have been so happy with the participation at The Paper Girls Challenge blog and to thank all of you we wanted to do something BIG. So we decided to put together a blog hop for you. We have a fabulous prize that I know will have you ladies (and possibly gents too -- who knows?) will be drooling over.

 The Prize:

Jillibean Soup Monster Stew Kit:
2 each of 6 double sided papers;
1 sheet alphabeans cardstock stickers;
1 package of canvas stars;
1 package of journaling sprouts;
4 yards of trim;
1 Xyron Mega Runner loaded with 100ft adhesive

What do you have to do to participate? 

 Want to win? Get one entry for commenting on each of the blog posts, "Like" the Paper Girls Challenge on Facebook, and finally become a follower on our blog. It's simple, you get to see some fabulous projects and you know you want to!

Want to have more fun after seeing all of the inspiring projects? Join in! Link up an ATC created by you and you will get an extra entry for the prize! 

You have until May 6th to comment and submit ATCs.

International readers are welcome to play along but currently we are only shipping prize packs to the US and Canada due to shipping costs.

Let's Get Started!

Here's the Line up:

The Paper Girls Challenge Blog-- You are Here
Amber Sheaves<<----Go here next
Kristina McKeen
Judy Stech
Kyla Norris
Charity Becker
Erica Bass
Heather Gray

Have a great time Hopping!!

If you want to get an extra entry for the drawing simply make an ATC and use the linky tool to post your entry. We are looking forward to seeing some wonderful creations!

***Also, the winner for Challenge #6 will be posted next Monday at 9 am MST***

Challenge #6: Photo inspiration

Hi, Amber here today with challenge #6.

I decided to do something a little different and give you a photo inspiration!

I found this great photo from MarthaStewart.com on Pinterest and fell in love with it:

You can take whatever you want from this photograph - colors, patterns, grid, squares, materials (glass, metal, fabric) and use that as your inspiration for your creation this week. I'm so excited to see what you make!

First, let's take a look at our Design Team's interpretations:

Amber
my layout

my card

Charity

Erica

Sheryl

Judy

Kristina

We can't wait to see how you interpret this inspiration! Link up your entries to this blog post and feel free to share them on our Facebook page as well! The deadline for Challenge #6 is Friday, April 27, 2012 at 11:59pm.

AND NOW TO ANNOUNCE OUR CHALLENGE #5 WINNER!! ...........


CONGRATULATIONS TO JESSICA A.!!!!

Send us an email at papergirlschallengeblog@gmail.com and we'll send a prize out to you!


Here's How to Play Along with Our Challenges:

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 layout that has been inspired by our challenges!
3. Your entry should be made after the challenge has been posted. We won't say no to older projects but we prefer to see your new creations!
4. Create a blogpost 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. But please only do this if you do not have a blog.
5. Add a link to your blogpost (or facebook photo) to 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 Friday at 11:59pm MST before the next challenge is posted. This will give you 1 week and 5 days to complete your projects.
7. The most important thing is to have Fun!

Winners:
A layout will be drawn at random using random.org and will be posted on the blog on the following Monday after the link closes with the new challenge announcement. Our team will then send out a cute prize to the winner! International readers are welcome to play along but currently we are only shipping prize packs to the US and Canada due to shipping costs.

Some Extra Guidelines
These are not essential to be eligible to win a prize, but we'd love some help from our fans:
1. Help us spread the word about our Challenge Blog! Share our posts on Facebook, tell your friends and crafty groups to join in the fun. The more you spread the word, the more we can grow!
2. Disable word verification on your blog, this will allow us to comment on your creations easily!

Challenge #5 - Time for a Recipe

Hey There Everyone!!

It's Kyla here, and I'm all set for Challenge #5! Get your chef hats on because we're cooking up a recipe challenge this time around at The Paper Girls Challenge Blog.

So here's what we're looking for:

1 Photo
2 Journaling Cards
3 Different Ribbons/Trims/Twine
4 Stamped Images
5 Non Paper Embellishments
(Brads, Buttons etc...)
BONUS
6 Words in the Title

My Page (Kyla)

Now let's take a look at our Team's pages!

Sheryl

Charity

Erica

Kristy

We can't wait to see what everyone creates using this recipe as a starting point! Be creative and imaginative! Link up your entries to this blog post and feel free to share them on our Facebook page as well! The deadline for Challenge #5 is Friday, April 13, 2012 at 11:59pm.

AND NOW TO ANNOUNCE OUR CHALLENGE #4 WINNER!! ...........

CONGRATULATIONS TO STEPHANIE U!!!!


Send us an email at papergirlschallengeblog@gmail.com and we'll send a prize out to you!


Here's How to Play Along with Our Challenges:

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 layout that has been inspired by our challenges!
3. Your entry should be made after the challenge has been posted. We won't say no to older projects but we prefer to see your new creations!
4. Create a blogpost 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. But please only do this if you do not have a blog.
5. Add a link to your blogpost (or facebook photo) to 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 Friday at 11:59pm MST before the next challenge is posted. This will give you 1 week and 5 days to complete your projects.
7. The most important thing is to have Fun!

Winners:
A layout will be drawn at random using random.org and will be posted on the blog on the following Monday after the link closes with the new challenge announcement. Our team will then send out a cute prize to the winner! International readers are welcome to play along but currently we are only shipping prize packs to the US and Canada due to shipping costs.

Some Extra Guidelines
These are not essential to be eligible to win a prize, but we'd love some help from our fans:
1. Help us spread the word about our Challenge Blog! Share our posts on Facebook, tell your friends and crafty groups to join in the fun. The more you spread the word, the more we can grow!
2. Disable word verification on your blog, this will allow us to comment on your creations easily!

Fourth Challenge: A Sketch

We were thrilled with the steady amount of participants for the Using Stamps challenge! It's so exciting to see new faces and participants. I hope this sketch I came up with for Challenge #4 gets your creative juices flowing. As you can see from all of the samples from the Paper Girls it is open for interpretation and can easily be used for various occasions. So dig into your stash and be sure to post your beautiful pages on our Facebook page for everyone to admire too.

My Page (Sheryl)

Kyla

Erica

Kristy

Charity

And now drum roll please.... The winner of the drawing on Random.org is...
Julia Vazquez

You were lucky #7 for our drawing. Please email us at papergirlschallengeblog@gmail.com and we will get your prize out to you! Congratulations!!

So how can you play along with us?

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 layout that has been inspired by our challenges!
3. Your entry should be made after the challenge has been posted. We won't 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 don't have a blog you may post to our facebook page and then link that photo.
5. Add a link to your blogpost (or facebook photo) to our Challenge using the Inlinkz tool located at the bottom of our posts.
6. The Deadline for each challenge will be the Friday at 11:59pm MST before the next challenge is posted. This will give you 1 week and 5 days to complete your projects.
7. The most important thing is to have Fun!

Winners:
A layout will be drawn at random using random.org and will be posted on the blog on the following Monday after the link closes with the new challenge announcement. Our team will then send out a cute prize to the winner!

Some Extra Guidelines
These are not essential to be eligible to win a prize, but we'd love some help from our fans:
1. Help us spread the word about our Challenge Blog! Share our posts on Facebook, tell your friends and crafty groups to join in the fun. The more you spread the word, the more we can grow!
2. Disable word verification on your blog, this will allow us to comment on your creations easily!

Remember each week will differ, not all challenges will be sketches, some will be techniques, color, stamps, etc. Tell your friends! We also started a facebook page to spread the word. Please go "like" us!

3rd Challenge: Using Stamps

Welcome back everyone! We love the wonderful response we had for our 2nd Challenge! 15 entries on just our 2nd challenge. WOW! Thank you to everyone who participated. It is so much fun seeing everyone's work.

Your next challenge is to use a stamp as a background or accent. I loved to see how everyone on our team interpreted the challenge. And I can't wait to see how you interpret it too!

My page (Kristy)

When I ordered the Everlasting Romance from Unity Stamps, I knew I wanted to use it for special scrapbook page. I think I found the right page for it. This picture was taken on my grandparents' wedding day, nearly 68 years ago. I stamped the image with a Versamark ink pad and embossed it with pewter embossing powder to give it even more pop.

Now, here are some more projects from our team:

Sheryl

Kyla

Erica

Amber

Charity

And now what everyone is waiting for...the winner for our Second Challenge:

Megan Hebel Congratulations! I love this special page you made for your friend. Please email us at papergirlschallengeblog@gmail.com with your contact info and will mail your prize out! If you haven't already, go on over to her blog and check out the wonderful page Megan made.

So how can you play along with us?

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 layout that has been inspired by our challenges!
3. Your entry should be made after the challenge has been posted. We won't 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 don't have a blog you may post to our facebook page and then link that photo.
5. Add a link to your blogpost (or facebook photo) to our Challenge using the Inlinkz tool located at the bottom of our posts.
6. The Deadline for each challenge will be the Friday at 11:59pm MST before the next challenge is posted. This will give you 1 week and 5 days to complete your projects.
7. The most important thing is to have Fun!

Winners:
A layout will be drawn at random using random.org and will be posted on the blog on the following Monday after the link closes with the new challenge announcement. Our team will then send out a cute prize to the winner!

Some Extra Guidelines
These are not essential to be eligible to win a prize, but we'd love some help from our fans:
1. Help us spread the word about our Challenge Blog! Share our posts on Facebook, tell your friends and crafty groups to join in the fun. The more you spread the word, the more we can grow!
2. Disable word verification on your blog, this will allow us to comment on your creations easily!

Remember each week will differ, not all challenges will be sketches, some will be techniques, color, stamps, etc. Tell your friends! We also started a facebook page to spread the word. Please go "like" us!

Second Challenge: Photobooth Style Photo Strip

First off we are really excited with the response to our first ever challenge here at the Paper Girls Challenge blog. There were some beautiful layouts linked up and we are happy to bring some inspiration to your scrap room.

Our next challenge is to use a photo booth style photo strip on your page. You can use any layout you would like we just want to see what you do with it!

my pages (Erica)

I initially made this page with the challenge in mind. I was dying to use this particular sheet of paper from the Amy Tangerine line ever since I got it.


I have a tendency to obsess over an idea so I thought of another page for you to check out. This one was for a Take 12 page for the Month of January. I was going for a sketchbook type of look.


This last page I did is my Take 12 for February. The first page is a sketch from the talented Kristy Lee at ScrapbookSteals. As you can see all of us are a fan of hers. Sheryl and Judy and I all happened to use this sketch for this challenge. I know when I saw it I thought it was such a perfect coincidence that this was going to be our next challenge.

Now some pages from our team:

Judy

Kristy

Sheryl


Kyla

And last but not least we have a winner!

Kimberly Fordyce! Congratulations! Please email us at papergirlschallengeblog@gmail.com
with your contact info and we will mail your prize out to you! If you haven't already
go on over to her blog and check out the adorable page she created.

So how can you play along with us?

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 layout that has been inspired by our challenges!
3. Your entry should be made after the challenge has been posted. We won't say no to older projects but we prefer to see your new creations!
4. Create a blogpost about your entry and make sure to include a link back to The Paper Girls Challenge Blog.
5. Add a link to your blogpost to our Challenge using the Inlinkz tool located at the bottom of our posts.
6. The Deadline for each challenge will be the Friday at 11:59pm MST before the next challenge is posted. This will give you 1 week and 5 days to complete your projects.
7. The most important thing is to have Fun!

Winners:
A layout will be drawn at random using random.org and will be posted on the blog on the following Monday after the link closes with the new challenge announcement. Our team will then send out a cute prize to the winner!

Some Extra Guidelines
These are not essential to be eligible to win a prize, but we'd love some help from our fans:
1. Help us spread the word about our Challenge Blog! Share our posts on Facebook, tell your friends and crafty groups to join in the fun. The more you spread the word, the more we can grow!
2. Disable word verification on your blog, this will allow us to comment on your creations easily!


Remember each week will differ, not all challenges will be sketches, some will be techniques, color, stamps, etc. Tell your friends! We also started a facebook page to spread the word. Please go "like" us!

Our First Challenge

Can you believe it? Our first challenge! The nine of us are very excited to launch our blog and to bring inspiration to each of our readers.

The challenge this week is a sketch based off a layout I did last week. I recently started a new job and part of the interview process was taking multiple personality tests. Yes, multiple personality tests. Last Monday I received the results. While I am not going to share every tiny detail of the results, I was inspired to create a layout with myself being the subject. I don't like photos of myself, so this was definitely stretching the creative zone for me. The layout is about my reflections and what I aspire to do in the next year.

As I created the layout, a sketch came into my head and I ran with it. When I shared the sketch with The Paper Girls Team, they were inspired to create. I hope you are too.

Here is the sketch:

Here is my (Judy) layout:

In addition, here are layouts created by a few members of The Paper Girls Team.

Erica

Amber

Sheryl

Kristy

Kyla

So how can you play along with us?

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 layout that has been inspired by our challenges!
3. Your entry should be made after the challenge has been posted. We won't say no to older projects but we prefer to see your new creations!
4. Create a blogpost about your entry and make sure to include a link back to The Paper Girls Challenge Blog.
5. Add a link to your blogpost to our Challenge using the Inlinkz tool located at the bottom of our posts.
6. The Deadline for each challenge will be the Friday at 11:59pm MST before the next challenge is posted. This will give you 1 week and 5 days to complete your projects.
7. The most important thing is to have Fun!

Winners:
A layout will be drawn at random using random.org and will be posted on the blog on Sunday afternoons after the deadline. Our team will then send out a cute prize to the winner!

Some Extra Guidelines
These are not essential to be eligible to win a prize, but we'd love some help from our fans:
1. Help us spread the word about our Challenge Blog! Share our posts on Facebook, tell your friends and crafty groups to join in the fun. The more you spread the word, the more we can grow!
2. Disable word verification on your blog, this will allow us to comment on your creations easily!


Remember each week will differ, not all challenges will be sketches, some will be techniques, color, stamps, etc. Tell your friends! We also started a facebook page to spread the word. Please go "like" us!