Challenge #12: Mesh

Charity Becker here with Challenge #12. The midwest is enduring quite the heat wave and to celebrate I've cooked up a doozy of a challenge. The next two weeks are going to be ALL about mesh. Originally I had the sort of orange or red mesh bags in mind that oranges, onions, or other produce comes in. But when I proposed my challenge to the Paper Girl's they showed up with colors I had never seen before.

To start of this batch of inspiration is a card I created using Graphic 45.

I slipped the mesh behind my letters to help my sentiment stand out.

~ So Glad, You're Back ~

Next up we have a layout from Erica,

she used just a smidge of mesh as an accent on her tree.
~ Rest Up...Refresh ~

This delightful card is from Kyla,

She robbed the First Aid kit and misted her mesh to compliment her card.

~ wishing you a Speedy Recovery ~

Not happy with just one project I (Charity)

went all gung-ho and added wide bands of mesh to my back ground for this layout.

~ drift wood ~

This seriously adorable card is from Amber.

She used her mesh as a misting mask.

~ Happy Birthday ~

Kristy snagged one mesh bag from her children's sand toys

and another from a Costco watermelon to create this cheery layout.

~ Perfect Ending ~

Judy bought a cantaloupe for the sole purpose

of getting a neutral toned mesh for her card. 

~ Imagine Dream Fly ~

I'm sure after seeing this array of creativity your brain is HUMMING with ideas on how YOU can use mesh. Go ahead, show us up!!! We'll be thrilled to applaud your success. Then be sure to link up so I can send one of you this prize:

And if you already have one of these, stop by my blog. I'm choosing a blog follower for a great package of goodies you won't want to miss out on!!!

If you want to join in and submit an entry to our challenge use our linky tool down below to link up your photo! The deadline for this Challenge is Saturday, August 4th.

Don't forget you can always check out all our Rules and Guidelines on our How To Play Tab

And now to announce the winner of Challenge #11!

Random.org has chosen Beth D as the lady of the hour.

Congratulations Beth!

Please send us an email at papergirlschallengeblog@gmail.com and we will send a prize your way!

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 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 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 Saturday at 11:59pm MST before the next challenge is posted. This will give you 1 week and 5 days to complete your projects.

7. We use Random.org to pick the winner. Prizes will be sent directly from the hostess of the challenge. At the 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!

8. The most important thing is to have Fun!

Challenge #11: Rub On

Welcome back to The Paper Girls Challenge.  Kristy here, with your 11th Challenge!  Last time I challenged you to use stamps on your creation.  This time, it is rub-on's.  If you are like me, you probably have a drawer full of rub-ons sitting there staring back at you, waiting to be used.  I know I have a bunch.  I'll see them in the store, and think how cute, but I rarely pull them out to use them.  This is why I wanted to push myself and The Paper Girls to use those pesky little things...

I love that everyone used rub-ons in all different ways - even rubbing directly onto pictures.  I also love the mix of scrapbook pages and cards.  Remember, you don't just have to do scrapbook pages to enter our challenges!!!

Check out what everyone did!

My Layout (Kristy)

 Amber

  

Kyla

Charity

Heather

Judy

Erica

If you want to join in and submit an entry to our challenge use our linky tool down below to link up your photo! The deadline for this Challenge is Saturday, July 21st.

Don't forget you can always check out all our Rules and Guidelines on our How To Play Tab

And now to announce the winner of Challenge #10!

The Lucky Winner is.....Michele D!

Congratulations Michele! Please send us an email at papergirlschallengeblog@gmail.com and we will send a prize your way!

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 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 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 Saturday at 11:59pm MST before the next challenge is posted. This will give you 1 week and 5 days to complete your projects.

7. We use Random.org to pick the winner.  Prizes will be sent directly from the hostess of the challenge.  At the 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!
8. The most important thing is to have Fun!

Challenge #10 - A Photo Inspiration!

Hello everyone and welcome back!

It's another Monday here at The Paper Girl's Challenge Blog which can only mean one thing, a new challenge!

For our tenth challenge (can you believe it?! Ten!) I found a photo to draw inspiration from.  While spending some time on Pinterest a couple months ago I came across this pin that I added to my colour board. I loved the vibrant colours and the movement of the piece so I tucked it away and hoped that I could come back to it one day.  This challenge seemed like the perfect time!

The mosaic was created and made by British artist, Natalie Warne. You can check out her online gallery here.



I thought with this photo there was so many different ways to draw inspiration to create a layout or card. The colours, the wavy lines, the mosaic itself, the flowers, the cirlces, the tiles are just some of the many different possiblites. So there is Challenge #10, use this photo in any way you can imagine to create a project!

I love what our talented Team Members came up with!

My Layout (Kyla)

Charity

Heather

Judy

Sheryl

Kristina 

Erica

If you want to join in and submit an entry to our challenge use our linky tool down below to link up your photo! The deadline for this Challenge is Saturday July 7th. Usually we give 2 weeks, but with Canada Day (July 1st) and Independence Day (July 4th) coming up soon we thought we'd give everyone an extra week!

Don't forget you can always check out all our Rules and Guidelines on our How To Play Tab

And now to announce the winner of Challenge #9!

The Lucky Winner is.....Sara R!!

Congratulations Sara! Please send us an email at papergirlschallengeblog@gmail.com and  we will send a prize your way!

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 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 Saturday 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!

Challenge #9 Subway Art

I'm so exited for this next challenge. Besides being a scrapbooking addict I have a little obsession with Pinterest.  As I was browsing a few months ago I started noticing a trend of Subway art in Home decor products and craft projects. I started thinking about how I'd like to make something of my own and then the idea popped into my head that this style would translate really well onto a scrapbook page. Here are a few samples of some of the products I've seen in stores:

 

 

 

Also if you need more ideas I created a pinboard of just subway art so you can have a lot of ideas to choose from. Here are a few of my favorites though:

This one is from a blog called Infarrantly Creative

 

This one is from a shop on Etsy called Sycamorestreetpress

I hope this will help you get the wheels turning! And last but not least here are the pages made by our talented team members. I love all of the different directions that everyone went with it and I can't wait to see what all of you do.

My Page (Erica)

  

Kristy

Kyla

 

Amber

 

 Sheryl

 Charity

 

 

Now for the winner of Challenge #8!

The lucky winner is Tina Phillips! Congratulations!

Please e-mail us at papergirlschallengeblog@gmail.com and we'll get your super duper prize right to you!!!

*****Our new deadline for posting your link for each challenge is now extended to Saturday of the following week! That gives you an extra weekend day to create and post. We hope that helps everyone out! ******

 

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 Saturday 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!

Challenge #8 Use your Chipboard Stash

I have been scrapbooking for over 8 years & have accumulated quite a stash. Brads, buttons, ribbon, chipboard...I love it all!

In an effort to use up some of my stash, I came up with a challenge using the bare chipboard.

For my layout I used large letters, covered them with paper, sanded the edges & then stamped with a tiny stamp all over them.

The letters “RTW” stand for “Round The World”, a little nickname I have given my daughter.

Hope you enjoy this challenge & I can’t wait to see what you create! ~Sheryl

My Page (Sheryl)

 

Charity

Heather

 

Erica

 

Judy

  

Kristy

Now for the winner of Challenge #7!

The lucky winner is Bev Code! Congratulations!

Please e-mail us at papergirlschallengeblog@gmail.com and we'll get your super duper prize right to you!!!

*****Our new deadline for posting your link for each challenge is now extended to Saturday of the following week! That gives you an extra weekend day to create and post. We hope that helps everyone out! ******

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 Saturday 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!

Blog hop winner. And a surprise!

Hello, everyone! Thank you all so much for participating in our first blog hop. We had so much fun reading your comments and seeing the creations you linked up!

And now what you are all here looking for:

The winner of our blog hop is...........

Deborah Johnson!

Congrats, Deborah! Send us an email at papergirlschallengeblog@gmail.com with your address and we will get this prize out to you!

 

 

BUT WAIT.....There's more!

 

 

How would like to win this?

We are trying to reach 200 followers on this blog. And when we do we will give one of our wonderful followers this Xyron 1.5" sticker maker!

For your chance to win, leave a comment for each of the following that you complete:

1. Follow this blog publicly.

2. Like us on facebook (This contest is in no way associated with or sponsored by Facebook).

3. Post this contest and the photo of the prize on your blog with a link back to us. Leave a link to your blog in the comment.

4. If you refer someone who becomes a new follower of this blog, have them leave a comment here saying that you sent them. Please make sure they use your full name or username so we know it's you! You will get an extra entry for each new follower who does this.

5.  And finally, link up an entry for our current challenge. You have until Friday, May 18th to link up your interpretation of Charity's sketch! Use the inlinkz tool on the challenge post. Then post a link to your entry in the comments section here. One comment for every entry you link-up.

Good luck everyone and thanks for all your support!!

Challenge # 7

Challenge #7: Sketch

Good morning all you wonderful Crafty people! Charity here. Today is my first time hosting a challenge for the Paper Girls Challenge Blog. I decided to go with a sketch...sort of go easy on you at first! ;)
Here's the sketch:

A few weeks back I was having a particularly bad day so I turned to crafting to ease my mind. I like to create something beautiful when it seems I can't find beauty no matter where I look. I turned that layout into the above sketch.

~Exquisite~

I was worried the sketch would be a little hard to follow so I put together a second layout to illustrate alternative ways to view the design.

~This Journey~

I shouldn't have worried about the ways people would interpret the sketch. My fellow paper Girls have plenty of options for you to view.

Amber

Sheryl

Erica

Kristina

Judy

Kyla

So grab yourself a copy of the sketch, and get started creating. You have until Friday, May 18 to link your entries. Have them in by 11:59 pm. Check my blog for a peak at the prize!

Now for the winner of Challenge #6!

Random.org want to shower love on someone today, and that someone is....

Jessics L.

Please e-mail us at papergirlschallengeblog@gmail.com and we'll get your super duper prize right to you!!!

***The winner of the ATC blog hop will be posted May 14th!***

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!