Challenge #20

Hello crafters! It's Amber here today. Here in the US we will be celebrating Thanksgiving on Thursday. And we are so thankful for all the entries we had in our last "Thanks" challenge!

 

So not only is Thanksgiving a time to reflect on what we are thankful for and to spend time with family, but it is also the last day before the Christmas season begins!

 

And on that note our challenge this time is for you to create something Christmas or winter themed!

 

Here is my card:

 

 

Charissa has created a December Daily album and here is her cover and an inside page:

Charity has this fun Snow Day layout and I love the non-traditional colors she chose: 

Erica has this pair of fun and wonderful cards:



 Heather made a really cute Christmas card. I love the way the shapes take the focus here:

Judy also made a fantastic December Daily album. Here is the cover and an inside page:

 

Kristy made this wonderful layout. Look at those huge snowflakes:



Kyla has this cute and whimsical card:

And Sheryl made this layout about herself as a child. I love it!



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, December 1st. Please let us know in the comments if you have any questions or problems. As always we are giving a prize away!

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 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 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 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. 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.
7. Please limit your entries to 3 per person per challenge.
8. 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 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!
9. The most important thing is to have Fun!

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And now...



The randomly-drawn winner of our last challenge is entry #31:

Gloria Shirr!!!

 

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ALSO,

 

Did you notice that we hit 200 followers on this blog?!?!

So that means we get to give away that cute little Xyron sticker maker!

 

The randomly drawn winner of this prize is.....

 

entry #4

 

Stephanie U

 

 

Will both of you ladies please e-mail us at papergirlschallengeblog@gmail.com? Let us know your info and we we will get your prizes out to you!

 

 

 

Altered Projects Blog Hop Winner

Good Morning!  We would like to thank everyone who participated in our Blog Hop!  We enjoy sharing our projects, reading your comments, and seeing the projects you linked up!!  Now the winner of the fabulous prize is.....

CarlyJo

Congratulations!  Send us an email at papergirlschallengeblog@gmail.com with your address and we will mail the prize out to you!  We would love to see what you create with this fabulous prize!

Just a couple of reminders!  We are only 6 followers away from giving away this prize!   Projects for Challenge #19 are due Saturday, November 17 at 11:59 MT.   Have a fabulous and creative week!

Challenge # 19: Thank You

Gratitude, appreciation, thankfulness...no matter how you lable it, a simple thank-you is so nice to see. Charity here with our first November challenge, let's keep it simple this time. Upload a layout, card, or altered item with thanks as its subject. If you get a chance, share your project on our Facebook page also! We love to ooooh and aaaah over your work!

Speaking of oohing and aahing...how about these great projects from the DT!!!

 

First up is a great trio of cards by Charissa
love the variety of shapes and of course all the greens.

Judy put together this page,

doesn't she have beautiful children?

Didn't I ask for simple? These adorable Mickey cards pack a punch with out being fussy! So love this project by Kyla.

Kristina put this wonderful layout together to show her appreciation of that amazing Scrap Diva, Kristy Lee.

Up next we have a pair of gorgeous cards by Erica. Her stamping abilities really are something else!!!

...and isn't her ribbon just perfect on this one!!!

This beautiful banner by Amber is just the right thing to get us into the right frame of mind to "Give Thanks."

Heather stole a march on the squirrels and embellished her card with sweet little acorns.

I decided to express my gratitude to my sister for the amazing job she does, parenting her little ones. (Charity)

I hope these projects have inspired you to get crafty and share your thanks. Please stop by my blog to see the prize you are playing for this round.

 

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, November 17th. Please let us know in the comments if you have any questions or problems.

 

The randomly-drawn winner of Challenge #18 is:

Deena Perreault!!!
Please e-mail us at papergirlschallengeblog@gmail.com and Judy will get your prize right to you!

 

Another reminder to make sure you are a follower on the blog to qualify for our drawing. We want to make sure that everyone has to opportunity to be entered. So please take a minute and follow us please if you haven't already. Also, while it is not necessary to enter, we'd love it if you followed us on facebook as well! Also, are you new to the Paper Girls? Once we reach 200 followers we will be giving out a prize, see here for more details.

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 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 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 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. 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.
7. Please limit your entries to 3 per person per challenge.
8. 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 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!
9. The most important thing is to have Fun!

 

 



Time for Another Blog 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:

Fancy Pants' Designs To the Moon Kit

12 sheets paper. 1 printed transparency, 1 flocked transparency, 1 sheet of Rub-ons, 1 Alpha and Element Sticker Sheet, 1 glitter Cuts sheet

Brads (20)

Trim (3 yards total)

Paper Flowers (36)

 Journal embellishments (14)

 Design Embellishments (26)

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 (all are required for an entry). 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 altered project you created and you will get an extra entry for the prize! 

You have until November 4th at 11:59pm (MDT) to comment and submit your altered projects.  Winner will be announced on Monday, November 12th at 9 am MST!

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

Erica Bass

Charity Becker

Kristy MacKeen

Charissa Miller

Kyla Norris

Amber Sheaves

Judy Stech

Have a great time Hopping!!

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

***Also, the winner for Challenge #18 will be posted next Monday (11/5) at 9 am MST*** 

Challenge #18 {a picture inspiration}

Happy Autumn!  Judy here, ready to share a bit of inspiration.  Today's challenge came about through my addiction love of Pinterest.  I often explore Pinterest on my phone as I am drifting off to sleep.  Sometimes I am looking for scrapbooking inspiration, recipes to feed my family, a good joke to laugh a hard day away, or visual inspiration for crafting or home decor.  The challenge today is a photo/picture inspiration.  I found this pin and fell in love:

Source: littlepaperplanes.com via Judy on Pinterest

This picture is just amazing, full of potential.  The pink and orange.  The inky appearance.  The mixture of patterns and textures.  I swear I see a dragonfly in there too!  The project I created for this week was a mini album for my daughter, Ella.  She has been begging me to make her a mini album for months!  Keeping with the color scheme and mixture of patterns, here is my project:

Judy

Here is a photo of the inside, highlighting the different textures.  I had so much fun creating this little book for my little girl.  She was excited mommy was making a complete book for her!

Without further ado, the rest of The Paper Girls projects:

Charity kept with the color scheme and mixture of patterns to create this stunning layout documenting a beautiful summer outing.  I love how she has a double banner across the top.

Charissa, documented a precious family moment, any mother can relate to her sentiments in her journaling.  She is very blessed.  I like how she filled the negative space (the title, circles, and heart) with paper she inked and stamped on.  She really captures the inspirational photo. 

Kyla, created this stunning birthday card.  I especially like the splattering of orange ink, it looks like confetti.  The pops of grey are just lovely.

Erica created this fun layout about a pair of shoes.  I love how bright and whimsical her layout is.  The circles seem to pop off the page and give the layout a sense of movement.

Kristy's layout uses her adorable daughter and her (beautiful) self as subjects.  I like how she found inspiration, the paper using to mat her photo is full of details and is all inky/painty!  The wave of bling and pink is just perfect!

I hope you are able to find inspiration from the picture and our projects, I cannot wait to see what you create!  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, October 27th. Please let us know in the comments if you have any questions or problems.

Random.org has chosen Kerys as the winner of challenge #17 with #1.  Wow!
Congratulations Kerys! I love your layout of your daughter, just precious.
Please e-mail us at papergirlschallengeblog@gmail.com and Charissa will get your prize right to you!


Another reminder to make sure you are a follower on the blog to qualify for our drawing. We want to make sure that everyone has to opportunity to be entered. So please take a minute and follow us please if you haven't already. Also, while it is not necessary to enter, we'd love it if you followed us on facebook as well!  Also, are you new to the Paper Girls?  Once we reach 200 followers we will be giving out a prize, see here for more details.

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 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 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 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. 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.
7. Please limit your entries to 3 per person per challenge.
8. 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 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!
9. The most important thing is to have Fun!

Challenge #17: Acetate or Transparencies

Happy Monday and welcome to October!  Cannot believe October is already starting.  Charissa here with a new challenge for you!  I want to challenge you to use acetate or transparencies on a layout, card, or other project.  So many times we get these adorable transparencies in collection kits and find them a challenge to use, so hopefully we can give you some ideas to put them to use.  But it doesn’t end with those patterned transparencies; there are many other transparent products out there.  I have used the plastic acetate backing that comes with cling and clear stamps before on a project!  The possibilities are endless, so try out those clear products and see what you can come up with! 

Charissa 

A scrappy hero of mine, Shimelle, did a tutorial video showing how you could use a transparency to make a double sided page.  I loved the idea and was so inspired!! I used a patterned transparency from Fancy Pants to create this double sided page with photos of my little princesses.  I just made sure that all elements on the pages had a copy on the other side so you can't see anything sticking behind.

To back the number 3, I used one of the acetate sheets that came with a background cling stamp.  I stitched it on and then adhered some patterned paper behind it.

Charity 

I love how Charity attached her 3M transparency (yes, the type you can get at the office supply store) with black brads that match her enamel accents in black and how she put rub-ons actually on the transparency.  Genius!

Amber

Amber used the packaging from a round punch to make this adorable snowman shaker card!  What a great way to use up material that would normally just be tossed/recycled - make a snow globe of sorts.  Super cute!!

Erica

Erica made this absolutely darling luminary with a Halloween theme.  How adorable are those ghosts and the kitty in the pumpkin? And the acetate works perfectly to let you see the background inside.  This would be stunning with a tea light in it(electric of course!).

Kristy

Kristy used this stunning SU window sheet (a printed acetate) to create this gorgeous card.  The window sheet has the tree printed on it (many transparencies at office supply stores can be run through printers to add an image) and allows the stripe to show through.  

Judy

Judy made this gorgeous and peaceful layout using a printed transparency as part of her layering.  It shows how a transparency can be used in place of patterned paper in many cases to add depth and interest to your project!

Hope we have inspired you to try out those clear transparencies and other acetate items.  I can't wait to see what you make this week!!  Our random winner will be getting this set of goodies from Studio Calico.

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, October 13th. Please let us know in the comments if you have any questions or problems.

Random.org has chosen Jessica N. as the winner of challenge #16 with lucky number 31!
Congratulations Jessica! Your layout is adorable!
Please e-mail us at papergirlschallengeblog@gmail.com and Heather will get your prize right to you!


Another reminder to make sure you are a follower on the blog to qualify for our drawing. We want to make sure that everyone has to opportunity to be entered. So please take a minute and follow us please if you haven't already. Also, while it is not necessary to enter, we'd love it if you followed us on facebook as well!

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 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 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 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. 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.
7. Please limit your entries to 3 per person per challenge.
8. 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 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!
9. The most important thing is to have Fun!

Challenge #16: Baby

Good morning!! It's Heather here with a challenge finally! Since most of my time is spent with my 7 month old, our challenge this week is Baby! Maybe it's your kids, your pets, your garden. Whatever you consider your baby, we want to see those projects! It can be a LO, a card, altered art, etc. The Paper Girls have some pretty cute babies, if I do say so myself!

Here is my LO. I used Authentique's monthly sketch.

This is one of my favorite pictures of my daughter from her 1st Fourth of July!

Charity

I love all the circles and the colors are perfect for that adorable photo!

Charissa

I love all the layers here and those little cameras are just too cute!

Kristina

I love the bright colors for her 2 little cuties and the brackets around the title add a nice touch!

Erica

I love how she used the journaling card to mark 2 months and the use of washi is great!

Sheryl

Sheryl used a Julie Bonner sketch for her cutie pie. I love the mix of patterns on this!

Amber

Amber scrapped her sweet baby's birth announcement using those classic boy colors.


I can't wait to see all the baby projects this week!!

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, September 29th. Please let us know in the comments if you have any questions or problems.

Random.org has chosen Julie as the winner of challenge #15! Sometimes it pays to be #1!
Congratulations Julie!
Please e-mail us at papergirlschallengeblog@gmail.com and Erica will get your prize right to you!


Another reminder to make sure you are a follower on the blog to qualify for our drawing. We want to make sure that everyone has to opportunity to be entered. So please take a minute and follow us please if you haven't already. Also, while it is not necessary to enter, we'd love it if you followed us on facebook as well!

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 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 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 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. 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.
7. Please limit your entries to 3 per person per challenge.
8. 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 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!
9. The most important thing is to have Fun!