Challenge #25: Twine

Hi!  It's Kristy.  Can you believe that it is our 25th challenge?!?  I can't believe a year has gone by already.  I'm sure you have seen a few changes we have been making.  What do you think?!?  We have a lot of other surprises this month.  Be sure to check back with us to see what is in store!

Challenge #25 is to use twine on your projects.  It is amazing what our team, and guest designers, came up with!

Me (Kristy)

Charity



Charissa

Erica

Kyla

Amber

 

Sheryl

 

Guest Designer - Becci

Guest Designer - Jennifer

 



Remember you have until 11.59 MST on Saturday, February 16, 2013 to link up for this challenge! We cannot wait to see all of your twine projects!!

And if you'd like a chance to be a guest designer in the future, then please see this post and add your name to our linky. This is where we will go to look for potential guests!

And now....time for the winner from Challenge #24

#7 Rebecca

Congratulations!!!



Please send us an email papergirlschallengeblog@gmail.com with your info and we'll get that prize mailed out to you!

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 2 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!

Happy Birthday To Us!

 

We have several surprises up our sleeves for our birthday week next week! Number one, we did a redesign on our blog. How do you like it? Next we thought it would be fun to have a couple of guest designers next month. So we would like to introduce both of them to you so you can look forward to seeing their fabulous designs for the February challenges.

  Becci Manies

I started crafts as a child, and specifically Scrapbooking after my first daughter was born, almost 6 years ago. I had so many photos and I wanted to do something with them. I had no idea how involved I would become in paper crafts. I do many types of crafts but paper crafts I do most often - I make many cards each month for friends and family birthdays.
My favorite type of projects are gift projects - from cards to altered projects. I am a huge fan of October Afternoon, they're my favorite manufacturer.

   Jennifer Blomquist

Growing up with a mom who did pretty much every type of craft, I was destined to get into some kind of crafting hobby. I tried scrapbooking while in high school (like awful, "jam 5-4x6 matted photos on a white page with a title" type scrapping) but it wasn't until I was introduced to stamping and card making that I really started to get into this whole paper-crafting thing! I loved it so much that I started into Stampin' Up! and teaching card making classes. Then, with the introduction of Mid-Week Mojos over at ScrapbookSteals.com, I finally was able to start taking my scrapbooking to a new level. With two small kiddos in the house, thank goodness for scrapping! Not only can I document the memories, but I get a bit of a much needed mommy break doing it. I have a lot still to learn but love every minute of it!


Would YOU like to be considered as a future guest designer for The Paper Girls? If so, please add your name and link to your blog address in the linky below! Next time we need a guest designer or two we'll hunt you out here!


We can hardly wait for everyone to see what else we have planned for our birthday next week! Make sure you check back with us on Monday for the next Challenge and everything else!

Challenge 24: Wood elements

Hi! It's Heather here with a new challenge! This week it's all about wood! We want to see your projects using wood/woodgrain embellishments or actual wood. I have used a tiny twig on a LO before! I went a little wood crazy on my LO! I used a wood embellishment, a woodgrain stamp, and woodgrain Thickers! Check out the inspiration from the Paper Girls this week! They rocked the wood!

Kristy

Erica

Kyla

Charity

Sheryl

Charissa

Remember you have until 11.59 MST on Saturday, February 2nd, 2013 to link up for this challenge! We cannot wait to see all of your wood projects!!



And now....time for the winner from Challenge #23

#8 Stephanie

Congratulations!!!



Please send us an email papergirlschallengeblog@gmail.com with your info and we'll get that prize mailed out to you!

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 2 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 #23:Ledger Paper

Charity Becker here with the Paper Girls first challenge of 2013. This time it is all about ledger paper. I just love the graphic quality of draft paper. It is a design element that gets put to use by almost every scrapbooking company and can be used in so many different ways. Check out how our designers used it then post a project of your own using the link below.

 

Charity

 

Charissa

 

Kyla

Judy

 

Sheryl

Heather

 

Kristy

 

Erica

 

 

Now that you've been amply inspired by our designers get out there and create! Any project with visible use of ledger, graph, or notebook paper, created new for this challenge is eligible. Remember you have until 11:59 p.m. MST on Saturday, January 19th, 2013 to link up for this challenge! We cannot wait to see all of your ledger themed projects!!

Please check my blog {Scrappin' Chaos} to view the prize you are playing for!!!

 

And now....time for the winner from Challenge #22

 

Marisa T.



Please send us an email papergirlschallengeblog@gmail.com with your info and we'll get that prize mailed out to you!

 

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 2 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 #22 - Neon Colors!

Hello everyone!  Charissa here!  Hope that you are having a wonderful Holiday Season!  We just had our first snow the other day, and though it didn't stick that always puts me in the holiday mood!

This week I wanted to bring merry and bright to our crafting and one of the trendiest ways to bring bright and vibrant pop to crafting projects is the use of neon colors!  There are neon inks, neon ribbons, neon washi and even neon pens out there.  Now, you may not think you have anything neon you could use, but what about those highlighters most of us have around!  Those are the perfect neon colors!

Projects certainly don't need to be winter or holiday themed to enter, but I want to extend the added challenge to use neon colors for a Winter or Holiday themed project, if you so desire!

Because of the upcoming holidays, we are making this challenge last longer than normal. You will have until January 5th, 2013 to link up your project to this post.  We will bring our next challenge to you on January 7th, 2013!

Here are the projects our wonderful designers have created to get your neon creative juices flowing!

I (Charissa) used the pink, blue, and purple Neon Inks from Hero Arts along with some Kiwi Lane Designs Templates to create this colorful winter themed card.

Kristy created this adorable birthday card using strips of neon and brightly colored washi to really make it pop.  I love how she  made a neon rainbow!

Heather created this darling card with stamps and neon embossing powder.  I adore how detailed and ornate the ornaments are and that they are hung on twine!

Charity created this gorgeous piece with all sorts of neon gorgeousness.  The trees are made using bright, neon ribbons and I love how each of them has a little bit of bling!  So awesome!

Erica created this beautiful holiday card. I love the strong pops of white in the frame, tree and snowflakes.  They really make the bright colors stand out.

Amber created this stunning card with lots of neon.  I just adore those neon pink and orange flowers!  And the neon really pops against the black background.

Remember you have until 11.59 MST on Saturday, January 5th, 2013 to link up for this challenge!  We cannot wait to see all of your neon projects!!

And now....time for the winner from Challenge #21

#1 Olivia

Congratulations!!!

Please send us an email papergirlschallengeblog@gmail.com with your info and we'll get those prizes mailed out to you!

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 2 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 #21 - Multi Photo Layouts!

Hello Everyone! Kyla here from The Paper Girls Challenge Blog!

To start with I just wanted to say how simply fantastic the last challenge was!! To say that we were all so excited and beyond amazed at the level of participation would be an understatement! 127 entries of beautiful Christmas and Winter themed projects! Wow! A big Thank You to all of you that submitted an entry, it’s truly inspiring to see so many fellow crafters out there joining us! Keep up the outstanding work!!

With that, here we go with our next challenge.

I know I can’t speak for everyone, but I do find that most of my layouts in my scrapbooks only have 1 photo, sometimes two. I want to focus on that one memory or one image and create a page that embellishes it. Every now and again though I need to add more photos! Especially when it comes to big events or holidays that I want to scrap. There’s so many great photos that need to find a space in our books at home, but if I were to leave only one photo per page….My goodness, these albums would be a hundred pages long!

So, for this Monday, I am challenging everyone to create a layout with a multitude of photos! Use those birthday pics that you want to collage or several shots from a recent sports event, group them all together to make a really great multi-photo layout! For this challenge, let’s say for a single page layout 3-4 photos (or more) and on a double page layout 4-8 (or more!)  

In my case, photos from a trip that I took back in the Spring. My brother and I travelled for over 24 hours, had layovers in 4 different airports in 4 different cities on 2 different continents! I definitely wanted to chronicle our journey, and although there are some really great photos from our travels, they may not be the “Oh wow!” photos that usually earn “Single Photo Layout” status.

So without further adieu, here’s all our Team’s Multi Photo Layouts!

Mine – “24 Hours 4 Cities” Our travels and photos of airports and views from our planes!

“Scrappy Goodies”

Sheryl made this fantastic layout using photos of all the treats that arrived from the ScrapbookSteals retreat!

 “This Old Truck”

Charity made a beautiful rustic two page layout about childhood memories down on the farm on a windy day.

“St Patrick’s Day or Easter?”

Heather made a darling St Patty’s/Easter layout with photos of her gorgeous girl!

“Meeting the Girls”

This colourful layout Kristina made with photos from the ScrapbookSteals retreat where some of the Paper Girls Team was able to get together (finally meeting face to face for the first time!)

 “Skiball”

Charissa created this super fun layout using photos of her and her daughter playing Skiball!

"Mom, it's a Robot"

Erica made a fun layout about her son's obsession with robots.

So round up all those photos you've been meaning to scrap and challenge yourself to make a layout using them all together! We can't wait to see what everyone creates!

And now....time for the winners from Challenge #20
Because we had such an overwhelming response we are randomly selecting TWO winners!

#7 Lorianna

And

#90 Cheryl

 

Congratulations to you both!!

Please send us an email papergirlschallengeblog@gmail.com with your info and we'll get those prizes mailed out to you!

 

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 #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!