Challenge #183 - Falling in Love

Hello our fellow crafters, and happy start of September!

Even though Summer officially hasn't ended, it is starting to feel a bit more like Fall around here. The weather is starting to cool down, the days are getting a little bit shorter, the kiddos are back in school, and Starbucks released it's Pumpkin Spice goodies...so, it should be fall, right?

Well, we're kicking off our challenge today to bring in all the things we love about Fall. We are challenging you to create a fall inspired project that makes your heart happy...Falling in Love.

To add a little excitement to the fun, we are partnering with the Double Trouble ladies these next couple weeks and their extra fun Fall inspired challenge too! Be sure to check out their blog and link your projects to there challenge for an extra shot at winning a wonderful prize.

Here is a little Fall inspiration to get you started from our design team!

Brittany

Michele

Heather

Karrie

 

 

And now...congratulations to the winner of Challenge #182:

Karen Finkle

Congrats! Please send an e-mail to papergirlschallengeblog@gmail.com within the next two weeks and we'll send you details!!!  

We want to encourage all of our challenge participants to refer our rules and prize structure here: http://thepapergirlschallenge.blogspot.com/p/how-to-play.html. 

Also, follow us on Instagram for more chances to win! For this challenge use #PGCBchallenge183 and tag us @papergirlschallengeblog for an extra entry.

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Challenge #182 - Picture inspiration

We have a fun picture inspiration up today to get the juices flowing. These colors are perfect for the season of harvest that is in full swing in the Northern Hemisphere. If you're in the Southern Hemisphere maybe you can do a springtime take on it? As usual link up your projects below! We love seeing what you make!

Erica

I was inspired to pull out as many of the purples and greens as I could from the image. I loved the deep jewel tones.

Karrie

The colours in the pic inspired me to use up some large purple flowers with green tips on this card.

Michele

And now...congratulations to the winner of Challenge #181:

#6 Birgit!!
Congrats! Please send an e-mail to papergirlschallengeblog@gmail.com within the next two weeks and we'll send you details!!!  

We want to encourage all of our challenge participants to refer our rules and prize structure here: http://thepapergirlschallenge.blogspot.com/p/how-to-play.html. 

Also, follow us on Instagram for more chances to win! For this challenge use #PGCBchallenge182 and tag us @papergirlschallengeblog for an extra entry.

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Challenge #181 - Vellum

Hello everyone, Michele here with the next challenge from the Paper Girls! When I choose a challenge I like one that uses up things I might have in my stash that I love but just don't normally reach for. This time I've chosen vellum.

Challenge #181 - Vellum

Plain vellum, patterned, colored, whatever you'd like. But I know you have some in your stash, we all do!

We have a wonderful guest designer for you today:

Jessica Navarro

I am a Senior Vice President at WSP, the largest healthcare MEP design firm in the world. I’m an electrical engineer by day and a wife/mother by night. My husband of 10 years, Juan and spunky 7 year old daughter, Maddie, support my love of scrapbooking and crafting. Maddie’s been scrapbooking her own pages since she was 4 years old. I’m pretty sure she is the most photographed and documented child in the world! I love traveling, reading, planning parties, and crafting!

 Follow me at: https://ScraplifterDesigns.blogspot.com

I’m so excited to be featured as guest designer this month and what a great challenge month it is! “VELLUM”. I haven’t used vellum in a long time. This challenge is the best kind, because I used up a lot of old stash! I managed to include 30 pieces of vellum cuts from Close To My Heart (Calypso Complements) on this layout. I used a glittzy piece of cardstock from Bazzill as my base, Thickers alpha stickers for the year, and mini alphas from BasicGrey. I also included a couple of arrows from Paper Wizard. The vellum pieces offset the photos perfect for a bit of Summer Swimming Popsicle fun! I’d love for you to follow me via my blog at: https://scraplifterdesigns.blogspot.com/2019/08/guest-designer-for-papergirls-challenge.html

Thank you, Jessica, for sharing your bright, beautiful layout, and your fun use of vellum!
Please enjoy some more inspiration from the Paper Girls:

Michele

I created my card with supplies from a planner kit! 

The floral background is from a sheet of gorgeous patterned vellum.

Karrie
Not my idea but saw this and wanted to try! Diecut sheets with an

 overlay of a vellum sheet, to make luminaries!

(with flameless candles of course!)



Kristy

And now...congratulations to the winner of Challenge #180:
#19 Angie's Creations

Congrats! Please send an e-mail to papergirlschallengeblog@gmail.com within the next two weeks and we'll send you details!!!  

We want to encourage all of our challenge participants to refer our rules and prize structure here: http://thepapergirlschallenge.blogspot.com/p/how-to-play.html. 

Also, follow us on Instagram for more chances to win! For this challenge use #PGCBchallenge181 and tag us @papergirlschallengeblog for an extra entry.

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Challenge #180 - Magical Monday

Hello! Heather here with our Magical Monday Challenge. I challenge you to find something magical or mystical and create a card, layout, or any paper-related project that includes a little magic. This could be themed as a movie or book, a specific character, or just generally about all things *MAGICAL*!

Our fabulous guest designer Becca Yahrling has a great project for us today.  Here is more about her project and herself:

"Hope you enjoy today's card. It was made with die sets from Whimsy Stamps, MFT and Peachy Cheap, as well as lots of glitter and sparkle."

"Hi, I'm Becca! I was born & raised & have always lived in South Florida. I am married for 25 years and we have a small parrot named Rocky who sits on my computer as I create. I've been doing some type of craft since I was about 21 when my Mom taught me how to cross stitch."

"We started going to craft shows and I found scrapbooking, which eventually led me to card making. I craft every day and make so many cards that I give a lot of them away to a couple of charities every year. I can only hope that they bring some joy to someone!"

Be sure to visit her the following site and show her some love! 

Flickr: Rebecca Yahrling's Flickr Account

Here are a few projects from our design team...

Heather

For this challenge, I created a Harry Potter related card using the Gryffindor colors. I used a Studio Calico stamp set that I had actually waited for years to have them restock. I think it's just too fun. I fussy cut Hedwig after coloring her just a bit. The background pattern are the other stamps using Versamark ink, which created a tone-on-tone effect. A little white gel pen, and it's purely magical!

Michele

I used a cute dragon stamp from Sweet Stamp Shop on my card.

And now...congratulations to the winner of Challenge #179:
Jessica Navarro

Congrats! Please send an e-mail to papergirlschallengeblog@gmail.com within the next two weeks and we'll send you details!!!  

We want to encourage all of our challenge participants to refer our rules and prize structure here: http://thepapergirlschallenge.blogspot.com/p/how-to-play.html. 

Also, follow us on Instagram for more chances to win! For this challenge use #PGCBchallenge180 and tag us @papergirlschallengeblog for an extra entry.

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Challenge #179 - Fireworks

Hello everyone, Brittany here to start off July with a big bang! Our next challenge is quite a blast -  FIREWORKS!

All bad puns aside, July is usually filled with celebrations that fill the night sky with beautiful blasts of shimmer and color. I can't wait to see your beautiful projects sharing your love (or dislike even) of these explosive beauties. 

To start this post of right, we have a beautiful project from our guest designer, Aimeslee Winans! Here is a little bit about her project and about herself: 

"My card was inspired by the 16-year-old My Mind's Eye paper frame I used. I discovered that my A2-sized Darice Fireworks embossing folder would produce an image fitting into it, so I used them both, plus a spattering of Verve Visual's Starry Die stars and a Lawn Fawn sentiment banner die and sentiment stamp heat-embossed in gold ep. I smooshed my Memento Paris Dusk inkpad in the embossing folder before adding my paper to get the blue background. Then I ran a Brilliance Galaxy Gold Dewdrop pad over the raised fireworks and stars. I pulled out my red, yellow and gold Winks of Stellas for more color and sparkle, topping it all off with a clear Crafters Companion Sparkle Pen." 

"I'm Aimeslee Winans. I am a passionate hobby artist living on the Texas Gulf Coast outside of Houston. I am retired after 30 years as a tax accountant. I've been married to a pretty great guy for over 3 decades who is also retired now and he's always been very supportive of my art. We have a wonderful adult daughter and son-in-love we are very proud of. My style is eclectic. I love just about any paper craft and my art motto is 'Color is my art oxygen.' (I love color!)."

Be sure to visit her at any of the following sites and show her some love! 

Blog: Paper-Paisley's Art Adventures

Flicker: Aimeslee W's album  or

Pinterest: Aimeslee

Here are a few projects from our design team...

Brittany

I couldn't resist creating these two sparkly cards for the 4th of July holiday here in the USA. A little heat embossing made the cards sparkle that much more.

Karrie

I had an idea to try making a burst with glitter but it looked awful, remembered

 I had this old Piggy Tales paper, perfect for Canada Day cards with some

Stickles and glitter ribbon instead!

And now...congratulations to the winner of Challenge #178:

Jessica Navarro

Also, with a little help from Random.org, we are also delighted to announce our 2nd quarter winner for 2019:

Rebecca Yahrling

Congrats, ladies! Please send an e-mail to papergirlschallengeblog@gmail.com within the next two weeks and we'll send you details!!!  

We want to encourage all of our challenge participants to refer our rules and prize structure here: http://thepapergirlschallenge.blogspot.com/p/how-to-play.html. 

Also, follow us on Instagram for more chances to win! For this challenge use #PGCBchallenge179 and tag us @papergirlschallengeblog for an extra entry.

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Challenge #178 - Toys

Welcome back for our next challenge. Michele here, and I'd like to see you create something with TOYS!

Challenge #178 - Toys

My daughter goes through phases where she loves a certain kind of toy. Recently it's been LOL Surprise so I photographed each doll to include on this layout.

So fun, I'm really glad I documented that. I'll have to remember to do this with her next collection of toys!

Let's see what the other Paper Girls have created to inspire you:

Karrie

This reminded me of when we were camping and the boys used the 

woodchip pile like a sandbox to play with their toys!

And now...congratulations to the winner of Challenge #177:
#4 Becca Yahrling

Please send an e-mail to papergirlschallengeblog@gmail.com within the next two weeks and we'll send you details!!!  

We want to encourage all of our challenge participants to refer our rules and prize structure here: http://thepapergirlschallenge.blogspot.com/p/how-to-play.html. 

Also, follow us on our new Instagram account for more chances to win! For this challenge use #PGCBchallenge178 and tag us @papergirlschallengeblog for an extra entry.

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Challenge #177 - Top 5

Hi Karrie  here and I would like see your top 5 ~ whether it be a list, using your 5 favourite colours,
or 5 of 1 embellishment, something about/for a 5 year old,  whatever 5 you can come up with!

I went literally and did a Top 5 of May 2019 list.

The fabulous PaperGirls have these inspirational projects.


Michele
I used 5 photos on my layout.

Heather
I used 5 of my favorite colors on this birthday card!

And now...congratulations to the winner of Challenge #176;

Sarah T.

Please send an e-mail to papergirlschallengeblog@gmail.com within the next two weeks and we'll send you details!!!  

We want to encourage all of our challenge participants to refer our rules and prize structure here: http://thepapergirlschallenge.blogspot.com/p/how-to-play.html. 

Also, follow us on our new Instagram account for more chances to win! For this challenge use #PGCBchallenge176 and tag us @papergirlschallengeblog for an extra entry.

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