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August Challenge Winners!

Well, I issued some fun challenges for the month of August and we had some truly inspirational layouts come from them. Love goes out to Monique for her bright & cheery layout she completed for the Sunshine, Lollipops & Rainbows challenge and a shout out to Guiseppa for her amazing layout showcasing some awesome stitching. But, this month's big winner is Lisa L. with her truly heartfelt and inspirational layout about her relationship with her husband. Thanks for sharing your amazing layout Lisa!

September 13th - 20th Weekly challenge

It's Monday again and that means it's time for my next weekly challenge!

If you saw my blog post about "how to create your own shaped papers" you can probably guess what this next challenge is about!! Right!! I want you to create a CARD or a LAYOUT with a shape you made yourself!!!

Upload your card or layout to the September 13th - 20th Weekly Challenge Gallery by midnight PDT on September 20th!!

Here's an example I created yesterday morning:

 
Hope you all participate!!

Happy scrapping!

Monique

Creating your own shaped paper!

I just LOVE all the different kinds of shaped paper there are these days, but sadly not all the manufacturers make them and they are often the first ones to be sold out. So… I decided to create my own shaped papers.

Let me show you how I do this! 

1. I use these templates from Technique Tuesday (= Technique Tiles) which come in various shapes and sizes. 

I just put one of them on my paper of choice.... 

trace it...

 

and hand cut it... and voila!

And 2. I draw them!

If I want a flowery shape like the layout I did with the August Monthly Kit from Crop Addict I start with drawing a circle. You can use a template from Technique Tuesday again, but a plate will do perfectly as well!

   
Make sure you leave enough space around the circle to draw the scallops! 

Then I start with drawing the scallops. Sometimes I draw them about the same size and sometimes I draw both small and big scallops. I draw them on the reverse side of the paper so you won’t see the pencil traces later.

 
When I’m satisfied with the scallops I hand cut the paper and …. ready!

   
Of course you can use this technique not only for circle shapes but also for your photo mat or for squares or whatever you like!!

Here are a few examples of pages where I used this technique:

First a layout with the shape shown first:

 

And then the layout from the August 2010 Monthly Scrapbook Kit with the "flowery shape":

and an example where I used this last technique as a photo mat:

This is it! If you give it a try too, I would love to see it!!

Have fun scrapping!

{Monique}

September 6th-13th Weekly Challenge

Lately I love using both b/w and color photos in my layouts. I think it adds just a little extra to my pages!

So, for this week I decided to challenge you to create a layout using both b/w AND color photos!!

Upload your layout to the September 6th-13th Weekly Challenge Gallery by midnight PDT on September 13th!!

Here's my example:

Can't wait to see what you create!!

Happy scrapping!

Monique
 

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September Monthly Challenge

Hi everyone!

I'm so happy to be the featured dt member this month! I have lots of ideas for fun challenges, so I hope you'll have lots of time to participate!!

Let's get started! For the monthly challenge I decided on a sketch challenge!!

I LOVE sketches and thought this might be a great way to start the September challenges!! Here's the sketch I designed for you. Really hope you'll like it! What I want you to do is to create either a layout or a card with it.

You can upload your layout or your card in the September Monthly Challenge Gallery by midnight PDT on September 30th!

Here’s my example and of course I used the September 2010 Monthly Crop Addict Kit to create it.

 
Can’t wait to see what you create!!

Have fun!

Monique