Hi all, Calliclaire (or Carolyn) here to bring you today’s challenge.  This is one of my favorites.  I am a big fan of non-boring backgrounds!  Here’s your challenge for today:

Background Challenge – The American flag has a striped background, so use a striped pattern paper for the background of your layout. 

Here’s the layout I created for this fun challenge, using geniaBeana’s new Feelin’ Groovy:

 The key to succeeding with this challenge is to make sure that your photos are not too busy as a busy photo with a busy background is a bit too much.  Of course, there are many people who break this rule and their layouts still rock.  I challenge you to show us all your stripey backgrounds!  If everything looks a bit busy, add some solid papers under your photos to make them stand out a bit.

 Click HERE to see all of our July Challenges! =) Happy Scrapping!

Yes, your read that right – it’s a double page challenge! It’s okay, you can do this! If you’re already an old pro – go… go get it done! If you’re not sure what you’re doing… read on!

Here’s my double page spread for inspiration:

When you look at them close up (images to follow) you will see that this was actually just one template that I flipped horizontally and added another photo spot to. You can do it, too! Go ahead, try!

Left side:

and the right side:

Did you see how I flipped that template? Easy-peasy! I used Julie Marie Design’s Springtime for this layout.

Hi Friends!

Kairyn here with today’s Bingo Challenge… you know you can see all the challenges for the month posted right here, but we like to give you a bit of inspiration each day!

Today’s challenge is a “Layer It” challenge… create lots and lots of layers with paper on your layout today! If you need help getting started, there is a great mini template pack in the store called Gimme Paper Stacks Vol. 1 by Cluster Queen Creations:

And some inspiration by Trista – I love all her layers at the top of her layout:

I created these with a template from the Queen of Scrap 2012 Template Pack:

Hopefully you’ve been inspired to use lots of paper layers on your next layout! Until next time, ta-ta!

Hi all, Carolyn (calliclaire) to bring you today’s challenge:

Obscure Holiday Challenge – April 22 is “National Jelly Bean Day”, so use some candy on your LO.  What fun!  My kids LOVE candy (well, so do I)!  Here they are eating those fabulous ring pops that last forever and I am sure are SO not good for their teeth!  I used the awesome How Sweet It is by Amy Stoffel and Layer It Volume 2 Template Pack by Mye De Leon:

I LOVE this fun layout by Carol, using all those easter peeps on her page:

And here’s one from Chel with those delicious jelly beans:

Hope you have fun adding candy to your pages.  It does not have to include photos of candy.  You can do something like “As sweet as candy” for a title and then sprinkle candy all over your page!  Enjoy!  And don’t forget to join us in the other April challenges over here.

Happy Scrapping!
- Carolyn (calliclaire)

Hello There!

It’s Kairyn here with today’s challenge…

It’s a Family History Challenge, April 17th is “Ellis Island Family History Day” so your challenge for today is to scrap a heritage (or family history) page. Here is a bit of inspiration:

Carol created this fabulous layout about her father during WWII, I love all the stars and what a cool story!

I created this one of my maternal grandparent’s wedding day:

Another idea would be to scrap a page of you as a child, or a page that is a family tree, or even a photoless page that tells a long-ago story you don’t want to forget.

Remember, all the challenges are posted right here in our forum and you have all month to complete them! I can’t wait to see your Bingo card fill up with wonderful layouts!

Hello everyone! I am Krista. I’m fairly new to the CT and this is my first blog post! Yay! I am so excited to bring you today’s Bingo challenge! Today I have a Rainbow challenge for you. This time of year (at least where I live) we are getting a lot of rain! Ugh! But a lot of times, along with the rain, we see those beautiful rainbows! So, your challenge is to scrap a rainbow page. You can use a picture of a rainbow or you can use a rainbow element. You can use  papers in all the colors of the rainbow. That’s Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo and Violet, or ROY G. BIV, lol.

Here is the page I made:

I used “A Year In Pictures: Cardstock” by MHK Scraps. As well, as various flowers from my stash.

And here is some more inspiration from our very talented CT:

By Lisa (Kelseyll), using “The Luckiest” by Stolen Moments.

And Jan (QuiltyMom) using “A Year In Pictures: Feeling Lucky“, “A Year in Pictures: Alphas“, “A Year in Pictures: Dated Vol.1“; “A Year In Pictures: Cardstock“; and “It’s A Date Vol.1“. And the March Challenge Template by Leandi.

This one is by Carol (Iowan) also using “The Luckiest” by Stolen Moments.

Gorgeousness, right?

Now, don’t forget to upload your image to your gallery and add it to your Bingo card!  You can find out more about the monthly challenges here.  You have all month to play along, but I can’t wait to see what you come up with!!

Hi Friends!

Kairyn here to bring you today’s challenge…

Given that this month we celebrate St. Patrick’s Day, I thought it would be neat to host a “Shamrock Challenge”! A shamrock has three and sometimes four leaves, group three or four round photos into a shamrock-like shape for your layout.

Here’s one I created using Stolen Moments’ brand new kit The Luckiest:

and Calliclaire created this one using Feeling Blue by Find Your Bliss Designs and Blueprints 2 by True Blue Studio:

Lastly, Quiltymom created this one using Journey of the Heart available in the shop of KimB:

I love the giant photo blended into the paper!

SO… your challenge, should you choose to accept it, is to create a shamrock-shaped photo cluster! Have fun doing it, and come back tomorrow for the next challenge and some more inspiration!

Hi all, Happy Thursday!  Carolyn here to bring you your inspiration for Challenge 19: Use a Black and White picture on your page. 

I have to admit that this WAS a bit of a challenge for me as I really love color photos.  But sometimes there is a particular kit that is perfect for my photo, but the colors just look horrible together.  That’s when a black and white photo makes all the difference. 

Here I was just LOVING Amber’s kit and wanted to smack every element in it on the page…I just love them all THAT much.  So, with all those papers and elements, my picture was lost.  Not anymore!  Once I changed it to black and white, it was much more visible on my busy page.  Here’s my layout that I had so much fun making with Just One Of  The Boys by Stolen Moments and Jenn Barrette Designs:

Here’s a sweet layout from Annisa, using It’s A Boy Thing by Haynay Designs and WM[Squared] Designs:

And here’s a fun layout from Jan with a partial extraction, using Backyard BBQ by The Design Girl:

Hope these inspire you to have fun scrapping some black and white pictures.  I cannot wait to see your layouts for this challenge!

For a full list of the January 2012 Bingo challenges head over to the forum here and if you want all the details about our challenge system including the prizes click here!

Happy Scrapping!
- Carolyn (calliclaire)

Kairyn here with today’s challenge! One of my favorites:

14. Extreme Makeover – re-scrap one of your older layouts.

I know some people feel that they don’t want to go back and redo a layout they’ve already finished. Instead, they wish to keep moving forward. I understand that, and when I was new to scrapping, I felt the same way! However, my scrapping style has evolved over the few years I’ve been a digi-scrapper, and since I print my books chronologically, there are many pages I’ve created, but never printed… if it hasn’t been printed it’s fair game for a makeover! lol

I chose this one to make over:

I like the blend, the journaling, the clusters… but I was never happy with how dark and noisy the photos are. Now that I know a little more about fixing those problem photos… I came up with this using New Beginnings by Diana’s Creations and Minimal Style Vol. 1 Templates by Memory Clips.

I hope I’ve encouraged you to try a makeover – you might be impressed with just how fun this challenge can be! Until next time… ta-ta!

Jami here bringing you Today’s challenge…

13. Monthly Matters: Show us a calendar topper you’ve created.

I couldn’t decide which page I liked better, so I have 2 versions for my Jan 2013 calendar, I used Best Wishes by Diana’s Creations…

Fonnetta made this great sample for us using Jeanine DeOre’s Poppie Collection and Add-on and Haynay Designs Year in the Life: Alpha:

And Kayla created this one with Snowy Tales by Down This Road Designs… even though it doesn’t have a month on it, it’s still perfect for a winter month… January, February or even December, right?

This challenge was a life-saver for me last year, so I hope you start your 2013 calendar with me! Special thanks to Kairyn for helping me with this posting whilst I had NO power!!!!