Hello everyone! It’s Polly Karen back again with a look at our new batch of monthly challenges for August. Each month we have 8 brand new challenges that are posted in the forum Challenge Pad on the 1st day of the month. (the BYOC Challenge is posted on the 1st Friday of the month.) You can use the challenges simply to inspire you to keep creating new layouts OR you can also earn yourself a fabulous coupon for your next shopping trip in the Lilypad Store. (2 challenges = 10%, 4 challenges = 20% and 6 challenges = 30%). Those who complete at least 7 challenges will be entered in a drawing for a $50 gift certificate! Isn’t that an awesome prize?!?! You’ll get lots of great memories captured in your scrapbooks AND you could win a fat gift certificate prize!!! Pretty great, right?! So let’s take a look at this month’s new batch of challenges!
1. Template Challenge – The Template Challenge for August is being hosted by Christa (cfile). All you have to do to play along is download the free template made by Gina Miller and then create a layout using that fun template. Here’s a look at the free template followed by a great sample layout that Christa made using it:
2. Style Challenge – This month’s Style Challenge is being hosted by Heather (HeatherB) and she is challenging you to create a layout that has an angle or is on a tilt this month. Here is a great angled layout that Heather created for this challenge:
3. Photography Challenge – The Photography Challenge for August is hosted by Ashley (ashleywb) and she would like you to pick on color and then take photos that feature that color. Isn’t that fun! Here’s a great sample layout that Ashley created:
4. Random Challenge – Next up is the Random Challenge hosted by Kayla (keepscrappin). Kayla is challenging you to create a layout that features color on color. Meaning have an area of one color paint or paper and then also add some elements of the same color on top. Here’s a fabulous sample layout to get you started:
5. Scraplift Challenge – Natasha (bcnatty) is hosting the Scraplift Challenge for August and she wants you to look through your own gallery and find a page you love and then create a scraplifted version of that layout. Here is a look at a layout that Natasha picked from her own gallery, followed by her scraplifted version:
6. Journaling Challenge – The Journaling Challenge for August is being hosted by Lori (lcpereyra) and she would like you to create a layout about the “good old days” and include some journaling about the “good old days.” Here’s a great sample layout that Lori created about her good old days:
7. Inspiration Challenge – The Inspiration Challenge for August is being hosted by Courtney (bestcee) and she would like you inspire you to create a layout about “bookish treasures”. She wants to know how you treasure books. Here’s a sample layout created by Courtney for her challenge:
8. BYOC Challenge – Finally we have the BYOC Challenge. This challenge will be hosted and posted by Jenn (jk703) tomorrow, August 4th, when the BYOC Collection for August will be released in the store. The challenge will be to use 90% of the products on your page from this month’s BYOC collection and from at least 3 designers.
There is your quick peek at this month’s brand new batch of challenges. Once you create your own layouts inspired by these challenges, be sure to post them to the appropriate galleries as listed above. Then be sure to also post them to the appropriate thread in the challenge forum. See the thread HERE for further challenge guidelines and see the August Challenge Pad HERE to get started! Don’t forget to post all of your completed layouts in the Challenge Layouts thread so we can be sure to get you the proper coupon at the end of the month. I’ll be back near the end of the month to shine my spotlight on some of the pages created for these challenges! I can’t wait to see what you come up with! Happy scrapping!
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