Hello everyone!  Polly Karen here, bringing you the very last monthly Challenge Spotlight post for 2016!  Once a month I have the privilege of looking through the challenge galleries to find just a few of my favorite layouts and shine my spotlight on them here.

If you aren’t familiar with the challenges, here’s a little information about them to get you started.  We now offer 8 monthly challenges in the forum each month.  If you play along with these challenges you can earn yourself a coupon to use on your next Lilypad shopping spree.  You will earn as follows:  2 challenges = 10% off, 4 challenges = 20% off and 6 challenges = 30% off.  Also, if you finish at least 7 challenges, in addition to your coupon, you will be entered in a drawing for a chance to win a guest spot on the Creative Team (be a Polly) for a month!  Now let’s look at some of the standout pages created for December’s challenges:

1.  BYOC  Challenge – Use 90% current BYOC products from at least 3 designers:

by chigirl:

by Squirrely:

2.  Journaling Challenge – 3 things:

by pagefrocks:

by Tree City:

3.  Template Challenge – Use the provided FREE template:

by KatyTeaPea:

by mcurtt:

by jjpederson125:

4.  Inspiration Challenge – “Oh tidings of comfort and joy”:

by weaselwatchr:

by dvhoward:

5.  Style Challenge – Artsy page with lots of white space:

by Lor:

by JenEm:

6.  Scraplift Challenge – Scraplift Chickypow:

by christineirion:

by sondra:

7.  Random Challenge – scrap about a skill or talent:

by cinna:

by silent ranks:

by sokee:

8.  Photography Challenge – Capture an everyday moments:

by AmandaJ:

by KarenW:

I can’t believe this is my last post of 2016!  BUT!  I can’t wait for the Month of Challenges (MOC) that starts on January 1st.  This will be the FIFTH year that we have done the MOC and it just keeps getting better and better.  There will be a new challenge every day for the whole month of January.  You will have until Feb 2nd to complete all the challenges and if you do, you will score a $20 gift certificate to the store!  And if you complete all 31 challenges you could possibly win a full time spot as a Polly (the creative team!)  The best part to me is that is kicks my scrapping mojo into high gear and I end up with 31 pages done to start off the year!  I love that!

If you loved looking through the spotlights layouts above as much as I did, please take a minute and click on them and leave these artists a little love.  All images are linked.  Also, this is your reminder that December 31st is the last day to complete these challenges yourself and earn a discount coupon and possibly even a guest spot on the Creative Team!  I’ll be back next month with 2 batches of spotlights from the MOC layouts.