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First of all, a huge THANK YOU to everyone who participated in the November Challenge!! Participation coupons will be coming soon and an extra congrats to @jp504, who is our random draw winner!!
**Rachel Jefferies December 2023 Mixed Media Challenge**
I am so excited to be here hosting this month! I know there is a lot going on this time of year and we are all busy with holiday things, whether they be projects, crafts, or just general holiday planning and prep!
Taking a little pause at this time of year to reflect can be a wonderfully meaningful exercise. It helps us to gain perspective on our experiences and can help us to learn and grow going into the new year. It’s also a great time to celebrate your achievements or identify your patterns.
For this challenge, I’m asking you to take a little time to do just that - Reflect on your 2023. You can choose to focus on the year as a whole, or pick a specific time or event from the past year that was meaningful for you. I’d also like you to include 2023 somewhere on your page. To give you a little jump start, I’ve compiled a list of prompts that you can choose from or you can come up with one of your own as long as it ties in with reflecting on something about 2023:
What were some meaningful moments of this year?
What were some unexpected events of this year?
What are my top photos of this year?
What did I accomplish this year?
What was my favorite book/movie/song of this year?
Who made a difference in my life this year?
What challenges did I face this year?
How did relationships change this year?
Now, for a little twist. Since our focus is on “reflection”, I would like for you to create a reflection somewhere on your page using elements, papers, paints…anything at all. I’d just like to be able to tell the reflection is there, meaning if it looks the same way reflected as it normally would, I’m not going to know it’s a reflection, if that makes sense.
Here’s my example page using The Complete Mixed Media Collection | Past to Present:
For this page, I chose to journal about my favorite part of the year being traveling with my son to historical sites this past year.
I created a reflection of the leaf and flower cluster included in the collection by just using the transform tool and flipping it horizontal. You’ll see one at the top of the page and one at the bottom.
And here is a page from @Roxana
Now it’s your turn!
Challenge requirements
Prizes and other important notes:
- All participants who post their page during the challenge month by the end of month deadline and meet the criteria will be eligible for a coupon of 15% off their next order (from Rachel's shop) of $10 or more.
- ONE lucky random winner who posts their page during the challenge month by the end of month deadline and meets the criteria will receive an $8.00 coupon for Rachel's Shop here at The LilyPad!
- Complete ALL twelve of Rachel's Mixed Media Challenges at The LilyPad in 2023 for a chance to enter her Annual Draw. The first drawn winner will be offered a three month Guest Gig on her Creative Team and the second drawn winner will receive a $20 coupon to her shop here at The LilyPad!
- In order to be eligible for the annual drawings for the Guest Gig or the $20 coupon to Rachel's shop, you will need to do the following:
- Complete ALL twelve of Rachel's Mixed Media Challenges at the LilyPad in 2023 by December 31, 2023 by 11:59 PM PDT. (Featured Product Challenges and Hear My Voice Challenges are excluded from the tracker and annual draw).
- Post the challenge layout in the appropriate challenge month thread for Rachel's Jefferies Mixed Media Challenges. We will keep an accumulative list for you in each month's challenge thread to make this easier. For example: Your January Challenge layout must be posted in the January Challenge thread and linked back to the gallery --even if you complete it in November, it must still be posted in the January Thread).
- Complete your tracker form with links to each challenge layout by December 31, 2023 by 11:59 PM PDT.
- Note: for the annual drawings, challenge pages will be accepted for individual challenges after the actual challenge month and the end of month deadlines have both passed.
- In order to qualify for the monthly winners coupon draw of $8 and the participation coupon you must complete the challenge during the challenge month by the end of month deadline as stated in each challenge thread.
- Find your 2023 Tracker Submission Form Here
- Past Challenges are here: JAN 2023 | FEB 2023 | MAR 2023 | APRIL 2023 | MAY 2023 | JUNE 2023 | JULY 2023 | Aug 2023 | Sept 2023 | OCT 2023 | Nov 2023
**Rachel Jefferies December 2023 Mixed Media Challenge**
I am so excited to be here hosting this month! I know there is a lot going on this time of year and we are all busy with holiday things, whether they be projects, crafts, or just general holiday planning and prep!
Taking a little pause at this time of year to reflect can be a wonderfully meaningful exercise. It helps us to gain perspective on our experiences and can help us to learn and grow going into the new year. It’s also a great time to celebrate your achievements or identify your patterns.
For this challenge, I’m asking you to take a little time to do just that - Reflect on your 2023. You can choose to focus on the year as a whole, or pick a specific time or event from the past year that was meaningful for you. I’d also like you to include 2023 somewhere on your page. To give you a little jump start, I’ve compiled a list of prompts that you can choose from or you can come up with one of your own as long as it ties in with reflecting on something about 2023:
What were some meaningful moments of this year?
What were some unexpected events of this year?
What are my top photos of this year?
What did I accomplish this year?
What was my favorite book/movie/song of this year?
Who made a difference in my life this year?
What challenges did I face this year?
How did relationships change this year?
Now, for a little twist. Since our focus is on “reflection”, I would like for you to create a reflection somewhere on your page using elements, papers, paints…anything at all. I’d just like to be able to tell the reflection is there, meaning if it looks the same way reflected as it normally would, I’m not going to know it’s a reflection, if that makes sense.
Here’s my example page using The Complete Mixed Media Collection | Past to Present:
For this page, I chose to journal about my favorite part of the year being traveling with my son to historical sites this past year.
I created a reflection of the leaf and flower cluster included in the collection by just using the transform tool and flipping it horizontal. You’ll see one at the top of the page and one at the bottom.
And here is a page from @Roxana
Now it’s your turn!
Challenge requirements
- Create a new page reflecting on 2023 in some way.
- Include the year 2023 somewhere on your page
- “Reflect” one element on your page, horizontally or vertically, but I should be able to tell it is a reflection
- Use at least 75% of Rachel's Product. Any remaining percentage must be product from another current TLP designer.
- The product can be currently available in the TLP Shop or be retired products from Rachel or a current TLP designer.
- Hybrid projects are also welcome and the same product rules apply. Where digital products are used in a hybrid project they must all come from current The LilyPad designers, and at least 75% must be Rachel's Product.
- Upload your layout to the Rachel Jefferies Designs Gallery at TLP with your product credits.
- For your challenge entry to be counted, you MUST upload your finished layout to this thread. Please link your gallery image to your post in this thread, as it helps us leave love on your layout (and validate your project).
- No double-dipping… your layout must be created for this challenge only, no others. You must create a NEW layout for this challenge.
- This challenge will remain open for the monthly coupons through December 31st, 2023.
Prizes and other important notes:
- All participants who post their page during the challenge month by the end of month deadline and meet the criteria will be eligible for a coupon of 15% off their next order (from Rachel's shop) of $10 or more.
- ONE lucky random winner who posts their page during the challenge month by the end of month deadline and meets the criteria will receive an $8.00 coupon for Rachel's Shop here at The LilyPad!
- Complete ALL twelve of Rachel's Mixed Media Challenges at The LilyPad in 2023 for a chance to enter her Annual Draw. The first drawn winner will be offered a three month Guest Gig on her Creative Team and the second drawn winner will receive a $20 coupon to her shop here at The LilyPad!
- In order to be eligible for the annual drawings for the Guest Gig or the $20 coupon to Rachel's shop, you will need to do the following:
- Complete ALL twelve of Rachel's Mixed Media Challenges at the LilyPad in 2023 by December 31, 2023 by 11:59 PM PDT. (Featured Product Challenges and Hear My Voice Challenges are excluded from the tracker and annual draw).
- Post the challenge layout in the appropriate challenge month thread for Rachel's Jefferies Mixed Media Challenges. We will keep an accumulative list for you in each month's challenge thread to make this easier. For example: Your January Challenge layout must be posted in the January Challenge thread and linked back to the gallery --even if you complete it in November, it must still be posted in the January Thread).
- Complete your tracker form with links to each challenge layout by December 31, 2023 by 11:59 PM PDT.
- Note: for the annual drawings, challenge pages will be accepted for individual challenges after the actual challenge month and the end of month deadlines have both passed.
- In order to qualify for the monthly winners coupon draw of $8 and the participation coupon you must complete the challenge during the challenge month by the end of month deadline as stated in each challenge thread.
- Find your 2023 Tracker Submission Form Here
- Past Challenges are here: JAN 2023 | FEB 2023 | MAR 2023 | APRIL 2023 | MAY 2023 | JUNE 2023 | JULY 2023 | Aug 2023 | Sept 2023 | OCT 2023 | Nov 2023
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