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Rachel Jefferies Mixed Media Challenge | FEB 2024

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Happy February, everyone!! I'm thrilled to be here this month hosting Rachel's challenge! I hope you all had fun in January and are ready to dive in to the new month!

This year our goal for you is to get pages scrapped, use your stash of digital art and if you’d like, and have time, practise some fun techniques to build confidence in your mixed media scrapbooking.

Each month through 2024 a broad theme will be provided for the challenge and you can interpret these themes as literally or as loosely and abstractly as you wish.

If you’d like to learn something specific please inbox Rachel with your suggestion!

We hope you enjoyed MOC12 at the LilyPad this year! Thank you for still taking the time to take part in Rachel's challenge, our January winner drawn at random is @G.J. Congratulations!! Keep your eye on your inbox!!

For February, we will be exploring the theme of 'Serendipity and/or Happy Accidents'.

This is a casual challenge and you can interpret these monthly themes as literally or as loosely and abstractly as you wish and put your own spin on it. If you need a helping hand or some suggestions to spark an idea here are some prompts:
  • Have there been moments in your life where serendipity played a role? Chance meetings, unexpected opportunities, unplanned adventures, chance discoveries.
  • Unexpected connections or friendships that have formed from chance meets or circumstances
  • Serendipity experienced during travel and how it affected your journey or experience
  • Do you have a story of a 'Happy Accident' to document?
  • Have you given or received a random act of kindness that you could document?
  • Sometimes it's about timing, being in the right place at the right time
Tips/Technique/Tutorial:
With each challenge, a tip/technique/tutorial will be included. There is no pressure to incorporate the tip/technique/tutorial into your challenge page, the choice is entirely yours.

This month, I've used Rachel's Serendipity Bundle to create my page:
Jan_FebChallenge_RJ.jpg


One thing that I do without fail when working with stamps, paints and even journaling is to adjust the blending modes. I use Photoshop CC, so I open the blending modes panel and adjust these sliders until I get the look I want:

PS.JPG


This helps these elements to look more like they were painted or stamped instead of looking like they are just laying on top of the page.


Challenge Requirements:
  • Create a new page following the theme of 'Serendipity and/or Happy Accidents'.
  • Use at least 75% of Rachel's Product currently available in her LilyPad shop.
  • Any remaining percentage must be product from another current LilyPad designer. This could also include retired products from Rachel or the other current LilyPad 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 LilyPad designers, and at least 75% must be Rachel's Product.
  • Upload your layout to the Rachel Jefferies Designs Gallery at the LilyPad 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 February 29th, 2024
Prizes:
  • 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 a $8.00 coupon for Rachel's Shop here at the LilyPad!
  • By completing ALL twelve of Rachel's Mixed Media Challenges at the LilyPad in 2024, this will give you the chance to win a $25 coupon to her shop!
    • In order to be eligible for $25 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 2024 by December 31, 2024 by 1159 PM PDT.
      • Post the challenge layout in the appropriate challenge month thread in Rachel Jefferies Challenge Threads (for example: January Challenge layout must be posted in the January Challenge thread that is linked back to the gallery--even if you complete it in November, it still must be posted in the January Thread).
      • Complete your tracker with a link to each layout by December 31, 2024 by 1159 PM PDT.
Note: Challenge pages will be accepted for individual challenges after the actual challenge month and the end of month deadlines have both passed.

If you have any questions just tag me and I will get back to you as soon as I can. I look forward to your creations!
 
It's probably serendipity whenever a butterfly lands on you in the real world and you manage to have your father capture a photo inside the house! The way this layout came together also seems to be filled with serendipity. I searched through my stash of Rachel's butterflies last night but somehow the template, the colors, the kit, & the blessing didn't come together until this morning. I changed more than I usually do about the template and it still came together in what seemed like a flash. I even had a conversation with my husband about the emotional poignancy of the time and the photo. Thanks for contributing to motivation and product to getting this one in my album.

 
Thank you for the challenge - I was looking for my Feb layout and couldn't find it. I actually hadn't posted it lol :giggle
 
Here's my (late to the party) take on this challenge. The photo was taken by my son who was once more (he took an amazing lot of "by chance" photos there, it's unbelievable !) at the right place at the right time during his trip to Japan.
 
Ok, I had completely forgotten about my previous entry for this challenge (and clearly didn't pay enough attention to the little picture of me next to the thread's title indicating that I have answered it) so I scrapped another page. Well, I scrapped it so might as well share it here anyways....
 
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