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April has landed!
I can hardly believe where the time is going but 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, practice 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 me with your suggestion!
Last Month's Winner:
Thank you for taking part in the March challenge, our winner drawn at random is @lm44west Congrats! Your Prize will be sent to you soon and all participations will be coming soon, watch your inboxes.
For April, let's focus on travel or journey somehow, and again, this can be interpreted as literally or as loosely and abstractly as you wish. Here are some ideas . . .
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.
My page is simply a travel photo and a sweet moment with Mackenzie that I wanted to scrapbook from our summer holiday last year.
Tip:
Ever fall in love with a Mixed Media Paper but want to tone it down for your page a wee bit?
I layered it above a solid white base, reduced the opacity of the mixed media paper right down to 32% which left me with a textured background that wasn’t so heavy and one that was much brighter and I liked the finish look much more.
Challenge Requirements:
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!
I can hardly believe where the time is going but 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, practice 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 me with your suggestion!
Last Month's Winner:
Thank you for taking part in the March challenge, our winner drawn at random is @lm44west Congrats! Your Prize will be sent to you soon and all participations will be coming soon, watch your inboxes.
For April, let's focus on travel or journey somehow, and again, this can be interpreted as literally or as loosely and abstractly as you wish. Here are some ideas . . .
- Commuting
- Daily Walks
- Dream travel destinations, whether real or imaginary
- The details of a specific journey or trip
- Celebrate an International journey or maybe on that's very close to home
- Document Local Life as you see it from a trip you have been on, have you learnt about different cultures, food or traditions
- Companionship of fellow travellers, friends, or family members who shared a journey
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.
My page is simply a travel photo and a sweet moment with Mackenzie that I wanted to scrapbook from our summer holiday last year.
Tip:
Ever fall in love with a Mixed Media Paper but want to tone it down for your page a wee bit?
- Experiment with blending the ready made Mixed Media Paper into a solid paper.
- Position your chosen paper on the layer above your solid paper.
- Adjust the opacity and blend modes if you wish on the Mixed Media Paper layer to reach the desired look you are comfortable with.
- If you are feeling brave, try duplicating layers or bringing in other papers for additional creative effects.
I layered it above a solid white base, reduced the opacity of the mixed media paper right down to 32% which left me with a textured background that wasn’t so heavy and one that was much brighter and I liked the finish look much more.
Challenge Requirements:
- Create a new page that focuses on travel or journey somehow, you can use the prompts listed to help you if you wish.
- 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 the 30th of April 2024.
- 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.
- In order to be eligible for $25 Coupon to Rachel's shop you will need to do the following:
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!
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