Rachel's Mixed Media Challenge - January 2026

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Happy New Year to everyone! I hope you plan to join us for a fun year of celebrating all things Rachel with each month's mixed media challenge.

The winner of last month's challenge was @Janisn . Congratulations. Your winner coupon (and the participant coupons) should be sorted out next week. Thank you for your

Each month, 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. We know everyone is really busy, so we're going to make things a bit simpler so you can just get a page scrapped and checked off your to-do list.

The theme for January is Becoming. This could be about something personal, someone close to you, something outside of your inner circle, what the year ahead could be about, and so much more.

My page, using Rachel and Lynn's Hear My Voice: Delighting, is simply a reminder to me to embrace my true self and not what the expectations of me are/were.

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Challenge Requirements:


  • Create a new page using the theme/prompt
  • 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 January 31, 2026.

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 $8.99 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!
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.
 
"Becoming" brings up a lot of emotions for me. I hope this page reflects them - both the negative and the positive. Yes, I am slowly and painfully becoming a new person as a widow living alone in a new place many miles from our previous home together.

 
My journaling:

"You are in the early stages of beginning to identify strategies that work to support your own well being. When Plans like school routine are turned on their head with snow days this year you approached me and asked me to help you design a ‘home’ timetable. This helped you pace yourself throughout the day, provided you with some predictability and avoided overwhelm with a day of unstructured time. We have to be flexible though and be willing to bring new things into the plan, or let things go depending on your capacity and how the day unfolds.

Planning carefully allows you to become the best version of yourself."

Hear My Voice Planning
https://the-lilypad.com/store/hear-...omplete-digital-scrapbooking-mega-collection/

Messy Marks Dates + Bonus 2026
https://the-lilypad.com/store/messy-marks-date-stamps-2026-bonus/

 
I worked hard to catch up on MOC this week and waited until I saw Day 31 before I took a break to create this layout. Thanks to @A-M for a loving example with emotion I can relate to. I think my words are clear but if I need to send them to someone, I'd be happy to do so. When tears started to flow, I knew I had gotten them mostly accurate. Creating this was important for me.

 
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