Rachel's Mixed Media Challenge - May '26 - CLOSED & WINNER ANNOUNCED

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Happy May!

The year is just cruising along. Each month I think that things are going to slow down, but each month seems to go quicker than the last.

Congratulations to @trekmom who was the randomly-selected winner of last month's challenge. Coupons will go out next week due to the sale weekend.

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.

For May, there are always a lot of things going on. Longer days, Mother's Day in the US (for those who celebrate it), Memorial Day weekend (also in the US), graduations, vacations, celebrations, spring in full bloom, and more. This month, the theme is CONTEMPLATE.

Contemplate:

  • To look at attentively and thoughtfully.
  • To consider carefully and at length; meditate on or ponder.
    "contemplated the problem from all sides; contemplated the mysteries of the atom."
  • To have in mind as an intention or possibility.
    "contemplate marriage; forced by the accident to contemplate retirement."
  • To ponder; meditate.
  • To consider or think studiously; to ponder; to reflect; to muse; to meditate.
Rachel has a lot of good kits that can be used with this theme, and it is fairly open-ended and can be used for almost anything you want to put down on the page.

I used the Stories of Today collection for my page. I just love the colors and elements in this set.

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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 May 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.
 

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Great pages, everyone. I love to see the different things people are contemplating at different points in their lives. Keep up the good work!
 
Oh, contemplate, or meditate-when I am overwhelmed, the pain, time pressure, my brain is whirling. I have to stop the noise. DECIDE to change my words, thoughts, & attitude.
Worrying never helps the situation, and I am in charge of how I want the atmosphere around me to be. I push myself to laugh

 
Hi Everyone...I think the idea of to "Contemplate" is a fairly common notion and it can be interpreted in so many different ways depending on what is going on in your life...It seems like I have been contemplating my future ever since I had my 2nd accident , almost 3 years ago...It seems like all I did was think about how my life would or could end up, without my husband who passed away , now it will be 3 years soon , on June 9th , literally , just around the corner...I have had a lot of setbacks to get here and I was doing a lot better just a year ago , in some of my health ways...I have this idea or "personal passion project" , that I am very passionate about and I am working on , but lately, my health issues have been getting in the way...of me finalizing my steps to complete the starting process of it and on top of that , I am nervous about starting and sharing this new chapter of my life , with the world...So contemplating seems to be what I am doing a lot of...Contemplating my future , my new chapter and my new health issues...I have spent some time in the hospital recently and am worried I might have to do so again...It is interfering with what I would rather be doing...like , getting my "personal passion project" finalized and put out into the world...

So, my layout is about me contemplating my past and how it has led to where I am now and how my past will always be a part of me and my memories and so will the grief that I carry each & every day...Sometimes , I wish I could just wake up and I wasn't filled with so much grief and that it wasn't such a hard thing to endure...As long as I live , our life will be remembered & celebrated...but the residual grief that continues to scar me in new ways everyday and surprise me in ways, that I did not see coming, can still sometimes be , debilitating...Either way, all I can do is stay positive and hope that these current health issues settle down and they figure out how to treat them properly , so I can keep moving forward with this "personal passion project" that I am working on , that is really important to me and hopefully, will be a big part of how I want my future to go...moving forward...

*My : New Beginning Contemplated : layout :

 
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Hi Everyone...I think the idea of to "Contemplate" is a fairly common notion and it can be interpreted in so many different ways depending on what is going on in your life...It seems like I have been contemplating my future ever since I had my 2nd accident , almost 3 years ago...It seems like all I did was think about how my life would or could end up, without my husband who passed away , now it will be 3 years soon , on June 9th , literally , just around the corner...I have had a lot of setbacks to get here and I was doing a lot better just a year ago , in some of my health ways...I have this idea or "personal passion project" , that I am very passionate about and I am working on , but lately, my health issues have been getting in the way...of me finalizing my steps to complete the starting process of it and on top of that , I am nervous about starting and sharing this new chapter of my life , with the world...So contemplating seems to be what I am doing a lot of...Contemplating my future , my new chapter and my new health issues...I have spent some time in the hospital recently and am worried I might have to do so again...It is interfering with what I would rather be doing...like , getting my "personal passion project" finalized and put out into the world...

So, my layout is about me contemplating my past and how it has led to where I am now and how my past will always be a part of me and my memories and so will the grief that I carry each & every day...Sometimes , I wish I could just wake up and I wasn't filled with so much grief and that it wasn't such a hard thing to endure...As long as I live , our life will be remembered & celebrated...but the residual grief that continues to scar me in new ways everyday and surprise me in ways, that I did not see coming, can still sometimes be , debilitating...Either way, all I can do is stay positive and hope that these current health issues settle down and they figure out how to treat them properly , so I can keep moving forward with this "personal passion project" that I am working on , that is really important to me and hopefully, will be a big part of how I want my future to go...moving forward...

*My : New Beginning Contemplated : layout :

Wow. Thank you for sharing about your personal journey. I can only imagine the difficulties you are going/have been through. Gentle hugs to you. I'm really interested in your personal passion project and what that will look like. Don't give up... keep going.
 
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