Hello everyone! It’s Polly Karen back again to give you a quick overview of all the new challenges for March. Each month we have 8 brand new challenges that are posted in the forum Challenge Pad on the 1st day of the month. (the BYOC Challenge is posted on the 1st Friday of the month.) You can use the challenges simply to inspire you to keep creating new layouts OR you can also earn yourself a fabulous coupon for your next shopping trip in the Lilypad Store. (2 challenges = 10%, 4 challenges = 20% and 6 challenges = 30%). Those who complete at least 7 challenges will be entered in a drawing for a $50 gift certificate! Isn’t that an awesome prize?!?! You’ll get lots of great memories captured in your scrapbooks AND you could win a fat gift certificate prize!!! Pretty great, right?! So let’s take a look at this month’s new batch of challenges!
1. Template Challenge – Kicking off the month of March we have the Template Challenge hosted by Jenn (AKA jk703). The challenge is to use the free template supplied by Gina Miller and create a layout using it. Here’s a look at the free template followed by a sample that Jenn created using it:
2. Scraplift Challenge – The scraplift challenge for March is hosted by Christa (cfile). Christa has selected the VERY talented and newest Polly to scraplift this month, Lisa (AKA ArmyGrl). Simply visit Lisa’s talent filled gallery and select one of her layout and then create your own scraplifted version. Here is a layout that Christa chose followed by her scraplifted version:
3. Inspiration Challenge – The Inspiration Challenge for March is being hosted by Natasha (bcnatty). Natasha is using this month’s Inspiration Challenge as a bit of scrap therapy and she lost her pup of 9 years this week. So, Natasha would like you to create a layout about a pet you have or had in the past or if you’ve never had a pet, create a layout about an animal. Here is a layout featuring Natasha’s sweet Finn:
4. Journaling Challenge – The Journaling Challenge for this month is being hosted by Julie (AKA mrs2a50). She would like you to focus on the quality of your words this month and not so much on the quantity. Your layout should include journaling in 25 words or less. Here’s a fabulous sample layout Julie created:
5. Style Challenge – The Style Challenge for March is being hosted by Jenn (jenn mccabe) and she would like you to create a layout that utilized a vertical composition. She even linked up a Pinterest board full of inspiration. Jenn created this gorgeous sample layout to get you started:
6. Photography Challenge – Next up we have the Photography Challenge hosted by Lori (AKA lcpereyra). Lori would like you to take a moment to look around your surroundings and capture your own still life photograph. Lori created this gorgeous layout from a beautiful bouquet of flowers:
7. Random Challenge – Ashley (ashleywb) is hosting this month’s Random Challenge and would like you to create a layout that uses 2 or more photos that show a comparison or a contrast. Ashley scrapped 2 photos of her daughter and niece on the same amusement park ride in different years to show the difference between the years:
8. BYOC Challenge – Finally we have the BYOC Challenge. This challenge will be hosted and posted by Heather (HeatherB) on Friday, March 5th when the BYOC Collection for March will be released in the store. The challenge will be to use 90% of the products on your page from this month’s BYOC collection and from at least 3 designers.
Challenge Galleries: (post your pages to these galleries)
There is your peek at this month’s brand new batch of challenges. Once you create your own layouts inspired by these challenges, be sure to post them to the appropriate galleries as listed above. Then be sure to also post them to the appropriate thread in the challenge forum. See the thread HERE for further challenge guidelines and see the March Challenge Pad HERE to get started! Don’t forget to post all of your completed layouts in the Challenge Layouts thread so we can be sure to get you the proper coupon at the end of the month. I’ll be back near the end of the month to shine my spotlight on some of the pages created for these challenges! I can’t wait to see what you come up with! Happy scrapping!
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