May Challenge Spotlight

Hello everyone!  It’s Polly Karen bringing you an inspiration packed Challenge Spotlight post!  Each month we have 8 monthly challenges hosted in our forums and at the end of each month, I look through the challenge galleries and shine my spotlight on just a few of my favorites.  So without further delay, let’s check out some amazing new layouts created for this month’s challenges!

1. Photography Challenge – Play with perspective:

by Lor
by cinderella

2. Journaling Challenge – Five W’s and H technique:

by Meliora
by VinGirl

3. Inspiration Challenge – Create a gallery wall layout:

by AnneofAlamo
by mary kate

4. Template Challenge – Use the provided free template:

by kimberlybnote
by curio

5. Random Challenge – Celebrate the Great Outdoors:

by Mrsdudds
by zinzilah
by tappy
by myka

6. Style Challenge – Clean and Simple style:

by kirstiegai
by Janisn
by .Alesen.

7. Scraplift Challenge – Scraplift TWO layouts from the April Froggy Faves and combine them together into one layout:

by flowergal
by nfenchak

8. BYOC Challenge – Use 90% current BYOC products from at least 3 designers:

by Dady
by MargaretA

I have a confession to make. This is the first time in over a decade of writing these challenge spotlight posts that I simply could NOT narrow my choices down below FOUR layouts for one challenge. Ha! The Random Challenge to celebrate the Great Outdoors just inspired so many people to make amazing layouts, that I could not choose! Lol! What a wonderful problem to have! I hope you are as inspired by all these pages as I was and if you are, please take a moment to leave these layouts a little love.  All the images above are linked. This is also your reminder that Sunday, May 31st, is your last day to participate in this month’s batch of challenges.  I’ll be back in a few days to show off the new batch of challenges for June. Happy scrapping until then!

I’ve been married for nearly a quarter of a century and have two awesome kiddos currently off at college. I’m a bit of a hobby collector—I love learning new things and trying out creative projects. Right now, some of my favorite pastimes include painting, art journaling, making hand-bound books, crocheting, and reading. In the past, I’ve also dabbled in stained glass, cross stitch, knitting, printmaking, and sewing—if it’s artsy, I’ve probably given it a try!

My scrapbooking style is messy, full, and journaling-heavy. I usually start with my photos and the stories behind them, but sometimes a kit is so fun and colorful that I’ll go find a photo just so I can scrap with it. Bright, vibrant kits always draw me in.

Photoshop is my home base when I scrap. I especially love working with shadows on separate layers so I can warp them for a more realistic effect. The pen tool is another favorite—it helps me create text boxes that fit any shape or space. And templates? I absolutely cannot scrap without them.

If you’re new to all this, remember: Ctrl-Z is your best friend. And more importantly—be brave enough to suck at something new. That’s how the magic start

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