Hello everyone! It’s Polly Karen back again to give you a quick overview of all the new challenges for May. 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 – The first challenge up for May is the Template Challenge. Christa (cfile) is hosting the Template Challenge for May. The challenge is to download the free template supplied by Rachel Jeffries and create a layout using it. Here’s a look at the free template followed by a sample that Christa created:
2. Scraplift Challenge – This month’s Scraplift Challenge is hosted by Heather (HeatherB) and she is challenging you to pick a layout from one of our monthly Froggy Favorites threads in the forum and then scraplift it. Heather linked up to several of the more recent Froggy Favorites thread in the forum. Simply browse those threads and find one layout you love and then create your own scraplifted version. Heather found a great layout and then scraplifted it:
3. BYOC Challenge – This month our BYOC Challenge happened to fall on the 1st Friday of the month, so it was posted the same day as all the other challenges. The BYOC challenge is hosted this month by Jenn (jk703) and the challenge is to use 90% of the products on your page from this month’s BYOC collection and from at least 3 designers. Here is a great sample layout created by Jenn:
4. Style Challenge – The next challenge for May is the Style Challenge hosted by Anne (AnneofAlamo) and she is challenging you to create a layout that includes a photo strip of at least 3 pictures. She even wants you to go retro and make them all B&W photos. Here’s a super fun sample page that Anne created:
5. Photography Challenge – Ashley (ashleywb) is hosting May’s Photography Challenge and she would like you to focus on getting closer and filling the frame with your subject. Here is a gorgeous layout that Ashley created with a subject that fills the frame of her photo:
6. Random Challenge – The Random Challenge for May is hosted by Em (Justagirl). Em is challenging you to make a big impact with mini photos on your layout. Em is masteful at using small photos and still drawing your eye straight to her pictures. Here’s a perfect example layout that she created:
7. Inspiration Challenge – The Inspiration Challenge for May is hosted by Natasha (bcnatty) and she would like to see your layouts inspired by somewhere that you have traveled in the past OR somewhere you would like to travel once it’s safe to do so. Here’s a beautiful layout Natasha created about a trip she took to Hawaii:
8. Journaling Challenge – Finally we have the Journaling Challenge hosted by Courtney (bestcee). Courtney is challenging you to journal on a layout and include at least three lines of dialogue. Here’s a fun page about a trip to Universal Studios with journaling that includes a conversation about Courtney’s son:
Challenge Galleries: (post your pages to these galleries)
There you have your at-a-glance overview of 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 May 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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