September Challenge Spotlight

Hello everyone!  As always, I hope you are all staying safe and healthy these days!   It’s Polly Karen here bringing you another monthly Challenge Spotlight post.  Once a month I have the privilege of looking through the challenge galleries to find just a few of my favorite layouts and shine my spotlight on them here.

If you aren’t familiar with the challenges, here’s a little information about them to get you started.  We offer 8 monthly challenges in the forum each month.  If you play along with these challenges you can earn yourself a coupon to use on your next Lilypad shopping spree.  You will earn as follows:  2 challenges = 10% off, 4 challenges = 20% off and 6 challenges = 30% off.  Also, if you finish at least 7 challenges, in addition to your coupon, you will be entered in a drawing for a chance to win a $50 gift certificate!  Now let’s look at some of the standout pages created for August’s challenges:

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

by Trish:

 

by bjc:

 

by mywisecrafts:

 

2.  Random Challenge – Use at least 5 photos on your layout:

 

by:  Jen Em:

 

by Roxana:

 

by marijke:

 

3.  Style Challenge – Create a grunge style page without lots of clustered and layered elements grouped in a strip:

by nhudao:

 

by *sylvia*:

 

by Thuria:

 

4.  Photography Challenge – Scrap a photo of something that you are loving right now:

by Farwen:

 

by Annsofie:

 

by lulyg14:

 

5.  Inspiration Challenge – Create a layout from your own stash:

by Lesena:

 

by dotcomkari:

 

6.  Template Challenge – Use the free provided template:

by AJK:

 

by easyeyes4you:

 

7.  Journaling Challenge – Journal about a snapshot in time, about what’s going on right now:

by angiekey:

 

by mcurtt:

 

by Claire Grantham:

 

8.  Scraplift Challenge – Scraplift a layout by Marijke and make your own version:

by zinzilah:

 

by got2digiscrap:

 

I know I sound like a broken record, but I seriously love doing this post each month!  It’s so amazing to see the creative and different approaches all of our wonderful scrap artists are with the monthly challenges.   After I’m done with this post, I always want to drop everything and go scrap!   Happily, I will be able to do that in just a couple of short days.  I’m taking off the entire weekend and going to a friend’s house to scrapbook all weekend long and enjoy the DSD festivities here too!  I hope that you all find some inspiration from the amazing layouts above!  If you have a minute and would like to spread some love, all the images above are linked.  I will be back tomorrow to show off a new batch of challenges for October.

I’m a creative who pulls inspiration from all corners of life—both the joyful highs and the real-life moments that punch you in the gut. Honestly, I don’t think I can pin down a single scrapbooking style for myself, so let’s just go with eclectic. My layouts really depend on my mindset. If I’m in a deep, cerebral mood, you’ll likely see something chaotic and messy. If I’m more relaxed, it tends to come out clean, simple, and structured.

My brain is usually running on several channels at once, so it’s completely normal for me to be working on a digital layout, dabbling in a hybrid project, and getting messy with art journaling or mixed media—all at the same time.

Here are a few of my go-to tools: Digital: Adobe Photoshop CC + my MacBook; Photos: Canon Rebel or iPhone; Hybrid: Cricut Joy + sewing machine; Art Journaling: watercolors, stencils, and artsticks

And when it comes to embellishments—digital or physical—I’m always reaching for messy threads, ribbons, and Polaroids. Always the Polaroids.

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