pretty paper. true stories. {and scrapbooking classes with cupcakes.}

School may be out for summer, but as an English teacher, I always hoped my students would read at least something over the break. If you or your family love to read, is this something you’ve recorded in your scrapbooks?

Your challenge is to take and post a photograph that involves books or literature in some way! You can include people in the image or make the books themselves be the start.

Post your image on Flickr, on your blog or in another online photo gallery. Leave a link to it in the comments on this post to be entered.

One winner will be randomly chosen to win some lovely reading material and pretty papers too!

Please see this post for all the deadlines and details about this weekend.

xlovesx

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Time for a tiny technique challenge – I love paper pinwheels in all sorts of projects!

They are very simple to make. Cut your patterned paper into squares — I use three squares for a circle with this number of pleats, but you can use an extra or fewer squares to get the look you like best. The width of your square should be the same width that you want for all the way across the rosette circle.

Then take each square and fold it back and forth like a paper fan or an accordion. Then fold that folded piece in half so it’s a semi-circle — and adhere the joining spot with a strong adhesive. Sometimes I even staple it from the reverse side if the paper doesn’t want to cooperate. Repeat this with all your squares, then glue all the pieces together to make the circular rosette!

Take this technique and make something with it – a card, a tag, a scrapbook page, some gift wrapping or whatever you fancy! Take a picture and upload it to share with the world on your blog or in an online gallery. Post a link in the comments on this post so we can see what you made!

One entry will win a copy of Scrapbook Inspirations Idea Book volume 2!

xlovesx

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How many of us have a magpie-like love for something shiny and sparkly? Whether your shiny object of choice is glitter or jewels or pretty mirrors, they all catch a reflection.

Your challenge is to take and post a photograph of a reflection! Feel free to get creative with your interpretation or to snap a quick self-portrait in the mirror.

Post your image on Flickr, on your blog or in another online photo gallery. Leave a link to it in the comments on this post to be entered. One winner will be randomly chosen to win a selection of glittery scrapbook supplies to keep your inner magpie entranced for plenty of projects! Please see this post for all the deadlines and details about this weekend. A little tip if the weather at your house has been anything like it has been here today: puddles cast reflections too.

xlovesx

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Ready to count to ten or sing your ABCs? For the next scrapbooking challenge, you get to pick your poison: numbers or letters.

Create a page with a list that includes the numbers 1 to 10 (or more) or the letters A to Z. Journal ten things you love (or ten things that really frustrate you!) or make an alphabet-themed minibook or anything else you fancy with numbers or letters.

Upload your project and leave a link in the comments on this post to enter. See this post for details and deadlines for this weekend.

One randomly selected entry will win a copy of Time to Scrapbook, which features the layout above and tips for finding time from each of the Most Influential Scrapbooker nominees.

Spell or count to your heart’s desire!

xlovesx

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I have a special fondness of below-the-knee photographs — capturing a glimpse of your shoes along a journey. I even have a minibook filled with just those pictures! I think if my shoes could talk, they might have an argument about how some of them have been to more destinations to others!

Your challenge is to take and post a photograph of feet, shoes or otherwise below the knee! Put on your dancing shoes or your walking boots or photograph a baby with tiny toes.

Post your image on Flickr, on your blog or in another online photo gallery. Leave a link to it in the comments on this post to be entered.
Please see this post for all the deadlines and details about this weekend.

One randomly selected entry will win a care package of funky socks! What’s not to love?

xlovesx

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Are you an I♥NY person or do you like NY more as a friend? And what about ♥♥♥ in general? Love using hearts on your projects or rather pass them by?

Your next crafting challenge is to create with heart — or hearts if you prefer! Use an I ♥… title or use hearts as a design element. Include at least one heart in your design of a scrapbook page, card or other crafting project. Take a picture and upload it, then share a link in the comments of this entry.

You can find all the deadlines and details for this weekend here — you have until bright and early Tuesday morning to complete your entry for all these challenges.

One randomly selected entry will win a selection of scrapbooking goodies from the Green at Heart collection by BasicGrey.

♥♥♥ to you all!

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We had a manmade challenge, so it seems only right that we have a nature challenge as well.

Your challenge is to take and post a photograph of something in nature! Interpret that however you wish, be it right outside your window or deep in the woods!

Post your image on Flickr, on your blog or in another online photo gallery. Leave a link to it in the comments on this post to be entered. One winner will be randomly chosen to win 40 Top Tips for Better Photos, an Ella ebook by Rebecca Cooper. Please see this post for all the deadlines and details about this weekend. Can’t wait to see your pictures of flowers, trees, insects and so forth — but please resist the urge to stick your macro lens in a wasp nest!

xlovesx

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I promised a sketch challenge for each day — here’s Saturday’s sketch for you! You can use one or multiple photos for this design and you’re welcome to use the sketch for a paper or digital page or a card or other project.

Today’s sketch was one I jotted down in my notebook after receiving several book submissions that used this sort of balance — one small area in the corner and one larger area in the opposite corner of the page. It looked lovely in a variety of styles, themes and colour combinations.

Use this sketch as the inspiration for your project then take a picture and upload it to your blog or a page gallery. Leave a link in the comments on this post. See this post for the deadlines and details for this weekend’s crop.

One randomly chosen entry will win a copy of Stretch your Sketches=, an e-book from Ella Publishing about getting more from your sketch-based scrapbooking routine!

Happy scrapping!

xlovesx

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