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

Time for some colour and pattern — in fact, as many patterns as you dare!

Your challenge is to create a project using at least four patterned papers — a card, a tag, a scrapbook page. Whatever you like is fine as long as it includes a variety of pattern!

Take a picture of your project and upload it to your blog or a page gallery. Leave a link in the comments on this post to enter. See this post for details and deadlines for this weekend.

One randomly chosen entry will win a prize package filled with patterned paper perfect for as many projects as you wish!

xlovesx

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Okay, apologies for getting early nineties electropop in your head. I couldn’t help it. At least I’m not challenging you to photograph yourself dancing. Not right now, anyway.

Your challenge is to take and post a photograph of one or more signs! Just one on a country lane or an overload of signs in the city – your subject matter is up to you, of course!

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 Keep Calm and Snap On print from the Keep Calm Etsy shop. Please see this post for all the deadlines and details about this weekend. Keep your eyes open — you never know when you’ll see a sign of good things to come!

xlovesx

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Next up: something a bit old-fashioned and classic! Your challenge is to create a scrapbook page with one or more black and white photographs. Both paper and digital projects are both welcome!

Create your project and upload it to your blog or a page gallery. Leave a link in the comments on this post to enter. See this post with details and deadlines for this weekend.

One randomly chosen entry for this challenge will win a class pass for you and a friend on Learn Something New, the September online class here at shimelle.com.

xlovesx

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Need a bit of a wake-up call for the weekend? Time to find something or someone who is energetic!

Your challenge is to take and post a photograph with explosive energy! Interpret that however you wish, be it jumping on a trampoline or lighting a spark!

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 camera t-shirt from Threadless. I’ll get in touch with the winner to get the right size and so forth. Please see this post for all the deadlines and details about this weekend. So… what can you blow up without breaking your camera, eh? Don’t get up to too much trouble!

xlovesx

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We’ve already had challenges about colours and layout – now how about a shape? Paper and pixels are both welcome on this challenge, of course!

Your challenge is to create a scrapbook page or other craft project involving circles! You can design them however you like. You know I love lots of little circles but big bold circles work too! Even polka dots could count. As long as you can see a circle somewhere, you’re good to go!

Be sure to upload your project to an online gallery or blog, then leave a comment with a link to enter. See this post for all the details and deadlines for this weekend.

One randomly chosen entry will win a set of Banana Frog stamps with some circular-goings-on in the mix!

Go get round to crafting!

xlovesx

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Here’s a challenge you can take up even if you’re stuck in an office, a car or a train or if it’s raining a downpour outside.

Your challenge is to take and post a photograph taken through a window! The subject is entirely up to you, as long as it is taken through a window of some sort. You can be as creative with that as you like.

You can photograph whatever you would like, but the image needs to be snapped between now and the end of the crop — this weekend’s challenges are not for older images already in your photo library. 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 new album ready for your next scrapbooking project! Please see this post for all the deadlines and details about this weekend. And no, I didn’t plan this challenge as any sort of reminder to wash the windows, I promise!

xlovesx

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Digital products can be such a touchy subject with paper scrappers: yes, there are new releases all the time so there’s always something fun to find, but how annoying can it be to find exactly the pattern you like on a screen when you really want it on paper? The best bit is of course that you can print pretty much any digital element you find so you can have the best of both worlds whenever you like.

For this next challenge, head over here and download this free digital alphabet from my digi store.

If you’re a paper scrapbooker, print out the alphabet on paper or cardstock, cut out the letters you need and get crafting! If you’re a digital scrapbooker, put this alpha to work on a digi page! Either option is eligible for this challenge.

Check out Tales of the Scrap Heap for a project from Karen Moss to get us started with this challenge!

Be sure to upload your project to an online gallery or your blog and post a link in the comments below. Check this post for all the details and deadlines for this weekend.

One randomly chosen entry will win a selection of goodies from Shimelle Digitals.

Happy scrapping — in any format!

xlovesx

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Don’t worry – you don’t have to be in New York or even a big city to participate in our second photo challenge, I promise!

Your challenge is to take and post a photography of something manmade! The subject is entirely up to you, as long as it features something created by at least one person.

You can photograph whatever you would like, but the image needs to be snapped between now and the end of the crop — this weekend’s challenges are not for older images already in your photo library. 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 Scrapper’s B&W Actions, a workflow of black and white processing options for your photographs. If you’re not a Photoshop user, you can choose another product of the same value from Two Peas in a Bucket. Please see this post for all the deadlines and details about this weekend. Now go find something to photograph on your lunch break!

xlovesx

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