August Inspiration Challenge...

Welcome to the August Inspiration Challenge. This month, think all things pretty, girly, loving and sweet.

August Inspiration Challenge (picture found on Pinterest). 

Don't forget, the Inspiration Challenge isn't just about the colours - you may find yourself inspired by the image design, pictures or themes. 

Let's have a look at how the Design Team have been inspired...

Michelle Wallace - Happiness

Annette Gearside - Howdy

Lisa Kamphuis - Note To Self

Doris Widder - Remember

Petra Offrell - Sprudlande

Erin Reed - True Love

Wow, one inspiration picture, and six very different layouts! 

I think the Design Team have out done themselves with this challenge.  

Now, it's your turn!

Please send your completed layouts to scrapbookkitswithjules@gmail.com.

Entries close midnight, 31st August 2012.

The winner will be announced early September, and will receive a class kit from Scrapbook Kits.

And The March Winners Are...

Yeah, yeah yeah! I know I said I'd announce the winners last week, but school holidays and Easter kind of got in the way. :-) The school holidays are still on, but at least the Easter distraction is over. So, here we go:

March Inspiration Winner - Charlotte

March Sketch Winner - Nicole Doiron

Congratulations to the winners for the month of March.

Could you please email me (scrapbookkitswithjules@gmail.com) with your mailing address and details so that I can get a RAK out to you as soon as possible.

And thank-you to everyone who participated in the challenges this month. Your layouts were wonderful, and I love how you interpreted both the inspiration photo and sketch.

So, have you started on the April Challenges? :-)

The Final Three...

I've found three more March challenge entries. Two were very last minute, and one went missing in Cyber Space for a while, lol! But, thank-goodness it eventually turned up.

Leila Cassimira - March Inspiration Challenge

Leila Cassimira - March Inspiration Challenge

(Leila loved our inspiration photo so much that she created two layouts for the challenge).

Phillipa Newsham - March Sketch Challenge

I will announce the winner tomorrow. Until then, sweet dreams, and sleep tight. :-)

April 2012 Inspiration Challenge...

Are you ready for something a little different?

April Inspiration Challenge

From Design Seeds via Pinterest

I'm guessing you're all looking at this and thinking I'm crazy? LOL! Well, I'm not! I can prove it - take a look at what the Design Team have created with these colours and inspiration.

Kristie Taylor

Petra Offrell

Nicole Knopke

Michelle Wallace

Juanne Sia

Erin Reed

Kim Kendall

Rebekkah Lynch

 

Annette Gearside

See, anything is possible. Haven't the designers done an incredible job with these colours. Yes, they may not be traditional scrapbook colours, but oh my, the end result is just beautiful. Hmmm... think I might have to go and play with this too. It's just too pretty to pass by, and not have some fun. :-)

Want to play and join in the fun? You are more than welcome. Entries close at midnight 30th April. Please send entries to scrapbookkitswithjules@gmail.com

A winner will be announced in early May, and will receive a RAK full of lovely goodies. Happy scrapping!!!

April 2012 Sketch Challenge....

I hope you are all ready for a new challenge?

Here we go!!!

April Sketch Challenge

Designed by Team member Annette Gearside

Don't you just love it? This sketch has so much potential. I can't wait to see what you do with it.

But to get you all inspired, lets take a look at what the Design Team have created:

Juanna Sia

Annette Gearside

Petra Offrell

Nicole Knopke

Michelle Wallace

Erin Reed

I just love how these ladies have taken the same sketch, but each of them have interpreted it so very differently. Such amazing work!!!

Now it's your turn. You have until midnight, 30th April to submit your entries (please send to scrapbookkitswithjules@gmail.com). The winner will be announced early May, and will receive a lovely RAK of goodies.

The Last Of The March Entries...

I have found three more March Challenge entries to share with you. Yes, these are the final entries for March. If, by some chance, I have missed any layouts that were submitted, please send me an email letting me know (scrapbookkitswithjules@gmail.com).

But I am really hoping I haven't missed anyone, lol!

Charlotte - March Inspiration Challenge

Nicole Doiron - March Inspiration Challenge

Nicole Doiron - March Sketch Challenge

Nicole's layouts are both from double page layouts - the full layouts can be found on her blog.

Wow Ladies, such beautiful work. Thank-you so much for sharing these with us.

Stay tuned every one, because we will announce a winner in just a few days. And don't forget, tomorrow our new April Challenges will go live!!!

Anatomy Of A Challenge...

Today, I thought I would shock everyone, and actually show you a layout I completed, combining both the March challenges. The end of the month is fast approaching, so I thought it would be quicker (and more likely to get completed), if I combined the challenges. I don't usually combine my challenges, but since my layout doesn't count, I can get away with it, lol! Ladies, if you would like to combine the challenges in the future, that is fine, I don't have a problem with that, but just be aware it will only be included in one of the categories - either sketch or inspiration, not both.

How do I get my inspiration from the challenges? Let's start with the sketch. In this case, I stayed fairly close to the sketch design. There are two major differences. I added a banner in the top right of the layout. That is not on the sketch. Neither are the roses flowing down the right hand side of the page. But I will usually add to the layout in some manner to make it mine. Just remember, a sketch is a starting point - a jumping off point - it does not have to be identical. Quite often I will flip a sketch, add or remove photos, add or remove embellishments, or make the design larger or smaller than that shown in the sketch. All these elements help to my layout "mine". To make it more individualised.

The inspiration photo held so many elements that inspired me. The beautiful peeling wooden background - I just had to include that in my layout - it was jumping out at me. The colours? Well, I think they speak for themselves. They are just so beautiful and blended together amazingly. Then there were the roses and falling petals. That was my inspiration for the flowers flowing down the right hand side of my layout.

I hope that has helped to explain how my brain operates when it comes to a challenge. I look for things to highlight. To draw attention to the particular elements of a challenge.

Close ups of some of the details on my layout.

A close-up of my journalling. This is something that I always try to do on all my layouts. It is very rare for me to complete a layout without journalling - after all, every photo has a story to tell. Thank-you for taking the time to share this with me, and I hope you all have a happy, scrappy weekend.

More March Challenge Entries

My inbox is getting full again. Time to share what I found.

Pam Casey - March Sketch Challenge

Pam Casey - March Inspiration Challenge

Gillian Hume - March Sketch Challenge

Gillian Hume - March Inspiration Challenge

Beautiful work ladies. I love your take on the challenges.

You still have time to get your entries in - the challenges close on the 31st March at midnight.

Happy scrapping everyone!!!

Inbox Update...

The challenge layouts have started to roll in for March.

I found these lovelies in my inbox:

Lauren T - March Inspiration Challenge

Amanda - March Inspiration Challenge

Amanda - March Sketch Challenge

You still have heaps of time to join in the fun - the challenges close on the last day of the month.

Please email your completed layout to scrapbookkitswithjules@gmail.com

February Winners Announced...

Boy, oh boy, you ladies are making this harder and harder every month. This has got to be the closest decision ever - there were so many layouts that deserve to win. But alas, I can only announce two winners.

So for February, or two challenge winners are Pam Casey and Amanda:

Pam Casey - February Sketch Challenge Winner

Amanda - February Inspiration Challenge Winner

Congratulations Ladies! I will send a RAK your way.

Please email your postal address to scrapbookkitswithjules@gmail.com

Thank-you everyone for joining in the February fun! There were so many amazing layouts created, and I look forward to seeing more in March. Go scrap and be happy!!! :-)

Lucky Last...

Here is our lucky last entry for the February Challenges:

Amanda McKenna - February Sketch Challenge

Amanda is a newbie (this is the first layout she has submitted for any of our challenges). So welcome aboard Amanda, I am so pleased that you have decided to join in the fun. And I hope we see many more layouts to come!

March Sketch Challenge...

Woo-hoo! It's time for a new sketch. Are you ready?

Here is the March Sketch Challenge, with this month's sketch having been designed by Julianne McKenna-De Lumen (other wise known as Jules - me!). Hope you like it!

Annette Gearside

Erin Reed

Juanna Sia

Kim Kendall

Michelle Wallace

Nicole Knopke

How absolutely amazing are all these layouts? I think my Design Team has outdone themselves yet again. I know they try extremely hard every month to bring you some fabulous inspiration.

So, are you up for the challenge and a little fun?

The challenge will close at 11:59pm on the 31st March 2012.

Please send your completed layouts to scrapbookkitswithjules@gmail.com

The winner will be announced early April, and will receive a RAK of goodies

(I will try and post a photo soon).