Challenge # 4

January 29th - February 2nd is Womanhood! Fact: You are a girl! So why not celebrate it on a scrapbook page? Womanhood is filled with it’s ups and downs (talk about hormones!) and you can talk about what you don’t like about being a girl, what you do like about being a girl, or BOTH! Do anything that talks about you and your more girly side (or lack of?) Remember, just because you make a scrapbook page, doesn’t mean you need to show it to everyone - this is for YOU! Maybe even try a double page spread or hidden journaling if you have lots to write about. I am all for pages about for youself and a book of me. Try doing this challenge today!
Sources: - Effer Dare # 14
- Effer Dare # 23

Challenge # 3

January 19th - 26th is Song Lyrics/Titles! This is gonna be fun! Do you realize you have thousands upon thousands of songs to choose from? The hard part will be deciding which one to do! You can have the song title for your page title (idea: You are my Sunshine, I can only Imagine, Never Alone, Better is One Day, Made to Love, White and Nerdy, etc...) or you can type out all the lyrics and say why you like the song. Anything is acceptable, as long as it somehow includes songs. Another idea is doing a page with all your favorite song titles on it. Enjoy! I know I am going to keep doing this challenge, I will never run out of songs to scrapbook! This one is exciting for me, what about you?
Source: - SS Mar/Apr 06, page 129 - 134 and - Me Blog # 2
and - Me Blog # 7 and - Speshal # 23

This page has the lyrics to the song "Miracle" off of the movie The Prince of Egypt, made by my sister Natasha about her trip to Trinidad in 2003.

Challenge # 2

January 12th - 19th is Doodle! Doodling is hot right now in the scrapbooking world - anyone and everyone can do it! Maybe you have been afraid and /or didn’t want to try it. Guess what? Now I challenge you to! You can go as crazy and wild or as clean and simple as you want. Make it work for you! Don't try to be something your not! Some ideas are doing some squiggles around your photo and handwriting the title! It’s all up to you! I think you would be surprised at how much you do enjoy this, you might not be able to stop. In the case you don't like it, then you know and you move on!
Sources: - Ck July 2006, page 34 -35
- SS Sept/Oct 2006, page 22 -23
- Enclopedia of SB, pages 80 -83

Check out this page if you're new to doodling:
http://twopeasinabucket.kaboose.com/pg.asp?gallery=1&cmd=display&layout_id=1027536

Challenge # 1

January 5th - 12th is Monochromatic! I thought our first challenge should start off easy (be warned that it gets harder as we go ;-) Just so you know, monochromatic is varying shades of one color. This includes pattern paper and cardstock. For a twist though, you can (if you want) add just the tiniest touch of another color (maybe three brads?). I haven't done a momochromatic page in awhile because I just love pattern paper! So maybe this will be a hard challenge!
Sources - Speshal #28
- Ck August 2004, page 92
- Almost any other scrapbook magazines

The layout on the right was made by my mother, Terry, and is a perfect example of monochromatic! It also is a scrap-lift of a page by Rebecca Sower in "Scrapbooking Life's Little Treasures"

January Ad Challange

Hi, my name is Natasha, and I am Rachel's older sister (the great gal who came up with this idea!).
Anyway, she has graciously agreed *smile* to allow me to be in charge of the ad challenges every month. I find that I get most of my inspiration from the ads, so it's something that I'm very passionate about - I mean, if you don't have a lot of time, why not borrow an awesome design from someone who got paid to design the ad? You can go through almost any magazine (but home decor magazines work especially well) and they's usually jam packed with ads that are pleasing to the eye and suitable for scrap-lifting. Give it a try - once you do, you'll never turn back!
At the beginning of every month, I will provide you with an ad to inspire you - obviously by the design, but it could also be a color combination or some other element. For this first challenge, I have included my own variation of this ad with a scrapbook page I made about when I was in Norway... I would love to see your takes on this ad as well!

January Bonus Challenge!

Use arrows! Make them from paper scraps, punches, die cuts, hand drawn, photo corner, ribbon, computer or any other way you can think of! I love how fun they are and how they can "focus" the eye to looking at exactly what you want them to look at. Try having the arrow point at the photo, journaling, the title, whatever. Also, remember that if it is a bigger arrow you can add journaling or a title (or ___) *inside the arrow*. Have fun with this! If you are having troubles coming up with a idea, pick up a magazine or go on two peas and see if there is anything there to inspire you. Arrow are fairly hot right now, should be too hard to find a layout with an arrow on it!