Challenge Summary - July2023

July was crazy. I was sick for over a week and just never really got caught up on scrapping. I did what I could where I could and chose which challenges to do so my list of completed ones is a tad shorter than usual. 

Gingerscraps:

1. Buffet - MissFish Tripping & ASD Great Adventure Awaits

2. Back It up - Adrienne Skelton Designs Explosions of Fun

3. Memory Mixup - Cornelia Designs Stars and Stripes

4. Font - MissFish Grand Grunge

5. CAP #2023 - MissFish Dreamy Blends 4

6. Colour - ASD Watercolor Photo Blend 1

7. Surprise - using MissFish SuperStacker 2 template

8. Daily Download - MissFish Summer Shenangans #4

9. Creating with Rewards

10. Template 3

The Lilypad

SWL MIS - only sharing this layout on Tuesday but I did finish it in July.

The Sweet Shoppe Summer Scrap-A-Thon is going on too... I shared my July layouts here. I also played along with the Summer Layout Madness at DigitalScrapbook

On top of all this I also managed to finish AppScrappers June/July Bingo challenge 

Digital Scrapbook - Summer Layout Madness

It's the Summer Layout Madness at DigitalScrapbook and I am always game to do this... 

It's super easy as any layout you make will count towards the total. There are also specific challenges too, so here's my summary of what I did:

July/Aug kit 

- DS The Good Life

Chain Lift 

- Gina Miller Heatwave

- Gina Miller Blue Lagoon

Multiple photos

 - MissFish Tripping

- ninigoesdigi Sweet Tooth

- GS Surprise challenge

Lovely Landscapes - SS Scrap-A-Thon Split Photo

Gallery Scavenger Hunt scraplift - SS Scrap-A-Thon Bingo

Then & Now - MissFish TN Getaway 1

Not So Perfect - ASD Uncorked

Word challenge - ASD Starry Night

Color It Forward - ASD Making A Splash

In The Pocket - MissFish Wanderlust

WhiteSpace - SS Scrap-A-Thon Magazine

Minikit - MissFish Duet 2 Dreamy Blends

No Prompt - the other 12  layouts I made this month.

I set the goal at 20 layout as I wasn't sure how much time I would have on hand to scrap. I did manage to get 27 done in the end.

Sweet Shoppe Summer Scrap-A-Thon - July23

The Sweet Shoppe Summer Scrap-A-Thon is going on for July and August... 31 challenges in total spread over the two months. 

I played along but only got these ones done this month.

1. Same Photo, Years Apart - MissFish TN Getaway 1

2. Summer Getaway Flashback: Home - MissFish TN Getaway 2

4. Magazine Mashup

6. Bingo Recipe Challenge

7. Split Photo Challenge

Edited: This layout got picked as one of Marisa's July standouts

I just ran out of month to get more done. 

These are the ones I managed to get done in August:

3. Unlikely Pairs - MissFish Masked Memories 7

5. Typography as a Design Element

8. All About Me This or That

10. 2 Sides

11. Scrap in a shape

12. Be in the picture - using MissFish Big & Little 11 from the Aug23 retirement sale

13. Summer Recipe

14. 3 Kits, 3 Designers

15. Sketch

and I decided to skip these two:

9. Patterned Paper Top 10

16. Black White & Colourful

The rest of the scrap-a-thon can be found in my August summary.

Digital Scrapbook - Sweet Treats

 Marissa has a new kit available today called Sweet Treats.

Check out this great bundle and more goodies at DigitalScrapbook.com

Adrienne Skelton Designs - Watercolor Photo Blends Vol1

 Adrienne has a new template set available today called Watercolor Photo Blends Vol 1.

Check this out on sale at both Gingerscraps and ScrapGirls.

MissFish - Duet 2 bundle

For the last release this month MissFish has a Duet 2 Bundle ... these are perfect for holiday photos.

First up I used Grand Grunge

and next is Dreamy Blends 4

Check this cute bundle out at Gingerscraps.

Gina Miller - Hot Hot Hot

Gina has a new vibrant kit available today called Hot Hot Hot ... perfect for the summer temps they are having up north... makes me feel a bit warmer here on our cold winter days.

Check it out at The Lilypad, on sale all weekend.

The Lilypad - SOSN 26 July

Today's SOSN sale is up at The Lilypad and here is what is available today from the teams I am on:

Gina Miller - Strawberry Lemonade kit, stamps & template - you can see my previous layout here

ninigoesdigi - Memorable Moments December kit with some new pocket cards. You can see my previous layout here.

Rachel Etrog - Food Friends Sunshine - you can see my previous layout here.

Check out the sale on today only at The Lilypad

MissFish - Summer Strokes

Juli has been cranking out templates again this month and this weekend her new release called Summer Strokes hit the shelves at Gingerscraps. I missed the release as I have been sick with a flu virus since Tuesday and haven't touched my pc since then. Hopefully I will be able to catch up on scrapping this week. 

Will update this post with a layout once done. ... made a layout with Adrienne Skelton Design's Aug23 Buffet kit Making A Splash.

For now, check out this lovely template on sale this week

Adrienne Skelton Designs - Uncorked

Adrienne has a new kit available today called Uncorked. As I don't drink and so haven't got any photos of wines and such, I went with the Ladies Night theme for my layout.

Check out this kit on sale at Gingerscraps and ScrapGirls.

The Lilypad - SOSN 19 July

Today's SOSN sale is up at The Lilypad and here is what is available today from the teams I am on:

Gina Miller - Blue lagoon papers, elements and template - you can see my previous layout here. I made a new one too using some of this kit and a few other pieces by Gina.

ninigoesdigi - Alpaca Picnic kit and pocket cards - you can see my previous layout here and here

Check out the sale on today only at The Lilypad

Adrienne Skelton Designs - Starry Night

Adrienne is the featured designer for this month's ScrapGirls ScrapSimple Club. She has a minikit called Starry Night along with some CU templates in a subscription bundle for sale this month.

Go to ScrapGirls for more information on this deal.

MissFish - Travelers Notebook Getaway Bundle

I have been busy the past two weeks with work and also with knitting. Scrapping took a bit of a backseat... unheard of almost for me but it happened. So now I am playing catchup on some the the releases that have already happened.

MissFish released a new Travelers Notebook bundle called Getaway last weekend but today the single packs are now on sale. I played with each set individually:

TN Getaway 1

TN Getaway 2

These first two layouts are for the Summer Scrap-A-Thon at Sweet Shoppe - more about that at the end of the month

TN Getaway 3 - I used for my layout using ninigoesdigi Sweet Tooth

You can still get this bundle or the individual packs at Gingerscraps.

MissFish - Artsy Blocks 25 & 26 bundle

MissFish has another in her artsy Blocks series... this is set 25 & 26.

Layouts coming still... still need to finish and catch up with myself. This month has been crazy!

Updated: I finally got these done as part of The Sweet Shoppe summer scrap-a-thon. You can see them in the July challenge summary - Summer Recipe and 3 kits, 3 Designers challenge layouts

Check out the bundle this week at Gingerscraps

ninigoesdigi - Sweet Tooth

Nini has released her full BYOC kit today (a little late but worth the wait).... it's called Sweet Tooth along with pocket cards

Check the BYOC category for lots of lovely goodies at The Lilypad.

Also worth noting: The Lilypad is having a summer sale and each week there is a different category on sale. Next week it's been winter/Christmas kits and so in preparation for the sale Nini has released her Beary Merry Xmas kit, pocket cards and tape bits - you can see my previous layout here

The Lilypad - SOSN 12 July

Today's SOSN sale is up at The Lilypad and here is what is available today from the teams I am on:

ninigoesdigi - Just Peachy kit, alpha and pocket cards - you can see my previous layout here

Rachel Etrog - Paradise Found - you can see my previous layout here

Check out the sale on today only at The Lilypad

Digital Scrapbook - July Layout templates

Marisa of Digital Scrapbook is releasing the July/Aug Layout Templates today... a lovely bundle of different templates for all sorts of layouts.

Check out this great bundle and more goodies at DigitalScrapbook.com