Yay I am back for this month as a guest CT member for Connie Prince... and it's going to be a funfilled creative month indeed. Lots of layouts going to be made and shared each week.
Today it's all about the buffet release at Gingerscraps.
Check out this beautiful kit by Connie called Pure Magic: Magic Makeover
Pixel Scrapper had a Winter Layout Madness going on this month....
The idea is that you decide how many layouts you're going to make, share them and keep a running total. I set a goal of 15 knowing that for sure I would go over that just based on the number of challenge layouts I do each month. But it was better to set a lower goal than aim too high. I have shared most of my layouts already in other posts, but just for completeness sake, I will share the full list here too to see what I achieved.
Dandelion Dust Design Mojo Mod Challenges used for:
1. Template - DDD Outside my window
2. Favourites - DDD Hello
3. Saying - DDD Quote
4. Newsprint - DDD Scraplift
5. Love - DDD Speed Scrap
JBS Tribe Challenges Used for:
6. Squares - JBS Scraplift
7. Colour It Forward - JBS Colour
8. Love - JBS Product
9. Love - JBS Journal
The Lilypad Challenges used for:
10. Happiness - SWL MIS
11. Not My Style - SWL MBC
12. Monochrome - Sahlin Studio
The Studio Challenge
13. Love - Progressive Scrap
Design Team layouts used for:
14. Squares - CD Valentine Kisses
15. Design - GDD Kindess
16. Design - CD Valentine Kisses part 2
17. Not My Style - CD Currently Watching
18. Squares - NGD HappyGoLucky
19. Love - RE You & Me
The Digital Press Feb monthly challenges used for:
20. Not My Style - Akizo Title
21. Monochrome - NGD Template
22. Favourites - Dunia What I Love
23. Square - H&C Pattern Mix
24. Not My Style - GDD Frame It
Gingerscrap challenges used for:
25. Love - GS Minikit
26. In My Pocket - GS Daily Download
27. Squares - GS AYOB
28. Newsprint - GS Reward
29. Monochrome - Template 2
30. Scraplift - CAP Life Chronicled
And then there is a No Prompt category too.... this is for any layout shared that doesn't fall into one of the specific challenges. Without listing them all here I made 9 other layouts this month that fit this category.
So that brings my total layouts created for WLM to 39, more than double my original goal! Not bad going.
Sure am building up a list of challenge layouts again.. here's what I've created this month for Gingerscraps including those that I made in other challenges too.
1. Template1
2. Minikit
3. Template 2
4. CAP Life Chronicled
These next two use sketches from the AppScrappers Friday sketches challenges:
5. Daily Download
6. Reward
And these that I shared already also count:
7. Surprise - DDD Hello layout
The next three I made as part of the JBS Feb Tribe Challenges:
8. AYOB - JBS Scraplift layout
9. Pinterest - JBS Colour layout
10. Brush - JBS Product layout
Really struggled with doing the last two challenges for this month to get 10... almost like I'd run out of steam. But I persevered and got them done... the carrot at the end of the month (a free kit) is always a good incentive.
After MOC9 things quieten down a little bit at The Lilypad and it's back to the usual challenges. I looked at the monthly challenges and planned a few in my head but never got there. I did manage to do some of the designer challenges though:
1. Scrapping With Liz - MIS
2. Scrapping With Liz blog Challenge
3. Sahlin Studio template
These all came together pretty quickly thank goodness. Also entering them in the Pixel Scrapper Winter Layout Madness.
It's almost the end of the month and the pennysavers sale is winding up soon. Shannel has parts of her monthly kit, February Monthly, available as part of this last batch of pennysavers.
Head over quickly before the sale ends on Sunday. Otherwise I am sure you can pick up the full bundle in the GoneDigital Designs shop from March.
Tackling the six challenges from The Digital Press again this month:
1. Template challenge from Jimbo Jambo
2. Pattern Mix from Humble & Create
3. Template challenge from NiniGoesDigi
4. Title challenge from Akizo
5. What do you love from Dunia Designs
6. Frame It challenge from GoneDigital Design
These were really fun todo. Looking forward to seeing what comes up for next month.
I did a few of the fun challenges at The Studio this month...
First up was the progressive challenge - each day we were given part of a kit and instructions on what to add. Everyday we had to build on the layout, without altering the previous day's bits, until it was finished. A very different sort of way to put a layout together.
Then there are the Open Doors challenge - these are just additional challenges that coordinate with a collection and sale that the site has on from the 5th to 18th Feb. I managed to make some of my layouts from other challenges work with these:
1. Garden - NGD HappyGoLucky layout
2. Accent - DDD Scraplift layout
And then I ran out of steam.... yes that happens too hehehe.
There are another four challenges available at The Tribe on Facebook. I enjoyed these last month so thought I'd tackle them again:
1. Colour
2. Scraplift
3. Product
4. Journalling
I also managed to enter these for the Gingerscraps Feb challenges as well as PixelScrapper Winter Layout Madness challenges.
It's another week of Pennysaver deals at The Digital Press and today Nini is offering her kit Happy Go Lucky at discounted prices... remember each piece for the kit is only $1 for this month.
Check out the full Pennysaver section at The Digital Press.
NiniGoesDigi has released this kit over the past month as pert of the pennysaver sale at The Digital Press. As I am not into karate and such. I used the kit for an off-the-theme layout to show how you can use them if you think a little further than the intended theme.
Remember to check out the rest of the kit and others in the sale that is on till the end of February
