The Lilypad - SOSN 9 Aug

Happy Women's Day to us all... lovely to have a public holiday today and not have to stress about going anywhere or doing anything besides staying home and scrapping!

It's SOSN day at The Lilypad and here is a small selection of what is on sale:

Gina Miller - Maisy kit, Summer Snippets and Tropical template - you can see my previous layout here

ninigoesdigi - Peace of Mind kit and pocket cards - you can see my previous layout here

Rachel Etrog -  Summer Vibes collection with Anita Designs - you can see my previous layout here

and also  Explore the World collection

EDITED: My layout got picked as a challenge spotlight at The Lilypad

Get these great kits on sale today only at The Lilypad

Gingerscraps - Mega $2 Tuesday 8 Aug

Today is the $2 Tuesday sale at Gingerscraps but it is a MEGA sale... ie a few more kits and templates on sale than usual... especially for today at it's the 8th of the 8th.

I've played with MissFish Photo Frenzy Life's A Beach

and also Vacation Album Wanderlust Bundle (using Gina Miller's Travelgram kit)

Check out this great sale on today only at Gingerscraps.

MissFish - Former Freebies - Summer Shenanigans

Did you miss out on the Summer Shenanigans freebies that MissFish gave out in July, well you're in luck. They are now on sale at Gingerscraps.

Made for Gingerscraps Jumpstart challenge

Made for Gingerscraps CAP challenge

I already played with and shared the other two templates here and here.

The Lilypad - Aug23 BYOC

The BYOC sale is on at The Lilypad and there are some gorgeous kits available this weekend. 

Gina Miller - Summer Breeze (papers and elements)

ninigoesdigi - Sunday of Summer (kit and cards)

Both these layouts use templates from MissFish August Buffet bundle.

Check out the sale on at The Lilypad.

MIssFish - Aug Buffet Bundle

MissFish has a lovely bundle available for this month's Buffet Bundle at Gingerscraps.

Made for Gingerscraps Daily Download

Made for Gingerscraps Rewards

Check out the sale on till the 5th of August.

I played with the Shabby Shapes and Photo Strips 7 templates with the BYOC offerings at The Lilypad.

Edited: My layout for the Rewards challenge (Masked Backs) was picked as a Digital Scrapbook Aug2023 favourite.

The Lilypad - SOSN 2 Aug

 It's the SOSN sale today and there are lots of lovely goodies on sale today.

Gina Miller - Shoreline papers & Mashup 11 elements - you can see my previous layout here

ninigoesdigi - a re-release of a collab with Anita Designs called Happy Tales Collection. Today you can get the full collection on the sale. I've used Feathered Tales for my layout.

Rachel Etrog Designs - Every Summer Has A Story collection - you can see my previous layout here

Check out these and lots more on sale today only at The Lilypad

Adrienne Skelton Designs - Making A Splash

Adrienne's new kit is for the Buffet sale at Gingerscraps... love the gorgeous colours in this kit called Making A Splash

made for GS Memory MixUp challenge

made for GS Buffet challenge

Check out the buffet sale at Gingerscraps on till the 5th of August.

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.