JULY CHALLENGES

I'm sorry that I'm posting these late.  We have been away on a five day camping trip.

CHALLENGE #1 - a colour/mood board:

Carrie:  

Marlene:

CHALLENGE #2 - a sketch by Alda Stevens:

Marlene:

 CHALLENGE #3 - a sketch by Michelle Grant:

Carrie:

Marlene:

CHALLENGE #4 - a colour/mood board challenge from Green Tara:

 

Marlene:
 

CHALLENGE #5 - a sketch by Shirley Mijares Mascarina:

Marlene:

JUNE CHALLENGES

I'm posting this early because we'll be meeting for our scrapbook retreat in less than a week, and we are all busy trying to sort, organize and pack and, of course, repack one or more times when we discover we are packing too much!

CHALLENGE #1  a colour,mood challenge:

Anita:
 

Carrie:

Marlene:

CHALLENGE #2:

Anita:

Carrie:

Marlene:

CHALLENGE #3: another colour/mood challenge

 

Anita:

Dusty Attic Chipboard and acrylic paints:

Marlene:

 

CHALLENGE #4:

 

Anita:

Carrie:

Marlene:

CHALLENGE #5:

 

Anita -  s= stamp, silouette; t= tape (washi) and tag; a= arrow; m=mask (crackle) used in background; and p=pink

Carrie - S - stickers, scissors, SISTERS which is also my T for title, sign in the photo (a stretch);  A -literally,I had a small alphabet using colours that were perfect with the pansies but it really didn't connect with the photos;  M for mail, Mom, memories; P- pansies, postcard.  I wanted to stamp a postcard, however; it didn't fit.  That's why these are called challenges!

Marlene-  S = stickers, stencil and stamping ; T= trees,Teddy, table cloth from napkin from my Birthday. (Thanks guys for the wonderful Birthday!!, btw ); A = ants;  M =mosquitos; P = paint and postcard.

 

MAY CHALLENGES

I have found so many awesome challenge layouts that I have trouble narrowing the monthly/weekly challenges down to 4.  That is why I snuck in a fifth challenge.  There aren't enough weeks in a month or months in the year to use them all.  I know, I know.  I could quit collecting them and just use the ones I have already collected, but how much fun would that be?   I hope you enjoy these.  Thank you to all the talented bloggers and Pinterest members for sharing these great layouts.


Challenge #1 - a mood board that is very different from my usual picks.   I LOVE colour and that is usually what attracts me to the mood boards I post.  I have no idea why; but I've always been attracted to hot air balloons.  They are so colourful, often seen as whimsical and to me they emote light heartedness, a sense of freedom and adventure.

Anita:

Carrie:

Marlene:

Challenge #2 -  a sketch by Rochelle Speers found over at Sketches in Thyme:

Anita:

Carrie:

Marlene:

Challenge #3 comes from Alda Stevens at the Flying Unicorn, one of the blogs I follow.  You can buy kits from her store (the link is at the top right on her blog), join in on her challenges or just get inspiration from her wonderful blog:

Anita:

Marlene:

Challenge #4 - Am I allowed to squeeze two mood boards into one month?   I also have a thing for sunny beach scenes, bright yellow and beautiful ocean blues.  As you can see, this tongue-in-cheek mood board was a September challenge of Sassy Scrappers.  Great blog... hop on over to take a look!

Marlene:

Challenge #5:
 

Marlene: