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We only had one entry into the past few challenges, but it's a fantastic one!

Anita was inspired by the Scraplift Challenge for her layout:

We really love doing the challenges but we're curious, What would you like to see that would encourage you to enter the challenges more? We'd really love to see more of your projects.

Inspired By... Challenge #2

For today's Inspired By.. challenge I browsed through my pinterest boards looking for something that I thought could easily be transformed into a layout. When I stumbled upon an image of these tape frames, I knew I could do something with this photo!

For anyone new, here's how the Inspired By... challenge works: We will provide the inspiration (usually something we found on Pinterest or elsewhere on the Internet) and some sample projects, and then all you have to do is link up a project inspired by whatever it is that inspired us!

Source: Dorm DIY on Design Sponge

Katie's Layout: I saw this as the perfect opportunity to use some of my washi tape stash. I had a hard time not using any patterned papers, but I knew that if I did, I wouldn't get the same picture frame look with my washi tape. I cut my washi tape in half that way it was a bit thinner.

Mini Album Challenge #1

Emily is taking this week off from scrapbooking, but I (Katie) have got a fun challenge for you today.

I like doing mini albums as a fun challenge, they're something different than the normal 12x12 layout. For my mini album, I cut tag shapes out of patterned papers from the Amy Tangerine Yes, Please line. The ribbons and most of the stickers are also from the line.

Todays challenge for you is to make a mini album!

I used photos from a recent camping trip, I love taking photos of flowers, fungi and other plants.

Freebie Friday #4: Summertime Journaling Tags

We offer free downloads every other Friday, which you can find here.

Today's download is by Emily:

I had this page of watercolored background that I had been experimenting with techniques on that I thought would be perfect for a set of journaling cards to celebrate the beginning of the summer!

DOWNLOAD THE FREEBIE HERE

I used all four cards on this digital Project Life page! I don't normally do Project Life, but I had a bunch of photos from the last few weeks that I thought it would be fun to document in this style. I went with digital so that I wouldn't have to wait for the printed photos.


Katie also used one of the cards in the digital layout she did for Sketch Challenge #2!

Scraplift Challenge #2

Today's challenge is another scraplift! This time, I (Emily) chose a layout I've had pinned for awhile that I've been meaning to use as inspiration for a layout. It's a great page by Deb, a current member of the Studio Calico design team.

Emily's Layout: I kept pretty close to the original in my lift, except that I scaled everything up a bit to accommodate a 4x6 photo (my standard), and I layered up four strips of thinner washi tape because I don't have any like the wide tape Deb used. I really like this page; I love the contrast of the papers against the white background, because my favorite thing about the photo I used is the contrast of the bright colors against the black.

Katie's Layout: Another digital layout for me today. For this layout I used some digital freebies from Persnickety Prints. I really like the use of washi tape on the layout we're scraplifting, so I used some washi tape from Pugley Pixel and added patterns to them to embellish my layout.

Sketch Challenge #2

Ready for another sketch challenge? We hope so, because that's what we have for you today!

Sketch:

Emily's layout: I've been meaning to scrapbook these photos for awhile now and I'm really happy that I was able to get them on a page, and together, even! Scrapping 8.5x11 makes it a challenge to get more than one photo on a page sometimes, but I succeeded by cropping these down to 4x4 and layering them a little bit. The sketch involves just a bit of layered paper, too, but it's easy to add more if that's your style!



Katie's layout: I hardly ever do digital layouts. I don't really dislike them, I just prefer to get my hands dirty playing with paint, etc. But I'm currently on a bit of a vacation so I don't have all of my supplies with me. So for this sketch I decided to challenge myself and go digi.
I loved the layering in the sketch, so I used different blocks of color and added patterns to them. I don't really own digital supplies so I just used my own design for the most part. The journaling block is a freebie Emily has coming up this week!

Featured Projects and Giveaway Winner!

We love seeing your projects and as a thank you for joining our challenges we feature some of our favorites in a post!

Since no one linked up to either of our Mother's Day challenges, I'm going to feature both of the projects linked to our Art Journal Bonus Challenge.

By Salla

By Patrice

Featured layout from the Recipe Challenge:

by Taylor.

And the winner of the Recipe Cards by Document Life Workshop: WeLove.

Be sure to check out this weeks challenges and link up!!