What? Just as some extra fun and a way to motivate the Young Scrappers!

How? I'm listing below groups of challenges. Each challenge and project type is assigned a certain number of points. The top 5 point earners will be entered into a random drawing and the winner will be chosen by random.org

Who? You have to either be a current participant on the Young Scrappers thread, or else you MUST come and introduce yourself and post at least 3 times throughout the month to be considered eligible for the RAK.

When? February 1st - 28th

Why? For fun, motivation and of course a prize! This month's prize will be a $10 gift certificate to your online store of choice!

The Challenges!

Create a:

Card - 1 point each

Mini Album - 2 points

Home Decor - 3 points

Layout - 4 points

Themes:

Valentine’s Day - 1 point

Friendship - 2 points

Spring - 3 points

Everyday/Routines/Habits - 4 points

Number of photos:

1-2 photos- 1 point

0 photos - 2 points

3 photos - 3 points

4+ photos - 4 points

Embellishments:

Something that has been in your stash for more than 3 months - 1 point each

Thickers - 2 points

Handmade Embellishment - 3 points

Ink/Paint/Mists- 4 points

Use your tools:

Die Cut - 1 point

Stamp - 2 points

Digital layout - 3 points

Anything digital that is printed and used on a traditional layout (journaling, embellishment, etc.) - 4 points

Prompts:

Complete a challenge from any other scrapping/challenge website - 1 point

Scraplift a fellow Pea (provide a link and credit to original artist) - 2 points

Use patterned paper as your background for your layout (if you scrap 12x12, use a 12x12 piece of pp as your base) - 3 points

(I included the pp prompt because I have tons of pp that I need to use and this is a great way to do that!)

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You may combine challenges. To submit a project to the challenge, make sure you check the "In the Name of Love!" box under "Member Challenges' during the 4th step of uploading your project. Also, please leave a comment on this challenge post with a link to each project and the points for that project only.

Each time you add a project, please keep a running total of your points.  

So your entry might look like this:

Birthday Boy

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Layout- 4 points

2 photos- 1 point

Banner- 2 points

Thickers- 3 points

Total- 10 points

Grand total- 45 points

At the end of the month, I'll determine the top 5 point earners and will use random.org to pick a gift certificate winner.

We’d love for you to link your projects in the YS thread on the General Scrappin’ board as well so we can leave copious amounts of praise!

So get busy creating! And have fun =)

Happy Valentine's Day!!!

My challenge to you is to use this color palette board as inspiration for a page! You can use the colors, the shapes or anything you find inspiring about it! I have some ideas and hope to play with it this week! There are no prizes involved but I hope this provides some motivation to you, especially if you use these bright colors on a grey winter day! You can link your pages to this challenge until January 31st.

There has been a lot inspiring me lately and you all know that I've been playing with digital a little bit. So, I've decided to challenge you during September. At the end, there will be a surprise RAK from me to you! Complete one, any or all of the following challenges and upload to the gallery. Make sure you check the September YS Challenge box when you upload and I'll draw a random winner and post on Friday October 1st! Have fun and lets see some creating!

* Use patterned paper as the background of your page (no cardstock or solid papers)

* Use a layout from the digital gallery as inspiration (color, style, or scraplift it)

* Make something with Christmas supplies! I love Christmas and can't wait for December! After seeing all the new Christmas lines, lets see what we can do with our stash before we buy all the new releases!

Here is my take on the second challenge. Here is the original layout...(by Jennifer1593)

and here is the layout that I made...

 The challenge this week is to use a sketch! Pretty simple! So many of you do this all the time and I personally have a whole notebook of sketches. Use one you've had sitting around or go find a new one (most sketches can be done for prizes on the website you find them at!) Have fun!

I'm finding it way easier to blog and follow blogs at Blogger so I thought I would share my link!!!

http://www.christyscorner86.blogspot.com/

Come take a look and feel free to follow me! 

Blogging has commenced, although I'm considering using the Google based blogs that I have seen other people use. I have no idea how to put pictures, links, layout, or anything on Two Peas. I have asked for help so we will see what I can figure out. 

Taking pictures of my layouts failed miserably. I figured I couldn't use flash because it made my pictures shiny but then without flash a lot of the pictures turned out blurry. I did what I could but when I got them on my computer, they all looked terrible. Then when I did try to upload to my layout gallery, I couldn't get anything to work....giving up.

I have found challenges that I want to follow. BOS, Sketch This!, 101 Things You Can Do With Your Scrapbook Supplies, Page Maps, Multi-photo Challenge, Debt Free Divas, and Pokey Peas. These are my interests right now so I will try to follow two or three of them and then see how that goes. I'm really excited about this so I can get some motivation!

And...I now have a full counter top to put in my basement! (if I ever get it cleaned out) Right now the basement is all cement walls and dirty and still has tools from the remodel all over. But, my mom and dad had a counter top put in our basement at home at desk level for us kids to do homework and crafts on when we were little. Now that we're all older and not living at home they want to take it out. Mom said last night that I could have it! It is an L shape and is about 6 feet long on both sides. So, I am completely envisioning a scrap space that will totally be all girly and my alone time spot. 

One step forward, one step back. Hopefully I get my layout problems solved and I will be one happy camper.