Challenge 49 - Candy

Wow. Another week gone - another challenge to be had! Plus we only have one more week left for our team whisper challenge!

This week our challenge has been set by Telah.

"With Halloween and Trick-or-Treating for candy around the corner, I want you to use your favorite candy as an inspiration for your layout. You could use colors, the design of the wrapper, shapes, slogans, etc to inspire your layout. Just make it SWEET!!!!"

Here is what our DT came up with:

Telah

Nilsa
Karry

Georgina

Helen

Now its your turn! Create a card our layout for this challenge and either link us to it in this post or upload it to our gallery. Everyone who enters by midnight (GMT) on Saturday 31st October will be in with the chance of winning our christmas themed paper.

Challenge 48

Hi Everyone, hope you have enjoyed your weekend! Today our challenge has been set by the lovely Karry....

"My Challenge is to do a BOM entry that includes a picture of yourself. Any subject...as long as it's about you. I think these are a fun way to let the players get to know each other"

This is what our DT came up with:

Karry

Sarah
Sarahs with the tags pulled out (we love secret journalling!)

Telah

Georgina

Nilsa

Helen

And we have another great prize on offer this fortnight too! Take part in either challenge 48 or 49 and be in with the chance of winning this great christmas themed paper pack from My Minds Eye collection.

Just look at those cute snowmen! And its not too soon to be thinking of Christmas.. afterall we only have 68 days to go! :)

To play along, simply create a layout about yourself and either upload it to our gallery or link us to it by posting a comment on this post. Entries should be linked or uploaded by midnight GMT on Saturday 24th October!

Challenge 46/47 Winner

Congratulations this fortnight goes to........................


MICHAELA!!

Well done Michaela, you have won a 12x12 pack of Basic Grey Indian Summer!

Please email gh26@sky.com to claim your prize!!

Member of the month

This month we have chosen a very special person to be our Member of the month!

It's Mary!! Otherwise known to the online community as Mjbee. Go and check out Marys gallery here.

Mary has been a scrapwhisper player ever since the very beginning, way back before we had our very own blog. Mary was even responsible for the second round way back in 2007.

Last month marked Mary's 3 year scrapbooking anniversary - "I was homeschooling my son and needed something to do at the table while he was doing his schoolwork. I had no idea what I was doing and turned to the internet to see what I could find. That certainly was information overload! After a couple of weeks of browsing galleries and reading, reading, reading, I dug in. I never imagined that my tabletop hobby would grow into such an obsession. Now I have my own scrapbooking room that my husband says looks like a store"

Mary has a great eye for design and has a great knack for capturing the essence of her photos in her layouts, by careful selection of the products she uses.

"Most of my layouts are inspired by my photos. I’m not typically an event scrapper. To me, birthday and Christmas pictures are always so similar that they’re not all that fun to scrap. Give me a silly picture, a one time event, a funny story or memory and I can scrap the night away. I love the artsy part of creating, but always want the pictures to be the main focus of my layouts. I use challenges, scraplifts and sketches to get me going. I like looking through galleries and blogs for ideas too. I have tried digital scrapping and enjoy it, but not as much as I enjoy the process of creating with paper. In the last year or two I have also began making cards. Card making seems a natural extension to scrapbooking and is a fabulous excuse to increase my stash of stamps. "

Mary's layouts are just crammed full of yumminess and we especially love the layouts about her kids and the fun things they do. Mary is a valued member of the scrapwhisper community and we urge you to go and check out her gallery for more inspiration.

"I have participated in the Scrap Whispers challenges that Georgina started from the beginning. They have always been so much fun and the big reveal is always worth the wait. I’m so happy to still be a part of it all"

In honour of Mary, the scrapwhisper team have all scraplifted some of her creations and are showcasing them on their blogs. Start by looking at Nancy's blog and then follow the links through all of the Design Team. When you reach the end we have a surprise for you !!

nb. as the DT are all in different time zomes, please be patient with the links and if you find a broken one come back in a few hours and all should be well in the world! :)

Challenge 47 - Its a recipe

This week we have a very specific challenge for you, set by Sarah from our Design Team! You have to use the following "ingredients" on a layout:

1 piece of 12x12 cardstock
1 piece of 5x7 patterned paper
1 piece of 3x9 patterned paper
1 piece of 8x8 patterned paper (nb all the patterned paper has to be different)
1 single journalling tag
letter stickers (any kind or style)
5 flowers
ribbon

nothing more... nothing less!

Lets see what our DT did with this recipe.....

Sarah

Georgina
Telah

Nilsa

Nancy

Karry

Helen

So there we have it! Now its your turn - upload your creations to our gallery or link us to your layouts by posting a comment on this post by midnight on Saturday to be in with a chance of winning that awesome Indian Summer Basic Grey collection pad.

Challenge 46 - Helens Challenge

How do you fancy being in with a chance of winning this gorgeous 12x12 collection pack of Basic Grey Papers - Indian Summer?

Well, it couldnt be easier - all you have to do is take part in challenge 46 and/or 47 and in couple of weeks we put all the names into a hat and draw one lucky winner!

Challenge 46 is a fun one - it was set by our very own Helen! Helen would like you to ..........

Have a little reminisce about your childhood, or maybe your teen years. Is there something - a place, a person, an activity, a TV programme, a piece of music - that really brings it all back? It could be a park or playground you went to, an item of clothing you coveted for months and nagged your parents to buy for you, a film that really caught your imagination...BUT it must be something you don't actually have a photo of! Find a photo online, cut up a magazine, use a pic of your kids doing something similar and create a comparison. If none of the above appeals to you, don't use a photo at all.The journaling's important for this one, so make sure you add something about your memory - it can be hidden if you'd prefer.

Here is what the DT came up with:

Helen

Karry

Nilsa

Telah

(more DT layouts to follow shortly)

So there we have it - your challenge for this week. We certainly cant wait to find out some of those great childhood memories! Link us to your layouts in this thread by midnight next Saturday to be entered into the drawing or of course, upload to our gallery !!

Challenge 44/45 Winner

Congrats this fortnight goes too...............


BRENDA!


Congrats Brenda, you have won the fabulous prize donated by Rosey of a Far East Themed scrapbook set!

Please email your address to gh26@sky.com to claim your prize!