May Challenges

Well girls, tomorrow is the first of May and, as promised, we are going to begin the challenge section of my blog. We will always have a Sketch Challenge (Your first one is pictured here) and I will usually throw in one or two more ideas to challenge you. When you have completed your challenges, take a picture and post a link to that picture in the comment section of this blog entry. I'll be looking at all of them (What a sneaky way for me to get new ideas and inspiration), and you will all be able to click on those links to look at everyone's entries as well. Be sure and get your entries posted to the blog by the last day of the month to be eligible for a prize. I am going to award the prizes by drawing a name from all of those who enter, so everyone has an equal chance to win. I am hoping to eventually get some of the prizes donated from stores or companies, so if any of you can help in that area I would greatly appreciate it. They don't have to be huge. I think it's just great fun to win, and free scrapping supplies are always welcome at my house!

In my scrapping of late, I've found myself on a bit of a stitching binge. So, as an additional challenge, I want to see you add some stitching to your pages.

Are you up for one more? How about felt? I love the dimension it adds to pages, so let's see what you can come up with by adding felt to your layouts. I have to cutest pictures of my grand daughter Matilda helping me plant strawberries last spring. I was just working on the layout earlier this evening and have added red felt strawberries. I'm really liking how it's turning out. I'll be finishing it first thing tomorrow. I'm also going to stitch the words "Berry Sweet" as a title. (I told you I was on a stitching kick).

I'm hoping a lot of you will give this a try and join me in these challenges. I think you will find that you enjoy it and that it helps spark your creativity. Well, enjoy National Scrapbook Day! I hope you all get to do something fun and that you end up having as good a time as I am.