LM #308 - Summer Days Photo Inspiration

Hello scrappy friends! We hope that you are having a good weekend!  Welcome back to our fifth and final challenge for August.In keeping with our "Adult Coloring Trend" - this week we have another photo inspiration challenge for you. 
LM #308 - Summer Days Photo Inspiration
Use this beautiful photo for some color inspiration on your layout. Here is a look at the design team layouts:

Haven

Tina

Sandy

Lori  
We are enjoying seeing all of your beautiful layouts this month. You have until September 2nd to get your layouts linked up to any of our August challenges. 
Thanks so much for stopping by and hope you find time to create with us this week!

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August FEATURES

Gosh... it's been too long since we showed you some great layouts from our readers!  Go check out their blogs for a more detailed look.  So beautiful and thank you ladies for joining us this month with our "Adult Coloring Themed" challenges.
Still time to join us!  All challenges on the right side bar.  Have fun!!

LISA From our Summer Nights color inspiration challenge...

HANNAH From our Color your background or add a colored image challenge...


CHERYL From our Black and White plus one color challenge...

ALICIA From our Add the colors of the Rainbow on your layout challenge...
Thanks so much for stopping by and hope you find time to create with us this week!

LM #307 - Summer Nights Photo Inspiration

Hello everyone! Welcome back to our fourth challenge of the month. Our theme this month has been "The Adult Coloring Trend" and this week's challenge is  a photo inspiration challenge.
LM #307 - Summer Nights - photo inspiration


Use this photo for some color inspiration on your layout. Here is a look at how the design team was inspired: Sandy


Haven

Tina

Thanks so much for stopping by and hope you find time to create with us this week!

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LM #306 - Add and Image you color or color your background paper.

Happy Sunday to you! I really enjoy the heat, but the last week here in my part of the woods has been extremely hot! So that leads us into the hot trend happening in the crafting industry our monthly theme of "The Adult Coloring Trend"... our next challenge is a little on the opposite.
LM #306 - ADD AN IMAGE YOU COLOR OR COLOR YOUR BACKGROUND PAPER   It's a fun way to incorporate some creative artsy into your layouts. Need some ideas??  Well our DT has a few.
So please join us!  You have until September 2nd to link up.  :)   Barbara Did this sweet flower for part of the background of her layout


Lori did some fun embellishments with her coloring

Tina colored a digi stamp and added it to the block of photos on her layout

Michele Colored a digital image added to the bottom right of her layout.

Thanks so much for stopping by and hope you find time to create with us this week!

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JULY WINNERS!!

Hello again!!  It's time to announce our winners for JULY!!  This was super hard!  Seriously so many great layouts and talent you all have!!  We loved ALL of them!  We always do!  Hee Hee. So... here is what the DT came up with for our favorites this month.

First up... our choice for GUEST DESIGNER for October, 2016 is...
ESTHER - CRAFTY EFFUSIONS
Would love for you to join us for a month of creations!
Here is her layout that she submitted..

Please just comment on this post and we will get in contact with you!  Thanks so much!!  :)

Next is our TOP 3!  You can find these lovely Ladies's layouts on our Left Sidebar all month!!

RAINNY
KAREN B.
MEI-CHEN LO



And finally... our WINNER of the fun prize is
CATHY LU
And her fun layout...

Please contact SANDY for your prize!  You have until 8/20/16.  Thank you!!

Thanks so much for stopping by and hope you find time to create with us this week!

LM # 305 - Black and White with one additional color.

Happy Sunday to everyone!!  We are into our second week of challenges already for August!  I say it all the time... where does the TIME go??   In keeping with our monthly theme of "The Adult Coloring Trend"... our next challenge is a little on the opposite. LM 305 - USE BLACK AND WHITE  with ONE ADDITIONAL COLOR ONLY.
Easy enough??  Well our GDT and DT thought so. So please join us!  We have two August challenges going on.  Links on the sidebar.  You have until September 2nd to link up.  :) And now introducing our GDT Desire - Doing Life  What a GREAT layout!!

DESIRE 

And our DT has come through again...


Haven

Lori

Sandy

Thanks so much for stopping by and hope you find time to create with us this week!

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August Challenges begin!! LM 304 - ROYGBIV - Include all 7 colors of a rainbow or actual rainbow on your layouts.

Hello everyone!  Forgive us for our tardiness... summer vacations abound which put a damper on the scrapping accomplishments.  At least I will speak for myself.  Just returned from 8 days in the SUN.  Want to get this post out so you can all start playing along.   Also... THANK YOU to all that played along with us in July!  Super Fun layouts you all are doing.   We will pick the TOP 3, GDT for October and Winner of the prize very soon. Until then... check this out. AUGUST Challenge Theme -  Who is into the new hot Adult Coloring Trend??    All of August challenges have to do with COLOR or COLORING. Have fun!! LM 304 - ROYGBIV -  Include all 7 colors of the rainbow or an actual rainbow on your layouts.
We would like to welcome our most ever talented Guest Designer for August...

DESIRE 

August GDT

“{Doing Life} in beautiful sunny South Africa. Loving wife for 31+ years. Keen Photographer. Energetic Hiker/Backpacker. Ad hoc Race Walker. Addicted to Spinning. Scrapaholic. Committed Scrapbook/Card Teacher. Card creator. Mosaic Enthusiast. PA/Secretary/Bookkeeper. Chocoholic. And the crochet bug has bitten lately. Right now I would love to be outdoors blending with nature. And last, but not least, addicted to Blogging where I have made such wonderful creative friends in cyber space www.desiref.blogspot.com .”

You will be able to check out Desire's work on our next challenge Sunday the 7th.

Until then... thank you to our DT Lori and Tina for giving us some inspiration.  :)

Lori

Tina
Rainbow in the pictures :) and I just may have all 7 colors of the rainbow on my layout

Okay everyone... get those "colorful" layouts linked up!  Have fun!!

All weekly challenges will be due SEPTEMBER 2nd.

Thanks so much for stopping by and hope you find time to create with us this week!

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Friday Features - "Childhood Games"

Hello everyone! Just a little reminder that today is the last day for you to link up to our challenges this month! We have a great prize being offered up, and you will also have a chance to be a Top 3, and a chance at being a guest designer.
Here are some fantastic layouts from our readers:
From our "Marbles" challenge:
 Crafty Effusions
"Snakes and Ladders" Mei-Chen Lo

"Candy Land: Karen B

"Scrabble" Busy Bee Stamping

Be sure to grab your "Featured" button  from the left sidebar! Thank you to all of our readers for playing along with us! We love to see your beautiful creations!

Thanks so much for stopping by and hope you find time to create with us this week!

LMCB #303 - Scrabble

Hello everyone! Happy Sunday to you! Welcome to our fourth and final challenge for July. Our theme for July has been - "Childhood Games" - and our last challenge of the month is
LM#303 - Scrabble
Again...anything goes for inspiration!

We would like to say a big "thank you" to Lauren for being our guest designer this month! We have really enjoyed having her as part of the team and seeing her beautiful work each week. Be sure to stop by her blog and leave her some love!
Lauren - GDT
Haven Sandy Just a reminder - our challenges end on July 29, so get your layouts linked up for a chance to win this:


Thanks so much for stopping by and hope you find time to create with us this week!

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LMCB # 302 CandyLand

 Happy Summer to you! Maybe a little scrapping in your forecast for the week! We got the next challenge ready for you all to create :)
In keeping with our theme of childhood games... use the below photo for inspiration.   Absolutely anything can be used!!
LMCB # 302
CandyLand

Again... anything for inspiration.    

  Let's see what our awesome DT has done with this challenge ...
   July GDT

  Lauren

The colors of candy land made me think of a painter's palette and this is what I came up with.

Sandy

I was inspired by the bright, fun colours and the closest I had to candy was freezies!!!

Barbara

I also went with all the colors on the game board

  Lori  I went with the candy theme and some of the colors found on the game board.

  Tina I went with the colors and something along the blocks with a photo then a block

Fantastic layouts :) Now it's your turn to be inspired by CandyLand   Thanks so much for stopping by and hope you find time to create with us this week!

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