New in the shop this week is the Evening Grace Collection which I have bundled up at a great price. The bundle includes the Evening Grace Paper Pack, Embellishment Collection, Word Art + Messy Stamps.
Whoa! I can't believe we're on Sketch #5! I am challenged every time I create a new layout/sketch -love stretching that creative muscle. If you're following along pleeeease link me up to your pages in the comments. :)
The Scrap Your Stash Challenge is a twice a month challenge aimed at helping you complete two (2) layouts per month with a total of twenty-two (22) by the end of the year at the same time using your DDE stash. New sketches will be posted on the 2nd and 4th Saturday of every month. Your layouts should be completed and uploaded before a new sketch is posted. Share your finished pages by uploading them to for a chance to win a $10 DDE gift certificate. A random gift certificate winner will be chosen from the pool for each sketch. If you don't have a flickr account you can post a link to your page in the comments section. Remember, this is a "use your DDE stash" challenge so a majority of your pages should have DDE products. Sketches do not have to be followed to a "T". You can be as creative as you wish by turning a sketch sideways, adding lots of embellishments or taking the minimalist route -they are just a starting point. So, what say you? Are you up for round 5? Let's do this!
• Use Sketch #5 as inspiration to create a layout using Digital Design Essentials products.
• Upload your page to or post a link to your layout in the comments by Saturday, April 26th for a chance to win a $10 DDE gift certificate.
This is a super fun sketch to work with. This is my then 13 year old son (I know, right) after his 8th grade Valentine's Day dance. It's so funny, the top left photo was suppose to be a full length shot but our dog photo bombed so you see my son looking down. In the original photo it's my son and our dog -I cropped out our dog (sorry Jake) and I think it turned out pretty good. I clipped papers to the pie charts -I believe photos would look awesome, too. I also use the freebie watercolor brush on the very top white patterned paper, makes it look totally different. I think you can get really creative with this sketch. Can't wait to see your pages.
Congratulations Lorry Fach-Pedersen! You won the $10 DDE gift certificate. Please contact me at to claim your prize.
♥Gina
Oh, dear. I have gotten my dates all mixed-up and didn't post the SYS Challenge this past Saturday. I am uploading Sketch 4 for everyone to download and get started on. I still have to create my page -as soon as I finish, I will add it to this post. Done and posted! :)
The Scrap Your Stash Challenge is a twice a month challenge aimed at helping you complete two (2) layouts per month with a total of twenty-two (22) by the end of the year at the same time using your DDE stash. New sketches will be posted on the 2nd and 4th Saturday of every month. Your layouts should be finished and uploaded before a new sketch is posted. Share your finished pages by uploading them to for a chance to win a $10 DDE gift certificate. A random gift certificate winner will be chosen from DDE's flick pool for each sketch. If you don't have a flickr account you can post a link to your page in the comments section. Remember, this is a "use your DDE stash" challenge so a majority of your pages should have DDE products. Sketches do not have to be followed to a "T". You can be as creative as you wish by turning a sketch sideways, adding lots of embellishments or taking the minimalist route -they are just a starting point. So, what say you? Are you up for a new round? Let's do this!
• Use Sketch #4 as inspiration to create a layout using Digital Design Essentials products.
• Upload your page to or post a link to your layout in the comments by Saturday, April 12th for a chance to win a $10 DDE gift certificate.
I had a lot of fun with this sketch. I kept the papers simple and layered quite a bit of embellishments to draw the eye to my photos. Can't wait to see your pages.
Congratulations Arianna! You won the $10 DDE gift certificate. Please contact me at to claim your prize.
♥Gina
We are starting a new month of SYS. I hope the sketches have been helping you to get some scrapping done. I believe I am finally on the right schedule so we should be good for two challenges a month -on the 2nd and 4th Saturday. You will have two weeks to get your pages done and I would love to see them on the .
The Scrap Your Stash Challenge is a twice a month challenge aimed at helping you complete two (2) layouts per month with a total of twenty-two (22) by the end of the year at the same time using your DDE stash. New sketches will be posted on the 2nd and 4th Saturday of every month. Your layouts should be finished and uploaded before a new sketch is posted. Share your finished pages by uploading them to for a chance to win a $10 DDE gift certificate. A random gift certificate winner will be chosen from DDE's flick pool for each sketch. If you don't have a flickr account you can post a link to your page in the comments section. Remember, this is a "use your DDE stash" challenge so a majority of your pages should have DDE products. Sketches do not have to be followed to a "T". You can be as creative as you wish by turning a sketch sideways, adding lots of embellishments or taking the minimalist route -they are just a starting point. So, what say you? Are you up for a new month? Let's do this!
• Use Sketch #3 as inspiration to create a layout using Digital Design Essentials products.
• Upload your page to or post a link to your layout in the comments by Saturday, March 22nd for a chance to win a $10 DDE gift certificate.
For this round I stayed pretty true to the sketch and layered my page with lots of embellishments. Can't wait to see your pages.
Congratulations krizomel! You won the $10 DDE gift certificate. Please contact me at to claim your prize.
♥Gina
I am really enjoying the Scrap Your Stash Challenge because it is holding me accountable and I am finally getting some scrapping done. This week I got my creative juices flowing and scrapped a fun page featuring my son's Instagram photos. Is that even allowed? ;) I had so much fun with the bright colors and graphic patterns that I ended up creating a whole new collection. The new Real Life Collection was totally inspired by this weeks challenge and is now available in the shop. I am enjoying seeing all of your pages in the and am hoping you are having as much fun scrapping and getting pages done. :)
The Scrap Your Stash Challenge is a twice a month challenge aimed at helping you complete two (2) layouts per month with a total of twenty-two (22) by the end of the year at the same time using your DDE stash. New sketches will be posted on the 2nd and 4th Saturday of every month. Your layouts should be finished and uploaded before a new sketch is posted. Share your finished pages by uploading them to for a chance to win a $10 DDE gift certificate. A random gift certificate winner will be chosen from DDE's flick pool for each sketch. If you don't have a flickr account you can post a link to your page in the comments section. Remember, this is a "use your DDE stash" challenge so a majority of your pages should have DDE products. Sketches do not have to be followed to a "T". You can be as creative as you wish by turning a sketch sideways, adding lots of embellishments or taking the minimalist route -they are just a starting point. So, what say you? Are you up for another round? Let's do this!
• Use Sketch #2 as inspiration to create a layout using Digital Design Essentials products.
• Upload your page to or post a link to your layout in the comments by Saturday, March 8th for a chance to win a $10 DDE gift certificate.
I used the honeycomb shapes to clip my son's small Instagram photos and bits of patterned paper. The pointers worked great as a timeline to highlight dates, interests and special events. Can't wait to see your pages.
Congratulations dlwo68! You won the $10 DDE gift certificate. Please contact me at to claim your prize.
♥Gina