Challenge #5 – Boy oh Boy!

 

Well, it is the 1st Friday of the month and you know what that means…  Time for a New Challenge!  This month it is all about the boys – whether it be your sweetheart, dad, grandpa, or perhaps even your favorite furry guy.  We want to see your layouts and scrappy projects showcasing all those boys in your life. 

Take a peek at a few of the “all boy” layouts that we created for this month’s challenge…

Brianna

Jamie

Just a few details about the challenge: Feel free to submit any type of scrappy project or layout (paper, digital, or hybrid) of any size. It is all a personal preference and we want you to feel the most creative with what you are used too. You have until the last day of the month – June 30th- to submit your projects/layouts for this month’s challenge. Be sure to leave us a comment on this post with a link to your work. If you do not have a blog or online photo gallery, you can take a picture and email it to us – Brianna or Jamie – by the deadline. We will be posting all of your projects over in our gallery so please be sure to keep checking back in to see each other’s work. Feel free to submit more than once this month.  If you get inspired and want to create layouts for all the boys in your life, then by all means keep those projects coming. We will announce the winner on July 1st and of course there will be some fun scrappy prize involved!

Challenge #4 – Oh Baby!

Well it is a new month and that means time for a new Real Life Scraps challenge. You all know that Mother’s Day is coming up and what is one thing that is pretty common with being a mom?  You got it – BABIES. You all either have one, want one, or you were one at some point so that is the theme of our challenge to you this month. We want you to create a scrappy project or layout based on your “favorite” baby. It can be your fur baby, grand baby, or perhaps even your sweetie as a baby. We do not even care if they don’t belong to you but we definitely want you to share some of that baby love with us this month.

Here is a look at some of the baby layouts that we created for the challenge…

Brianna

I am so excited for this month!! It has already challenged me to get some baby pictures printed and scrapped of my little girl - Kalen!!

Jamie

This month is going to be so much fun.  Not only am I inspired to get some of those baby layouts done but I am having so much fun going back through all the photos of my 3 little ones. 

Just a few details about the challenge: Feel free to submit any type of scrappy project or layout (paper, digital, or hybrid) of any size. It is all a personal preference and we want you to feel the most creative with what you are used too. You have until the last day of the month – May 31st - to submit your work. Be sure to leave us a comment on this post with a link to your work. If you do not have a blog or online photo gallery, you can take a picture and email it to us – Brianna or Jamie – by the deadline. We will be posting all of your projects over in our gallery so please be sure to keep checking back in to see each other’s work. Oh and yes, we would love for you to submit more than once this month. If you get inspired and want to create layouts for all the sweet babies in your life, then by all means keep those projects coming. We will pick a winner on June 1st and of course there will be some fun scrappy prize involved!

Thanks for continuing to visit our site and participate in our challenges each month. We are having so much fun and we appreciate you all.

Challenge #3 – Goin’ Green

It is the first Friday in April and that means it’s time for a new challenge here on Real Life Scraps! This month we were inspired by Earth Day on April 22nd. We are all looking for ways we can preserve the earth and become more “green.” Whether it is switching to high efficiency appliances, planting a garden, or recycling more. Well, we want to challenge you to “Go Green” with your scrapbooking too! All you need to do is make green the main color in your project this month.

Here is a look what we came up with…

 Brianna

 Jamie

Just a few details about the challenge:  Feel free to submit any type of layout (paper, digital, or hybrid) or any size.  It is all a personal preference and we want you to feel the most creative with what you are used too.  You have until the last day of the month – April 30th - to submit your work.  Just leave us a comment on this post with a link to your work.  If you do not have a blog or online photo gallery, feel free to take a picture and email it to us – Brianna or Jamie – by the deadline.  We will be posting all of your projects over in our gallery each month.  Oh and yes, feel free to submit more than once this month.  If you get inspired and want to keep creating with green, then by all means keep those projects coming.  We will pick a winner on May 1st and of course there will be some fun scrappy prize involved!

We are looking forward to seeing all of your green projects! Keep checking back each Friday for more inspiration and a look at the prize! Also, don’t forget to help us get the word out about Real Life Scraps!

Challenge #2 – Use Your Stash

Happy Friday!  March is here and that means it is time for our next monthly challenge here on Real Life Scraps.  This month we want you to do a little “spring cleaning” in your scrapbook supplies so you can make room for all those new Winter CHA releases that are hitting the stores now. 

Here’s a look at our projects this month where we used up our stash…

Brianna

 

For this layout, Brianna used some patterned papers that she has had since her move from Michigan (that was also 2 years ago).  She also used a word transparency from 2006 that “was one of those products that I loved so much that I did not want to touch”.  Don’t we all do that? 

And here are some fun cards that she created using using stickers that she would probably never use on a layout. 

It is so fun to see how many cards she made from just 1 sticker sheet.

Jamie

For my 2 layout below, I dug into my Christmas “stash” to use up some supplies and stamps that I have had forever. 

 
This particular layout is not about Christmas at all but it was nice to use those products in a non-traditional way.

 

This is a great example of using stuff that is not really my style now but I hate to waste them.  I found this picture of Caleb Davis during his 1st Christmas in my stash of photos that I take out of frames and do not know what to do with.  Oh, you do that too?    So I just grabbed a pack of Jolee’s Dimensional Stickers that I “had to have” years ago and paired it with some letter stickers that I have had for a while.  Like I said this is not exactly my style or taste now but paired with an “older” picture, I think it fits my layouts from that time period perfectly.

And just a few detail shots…

    

Just a few details about the challenge:  Feel free to submit any type of layout (paper, digital, or hybrid) or any size.  It is all a personal preference and we want you to feel the most creative with what you are used too.  You have until the last day of the month (March 31st) to submit your work.  Just leave us a comment on this post with a link to your work.  If you do not have a blog or online photo gallery, feel free to take a picture and email it to us – Brianna or Jamie – by the deadline.  We will be posting all of your work over in our gallery each month.  Oh and yes, feel free to submit more than once this month.  If you get on a roll with using up your stash, then by all means keep those projects coming.  We will pick a winner on April 1st and of course there will be some fun scrappy prize involved!

We are looking forward to seeing what you have in your stash!

Challenge #1 – Something Simple

Welcome back to Real Life Scraps!  February is here and we – The Real Life Girls – are super excited that today kicks off our **first ever** monthly challenge.  Like I said, we are very excited and hope that you will join us this month and play along.  So here goes… 

In honor of Simple Scrapbooks we wanted to make our 1st challenge a “simple” one. So this month we want you to use the word simple on a layout.   Be creative and remember you can use any variation of the word. 

Here’s a peek at our layouts for this challenge and a little funny to go along with it. 

Brianna

Jamie

Notice anything about those titles?  We just shared our final layouts with each other the other day and then realized that we had used the same title “Simply The Best” from the Tina Turner song. We laughed so hard and decided that we were still going to put them up here to share with you. As you can see, both of our layouts have completely different meanings but as it turns out, we have both been singing Tina for the past few weeks.  Great minds think alike, right? 

Just a few details about the challenge:  Feel free to submit any type of layout (paper, digital, or hybrid) or any size.  It is all a personal preference and we want you to feel the most creative with what you are used too.  You have until the last day of the month (February 28th) to submit your work.  Just leave us a comment on this post with a link to your work.  If you do not have a blog or online photo gallery, feel free to take a picture and email it to us – Brianna or Jamie – by the deadline.  We will be posting all of your work over in our gallery each month.  Oh and yes, feel free to submit more than once this month.  If you get on a roll with those “simple” layouts, keep them coming.  We will pick a winner on March 1st and of course there will be some fun scrappy prize involved!

We are looking forward to seeing all your “Simple” layouts this month.  Stay tuned for more inspiration and a peek at your prize in the weeks ahead. 

Happy Scrapping!