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Thank you all so much for joining us in our few short months and making it possible! It was a great experience and we'll never forget it!

Final Challenge - Stash

Hi everybody, I hope life is treating you well this second week of May. We're that much closer to the summer and warm weather!

Today I've been tasked with sad news. Unfortunately, this weeks' Stash challenge will be our last, here at Handmade Love. Due to waning interest in challenge participants, as well as within the Design Team, we feel its time to hang up our hats and call it a day. It's been a good fun run for us! And we appreciate all of you who have played along!

So without further adieu, here is our final challenge.

Dig into your Stash and create a layout that fulfills the following parameters:

• Use ONLY cardstock or ONLY patterned paper
• Include some ink (pen, mist, stamp, etc.)
• Tag on at least 4 lines of journaling
• Nab at least 2 photos to include on the page
• Feel free to include any other items of your choosing

Also, The participants of this week's challenge as well as the Music Challenge, will be entered for a chance to win a small and final RAK.

And here are a few layouts from the Design Team:

Brittney - Photo Booth Fun

The Stash Challenge definitely was a challenge! I knew that I couldn't just use cardstock (maybe I'll try that sometime), so I went with patterned paper. I used Cosmo Cricket, Prima, and Sassafras Lass papers.

Leigh - Breckenridge

I glimmer misted 2 acrylic snowflakes pages from a mini album :) Super fun technique, the bling really makes it pop!

Jamie - Cheers, Bye!

Seriously, it wasn't until just now that I got the irony of this layout. One of my best friends moved to England last February and these photos were taken at her Bon Voyage Bash. I used a sheet of Basic Grey's Basics line as the background paper. It's an awesome alternative to plain cardstock!

So there you have our final pages. Again, we just want to thank all of the followers and all of the challenge participants. You all are what made this fun!

xxbesos

j.leija

Scraplift Challenge - May 6

Happy Thursday! How is everyone post NSD? I hope yall had a blast and created up a storm :)

Today I'm bringing yall the Scraplift challenge. The DT choose one of Brittney's amazing creations to scraplift and it's pictured below.

And here is what we came up with:

Brittney - Family on Christmas

It was difficult to lift myself. I knew that I didn't want something that closely resembled my previous layout, so here's what I came up with.

Jamie - Stonework

Love the three photos that Brittney centered on the page! I varied it slightly by using a vertical and a few horizontal photos.

Michele - Sweet as Sugar

I loved the scraplift LO-- such a versatile design. This is another page that I made for my little cousin's scrapbook.

Submission Instructions:
You may submit a maximum of TWO projects by the challenge deadline and will get one chance at the prize for each entry. Your project must be NEW as of the challenge date & must meet the criteria posted by the challenge hosts to be eligible to win. To submit your layout, add the direct URL for your layout to Mr. Linky. He’ll be at the bottom of each challenge post. You can link to your uploaded project in a gallery like Two Peas in a Bucket, a Photobucket account, or a post on another blog. Just make sure the URL takes us directly to your project and not just your blog homepage or whole gallery.

The challenge winner will be chosen by a random number generator. Every challenge winner will get a special “Challenge Winner” blinkie to use in their signatures on messages boards or blog posts. We will pool all the challenge entries and do a prize drawing with the random number generator at the end of the month. We may also occasionally have smaller prizes for mini-giveaways, so keep checking back!

If you have questions about any of this or have a problem using the blog, e-mail us at handmadelovechallenge@gmail.com

April Winner

Thank you to everyone who participated in our April Challenges! The winner of the Sassafras prize pack is Tammy!! Shoot me an email at Aleigh224@aol.com so I can get your prize out to you!!

Music Challenge - April 29

Hi everyone! It's Allison here and it's time for this weeks music challenge! Your challenge for this week is to draw your inspiration from the album cover below for the project of your choice! Be inspired by the photos, the title, the colors, you name it!

Here's a look at what our design team came up with!

Allison's "The Resistance Tour"

I love using tons of photos on my layouts so this album cover was perfect! All of these photos are from a recent concert I went to and I liked them all so I chose to use them all!

Michele's "Family"

"I know this seems like a bit of a stretch, but the challenge picture prompt reminded me of these mosaic tiles I had."

Leigh's "Holidays 2008"

"The poster totally inspired the "patchwork" square background for the title page for our Christmas 2008 Album."

Jamie's "365 Days of Urijah"

"I loved the inspiration CD cover so I made my own :) This is for the cover of a DVD I put together for my nephew's first brithday"

Monica's 365 Days Card

"On my card, I took inspiration from the sun and the "500 days" part of the cd cover. For the sun, I used a circle for the middle and handcut triangles to tuck underneath."

Well that's it! Hope you got inspired! We can't wait to see what you come up with! Use the link below to share your projects. Submissions close in 2 weeks (May 13th at 11:59PM).

Submission Instructions:
You may submit a maximum of TWO projects by the challenge deadline and will get one chance at the prize for each entry. Your project must be NEW as of the challenge date & must meet the criteria posted by the challenge hosts to be eligible to win. To submit your layout, add the direct URL for your layout to Mr. Linky. He’ll be at the bottom of each challenge post. You can link to your uploaded project in a gallery like Two Peas in a Bucket, a Photobucket account, or a post on another blog. Just make sure the URL takes us directly to your project and not just your blog homepage or whole gallery.

The challenge winner will be chosen by a random number generator. Every challenge winner will get a special “Challenge Winner” blinkie to use in their signatures on messages boards or blog posts. We will pool all the challenge entries and do a prize drawing with the random number generator at the end of the month. We may also occasionally have smaller prizes for mini-giveaways, so keep checking back!

If you have questions about any of this or have a problem using the blog, e-mail us at handmadelovechallenge@gmail.com

Last of the Sketch Inspiration

I'm back to bring you the last couple of design team layouts based on this week's sketch challenge! Don't forget that you have until May 5 by 11:59PM to submit your project based on the sketch!

Jen - "Wen"

This is one of my fav photos taken during a backpacking trip in Northern China. It was taken at some of the worlds oldest Buddhist caves, this monk stopped to smell some flowers, it was such a beautiful moment. The character is the Chinese word "wen" meaning senses used to depict smell but also means to have a deep sense of the gods and spirituality. The quote at the bottom is from Buddha - " Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment".... so fitting!

Monica - "Is it naptime?"

I interpreted the sketch pretty much right on (I love how they take the guesswork out of scrapping!). I was very excited to use the new Basic Grey Max & Whiskers on a page about my dog, Dinky!

Sketch Challenge - More Inspiration!

I'm back to bring you some more design team interpretations of this week's sketch! See the original post to find the sketch and instructions for the challenge. Have a great weekend!

Allison - "Too Cute"

I loved Shannon's sketch so this layout came together pretty quickly!  I did move the title and put my journaling in its place.

Michele - "Beauty"

This is a layout of my cousin-- isn't she beautiful?! I just loved this Bo Bunny paper; I felt that the colors complemented the picture nicely. Also, I was pumped to use those glitter chipboard letters because it is surprisingly hard to find layouts of mine that work with them!

Leigh - "Scenic"

I did this in 11x8 format- a perfect fit for this sketch!