our first guest designer of 2017 - Monique Fox ...

Monique Fox

I am a FT federal government employee.  I work in DC and live in Maryland.  I have a 13yo handsome son name Christian.  I have a 14yo beautiful cat name Angel.  I am a 47 y/o single woman; never married.  I am American (by birth), ethnic (by design), sweet (by nature) and loved (by God).  I am the founder of Maryland Scrapbooking Divas.  https://www.facebook.com/Maryland-Scrapbooking-Divas-153000828062345/  I am also a published Poet.  I was really into poetry before scrapbooking took over my life.  I am a blogger.  http://living-in-the-positive.blogspot.com/ 

I love scrapbooking events in my life, family, friends and etc.   I love scrapbook manufacturers like Doodlebug, My Minds Eye, Bella Blvd, KaiserCarft, Bobunny, DCWV, Heidi Swapp, Echo Park, Carta Bella, Recollections, Paper Studio, PhotoPlay, Prima, and etc.  I love pretty patterned paper that I can do fussy cutting.  I tend to be drawn to happy colors like green, red, orange, purple, and etc.  I do like pastels also.

I love all things Caribbean.  Maybe I was Caribbean in another life.

I love to inspire others. I hope my gray layout inspires you to come and play along.

My Pinterest Boards
http://pinterest.com/moniquefox/

My Scrapbook.com Gallery
http://www.scrapbook.com/myplace/index.php?mod=galleries&u=199877

My Crafty Resume
http://living-in-the-positive.blogspot.com/2010/02/my-scrapbooking-resume.html

My blog *Living In The Positive*
http://living-in-the-positive.blogspot.com/

Founder of MD Scrapbooking Divas
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Maryland-Scrapbooking-Divas/153000828062345

Here is Monique's GORGEOUS layout with our theme of the colour grey:

 

Our challenge for January 2017 is:

To use the colour grey in your layout! January can be a very dull and grey month for many after the festivities, and those facing the harshest part of winter. Let's celebrate grey and make it beautiful!

Play along with any other challenge you want to join in with your entry for this blog :).

You are welcome to scrapbook pages of any size, or to art journal, paint, create cards, mixed media, or off-the-page work.  Whatever medium you prefer to use - USE IT!! We don't want to restrict your creativity. :)

This month's winner will be receiving A GIFT CERTIFICATE FROM SCRAPBOOK.COM

 Here is what our design team did for us this month:

Alicia Redshaw

Anne Pennington

Eli Colavero 

Mary Bennetts

Mitra Pratt

Can't wait to see what YOU CREATE!!!

guest designer this month Judy W

So thrilled to have with us this month as guest designer Judy W, who is a regular participant in our challenges. We love to see her work, and we were honoured that she agreed to share her work with us this month as guest designer!!!!! Welcome Judy!

Judy W.

A bit about me

Hi, My name is Judy and I live in tropical north Queensland with my husband of 40 plus years. Our 3 sons all have families of their own now and we are so lucky to have 7 gorgeous grandchildren. Apart from scrapbooking I enjoy many different crafts especially working with fibre and fabric. My scrapbooking style is usually quite simple and I often incorporate stitching or fabric. I love to scrap photos of my grandchildren and hope that they will enjoy their albums in years to come.

My blog is http://jjudywblog.wordpress.com

 

Here is Judy's GORGEOUS design:

 

 

december 2016 challenge ...

Our challenge for December is:

Christmas!!!!!!

Play along with any other challenge you want to join in with your entry for this blog :).

You are welcome to scrapbook pages of any size, or to art journal, paint, create cards, mixed media, or off-the-page work.  Whatever medium you prefer to use - USE IT!!

This month's winner will be receiving A GIFT CERTIFICATE FROM SCRAPBOOK.COM

 Here is what our design team did for us this month:

Alicia Redshaw

Busy creating

Anne Pennington

Eli Colavero 

Mary Bennetts

Mitra Pratt

Can't wait to see what YOU CREATE!!!

october 2016 faves and a winner!!!

Lovely layouts were posted last month - I'm always so thrilled to see what everyone does with the challenge every month :)

Our faves were:

Monique Fox - 

who was also the winner of our die-cuts and embellishments

Denise

JudyW

Ladies - please e-mail me at anne.pennington@xplornet.com before 30 November 2016.

Thank you to EVERYONE who participated. They were all so lovely!

 

november 2016 challenge ...

We have two challenges for November and they are:

Puzzle - use a puzzle piece - or a use a photo with a puzzled expression on the face - or is there something that puzzles you?

and

 Memory or Remembrance.

 Use one or both prompts.  Up to you!!

Play along with any other challenge you want to join in with your entry for this blog :).

You are welcome to scrapbook pages of any size, or to art journal, paint, create cards, mixed media, or off-the-page work.  Whatever medium you prefer to use - USE IT!!

This month's winner will be receiving a some lovely die-cuts and embellishments :)

 Here is what our design team did for us this month:

Alicia Redshaw

Busy creating

Anne Pennington

Eli Colavero 

Mary Bennetts

Mitra Pratt

Can't wait to see what your work!!!!

september 2016 faves and a winner

September was a great challenge with even greater entries!  Here are some of our faves and a winner!!

Karrie

Tone K

Denise

and the winner of our gift certificate to Scrapbook.com is:

Lauren Tomecek

Ladies, contact me at anne.pennington@xplornet.com by 18 October 2016.

october 2016 challenge ...

October challenge is:

Dream - where you dream of going, what you dream of becoming, a daydream, an old dream, or about literal dreams - nightmares, unusual ones, a photo of a child or adult sleeping.

Play along with any other challenge you want to join in with your entry for this blog :).

You are welcome to scrapbook pages of any size, or to art journal, paint, create cards, mixed media, or off-the-page work.  Whatever medium you prefer to use - USE IT!!

This month's winner will be receiving a some lovely die-cuts and embellishments :)

We have a LOVELY Guest Designer with us this month:

Michelle Henderson

 

I was so excited to be invited to Guest Design for Another Freaking Scrappy Challenge - I love the prompts to get me going!

My name's Michelle Henderson, and I'm a Kiwi living in Christchurch, New Zealand. Our beautiful city was hit by an earthquake a while ago, and scrapping really became my therapy! Our buildings are being rebuilt now, stronger and better than ever, and our people have become so resilient because of it.

I started scrapping when my second daughter was born, and she's now nearly Sweet Sixteen, so I've seen a few style changes over the years...and of course my style has changed and adapted as I go along too. At the moment I find it hard to do a page without some sort of mixed media, I love getting my hands dirty. And the product that always makes it on to my pages at the moment are the Nuvo Crystal Drops - they're so versatile!

Drop in and visit me at my blog - https://artscrapz.blogspot.co.nz/ any time!

Michelle's gorgeous design:

 

 Here is what our design team did for us this month:

Alicia Redshaw

Busy creating

Anne Pennington

Eli Colavero 

Mary Bennetts

Mitra Pratt

Can't wait to see what you are dreaming!

august 2016 freaking faves and a winner ...

August was another exciting summer month!!!! Here are some of our faves and a winner!!

Lizzy Hill

Esther

Tone K

and the winner of the gift certificate from Scrapbook.com is:

Denise

Ladies, contact me at anne.pennington@xplornet.com by 21 September 2016.

july 2016 winners

July was another awesome month and we were so excited to see so many wonderful entries!!!! Here are some of our faves and a winner!!

Karen B

 
Judy W

Tone K

and the winner of our gift certificate to Scrapbook.com is:

Barbara Greenberg

Ladies, contact me at anne.pennington@xplornet.com by 21 September 2016.

june 2016 faves and a winner ...

This summer has been busy with moves and a new grandchild, holidays, challenges and work, but I'm finally catching up with our faves and winners :).

June was a wonderful month full of wonderful entries!!!! Here are some of our faves and a winner!!

ArtScrapz NZ (Michelle)

Veronica Grosselli

Ari

and the winner of our gift certificate to Scrapbook.com is:

Julie J

Ladies, contact me at anne.pennington@xplornet.com by 21 September 2016.