Thirsty Thursday Delay

Many apologies one and all for the slight delay in bringing you the next challenge but I have been sadly under the weather this week. Rest assured it will be here tomorrow and following quickly after on Monday with a blog post to announce our winner from November's participants.

Today several of the DT joined the ladies on Eclectic Keepsakes crop for the December celebrations. Both Debbie and I taught classes along with a retreat regular Denise who had us getting inky with Distress Inks to make a fabulous unique card for the season. Here is my version.

"L" Thirsty Thursday

Welcome back to another Thirsty Thursday challenge and may we take the opportunity of wishing a very happy thanksgiving to our American readers. This week we move on to the letter L and task you with taking inspiration from any one (or more) of the prompts below to make a layout, card or another crafty project and then share a link to your project to be in with a chance to win a prize.

L is for LUXE DESIGNS - We stock over 100 different Luxe Designs products in the store including the popular Luxe Jotters which can be found here. If you have some in your stash now is the time to pull them put and use them on your next page.

L is for LAYERS - Create a layered look this week with hand cut detailed papers, die cuts, punched shapes and foam pads as illustrated by Debbie is a former retreat class of hers using Sassafrass.

L is for LONDON - Do you have photos of our Capital waiting to be scrapped? or have you any October Afternoon London Thames printed paper as illustrated by Ann in the layout below featured in September's Design Team Gallery. Share with us your London themed paper craft projects.

L is for LOVE - So many ways this challenge can be interpreted, love of a family member, a pet, a city, a food....the list is endless and this is sure to be a popular choice for those who choose to play along with this challenge. We can't wait to see what you come up with, but if you are stuck for inspiration, or even time in the coming weeks, why not try a smaller project such as this tag by Debbie. It is a great way to use up your odds and ends.

L is for LACE - Pre-made lace blooms, or lace trim how will you feature lace on your challenge project this week.

If you'd like to be in with a chance to win a prize from the shop this month simply link your creations using our Inlinkz tool below, or leave us a lovely comment with a link to your page and which of the L challenges (one or more) that you have met with your creation. Whilst you can undertake these challenges at your own pace to be in with a chance to win a prize entries for the letters J, K & L have to be shared to the relevant post by midnight Thursday 1st December and we will announce the next winner shortly after. Have fun!

November ATDML Design team gallery

The regular design team plus guest designer Tracy Easson got to create with an array of 7Gypsies products this month. Pop along here to see what they created this month and get inspiration for your next project.

"K" Thirsty Thursday

Welcome back to another Thirsty Thursday challenge, moving on this week to the letter K. Take inspiration from any one (or more) of the prompts below to make a layout, card or another crafty project and then share a link to your project to be in with a chance to win a prize.

K is for KAISERCRAFT- I love the Rhinestone swirls from Kaisercraft, which can be found here in our store, which are perfect for adding a bit of sparkle to your projects (perfect for your festive pages). The red ones are perfect for holly berries.

K is for KIN - Create a scrapbook page about your Kin, or even using the dictionary definition somewhere on your page.

K is for KRAFT - The staple cardstock colour for many crafters . New to the shop this week we have Kraft Core card from coredinations, a coloured cardstock with a Kraft core which becomes visible when you tear, sand etc. We also have Basic Grey Basic Kraft paper collections in 12x12 and 6x6, along with matching items. Maya Road also make many kraft embellishments such as these very popular calendar month spots - ideal for a new 2012 monthly project. Your challenge this week is to feature some Kraft materials on your project.

K is for KAREN(s) - We have the lovely Karen's (Moss & Cole) on our design our team, both of whom taught at our recent retreat. How about scrapping a layout from the lovely Karen Cole this week.

And here is the scraplifted version from Karen Moss using Farmhouse papers by Crate Paper.

K is for KITS - Maybe you subscribe to a monthly kit, or enjoy pulling them together for specific project, show us what you are doing with your kits this week. Both Karen and I are taking part in Shimelle's Journal your Christmas class again this year and have been busy preparing. Here is Karen's kit she has pulled together from items in her stash.

If you'd like to be in with a chance to win a prize from the shop this month simply link your creations using our Inlinkz tool below, or leave us a lovely comment with a link to your page and which of the K challenges (one or more) that you have met with your creation. Have fun!

Winner of October Thirsty Thursday

I am delighted to announce the winner for the Thirsty Thursday October entries which was layout number 5 belonging to Jane Taylor. We used Random.org once again to select an entry from those who had left links for the letter E, F, G & H.

Here is Jane's lovely page too. F is for Food and Fish!

We have also been able to upgrade the link tool we use each week and the cute boxes with images to projects created inspired by the Thirsty Thursday posts will now be available. We hope this will encourage many more of you to share your work with us, especially knowing you could win a prize!

Congrats once again to Jane, please email mel@atripdownmemorylane.co.uk with your details!

Inspired by Challenge

Thought we could extend one of the recent retreat challenges out to our blog readers. How would you be inspired by these images? Would it be the film trip on the Olympic rings image?, to scrapbook a fabulous hairstyle maybe?, to splash inks and paints on your background per the Mandella image?

I chose to be inspired by the five olympic rings and cut 5 small photo into circles to add to a main image for this layout using Simple Stories YearOGraphy papers that we previous blogged about here. This particular paper is great for a nice simple page where photos, title and journalling can be minimal and yet make a full page with the background paper doing most of the work for you.


Leave us a comment and let us know how you got on with the challenge or you can link directly to your project using our inlinkz tool. We will draw a winner the first week in December and the challenge will stay open until midnight GMT on the last day of November. Enjoy!

"J" Thirsty Thursday

Welcome back to another challenge called Thirsty Thursday where we aim to inspire you with a challenge to quench your creative thirst. You can pick up from here and play along or look back at previous weeks and join in those too. Week 10 this week and we are taking inspiration from the letter J prompts below to make a layout, card or another crafty project. So here we go...

J is for JANE - Our lovely Jane from the Design team invites you to scraplift her for this week's challenge. How about this layout which makes the most of paper strips left over from other projects?

J is for JOURNALLING - Be prepared to share the tales behind your beloved photographs this week. You can choose to hand write your story, or use a computer/typewriter or maybe even small alphabet stamps and lots of patience to journal on your page. Maybe use a journalling template to get creative with your words or a patterned paper with journalling cards such as this one by Simple Stories.

J is for JOURNEY - Travel is always a popular theme amongst scrapbookers with many products dedicated to the subject. This week we challenge you to create a page about a journey which could be interpreted in many ways and we look forward to seeing how you play this one.

J is for JEWELLERY - Do you have a special piece of jewellery that has a story behind it, maybe a family piece that you could create a page about to tell the tale behind it? This would be a great challenge to combine with journalling this week.

J is for JEWELS - Dig out the blingtastic products and jewel up your cards and pages this week, perfect if you are starting those Christmas projects! Take a browse through the jewel/pearl/crystal items we have for sale in the store HERE if you are running low.

This week we are sharing an example from the latest Bo Bunny gallery on our website. Ann shows how handjournalling can be added to a multi-photo autumnal page here.

Tomorrow we will announce the winner of the Thirsty Thursday challenges from last month. If you'd like to be in with a chance to win a prize from the shop this month simply link your creations using our Inlinkz tool below, or leave us a lovely comment with a link to your page and which of the I challenges (one or more) that you have met with your creation. In the meantime, happy scrapping.