Em Stafrace| Just a Girl with Ideas: Polly Challenges

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ROAR | SEQUENCE PHOTO SHOTS PHOTOGRAPHY CHALLENGE

This month I’m hosting the Photography challenge over at The Lilypad. It's a fun one where we are taking a set of sequence shots then framing them like a Photo Booth strip. Its one of my go-to ways in presenting multiple photos in my scrap pages and so easy peasy to do not to mention an effective way to share them!
Come join me in the Polly challenges and get your photo booth style happening!’ROAR’
INSTAFRAMES PACK | Sahlin StudioPROJECT 
MOUSE DAILY DOCUMENTING | Sahlin Studio & Brittish Designs

PROJECT MOUSE CHARACTER WORD BIT | Sahlin Studio & Brittish Designs
PROJECT MOUSE EMBELLISHMENTS | Sahlin Studio & Brittish Designs
PROJECT MOUSE AT SEA PAPERS | Sahlin Studio & Brittish Designs
LINED JOURNAL CARDS | Sahlin Studio
JOLLY OLE PAPER PACK | Sahlin Studio
STITCHING No.1 | Sahlin Studio
TAPED UP SWATCHES No.2 | Sahlin Studio
WORN TOPS No.2 | Lynn Grieveson Designs

Have fun getting your Photo Booth snaps ready!

Em x

LITTLE PINK BOW | BREAST CANCER RESEARCH FUNDRAISER

Hi everyone and welcome to the October Challenges. Did you know that October is BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH? That means its time to check your boobies either by visiting your GP or by doing a thorough self examination. Don’t put it off and keep up with it every month just to be sure.

This month I am hosting the Inspiration challenge over at The Lilypad. I would love to do something special this month and suggest a little nod to BCA and what better way is there to show our support than by including a Pink Bow, Pink Ribbon/Ric Rac or a Strip/Band of Pink Paper to our pages.

If you wanted to take it a step further you could create a page that is predominately pink too so long as you have a bow or ribbon in it! How amazing would it be to see The Lilypad Gallery bursting in every hue of pink imaginable! Oh my heart would be full!

Here’s my page. I created a predominately pink page and added two pink ribbons, 1 bow and a strip of pink paper just to cover all the possible challenge criteria hehe

‘BEAUTIFUL LIFE’

MIXED MEDIA MONTHLY FEBRUARY 2019 WHOLE HEARTED/ FOLLOW/ LIFE | Little Butterfly Wings. Lynne-Marie, Paula Kesselring & Rachel Jefferies

M3 FEB 19 MIXED MEDIA ARTISTRY | Rachel Jefferies

MACHINE STITCHING 1 | Rachel Jefferies

♥︎♥︎♥︎ HERE’S THE EXCITING STUFF! ♥︎♥︎♥︎

For every page that is created showcasing a pink ribbon, bow or pink strip of paper, I will donate $1 AUD to the NATIONAL BREAST CANCER FOUNDATION here in Australia. This amazing organisation offered lots of support and information to me during my breast cancer fight. To make it even more incredible our lovely Laura McCandless has offered to match my donation by donating her portion to a foundation of her choice, we will keep you posted on which one, but how awesome is that! As a community we could raise a sizeable amount for this cause. So if you decide to join us make sure to share your page in the October Inspiration Challenge thread to be counted.

For all the challenge details scoot over to the Challenge Pad at TLP and join us for some Pretty in Pink fun!

I can't wait to see your pink ribbon pages everyone!

Hugs Em x

FOLIAGE FLAIR

Yay... Spring is here in Australia and that means Autumn is arriving soon in your part of the world!

I love the weather changes with each new season. Both are the promise of new adventures, experiences, fresh connections with our environment, not to mention new growth and plenty of beautiful colour to inspire us. Soooooo, I thought what is something from nature that bridges both Spring and Autumn...FOLIAGE does! All the changing colours of Autumn and the bright bursts of new lush greens that Spring brings. So lets create a page that uses FOLIAGE as the main element in our designs.

For all the challenge details and the link for the FOLIAGE FLAIR Pinterest Gallery scoot too The Lilypad challenge pad HERE and check out the September Inspiration Challenge thread.

'BREATH IN BREATH OUT'

I can't wait to see yourself laden pages!

Thanks for stopping by.

Em x

TEMPLATE CHALLENGE | SARA GLEASON

Hi everyone, This month I’m bringing you the Template Challenge over at The Lilypad. Our generous designer this month is the fabulous SARA GLEASON who has offered up this awesome sauce template. Click HERE or on the image below to go directly to the template in the store.

This is the page I made of Dan and I. I was in the throes of Radiation Therapy but it was a walk in the park because he kept me positive. There’s no doubt I’m a lucky girl & live a fortunate sweet life! ♥︎

'THE SWEET LIFE'

AUGUST 2019 MPM Collection called BLISS.

For all the challenge details head over to The Lilypad Challenge Pad Forum and have a look at all the other challenges ready for you to enjoy!

I can't wait to see your pages inspired by Sara’s Template.

Em ♡

STYLE CHALLENGE | ON THE EDGE WHITE SPACE

Hi everyone, welcome to the month of July. This month I’m hosting the STYLE CHALLENGE over at The Lilypad and I’ve noticed that lately I’m pinning lots of white space pages that have all the elements, photos and text aligned to the edge. So this month lets create an ON THE EDGE white space page where everything is placed to one side. You can use the top, bottom, left or right edges so long as its all contained on one of those sides.

For all the challenge details head over to The Lilypad Challenge Pad Forum and have a look at all the other challenges ready for you to enjoy!

I can't wait to see your ON THE EDGE white space pages.

Em x

JOURNALING CHALLENGE | LAUGHTER IS THE BEST MEDICINE

Hi everyone, welcome to the month of June, we’re half way through the year already, GULP! And to celebrate I’m hosting my very first Journaling challenge! I thought it would be fun to use ‘LAUGHTER IS THE BEST MEDICINE’ as our journaling prompt. So let’s share a story or experience that actually elevated you into a happy place. This doesn’t necessarily mean you were left in fits of laughter but instead something that made you feel happy, relieved or joyful.

You must pen a minimum of three (3) sentences below I have included some examples to help kick start your journaling but hey anything goes with this one!

1- Document something you saw, like Instant karma working at its best.

2- Those funny quips your kid comes out with on those seemingly mundane moments of day to day life.

3- Perhaps it was an unexpected interaction with someone you know or a stranger that brought you joy.

4- Maybe it was a special message/ heavenly gift from someone up above.

5- You could include an Inspirational Quote as part of your journaling and one that resonated or made you smile.

Here is my story and page dedicated to my wonderful Aunty and her little gift of joy sent from heaven.

'SPECIAL DELIVERY'

TAKE MY HAND COLLECTION | The Committed Crafter

TAPED DETAILS 01 | The Committed Crafter

MY JOURNALING

It was the day of your funeral & your wake. Mum and I were feeling so overwhelmed with emotion we glanced across the room and instantly knew that each other needed to step out of the fray and regroup in the front garden even just for a quick moment. We were missing your dry sense of humour, the kind of wit that not everyone got but we did. It was one part of your amazingness! We were postulating at what you’d make of all this fanfare being bestowed in the memory of you and like a gift from the heavens this happened...

Your neighbour from across the street of which you did not know too well, noticed us and in a friendly neighbourly way he announced…

‘You wouldn’t be caught dead inside, on such a beautiful day like today!’

OH.EM.GEE! (something you’d always say)… in unison mum and I looked at each other then up to the heavens above and knew straight away that you had a hand in this! The immense happiness we felt at that moment could never be quantified, you were still with us right there in your front garden being cheeky & just a little bit naughty too. Thank you Aunty Lol for the joy you brought us everyday & well beyond because even in Heaven you’re still making us laugh. All our love Helen & Em. xox

Remember our monthly challenge rules:

Your page must contain at least 75% Lilypad product. Your page should be posted to the Lilypad Gallery and then linked to the JUNE Challenge Layouts thread so it can be tracked, and to this thread.

The Lilypad uses a percent system for our challenges; the number of challenges you participate in determines the store discount you will receive at the end of the month:

2 challenges = 10% off

4 challenges = 20% off

6 challenges = 30% off

If you complete 7 challenges, you will receive a coupon for 30% off, plus you will be entered to win a $50 gift certificate from the Lilypad! The first seven challenges will be posted on the first of the month; the eighth challenge is the BYOC challenge, which is posted on BYOC release day. Each page counts for one challenge (you cannot use one layout for multiple challenges).

I can't wait to read your stories!

GO GREEN FOR MOTHER’S DAY | MAY INSPIRATION CHALLENGE AT THE LILYPAD

Hi everyone, welcome to the month of May! The May 2019 Inspiration challenge is inspired by this months birthstone the EMERALD.

The lushness of the colour green is so refreshing and symbolises so many things including the colour of life, renewal, nature and energy. It is also associated with meanings of growth, harmony and safety.

I just love this colour and thought why not make it this months inspirational hue and then I had a brain wave moment, what do all these symbolic meanings of the colour green remind me of? Yep you got it, my mum and being a mum! So lets step this challenge up and create a page dedicated to the theme of Mothers Day and make green the main colour palette of your design.

CHALLENGE CRITERIA:

Create a project that focuses on the theme Mothers Day and what that represents for you. You could scrap about your own mum or someone who has been like a mum for you. You could scrap about the highs and lows of being a mum or if you’re a mum to fur babies thats totally being a mum too! The skies the limit on this one.
You must use the colour Green as you primary colour palette. This can include as many shades, hues and tones of green that you like. So have fun with green!
Other colours can absolutely be included. However please make sure green remains the predominate colour.

Here is my page dedicated to my wonderful mum. My mum has been an amazing support for me all my life but more so these past few months since my diagnosis. She has totally stepped up and helped with running the house and looking after Tige when Dan has worked away from home and when I’ve been too unwell to do it myself. I can’t imagine how our little family would of coped without her tremendous love and support. Love my mum! HAPPY MOTHERS DAY!

I used various shades of green and teal in my page with a touch of red and black as accents.
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For extra inspiration I have put together a PINTEREST BOARD called GO GREEN this has tonnes of great ideas to inspire your pages.

Remember our monthly challenge rules:

Your page must contain at least 75% Lilypad product. Your page should be posted to the Lilypad Gallery and then linked to the MAY Challenge Layouts thread so it can be tracked, and to this thread.

The Lilypad uses a percent system for our challenges; the number of challenges you participate in determines the store discount you will receive at the end of the month:

2 challenges = 10% off
4 challenges = 20% off
6 challenges = 30% off

I can't wait to see your Mothers Day pages in Green!

MARCH 2019 CHALLENGE PAGES | THE LILYPAD

The March challenges were tonnes of fun! I love the spring inspired kits this month! Lots of bright bold happy faces in the collections. I managed to finish all of the March Polly Challenges before my surgery rolls around so am very happy with how much I got done this month and so early on in the piece. I must have roller skates on! Now its time for a rest and to prepare for the 20th March and the changes that will bring to my life. I am sure all will go well and hope that I get the all clear. Fingers & toes, actually everything is crossed! haha

‘L IS FOR LIPPY’

This is my page for the March PHOTOGRAPHY CHALLENGE. I can’t go past my 'Burt’s Bees Coconut & Pear Lip Balm’

and 'GO TO LIPS! Super Balm’.

INSIDE YOUR PURSE COLLAB KIT | Little Butterfly Wings & Studio Basic

‘CUTE TO ME’

My page for the March BYOC CHALLENGE.

EMBRACE ELEMENTS | Etc by Danyale

GLOW PAPER PACK | Lynn Grieveson

SPRUNG ELEMENTS | Pink Reptile Designs

SPRUNG PAPERS | Pink Reptile Designs

GOOD MORNING PAPERS | Sabrina’s Creations

SCRAPPABLE STACKABLES No.2 | Lynn Grieveson & The Nifty Pixel

‘FOLLOW YOUR DREAMS’

My take on the March INSPIRATION CHALLENGE. Which is to include a minimum of three flowers in your SPRING HAS SPRUNG challenge page. I used some realistic flowers, a ribbon flower, a watercolour rose and a stylised

floral pattern stamp.

M3 WHOLE-HEARTED/ FOLLOW/ LIFE | Little Butterfly Wings. Lynne-Marie, Paula Kesselring & Rachel Jefferies

M3 Feb 19 MIXED MEDIA ARTISTRY | Rachel Jefferies

M3 Feb 19 WATERCOLOUR BOTANICALS | Rachel Jefferies

GARDEN MYSTERY KIT | Lynn Grieveson

PAPER FOLDS Vol.1 | The Nifty Pixel

‘MY SUNSHINE’

My page for the March STYLE CHALLENGE: Mixed Media. I used lots of paint and blending to create a textural background. Some cut out pieces of paper taped to the base and lots of word snips and scattered elements.

GLOW ELEMENTS | Lynn Grieveson

GLOW PAPER PACK | Lynn Grieveson

SPRUNG PAPERS | Pink Reptile Designs

SUNSHINE IN HER SOUL: MIXED MEDIA ARTISTRY | Rachel Jefferies

’THE SKY THAT DAY’

My page for the March TEMPLATE CHALLENGE.

PAPER CUTS | Scrapping With Liz

THEN & NOW ELEMENTS | Pink Reptile Designs

THEN & NOW PAPERS | Pink Reptile Designs

TINY PROBLEMS TEMPLATE | Rachel Jefferies

‘BLERK’

This is my page for the March RANDOM CHALLENGE challenge using a series of 3 or more photos in sequence.

SNAP SHOTS DRESSED UP | Fiddle Dee Dee Designs

THEN & NOW ELEMENTS | Pink Reptile Designs

THEN & NOW PAPERS | Pink Reptile Designs

THEN & NOW ALPHA | Pink Reptile Designs

‘CURRENTLY’

This is what I created for the March JOURNALING CHALLENGE. Listing 5 things that you are currently enjoying.

HOPEFUL LIFE KIT | Etc by Danyale

HOPEFUL LIFE JOURNAL CARDS | Etc by Danyale

‘I CAN DO HARD THINGS’

This is my page for the March SCRAPLIFT CHALLENGE.

OUCH KIT | Sahlin Studio

OUCH JOURNAL CARDS | Sahlin Studio

OUCH DIGITAL STAMPS | Sahlin Studio

Thanks for stopping by.

Em x

SPRING HAS SPRUNG | MARCH INSPIRATION CHALLENGE AT THE LILYPAD

It’s March already! That means a change of season and for those of you in the Northern Hemisphere thats the promise of warmer days, new growth and bursts of colour. I’m hosting this months Inspiration challenge over at The Lilypad and because SPRING has sprung I thought it would be fun to find inspiration in those smiling faces and create a page abundant with beautiful flowers. The criteria is to use a minimum of 3 different flowers on your page so head on over to The Lilypad challenge forum and join in the fun!

For extra inspiration I have put together a PINTEREST BOARD called SPRING HAS SPRUNG this has tonnes of great ideas to inspire your pages.

Here is my page. I used a bunch of realistic flowers, a ribbon flower, a watercolour rose and a stylised floral pattern stamp.

‘FOLLOW YOUR HEART'
M3 WHOLE-HEARTED/ FOLLOW/ LIFE | Little Butterfly Wings. Lynne-Marie, Paula Kesselring & Rachel Jefferies
M3 Feb 19 MIXED MEDIA ARTISTRY | Rachel Jefferies
M3 Feb 19 WATERCOLOUR BOTANICALS | Rachel Jefferies
GARDEN MYSTERY KIT | Lynn Grieveson
PAPER FOLDS Vol.1 | The Nifty Pixel

Can’t wait to see all your happy faced pages!

Hugs Em

THE LILYPAD | FEBRUARY STYLE CHALLENGE

Wow how much fun was MOC this year? I can’t believe how everyone powered through the Jan challenges and now we’re all ready to be inspired by the February ones! This month I’m hosting the HEART IT |Style Challenge. Because Valentines falls in the month of February, I thought why not make a page that celebrates the people, pets, places and things in our life that get that ticker of ours fluttering. I can’t think of a better way to do that than by creating a page that has a huge big love filled HEART, smack bang in the centre of our page!

Here is my page and yep you guessed it, of course I scrapped Mr Dan. I’m so lucky to share my life with this kind and cute guy and needed a way to represent how much he makes my heart flutter, so I stacked a few dimensional paper hearts to show him exactly how much I luvs him!

(Note: Each heart represents an infinite number of hearts, so thats pretty big right? hehe)

‘HE’S THE ONE'

XOXO EPHEMERA ELEMENTS | Sahlin Studio

PRACTICALLY PERFECT KIT | Sahlin Studio & Juliana Kneipp

WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS KIT | Sahlin Studio

BIG RUMPLED ALPHA | Kim Jensen Designs

WORN PAGE EDGES NO2 | Lynn Grieveson

STITCH IN TIME LENGTHS | Lynn Grieveson

A BIT WORN No6 | Valorie Wibbens

A BIT WORN HEARTS | Valorie Wibbens

BY THE THREAD | Valorie Wibbens

SPRINKLES FB FREEBIE | Valorie Wibbens ( NO LONGER AVAIL)

GEOMETRIC HINTS No2 | Lynn Grieveson (RETIRED)

For extra inspiration I have put together a HEART IT | PINTEREST BOARD which has tonnes of great ideas to inspire your pages. For all the challenge criteria scoot over to the February Challenge thread found at the The Lilypad forum. You can check out all the other cool challenges this month and be in the running for some great % OFF deals if you complete all eight for the month.

I really can't wait to see your loved up HEART pages in the gallery!

TAG YOU’RE IT | DECEMBER RANDOM CHALLENGE AT THE LILYPAD

This month I am hosting the Random challenge over at The Lilypad which is a bit of a stash grab. I love challenges like these because you use product you may not have visited from your digi stash for a really long time. So have fun trawling through your TLP digital scrapbook product collection and find all those Labels, Tags and Tabs that are screaming out to be used. I would love to see heaps of them and when I say heaps I mean at the very least 5 should be used in your creation.

GETTING CREATIVE WITH TAGS, TABS AND LABELS:

Sandwich Tags and Tabs between papers so they peep out from the top.

Stack Tabs, Tags and Labels to create some fun clustered layers.

Use Tags, Tabs and Labels to Journal on, add dates or key words to.

Use multiple Labels to add lists to.

Use Tags in a Bunting.

Create a collaged gallery of Tabs, Tags and Labels.

For extra inspiration I have put together a TAG YOU'RE IT PINTEREST BOARD that has tonnes of great ideas to inspire your pages. Also here is a quick link to the LABELS & TAGS CATEGORY in the TLP Shop.

Below is what I came up with. A Christmas page of lil mister and his ’T’ light Christmas ornament.

‘MAGICAL CHRISTMAS’

Click on the image to see all the credits :)

Remember our monthly challenge rules:

Your page must contain at least 75% Lilypad product. Your page should be posted to the Lilypad Gallery and then linked to the DECEMBER Challenge Layouts thread so it can be tracked, and to this thread.

The Lilypad uses a percent system for our challenges; the number of challenges you participate in determines the store discount you will receive at the end of the month:

2 challenges = 10% off

4 challenges = 20% off

6 challenges = 30% off

If you complete 7 challenges, you will receive a coupon for 30% off, plus you will be entered to win a $50 gift certificate from the Lilypad! The first seven challenges will be posted on the first of the month; the eighth challenge is the BYOC challenge, which is posted on BYOC release day. Each page counts for one challenge (you cannot use one layout for multiple challenges).

I can't wait to see your TAG YOU'RE IT CHALLENGE pages in the gallery!

Em

LEVEL UP | NOVEMBER STYLE CHALLENGE

Hello Everyone, You probably didn’t notice but I was MIA last month in the challenges but I’m excited to be back with a new STYLE CHALLENGE which I have called LEVEL UP. This one is all about the fundamentals of a HORIZONTAL LINE in art. Lines applied horizontally accentuate width often evoking feelings of stability, grounding and add emphasis and direction that really help define the edges of a form. I love seeing structured pages that have little unexpected points of interest. So when you design your page, break it down to 3 main levels perhaps you’ll start with a PANORAMIC PHOTO or SERIES OF PHOTOS that span across the top of your page. Then create your TITLE which spans underneath the photo and finally adding a JOURNAL BLOCK that lays horizontal under your title work. Which ever order you choose make sure that your Horizontal spans are the same width or there about to create that structured balanced and levelled up look.

GETTING CREATIVE WITH THIS STYLE:

You can be as creative as you like with your journal blocks think in columns or perhaps mix it up with a JC and JOURNALING so long as it is all contained within its own Journal level/span.
You can use multiple photos so long as they all are on the one PHOTO level/span.
Your TITLE can be a series of words or elements that help convey your title or even add a clustered grouping for extra flair and a point of interest so long as all of that is on one level/span.

Here is my page. I kept it pretty structured but added some extra design elements to my last level the Title to really create some drama and point of interest. This also helped to balance all the stacked goodness in the cluster under the photos.

For extra inspiration I have put together a PINTEREST BOARD and below I pulled together a quick reference so you can see how creative you can get with this style by adding some unexpected design elements and flair.

Remember our monthly challenge rules:

Your page must contain at least 75% Lilypad product. Your page should be posted to the Lilypad Gallery and then linked to the NOVEMBER Challenge Layouts thread so it can be tracked, and to this thread.

The Lilypad uses a percent system for our challenges; the number of challenges you participate in determines the store discount you will receive at the end of the month:

2 challenges = 10% off
4 challenges = 20% off
6 challenges = 30% off

Have fun with those horizontal sight lines. I can't wait to see YOUR LEVELLED UP pages in the gallery!

Happy scrapping

Em x