A Happy Challenge!

Welcome to MARCH! Is it coming in like a lion or a lamb where you live? The wind is calm and the sun is shining where I live, so I’m thinking March decided to come in like a lamb (though if you’d asked me yesterday, I would have bet on a lion, lol).

First, a little announcement — I am the featured designer at Log Your Memory this month! WOOT! I am so excited for all the fun things coming your way. I promise, I’ll post more about this awesome site on Wednesday. For now, let me just say this. Log Your Memory is having several new chats this month — you can find the full schedule in today’s blog post Save These Dates. For members of the Book Club, you can attend a private chat every Monday afternoon at 3 pm Eastern, where you’ll be given a challenge and a template created by me. Attendance at the chat isn’t mandatory — the template will be offered for a limited time in the private forum if you can’t make the chat. Each challenge submission is due on Thursday, and for each challenge you complete you’ll receive part of a kit I created especially for Log Your Memory. So if you participate in all 5 challenges, by the end of the month you will have the ENTIRE KIT! Sweet deal! I plan to be at the chat this afternoon, so I hope to “see” you there. (Not a member of the Book Club? Read Saturday’s post for more details on how to become a member, along with a great coupon from Log Your Memory.)

Okay, back to our regular programming! It’s the first Monday of the month, which means it’s time for a new challenge. This challenge marks the first in a series of challenges to help YOU scrap about YOUR individual journey. I’ll provide a prompt and some instructions, and you have until the end of the month to complete the challenge. EVERYONE who plays in the challenge will receive a 25% off coupon to my store, and one lucky random winner will receive a $10 coupon. And if hybrid is more your style, I’ll provide a twist to the challenge so you can play along too! Are you ready? Here we go!

MARCH CHALLENGE PROMPT

This month we’re challenging you to scrap what makes you happy! Sometimes we need a visual reminder of what makes us smile or giggle or laugh out loud … and years from now it will be fun for us (and our loved ones) to look back and see those things, small and big, that brightened our lives.

Here are your challenge guidelines:

• layout should be about thing(s) and/or person/people that bring you happiness
• include at least 1 photo
• predominantly use colors that make you happy
• put the word happy (or happiness) in the title or journaling
• include at least 10 words of journaling (can be in any form — paragraph, list, etc.)
• use lots of the digital scrapbook element(s) you love to use (i.e., buttons, flowers, stitching)

Hybrid twist:

• Make a card for someone that makes you happy
• Create it in your happy colors
• Include the word happy (or happiness) somewhere on the card

Here’s a layout from me, using Sunshine (my contribution to The Digi Files #12 … the kit will be available for purchase in my store later this month). I chose to scrap about my little boy. My happy colors are orange and yellow, and I used the word happy in my journaling. And I LOVE buttons so used a lot of those on the layout, along with strings and stitching.

You have until March 31st at 11:59 pm Eastern to submit your layout or card. You don’t have to use my designs, but I love it when you do. Be sure to leave us a comment linking us up to your creation. And remember, everyone who participates will receive a 25% off coupon to my store … and one winner will receive a $10 coupon.

Have fun!