Bingo with the Babes: January 5th
 

Sweet Shoppers,

You've had a few days to digest our new challenge format, and we hope you guys are already starting to scrap along with our fun and easy going challenges!

Our talented and inspiring Babes wanted to play along with you guys, so each week, you'll want to keep your eyes open for our Bingo with the Babes thread where some of our Babes will share the pages they created for some of this month's challenges along with a little bit about what inspired them and how they approached getting the challenge done!

Check out their pages in the posts below and share a page that you're working on for our challenges too! We'd love to see your progress and hear a little bit about what you're shooting for throughout the month so we can oooh and ahhh over how awesome you guys are!

Happy Scrapping!

Robin

For the challenge, This year I am going to...

https://www.sweetshoppecommunity.com...graphy-web.jpg

I chose this challenge because it is the time of year for thinking about resolutions and goals. I've been wanting to really push my photography lately. So, I'm challenging myself to complete a few photography courses and take more intentional photographs. For this page, I loved how the bokeh element included in the Cheers to the New Year kit tied in with my photography so I clipped it to my paper title.

I chose the challenge of using at least 30 buttons on my page.

http://i670.photobucket.com/albums/v...loving_700.jpg

I chose this challenge because I love using elements in a unique and unexpected way. I love combining something artistic with preserving memories. My niece dyed her hair bright red and this page is such a fun tribute to her funky style. Truth be told, I really love buttons.

I chose the top 10 list.

http://i61.tinypic.com/t6a2ac.jpg

My daughter had given me a list of things she wanted to do these holidays, so it was easy to pop them on a layout for this challenge. Because Christmas for us is in the summer time, I used Meg, Zoe and Christine's Warm Wishes kit. Once I saw all the elements and alphas, I knew I wanted to try and use as many as possible, so instead of doing an actual list, I put each activity on it's own little tag.

Plaids and Polka-dots:
https://www.sweetshoppecommunity.com...ta-2014-70.jpg

Plaids and polkadots together is a challenge for me. Plaid in particular is not one of my favorite patterns to work with. To make the challenge more for myself - I opted to not go the easy route and use a solid background. :)

Spin-a-Lift Sugarbabe Alyson Hall:
http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p...eats700web.jpg
Alyson is one of my favorite scrappers at SSD. I've always admired her layouts, fantastic layering, and incredible style. It is such a treat browsing through her gallery. It was tough to narrow down which layout to lift - they are all spectacular!

I, too, chose Spin-a-Lift Sugarbabe Alyson Hall:

http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/g...d.jpg~original

I was inspired by Aly's page Awesome and flipped it horizontally. Aly's pages are always stunning and unique. I love how she incorporates little details into her pages that make them standout.

Here's my take on the "Then and Now" challenge...

http://i331.photobucket.com/albums/l...ps02f9e747.jpg

I chose to do this challenge because I love to look back on things and see how they've changed over time. For this page I thought I'd use our engagement photo and one that was just taken a few months ago. My husband thinks we look the same, but to me it looks like he's slimmed down and I've gotten bigger!! Oh well - it's still fun to compare us 10 years later...

Flip a template
http://i703.photobucket.com/albums/w...hthenew700.jpg

I love a good template. There are times that I'm stuck in a scrappy rut and I need a template to get me in the mood. I chose to take a template from Brook's Templates - Trifecta 11 - Three Kings. I rotated it and resized to make it just a bit smaller of a cluster. I love that you can take a template and completely change it up to your liking.

I chose the challenge of making a big title.

http://i772.photobucket.com/albums/y...psdaf8e67a.jpg

Most times I don't add a title because it's not something I feel I need on every page (and, honestly, I just forget sometimes). Every now and then I may use a word art or a journal card as a title. For this page, I decided to use a font and mix up the colors a bit to make this fun and simple title.

I did a slightly different take on plaid and polka dots. When I saw Erica's calendar toppers the very first thing I thought of was Doctor Who and the 11th Doctor's bowtie... so of course... I had to make a "bowties are cool" page. I used Ru's Go, Plaid! {paper pack} to fill in the paper spots on the bowtie, and then for a fun spacey starry contrast I added the foil dots all over to create polka dots. My take is a little looser than just using one main plaid and polka dot together, but then I mix patterns like that all of the time. lol
http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/c...psd0c5cabb.jpg

If you are anything like me then you struggle with journaling on your page. The "journal using only word strips" is perfect for people like me. It takes the stress out of figuring out what to write on your page.
http://cdn.scrapbook.com/gallery/cac...slateWeb_1.jpg

Bumping so you don't miss the gorgeous layouts our Babes have been working on this week for our Bingo Challenges!!

love those layouts i would love to see one with the ioy color schema i am not pretty sure how to explain that challange mabey because of my langaus barrier

Wow, great inspiration here!

These are awesome. I just did a page for 'use an icy color scheme' (or how ever it is worded, already covered my square up with my layout) and I'm getting ready to start a second one. :)

These are a fantastic source of inspiration! I just want to leave work and go home and scrap!

Beautiful LO's ladies!!!!

I love seeing this inspiration! Thanks so much for sharing with us!

ohmygosh! You've hardly changed!

Great inspiration! I just made this one for the journal only with snippets challenge.

https://www.sweetshoppecommunity.com...ee_Spirit5.jpg

https://www.sweetshoppecommunity.com..._am_crafty.jpg

Another one just finished for the 30 buttons challenge.

Fabulous layouts, ladies!

Gorgeous layouts!

Since no one else has replied yet, I think it means a layout in wintery/icy colors like white, silver, gray, and maybe blue.

Just finished this one for the Polka Dots & Plaid

https://www.sweetshoppecommunity.com..._plaidsJPG.jpg

Love checking out all the inspiration in here! So fun to leave comments on these great layouts. :)

I have finished my first challenge Layout too....

https://www.sweetshoppecommunity.com...01_002_web.jpg

Can we all post our layouts here?

Yes! Please do! We want to see what you guys are doing with the challenges too! :)

Ooo Yay! Glad we can share too =)

Here's mine for my travel bucket list - I did a LO of places I want to go with my girls this year, and am including it in our digital PL album!

https://www.sweetshoppecommunity.com...t-2015&cat=500
https://www.sweetshoppecommunity.com...r-single73.jpg

And here is for the Combine Script & Sans Serif fonts in your journaling =)

https://www.sweetshoppecommunity.com...-night&cat=500
https://www.sweetshoppecommunity.com...opack15pg1.jpg

Thanks Lydia!

Here are some from me:
Challenge #4 - Use at least four 3x4 pocket cards on your page
https://www.sweetshoppecommunity.com...ngoJan4web.jpg

Challenge #14 - Flip a template
https://www.sweetshoppecommunity.com...goJan14web.jpg

Challenge #15 - Hello 2015!
https://www.sweetshoppecommunity.com...goJan15web.jpg

Challenge #1 - This Year I'm Going To...
https://www.sweetshoppecommunity.com...ngoJan1web.jpg

Challenge #9 - Zero embellishments (yes, we're serious)
https://www.sweetshoppecommunity.com...ngoJan9web.jpg

Challenge #21 - Polka Dots & Plaid
https://www.sweetshoppecommunity.com...goJan21web.jpg

Challenge #18 - Use at least 30 buttons on your page
https://www.sweetshoppecommunity.com...goJan18web.jpg

thanx you i had really no glue at all and i have that one in my pattern lol

Wow! Some amazing inspiration here!

This year I'm ....

https://www.sweetshoppecommunity.com...rFocus-700.jpg

Flip a template

https://www.sweetshoppecommunity.com...00_Boy-700.jpg

Use at least 3 cards

https://www.sweetshoppecommunity.com...25-boy&cat=500

This took me a couple days because I'm getting used to hybrid scrapping.

https://www.sweetshoppecommunity.com...ed-printed.jpg

Here are my other lay outs that I have done so far. Challenges are super fun!!

Hello 2015:
https://www.sweetshoppecommunity.com...lcome_2015.jpg

Icy colors:
https://www.sweetshoppecommunity.com...0/Magical6.jpg

4 3x4 journal cards:
https://www.sweetshoppecommunity.com...Traditions.jpg

1/3 title:
https://www.sweetshoppecommunity.com...79/Wishes6.jpg

Whats cooking:
https://www.sweetshoppecommunity.com...ts_Cooking.jpg

Sugar Babe scraplift:
https://www.sweetshoppecommunity.com...a/679/Sea1.jpg

You guys!! I am loving seeing all of your pages!! How cool is this? You chickies are seriously amazing! Thanks so much for showing us what you've been up to this week!

These are all amazing!

Flip A Template

https://www.sweetshoppecommunity.com...500/POR_01.jpg

beautiful layouts here.... Love looking at them all... such a great inspiration....
my last layout I did for the challenge didn't count because I couldn't read and rotated a template and didn't flip it *grin*

I've done a few so far...

Scrap a "bad' photo

https://www.sweetshoppecommunity.com...9/Me-James.jpg

"Broken crayons still colour"

https://www.sweetshoppecommunity.com...9/Holiday1.jpg

Sparkle & shine

https://www.sweetshoppecommunity.com...stmas-2014.jpg

Zero embellishments

https://www.sweetshoppecommunity.com...Snowy-Mtns.jpg

Take & scrap a family portrait

https://www.sweetshoppecommunity.com...verything6.jpg

Journal using only word strips

https://www.sweetshoppecommunity.com...ill-hungry.jpg

This last one I interpreted as journalling on strips... let me know if that's not what's meant by 'word strips' and I'll change it.

Big title

https://www.sweetshoppecommunity.com...uminations.jpg

Challenge #17- Journal Only Using Word Strips

https://www.sweetshoppecommunity.com...goJan17web.jpg

I have the next one finished.... A is for Alone

https://www.sweetshoppecommunity.com...01_004_web.jpg

January Bingo Challenge #13 - Your Travel Bucket List

https://www.sweetshoppecommunity.com...goJan13web.jpg

The zero elements challenge

https://www.sweetshoppecommunity.com...ium/010715.jpg

One more. Too cold to do anything but sit around, lol!

https://www.sweetshoppecommunity.com...dium/argh3.jpg

For the "Icy" color scheme square:

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-1...%2BWish_01.jpg

Challenge #8 - This Is Me

https://www.sweetshoppecommunity.com...ngoJan8web.jpg