connect and create challenges

NSD Recipe Challenge: Read Between the Lines My ingredients: Something that anchors your page A pair of moments you want to remember A layer that adds softness or depth A mix of patterns that play well together Small touches that add texture or shine and Connect & Create: May 2026 On repeat –...

Pop Culture + Play with transparency & opacity

Mom + Mirror your elements or photos

Connect & Create May '26: In motion - cut photo in multiple pieces

Radiate + Use a photo in the background of your page and scrap on top of it

Nostalgia + Use arrows, dots or lines to direct attention

Down to Earth + Only use photos of hands, feet, smiles...

Graduate + Polaroids

Origin + Design your page along a flowing line

Details + Use at least 5 photos with creative captioning

Found + Speech bubbles

On Repeat + Monochromatic

Alive + One template/two ways

In Motion + One template/two ways

Connect and Create Obsessed - - One Temp 2 ways

in the moment + use a colorized black and white photo

I have been saving these photos for MONTHS for just the right template set. I made sure to stage some photos so I would have something fun to scrap when I needed inspiration. Plus I just really like this Fallout kit

Created for May Connect and Create: Graduate/Mirror your photos or embellishments

Connect & Create: May 2026 Nostalgia + Only Use Photos of Hands, Feet, Smiles or Other Partial Body Shots

in the news + create a cascade of elements spilling down your page

hunt + 4 or more pocket cards

Technically, the two Earth Day pages aren't a double page spread; they're actually back to back. No one is surprised that I needed two pages to tell this story though ;)

Technically, the two Earth Day pages aren't a double page spread; they're actually back to back. No one is surprised that I needed two pages to tell this story though ;)

unplug + stitched together

Layout for Apr26 Connect and Create Surprise Portrait photography Kit: treed-storyfoundations-brighterdays

Layout for Apr26 Connect and Create In the Moment - Photobooth style photostrips Kit: WendyP-ayi_atw_inthesky

Layout for Apr26 Connect and Create Chasing Use a colorized black and white photo Kit: treed-storyfoundations-brighterdays treed-storyfoundations-faves ck-soco_daybreak

Layout for Apr26 Connect and Create Little Things Bunnies, butterflies or bees Template: Soco_SimplyCleanNo1 Kit: Soco_Awakening

daydream + portrait photography

surprise + divide your page into 4 and scrap something unique in each quadrant

Connect & Create April '26: Sprinkle - stitched together

capture + photo booth style photo strips

Connect & Create April '26: Reboot - nature inspired textures

Connect & Create April '26: Daydream - portrait

like how my dog makes hearts with her paws for c&c simple and prominent punctuation

little things + mix and match textures from nature

For April 2026 Connect and Create - Surprise + 4 or more pocket cards