November Challenge

November challenge time!!!  This one was a fun one and truly challenging.  So how many of you are addicted to buying holiday paper?  And how many holiday layouts do you do each year?  Do you see where I’m going here?  I love buying holiday paper!!!  But then when it comes time to scrap certain holiday pictures sometimes I use the holiday paper and sometimes I feel that the pictures would work better with something else.  So I have a large excess of holiday paper and need to start using more of it up so I can justify buying the new holiday paper when it comes out. So our challenge to you this month is to use holiday paper for a non-holiday layout!!  The types of holidays include but are not limited to Halloween, Christmas, and Easter.  I realize 2 of the 3 of these are Christian holidays as these are the holidays that I celebrate however if you have excess holiday paper for whatever holiday you celebrate, by all means submit a layout!!!   And to make this a tad harder on ya, try to stay away from Valentine's paper.  It’s just too easy to use hearts on non Valentine’s Day layouts. And of course, the older the paper is, the better.  =)

And to inspire you, here are the Design Team's first submissions. They really did a great job, didn't they? Fabulous!!!!  

Lynnda 

isn't this just the cutest layout?? i love how she used the stars and snowflakes and those super cute saying strips... she used Collage Press Joyride papers. =)

Karen

I love how she made a wreath out of those circles and sewed them all together..Fabulous.  and well, the baby is just so cute..

Lena

love, love what she did with the stars. She made those stars out of different Christmas papers by sewing strips of paper together and then cutting out the shapes. the colors are awesome. the photo on here is actually a picture of a painting she did. isn't that amazing???

Yara

she really knows how to use the mist, doesn't she???? it just pops off the page. I love this. she used some older Basic Grey Blitzen papers from 2005. 

Sue
the colors on this one is awesome. I love the use of the cardinals and the title. she used some Making Memories Mistletoe line for these fab pictures. love the color on the recent pic and b/w on the older pics.

Deb
oooh. these are some of my favorite papers from October Afternoon's Very Merry. soooooooo cute!!! isn't that an awesome photo? i love that title. cute, cute!!! 

Kate
the contrast on this one is so striking. love the red on the black paper. Kate used some peppermint stick paper and all those cute masking tapes. love!!!!!!! 

Cari
isn't the title fun???? Cari created 3 layouts for this challenge. the first one she didn't like, so she started over. I gave her this title bling and she used that as the starting point for this fun picture of her daughter. she used some Fancy Pants trick or treat papers, some doodlebug and other halloween scraps. 

Theresa
I used some Basic Grey Wassail papers, and Tim Holtz grungeboard that I embossed, and I used distress ink and perfect pearls on it. I think my fav item is the little jingle bell hanging from the Deer's neck. =)

Lea

well, I think she gets the vote for most risque title. =)  i love how she used the Halloween paper with those cute pictures of Gavin. the layout is definitely a little Batty!!! heehee.

This months prize is...........

Fancy Pants Goodies.. yippie!!! 
You will get this awesome 12x12 stamp set call In My Words. 

And......... this awesome Fancy Pants paper collection called Celebrate and a cute rub on. and..... there may be some surprise Fancy Pants goodies added before it makes its way to the lucky person who submits their layout. =)

To be eligible for the prize, you must submit your creation by 9pm EST on November 30th. Show us what you can do with your holiday paper. 

This month we are trying a new submission tool. I'd like to know what everyone thinks? If it's a hit, we will keep using it.

Be sure to add your link at the top of blog to be entered into the drawing for the prize.