SPRING CHALLENGE WEEK 14: Summer is Here!

Summer Is Here! And it is our last challenge. Have you stayed caught up? Are you playing catch-up to get ready to submit your projects to Keepsakes so we can get you your prize? Sure hope so! Now that it is officially summer, lets get some projects that reflect the warm, long days of sunshine and lemonade, of children running through the sprinklers and families camping! Go to town on this one people!

SPRING CHALLENGE WEEK 13: Three's Company

Your challenge this week is to...

Combine Products From at Least Three Companies

Come and see how well so many lines coordinate with products from a completely different manufacturer. Pick at least three and take them home to do a little something special for us! Be creative! Be inspired! Have fun! Make something unique!

SPRING CHALLENGE WEEK 12: Prolific Poetry

A Rose By Any Other Name... would smell just as sweet. Let poetry inspire your card, page or other project. Use the poem or series of poems for your journaling, or just as a jumping off point. Put a little punch of romance and sweetness with a classic Shakespeare poem, or try a funny children's poem from Shel Silverstein to narrate that great photo of your child or grandchild! Or better yet, use a poem you wrote!

SPRING CHALLENGE WEEK 11: Clearly Colorful!

Your challenge for this week is to...

COLOR A PREPRINTED TRANSPARENCY!

Get out your pens and paints, maybe even a few stamps and some ink and go to town on a pre-printed transparency. We've got a ton of them in stock just waiting for you to work some colorful magic to enhance your pages, cards and other projects! Check out transparencies from Hambly, Creative Imaginations, Fancy Pants and others! What fun!

SPRING CHALLENGE WEEK 10: Dream Vacation

Vacation season is upon us. Are you going on your dream vacation? Did you already go on it? Maybe you don't get to do it this year, but you still have a dream vacation to look forward to in the future! Do a project that reflects this dream (whether it has come true or not!).

Here are a couple pages from DT member Elizabeth's album from her dream trip to Alaska a few years ago!

SPRING CHALLENGE WEEK 9: Flower Power!

We're looking forward to a season of wonderful flowers - from sweet peas to roses to paintbrushes and sun flowers. Now is the time to put them on your pages! You know what that means... this week's challenge is to:

Go flower crazy!

We've got flowers from Prima, Bazzil, Bo Bunny, Imaginisce, and other manufacturers! Grab a bunch and put them on your project! Or use one of our many flower punches and make your own! Alter them with ink, glitter, paint, whatever you'd like! Enjoy the flowers and share them with all of us!

Don't forget that you get a 15% discount on the flowers you buy for this challenge - all you have to do is let us know which challenge you're working on! And remember to leave a link in the comments so we can all praise the great work you've done with your flower power!

SPRING CHALLENGE WEEK 8: Class Act

Have you taken a class at Keepsakes? If so, thank you! We hope you enjoyed it. If not, check us out! We've got a variety of fun classes, projects and teachers for you to pick from. Whether you've taken a class with us or not, please join us in this week's challenge! Your challenge is to...

Think of a class you've taken, whether scrapbooking/crafting related or from your formal education and use it as an inspiration for a project.

Don't forget to post a link in the comments so we can see your work and be inspired by you! Let us know which class inspired you, too... knowing the back story is part of the fun!

SPRING CHALLENGE WEEK 7: Mother of Mine

How does your mom inspire you? We've all got a mother. She's got her strengths, and probably her weaknesses. She gave us life, and probably oh so much more! Your challenge for this week is to

Make a card, page or other project expressing how you feel about your mother!

Don't forget to link in the comments so we can all appreciate your mother, just in time for Mother's Day!

SPRING CHALLENGE WEEK 6: Magazine Mania!

Here's your challenge for the week...

Head to Keepsakes and check out the many inspiring magazines. Choose one full of ideas and projects you like! Then relax as you settle in at home with a nice cup of coffee, flip through it, and get inspired. Then, take it a step further and act on that inspiration by making a project inspired by the magazine. When you link it to the blog, be sure to let us know what magaizne and what page inspired you! We can't wait to see what you liked!

SPRING CHALLENGE WEEK 5: Back to the Future!

This week's challenge is all about the future. Are you inspired by what is yet to come? Excited? A little nervious? Maybe down right terrified? Your challenge is to

Create a layout, card, ATC, or project about the future!

Make a prediction, record what you're looking forward to in your child's growing experiences. Create a mini album to fill in as your children grow through their school years. Anything goes! Then, share it with us so we can contemplate the future too!

Don't forget to mention this challenge to receive 15% off the materials you buy to complete this project! And don't forget to leave a link in the comments so we can see what lies in your future!

Here is a layout by DT member Elizabeth Wickland to give you a little inspiration.

SPRING CHALLENGE WEEK 4: Inkadinkado It!

The challenge for this week is to....

Use an acrylic stamp by Inkadinkado!

Inkadinkado has some fabulous stamps and we've got a great supply of these at the store! Stamp a card! Branch out and stamp on a layout! Alter a birdhouse or other little item! Show us what you can do with these babies! Remember, if you buy a stamp set for this challenge, you can get a 15% discount on it! If you've wanted to give them a try, this challenge is the perfect incentive!

Don't forget to leave a link in the comments of this post to show us what you've done!

SPRING CHALLENGE WEEK 3: dissapointment

A Dissapointment... Now we all have them, whether its the great sweater that accidentally went through the dryer and shrunk or the relationship that crumbled before our eyes. Maybe its a dream that did not come true. Whatever it is, it is part of the fabric that makes up your life. Put it in a page, mini album, ATC, card or altered item and let the world know that your tapestry of life is full of experiences!

Don't forget to leave a link in the comments of this post to show us what you've done!

SPRING CHALLENGE WEEK 2: Pick a tool, any tool!

This weeks challenge is an easy one!

Use one tool you bought at Keepsakes
or buy a new one and show us what it does!

For this challenge you need to pick a tool - as simple as a punch or stamp, as new fangled as the Zutter and make a project with it. Come on, you can do it. In my stash of tools I've got: the Basic Grey distress tools, a Heidi Swapp distress tool, punches of all sorts and sizes, a circle cutter, a xyron machine, a glass mat for use with various cutting machines, a hot air gun for embossing, altered edged scissors, an eyelett setter, and the list could go on an on! Get the idea? Pick one you have and put it to good use!

Don't forget to leave a link in the comments of this post to show us what you've done!

Spring Challenge Inspiration....

Don't forget about our Spring Challenges at Keepsakes By Design! Our first challenge was posted last week and a new one will go up tomorrow! If you missed the first week, don't worry! It's easy to get caught up and get in on the fun! Susan Beth has provided us with some inspiration for the first challenge. Here is her Spring layout:

New SPRING Challenges!

Don't forget that tomorrow is the last day to turn in an entry for the March challenge! With the end of our March challenge, we will be starting a new challenge series for Spring! Here are the details...

Join us in a 14 week long challenge series. All you have to do is make a paper craft project once a week using the prompt we will provide on this blog. Post it to an online gallery (such as twopeasinabucket or your own blog) and then leave a comment on this blog and link us to your post - we'd love to see what you made! Save your projects, because for those who complete all 14 weeks and bring their completed set of projects to Keepsakes by Design by June 30th to put on display we will have a special prize package. Also, just to get you going on this, you get 15% off any products you buy at Keepsakes by Design for use in your challenge projects - be sure to let us know which challenge you are purchasing for and what your project is going to be. We love hearing about all your beautiful crafting adventures!

Our first challenge is... The Signs of Spring!

Yesterday Spring arrived in Bozeman wrapped in a thick white blanket. Take the time to think about or even get out and see some of the signs of spring. It make take a little hunting for some of you. Or, it may be something so obvious we almost take it for granted. You may see Spring's arrival in nature, or in your mail box, or on your calendar, or in a certain product you can now find in the store. This weeks challenge is to tell us how and where you see "A Sign of Spring." We can't wait to see your projects!