We have a winner!  Congratulations to Zarinah, who will be receiving some TPE papers and rub-ons very soon.  (If you’re curious, I use the random number generator at Random.org to choose the winner.  Kind of fun.)
Watch the blog for a new challenge on Saturday, when we’ll start the December drawing rounds.  It’s such fun seeing [...]

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My challenge is to create different edges for your borders. There are lots of ways to edge your borders - distress them, ink them, paint them, use decorative scissors, add glitter…. The sky’s the limit.
In my layout, I inked and distressed the edges of the patterned paper matting the photo, and also trimmed them with [...]

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The mid-week challenge comes from our guest design team member, Rita Shimniok.  (Check out the gorgeous layout below!)  Remember, you have until the end of the month to complete the challenges, and each completed challenge gives you one entry into the monthly drawing for some great Paper Element products!

November is a month to reflect on [...]

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I love the way borders around your photos draw the observer’s eye to your photo.  There are so many ways to create unique borders….you can use buttons, ribbon, paper, etc.  In my layout, I used a bead of stickles .25″ in from the outside of the photo.  Your challenge is to make a layout using the most creative border you [...]

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* Challenges can be completed anytime before the last day of the month that they’ve been posted.
* Post a comment to the challenge with a link to the image of your project. That’s all you have to do to enter!
* We’ll do the drawing on the first of each month and post the [...]

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