January challenge

 Another year has passed us by and we start 2026.

Welcome back to Archiscraps and hope to see you join in more this year.

Our challenge for January is based on this picture.

I took it in Porta Vallarta on my recent travels. It was on top of an old church bell tower.

Your challenge is to USE A CROWN

The crown can be in your photo or added to your layout and card in some way.

Here are a few of my ideas.

Our winner for December is

The prize for January is a handy selection of embellishments.

Now here are our DT ideas.

                                                                 JULENE

                                                                  TRISH

                                                                       VICTORIA

                                                                        BUFFY

                                                           

                                                                 DALE

                                                           MITZI

December Challenge

 Our December challenge is to put a fancy border around your work.

Use a bordered paper or chipboard etc to centre your photo. Make it as attractive as you want. Must be totally surrounding centre picture or whatever (stamp, decoration etc)

Here's some ideas.

Our winner for November is Heather

The December Prize this frame. plus some other scrapping items.

It can be cleverly roken up into several components Each butterfly and leaf separately as well as the circular swirl.

                                            Here are our Design Team examples.

                                                        Julene

                                                             Trish

                                                                        Victoria

                                                                     Buffy

November Challenge

 Our theme for November is distressing.

That means you can use any type of distressing to make your layout look old or worn.

  It doesn't have to be a door!

You can used crumpled paper, tea bag stains,coffee cup marks, tearing,inking, tissue paper, blobs of gesso, corrugated cardboard, paint.  Basically, anything to make your work look worn or damaged.

Our prize this month is from me. It's a Christmas bundle.

Now here's ideas from the Design Team

                                                         VICTORIA

                                                              DALE

                                                                  JULENE

                                                                      TRISH

                                                                      BUFFY

Again, it can be a card, AST, layout, bookmark, canvas etc

Our prize for November is this Christmas card making kit.

Our winner for October is Emma Fleming. Congratulations! 

October Challenge

 The October challenge at Archiscraps this month is stained glass paper piecing.

Don't be discouraged! It is easier than it looks.

If you have a cut file you have already probably used it.

We are sponsored for October by Dusty Attic chipboard.

I would like to thank Jennifer Hedger for sponsoring us yet again!

Our winner for SEptember is

Now here's the DT ideas for Stained glass

JULENE

                                                                             VICTORIA

One of the Tiffany stained glass domes at the Chicago Cultural Centre.
My paper piecing is in the four corners, the rest of my page is all done with stencils, stitching and beading

TRISH

An ATC

                                                                     BUFFY

                                                  A card using outlined leaves.

                                                                  DALE

You can even buy stained glass templates!

I found these examples on Pinterest.

September Challenge

 

The challenge for September is obvious! 

Include a tortoise or turtle somewhere on your layout or card.

It can be in the photos or on the card/paper/embellishments.

Our sponsor for September is Artstacks.

Now here's the DT examples.

                                                                        JULENE

                                                                             DALE

                                                                VICTORIA

BUFFY

                                                                           TRISH

                                           top left corner 

This is an easy one, so why not join in the fun.

Our winner for August is Emma