Sketch Challenge! :)

Good morning paper lovers! :) What a great bunch of summer projects posted last week! I had so much fun blog hopping through the links and being inspired by all the sunny, beachy, and patriotic themes. I have been wanting to do a sketch challenge for a while, so am excited for this week's reveal! :)

But before we get to that, I have to tell you how much I love the girls on my Team B team! These are a great group of creative and kind ladies that not only provide inspiration here at The Paper Variety, for me, and for all of you - but have become wonderful friends! This is their final challenge as TPV dt members, but I don't want this to be the last you see of them ;) Please take a moment to go to their personal blogs (if you haven't already!) and follow them. I know I will be.

And a special shout out to Patti who has helped us SO much in contacting new sponsors and doing a lot of the legwork it takes to bring you great prizes EVERY week at The Paper Variety. Thank you Patti!!!

~The Challenge!~

This sketch comes from one of my favorite sketch sources, Page Maps! You can find this gem in their June 2011 maps.

~The Sponsor~

Our prize this week is Artful Delight's JULY kit !! Come back Friday to hear about what's in this awesome kit and more about Leanne's website!

~The Design Team Inspiration~

Jan

Jan said, "I stayed true to the sketch for this challenge even though I prefer scrapping in an 8.5x11" format. I love this Echo Park line and used both papers and chipboard stickers from the set."

Mindy

Mindy said, "I'm sad that this is my last challenge here at TPV, but I have enjoyed my time so very much! For this layout seeing that I scrap 8x8 it was a bit hard for me to get 4 photos so I changed mine up a bit! I was so proud of myself for actually pulling out my cricut to make my owl & trees :D"

Patti

Patti said, "I flipped the sketch and used some non-traditional Christmas colors to scrap these photos of my great niece, Lilyanna, taken on Christmas Eve. :)"

Tessa

Tessa said, "I went to fill in my calendar for July and didn't have any due dates for TPV :(. I hope to play along and will always be a HUGE fan of TPV! Thank you for a wonderful opportunity!"

Melissa

Melissa said, "I've had these photos of my sweet nieces for quite awhile, and this versatile sketch proved to be just perfect for them."

Suzanne

These are photos of our anniversary trip to San Francisco last November. We took a ferry boat ride to Alcatraz. It was SO interesting. This is the first of MANY photos/layouts of our tour.

We can't wait to see your takes on this week's challenge!

In addition to a layout you can also make a card or other paper project as long as you incorporate similar elements/design of the sketch.

Reminder:

Although we don't want to "disqualify" anyone from our challenges and love to see a variety of projects - please make sure you are following our guidelines to be fair to all who enter. One entry per person, please.

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Our prize this week is an awesome kit from Artful Delight, you don't want to miss out on the chance to win it! :) Link up before Tuesday at noon!

Have a great day :)

-Suzanne

Summer Challenge Winner!

Summer summer everywhere!
What great fun we had admiring all of your beautiful
summer projects!
Thanks so much for joining us again!

This week's random winner has won her choice of any available

past kit at Inspired to Scrap! Isn't is awesome to PICK YOUR PRIZE!?

Love it! PLUS she's won a free Inspired to Scrap class! :)

Thanks so much, 

Inspired to Scrap

for generously sponsoring The Paper Variety this week!

Our super lucky winner is.... 

 Congratulation Amy!

Amy was also one of our Spotlights this week, 

so it's a doubly special week for her on TPV! :)

What a beautiful card!!

Please email us at thepapervariety@gmail.com

with your full name and email address and we'll

get your prize set up with Inspired to Scrap right away!

Also, here's a special blinky for your blog! :)

*code is located on the sidebar*

Suzanne returns tomorrow with a sketch challenge and

we welcome back a most fabulous sponsor!
Incredible prize! Don't miss it! :)

Our new TPV Design Team 
(for Jul-Dec)
has been chosen and contacted!
We chose a variety of 10 new fabulously talented ladies
and we're so excited that each one has accepted our
invitation! Be sure to join us next week when we announce
all ten and introduce you to their talents!
A BIG THANK YOU to ALL who applied!!

Also!
Don't forget to check out our new

TPV Facebook page

for a chance to win some

Cosmo Cricket goodies!

Winner will be posted on facebook tomorrow morning! :)

Have a great evening!
-Abby

Spotlights! And announcements :)

Before we get to our spotlight features, I'm excited to tell you..

The Paper Variety

is now on Facebook!

I invite you all to "like" TPV and I really hope you will for

a few reasons. We will be posting all of our challenges there as

well as on our blog, so you won't miss any information about

our weekly challenges! Also, occasionally we will host

giveaways for Facebook fans only - who doesn't

love giveaways!? There's another important reason but we

will announce it very soon! So be sure not to miss out!

Click here to "like" us on Facebook

and invite your friends :)

*Or see the side bar for link also*
*hint, remember I mentioned giveaways?
Ya might wanna check out our FB page right now ;)*


Now, on to our features!
Our challenge this week is to create a paper project

including a summer theme. With so many summer activities,
it's so nice to see such a variety of projects!
SO MANY great projects to choose from! You all really
make it difficult to choose every week! I invited Mel from
Team B to help me out! :)

Anna

So many fun colors and embellishments!

Anita

LOVE this card, Anita!

Megan

This 2pager screams SUMMER FUN! :)

Amy

Ahhhhh.. a relaxing summer

Kelly

Weeeee!! Love summer carnivals!!

Congratulations 
Anna, Anita, Megan,
Amy & Kelly!

Here is a special blinky to display on your blogs :)

* See the sidebar for code *

There's still time to enter this week's challenge!

Join us by creating a paper project with a summer theme
for a chance to win ANY available past kit from
Inspired to Scrap
and ALSO a free Inspired to Scrap class! :)

All summer theme entries are due Tuesday by noon est!
Click here for all the challenge details and to

link up your project :)

Our DT call concluded this past Friday and we are
so thankful to all of you who expressed desire to join TPV!
We received almost 50 apps and we could only choose TEN!
Lemme tell ya - it wasn't easy!!
We've chosen a variety of designers who we feel will
best represent TPV and we're so excited to invite them
to the team!

Have a wonderful week!

Abby

Meet Our Sponsor!

It's Friday and it's time to introduce you to our wonderful sponsor, 

Stacey from Inspired to Scrap!!

Hello and welcome to Inspired to Scrap (www.inspiredtoscrap.net) where we offer online classes and scrapbooking kits. We also have an active forum and gallery to keep you inspired to scrapbook and complete more pages. Each month, we offer either a class or a kit to keep the ideas flowing and provide even more inspiration.

We are excited to sponsor The Paper Variety this week and want to give one person the chance to win one of our **kits** as well as a **free class**. The winner can choose any of our available past kits and the free class will take place in August (unless you want to jump into our current class- “Inspired by Sketches-3” going on right now!)

Thanks so much for visiting our site and I look forward to being inspired by all of the pages and projects from The Paper Variety’s readers!

Be Inspired!

Stacey Lokovic

www.inspiredtoscrap.net

~Scrapbooking Classes and Kits~

Visit us on Facebook

You could win a kit from Inspired to Scrap just by

entering this week's TPV challenge!

Click here to enter your project!

We've invited the Inspired to Scrap design team to share 

some summer theme layouts they created using 

Inspired to Scrap kits :)

Here are two beautiful projects from Carol and Angie! :)

Carol

Angie

Thanks so much Carol and Angie for sharing your projects!

Don't forget

Our design team call ends tonight at midnight est! 

We've received many wonderful apps so far :)

Thank you!

Click here for information and to apply!

We will contact chosen designers on Monday June 27th.

Be sure to join us again on Sunday for 

Spotlight night!

Have a great weekend!

Abby

It's Summer!! :)

Before we get to this week's challenge, I'd just like to take a moment to mention a couple things.

This week and next will be the last for our current design team. :( Suzanne and I are going to miss these incredibly talented artists being on the TPV team. The past 6 months with these 12 ladies have been both fun and a learning experience. We've shared so many styles and techniques and we've met some truly great people. Please be sure to visit their blogs and join Suzanne and I as we wish them all the best with their future endeavors.

Our current design team call ends this Friday at midnight. Those who we've chosen for the next DT term will be contacted on Monday the 27th. We're seeking a variety of paper crafters; beginners and longtime crafters, simple scrappers and elaborate. We've received many apps already - thank you so much - but we'd love to get more. We love getting mail! lol See here for all the details! Give TPV a try :)

~Challenge~

It's official! Summer has begun!!

Woohoo!

Most of us have already started our summer activities - vacations, swimming, BBQs, amusement parks, backyard sprinklers, summer camp, lemonade stands, yard sales, the beach etc. Surely you all have some great summer fun pictures just waiting to be scrapped! Or maybe you need to make some invites for your weekend BBQ? This week's challenge is all about SUMMER and what we love to do in this super fun and hot season!

~Sponsor~

We have a NEW sponsor this week! We welcome

Inspired to Scrap Kits & Classes!

Please join us Friday when we share more about this great company!

~Prize~

Inspired to Scrap is kindly donating to the winner of this week's challenge your choice of ANY one of their available past kits! You can choose a kit from a few months back, or the current May/June kit! The winner will ALSO receive a FREE class! You can choose their class going on right now, or wait until their August class - your choice! What a fabulous prize!

~Inspiration~

Check out these AWESOME summer examples from our Design Team. These are the last projects from Team A, so please hop on over to their blogs and leave them some love and well wishes. :)

Theresa

For the summer challenge, I knew I would use beach pictures. We spend so much time at the beach it is like our second home. This layout features my great niece and nephew, along with my grandson Dax building a sandcastle.

Yara

More than a collection of photos ranging from June to August, summer represents fun activities like travel, vacation, pool and going to the beach. Here, I am sharing some photos of my son playing at the beach's sand.

Amy

There's no shortness of "SUMMER" pictures now that the sun is out in full force here in Virginia! These pics are from my sons recent Field Day. I drew inspiration for this project from a layout on another blog. Visit my blog to see the original and how I made this layout my own!

April

This is a picture my hubby took of me at the beach a couple of years ago. I thought it was a really great shot and wanted to be sure to scrap it since I don't scrap very many pictures of myself. I'm hoping to do more though, and since I really love how the page turned out, maybe it'll inspire me! ;)

Marilyn

Suzy

For the SUMMER challenge, this is my favorite photos of my daughter this was taken last Summer when she got her first Cowboys (I should get The Pats next time! lol) helmet and pants (without the jersey!) we got them on sale at the fundraising at her school, she was so happy and as soon as we got home she can't wait to try them on and play with her tiny softee plush football :)

Abby

My son is type1 diabetic and went to diabetes camp last summer, his first camping experience and first time away from home. I was miserable at home missing him but he loved every minute! I used the October Afternoon "Campfire" collection :)

Now it's your turn!

Join us by creating a paper project with a summer theme and enter it below :) Submit your entry before Sunday evening for a chance at our weekly Spotlight! Submit your entry by noon on Tuesday to be in the random drawing for the fantastic prize from

Inspired to Scrap!

Have a great week! :)

Abby

Winner!

Sorry I'm late posting this, friends :)

Without further wait -- the winner of this week's challenge:

For a chance to win this alpha prize from Dana:

Is:

~Random.Org chose number 10 but is not cooperating in adding the picture~

Lucky # 10 was... Jessica's super cute twisted easel Father's Day Card!

I really need to try one of these!!

Congratulations, Jessica!

Also, here's a special blinky for your blog! :)

*code is located on the sidebar*

You can check out this week's challenge right HERE.

Hope you'll join us!!

-Suzanne