19 Nov

Let the fun begin! (12 Days of Christmas)

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Today is the day! Tonight at 7pm (Australian Eastern DAYLIGHT savings time), the challenges will be released and you can start creating and getting entries.

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A reminder of the ways to get entries:

1.  By joining the crop party event, you get an entry into the giveaway draw.
2.  By creating a project (card, layout, OTP, something paper-y) inspired by the challenges, and uploading it to the event page, you’ll receive SIX entries into the giveaway draw. (Make sure you tell us which challenges you used!)
3.  By commenting on a project on the event page, you’ll receive an entry into the giveaway draw.

UPDATE: They do not need to be Christmas pages, unless you’re using challenge 12 (“Must be Xmas-y!”).

Remember: You need to have posted your projects to the EVENT PAGE by midnight, Saturday 6 December. (You should be able to add a post to the event page (this link is an image), you can also upload a picture here.)

Number two needs a little further explanation.

You’ll get six entries if you make a card using challenge one. But, you’ll get twelve entries, if you make a card using challenge one and challenge three. You can use as many challenges as you like and you’ll get six entires for each challenge used.

Not only that, but you can reuse challenges! Let’s say you’re really inspired by challenge eight. You make a layout, two different cards (not a set) and use it in your December Daily. You’ll get twenty-four entries for those four projects.

Imagine the possibilities!

In the week since the last blog post, we’ve been figuring out bonus prizes to give away. So there are some special prizes that you’ll need to work for, but these prizes are still in development, so we can’t entirely share them. How do you get them?

One of the prizes will be given to the person with the most entries. One will be given to the person who used the most challenges on one project. Another will be given to the person who creates the most projects.

If you miss the crop, don’t forget to check back here at about 8.30pm Australian Eastern Daylight Time — we’ll update this post with all the challenges!

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12 Nov

12 Days of Christmas! (Blog Hop & Crop Party)

We’ve been pretty quiet lately. Who can blame us with two amazing classes running at the moment: Flashy Cards Fast! and Fun & Funky Christmas. But that’s not what we’re talking about today.

Let’s talk about the Christmas celebrations!

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We’ve joined together with a multitude of business (as seen in the picture at the very top of this post) to give YOU a little Christmas cheer. Each business has put together TWO giveaway prizes just for you.

That’s TWENTY FOUR prizes in total.

We’ve got some of the prizes displayed below.

I guess the question is, how do you win one of these amazing gifts?

It’s really easy.

1.  By joining the crop party event, you get an entry into the giveaway draw.
2.  When the crop opens next week Wednesday, by creating a project (card, layout, OTP, something paper-y) inspired by the challenges, and uploading it to the event page, you’ll receive SIX entries into the giveaway draw.
3.  By commenting on a project on the event page, you’ll receive an entry into the giveaway draw.

Simple, right? We’re honestly trying to help you get your Christmas crafting done. =)

(Unfortunately FB have changed their giveaway/competition rules and we can no longer ask you to like pages–which honestly would have been easier.)

And what’s this about a blog hop?

WELL, we’re glad you asked! Starting on Monday 8 December, each of the giveaway suppliers (what would you call them? I can’t think of a better term) will be posting a creative project on their blog. And on the same day, here on our blog, we’ll be announcing the winners of their giveaway.

I hope that’s clear. I’ve been thinking about this for months now, that sometimes details get missed when I try to explain it. So if you have any questions, don’t hesitate to comment below.

P.S. We know that the 12 days of Christmas is actually AFTER Christmas, but we really like the idea of 12 days. Please forgive us!

08 Oct

Give us a smile! [layout share]

Hi everyone! It’s Tarrah here with you today posting my first post as part of the Papercut Labs Blogging Team!

I am so excited to be here!! So I thought I would start off by sharing a layout with you all. I was totally blown away by Jen Hall’s beautiful projects and all her wonderful techniques she shared in her ‘Colour Series’ classes held right here at Papercut Labs. I was super inspired by Jen’s  ‘Water’ class and her Stamp’ class that I wanted to have a play straight away.

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I created a collage of pictures above of the creating process. I used Heidi Swapp Color Shine for my watercolour and misting techniques.

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I used a mixture of different brands of stamps and inks including stamps by Darkroom Door, Kaisercraft and Pink Paislee, while the inks I used were Heidi Swapp, Staz-On and Versacolour.

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I used some of the 6 x 6 paper pad papers from the bright Heidi Swapp ‘Favorite Things’ collection. I also added some washi tape, thread, a flair, enamel dots and wood veneer to give so more texture.

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I almost always use a doily and/or a pocket/bag for extra layering on my layouts. I love the dimension they give.

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I don’t use mediums and stamps very often on my layouts (I’m too impatient lol!) but I just love it when I do!  Thank you so much Jen for sharing your amazing talent with us in those wonderful classes.

And thank you so much for stopping by the Papercut Labs blog. I will be back really soon, but until next time: happy creating.

Tarrah x