My July Challenge Examples and a Giveaway!

Hello, everyone! Today I am uploading my examples for the challenges I host on scrapbook.com; The Darker Side Challenge, which I've been hosting for a few months now, and the Steampunk Challenge, which debuting this month! Each month I give a new topic for the participants to base their projects and I always post an example for them to see. I will be posting my examples here at the beginning of each month as well. This will also be the first month that I offer RAK's (random acts of kindness/prizes) in my challenges! Enjoy!

Cemetary Gates layout. This is my example for my The Darker Side Challenge. The topic for July is Your Favorite Song. As you can guess, mine is Cemetary Gates by Pantera. The photo was taken in a beautiful old graveyard. I used Stickles in Christmas Red and Black Diamond to trace many of the elements and I used a Tim Holtz crow stamp. I used my cricut to cut the scroll work in the middle and for the title.

Close-up of the center. The colors look better in the top photo.

Dance Like There's Nobody Watching layout. This is for my first official Steampunk Challenge. The topic is Music. I printed a vintage photo, cut the woman out, colored her clothes with Watermelon alcohol ink, and gave her boots, a belt, and a real tutu! The frame and grears were embossed with Ranger Gold Embossing Powder. The music paper is from Tim Holtz's Lost and Found paper pack.

A close-up of the woman in the red tutu!

Some big news (at least for me)!!! I wanted to have my first giveaway here at my blog to celebrate my birthday coming July 8! I've decided to have a giveaway at least once a month to give my blog a more festive feel! lol! The winner will be chosen on my birthday! So everyone has a week to participate!

The rules for the giveaway are simple. Leave a comment and I'll enter you in a drawing for a prize. If you're a follower or become a follower, let me know in your comment, and I'll enter your name twice! The picture below is the prize I'll be sending to one lucky winner!

Included: Paislee Papers, Recollections Papers, a set of Thickers, among other treats!