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Monthly Challenges

March 2023 Challenge

March 2023 Challenge

Welcome to the March challenge at Pinkfresh Studio! You all created such amazing projects for last month's challenge, and we can't wait to see what you create this month! This challenge is for ALL papercrafters - including scrapbooking, cardmaking, minis, journals, notebooks & more!

If you haven't checked it out yet, we featured our Top 3 Cards & Layouts, plus the prize winners from the February challenge on yesterday's post! Who knows...maybe it will be YOU this month! You never know unless you play along! :)

March is all about Layers! 

We can't wait to see the ways you add layers on your projects! From paper or die cut layers, to floral ephemera and photo layers, to ink and stencil layers - there are so many possibilities!

The following ink shades are the best matches for the colors in the challenge: Coral Reef, Lemon Whip, Apricot, Sky Blue or Ocean Breeze, & Meadow or Olive.

As always you can use just the theme, just the colors, or use both for your projects! Here is some inspiration for you from our amazing team:

 

Angela Tombari

Emily Midgett

Nathalie DeSousa

Carissa Wiley

Anett Gelencsér

Debby van Diepen

Karlla Dauer

Andrea Moritz

Josefine van der Hoeven 

Karin Hoegger

Vicki Parker

Channin Pelletier

Sophie Delorme

PRIZES

One cardmaking entry and one memory-keeping entry will receive a $50 gift card to the Pinkfresh Studio Store! The two winners will be randomly selected based on these two categories.

Gift card winners: When winning a gift card, the amount of the gift card can be put towards any order in the Pinkfresh Studio online shop. Winning a gift card does not change order minimums if your location requires them or shipping costs. Please check our Shipping Rates page for all the info you need before entering a giveaway for a gift card code.

Now it's time for YOU to play along!

Rules:

  1. Create a new card, layout, journal/notebook page, mini album, DIY or any paper project using the challenge graphic posted above. While it is fine if you use a few items from other companies, the focus should be on Pinkfresh Studio product.
  2. Post your project to your personal blog, Instagram or online gallery. Please make sure you link back directly to the challenge.
  3. Add a direct link to your project using the InLinkz below.
  4. You may enter up to 3 new, never seen before projects into our challenge each month.
  5. Please make sure to leave a comment on this post! Feel free to tell us a couple details about your project, or mention some challenges you'd like to see in coming months.

Deadline:
Get your creations linked up by Tuesday, March 28th at 11:59pm CST. Winners & the Top 3 will be announced on Saturday, April 1st.

For even more inspiration and amazing projects, make sure to follow Pinkfresh Studio on all our social media sites!

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We want to see your projects on Instagram! Please add the hashtags #pinkfreshstudio & #pinkfreshchallenge, and tag @pinkfreshstudio to your uploads so we can see them too!

Happy crafting! We can't wait to see what you create! Please add the link to your creation below. It's come to our attention that the link list code isn't showing up in some browsers. You can also access and add your project at this link: 

CHALLENGE LINK LIST

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

33 comments

33. Mar 31, 2023

Lobed this challenge! Played with lots of layers.

Manasa Vavilapalli
32. Mar 30, 2023

Dropping another layout, using lots of layers.

Jael
31. Mar 30, 2023

This is my first time posting something in a challenge. I posted my scrapbook page on Instagram. I used the Spring Vibes collection. I love how it turned out. I chose pinks, blues, and greens mainly for my pallet and tried to do lots of layering. Thanks for a fun challenge!

Jenna Chapman
30. Mar 29, 2023

Thanks for these challenges! I LOVE interpretations of the challenge! I do love layers, but I do also need to have my pages fit in a page protector in my albums. ;-)

Cynthia Baldwin
29. Mar 28, 2023

Love having themes that aren’t limited to certain products, so everyone can enter. Layers was a good one with so many options, as seen in the beautiful projects made by the team!

Greta H
28. Mar 28, 2023

As always, great challenge! Love the inspiration from the Pinkfresh Team x

Claire Hawkins
27. Mar 27, 2023

Pulling out paper scraps is perfect for a layers challenge!

Michelle
26. Mar 27, 2023

Hi again – I made a third entry. I was inspired by a layout I saw on your blog and by a card we made in the February Create and Connect Event. Thanks so much for all you do!

Deborrah Cannizzaro
25. Mar 26, 2023

I love to layer all the things! Really enjoyed this one. I love to see creative ways of using supplies – especially things designed for cardmaking in scrapbooks.

Mel Davis
24. Mar 26, 2023

I love to layer all the things! Really enjoyed this one. I love to see creative ways of using supplies – especially things designed for cardmaking in scrapbooks.

Mel Davis
23. Mar 24, 2023

Hey. I had to repost one of mine, so my entries are Nos. 68 and 69.

using a lot of the March release items. I just love that spiral circle and the Happy for You set is fast becoming one of my favorites. I love the images and those beautiful sentiments with coordinating dies. The card has 7 layers – beginning with the scallop plate cover die and finishing with the sentiment popped up on the internal circle. I love the dimension! uses a lot of oldies but goodies, including the Daisy Chain cover plate, Ornate Circle die and the wonderful Butterflies Collection. I love embossing a stamped outline, then using the coordinating stencil to create beautiful colors.
Deborrah Cannizzaro
22. Mar 22, 2023

Oh my goodness! I forgot to leave a comment – I’ve played twice, I love all the new goodies I have been blessed with!
=]

Michele F
21. Mar 21, 2023

Oooohhh… layering stencils! I love Pinkfresh’s awesome layering stencils! I’m in for this month’s challenge :)

Megan N
20. Mar 21, 2023

I love layers! The more the better! Different textures too! Thanks for the challenge!

Debra Nielsen
19. Mar 17, 2023

I absolutely love the Detailed Leaf product suite. I used gold to hot foil the outline and then a pretty combination of orange and red Pinkfresh inks. The card base is ivory and I used 2 of the diagonal stitched rectangles to cut out another ivory panel and a brown striped paper. The sentiment is also from same set and stamped with Gathered Twigs ink. A striking card for any time of year. 💖

Vicki Davis
18. Mar 17, 2023

Love playing with layers and, of course, Pinkfresh products!!

Vickie Z
17. Mar 16, 2023

Layers are a challenge for me. I love the look of layers but I tend to be a clean and simple. This is fun!

Samantha Pfrimmer
16. Mar 15, 2023

First time playing along with a Pinkfresh Challenge. I LOVE to layer on my cards so that wasn’t much of a challenge for me but lets just say the color inspiration was definitely a challenge – not my typical go-to color palette!
I’d love to see a challenge using alphabet dies. I just used the Jeff dies for the first time today for another project and they are fast becoming my favorite alphabet dies.

Dee
15. Mar 14, 2023

My first time entering a Pinkfresh challenge! I hope it’s ok that I have 4 (similar) cards in one Instagram post. I’m going enter two more (groups of) cards when I get them posted.

Avra Williams
14. Mar 13, 2023

Love layouts with layers! Thanks for a great challenge.

MARCIA DEHN-NIX
13. Mar 13, 2023

Layers? I tried a scrapbook page, but I wasn’t happy, so I made a card and just love it. I always create with layers but creating with my PF items had me thinking. I kept thinking until it hit me, and then I couldn’t stop. I love the challenges, because I love PINK FRESH. Visit me at

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=594960649357570&set=a.423325999854370

Sherri Levinton Thompson
12. Mar 13, 2023

I love entering your monthly challenges. My entry is #29. It’s a mini slimline card and I used the diagonal stitched mini rectangles for the 2 bottom layers. I splattered gold paint on the rectangles before adding the foiled and stenciled butterflies. The sentiment is from one of the packs you sell. 💖

Vicki Davis
11. Mar 12, 2023

So excited to play along this month!

Terriann Wilkinson
10. Mar 11, 2023

Love playing with layers!! Great challenge!

Nicole Martel
9. Mar 09, 2023

Fun challenge, love layers!! Hoping to get another layout done!

Jael
8. Mar 09, 2023

I played along! Such a fun challenge!

Lacey Robin
7. Mar 08, 2023

Loved the tip about using bubble mailers to help with die cutting. Have been bringing out dies that I hadn’t been using because I couldn’t get clean cuts and have much better cuts now. It’s like getting new goodies!

Debbie D
6. Mar 07, 2023

I love using layers on my projects.

Natasha Polite
5. Mar 05, 2023

I always use layers on my cards. They’re more interesting with dimension. The stamp set I used was part of The Stamping Village birthday collaboration.

Pamela Schultz
4. Mar 05, 2023

Layers challenged me to make an inked layer from die cuts using stamping foam. And then why not emboss another layer and add a piece of vellum for good measure? Thanks for fun challenge!

SSchmidt
3. Mar 05, 2023

Love layers

Amberly Hoffman
2. Mar 05, 2023

Layers are fun, the same way “dimension is life” ;) Loving the spring colors too.

Andreea R.
1. Mar 05, 2023

Oh layers! As a clean and simple girl this should be a unique challenge.

Erin

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