March Blog Challenge!

With February being a shorter month, March almost always sneaks up on me, but this year it was even more so than usual.  The weather has turned warmer (it was 80+ degrees yesterday) so we're spending more and more time outside and with the doors and windows open.

It's kinda strange, but my scrapping slumps every year in January and February but almost always gets rejuvenated in March.  Perhaps it's that my life gets a taste of spring and so does my creativity.  Maybe it's that I feel so guilty about "slacking" for two months that I just start back up.  Whatever the reason, I'm always grateful when my mojo returns and I'm back in my digi-scrap groove!  Is your scrapping seasonal?  Do you have times of the year that are slower or more inspired?  

No matter if you're newly invigorated or still in the midst of winter doldrums, the March template is sure to get you scrapping.  When I first looked at it, I had several ideas of what I wanted to do.  Once I did some photo editing, I finally settled on a bright and fun spring-y page but can absolutely see me using this one again and again.  I can't wait to see what you all do with this one!

Here's a page from Tiff using the original template....

by Tiff
(credits unknown)

Our revisited version has less photo spots but more of the circular elements that really make it go.  I love all the depth we get from those added layers!  I know I usually show you the template here, but I thought I'd change it up and show you are inspiration first.  We have two pages this month:   one from Liz and one from me.

by Liz
(using Leaving On A Jet Plane by Laura Banasiak & Jenn Barrette)

by Kimberley
(using Moments & Memories {Spring} kit & bonus alphas by SuzyQ Scraps + Janda Everyday Casual font)

Now that you've seen what we did, here's the template:

Download Expired.

And finally, our winner from February!  

by Amy (amycoffeypt)

Thanks to everyone for playing along in February.  I'll be sending out participation prizes and well as the winning prize soon.  Here are the official rules for our monthly challenge:

The Blog Challenge Rules (and fine print!):  

1. Use the featured template (above) to create a layout or hybrid project.  Feel free to modify the template but make certain we can still recognize it as a version of the original.  
2. Upload your completed layout to the ScrapPin gallery at Scrap Orchard or a photo sharing site of your choice. (Please do not upload to a site that will require me to register in order to view the layout.  Use either a Scrap Orchard gallery or someplace such as Photobucket or TinyPic to host your layout)
3. If uploading to the ScrapPin gallery at Scrap Orchard please include the following in addition to your other hashtags:  #swlblogmarch2013 (feel free to copy and past this hashtag)
4. Come back to this blog post and leave a comment with a link to your completed layout BY March 30, 2013
5. Winner of the $5 coupon will be chosen and announced the first Tuesday in April!  Non-winning participants will receive a participation prize so remember to leave us a way to reach you when you link your layouts!