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I decided to alter the guidelines for the [MakeItMeaningful] Challenges, so that it's not required to use the kits or products from the actual series. I want everyone to be able to participate and play along with us, and not be limited by what's in your stash! So, feel free to use whatever products you'd like (although be mindful of the CatScrap/MScraps gallery guidelines that require at least 50% of product from their respective shops.) Other than that, I hope this will open up the challenges to more people and allow us to all be inspired by each other!  

Being summer, I know a lot of people are on vacations and busy enjoying the warm weather, so it's difficult to get participation going right now. So, for those who might stumble across these challenges a little late (after the individual challenges have closed) remember, you can still submit a LO for any challenge (and even post to FB) to increase your chances for winning the FINAL drawing, when I tally ALL entries across the [MiM] galleries. :D

Thanks for having patience with me. I'm new to hosting challenges, so it's a learning process for me. If you have any comments or suggestions, please let me know! I'd love to hear from you! ;)

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The [MakeItMeaningful] blog challenge is all about inspiring you to scrap about the things that matter most to you. And while everything we scrap about is essentially something important to us, I want to challenge you to document the parts of your life story that aren't always at the forefront of our minds when we scrap. Those little bits of experience we gain from the less-than-perfect parts of life, or a smidgen of hard-earned wisdom that we otherwise might forget, unless we get it down on paper, so to speak.

Each month I'll release a kit in the [MiM] series, along with a coordinating freebie only available here on my blog. The following week after the kit's release, I will post a challenge, whether it be a journal prompt or layout assignment. Create a layout around the challenge or journaling criteria and then post your layout to the specified gallery/forum in the challenge post. You DON'T have to use products from the kit highlighted (although it's very appreciated!), but do respect the CatScrap/MScraps gallery guidelines by using at least 50% of products on your LOs from their respective shops. The challenge will run for three weeks from the challenge post date, and then I will tally up all the layouts in the order posted, and select TWO winners using a number generated from random.org. Winners will receive the NEXT [MiM] kit to be released for FREE!

Plus, you can be entered into the drawing TWICE by sharing your layout, & a link to my kit, on Facebook. (To qualify for a second entry, send me a friend request if you don't already follow me on FB, so I can validate your post! ;) )

At the end of the [MiM] series, I will place each entry from all challenges into a final drawing to receive a $20 gift card to my shop! (And each FB post will give you an additional entry, as well!) So, if you participate in all six challenges, and post to FB each time, you'll be entered to win twelve times! ;)

If you have any questions about the challenge contest, please feel free to contact me at lisasisnerosdesigns@q.com.

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Scrapbooking has come a long way in the last decade. It's evolved  into a skill-savvy technological digital craft with limitless potential to expand and grow. However, once digital scrapbooking was ushered in, along with it came a whole new approach to HOW we scrapbook. With digital we have significantly fewer creative limitations as opposed to traditional paper scrapbooking, in that we have an infinite supply of the products we purchase, with no fear of using them up. (You would think this would alleviate the infamous 'paper hoarding' that I was shamelessly a part of back in my paper days...and yet now it seems the adage goes "she with the most filled hard drives wins!") ;)

My point is, it's dangerously easy to get into the habit of creating cute pages with little purpose to them, other than being cute or strictly visual. Don't get me wrong...I'm all for cute, fun layouts that are simply playtime for our creative brains--it's a necessity! But what I'd like to focus on, is telling our life stories, and celebrating the people, places and things that make our lives worth scrapping about.


This is what motivated me to create the [Make it Meaningful] series, a collection of kits and digital products designed to help you capture all those important little pieces of your life story, and showcase them with beauty, simplicity and ease.

The [MakeItMeaningful] series will include at least one full-sized kit per month (more if I'm super inspired ;) ) focusing around a different theme or topic that will help inspire and motivate you to scrap about your life in a more purposeful way. With that said, each kit will have a universal appeal, in that it can be used for virtually any subject, so you can get  more out of it as opposed to a strictly theme-based kit. I will also be offering a variety of element packs, including an interview prompts series to help you document all the little details about the special people in your life (including yourself!), and some extremely useful pre-made elements that will make your meaningful scrapbooking a breeze! Also, each release day I will post a  (Follow me on Facebook & Twitter to receive announcements and updates about blog posts, new releases, sales and freebies!)

With each kit release, I will post a coordinating freebie here on my blog, along with a journaling prompt or layout challenge and a little inspiration on how to get started. You don't have to use/purchase the kit to participate. I want everyone to be able to play along! ;) For those that post their creations in either of the galleries at CatScrap or MScraps, they will be entered into a drawing to receive the NEXT [MiM] kit & element pack FREE!   ;)

I'm very excited to get this project going, and hope this will help inspire you to create beautiful layouts that mean something special to you!