Welcome to March ...

Welcome to March and since this month celebrates St Patrick's Day what better time is there to have a GREEN challenge.

  

This year we will be using a base colour (or allowing you to select your own) in any variation of that one colour you might like to use - light or dark colour ranges just so long as we can tell it IS your monthly colour choice. Please follow the simple monthly criteria if there is one.

Please use GREEN on a WHITE background to create your layout using elements from the moodboard as inspiration.
Criteria – Please use thread or string in some way on your page

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

and now some totally amazing inspiration from our talented 2026 team in no particular order!

Tracey Beer (Australia)

Heather Bensley (Australia)

Victoria King (Australia)

Jaimie Ramsey (Australia)

coming soon

Karen Guy (Australia)

Karen Brierley (Australia)

I was drawn to the floral motif. I used a floral pp to matt my photograph.

Jane Howden (Australia)

Inspired by the shoes to document a walk we took in Launceston, Tasmania.

In 2026 we will have one main prize each month selected by random draw.  If we have over 15 entries I will do an additional prize draw.  This is open to all entrants so anyone could be a winner.

Plus there will be a special "Admin Choice" winner who will receive an invitation to guest with us next month. 

To enter please visit our Facebook public group White with 1 challenges and put your entry directly into our monthly album under media.

All entries must be new for this challenge and the original work of the entrant. Please remember we are a layout only challenge - cards, OTP or pocket page entries (etc) are not eligible for prizes. 

We'd love to see how you use our White with 1 colour combination this month. Please come and join in with us! You have until the end of the month to get your entry in.

Our February guest ...

Please welcome our February guest designer, Tracey Campbell with her simply stunning layout based on our challenge this month.

Create your layout on WHITE cardstock

COLOUR – Select your ONE colour from the image (BLUE, ORANGE, BROWN, GREEN or YELLOW)

Criteria for February – Please use paint or ink on your layout.

For this month’s challenge I selected BLUE from the moodboard.

The layered, fluid washes in the inspiration image immediately caught my attention. I wanted to recreate that sense of movement and softness, so I built up my background on white cardstock using diluted blue paint, splattering and blending to create depth while still maintaining generous white space.

The paint and ink criteria aligned perfectly with my style. I love using mixed media to add energy and texture without overwhelming a layout. In this design, the blue becomes both the background and the storytelling element — from the bold watercolour wash to the subtle enamel dots and hand-drawn waves that echo the playful theme.

My focal point sits within the “O” of the Love title, creating a strong central anchor. I balanced this with soft clusters on either side, keeping the palette restrained while introducing dimension through layered embellishments and subtle texture. Working with a single colour really allowed me to explore variation in tone — pale blue patterns, deeper enamel accents and layered paint — all against crisp white cardstock.

I’m Tracey, a Canberra-based scrapbooker who has been creating 12x12 layouts for more than two decades. Scrapbooking is my happy place — a creative blend of storytelling, design and playful experimentation. Most of my pages feature my two daughters, our animals and the vibrant everyday moments that make life worth documenting.

My style is eclectic and adaptable, often shifting with the mood of the photos and the colours I’m working with. I love building layered mixed media backgrounds on white cardstock and incorporating paint, splatter and thoughtful embellishment to create balance, movement and dimension.

I actively share my work across several platforms and have recently returned to creating process videos on YouTube, which has been such a rewarding way to share my creative journey again.

You can find more of my work here:

Blog – Three Obsession

https://3obsessions.blogspot.com/

Instagram – @sharnook

https://www.instagram.com/sharnook/?hl=en

Facebook – Tracey Campbell

https://m.facebook.com/tracey.campbell.718

YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcYmvQRVUxW1ZeXAAFl3Jog

Rainbow Wishes and Butterfly Kisses

This layout showcases my love of vibrant colour and circular design. I built the page around a bold rainbow floral frame, allowing the curved title to guide the eye around the focal photo. The layered florals, ink splatters and dimensional details create movement while still keeping the design balanced and cohesive.

Adore

This layout was created for the 3Quarter Designs Design Team, where I currently design. I combined layered mixed media, torn edges and rich floral elements to frame the vintage photograph, building depth through colour contrast and dimensional embellishment. I have shared a full process video of this layout on my YouTube channel, where I walk through how the background and layered composition came together.

Thank you so much for joining in with us Tracey. It has been a such a delight having you as our guest.

There is still time to join in with our current challenges.  Entries close midnight on the last day of the month. We'd love to see your page and find out what colour you decided to use.

Our December 2025 and January 2026 winners ...

 Thank you for your wonderful Christmas and Vacation entries for December and January.  

and our winner by random draw is ..

AMANDA COX

Plus there will be a special "Admin Choice" winner who will receive an invitation to guest with us for our next challenge.

and our winner is:

LOUISE TURNER

We would love to have you guest with us in March.

Our current challenge is open until the end of February so you have lots of time to play along with us.  Please enter via our FACEBOOK page. We'd love to see what you can do with our colour combinations this time around.

Welcome to February ...

Welcome to 2026 and our first challenge of the year.

  Thank you for your so very much for your delightful entries over December and January - some truly lovely creative pages! 

This year we will be using a base colour (or allowing you to select your own) in any variation of that one colour you might like to use - light or dark colour ranges just so long as we can tell it IS your monthly colour choice. Please follow the simple monthly criteria if there is one.

Create your layout on WHITE cardstock

COLOUR – Select your ONE colour from the image (BLUE, ORANGE, BROWN, GREEN or YELLOW)

Criteria for February – Please use paint or ink on your layout.

The lovely Amanda Moran has decided not to continue on with the team this year and I would like to take this opportunity to thank her most sincerely for all her wonderful work and dedication to White with 1 over the years.  We hope to see her back as a participant when time allows.

and now some totally amazing inspiration from our talented 2026 team in no particular order!

Victoria King (Australia)

Jaimie Ramsey (Australia)

Karen Guy (Australia)

Tracey Beer (Australia)

Heather Bensley (Australia)

Karen Brierley (Australia)

The outline work of the art piece reminded me of the wireframe design of this art installation encountered in my travels. Ink = my favourite journaling pen, with orange... of course!

Jane Howden (Australia)

In 2026 we will have one main prize each month selected by random draw.  If we have over 15 entries I will do an additional prize draw.  This is open to all entrants so anyone could be a winner.

Plus there will be a special "Admin Choice" winner who will receive an invitation to guest with us next month. 

To enter please visit our Facebook public group White with 1 challenges and put your entry directly into our monthly album under media.

All entries must be new for this challenge and the original work of the entrant. Please remember we are a layout only challenge - cards, OTP or pocket page entries (etc) are not eligible for prizes. 

We'd love to see how you use our White with 1 colour combination this month. Please come and join in with us! You have until the end of the month to get your entry in.

Our January guest ...

 Please welcome our January guest designer, Emma Fleming with her delightful page based on our second challenge for December/January.

You have choices! Either use the bright and cheerful colours from the Christmas moodboard (any or all) on a WHITE background to create a special Christmas layout OR select BLUE, YELLOW and SAND on a WHITE background to create a happy vacation layout (January is school vacation time in Australia). Of course if you would like to do both layouts you are most welcome to do so!

Hi, I'm Emma and I have been scrapbooking on and off since my 2 boys were babies. They are now 21 and 22. My style has changed throughout the years and these days I mostly choose to do single page layouts on plain white paper and typically keep my layouts clean and simple. I mostly get creative inspiration for people I follow on Instagram and Facebook and from the lovely creative scrappers I meet at retreat.

 I have recently started participating in challenge pages and am enjoying them more than I thought I would and some really encourage me to expand my style. I love seeing everyone’s different take on a challenge and the different styles. The best parts of scrapbooking for me has been meeting new people and making friendships and looking back on the memories captured in my albums.

Thank you so much for joining in with us Emma. It has been a total pleasure having you as our guest.

There is still time to join in with either of our current challenges or you could be adventurous and do both.  Entries close midnight on the last day of the month. We'd love to see your pages.

Merry Christmas from all of the team ...

 

From all of us to all of you - we wish you a wonderful Christmas and are pleased to announce we will be back with more fun and challenges for all of you in February next year.

Thank you so very much to my amazing, super talented team for 2025. I have been truly blessed to have such a lovely group of wonderful women to help inspire you.

Amanda Moran (Australia)

Heather Bensley (Australia)

Jaimie Ramsey (Australia)

Karen Brierley (Australia)

Karen Guy (Australia)

Tracey Beer (Australia)

Victoria King (Australia)

Be happy, stay safe and we'll see you in 2026!

Cheers, Jane Howden (Australia)

Our November winner ...

 Thank you for your lovely blue entries last month sharing some outdoor fun.  I am putting our winner up a little early this month as I am heading off on vacation.  We will have just the one winner for November and I would also like to extend an invitation to guest with us for the first challenge of 2026 in February.

TRACEY CAMPBELL

Due to Christmas and our combined December/January challenge we would love to have you guest with us in February.

Our current challenge is open until the end of January so you have lots of time to play along with our either of our challenges or be adventurous and do them both.  Enter via our FACEBOOK page. We'd love to see what you can do with our colour combinations this time around.

Welcome to December 2025 / January 2026 ...

Our December 2025/January 2026 challenge is going to be a nice, easy one and the good news is you will have all of December and January to create something for us. Entries will remain open until the end of January while we give ourselves a little break over Christmas and the New Year - our first challenge of 2026 will commence in February.

You have choices! Either use the bright and cheerful colours from the Christmas moodboard (any or all) on a WHITE background to create a special Christmas layout OR select BLUE, YELLOW and SAND on a WHITE background to create a happy vacation layout (January is school vacation time in Australia).  Of course if you would like to do both layouts you are most welcome to do so!

and now some totally amazing inspiration from our talented 2025 team in no particular order!

Karen Guy (Australia)

Heather Bensley (Australia)

Tracey Beer (Australia)

Karen Brierley (Australia)

Summer beach days

Jaimie Ramsey (Australia)

Victoria King (Australia)

Blue, yellow and sand for our holiday with Mum and Dad in Picton NZ

Amanda Moran (Australia)

Jane Howden (Australia)

In 2025 we will have one main prize each month selected by random draw.  If we have over 15 entries I will do an additional prize draw.  This is open to all entrants so anyone could be a winner.

Plus there will be a special "Admin Choice" winner who will receive an invitation to guest with us next month. 

To enter please visit our Facebook public group White with 1 challenges and put your entry directly into our monthly album under media.

All entries must be new for this challenge and the original work of the entrant. Please remember we are a layout only challenge - cards, OTP or pocket page entries (etc) are not eligible for prizes. 

We'd love to see your festive or vacation entries. Please come and join in with us! Reminder this time you have until the end of January 2026 to get your entry in.

Our November guest ...

 Please welcome our November guest designer, Marion Wilson with her amazing page based on our challenge this month.

Hi, I am Marion, a wife, a mother of two and a proud nonni to three - family is at the heart of everything I do. I still work fulltime as an accounts receivable officer but at night I am happiest in my craft room, where creativity helps me unwind. I have explored many crafts over the years -sewing, knitting, folk art and quilting - but scrapbooking is my true passion.

My scrapbooking style ranges from clean, patterned-paper layouts to bold mixed-media pieces. I love texture paste, cord, buttons and any interesting bits I can get my hands on. Photos that end up on my pages are chosen by what grabs me in the moment - grandchildren, my children, holiday snaps or simple weekend moments. Creative chaos at my desk leads to heartfelt pages that celebrate family and everyday life.

My Face book page where I display a lot of my pages and other crafts that I complete is Made by Mazzy.xox

Thank you so much for joining us this month, Marion. It has been a delight having you as our guest.

There is still  time to join in with our challenge for November using Blue with an outdoor fun theme - entries close midnight on the last day of the month. We'd love to see your entry.