Welcome to December ...

And suddenly it was December and Christmas is right around the corner.  We hope you can squeeze in a little time to play along with us this month using this awesome colour which goes so very well with white.  Just because it is the festive season I am going to relax the rules just a little and you can submit a journal page, mixed media or off the page item as well as layouts (for this month only).

We hope you like our inclusion of a sketch courtesy of PageMaps to help inspire you further. You don't have to use this to put in an entry but we'd love it if you do :)

  Courtesy of  PAGE MAPS

and some totally amazing inspiration from our wonderful team ...

(in no particular order)

Lisa Marie Watling (South Africa)

Michelle Van Oudtshoorn (New Zealand)

Some of the gold is not quite showing up on the photo of my layout, but the white leaves have all been sprayed with gold ink, and the stitched stamping are a light gold ink. The butterfly and xxx stitches are gold foil.

Lisa Johnston (Australia)

Gold is hard to get right in photos but it is very sparkly and pretty in real life. This was a fun sketch too.

Tanya Heritage (Australia)

Louise Turner (Australia)

Who doesn't love gold? Such fun making a whole page just with gold elements. I've got some gold embossed stars in the background and lots of sparkly layers. 

Jessica Toulmin (New Zealand)

From the sketch I did a border top and bottom (with my gold and white Christmas washi tapes), and a block in the middle with the banner pieces and circular elements. I created a large title with white and gold alphas, and did simple embellishing as it really didn't need a lot with all that shiny and sparkly gold! I will add where the photo was taken, but I didn't need a large journaling spot on this layout as it is pretty self explanatory. Merry Christmas everyone!

Natsuko Suzuki (Japan)

I really didn't have many gold elements as you can see, but I splashed some gold ink on the background and added gold washi tape on the top and bottom, some diecuts, stars and a ribbon clip.

Marie-France Boulay (Canada)

Melinda France (Australia)

This year we have three amazing sponsors ..

The Resin Rainbow

You have a chance to win either a delightful product pack from THE RESIN RAINBOW for one lucky Australian / New Zealand entrant or a store voucher for an International entrant. The winner will be selected by random draw so anyone could be a winner.

Don't forget to pop past their ETSY STORE for more wonderful embellishments available in a rainbow of colours - you are sure to find something that catches your eye. You can also see more gorgeous creations on INSTAGRAM.

The Scrapbooker's Confetti Box

One lucky entrant each month will receive a delightful selection of crafting products from THE SCRAPBOOKER'S CONFETTI BOX. Some amazing supplies are available from their lovely STORE located in Swansea (near Newcastle NSW). The winner of this wonderful prize will be chosen by creative team vote.

Scrapping Fun Kits

You have a chance to win an amazing kit from SCRAPPING FUN KITS. One of these delightful monthly kits will be put aside for an Australian / New Zealand entrant who will be chosen by random draw, so anyone could be a winner.

Our INTERNATIONAL voted winner will receive a delightful mystery embellishment pack courtesy of White with 1.

For your chance to win a prize from these great sponsors please link the photo of your layout to the Inlinkz gallery on the left and use your own name and country in the area that says 'Name/Description" eg. Sally Smith (AUS). No blog?  That's fine - please add your page to our Facebook gallery instead.

All entries must be new for this challenge and the original work of the entrant. You may combine our challenge with a sketch challenge only - no other combining will be accepted and please remember we are a layout only challenge - cards, OTP, pocket pages etc are not eligible for prizes. Your entry must be predominantly white with the one extra colour added - small amounts of brown, navy or black may be used for contrast. International entries are welcome. Please see our full list of rules HERE.

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 11.55pm on the last day of the month to get your entry in.

Please call past on the 15th for the announcement of our November winners.