Today we are putting up the blurbs for all the new challenges and classes for 2012 starting in January. Info on the Home Page will be updated as a new one becomes available in the forums, and will remain here till the next one appears.

The schedule is: 

• UKS Art Journey - every Monday and Wednesday starting 9th Jan in the Art Journey sub-forum in Altered Art
  
• Simple Recipes - first and third Tuesdays of the month in the Simple Recipes sub-forum in Inspiration and Challenges
• Techniques on Thursday with Hysteri-Cal in the Techniques forum
  
• SNAP: 2012 - teaser on the Home Page every Friday Friday morning, post in the Photography forum every Friday evening
• & now for something completely different - Class from Shimelle, prep post on the 10th, class on the 20th, in a dedicated sub-forum in in Inspiration and Challenges .  
• NEW! SJ will offer a freebie printable in the Digital an Hybrid Downloads forum the 25th of each month.  You can see more from SJ on her popular blog here .

The Team Challenge  (new every Monday) and The House Challenge (new the first day of the Month) will now be seen only in the forums.  They can be found HERE

BlogBits and Font of the Week will return 9th January to the Home Page!

Our first printables from SJ -

Floral journal cards, in classic white and kraft or soft blues, perfect for journalling on. Print on 6x4 paper and trim, and if you fancy, round the corners for a softer feel. So lovely!

As with last year members can download the files from the digital forum, and you can see more from SJ here !

Pop in to the Altered Art forum today for your UKS Art Journey research post, then again on Wednesday for the page tutorial.  Be sure to share your page in your Gallery and in the forums.  

What's it all about? 12 play-along scrapbooking challenges with full tutorials.  All very different projects.  All projects you can make with whatever supplies you happen to have.  All designed to keep you inspired to craft throughout the year. 

Did you miss Shimelle's Get Ready! post?  See it here . And check back here on the 20th for the full tutorial for the featured project plus ideas for making it your own.

Layout of the week A digital layout by Mary Buttons.  She created all her own patterned paper and digital elements for this challenge layout.  Nicely done - those little birdies are so cute!

 This is quite light today due to some computer issues at home,  but there are a few things to tempt you in blogalnd...

Layouts: We used to do the "chinese whispers" progressive layout challenge on UKS - no idea why it stopped, but Sian has a lovely example on her blog for a Pass The Page challenge.  Check it out and follow the link if you are interested. Love CannyCrafter's clever use of her son's birthday cards on her layout here , but I like all three in this post. I also liked Sutty's banner-of-layouts layout . Clever idea! And clever camouflage by here_be_dragons.

Cards: MystikNat has a clever card , using a placemat printable (linked) that I just love. Don't forget the 52 Card Challenge here . Lots to see in the thread.

Other Projects and tutorials: Sweet little tea-light birdcage by Debbie over on It's a Creative World. I really like Gingerscraps little grid of 365+1 photos . Very tiny and sweet altered tin by misteejay. Adore Linds_Es chunky ATC!

Downloads: Louise has some Project Life printables for free download on her blog.  Alexa has a couple of digital template grids , with drop-shadows for free download.

Sponsor blogs: Some lovely sneak peeks for Cardinal Colours Spring Weekend.  Very tempting. ATDML has an interesting post and a look at a layout re-do - always an interesting topc...do you or don't you?  Love all the mini-projectson  Creative Craft World. And It's Crafting Time has a post about ATCs . I can't explain it in a few words!

Another one from Font Squirrel, Arizonia is a script font that varies from thick to thin.  Maybe nice on a layout, but I think it would really shine on as card sentiment.  

Be sure to check out the Simple Recipes forum for the "use your stash" alternative this week.  Using the same recipe, I've made a very different layout to Leo's using just the stuff in my stash.  Here are some of the possible items I collected, and see the layout here .  Be sure to post your own version as well and let's all inspire each other!

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