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 .  

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

Past BlogBits can be found here and past FOTW here . 

A beautiful photo simply treated to really show it off.  Layout from the Gallery by Granny H.  Members can see it bigger by clicking here .

Layouts:I like the Baker's Twine "trail" on Sutty's layout here , and how it leads you thru the page. AliTS makes the most of photos she says "are not all that"- very effective. Stash-busting rainbow by CoventryAnn here . And more cute twine use by Mni-owner here .

Cards: Pretty card from lindadragonfly and I like the thread technique by Crafty Barbie here , both for the 52 Card challenge. And WOW to Hellosister's ornate card here ! Soojay has a simple but effective  Sympathy card here - we all seem struggle with them, don't we? How pretty is this one by MystiNat?

Downloads and Tutorials: Did you grab the BINGO cards from Scrap365? Alexa has a layered PSD file for a postage stamp.  Read the post - it will make sense.  I have a quick tutorial for a technique using waxed paper here .

Other Projects: Love the altered book by Tracey White, from a ScrapaGoGo class. And Claireliz's steampunk clock is very cool. Amusing tags by scrap3D for a UKS swap.  So cute. Beautiful Canvas (and a giveaway) from kazzells here .

Sponsor Blogs: Sort of :) Layout in the Gallery from Clare33, from a GottaCraft kit. Just love Dawn's Cowboys and Indians digi kit here .

 Nice for wedding invitations or pretty pages, and card sentiments, Alex Brush is quite scripty and flowing.  And free for commercial use as well!

 No Art Journey is complete without some extreme activity - this week it's Leanne (UKS Leanie) who is taking page altering to the next level...

Check out the Simple Recipes forum to see what Mary Anne made with some of these supplies!

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 10th and then again on the 20th for the full tutorial for the featured project plus ideas for making it your own.