July 2026 Challenge: Shades of Summer

Happy July, Pinkfresh Studio fans! ☀️ A fresh month brings a fresh creative challenge, and we’d love for you to join us! Whether you enjoy cardmaking, scrapbooking, journaling, mini albums, or any other paper crafting project, everyone is welcome to play along.

This month’s theme is Shades of Summer! Think bright skies, colorful blooms, juicy fruit, tropical vibes, beach days, sunshine, or simply a fresh and cheerful color palette. There’s plenty of room to interpret this theme in your own style, so let your creativity lead the way.

Feel free to shop your stash and use any Pinkfresh Studio products that inspire you. To help spark a few ideas, we’ve also rounded up some products at the end of this post that are a perfect fit for the theme—but they’re just a starting point. We can’t wait to see your colorful summer-inspired creations!

Quick reminder: You can enter up to 3 new, never-before-seen projects in each month’s challenge.

Check out yesterday’s post for the June challenge winners and Top 3 Projects. Maybe you will be featured next! Ready to join the fun? Let’s get crafting!

For those inspired by the color scheme, here are the best matching ink shades: Sparkling Rose, Mimose, Sunshine, Key Lime, and Aquamarine.

✨ Remember: ✨
Our monthly challenge is an Anything Goes Challenge: While the theme and colors are here to inspire you, feel free to enter any NEW project that primarily uses Pinkfresh Studio products. Whether you use the theme, the colors, both or none—it’s up to you. At the end of the day, we just want you to get crafty and have fun!

Let’s see what you create! 💛

Here is some inspiration for you from our amazing team to get you started and maybe spark some ideas for your projects (click on the images for more info):

Susi Becerra:

TaeEun Yoo:

Kathleen Schmelz:

Karin Högger:

Rachel Alvarado:

Raquel Arribas:

Andrea Moritz:

Now it's time for YOU to play along!

Rules:

1. Create a new card, layout, journal/notebook page, mini album, DIY or any paper project. You can use the challenge graphic posted above as inspiration, but remember: you can submit any new project, as long as it was mainly created with Pinkfresh Studio. 
2. Post your project to your personal blog, Instagram or online gallery. Please make sure you link back directly to the challenge.
   
3. Add a direct link to your project using the InLinkz below.
4. You may enter up to 3 new, never seen before projects into our challenge each month.
5. Please make sure to leave a comment on this post! Feel free to tell us a couple details about your project, or mention some challenges you'd like to see in coming months.
   

Prizes:

One entry will receive a $50 gift card to the Pinkfresh Studio Store! All entries, both card and memory keeping, are eligible to win the prize.

Deadline:
Get your creations linked up by Tuesday, July 28th at 11:59 pm CT. Winners & the Top 3 will be announced on Saturday, August 1st.

For even more inspiration and amazing projects, make sure to follow Pinkfresh Studio on all our social media sites!

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We want to see your projects on Instagram! Please add the hashtags #pinkfreshstudio & #pinkfreshchallenge, and tag @pinkfreshstudio to your uploads so we can see them too!

Happy crafting! We can't wait to see what you create! Please add the link to your creation below. It's come to our attention that the link list code isn't showing up in some browsers. You can also access and add your project at this link: 

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