January 2026 Challenge

Hello and happy January from Pinkfresh Studio! We were blown away by the creativity you shared in last month’s challenge, and we’re so excited to kick off a brand-new challenge with you. This one is open to all papercrafters—whether you love cardmaking, scrapbooking, mini albums, journals, notebooks, or anything in between!

Be sure to check out yesterday’s post if you haven’t already, where we highlighted our Top 3 cards along with the December challenge prize winner. Will your project be featured next? There’s only one way to find out—join in and create with us this month!

Our January challenge theme is “Year in Review.” It’s the perfect opportunity to catch up on a challenge you may have missed in 2025 or to put a fresh spin on a favorite challenge from the past year. Click on the month to check them out in detail:

February 2025 - Transparent Treasures

March 2025 - Spell it Out

April 2025 - Floral Frenzy

May 2025 - Frame it Up

June 2025 - Rainbow Reverie

July 2025 - Summer Splash

August 2025 - Pattern Play

September 2025 - Tone-on-Tone/Monochromatic Magic

October 2025 - Texture & Shine

November 2025 - Petals & Thanks

December 2025 - Very Merry

As always you can use just the theme, just the colors, or use both for your projects.

Design Team Inspiration:

Andrea (June - Rainbow Reverie / April - Floral Frenzy)

Karin (August - Pattern Play / April - Floral Frenzy)

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, January 27, at 11:59 PM CT. Winners & the Top 3 will be announced on Saturday, January 31, 2026.

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: 

CHALLENGE LINK LIST