Oh, I've been a-scrappin'! I've had some interesting challenges to scrap for and I'm excited to share them!
The first challenge I scrapped for was over at The Shabby Princess. She has kind of a "non challenge" challenge going. A lot of people do a 365 project or a 52 project. She didn't want to set us up for failure so she did "Project Scrap." We have to take at least two pictures a week, and scrap 2 layouts per month. She even supplies us with templates each month! Then, at the end of the year, you'll have a book to print out! The format is a multi-picture page and a companion single-picture page. I scrapped one page with no problems (the single-picture page), the other page not so much. I scrapped the whole page and didn't like it, so I did another one. So here are my Project Scrap pages for January:
This is the one I didn't like very much. Yick, right?
Here's the other one I did. Much better. (Click to open in new window to see journalling)
The first challenge I scrapped for was over at The Shabby Princess. She has kind of a "non challenge" challenge going. A lot of people do a 365 project or a 52 project. She didn't want to set us up for failure so she did "Project Scrap." We have to take at least two pictures a week, and scrap 2 layouts per month. She even supplies us with templates each month! Then, at the end of the year, you'll have a book to print out! The format is a multi-picture page and a companion single-picture page. I scrapped one page with no problems (the single-picture page), the other page not so much. I scrapped the whole page and didn't like it, so I did another one. So here are my Project Scrap pages for January:
This is the one I didn't like very much. Yick, right?
Credits:
Papers: Happy Go Lucky by Shabby Princess
Stitching: Splendid by Shabby Princess
Word art: Thank You by Digital Scrapbooking Experts
Font: Adobe Casion Pro
Here's the other one I did. Much better. (Click to open in new window to see journalling)
Credits:
Papers: Happy Go Lucky by Shabby Princess
Font: Pea Martha
And the companion page:
Credits:
Papers: Princess.com and Spring Breeze by Shabby Princess
Alpha: Moody Blues by Shabby Princess
Flower: Sunrise by Ellie Lash
Font: Adobe Casion Pro
So, the next challenge I took on was one that we came up with in the Creative Forum Discussion thread over at DST. One of the regulars (Stef, check out her stuff, she's amazing) is an advocate for never using scrap kits. She's a graphic artist and is very talented. I don't know how to do a quarter of the stuff she does. So we challenged her to do a page USING a kit, and she challenged us to do a page without using a kit. To put it mildly, this was a challenge for me. I struggled with coming up with something, and then when I figured out what I wanted to do, I still struggled. But I'm pretty pleased with the finished product. And to be technical, I still don't have a finished product, because I did the LO two different ways and am waiting for the crew to tell me which one they like better. Personally, I like the second one better.
Let me know which one you guys like better. Oh, and two things, just an FYI. The background is my living room carpet (LOL!), and extracting long curly hair is HARD. And time-consuming!!
Love to all,
Those are adorable!! I have to say the bottom one is my favorite. Using your carpet for re background was a great idea!
ReplyDeleteGreat job on the cut outs!
ReplyDeleteI prefer the second layout too.
They are all so sweet.:)
ReplyDeleteAs for the carpet ones, definitely the second one!
I love it!
I like the second one also! And I love the idea of the non challenge - that's a goal that shouldn't be too difficult and would still be lots of fun.
ReplyDeleteLove your blog, and as you know LOVE your no-kit layout! (the 2nd one is my fav!) Your sweet li'l DD is adorable! Looks like you have a wonderful family!
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