Finally.....A New Challenge

Let's get this party started up again! For our new challenge let's do a monochromatic layout with a splash of color. -jillybean

Inspired

I was so inspired by my class with Ali Edwards that I actually completed this mini-album within a couple days of taking the class! It has just been sitting around waiting to be photographed! Thanks for the kick in the heine ScrappyL! Which challenge do you want to repeat?

Inspire Challenge

Ok, way, way, way late on this, but better late than never, huh?? One of the things that inspires me most is watching my kids grow & morph into young men and women. Tucker is on this journey now and, while, on one hand, it is hard to see your babies grow up; on the other, that is exactly what they were born to do!! To watch the transformation from child to young adulthood (particularly one in which the child seems to make good decisions MOST of the time) is truly inspiring! I am blessed.

It's Summer Break!

Okay, my inspiration this today is to take this week off! I know, lame right? But I will be more inspired later this week and will have some more fabulous ideas AND I WILL POST my inspiration layout then!
SO, for those of you who just joined us... pick a challenge you didn't get to try yet or one that you want to re-do and post by next Monday. Which means I will post two challenges... something inspired and a favorite challenge!
Blessings!

Inspirations

Your challenge for this week is create a layout about what inspires you. There are no restrictions for this one. It can be anything, from what inspires you to be creative or what inspires you to breathe! Whatever inspires you!

Collections

Yes, I know this is late! Yes, I realize there are no photos on my layout. So, the moral of this story is don't lend your camera to your hubby to take out of town and then expect that the hotel is going to expeditiously ship the camera back in time for you to complete your weekly challenge OR in time for your fifth grader's graduation ceremony. You will be stuck using an old 35mm camera that while you are relieved to find the external flash and see that it does indeed have a light meter, it does not have auto-focus, weighs twenty pounds and is impossible to use while your three year old is having a tantrum and is pinned up against the wall so he doesn't try to escape AGAIN while people give you major stink eye for your inability to control your child and a mother you have known for 3 years calls you Angela and then is offended later when you didn't return her greeting because you didn't realize that she was talking to you because your name is NOT Angela. I hate Mondays! THIS is my layout so just deal!

My Collections

This is what I did Friday night: a 2 page spread about my collections. Quite fun!

Collections

As women, we have them, bizarre inexplicable collections of things that somehow define us. Your challenge this week is to create a layout that pays homage to your collection(s). Anything from shoes to eyeshadow and everything in between. If you want to scrap your scrapping supplies, you could... but do you really want photo documentation of your millions of dollars of paper online where anyone, including your significant other could find it? Me? I am thinking shoes... he sees them everyday in the closet, there are no surprises there!!

5 Products

This challenge was harder than I thought it would be, not using more than 5 products was difficult... that is the opposite of what I thought would give me problems. My five products were: cardstock, double-sided Heidi Swapp paper, ribbon, one sheet of stickers (this is probably a grey area, but it was my challenge!) and ink.

Challenge for the last week of May 2008

OMG! It's almost June, how can that be?! Your challenge this week, in honor of the fifth month of the year is to create a layout that uses five products. Adhesive and your photos do NOT count! Use five different patterned papers, be bold, use paint, get messy and create a masterpiece... whatever inspires you, but the end result needs to have five different products! Have fun!

Repentance

I realized after I scanned this in that my photo block was crooked... I guess that gives me another thing to add to my list of things to repent, my need for everything to be perfectly aligned. So, I left it askew, maybe I can change after all!

Word of the day

What does "it" mean to you? The NY Times word of the day is 'repentance', so your challenge is to use this word to create a layout... or look up a word of the day everyday this week and choose one that inspires you. We will be creative and expand our vocabularies at the same time! Some resources: http://www.nytimes.com/learning/students/wordofday/
http://www.merriam-webster.com/cgi-bin/mwwod.pl
http://dictionary.reference.com/wordoftheday/

My Time

Since this one was all about me, I rejoiced in actually being able to go pink! Unfortunately, there are not enough occasions for me to us this... and I just got a yummy pack of pink stuff from Cocoa Daisy!The clock and time stamp are from Inque Boutique, and the frame stamp was 7Gypsies. And the coffee was delicious!

Taking Time for Me

One of the things I enjoy doing for me is spending time with my dad. This is from the first Harley ride Dad and I went after Mom passed. The weather was beautiful and shopping was successful. We're doing another ride tomorrow. Yeah!

I used Snow Cap Adirondack Pigment Ink to stamp the Blackberries background on Boxer paper. My new fav ink!

Houston, TX Photowalk

I was in Houston this past weekend with Tom to celebrate our 14th anniversay. He had been there the entire previous week to work a trade show--as he has for the past 2 years over our anniversary--so this year, I went and joined him at the end for the weekend. We stayed with our friends, Robbie & Dana Reider, who will soon be moving back to Cincinnati. It was a good weekend, but VERY hot & humid. This was the first time that we left our kids at home, on their own, for a whole weekend, too! Kind of scary, but they seemed to have managed just fine. The layout is all digital (I seem to be able to get the digital ones done more quickly!!)

Photowalk Challenge

All digital layout. Very fun challenge.

May 12th - Challenge

This week we are going to extend the Mother's Day celebration by making you take a little time for yourself each day this week.

Make your scrapbooking passion a priority this week by allowing yourself a minimum of 20 minutes of uninterupted time each day for a scrapbooking related activity.

This time does not just have to be about creating pages but about doing something that makes you feel good and productive.

At the end of the week create a layout with the theme of Taking time for Me.

Jillybean

Photowalk

Max was my helper for our photowalk, he even helped me eat that enormous quesadilla!! YummY!

Frame Challenge by Jillybean