Pages and more pages

I've been scrapping my heart out lately! Thanks to all of you who popped on over to Colorful Creations and voted in the So You Think You Can Scrap competition. I made it through to see another week. This week I had some multimedia fun. I misted, stenciled and die cut my way into creating this layout:

If you like this page, hop on over to Colorful Creations and vote starting Thursday! Don't forget, Colorful Creations is in the midst of their annual fund drive. If you like the challenges and community over there, please think about contributing so that the community stays available.

Don't forget to check out my color palette challenge. Time is running out. The deadline is June 1.

Onto other pages:

I'm staring down the finish line for my Disneyland albums. Looks like I'll get them finished before the 2 year anniversary of the trip!
The last layout is one using photos from the San Diego Zoo. The Disneyland album may be nearing completion, but I still have to figure out what stories get their own pages from the California trip. I played with the idea of using QR codes on my layout. It's so fun to be able to include video on my pages.

Final Rounds of "So You Think You Can Scrap"

I know I haven't posted an update for awhile, but believe it or not, I'm still in the SYTYCS competition over at Colorful Creations.  We are currently into week 20 and the rules have changed! Let me share my latest creation:

I was on call Mother's Day weekend, but the rest of the crew went away for the weekend. They brought back many great photos, but this is one of my favorites.
I used mostly items from Echo Park's About A Boy collection with a few odds and ends thrown in. We can't forget Mister Huey--I used some pony brown to add some interest to the background.

Remember how I said that the rules have changed for SYTYCS? These final rounds will eliminate two scrappers each week. Those that stay and those that go will be determined by members votes. If you like this layout, are a member at Colorful Creations, and want to see me continue, hop on over there a vote!

I'm still scrappin'!

Life has been crazy busy. I just realized that it's been quite some time since I updated my "So You Think You Can Scrap" status...I'm still in it :)

Week 9:
The criteria: follow the sketch, use 6 photos, one word title, 2 different stamps, 1 pin, 1 handmade element, 2 recycled items, and 1 rub on.

The sketch looked like this:

And here's my result:

Week 10 brought us this criteria:
Double page sketch below
Recycled packaging
Fussy cutting
Distressing
No more than 3 pattern papers 


The sketch:

The result:

 

Week 11 criteria:

4 Photos, Black & White ONLY, Quilling, Masking, Paint, Swirls, 6 Brads, Handwritten Journaling, Make your own layered 3d embellie, and this sketch:

The result:

 

Week 12:

Masking, texture paste, inking, and the sketch:

My result:

Week 13:

1. Use only PURPLE papers (printed, cardstock, or home made)
2. All embellishments must be BLACK OR WHITE
3. 2 Hand made flowers 
   
4. 2 Different Stamps (your flowers will not count)
5. 2 Hearts
6. 2 Different Ribbons
7. Faux Stitiching (hand drawn)
8. Bling (clear bling will be accepted)
9. Feathers
10. The sketch:

The result:

Week 14 criteria:
Make your own patterned papers (no pre-printed papers allowed)
Make your own washi tape
Make your own paste
Make your own pinwheel

If you've stuck with me this long---Thanks! I'll be back later with this week's installment of SYTYCS.

I still think I can scrap

Hi bloggers! Life has been a bit crazy and I've completely neglected posting.
I'm still hanging in on Colorful Creations' So You Think You Can Scrap contest. Each week gets more and more challenging.

Week 6 brought us this sketch:

along with the following criteria: monochromatic, stay true to the sketch, die cut, border punch, flowers (at least 2 handmade), butterflies, and bling. I definitely had to put on my thinking cap and reach into the photo vault for this one!

Week 7 was even more of a challenge for me. We were asked to stay true to this sketch:

We were required to add handstitching, misting, fussy cutting, and only the colors red, blue, yellow, and green. My creative brain really wasn't functioning well on this one at all. I struggled with it, but eventually came up with:

I *really* wanted to use a white or kraft background for this page. I think everything would've popped and come together better. Oh well, we can't love every page that we do. At least it's one more memory scrapped.

That brings us up to this week. I had a bunch of fun and was able to one of my favorite color combinations. We were given the parameters of  NO manufactured patterned paper, create your own patterned paper, use some kind of metal, a punch, journaling card, and mixed alphas.

I created the aqua pattern using some ink and an embossing folder. For the red paper, I stamped some doodled circles in black ink and then stamped hearts in different shades of acrylic paint. I had to put on my thinking cap of how to incorporate a journaling card into the page design. I finally settled on doing a semi-hidden card that can be pulled out to be read. Overall, I am very pleased with this page.

I have several other pages to share. I'll be back in another post to do that.

Challenges, Challenges, and a school project

I've been a scrappin' fiend lately. At least that how I feel anyway. It is February so that means there is a LOAD challenge going on everyday. I've actually only done one of the challenges. The challenge was to create a wordless layout. The idea behind it was to use color, patterns, and embellishments to convey emotion. I combined it with the technique challenge at Soul Scrappers. The challenge at SS was to create your own background. I made this background using a stencil that I cut on my electronic cutter, dylusions spray ink, Tattered Angels glimmer mist, and Distress Ink. Here is my result:

Christopher had a school project. His assignment was to create a poster, with the help of a parent, showing his life cycle, including drawing a picture of what he thought he would look like when he was old. I grabbed a few photos of each time period and allowed Christopher to choose which ones we would use. I gave him choices of colors. He drew his picture. I designed and put the page together. I'm just hoping that it gets returned home so that I can put it in his scrapbook. The final project:

I have created two more layouts for So You Think You Can Scrap over at Colorful Creations. Last week we were presented with a sketch, a color palette, and required to use a diecut. We then had to choose one item from a list of other elements. I chose bling. I cut the doily-like shapes and my title using my electronic cutter. For the bling, I used some Bazzil Bling cardstock and some pearls. The result:

 

Week 5 of SYTYCS presented us with the following requirements: the sketch, distressing, torn paper, and a recycled element. You could say that I was very distressed and recycled the entire layout LOL! I started the page, completed it about 90%, hated it, pulled it apart, and put it back together with a different background. I think this may be the very first time I've ever done this. I usually keep going with a layout until I don't hate it and call it good.  But anyway, here's the page:

 

I distressed the edges of some papers and tore others. The tag behind the Thomas photo is a recycled clothing tag. I collected beer bottle caps from a parking lot near my office. I turned Christopher loose on them with my Tim Holtz distress hammer. I put them through my cuttlebug to flatten, covered the logos in alcohol ink, and embossed with distress powder. After they cooled I sanded away some of the finish and sealed with a matte art spray. It was fun! I placed them on my layout and layered them with brads and themed stickers.

So You Think You Can Scrap Week 2

This week's challenge was to use the provided sketch and choose at least 3 items from the list to incorporate into the layout.

My result:

I did lots of layering throughout the layout and even included a layer of paint. I also incorporated wooden stars and some flowers. I like my scattering of various stars, but the layout still felt unfinished. I broke out a pen and got busy adding doodling in different places throughout. Overall, I am happy with the finished product.

Yep, I can scrap!

Colorful Creations is running a So You Think You Can Scrap contest. Each week there is a new challenge posted. Here is my submission for this week:

This was lots of fun to put together. Of the required elements I used 2+ papers, matting, ric rac, misting, doily, and a date strip. My doily was originally white. I made a mist with reinkers and misted the doily to a green. I couldn't find any chocolate chip cookie embellishments so I did a search and found an SVG that I could use. I stitched around the base papers to add some definition and texture.