Challenge 9!! :D

Here's my layout for Challenge 9:


Wow!! This was a fun page to do, hard but fun!!

The bottom right hand side is the first of 4 generations on this page. These are my grandparents who split up many years ago, before I could even remember. So, it's almost odd to me to see their young faces so close together. Above them, and the top photo on the right are their 3 children. The black and white photo is them as children and the color photo is the last picture (that I know about) of the three of them together before my mom (the one on the left in both photos) passed away. Below them is a photo of the third and fourth generations at the time of this photo. There are 5 grand children and 1 great grandchild so far!

My metal piece is the frame my grandmother is in. I think the flowers are pretty visible. I'm counting the sheet music and instruments as my retro items if the metal piece can't count as both. The lace is the purple that is poking out above and below the photo mattes.

To create this layout I used the following items:
Template by Sir Scrapalot
My Shabby Day mini by Wendy Page
Vintage Garden Fairies by Dani and Shabby Miss Jenn
Comfy Cozy by Wendy Page and Chaos Lounge
Perfect Pitch by Dan Morris (I recolored and aged these a bit)
Singing the Blues alpha by Microferk (also recolored)

:D

Huggles!!
~Sarah~

Challenge 7 & 8!! :D

I'm having so much fun with the ADSR!! :D Challenge 8 was to do a Scraplift of one of our Scrapbooking Idol's layouts!! :D I had to go searching for an idol, but I found one, and a great one!! :D

I ended up making two layouts, because the first one went in it's own direction in a major way and couldn't get the word dream to match the theme... Here they are! :D

This layout:

was scraplifted from this layout here! Everything here except the strings is by Microferk!! The strings are CU by Bannerwoman!

This layout (which is the one I actually entered for Challenge 8:

was scraplifted from this layout here!
for the background, overlays by Amanda Rockwell and Atomic Cupcake. the felt stars are CU by Miss Tiina, the lined paper matte is by Cindy Doerksen, the lined paper, heart ribbon, wire frame, pink frame (I colored it), and wire alpha are from Pure Love by Luiza Garay, glitter plastic frame by Cathy Ann Designs, dreams alpha, and glitter spots (I desaturated them) from Tween by Libby Weifenbach, and stitched circle by Kari Henzelt.

Oh, and my challenge 7 layout, I don't think I posted that either!! (I was waiting for Linda to catch up!!) ;)



For this I used:
Template by Mrs. Wresh
All the required pieces from Sunshine Studio (The photo mattes are the darker paper from the kit)
I made the other pieces you see: the ric racs, the tag, and the blue paper on the strips...

It is so kewl to look at all of these in the gallery and see what all the different people have made just using this one kit!! REALLY KEWL!! :D

Huggles!!
~Sarah~

WOW, I'm feeling like a blog hog!

LOL, that's what I get for slacking off on my posting. Heres my page for challenge 7.

We had to use all elements in a kit provided by Sunshine Studios. I recolored (or actually removed the color) from some of the elements and used a pic of my youngest daughter Stephanie in her new glasses. I had just played with this picture the night before and planned on making a page of her "rose colored glasses" over the weekend. How's that for perfect timing? I guess some times it pays to slack off. :)

I'll quit hogging the blog now, time to relax and slack off a little more.

Linda

Challenge 6 final page

LOL, and here is the my real page for challenge 6...

The first photo is the page I lifted from Sarah (hope you don't mind I posted it),

and the second one is my page of my granddaughter Halle in her miniture brides dress at my middle daughters wedding. She was dancing and posing for pics all night.

Linda

Challenge 6 BooBoo :)

Here's my "first" layout for challenge 6. To scraplift a page of Sarahs and flip vertically or horizontally and then tilt 45 degrees. Well I picked a page from Sarah's gallery at Polka Dot Potato and then went to shower before starting my page. In the time I was gone from the computer my daughter jumped on and when I came back I saw a different layout than the one I had picked and decided to to use that one instead. I then sat down and scrapped my little heart out so I could get it posted early just in case I needed to make any changes before the deadline.

After I posted my page, I got an email from Sarah saying that the link I posted didn't go to a page of hers. I went back and checked and the link worked for me and then I noticed the name on the page! It wasn't Sarah's layout. Apparently, my daughter had looked around while I was in the shower and the page I lifted was someone elses!!! LOL, I had to remove the page and then went back to my original choice, which I was positive was hers, it had a pic of Rachel in it.

So here is the page I made of my granddaughter Delayne in her baptism gown, which was made from my daughters and my wedding dresses.

LOL, I'm still laughing at this.

Linda

No pictures, challenge #5

This was a first for me. Making a page using no pictures. I used a favorite quote and scrapped around that. I love this quote because it reminds me of my dad. I was given the nickname "Bird" when I was very young and all my life that is what my dad called me. (Thus my screen name, ls-my first and middle initials, and bird my nickname) and I "hope" he knows how much I loved him amd miss him. I printed this one out and framed it also.

And before I start crying again, on to challenge 6...

Linda

Challenge 4

I had a blast with this challenge. I love altered art, but have only tried it once or twice before.

The cuties in the pic are my 5 grandchildren, Hayden, Halle, Eli, Owen and Delayne. I printed this one out (minus the journaling) and hung it in my computer room. I have pic's of them all over my house!

Linda

Boy am I a slacker or what?

Looks like I'm way behind posting here, sooo heres my page for challenge 3, a redo of the first page I posted in the gallery at NDISB. The pics are of my dog Dixie at about 2 months old. Isn't she the cutest weinerdog ever?

Hope your feeling better Sarah! and I love the new look.

Challenge 5 is alive, lol...

(Please tell me somebody gets that joke in the title of this post, lol)

Challenge 5 for the ADSR was to create a page with no photos but 3 empty frames! I made this:

with a kit I designed called I So Totally Love You, which will be in a grab bag released Feb. 1 at Designs In Digital :D This alpha is by Tara Dunstan, and is the only thing here that isn't in the kit!

Linda, your challenge 6 layout is AWESOME!! I'm so glad you did it!! I was super sick last week and it would have been really hard for me, so the road block fell at the perfect time!! :D

Huggles!!
~Sarah~

Challenge 4, whew!

So, Challenge 4 is the altered art challenge this year! I was so super nervous, I actually posted in our thread that this was my first attempt, lol...



Journaling Reads:
Our biggest fear is not that we are inadeguate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, "Who am I to be Brilliant, or gorgeous, or talented, or Fabulous?" Actually, who are you not to be? - Marianne Williamson

This is the most amazing quote! I try to remember it every day! I have to remind myself over and over that not only is this quote for my children, who I try to teach to live this way, but it is true for ME- the mom, the wife, the woman. I find it so easy to forget that we all have a responsibility to be as amazing as possible! This quote helps me remember so I can dust myself off and keep going!

**These are pictures of my daughter Rachel, who was 7 at the time, performing with the Fern Street Junior Circus in San Diego. Also, I really believe in this quote!! I thought it was part of the challenge to INSPIRE so I wanted to really say something positive with my page!

I made one of these for my daughter that says, "Never forget how it feels to fly," I think I'm going to get it printed and framed for her room!! :D

This is my first real attempt at a layout of this style. I feel like it really came together, lol... I really love how this turned out but I'm not sure if it is really my style. I don't think this is the kind of scrapper I am. But, it's nice to know that I can do it if I want to!! :D

It took me a lot of stuff to make this layout, lol... Some pieces from the following kits:
Girls of Rock N Roll by Jennifer Barrette,
Clearly Something by Wendy Page,
Amelie by Lindsay Jane
Gypsy Chick Sparkle Overlay
GO Media Brushes

Challenge 3!! :D

Here's my layout for this challenge!

Credits for this page:
Template by Chrissy W
Most of this page uses Zoe by Misty Cato with the following exceptions:
Patchwork flower by Jeni Cantrill from Potato Hunt Freebies
Pink/Glitter alpha by me, with a template from Amanda Rockwell and Glitter by Flergs

Which is a redo of this layout from March 2008!

Credits for this page:
Potato Hunt Freebies from Polka Dot Potato

It's funny because when I saw this layout in the gallery, I didn't think I wanted to redo it, and I had no clue how I was going to make it any better, because I always loved this Hammy layout. But, once I started playing with the pictures, I did find that there is a lot of new information I am able to apply to photos!! :D SO, I thought I would take some time here to talk about the new tricks I've used on this page that I didn't use on the last one... First off, I vignetted the photos so that Rachel's face would stand out more. I also edited the photos by increasing the saturation. These are two things that would not have dawned on me way back in the day, lol...

I also added a trim area to this layout, which is great and a very important thing I've learned to do so that I don't lose any of the main stuff when I have the page printed. The last really big thing I've done here that I never used to do is modify this template like a mad woman. I used to use the templates how they were, and would even go so far as to add a duplicate of a picture rather than alter the template. In this case, I added an additional picture, resized pictures, added things, took things away, moved the whole thing down, and so on.

Also, these days, if I find myself needing something, like an alpha to pull the title together, I will make it myself. I never used to feel confident doing that. I would search and search for what I was needed, whereas nowadays, I just make what I want and use it, lol...

So, I hope you like the new version more than the old version, which I'm finding very busy in not a great way. My husband and daughter both like the new version much better, and I do as well. When I started making it, I thought I was just doing it different, not better... But, in the end, I see that I was making it better, and I'm super glad I did!! :D

Huggles!!
~Sarah~

Challenge #2. This was a challenge we had to do together. I sent some pics to Sarah, she scrapped this awesome page, and then sent it back for me to add the journaling and voila... heres our layout for challenge 2. I really enjoy doing the challenges that require us to work together. Its fun to see what we can come up with working together while thousands miles apart.

Off to work on challenge 3...

Linda

Finally, a few minutes to get caught up up on all the projects I have sitting in limbo land. Here is my page for challenge one. The photo is my 3 daughters from New Years Eve 2007/2008. One of the rare occasions when all three of them spent an evening together without alot of drama. Any of you who have more than 2 daughters will understand. Two of them together and all is fine... but throw in that third one and eventually someone is going to lose it. Throw alcohol in the mix and the tears start flowing. LOL, I love them dearly and wouldn't trade being their mom for anything but some days...

Challenge 1- Take 2, lol...

Okie Dokie... Here I am with the first redo of the race, lol...



I made all the things I used with CU stuff by Luiza Garay, Ligia Orsati, and Rose Li Prado!

Huggles!!
~Sarah~

LOL... or not!!

Clearly I am out of practice...

Rip ONE photo into 3 pieces... Okie dokie... Back to the drawing board...

lol...

Huggles!!
~Sarah~

And, we're back!! :D

Yay for Season 4 of the race starting!! :D

Here's my layout!


Tearing was done with an action by Atomic Cupcake!
Everything else is from Technobytes by Lindsay Jane!

Linda, I'm so glad we are racing together again!! It's going to be awesome!! :D

Also, we have a blinkie, here it is!!


Huggles!!
~Sarah~