More Race Layouts

Well I've gotten some more layouts done for the Amazing DigiScrap Race #4. I'm enjoying it and am liking getting some pages scrapped. I wish the challenges were a little less themed and I had more freedom with them but alas, that is the challenge. (Again blogger is being stupid so I had to post these with photobucket which is a complete PITA. Grrrr!!!!!!)

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The challenge here was to take the very first page in your online gallery and redo it. The point was to see how your scrapping has changed and evolved. So here is my original page, and here is the redo:



The challenge here was to do a layout "altered art" style and journal about a message you'd like to leave for future generations or a favourite quote/song. I don't usually scrap like this because I don't often see the point of putting wings on people and taking them out of their background. Regardless, I had fun with it and I think this page is beautiful and the message is something I want Daelyn to remember forever.



The challenge here was to use three frames, three empty frames. No pictures. We had to journal about something that we didn't have pictures for, either their weren't any or they were lost or destroyed somehow. Mine is about forgetting my camera's memory card last Thanksgiving when I wanted to get our family picture done. So you are to picture a nice fall family photo on this page. LOL



This challenge was simply to use everything that was provided us in the free mini kit. Included was everything you see here in the colors you see here. I didn't change anything. So with the little "chick" I decided it would be great to do a Feb Chick layout from my Chicago trip.

And so it begins...

The buying of scrapping products, that is. I've been doing well with the freebies, but it was New Release Monday and Dollar Day over at Elemental Scraps. Seriously? Who can avoid that?? I did well though and didn't spend much but here are the cute goodies I got:



The date buttons from Bella Gypsy are so cute and I'm a sucker for date "anythings", and I couldn't pass up these little Dangle Charm alphas by Lucky Smith, both of which were up for $1 each! The Ready to Rock kit is a collaboration by Lucky Smith and Pamela Donnis and I had to have that for our Rock Band pictures, not a dollar, but on sale %25 off!! The cute little Monster kit by Leslie Bodoh is free this week for the "Inspired by" challenge at ES. I'm very happy with my little purchases, but also the restraint and will power I've had so far. LOL :)

Needing a new blog header / Card Creation

My blog header is so old, it's almost new again. I was going to change it but now realize that if I just wait another couple months it will be appropriate! LOL

I wanted to post a photo of a card I made for an online friend of mine. She's having her third baby, well she had him a couple weeks ago now, but anyway. Our group of girls (the Chicago group) all wrote out our personal greeting to her, and emailed it to me. I digitally scrapped them into small 2x3 photos, and put them together to form this lovely card. I actually went out and bought a ring to hold it all together, and some ribbon to fancy it up a bit. It took me longer to think of what to do then to actually do it. I was going to do a little board album but that assembly scared me. hehe Anyway I'm pretty proud of my little creation and she was happy with it so that was the main thing. I hope my paper scrapping / card making friends and family are impressed! LOL ;)

Amazing Digital Scrapping Race #4

Yes I'm doing the race again. Some of you may remember this from... oh about 3 years ago. I haven't played since the first year and decided since I relieved myself of my CT leader duties and had more time, I should play again. What you do is go from challenge to challenge at many different Digital Scrapping sites creating layouts at each. You get small prizes (more digital scrapping supplies) for playing along and if you complete each one and make it to the end you get your team entered into the grand prize. I don't expect to win that but it's great to get some scrapping done. I'm done the first two challenges this week and am about to start the third. I thought I'd show you what I have so far.

The first was at Hummies world, and the challenge was to tear a photo into three pieces. I did a layout for my Chicago trip, about my arrival and the first night. I blurred some names and my friends face for their privacy. Sorry, you probably can't read the journaling, I think it's too small on here.




The second was at my home site of Elemental Scraps, and theirs was a bit of a doosey. You had to use a certain number of papers, elements, and fonts, AND you had to create ONE layout that both you and your partner worked on, AND it had to be about cabin fever in some way. SO my partner Sandy picked the photos and wrote the journaling, and I assembled the page. The good 'ol days of driving an hour to playgroup each Friday! :)