Challenge #15: Filled Layout

For this challenge, at least half of the page needs to be filled. These were the photos for a three year olds birthday party/ So girlie!

Challenge #14: Document Your Day

The challenge was to pick a day in my life and scrap it as it happened. In January Caite and I went to Craft Napa in Napa, CA. On our last day together, we spent a Sunday drinking coffee, reading the newspaper and going to the Spa. Al before my heading back to the desert. What fun.

I loved everything about all of the digital elements of this kit. So creative, it makes my story telling easy.

Challenge #13: Filled Template

We were provided with a template and then challenged to fill it as we saw fit. Here is mine.
It is very fun to revisit these old memories. Seems like yesterday.

Challenge #12: Throwback Photo Challenge

Here is Caite at age 3 in 1993. I love the memories that come back when scrapping the photos from back in the day. Such joy in her face. I also like the minimal scrapping style. for me, best is a few pictures and a good story with a few scrap supplies. I like the papers best.

Challenge #11: Journaling Challenge

The object is to choose a day of significance and tell it's story. I, almost every month, take 11 or so images on the 11th day of that month. It chronicles what life looks like at a single moment, well OK, day in my life. I try to get creative but sometimes it is just how we spent the day.

Challenge #10: Clean and Simple

Rules: use one photo, one solid background and 3-5 elements.

I love telling the old stories with the imperfect photos. It is who we were then and perhaps now  :)

Ya gotta read this story!

Challenge #9: Advice to your future Self

I must be slightly older than my contemporaries in the digi scrapbooking world. I think I am my future self right now. haha  So I sorted and organized advice I have been given or learned over the years. Not a bad reminder. Cheers!

Challenge #8: Bingo

The author of this challenge created a 5x5 grid of items to include on a page. We were to choose one row or column or diagonal and complete a page using those items. My items are page borders, 2 lines of journaling, a large title, three photos and cork or wooden arrow. Done and done!

Challenge #7: Collage a large number of photos

I enjoyed this one a lot. I had all of these photos from 1993 when the Mississippi River came over it's banks and threatened a lot of communities but especially ours in downtown St Louis. I made a 5 x 5 grid and then eliminated some of the sots, combined others, and stretched some as well. It dramatically tells the story but limits it to a single page.

Challenge #6: A Dispersion Technique

We were to use a dispersion technique. Instructions were provided for completing this in Photoshop. The technique itself was not difficult but finding the right image was complicated. I finally chose Caite kicking a soccer ball and the white matter leading from her foot to the soccer ball just coming of the photo demonstrates the technique and the power of the shot.

Challenge #5: A people-less page

When in France, I took a lot of images of famous buildings from the bottom up with a background of clouds.

Challenge #4: Change Your View

 Take a photo where you become the subject. Your hands are there but not the rest of you.

I personally like the angle of this digital lay out and the repetitive nature of it from photo to paper. There is a lot of white space which is also restful and complimentary colors as well.

Challenge #3 - Mood Board

The rules: My challenge for you is to create a mood board and then use your mood board as inspiration for a page.

You must create the mood board. You can not use a pre-made mood board created by someone else. Your mood board must have at least three images. You can choose to add more if you wish. You can source the images online or take photos of things you find inspiring in your own surroundings. These 3 images should not be the photos, papers and elements that end up on your final page.

My mood board and work:

Challenge #2 - A Sketch Challenge

The rules: Make a layout that resembles this sketch:

And my work:

Challenge #1

The Lilypad is sponsoring a challeng a day for the month of January. These are good for me because I have so many stories to tell. Don't laugh but I am working on 1993 and 1994, as well as 2015-21017.

Here is the first challenge and the rules:

1. Start with ONE solid background paper.
2. Add ONE patterned paper that is smaller than your background paper (you should still be able to see the solid background).
3. Add ONE frame. This can be a single opening frame, or multiple opening frame. But it must be one frame.
4. Place your photo(s) inside your frame.
5. Add a journal card somewhere on your page.
6. Add ONE piece of word art. You may NOT include additional journaling. Let your photo tell the story
7. Add 6 elements to your page. These can be duplicated, or they can be 6 different elements. But you must have 6 (and only 6) elements visible. Since we have already added word art, you may NOT add additional word art (including word strips) as one of your 6 elements.
8. Add the date.

Caite at age 3