Welcome to our first August challenge! This is Shelly and I'm here today to issue an extra fun scrapbooking challenge. My challenge to you is to scrapbook a page that includes ten photos. Yes, that's right, TEN!
Supplies:Nostalgia-Classic patterned paper,Chevron patterned paper,Jacks patterned paper,Diamond patterned paper,Random patterned paper,Scallop patterned paper,chipboard elements,accessory sheet, decorative brads;Indie Chic-Ginger:twine;Misc-American Crafts thickers, eyelets,photo corners,adhesives
Seeing that most of my layouts are doublers, I have to say that I almost always have 10+ photos on any given layout of mine. Well, more often than not anyway! I tend to summarize several days on a layout. Whether it is a long weekend of guests or an entire season, and if it isn’t several days, then it is a bigger event that I ended up taking plenty of pictures to document. I am pretty sure I can’t be the only one out there that does that, right?!
For this page I wanted to document a visit from my parents. They live in a different state, so when they do come to visit, plenty of fun takes place! After shuffling through my pictures, I knew I had to use Nostalgia. The soft palette coordinated effortlessly with what everyone was wearing that week. I don’t always do that, but it was just too perfect to pass up. I also did lots of layering of the accessory and chipboard sheets too; the perfect little accents to document my memories.
Since all my pictures were horizontal, my go-to is to do a photo block, and then I chose two of my favorite pictures to stand off on their own.
I know I have been doing this a lot lately, but banners are just the perfect little thing to fill in some of that dead space on a layout. The “Sweetest Little Angel” die-cut from the accessory sheet was the perfect little banner and pattern, but since the title didn’t go with the theme of my layout, I took “The Best” sunburst die-cut with some pop-dots and layered it on top of that to create my own layered die-cut. I had a strip of the pink Scallop paper that I trimmed with my pinked edge scissors and then added a banner chipboard piece to add a little texture. Then, I finished it off with some stitching and brads.
Behind the journaling block, I layered some of the die-cuts from the accessory sheet. To add a little more visual interest to any pre-made journaling card, I love to add an eyelet with a little twine threaded through it. I love that “clothing tag” vibe that it gives off. And yes, I did say eyelet!
Of course, no layout of mine is finished without a few more brads. I also carried the twine across my layout by stitching down some of the letters in my title, tying a chipboard piece, and even wrapping a picture with it.
I had so much fun making this layout!
I can't wait to see what you can do with 10 photos! Here's the nitty gritty:
What: August Challenge- 10 photos
When: Due Tuesday August 14th at by midnight
Winner announced: With 2nd challenge on Wednesday,August 15th
Rules: must "look" like it is a MME project,must be created new
Prize: collection of your choice.
