My Challenges

These are my own individual scrapbooking challenges.  I will accomplish at least 10 of these challenges by Sunday, April 23, 2017.  I hope these challenges will inspire me to always scrap and create.  Last day of spring break so let's get started!

1.  Scrap a birthday photo
2. Scrap Valentine's day photo
3. Create a mini story within an album (Christmas/Easter/large event)
4. Create a front or back page for an album
5. Use a decorative punched edge.
***6. Use a silhouette cut file for the background of a LO

Let's Scrap Sketch

7. Use a silhouette cut file for a title
***8. Use a silhouette cut file to create a themed layout.
9. Complete card kits for Easter gifts!
10. Use a pre-cut kit layout.  3/19/17
11. Create a LO of Hawaii trip.
12. Create a LO of NYC trip.
13. Create a LO of New England trip
14. Use an 8 1/2 x 11 photo on a LO
15. Use a 5 x 7 photo on a LO
16. Complete a pocket page.3/19/17

17. Use a pre-made kit (either themed or just a paper kit)
18. Use "color your own" letters
19. Use fabric.
20. Use a banner
21. Use EXTREMELY OLD paper, letters and embellishments
22. Use left over letters/embellishments to make a card
23.  Use spray ink on LO
24.  Use a stencil
25. Use watercolor paper and inks.
26. Post all of these LOs on my blog page.

------ Strikethrough items EQUAL "I COMPLETED"
*** Star Items EQUAL "I STARTED!!"

Water Skiing at 14!: TMN Challenge #84

This layout is based on a sketch challenge from The Memory Nest.  This is sketch #84.   I am so excited to have found The Memory Nest!  Inspirational sketches and layouts, which are encouraging me to scrap!  In fact, several silhouette cutouts have been featured, which I hope to try!!!  This is a 5x7 photo printed from my new Epson PictureMate 400 (birthday present from my husband & son).  I am very happy with how it turned out!  I encourage you to visit The Memory Nest for inspiration and shopping!  This is a photo of my son wakeboarding on his 14th birthday last summer!  Fun birthday!

Playing 7th Grade Basketball: TMN Challenge #83

I was so excited to find the site The Memory Nest who features sketch challenges!!  I LOVE a challenge!! This is Sketch Challenge #83.  I encourage you to check out The Memory Nest  Their sketches and blog post inspired me this past week!  This is my son playing 7th grade school basketball.  The only photo I have of him playing basketball.

Shimelle's Challenge Fringe Strips "Noni & I"

Today I created this cute and easy page!  Strips of paper, cut with my new fringe scissors (making it extremely easy) made cute fringe strips under the photo of my son with his paternal grandmother.  This a photo of their last "Grandparent Day" at OLOL!  I really need to make a page with all the photos throughout the years of  Grandparent day!  This page was based on Shimelle's Weekend Challenge, which was to use pattern paper strips and make them into fringe.  The original placed fringe in a cutout shape.  I will try this on another layout.  I wanted the ruffle feel for this particular layout.  In addition, I used one of my pre-made packs of left over paper based on a color pallet I chose from pinterest.  This challenge was from a previous Shimelle class called 20 things.  I like using up scraps in a fun way like this page!

Shimelle's Pre 20 Project Challenges: BIG Triangles

I love the use of 4 BIG triangles of BOLD pattern paper as the base of the layout. This is based on one of Shimelle's pre The 20 Project challenge weekend by Cathy Martin.  I printed the black and white photo of my son and me icing/decorating Easter cookies (ducks, chicks and eggs) for a previous weekly Shimelle challenge, which I never completed. So, I consider this another twofer!  I don't have too many photos of me and my son "creating" anything for a holiday; so, I really do love this photo!

Shimelle's Pre 20 Project Sketch Challenge

This is the second of Shimelle's Challenges from her Pre 20 Project Class weekend of challenges.  We were challenged to use one of Shimelle's sketches.  I used some papers from stash and scrapped photos of my son at a summer soccer camp.  To the right of this layout is a divided page protector with additional photos of my son and his cousins at the soccer camp.  

Shimelle Pre Project 20 Challenges

This is my take on May Flaum's card from Shimelle's Pre The 20 Project Class Challenge weekend.  I stamped the "stitches" vs sew; punched butterflies out of scrap paper vs washi tape and I added a few more butterflies.  Last, I splattered autumnal orange and gold glitter spray ink/paint across the card and stamped a scroll design on the top & bottom of the card to help fill in the empty white space.  This was the first project from the weekend of challenges I tackled.  It was a great way to get started!  Thanks Shimelle and May!