Speed Scrap

I haven't done a speed scrap in a long, long time. I think it's been at least four months. But today, they had a daytime scrap, right during HD's nap. So I did it! It was so fun. I remember now why I love them. The hardest part of this one was finding an animal that "fit" but I love this birdie! So fun!

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Big Week in my Scrapping World

First off, two weeks ago I submitted this page to Scrap It by Breeza's Creative Team call. (The page had to use 75% of her designs.) Then on Wednesday - Friday she displayed my LO (along with 8 others) on her blog and asked her blog readers to vote on their favorite. The top two LOs with most votes would be on her creative team and guess what, I was one of those! So I'm on a creative team! Yahoo! I am so excited and I can't wait to get to "work"!

Then, I got a few more pages done last week. I realized that I still have a lot of Italy pictures to scrap so I started using challenges at ScrapMatters to do some of those pages. I really like how they are turning out. I think my creative juices must have been flowing. These are the three I finished:{credits}

Cortina was a page I did as part of a Telephone Challenge at SM.

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Slovenia was done for a Speed Scrap.

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I entered Vajont Dam into a template challenge over at Tangie Baxter's Loft and I won! I was so excited. It's always fun to be recognized and especially for a page I really love and can't wait to print.

I also scrapped this page for a Tuesday Template challenge. Looks a lot like this one, huh? Kind of fun to be able to do that since these two pages will go in two different albums - HD's and my 52 Blessings book.

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Oh, and when I have weeks like this, when I do a lot of pages, I get asked a lot how I have the time to do it all...in all honesty, I just do. It's one of my favorite pasttimes, so if I can find the time, I'm going to scrap. And these pages really just flowed. None of them took much longer than an hour and all were done during nap time or after HD was asleep. Oh, and Matt has been studying a lot this week and was out of town on Thursday and Friday, so I can spend my evenings and nights in front of the computer without feeling guilty!

Recent Pages

Saturday Special. Instructions: "your title has to be clever".
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For a Speed Scrap.
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Tuesday Template Challenge. Instructions: Scrap about someone special to you.
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Tuesday Template Challenge.
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Olympic Scrapping.

The week at ScrapMatters, Britt hosted Olympic Challenges. There were four different challenges, each with a different them. It was so much fun and I got a lot done thanks to the challenges! Check it out:

1. Opening Ceremonies:
She gave a list of 6 requirements and we had to pick two. The two I chose were to 1) use colors from my country's flag and 2) to scrap a picture from a holiday. {credits}

2. Go for the Gold:
The challenge here was to scrap an emotion. While almost everyone else did joy or excitement, I chose this sad one because of how much emotion it displays. My daughter...the drama queen. {credits}

3. Triathlon:
For this one you had to use three pictures, three buttons, three papers and 3 words in the title - and then anything you want after that. Oh, and we had to complete it in the three days from when the challenge was issued. Pink and green are not the usual colors I would use when scrapping a race, but I had fun! {credits}

4. Swimming:
The challenge for this one spelled SWIM:

Scallops
White
Inked Edges
Multiple photos

I had SO much fun with this page. More fun than should be allowed. These pictures just cracked me up and it was fun to do a different kind of page {credits}

And finally, this one was a Speed Scrap on Monday morning...
I had a tougher time with this SS than I usually do, but it came together in the end. I LOVE this song by Jason Mraz and listen to it daily. {credits}

Addicted to Speed!

I did another Speed Scrap tonight. Here are the instructions:

1. Find two pictures. One needs to have more than one person in it. The other can be anything or anyone you want. The pictures need to be side by side or one on top of the other but not touching.
2. Next pick three papers. These are to be layered as your background. The top paper should be a very subtle print. They need to be centered on top of each other. Sort of like they are bordering each other with the subtle print on top. Sorry, I should have had this be the first rule not the second.
3. Frame your photos and connect them some how but don’t have the frames touch each other. I want straight, clean lines so don’t tilt the photos or the frames. You can use ribbons, staples, stitching, anything you want to attach the frames.
4. Stitch down your papers anyway you want to. Add some sort of trim below your photos if they are horizontal on your page and along side your photos if the are vertical.
5. Now embellish your trim with anything you want to.
6. Date your LO with a tag or a paper strip or a date stamp. Don’t just put the date in a text. Put it on something.
7. Now add your title close to your photos. You should end up with quite a bit of open space that you can leave empty or fill it up with what ever you want once you complete the required rules.

And my page:

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So fun! I love that speed scrapping forces me to think outside the box!

Crazy Night Speed Scrap

I did another Speed Scrap tonight. It wasn't as smooth as last week because:

1. HD didn't go to bed very well because of diaper rash, so she ended up watching Nemo in the office while Matt did his thing and I scrapped.
2. The scrapper giving instructions had a power outage and so we waited for 1/2 hour until fearless Brittney stepped in with the rest of the instructions.

But it was fun and I did get a page done and I managed to organize some paperwork during the downtime.

So, long story short (too late) here is my page...

Credits can be found here. And in case you're interested, you can find my SM gallery here.

Another Speed Scrap.

I haven't done much scrapping lately but these speed scraps are fun. I did my second one tonight. Here were the guidelines:

1. Pick 2-3 pictures, black & white or color, and arrange them in a line or a grid. That's kind of two instructions for the price of one. It was hard to get it down to seven total directions!
2. Pick your background paper—it needs to be black or very dark brown or very dark blue. It can be plain or patterned.
3. Place your pictures on your paper and stitch them down. You read it right—they must be stitched down. I don’t care how much stitching, but every picture has to have at least one stitch on it.
4. Title—Your title must contain two words and only two words. You can use a font or an alpha or a combination of the two.
5. Elements—Whatever elements you choose to use, must be tucked part way under at least one of the pictures. No floating elements!
6. Almost there—now use a definition to define one of the words in your title. It should also pertain to your layout—the dictionary is fine. It can be word art or just text.
7. Last one! For this LO you can’t add any real journaling, just your definition and names of people in the pictures and the date. Of course what you do with it after the speed scrap is up to you! But your definition should really cover most of it.

And this is what I did:

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This is the first time I've scrapped pictures of myself. Stepping out. I figured that the Wasatch back was a good reason to do it.
All my digiscrap friends out there, you really should check out the Speed Scraps over at ScrapMatters.com. They are fun!

Speed Scrap

I did my first speed scrap on Tuesday. I heard about it here and decided to go ahead. The speed scrap was hosted by ScrapMatters and it was so fun! Matt was in the office with me, entertaining HD so we could all be "together" while I had my head in Photoshop (thanks Matt!) I love these pictures so it was fun to get them on a page.

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Today I went back and finished the opposite page using the same kit.

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Butterfly and stitching by Shabby Princess.
Template (altered) by Mrs. Wresh.