STS Speed Scrap #50

Yep another speed scrap! Woohoo two in less than a week!!

Okay so this one was REALLY hard for me. I fought almost every step along the way!!! lol Here are the instructions:

STEP 1: CHOOSE 5 SOLID PAPERS-USE ONE FOR YOUR BACKGROUND
STEP 2: TAKE 3 OF THE PAPERS AND CUT INTO 3 DIFFERENT BASIC SHAPES (SHAPES-CIRCLE, SQUARE, TRIANGLE, RECTANGLE) OR SIZES- LAYER THEM IN THE TOP LEFT CORNER OF YOUR LO
STEP 3: CHOOSE YOUR PHOTO-CUT IT INTO A BASIC SHAPE DIFF. FROM YOUR PAPER SHAPES. USE THE LAST OF YOUR SOLID PAPERS TO MATT YOUR PHOTO.
STEP 4: CHOOSE A FRAME AND FRAME YOUR MATTED PICTURE IN AN 'UNUSUAL' WAY.
STEP 5: CHOOSE 2-4 DIFF. FLOWERS AND 2-3 OTHER ELEMENTS. DUPLICATE THE FLOWERS AS NEEDED TO MAKE A CLUSTER ALL THE WAY ALONG THE BOTTOM OF YOUR LO. ADD IN YOUR OTHER ELEMENTS AS YOU'D LIKE.
STEP 6: ADD YOUR TITLE TO THE LEFT OF YOUR PHOTO. USE AN ELEMENT TO MAKE THE 1ST LETTER OF ONE WORD. (OR) USE AN ALPHA/FONT MIX ON YOUR TITLE.
STEP 7: ADD YOUR FINISHING TOUCHES: DROP SHADOWS, DATE, JOURNALING...

And here is my result. I think in the end it turned out good. I really love the cool frame and I love the flower border with the ribbon and the city and date on the ribbon at the bottom. I am still not totally wild about the circles, but OH WELL. The LO is done and I am not doing it again!

Color Basic Kit by June @ Cen's Loft

So what do you think???

A new Speed Scrap

Today when I got home from work I was doing a few things and then remembered that there was a speed scrap that started at 2pm. Well it was 3pm at this time and I thought, well heck I will TRY to get it done in the hour that remains. So I started going for it.

Here are the instructions:
Step 1:Choose 1 photo. Use a mask or photo split on it. Make sure the photo nearly fills your page.
Step 2:Choose a solid or lightly patterned paper for your background.
Choose 1-3 other papers and create paper strips behind your photo.
If your photo is vertical, place the strips horizontal.
If your photo is horizontal, place the strips vertical.
Don't forget to save your page!
Step 3: Attach your photo to the page. I used screws, you could use staples or brads, like that.
Step 4: Place 1 large “see thru” element behind your photo, but in front of your papers. I used chicken wire, you could use mesh, something along those lines.
Step 5: Make a small cluster of at least 3 items in one corner of your page. Did you save lately?
Step 6: Date your page, journal if you wish - in a different corner than your cluster.
Step 7: Title in 2 different fonts or 1 font and an alpha. Don't forget your shadows.

And here is my take on the directions! I LOVE how it turned out!!! Of course I love the pic to begin with and then the page just makes it even better!

Floral Fusion Collab Kit by Digi Designs by Nicole and Stolen Moments

Fixed page

Amy made this suggestion to add the butterflies. Does it look better/okay now? (The original one is in the post below what I completed at the Retreat.)

Pages I completed at my weekend scrapbook retreat in PA 06/26-6/28

As many of you know the end of June I went to a weekend scrapbook retreat with many of my friends from my weight loss website SparkPeople. We have been planning this retreat for almost a year. We even formed our own private team called Sisterhood of the Traveling Crops (yes based off the movie Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants). We are planning on doing this every year!!!

So in the day and a half we have of scrapbooking this is what I completed!

Kit is Celebrate by Andrea--Here a Scrap, There a Scrap

Get Fresh kit by Blue Dream Designs

Elephant from the Circle of Life kit by Stacy Towers

Miaaow! kit by Mel Hains

Mouse from Raining Cats and Dogs kit by Mel Hains

My Life kit by Amber--Stolen Moments

Raining Cats and Dogs Collab by Vicki Parker-A Work in Progress

and Mel Hains

Flourishes from Miaaow! kit by Mel Hains

Child Cancer Collab by Baby Cakes Scraps

I am not sure if I like this last one. I feel like it is a little barren. Any help would be welcome.

Garden of Life kit by Bits N Bobs

Bits N Bobs has a kit that came out while I was on vacation called Garden of Life. When she sent out the preview I absolutely fell in love with it! Isn't the girl/fairy adorable?! I LOVE her!!! lol So of course I asked to work with the kit, but I was unable to actually work on it until now! Here is a preview of the kit (there is even paper with ladybugs on it that is sooooo cute!).

Here are my pages. I did two, two pages spreads. I had a ton of pictures that I took at this time and could barely narrow it down to this many of pages! lol But I LOVE how they came out. My favorite thing on this first page is the ray of sunlight....can you see it?! Tell me that is not too cool! lol

There are two word art pieces in the kit and I really like this one Garden of Life. :-) See here's the fairy girl...isn't she cute???? (And yes I expect you to answer some of these questions in your comments!!!! lol)

Tranquility by ShelBelleScraps

ShelbelleScraps has a new kit coming out today called Tranquility. I really loved the glitter, but then saw the hanging frame in the preview and knew exactly how I was going to use it! Here is a preview of the whole kit. Go to her blog to get the papers for this kit starting today!

Here is what I did with the kit! Don't you love the hanging frame?! I totally love it! This is my niece and cousin reading stories together at our little get together over the 4th of July weekend.

June 2009 Month in Review Pages

FINALLY I get to get back to scrapping!!! Well at a later date and time I will post all the pages I created at my weekend crop the end of June. But for now I will post what I did today. I am trying to stay caught up with my month in review pages. I have only gotten Jan-Mar done, so I need to complete Apr and May to be caught up again.

Well June we did SOOOOO many things that I ended up having to do a 4 page LO to fit everything in. July may end up like that too, but it is okay! lol Remember click on the picture to enlarge it so you can see the journaling plus all the little pictures I squeezed on there!

Refresh kit by Scrap Girl