Number Crunch Challenge

Challenge 7 of the ADSR is called the number crunch challenge. It has two parts. Both team members have specific requirements for their layout. One has to make a messy layout and can only use products from 1 designer...the other team member has to a 'clean' layout using products from many different designers.

I am doing part 2...the clean layout. My layout has to include: 1 photo matte; 2 staples; 3 pictures; 4 stitches; 5 random elements of my choice; 6 flowers, stars or cardboard pieces; 7 papers; 8 buttons; 9 glitter/gems or bling pieces and 10 lines of journaling. And, the journaling has to be a letter to my 16-17 year old self! Wow....

My layout is called If I Could Turn Back Time:

The journaling reads: If I could turn back time…I wouldn’t have much advice because I would be concerned with altering your future and, although my life isn’t perfect, it is where I want to be. I can tell you that you don’t have to be perfect. It is okay to make mistakes. Learn from them. I can tell you don’t despair….Aunt Sally was wrong when she told you that these were the best years of your life. In every stage of your life you will have ups and downs. It is those experiences that will shape who you become.. You are stronger than you think you are. Spend time with the people you care about. Take more pictures (and put the date on them). Exercise, eat healthy and don’t start smoking. Trust yourself.

A Pulled Muscle, Dancing and Challenge #7

Last Saturday morning the puppy (all 45 pounds of her) decided to yank on the leash when I took her outside. I ended up pulling a muscle in my back and missed my great grandson's birthday party because I was in bed with a heating pad. It is better now as long as I am careful not to strain it.

The last two nights I have been watching Dancing With The Stars. I love the glitter and sparkle. And, seeing the stars struggle with the dancing steps makes me feel less awkward.

ADSR challenge #7 was posted Sunday. And wow, it is definitely the most difficult challenge so far! I'm putting the finishing touches on my layout now and hopefully I'll have it ready to post either later today or tomorrow.

ADSR and Layout: Just A Blur

Challenge #6 for the ADSR at Ndisb was to scraplift & twist one of our partner's layouts. And, to make the challenge even harder the theme of the layout had to be the opposite. I chose my partner's layout called Hush which is posted in her Snap and Scrap gallery. It is a layout of her beautiful daughter sleeping.

My layout is my great grandson wide awake and running full speed! My journaling reads, "Sometimes it is difficult to get a good picture of Gavin because he is constant movement so most of my photos of him are just a blur! August 2007"

Credits for Just A Blur: Digital scrapbook page created in Microsoft Digital Image Suite for challenge #6 of ADSR. Scraplift/twist of a layout by AdronsCatherine called Hush. Background: overlay from Edge Stax Mixed by Kim Liddiard; Country Potpourri Kit by Paris Designs. Elements: staple (color altered) from Electric Urban Kit by Brittney Ferguson Designs; yellow brad by Denise D. Wittner; label from Sadie Jayne Kit by Sweet Genevieve Designs & Vicki Stegall; green brad from Wild Child Paisley Kit by Melany Violette; journal strips (color altered) from Winter Warmers Kit by Vintage Charm; stitches (color altered) from Sassy Flower Kit by Barb Derksen; string from Autumn Mosaic Kit by Mary Ridgeway; bow from Country Potpourri Kit by Paris Designs. Font: PT Eye Chart (title) and PT Kianas Hand (journaling)

Layout: Chippy

I enjoy both scrapbooking and genealogy. I combined the two interests to make this layout to show how my brother-in-law got his childhood nickname. I used Victorian Baby Kit by Brittney Ferguson Designs...it was perfect!

Journaling: Most people have heard the saying, ‘a chip off the old block’. Chip evolved into Chippy...that is how Doug got his nickname. And, that is what most people called him until he was about 10 years old. Douglas W. Humphrey - Summer of 1947

Credits: Digital scrapbook page created in Microsoft Digital Image Suite with Victorian Baby Kit by Brittney Ferguson Designs. Font: Vladimir Script

Layout: Grammie & Papa

The Nuts4digi October 2007 Quote Challenge was to make a layout using any quote about grandparents. When I saw this quote I knew it would be perfect for this photo I have of Ashleigh and her grandparents.

Quote: Grandparents take their grandchildren by the hand and lead them into the future. Unknown

Credits: Digital scrapbook page created in Microsoft Digital Image Suite for Nuts4Digi October 2007 Quote Challenge. Background: Ann from the Ninety Nine Names Collection by Phreyfall. Elements: bow from Abby Kit by Pamela McNicol ; staple from So Babyish Kit by Jeannie Papai; brad from Too Soon Kit from Shabby Princess. Font: Amienne