The Paper Variety's Third Challenge

I actually used this LO for 2 different challenges. I used for Scrapbook Challenges- Word Prompt. The requirements was to use the word "first" in your LO, so I decided to use baby pics of my first Christmas. Since I like butterflies I added butterflies for The Paper Variety's (http://thepapervariety.blogspot.com/) Third Challenge. Here's the requirements:

I did another LO yesterday, but I'll post it in another post tomorrow. It's getting late and is raining hard here. I hope we don't have any flooding like the weathermen are predicting. Schools were let out early today and are delayed 2 hours in the morning due to flooding. I hate the rain, so I guess it's kinda an excuse for me to catch up on my scrappin! lol TFL! I hope everyone stays safe!

Recipe Challenge for The Paper Variety

This is my take for the Second Challenge with The Paper Variety. It's not like any recipe you've used before to make a cake or anything you make. This is is the recipe for the scrapbook LO:

My  ABCs are: A- Colors- Brown, Orange, Red (the paper has a red tint to it); B- Orange Borders that I punched out of Best Occasions Punch Out Pack; and C- Chicago ( http://www.miramax.com/chicago/) was a movie made in 2002 with Renee Zelleweger, Catherine Zeta Jones, & Richard Gere as the main characters. My sister, Emily, went to Chicago, IL on a missions trip. I decided to put a camera on there and use it as the journaling block. I cut the lens out and put a piece of patterned paper that had suitcases, passports, and post cards all over it. I decided to use the butterfly since it's orange and the LO is about flying. I didn't put a whole lot on this LO, because I wanted the leaves to be seen that are imprinted into the paper. That's how the paper was made. I bought a whole set of fall paper. This may be the last of the set. Emily is standing by Kevin and an airline worker about to board the plane. I remember seeing Chicago in the movie theater, it's more like a musical. I decided to make this LO after looking at The Paper Variety's blog last night. Check it out! http://thepapervariety.blogspot.com/

24 Hour Challenge LO for Scrappin-n-Chattin

I had to do this LO on an 8x8 page because that's what was chosen for me to use. The sketch above my LO is what I had to go by. I had to cut my pics up to fit all 4 on the page, but what I cut off was grass or part of the animal's cage. Tregembo Animal Park is in Wilmington, NC. (http://www.tregemboanimalpark.com/) I went with my family the summer of 2001. It was called Tote 'Em In Zoo then. You can just barely see them at the bottom under the blue ribbon, but there's a green frog to left of the journaling box and a turtle to the right of the journaling box. Monkey business fits this LO since it's pictures of zoo animals! I have lots more pics and will scrap them on 12x12 paper! It only took me an hour to do this LO. I was chatting with a friend on FB while working on this LO and looking up info about the zoo to make sure I put the right name of the zoo on the page! The journaling box tells about where the zoo is, when we went, and what my stepdad & stepsiblings are doing in the first pic- they're looking at animals in their cages. I'm gonna probably scrap the other zoo pics next week. I'm going to church tomorrow afternoon to enter the sermon for Sunday since I have the computer. Then Sunday afternoon, I'm going with my mom & stepdad to visit my grandmama at her house because her brother & sister-in-law, my Great Uncle Bill & Great Aunt Peggy, are visiting her from PA. I have a busy weekend ahead of me! Well, somewhat! It's going to be fun! I called him "Umpty Bill" when I was little! :)  Don't worry I'll post the LOs when I'm finished!

Oh, I don't know if I posted about this, but I'll mention it while it's on my mind! I won the Lollipop Crafts Challenge I did a few weeks back! I won a $25 gift certificate to Stamp and Create (http://www.stampandcreate.com/) !! I've put my order in and waiting to hear how I'm supposed to apply my gift certificate to my order. There must be something I'm missing. I'm going to order from them again once I get back on my feet! TFL at my LO and I will share my Stamp and Create goodies when I receive them! Have a good weekend! :)

Check Out My Sister's New Blog, Please!

Please check out my sister's new blog: http://emscreation.blogspot.com/. She's trying to make a little money making crafts for others. Her blog shows pictures of what she has already done. I helped her create the blog! Thanks & please tell her in the comments that I sent you. I've been at her house the last 2 days, so I haven't done any scrappin. I plan on entering another 24 Hr Challenge Friday night, so I'll be blogging again Friday!

New Bern's 300th Birthday Jublilee Weekend

I made this LO to remember New Bern's 300th Birthday Celebration! The map is the parade route & in the pocket is the passport/brochure everyone was given before entering Union Point Park for the Street Festival & I also saved the details of the parade line-up and put the newspaper clipping behind the passport. The journaling tells of the events my family & I attended Friday night & Saturday. Friday night, we went to Tryon Palace for the NC Symphony 300th Birthday Concert & fireworks followed. The concert was good, but we had to sit so far back on the south lawn (it was outside) because it was crowded. We couldn't hear the music that well for kids screaming behind us below the wall. Tryon Palace is on an incline overlooking the river and they have a wall all the way around the back of the property. Saturday morning, we went to the Heritage Parade that was supposed to be from 10-12, but only lasted until 11:30. We sat at the end of the parade route and didn't see all the parade. A lot of them- NC Governor Beverly Perdue and the Mayor got out of the parade a block before the parade got to where we were. There was 4 or 5 high school bands in the parade. I enjoyed it! Afterwards we ate lunch at the Bojangle's booth in the park and walked around a little bit. New Bern's mascot is the bear so that's why there's little bears all over the LO and the colors are red & black. New Bern is a sister city to Bern, Switzerland. A group of Swiss people were at the concert Friday night and attended the festivities all weekend. It was a good experience to remember! :)

Cardabilities Card & 2 Other LOs

Sketch

Front

Inside

Childhood Memory

Sisters

The inside of the card has "The Magic of Christmas" on the polka dotted square that almost looks like gumballs. I made this card for Cardabilities (http://cardabilities.blogspot.com/). Check out their blog for more sketches!

The Childhood Memory LO I made for Scrappin-n-Chattin as a Keepsake LO. It's a newspaper cut-out of me at Washington Co Library for art class in 1980. I don't remember this event, but my mom had the newspaper clipping and gave it to me. The purple tag tells more about the pic. Brooke, a girl my grandmother used to babysit when she was little and a friend of mine, is to my right in the pic. We still keep in touch through Facebook. I had to use a purple page since it's about me and it's my favorite color!

The 2nd LO is of me & Emily on our bikes that I mentioned in the Palmetto Co Islands Park LO. The journaling tells about where we were living- Men Riv Housing (my dad was in the Navy stationed at the Shipyard) in Charleston, SC Christmas 1982. TFL!

The Paper Variety's First Sketch Challenge

The Paper Variety (http://thepapervariety.blogspot.com/) is a fairly new blog designed by Abby & Suzanne, friends from Scrappin-n-Chattin (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scrappin-n-chattin/). This is the sketch we were given to follow:

&  this is my take:

The journaling block has "just chillin'" typed in the top left corner and I wrote "Tyler was enjoyin' his macaroni-n-cheese!" The mushroom paper "Happy Place" was in Scrapbooks Etc Aug/Sept 2008 as an advertisement for Sassafras (http://www.sassafrasslass.com/). I'm not even sure they make the paper anymore, I searched on the site and it might not even be called Happy Place. I saw it and thought I'd use it on a LO! The green polka dotted scallop edge under the picture was on the Sassafras paper and I decide to cut it off to go under the pic! The leaves were from a punch. I used the little green polka dotted squares at the bottom to make the leaves and decided to use the scraps on my LO, too! The title is "Priceless" because this picture is priceless! The Sassafras paper was my inspiration, along with the sketch, to make the LO look as good as it is! I have so many different issues of Scrapbooks Etc and Memory Makers magazines that I don't use them enough for inspiration! There's a lot of sketches in them, too! I'd rather look online for inspiration! Oh, well! Please join in on the fun and try the challenge yourself! TFL!