Day 15

The challenge today was to mix up your theme papers and use them for
photos/stories that are not related to the themes. I wound up creating
a July 4th themed layout because the photo I chose was taken on July 4th
when the twins were 10 months old. I think I would have been more
likely to use other papers if I had changed the photo to black and white
but I don't mind that I didn't meet this challenge -maybe next time.

I do know that all of the papers and embellishments on this layout
are OLD. I just finished going through my patriotic themed stash
and weeded out the stuff I didn't want or wouldn't be using any
time soon and these were some of the things I kept. So glad to
finally be using them.

See you tomorrow for Day 16!
xoxox
Csmoferret

Days 13 and 14...

LOAD marches on...

Day 13=> Challenge -chose some colors that make you feel good and
help to tell the story. Well, I don't know how much they help to tell the
story but I really love the colors I chose. I used pan pastels to create the
background and the flowers, added the photo of the family doing something
outside and the quote and done!
This layout is actually in one of my art journals- it is, in fact, the first
page of that particular journal. It makes me smile every time I open
the cover.

Day 14 => Challenge- use old supplies from your stash to create a layout.

Stash diving led me to the huge chipboard flower, the pinked ledger paper, and the purple-ish acrylic letter pebbles ('me'). I used my new pan pastels on the chipboard and sprayed it with fixatif and then glued it down. The list is just random things that came to mind as I was putting this together- I really had no idea where I was going to go with this huge flower and this patterned paper! LOL! No photo but a revelation - I write too much! (see?)

Okay, more tomorrow.
Good night!
x0x0x
Csmoferret

LOAD 10/10 Day 12...

Okay, the challenge today was to use something from our stash
that we really loved. Well, there are tons of things in my stash
that I really love but I had to narrow it down a bit...

I looked through my photos and found the picture of Punkin
after a very active nap and then went hunting for the perfect
materials from my stash. Since I am in the middle of a huge
purge of stuff I knew exactly where to look for little girl
themed materials and immediately found this
overlay/background set, I also had this flower stem
from Prima that I really love and everything just fell into
place. I did write out the story about how she took her
clothes off and didn't get them back on right (both
legs are through one inside-out pant leg) and she
looks completely worn out trying to get redressed.
It was just too cute to pass up with a camera.
The gel pen I used just hasn't dried enough for me
to add it to the layout so I went ahead and uploaded
the picture without it to the Flickr group.
Here, see for yourself! LOL!




Off to bed. See you tomorrow for Day 13.
xoxox
Csmoferret

Day 11...

The challenge for today was to really think about all of the
embellishments we are using on our layout today and make
sure they really enhance the story rather than just making
the page pretty.

I had a hard time with this challenge because I kept removing stuff
and changing the photos around and fixing this and fixing that until
I fixed everything but the cardstock and the title right off the page! LOL!
I think the photos are the most important part of the page and anything
I added to this layout just drew the viewer's attention away from them.
I do need to add the date somewhere on the page but that's no big
deal.

See you tomorrow for Day 12!
xoxox
Csmoferret

Days 7, 8, 9 and 10....

Day 7 => Challenge: use a photo and title but no other journaling...
This is actually one of my favorite photos and I took it at sunset looking
at the shrimp boats tied up at the People's Street L-Head. I did not
touch up this photo in any way- that is exactly the way the boats looked
in the soft pink orange light of the sunset.

Day 8 => Challenge: Create a layout without any photos. Concentrate
on the story.

Okay, well, I didn't use a photo but I did use chalk pastels to draw the
fish and some sea grass on the patterned paper. So I kind of feel like I
cheated but I'm very happy with the result -wish I could write a bit
straighter but Oh Well. Totally LOVE the white paint pens by Sharpie.
I have not had any luck with any other white pen - they just don't want
to work for me (any brand and I've tried them all!)- but the Sharpie
white paint pen/marker is awesome. I love the results I get with it.

Day 9 => Challenge: Use all of the story telling techniques we have
learned about this past week and create a layout that concentrates
on the story.

Punkin taught herself how to draw a lamb by looking at a stuffed animal
and copying what she saw. Then after creating a few she challenged us
to try our hand at drawing sheep too. This layout doesn't have a photo
but it does include the original drawings. I thought about putting mini
frames around them but, truthfully, I was running out of time to get it
posted due to a lengthy Weblos Pack meeting activity session last night.
I do wish I had made the word "draw" larger than the word "you" in the
title but Oh Well. : )

I had a couple of LOADers ask to see a closer view of the sheep so I also
posted that.
Silly, huh?

Day 10 => Challenge: Use only cardstock, photo, title and journaling to
create a layout today.

I enlarged a photo Hubby took using his iPhone after our celebration
dinner in San Antonio 2 Saturdays ago. Punkin won several different
awards at the Judge's Cup Meet and we were so thrilled that she has
shown so much improvement since just starting to compete in late July.
She wasn't sure even how the events would work and has really gotten
the hang of how the meets run and what is expected. She is super
excited about next year. I'm glad she enjoys it and I'm super proud of
her.

Well, we're 33.3% through the month! See you tomorrow for Day 11!
xoxox
-Csmoferret

LOAD Days 5 & 6 ....

Day 5 Challenge => use a black and white photo.

And I did. I have had this photo in my favorites file for quite
a while but I don't think I ever scrapped it. I love the way he
is looking over her head and she is beaming at the camera.
Just love this!!


Day 6 Challenge => Use a film strip or line up photos in a line like a
film strip.

I used a pre-printed zoo animal filmstrip transparency and stapled
it to the background, added my photo of the twins at Gladys Porter
Zoo and then stapled the 'Day at the Zoo' transparency to the top.
I only attached it to the top corners so I can flip it up and add my
journaling on the giraffe paper. This was fun, but looking at the
zoo filmstrip it should probably have some white paper behind it
so you can see the different animals better. Maybe when I fill in the
journaling I will fix that- or maybe not...

Off to bed. See you tomorrow for Day 7!
xoxox
Csmoferret

And the LOAD goes on...

Day 2=> Challenge -use a photo that shows where you are right now.

I made this layout using my iPhone and Coolibah (a free app for
scrapbooking photos on your iPhone) while we were in San
Antonio for Punkin's Gymnastics meet. I had to download some free
kits and found it very difficult to get the elements and items in the
correct places without having to constantly start over. It was pretty
frustrating but I am hoping it will be easier with practice.

The photo is of the twins painting on the 'free paint' wall at the Art
Walk downtown last Friday night. I think this was their favorite part!

Oh- I couldn't get rid of the Coolibah logo on the bottom right corner
there either. Probably have to pay for the 'Extended' app to do that.
Who knows.

Day 3 => Challenge -use a photo and just a title. No journaling. The
photo needs to tell the story.

I took this photo of Punkin showing me how fast she could cross the
bars on the playset at the Texas State Aquarium playground. She
moved back and forth, swinging her legs, zipping across those
bars without stopping or dropping. It was amazing. The look
of pure joy on her face was even more amazing! She has such
strong arms and really loves those bars!


Day 4 => Challenge - close crop your photos to spotlight your story.

I used photos from Flickr to showcase bits of the places I would love
to see. I never really realized I had a Travel Bucket List but apparently
I do! LOL! I look forward to the day when I can replace the Flickr photos
in this layout with photos I took with my own camera. Credits for the
different photos are listed below the layout.

1) Eiffel Tower -Stavros Markopoulos
2 )Kells Priory, Kilkenny, Ireland - Eward Dullard Photography
3) Sawyer Glacier, Alaska -TerryMcT
4) Rainbow Falls, Hawaii - TerryMcT
5) The Great Sphinx & King Khafra's Pyramid on the Giza Plateau- Medhatiblu
6) Venice - Vjekoslav Karadza
7) Kilchurn Castle, Scotland Highlands -Jackfre2
8) Isola di Capri - Alfred Tetzlaff

I just searched Flickr for the different places I wanted to go and
chose a photo that could be close cropped and still be recognizable.
This was a fun challenge.

See you tomorrow with Day 5!
xoxox
Csmoferret