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NSD09 1pm Challenge

Your Challenge is to do a layout featuring a tree, it doesn’t have to be a Willow Tree, any tree will do!

First one to leave a comment linking to a new tree layout wins a £10.00 goody bag!

(We will be checking date in galleries and on blogs to ensure it has been completed today)

Lickity Slip 365

Anyone doing Project 365? The idea is that you take a photo every day of the year. It seems like a great time to start.

Becky Higgins is trying it this year, and has (or had) a kit by Creating Keepsakes to go with it.

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I love the idea, and know that there is no way I’ll get chance to do a layout each day with my photo, but I like the idea of a weekly layout with 7 pictures. I’m looking at sketches for 7 photos, (Becky Higgins to the rescue again with the Best of Becky Higgins Sketches) and I’d like to just use the same format each week. I can manage a layout a week can’t I?

At the moment I think I’ll see how January goes. So far I’ve got photos of the little man for Jan 1st and 2nd, so I need to get one tonight when I get home, and hopefully if I can get through January the habit will be formed and I’ll make it through the year.

It also means I’m not making any firm decisions about what album to use before then either. I love the American Crafts albums as always, perhaps even an 8.5×11 and try digital layouts. With a couple of templates I could probably whip up pages in no time, of course the couple of templates will probably take me a week to do, and its just not as much fun for me.

Another option is the Bazzill Lickity Split Albums. Lickety Slip Albums let you scrapbook as much as you want and store as many photos as you want. You can use either 12×12 page protectors, or the divided Lickity Split Page Protectors, so I could just drop photos in, or do a full layout. Choose how you want the photo sleeves arranged in this easy to use D-ring binder.

hmmmmm, decisions decisions.

Let us know what you’re doing!

Scrapathon Sunday Evening Challenge

For a bit of fun…Use something from your handbag on your layout. This could be some memorabilia, a reciept, or use something to stamp with. You could just use a pen that you keep in there, or an emery board for sanding something…

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1 4×12 Portrait

Scrapathon Sunday Afternoon Challenge

We’ve all got loads of Christmas Photos from years gone by. Create a layout using at least 12 of your Christmas photos.

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1 8×6 Portrait

Scrapathon 40 Sunday Lunch Challenge

Create a layout using the following PageMaps Sketch

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1 5×7 Portrait

Scrapathon Sunday Breakfast Challenge

Tag…You’re It. Play a game of Scrap Tag…Do a layout about 5 things people probably don’t know about you.

Alternative Challenges

  • Tag your whole family – do 5 things others don’t know about your family
  • Tag each member of your family – what things don’t people know about your kids?
  • Get your kids to Tag you, what 5 things do they want to know about you?

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6 2×1.5 Portrait

Scrapathon Sunday Morning Challenge

Pick a shape, any shape….OK, mine’s a heart. Use that shape as many times as possible on a layout. A Prize to the layout featuring your chosen shape the most. Layouts to be posted in the Flicr group, or in a comment here by midnight.

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1 x6 Landscape

Scrapathon Saturday Evening Challenge

Write a letter to a family member and use it as your journalling

We’d still like you to share your layout with us, but this journalling might be very personal so you can always blur it or cross it out before posting it.

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1 6×4 Portrait

Scrapathon 24 Saturday Evening Challenge

Create a layout using the following PageMaps Sketch

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1 6×4 Landscape

1 6×8 Portrait (Trimmed to approx 6×7)

Scrapathon 19 Saturday Afternoon Challenge

Use either of the last two layouts as a template for a new one. A Prize to the first one posted here (leave a comment with a link) or on the Flickr Group.

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1 5×7 Landscape