09/28/15 - 1st Layout Since January

 

 

I don't think anyone reads my blog anymore so I am pretty sure I am just talking to myself but... JIC... Hello! Good Morning! Good Afternoon! Good Evening!

 

 

Today I am sharing the first scrapbook page I have made since January!

 

Drum roll please...........

 



"#Thirteen"

Journaling:"Madi hates taking pictures but on this day, her thirteenth birthday, she let me.

I refer to that moment as: "A Birthday Miracle!"

1/24/15

  

I created the layout for 2 challenges over at SB.com:

 

The "September Movie Challenge": use a movie as your inspiration.

I chose the movie "Thirteen" (came out in 2003.)
-and -
The "September Sticker Challenge": include stickers on your layout.
I used 10 stickers on this layout (not counting the title, which is also stickers).
Twist = use a number sticker.  My "number symbol" counted for the twist.

The Title can be read 2 different ways/has dual meaning: "number" Thirteen or "hashtag" Thirteen.

 

 

 

 

I'm not gonna lie, even though I enjoyed the process, there was some anxiety mixed in as well.

I am so out of practice that I felt like I couldn't get my groove!

It took 2 days to complete this layout.

I got the basic idea and put everything down and then walked away from it before deciding if it needed anything else. Day 1 was a whole lot of that!

Day 2 was the realization that I liked it pretty much the way it was, adding a few extra little touches and then getting it scanned, cropped, and uploaded.

I did make a few mistakes that I had to cover up, which lead to some of the sticker choices, LOL

Like I said I'm out of practice...

But overall, I am very happy w/ it!

 

 

 

 

Which then lead me to create another layout which, completely coincidentally, is also about a birthday; this time my son's.

 

 "Archery" 

Journaling: "Joseph loves archery, so for his 20th birthday we bought him some

shooting time at a local range. Since I'm uncoordinated and Madison is shy, David

volunteered to shoot w/ him."

  

A SB.com challenge was the inspiration for this layout as well:

The "Boys Will Be Boys" Challenge.

Create a layout about a boy/the boys in your life.

 

2 layouts in one weekend after almost a year of nothing?!

I'm hoping this means I'm back!

Only time will tell...

But I will say, I'm looking forward to the next time that I can scrap and I joined a couple of challenges on SB.com that require an actual commitment once you've signed up...

I'm hoping my new found excitement and the fact that I have made these commitments will allow me to churn out at least a couple more layouts!