After we had rounded up the items we wanted, we met up at Starbucks to trade our goodies with each other--It was so fun!
At our meet-up, we challenged each other to do some memory keeping and use the stuff we just got :)
Our challenges were to:
~Do 1 Project Life (pocket page) layout
~Do 1 (traditional) Scrapbook page
~Decorate our Planners
~Journal/Create in our Fauxdori
~Use the stuff we just got (either on 1 or all 4 of the above)
We gave each other 2 weeks--although, we are so lenient that we will get them done when we get them done--haha.
Since I haven't watched too much tv lately (there is nothing on!) and I gave up reading for a week, I completed 3 of the 4 challenges on the 4th of July weekend.
Here is my traditional scrapbook layout:
I used the gold washi tape from the Target Spot. I also used washi tape from the Dear Lizzy Fine & Dandy line and some plain lime green and some green polka dot washi that I've had in my stash (I don't remember from where).
The two wood veneers (the pineapple and flamingo) are from the Pink Paislee Citrus Bliss line. I used Color Shine to color them both. On the flamingo, I had first sprayed the primrose color shine, but you couldn't really see the outline of the bird, so I went over it with a marker...well then the outline was too dark, so I sprayed a couple more layers of color shine and it worked out ok for my liking (the pack gives you 2 flamingos so if anything I could have started over with the other one). On the pineapple, I used a paint brush to color the top with Citron Color Shine and Gold Lame Color Shine on the bottom--the gold is just enough without being too much for the layout.
I used a yellow cardstock (just from a Recollections pack I've had forever) as the base and the accent papers were all from old lines. The Pink with swirls was from Sandylion Barbie line. The pink plaid is from the DCWV Blossoms & Butterflies 6x6 pack. The white with yellow polka dots is from the Dear Lizzy 5th and Frolic line. And the yellow plaid is an old KI Memories Summer line.
The photo frame is from Crate Paper. The journaling block on the left side is from Crate Paper Darling line. On the bottom left, the journal sticker came from Pebbles--from 2009 and I can't find them online. The title stickers are from the Amy Tangerine Rise and Shine line. I also used the Heidi Swapp date stamp and the Amy Tangerine markers throughout.
On the right, I used a journal card from the Project Life Trinkets Value kit and word embellishments ("the little things" and "good times") from the Project Life Notes & Things Value Kit. The "laugh more" sticker is from Amy Tangerine's Yes, Please line. The pink arrow is from Amy Tangerine Rise & Shine and the black arrow is from Heidi Swapp Hello Beautiful Collection. The yellow with white polka dots is also a very old line from Bo Bunny Shabby Princess line. And the "Create" epoxy sticker is from White Blossom (I can't find online).
I know most of the supplies I listed are so old and maybe it is pointless to point them all out, but I wanted to show how I used some new stuff with lots of older stuff that I have been hoarding. I had pulled all my supplies that I wanted to use and tried to do a 15 minute page like Jaime Waters showed was possible in her BPC class, but I totally failed. It took me about 2 hours to complete this page! ha ha. That is ok, I wasn't doing it for the race, I enjoyed making this page.
About the page--this past May, I got together with Jossie, Liz, and Theresa on National Scrapbook day...the theme was Pineapples and Flamingos (hence the theme of my page). We had an awesome fun time and I couldn't wait to use the supplies I've had gotten for the page (the veneers and Dear Lizzy washi) and incorporate them with older supplies.
Thank you for reading all my babbling, if you made it this far--haha :D
I was going to show all the challenges complete on this post, but it got way too long...so I will do separate posts for each :)
