You know, I still have THREE unclaimed prizes from our first 30-Minute Thursday, and it seems to me that if you don't claim them in a week from the day your prize was announced, you just might have to sacrifice it! SO if you took part in 30MT #1, you'd better go back and check to see if you won. Because time is a tickin', ladies!
Here's what I've got for you this week:
This one pulled together really fast. I started with some old photos of my two older kids, flipped through a couple of magazines for designs using two photos, and decided on this placement. I picked the yellow cardstock because of the yellow in Ben's shirt and Kinsey's bib, and then grabbed a cool piece of patterned paper I had lying around, just waiting to be put to good use. Since the pattern is so bold and colorful, I didn't want to try to bring in another pattern, so I stuck with the solids -- teal for the scalloped strip, browns for the title circle and photo matting and journal strip.
Once I had the photos in place, I wanted to add some roundness, so I traced a CD and cut it out for the title block. Then I traced another and cut it out slightly larger with pinking shears. A quick look at the clock told me I had over 15 minutes, so I decided to stitch a border on the circle. I pulled out a template and marked the holes with a paper piercer, threaded some floss, and went to it (this as you can imagine was the most time-consuming part of the layout).
After it was stitched, I added the title (simple!) adhered the circle to the page, and cut and positioned the journaling blocks. A minute to go! I decided we needed some more red on the page, so I dug through my box o' buttons and found a few that would help tie the whole page together.
Voila!
materials: Patterned paper (Cloud 9) + scalloped blade (Fiskars) + floss (DMC) + alpha stickers (American Crafts) + buttons (Foof-a-la) + pinking shears
Your challenge: Create a 30-minute page using older photos. You decide what "older" means! That was really the genesis for this page.
LAST WEEK'S WINNERS:
Notice anything interesting about this list? You are correct -- that is EVERYONE WHO ENTERED! You can't win if you don't play.
So, if you're a winner, send me your address BY NEXT THURSDAY and I will get you some little goodies. Send me your address even if you are completely certain I have it (I probably do, but it's quicker this way...)
Now go play.
okay...now onto the right challenge! hopefully I will get this done on time!
Posted by: melita | November 08, 2007 at 01:59 PM
Okay, I blew last week. I am sorry. Bad Scrapper! I was making cards. Lots and lots of cards.
I'll try to do better this time. :)
Posted by: Mary c | November 08, 2007 at 03:31 PM
Lain,
My address is:
Leslie Price
1213 Ash Street
Winnetka, IL 60093
Loved this week's podcast - didn't want it to end!
Tks for the pcast & challenges!
Leslie Price
Posted by: Leslie | November 08, 2007 at 04:11 PM
ok I'm done!! Yay...I've never done this before it was so fun! Thanks for the inspiration...here it is
http://www.caffinatedcropper.blogspot.com
Posted by: Amy Castellano | November 08, 2007 at 05:46 PM
You're spoiling us!! And you're definitely not getting rid of me now :D
I love your layouts, especially the big scalloped (or..sheared. I guess.) circle - so cute!!
Posted by: Ingunn | November 08, 2007 at 05:58 PM
So, am I right in thinking I take 30 mins to scrap a page and then post it on my blog and post a comment here when I am done?
Posted by: sockiepuppets mom | November 08, 2007 at 09:24 PM
hi Lain,
I was so proud of the fact that i had posted my page on the Reader's Gallery last Saturday and then i realized i wasn't supposed to do that...and by then it was wednesday afternoon and i tried posting it here but i couldn't get it?!!
I'm so mad with myself for being so comput. illiterate :(
do you think that for this new challenge it would be ok to post it on SimpleScrapb. Gallery with a tag"Lain's challenge"?
Please, pretty Please?!!
thank you
alexandra ( bibi, c'est moi )
Posted by: alexandra | November 08, 2007 at 10:05 PM
Ok, I have never done this before. As you can see I am very minimalistic:) This is the first page I have done since July!These are pictures of my baby on her 1st birthday 6 yrs ago. Thanks so much for getting my creative juices flowing again!
go here: http://justussyessam.blogspot.com/
Posted by: sockiepuppets mom | November 08, 2007 at 10:44 PM
Whoop, got mine done! http://www.feastsonscraps.com/?p=128
Thanks for prompting me to look though my baby album - I got some great ideas for more pages now!
Posted by: Ingunn | November 09, 2007 at 04:04 AM
sorry, lol forgot I should have specified how old the photos are...they are 6 years old and 1 move ago...:)thanks
Posted by: Amy Castellano | November 09, 2007 at 05:13 AM