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Post by kiwigirl on May 1, 2018 13:22:22 GMT
Hey everyone! I planned to do this in April and get lots of points for my team but I was useless and never even got started. So now it's May and I actually did start today. I hope some of the rest of you will join me too. The challenge is to scrap every letter of the alphabet. So here's my A LO and I've scrapped Auckland, my home town. I was already thinking ahead to B and I'm gonna use Basic Grey for that so I used Basic Grey today for A as well!  If the team points are the same as last month, it's 1 point for doing a LO, one point for doing a challenge and one point if you share it here, so 3 points for your team  (I hope I have that right, I'll edit if I've got it wrong) |
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Post by stinkerbelle on May 1, 2018 14:19:14 GMT
ooh fun!
oh and the manufacturer challenge this month is BasicGrey, so there's another point for B!
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christinec68
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Post by christinec68 on May 1, 2018 14:21:32 GMT
This sounds interesting. You're referring to the title, correct? Do we have to go in alphabetical order?
My wheels are spinning here.
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Post by kiwigirl on May 1, 2018 14:51:18 GMT
This sounds interesting. You're referring to the title, correct? Do we have to go in alphabetical order? My wheels are spinning here. Anything can fit the letter, so it could be a manufacturer, product, your photo, your title, literally anything on the page be it big or tiny. I mean you could put a sequin on it and use it for your S page. I saw it done on a FB group in February and really wanted to play along but as I was here doing 28-4-28, I didn't want to take it on. But it looked fun and I loved seeing what people used for their letters. I will try and do a letter per day and post on this thread but I can't promise anything because..... well, I'm pretty slack!  |
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Post by gramma on May 1, 2018 14:59:52 GMT
H'mmm - great base and motivation to do an ABC baby book!!
M - Mexico Mission 
O - Owl - I'll also claim this in the Stash Challenge 
D - Disney - Like my Easter Bunny treat box, this is a little off the straight and narrow of scrapbooking. My grand-daughter, her fiancé and another couple are going to Disneyland. She asked for shirts - I've done 6 so far. How many points is that? 
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Post by stinkerbelle on May 1, 2018 15:02:23 GMT
H'mmm - great base and motivation to do an ABC baby book!! or ABC's of me/you/us years ago i found a list for the ABC's of me, but i've since lost it. could probably google and find it again though... |
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christinec68
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Post by christinec68 on May 1, 2018 16:06:07 GMT
This sounds interesting. You're referring to the title, correct? Do we have to go in alphabetical order? My wheels are spinning here. Anything can fit the letter, so it could be a manufacturer, product, your photo, your title, literally anything on the page be it big or tiny. I mean you could put a sequin on it and use it for your S page. I saw it done on a FB group in February and really wanted to play along but as I was here doing 28-4-28, I didn't want to take it on. But it looked fun and I loved seeing what people used for their letters. I will try and do a letter per day and post on this thread but I can't promise anything because..... well, I'm pretty slack! wow..you're making it super simple!! Thanks for a fun challenge!! |
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Post by stinkerbelle on May 2, 2018 5:00:10 GMT
this is my spot. i'm going to just update my alpha list each time.
A = arrows on generic boy page for donna
B = bling on what's in your basket? page
C = Candy on hello candy page
D = doilies on EAR-resistible page
E = Easter on believe in the bunny page
F = felt border on DIY dino page
G = glitter brads on chick days page
H = heidi swapp stickers on lucky to always have a friend page
I = "ink" in subtitle on hello love page
J = Junebug (BG paper line) on puppy love page
K = kids on so happy together page
L = llama on Hooray page
M = mixed media on we found love page
N
O = october afternoon on out of this world pages for donna
P = pearls on thankful page for donna
Q
R = resin flower brad on calvinball 2018 page
S
T = toothpick flags on things that go bump in the night page for donna
U
V = velvet ribbon on your big smile page
W = wood veneer on at the moment page
X = XO title, XO page
Y = yellow cardstock, easter wishes page
Z
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Post by kiwigirl on May 2, 2018 6:31:49 GMT
And I was just coming to say, you don't need to do anything in alphabet order so I'm glad you've embraced that stinkerbelle! You go girl! |
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Post by kiwigirl on May 2, 2018 11:14:46 GMT
Today is B and it's for Basic Grey, and funnily enough, I even chose to use B Side completely by random lol!  |
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Post by grammadee on May 2, 2018 12:49:14 GMT
I love those bright colours with pops of black & white, kiwigirl. Can't wait to see the rest of your alphabet! |
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Post by christinec68 on May 2, 2018 12:50:58 GMT
Here's my spot
A - Acrylic word & heart stickers - Baby Girl (5/27/18)
B - Border punch - Beautiful Girl (5/27/18)
C - Chipboard word & heart embellishment - So Much Love (5/29/18)
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E
F
G - Gear Stickers - He's Such a Good Kid (5/5/18)
H - Hot Air Balloon sticker - Sparkle (5/27/18)
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J
K
L - Label - Watch Out..Kids in Charge (5/5/18)
M
N
O - Orange Letter Stickers - Vero Beach (5/8/18)
P - Pocket - Hello Long Beach (5/3/18)
Q - Quatrefoil patterned paper - LOVE (5/27/18)
R - Rhinestones - Live Simply (5/27/18)
S - Stickers - Beer in the Magic Kingdom (5/6/18)
T -
U
V
W - Wooden Buttons - Shines From Within (5/2/18)
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Y - Yellow Arrow - Wild About You (5/15/18)
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Post by kiwigirl on May 3, 2018 6:40:21 GMT
Today is C and I used Crate Paper, Craft Market and also the cray cray title I've had on my desk for ages. I love Craft Market, the colours are so pretty. I just layered up some of the tags in the ephemera pack and it came together super easy!  |
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Post by stinkerbelle on May 3, 2018 7:40:51 GMT
ooh kiwigirl your crate page is fabulous! love the randomness layered up and how you used the nuvo drops...that title is great too! |
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Post by kiwigirl on May 3, 2018 10:39:26 GMT
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Post by msliz on May 3, 2018 11:58:01 GMT
kiwigirl, that circle frame is my favorite element on your page. Your positioning in the photo makes it look like you're peeking out from a window. Fun page!
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Post by kiwigirl on May 3, 2018 12:05:28 GMT
kiwigirl , that circle frame is my favorite element on your page. Your positioning in the photo makes it look like you're peeking out from a window. Fun page! Thank you! I wasn't that keen on Craft Market when it came out I don't think, who knows why I bought so much of it then eh lol! The wood frames are cool eh, I have done a few LO's on proper 12x12" embroidery frames over the years, inspired by those ones in the Craft Market collection. I was peeking around the corner of a brick wall in the photo being a dick lol! |
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Post by grammadee on May 3, 2018 12:14:44 GMT
What a fun page, kiwigirl ! Love everything about it-- the fun photo, all the tucked in bits, that frame, the riot of colour and texture with all that white space... |
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Post by LisaDV on May 3, 2018 12:18:48 GMT
kiwigirl, beautiful page. Love the layers and the colors.
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Post by grammadee on May 3, 2018 18:14:26 GMT
I finished and shared four pages today for other challenges. But I am also claiming them here.
A American Crafts cs for my Canadian Boys LO (how is that for irony?)
B Bazzill for black cs behind all four pages.
C Carta Bella "Cars" papers on my Watch Out pages
D Dee in my own pages for Camera Ready
E Echo Park on my two Celebrate Scrapbooking pages.
F Flowers on my Mother's Day cards
G Glitter on the title of Castle Play Park Smiles
H for Hockey on my Canadian Boys pages. (also has a small plaid heart on one)
J for journaling on my 100 words page
K kraft cs on both Easter Crafts pages.
L Layered Stickers (Me & My Brothers 2).
M Minc machine to do foiling on Celebrate Scrapbooking title.
N Nuvo drops and use of Negative space on the Smiles are Free page
O Oxide inks on the tag on Go Cart page
P Pebbles
Q Quilt style blocks (Me & My Brothers)
R Reminisce stickers on Easter Crafts page.
S Stars
T Torn edges on grad page.
U Uncut 4x6 photos on Camera Ready 2
V Used a scrap of Vellum on Springtime in Alberta page
W WeR papers
X Grad St FX page
Y Yupo paper on my turtle card
Z The z in Amazing on my Maple Syrup 2 page
Will add others when I get them completed.
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Post by kiwigirl on May 4, 2018 6:51:12 GMT
So today is D and I did Dad. Coincidentally, it's the 30th anniversary of his death today. I have been dreading today because he's been gone twice as long as he was alive for me now, I was 15 when he died. I have been thinking about him a lot and just not been looking forward to this anniversary. So I was kind of dreading doing a LO as well. I shed a few tears and then went looking for some paper. I found this background one and it seemed perfect. Then I found the little bit of heart boca paper which also seemed perfect. I dug out some sequin waste cause I think it was mentioned on here a while ago and I always loved sequin waste so I've used it. And I still love it! So for all my aprehension of doing this LO, it's actually ended up being one of my favourites ever. I went for bright colours instead of heritage like I was thinking to go with that photo (I literally have 2 photos of my Dad and I, both when I was small - I think I'm 3 here - so I've scrapped them both numerous times) and it made me happy instead of sad!  |
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Post by grammadee on May 4, 2018 13:24:16 GMT
kiwigirl, that is a lovely page, full of happy colours and shapes. No wonder you love it. And (((((HUGS))))) on this sad anniversary. I am glad that scrapping this page helped you.
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Post by christinec68 on May 4, 2018 13:42:07 GMT
Your layout is beautiful kiwigirl everything you used was just perfect. I am sorry for the sad anniversary. (((hugs))) |
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Post by stinkerbelle on May 4, 2018 14:27:09 GMT
kiwigirl hugs to you!! i'm so glad scrapping this page was theraputic for you the page is omg gorgeous! i love everything about it, especially the enamel dots. i need to pull out my sequin waste stuff too (if i still have any!); such fun texture.
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Post by kiwigirl on May 4, 2018 14:43:30 GMT
Thank you grammadee, christinec68 and stinkerbelle, bless you guys! It's funny how some years you're fine and don't give it much of thought but other years it sucks majorly. I went and bought a frame for my LO and it looks great in there, it's going on my wall soon |
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Post by kiwigirl on May 5, 2018 7:37:41 GMT
For E I really wanted to do embossing with embossing paste. I did 2 backgrounds and neither of them worked how I wanted. I really struggle to get colour on to mixed media backgrounds and have it work like it does in my head. I did discover some products called Magicals on YouTube which look like they will work for me, it's a powder dye which you spinkle on the page and add water for a watercolour effect and it looks super easy and even I can do it lol! I ordered but they're coming from the US and I'm impatient! So embossing didn't work for me. I went with E for envelope instead and I feel a bit boring doing that! I did bust out a proper old BG rub-on though and that's a massive Prima rose as well, it's huge IRL! Oh, and the background is white. It's super sunny here this morning (makes a change from all the grey skies we have had in April) and it looks pink for some reason!  |
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Post by kiwigirl on May 6, 2018 8:13:29 GMT
F is for Flea Market. I was planning on using Flourish for this LO but when I started going through the Maggie Holmes box, I found Flea Market first so I decided to use that instead. Oh, and then I picked up the wrong 6x6 pad so all the layers behind the photo are actually from another MH collection, I don't know which one, it doesn't have a name on the front, just Maggie Holmes. But hey, they all look the same right! I think I am about 18 in the photo, which is why I think I look fresh faced!  |
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Post by stinkerbelle on May 6, 2018 11:57:29 GMT
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Post by grammadee on May 6, 2018 15:19:14 GMT
That Fresh Face page is SO pretty! Starting with the photo. Love the soft teals, the bold stripes, and how the black and gold make it all pop.
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Post by kiwigirl on May 7, 2018 7:09:05 GMT
Thank you stinkerbelle and grammadee , I do appreciate your comments! Here's today's LO, G is for Good Vibes (cause I loved that collection) and also, Glasgow cause this is me on Buchanan St. I swear the LO is straight IRL, the line of Nuvos at the bottom aren't wonky! I am struggling to take photos in my normal spots cause it's so blimmen sunny here at the moment (very, very odd as it's a bank holiday today so it's a long weekend and nobody ever gets good weather on a long weekend so it's an anomaly for sure).  |
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(I hope I have that right, I'll edit if I've got it wrong)
