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Post by grammadee on Sept 1, 2019 4:01:39 GMT
We love to see each others' creations. Please share what you create in September in one of these ways:
*If you are meeting a challenge in the September Challenges Thread, or simply creating something for the sake of creating, please share your creation in this thread.
*If you are meeting a SKETCHTEMBER challenge, or one of the challenges listed under Challenge #1, please share in the thread with the original challenge. If you wish, you may also share in this thread, but as long as you have shared it there, you can claim a point for sharing.
We also love to feel the love. Please comment on the shared creations either in this thread or on Flickr if they appear there.
If you take a moment to add up the points your project earns when you post it, the end of the month will be much easier for you. Many people simply list the challenge #'s and the points earned for each below their shared pic. There is usually also a spreadsheet for calculating points and a printable list to help you with this.
If you need help linking a photo of your project, please ask.
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Chinagirl828
Drama Llama
Melbourne, Australia
Posts: 6,682
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Post by Chinagirl828 on Sept 1, 2019 6:53:09 GMT
Let's get the sharing party started. Here's my first layout for the month:  |
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Post by Linda on Sept 1, 2019 11:17:43 GMT
Chinagirl828 - beautiful start to the month - I love your photo and the pinks with black!
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Post by Linda on Sept 1, 2019 19:08:59 GMT
working on DS's photos from his Mainland Japan trip last October - journalling comes directly from the signs at the Castle   |
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Post by grammadee on Sept 1, 2019 19:55:26 GMT
Love the greens and browns, Linda, and that big circle. |
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Post by Linda on Sept 1, 2019 20:10:33 GMT
Thank you grammadee - here's another green and brown one with an even bigger circle    |
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Post by Linda on Sept 1, 2019 21:43:38 GMT
August 31st Sketchy Saturday - not happy with my flower cluster but I always struggle with clusters  |
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Post by Linda on Sept 1, 2019 23:45:42 GMT
August 10th Sketchy Saturday   |
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Post by lynnek on Sept 2, 2019 4:42:45 GMT
Chinagirl828 - I love that page! The colors, the layers, and the flowers are beautiful! linda - what a fascinating album you are doing! Those pictures are so interesting and you color choices compliment so well!
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Post by sleepingbooty on Sept 2, 2019 12:12:31 GMT
It's a miracle! I've finally managed to finish the LO I started two weeks ago. Phew! I am not a fan of LOs hanging around this long but I just couldn't make it work. But something clicked when I came in early from my lunch break today... Digital 12x12 LO: 'Local Food' about the neighbour's pumpkin plants that grew all the way across the fence and given some nice pumpkins in my mother's garden which I consider to be my garden since I live in an apartment in the city (and the many recipes I can't wait to try once they've been harvested)  Challenges met: Created + Shared (2) #4 Outdoors (1) | #8 Use That Pretty Paper (1) | #9 Cardstock Time (1) | #12 Getting Inky (1) | #21 Pre-made Words (1) | #28 Spell HARVEST - H is for "heart" on the wood brad, A is for "Adobe Caslon Pro" which is the font I used for journaling, R is for "Right here" on the die-cut, V is for "voisin" which is French for 'neighbour' in the journaling, E is for "Elif Sahin" who designed the Peachy Keen collection I used for the papers and most embellishments here, S is for "squash", T is for "twine" + LO about harvest (7) | #29 Non-native Language - use of English for die-cuts and stamped title (1) | #34 Digital Love (1) | #40 House Bound (1) | #41 Stash Busting - item purchased less than 1 month ago (1) | #42 In Stitches (1) | #53 Rock Those Rectangles (1) | #54 Be There Or Be Square (1) | #67 Pick One - two wordy die-cuts (2) | #81 Wordy (3) Total: 26 |
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Post by Linda on Sept 2, 2019 12:26:05 GMT
lynnek - thank you - DS27 took a trip to Mainland Japan last Fall (while he was stationed in OKinawa) and this is the album of his photos from then. sleepingbooty - great pumpkin pictures and I love that they are trespassers from the neighbour's garden. The colours are fab!
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Post by grammadee on Sept 2, 2019 12:27:39 GMT
Love those cascading photos and other elements anchored by that pumpkin, sleepingbooty . And the background is the perfect blend of colours. Linda, you have been busy! Love how you are mixing it up with colours and page design. Even some torn edges. And how you are including all that info in the journaling. This book will be a pleasure to read in years to come. |
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Post by lynnek on Sept 2, 2019 13:28:54 GMT
sleepingbooty - Love your layout! It certainly did come together well in the end. That background paper is perfect for your page design. My kids and I really wish we could grow big pumpkins in our garden, but no, the climate is just not right.
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Post by Linda on Sept 2, 2019 13:59:55 GMT
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Post by Linda on Sept 2, 2019 14:40:46 GMT
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Post by refugeepea on Sept 2, 2019 14:55:18 GMT
I'm not sure where to post this, but apparently I did join flickr in 2015 and I am part of the 2 peas group.  How do I change my username to my 2peas user name? Yes, I did do googling. I can't figure out where this buddy icon is to change my username (if that is even the right way). Also, I think I joined flickr more than once, so I'll likely be refugeepea2, 3, or 4 
Is it correct only my username will show? If not, how do I hide my first and last name? My googling skills got me nowhere for the last half hour.  |
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Post by sleepingbooty on Sept 2, 2019 15:16:43 GMT
I'm not sure where to post this, but apparently I did join flickr in 2015 and I am part of the 2 peas group. How do I change my username to my 2peas user name? Yes, I did do googling. I can't figure out where this buddy icon is to change my username (if that is even the right way). Is it correct only my username will show? If not, how do I hide my first and last name? My googling skills got me nowhere for the last half hour. When logged in, go to your Flickr account settings (https://www.flickr.com/account) and scroll to "Profile" where you can change you real name and screen name (which is what will show to others). Hope this solves the issue for you! |
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Post by grammadee on Sept 2, 2019 16:13:31 GMT
Thanks, sleepingbooty! Can't wait to see your creations, refugeepea. Linda, your son's photos and documentation are amazing, and you are doing a wonderful job of scrapping them with just the right colours and embellishments. I have completed 3 pages so far this month, all for sketch challenges (two for Sketchtember and one for an August Sketchy Saturday). I will figure out my points for them after the September Challenges close, and edit to add the points here, I think, then just put the total into "my spot" in the Rules thread. Dh just left for coffee at the neighbour's, so I hope to get another couple of pages done today. Really want my Summer album finished by Friday. (So why have all 3 of my September pages so far been for other albums? Hmmm???) |
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Post by Linda on Sept 2, 2019 16:37:34 GMT
Thank you grammadee - I'm not looking forward to totalling up points once the challenges close - I'm used to doing it one layout at a time and the first couple of days of the month always get overwhelming for me.   |
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Post by refugeepea on Sept 2, 2019 16:38:23 GMT
When logged in, go to your Flickr account settings (https://www.flickr.com/account) and scroll to "Profile" where you can change you real name and screen name (which is what will show to others). Hope this solves the issue for you! Thank you! I am officially refugeepea2 because refugeepea is taken by me on another account. |
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Post by Linda on Sept 2, 2019 17:53:03 GMT
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Post by sleepingbooty on Sept 2, 2019 18:08:44 GMT
I wasn't joking when I said I was wordy, teacherlisa ... 464 words (without the song quote at the end) for this LO that I've been struggling to finish. My mother fostered a pup this summer and I helped out a lot. Alas, the situation wasn't ideal and ended with a lot of heartbreak (we have no clue what happened to her after we were told to bring her back immediately, we don't know whether she's been adopted, whether they continued her medical treatment since they didn't seem to care much, etc.). This was a LO I needed to pull out of myself and get cathartic with. I'm glad I managed to do that tonight. Digital 12x12 LO: 'Love always' about puppy fostering turning sour because of humans, not the actual poor pup, the heartbreak afterwards and trying to find the positive in the memories  Challenges met: Created + Shared (2) #8 Pretty Paper - 5 so bonus point (2) | #13 Bling It Up (1) | #21 Pre-Made Words (1) | #29 Non-native (1) | #34b Digital Love (1) | #38 For The Love Of Pets (1) | Stash-busting Challenge - item purchased less than a month ago + die-cuts from pack/set (4) | In Stitches (1) | #52 - LO about helping + 464 journaling words of my own (469) | #53 Rock Those Rectangles (1) | #54 Be There Or Be Square (1) | Fave Colour Combo - red, blush pink, beige (2) | Pre-made Die-cuts (4) | #67 Pick One - wordy ephemera (4) | #71 For The Love Of Animals - extra point for journaling about the 'why' (2) | #80 Stripes & Dots (1) | #83 Put It In Neutral (1) | #94 Mixed Media (1) | #95 Scrap Someone You Love (1) Total: 501 |
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Post by Linda on Sept 2, 2019 18:17:06 GMT
sleepingbooty - what a beautiful layout - love the soft colours - I'm so sorry that the fostering went so poorly in the end
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Post by grammadee on Sept 2, 2019 18:25:51 GMT
I managed to finish two double pagers this morning. These actually fit with my goals for this week. I am taking the summer album to see the dgk's on Friday, so I need it to be DONE! It's a wonder what you can do when the pressure is on...  Lake life by Gramma Dee, on Flickr This one started with another frantic episode of LOOKING for something. Could not find these photos anywhere, and wanted to scrap them while I had the Lake Life papers out. Then I remembered... I had chosen some papers for these at the retreat in July and had tucked photos and papers into a page protector and that protector was already in my summer album. Whew! Retrieved the pic's and the construction of the pages was easy...  running on lake time by Gramma Dee, on Flickr POINTS: four pages created and shared (8). #4 outdoors (4), #5 travel (4), #6 photos taken by ddil's (4), #7 4x6 photos (5), #15 PL cards (2), #21 premade words (2), #53 rectangles (4), #54 squares (4), #61 diecuts (4), #64 5x7 pic (1), #67 metal pieces (3), #76 blue (2), #77 triangles (2), #95 someone I love (4). Total: 53. |
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Post by Linda on Sept 2, 2019 18:27:34 GMT
great lake layouts grammadee - love how you tied in the colours of san and water and you always use so many pics and still have space for abundant embellishments |
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Post by sleepingbooty on Sept 2, 2019 18:35:38 GMT
Chinagirl828 What a pretty LO and beautiful portrait to begin this month's sharing thread with! Love your layering style (always). The high contrast for these dainty papers works so well and matches your photo perfectly. Great choice to tilt the title sideways, by the way. Linda 'Honmaru Garden' Such beautiful photos! Japan is truly a special place and I'm really glad your son got to experience it. Love your "rising sun" with the dotted pattern paper. Great nod to the country and a wonderful stylistic choice for this page. 'Yugen' I just love the neutral theme you went for here and the very informative journaling. The rising sun reference doesn't get old and works so well with the horizontal photos! 'Hanging Bell' Love the central positioning of the photo, letting the memory and object of the page shine, and the torn paper borders. I think your floral cluster is spot on, don't fuss.  What an adorable lantern embellishment you chose! 'Kara-mon Gate' Great photographs you got to work with here! I'm particularly in love with the ceiling details featuring the cranes. The replica of the sky with the blue cardstock looks fantastic on this LO. The dotted pattern paper is a perfect fit for the colours in the photo so congrats on using it. And I just adore your origami crane embellishment. *heart eyes* 'Tonan-Sumi-Yagura' Oh, you little Mrs. Smartypants! Those grey banner pieces are such a great nod to the watchtower! Love how you used them to frame your page and the different hues of grey to create depth and a shadow effect mimicking the shadows in the photos. Very intelligent design decisions here. It looks great. 'Nijo-Jo Castle' The big vertical strips of paper look great tucked in behind the central photo featuring the beautiful doors with the vertical wood beams. I love when you do this kind of big statement "nods" in your scrappy work. That white matting looks crisp, clean and spot on here.
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Post by teacherlisa on Sept 2, 2019 18:37:59 GMT
I wasn't joking when I said I was wordy, teacherlisa ... 464 words (without the song quote at the end) for this LO that I've been struggling to finish. My mother fostered a pup this summer and I helped out a lot. Alas, the situation wasn't ideal and ended with a lot of heartbreak (we have no clue what happened to her after we were told to bring her back immediately, we don't know whether she's been adopted, whether they continued her medical treatment since they didn't seem to care much, etc.). This was a LO I needed to pull out of myself and get cathartic with. I'm glad I managed to do that tonight. Digital 12x12 LO: 'Love always' about puppy fostering turning sour because of humans, not the actual poor pup, the heartbreak afterwards and trying to find the positive in the memories It is just beautiful and I am glad you got this story told!! |
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Post by Linda on Sept 2, 2019 18:52:28 GMT
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Post by sleepingbooty on Sept 2, 2019 18:52:46 GMT
Linda Ok, first of all, you have been a VERY busy bee this month! Two days and already so many LOs? Wow, big time wow! 'Ninomaru Garden' What a fun and pretty extrapolation from the meadowy photo on the right side of this double-pager! The vertical versus horizontal work you did with the pattern papers here looks great and really helps the eye move along. The green frame matting around the journaling and photo on the right looks super classy. Well done! 'Kita Nakashikiri-mon Gate' Perfect colour coordinations (again)! That brown pattern paper is very pretty, by the way. I couldn't have picked a better combo to illustrate these gate pictures. I love how you've nested in the photos and journaling. Getting some very (Chinese, granted) tangram vibes here... grammadee Ruh-roh, the scrappy pressure cooker strikes again! 'Lake Life' Oh my, you've fitted so many photos on this double-pager and it still feels super light! Love the photorealistic paper mimicking summer skies that stretches behind the top photos, great way of fusing the pictures together. Did you cut and colour the little lake scene yourself? It looks great in the middle of the first page, holding everything together and painting out the main theme. The kiddos look so happy in these photos! I bet they'll love looking back on these memories you're scrapping. 'Running On Lake Time' What a pretty double LO! Love your recreation of the lakeside horizon with the papers. That yellow dolly sun is so clever and looks great. I love your waterfall effect for the pool jumping photos as well: makes it look extra dynamic. The sun paperclip is super cute, by the way.
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Post by refugeepea on Sept 2, 2019 19:10:50 GMT
not happy with my flower cluster but I always struggle with cluster I like it, and I struggle with the same thing! |
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How do I change my username to my 2peas user name? Yes, I did do googling. I can't figure out where this buddy icon is to change my username (if that is even the right way). Also, I think I joined flickr more than once, so I'll likely be refugeepea2, 3, or 4 
What an adorable lantern embellishment you chose!
