Q-3 Team challenge CHAT!

I'm not sure - I have three projects sitting on my desk right now...

1. some flowers to colour, fussy cut, and turn into cards
2. some photos from Dec 2013 at my MILs house
3. 2 family history writeups

so hopefully one of those

I look forward to the single team chat thread!

I got all my Feb photos into my PL album over the weekend, so I plan to keep adding cards/papers/embellishments I definitely want to use into those pockets as I get some time this week.

Hello everyone! I am very excited to be dipping my toes into scrapbooking teams and challenges again.

I will be starting out with some organizing - handmade cards, then completed layouts, then photos. In between, I'll be making pages but I am not sure which pictures or stories that I'll start with.

I am also pleased at having a single chat thread

AussieMeg - thanks for being my team leader! I'm looking forward to seeing more awesome travel pages from you this summer (winter)

paget - well done being that up-to-date!

Chinagirl828 - you sound very organised

Shakti -I enjoy seeing your sheetload takes!

christinec68 - welcome back. there is an organising thread if you haven't seen it - loads of good tips and organising questions usually get good responses

kitbop - sorry about the printer - is it possible to plug it into your computer via USB? The one wireless printer I had never did connect wirelessly and I ended up tethering it and using it wired.

Yeah for one chat team thread . . . now we can keep up with everyone.

I am working on DT cards for my Retro Rubber Blog challenge. I like to get ahead so I don't have to create under pressure. I've been focusing on cards the last few months well b/c scrapping memories are just harder now with DS2 no longer in contact.

I might try the SLoC as well, start on Christmas?

Lots of wind here today, gust to 30 mph and white caps on the lake. I'm learning what a summer is like in Northern MN. We had summer last Tuesday, DH and I did fun water stuff on the Efoil and then for a boat ride after dinner. It was the first day of 80+ weather.

We are always telling nervous newbies to the challenge teams that it's not really about the points, but rather the encouragement and camaraderie. I can not thing of a single better method of really demonstrating that than having a single chat thread, so I am thrilled that we're trying it!

I kinda love this experiment. I hope it ends up being a good idea once we get to the end of it.

I'm in the middle of a CTMH mini album kit that was a freebie/gift from an SCT scrapbooking event a couple years ago. I'm doing a craft show later this month so I'm trying to get through projects that are either partially done or kits. So far, so good. I've made a bit of a dent in the WIP section of my room.

Yes, I meant to bop back in and say, "Hey, 5x7 cardmakers (looking at you grammadee ), you'll LOVE this month's SLoC!"

I definitely used some of mine 10 Sheetloads ago but I'll see if I have more. I could do a half a sheet load or something depending on what inventory says....

That's such a great point Shakti !

I think so too


@petscrapper - a weekend crop - how fun!

Ryann - making a dent in the WIP sounds awesome - well done!

joblackford - I saw your card - it's lovely! I'm not planning on 5x7 for this sheetload either - I don't want to have to buy envelopes.

beachy - welcome! a house to yourself is perfect for scrapping!

I'm headed to the scrapbook table now - I want to do something today even if it's just starting a project

So, I make far, far more cards than scrapbooks, and some of my cards I chose the colors and papers, while many were dictated by classes or kits, but....

Taking a quick glance through my photos, blues and greens show up the most (this makes sense to me), probably followed by pinks and purples (this kind of surprises me), with red/yellow/orange/neutrals least represented.

Green with pink is probably the single most common combo for me. It is one I have liked since childhood, but I don't think I realized how much of a go-to it is for me. I have been hearing (not consistently or always, but often) that it doesn't really work for just as long, but it's really only a variation of green and red, complementary colors.

EtA:
P.S. I found exactly two 5x7 envelopes in my stash, so I think with two pieces of card stock (plus scraps for the sentiment circles) and two 6x6 PPs, I can make NOT a sheet load of two cards.

P.P.S. Does anyone know when azcrafty is due back from Hungary? Should someone else post the June SLoC challenge and open a thread?

I really have no idea. I use ALL the colours but not on the same layout usually. I do love black and white with just a pop of colour but usually my colours are chosen with the photo (or sometimes the theme) in mind.



I did NOT find 5x7 envelopes in my stash so I downsized and made a extra-mini sheetload of two in the standard size.

White paper + black type + whatever color the photos are!

On cards, all the colors of the rainbow and all the colors in between too and black + white

She's back and the thread is started!

WARNING: Job Search Angst Rant Ahead
The job I don't think I really want I should hear about this week.

The job I think I really want (interviews on site last Thursday), I probably won't hear any feedback until next week (small chance of something tomorrow).

The interviews I had yesterday and Friday, another really desirable job where the interviews went really well, have closed the listing for new candidates, but they did some more phone screens this week. They're trying to hire quickly but I shouldn't expect to hear until late next week.

AAARGH! I hate waiting! And I should keep applying, but there don't seem to be new opportunities popping up this week with the holiday and people on vacation. Which is of course, also why all the feedback on all the interviews Is taking FOReffingEVER!