JANUARY sharing/commenting thread

Gorgeous work ladies! So inspirational!

@elaynef love seeing your pages! You, linda, and nylene remind me of my love of 8.5x11 and you all do so much with that size!

I have sucked as a team member this month. I haven't scrapped a lick but have a few points for organizing. Sorry guys!

Old photo challenge 9pts   (53 years old) I was considering using this old one in my valentine decor, but couldn't find and frame and don't know where to put it so I stuck it in an album for safe keeping.

organizing and other craft projects 2 hrs

I managed to do some more scrapping tonight, something is throwing me off on this one, so I’ll look at it tomorrow, I think I may replace the journaling block, if I print out journaling, I could make it smaller.
I’m loving everyone’s layouts, it’s so fun to get inspiration from this thread!! I also managed 3 other layouts thanks to Crystal Bs kit challenge, this was using scraps from one of them.

*Did a challenge: 1
*Shared a LO: 1
*Rock Those Rectangles: 1
*Be There Or Be Square: 1
*Donna Challenge: 10
*Use your new scrappy stuff: 1
*Show us what you’re grateful for: 1
*Cluster Chaos: 1
*Pretty Patterns: 1
*Manufacturer mix-up: 1
*Punch or die: 1
*Multi-photo layout: 1
*December documenters: 2
*That Ketchup Looks a Little Sketchy to Me (Sketchy Ketchup Challenge): 1
  Sketchy Saturday December 1st
*Borrowing words: 1
*Pop it up: 1
*All about those strips: 1

TOTAL PTS: 27

I've been so happy to be back scrapping again! Here are a few more to share. I'll be back later to fill in the challenge info.



Challenges: #3 rectangles, #19 fun outing, #26 photo crazy, #40 minimalist, #43 Autumn, and #47 photo booth style


Challenges: #3 rectangles, #12 only PP, #17 6x6 pad, #19 fun outing, #24 dies, #31 multi photo, #32 Sketchy Sat Nov 3, and #43 Autumn 


Challenges: #3 rectangles, #6 new stuff, #10 washi, #15 dots, #22 mostly scraps, #23 3+manufacturers, #25 pre-made word, #32 Sketchy Sat Dec 29, #43 Autumn, #44 old paper, #46 pop up, #49 5+ strips paper, #50 stripes, and #55 wood 


Challenges: #4 squares, #6 new stuff, #10 washi, #15 dots, #22 mostly scraps, #31 multi photo, #32 Sketchy Sat Dec 8, #40 minimalist, #43 autumn, #44 old paper, #46 pop up, #47 photo booth style, and #50 stripes


Challenges: #4 squares, #6 new stuff, #7 grateful, #11 monotone, #12 only PP, #19 fun outing, #24 dies, #31 multi photo, and #38 pastels


Challenges: #3 squares, #6 new stuff, #7 grateful, #19 fun outing, #26 photo crazy, #31 multi-photo, and #38 pastels


Challenges: #3 rectangles, #6 new stuff, #10 washi, #11 monotone, #12 only PP, #17 6x6 pad, #19 fun outing, #23 3+ manufacturers, #24 dies, #31 multi photo, #32 Sketchy Sat Dec 15, #43 autumn, #49 5+ strips, #50 stripes


These last two are one from a Sketchtember Challenge (BEFORE) and a re-do of it for a team points challenge (AFTER). I'm still not crazy about the background, but I like it better now than I did before I made a few changes. Challenges: #3 rectangles, #10 ribbon, #11 monotone, #12 only PP, #10 dots, #16 re-do, #23 3+ manufacturers, #24 dies, and #49 5+ strips

julieinsweden 's challenge "S is for Sweden" prompted me to finally scrap some really old photos of a trip I took with my Dad back in 1993. He worked in Saudi Arabia for 3 years from 1991 to 1994. In 1993 I met him and my aunty over in London, where we travelled around the UK, then did a cruise of the Greek Isles, then Dad and I went to Saudi Arabia after a stopover in Zurich. If I have time I will do a few more layouts from that trip for this same challenge: Switzerland, Santorini, Southampton.

Template: Side By Side No. 7 - Katie Pertiet
Paper: Late Summer - Lynn Grieveson
Additional Elements: Family Ties - Cathy K Designs



Points: 1 for the LO, 1 for sharing, #Rectangles, #4 Squares, #6 New stuff (template), #Generations (2), #13 S is for Sweden (2), #23 Manufacturer Mix Up, #27 Metal It Up, #31 Multi Photo, #36 Type It, #37 Journal's Badge, #44 Oldies, #45 Tie One On, #56b Fasten It, #57 Tie It Up TOTAL = 18 points.

dasmith2 , I love the colours and ink spatter on your chillin' with dogs page. I think Chinagirl828 is right: a few more hexagons cascading down by the journaling block will tie it all together.

Great pages, KikiPea ! Love the Bob the Builder subtitle, and the cluster with all the tools. What fun out takes! and I love the sentiment block: perfect!

msliz you have been busy! Great backgrounds. I love all the grid pages: I have trouble with those, prob b/c I don't get along well with straight lines LOL. But you mixed them up with the tilted photos on the one (perfect with the fun action shots). I like all the different borders: banners or icons, grounding your pages. Not sure what tweaks you made on the Hair pages, but I remember liking them when I first saw them and like them now.

AussieMeg , I left you love in the gallery. Great travel pages.

I love the angled cuts in that first page, @elaynef, and the use of woodgrain.  And your grid on the second page really works to fit in all those casual shots.  Great colours there, too.

Good to see you scrapping again, KelleeM!  Love the happy colours in the top one, and the grid pattern with the peaceful blues in the second.  What a cutie!  I love how you decorated the squares with no photos:  I never seem to be able to get that right.

I have a card and another page finished, and I hope to get its facing page finished sometime tomorrow, but it is my dh's birthday and we are going out for brunch.  Not sure what the rest of the day will hold, but the scrapping may have to wait until Monday.

I fixed the area that was bugging me, thanks Chinagirl828

ARGH! I finally got in here to participate, and I can't get my flicker images to show. I have no idea what changed from December either. Trying again.

I am sorry I've been a terrible team-player this month too. But I hope nobody feels the need to apologize for lack of layouts- we are supposed to be here for motivation and encouragement and our own desired level of creation - we all go through ups and downs, and I am most certainly in a DUMP! What I feel most guilty about is not giving as much feedback in the gallery this month or participating as much in threads to be part of the "team", even if I'm not scrapping.

These are old photos, 4 years ago (my middle boy has changed. so. much...). In honor of them being so old, I used some old old scraps - echo park pp (the ornaments are cut from it), old thickers, old mesh to make the "tree", old KI acetate.
I used a sketch to start me off.

layout oh birthday tree by Tony Drew, on Flickr

I used this sketch to start me off altho it appears I only kept the banners!
SCT_sum17_12x12_dbl by Tony Drew, on Flickr

I did this layout for a sketch Saturday, but have re-photographed it:
layout wam and cozy christmas by Tony Drew, on Flickr

Finished another, I really need a nap, so will hopefully scrap more later. I still need to tally points for quite a few pages 😬

So many things to love about your page, dasmith2 . That you scrapped on your camping trip. That you scrapped that you scrapped! And all the goodies you managed to add to the cluster that represent both these themes!

Here is my card. I guess it took a minute for Flickr to recognize that items I uploaded before the Pro purchase also belonged to me...

diamond bd by Gramma Dee, on Flickr

One card created and shared (2).  #3 rectangular card (1).  #6 new Reminisce collection (1).  #22 scraps from my pages (1).  #24 square punch (1).  #25 greeting on the cake (1).  #33 diamonds (1).  #46 pop up sticker (1).  Total:  9

jloubier , I can't keep up either! I do try to "like" the posts so they at least know I peeked at them!