June Team Challenge SHARE and COMMENT thread

used Sketchember #20 for this one - my page is actually NOT crooked, but my scan is



"Yokohama" (2pg 8.5x11) = 2(sketch) + 2(sharing) + 1 (#4 rectangle) + 1 (#7 vacation) + 1 (#9 cutfile) + 1 (#20 outdoors) + 5(#30 blue) + 3 (#32 3 pics) +1 (#43 sketchember #20) + 1 (#36 new paper pad)= 18pts

Sorry, I haven't been good about commenting so far. I've loved looking at everyone's work

Linda wow, you're so productive I can't keep up! You must be happy to get all those graduation photos scrapped.
I'm another one who loves the kokeshi doll papers on the Japan title page. I think I remember when that line first came out you were excited to use it.

grammadee your sympathy cards are lovely. I'll have to take a look at the Ella & Viv collection you used. I make sympathy cards for my mother who also attends a lot of funerals these days.

nylene I love the color combination you used for those snow day pages. The little snowman is so cute!

teacherlisa it's great you were able to document your meal out even without photos of the food.

hop2 congrats on getting your trip album started and your gift album done! I love all the colors you've used, especially that teal.

justjac lovely cards! The Father's Day card is very eye catching - I love the bold font. And the luminous colors of the baby card plaid

"Nippon Maru 2" (8.5x11) = 1(layout) + 1 (sharing)+ 1 (#3 S is for ship) + 1 (#4 rectangle) + 1 (#7 vacation) + 1 (#20 outdoors) + 5 (#30 blue) + 3(#32 3 pics) + 1 (#36 new paper pad) + 1 (#60 ship/water) = 16pts

nylene - those are darling! I love the geen dino with the heart!!!

2marbles - LOVE the bright pinks against the black - looks like the birthday girl had a lovely day!

I'm ashamed to admit this is my first time poking my head in here this month.
KikiPea - LOL, I'd love to know more of that story! Love the funky colours to accentuate the funny picture!
linda - I'm really enjoying your naval/japan layouts, great storytelling
nylene - fun dino invites! My boys would have loved those.
2marbles - that looks like a wonderfully fun girls night out/party. I've never seen scooters like that!

I've finally got my first layout completed. It's less story, more "I like this photo". And I never feel quite as satisfied with this type of layout because it's not as meaningful. But I do think it's pretty! I started with the "scrap the opposite season" challenge for it:

layout grateful by kirstendrew, on Flickr

Thanks! 😁 That pic was from a Fitness girl’s retreat back in May. That was all of the non-Prosecco bottles. There were *6* cases of that alone! Needless to say, not ALL of those were empty in 2 1/2 days. LOL

The patch packaging was from a place called Girls Gone Wine. They had these patches that were really popular with the gals. 

linda I am enjoying your LOs so much...I'm learning things!

Here's last nights LO...gonna see if I can make the books I did today for charity can be used for points!
Bronco friends by Sandi D, on Flickr

He sure does! How fun!

Yeah, I had to strategically place those photos....and they were taken wonky. Worked out ok to me! We're in the "dorm" phase...so i try not to be overly concerned. 

OK, here goes with the sharing!
These are from the Japan section of my weekly highlights photo book (each "page" is a double page spread, 5x8" each side to be printed in a blurb trade book). I was only in Japan for one week in March but of course I couldn't get everything into one spread - that would be insanity! I've been putting off making these pages because it seemed like an impossible task to choose just a few photos out of the 1068 I took. I'm not sure if I'll add more pages, probably a food one. I have one other page about the movies I watched on the plane, but I think this is a pretty good summary of the best parts of the trip. I left out all the screw ups and stress and exhaustion

I used some In a Creative Bubble templates and digi-stamps/PL cards for all of these pages. (Sorry if the quality is a bit dodgy - I might've made the files a bit too small when I saved for the web.)

The digital art museum we visited (I took soooo many photos) and the view over part of Tokyo from the Skytree at dusk.


Next, both of the theme parks we visited in one spread. I'm probably going to need to fix this one up a bit at some point - it needs a bit more *magic* !


My favorite - the best part of my favorite shrine in Kyoto


This one looks a bit weird without the page break down the middle, and looking at it again I might move the title to the left side, but that view from the train!! so lucky!


And a summary of the trip with a sweet photo of my nephew and one of his highlights - vanilla ice-cream

Linda thanks! I haven't decided for sure but I'll probably make some kind of trip photo book as well, so I can include all the random silly photos in there. I'm still learning how to edit and "curate"!

linda - LOVE that sight seeing page! Perfect colors and it looks like skyscrapers! I like that background paper on 'Lunch", and the little kitty is so cute. Lots of great touches with the flags and enamel dots. And Lindt - Love love love the ledger paper and circles! That's a great photo!

justjac beautiful cards! The birthday card is my favorite - I love the embossing. The father's day card is so masculine and cool looking I really like that paper!

OMG joblackford, your pages are glorious, the photos just shine, the digital elements get a serious look each and every one because they are perfect. You make your trip come to life!