{Create} The MotherLOAD week 4 …the end

One of the classes I’m participating in at the moment is Lain Ehmann’s “The MotherLOAD” over at Big Picture Classes. We’ve been in class since 29th June undergoing basic training for our scrap marathon (a LayOut A Day for 26 days) which started on the 1st Sep. For this LOAD I am doing a mix of digital and traditional scrapbooking, depending on my mood and whether or not I’ve had the photo’s printed

Week 1 can be found here, week 2 is here, and week 3 is here.

Now here are my last 5 layouts (apologies for blocked out photos but DH and Grace have requested their faces not be shown here) :

Day 22 – Thoughtful Thursday On this day we had to scrap about the endings in our life. My last few pages have been a bit of a downer so I decided today to scrap a happy time…. the end of 2010 – New Years Eve on Magnetic Island.
Supplies:
Digi Template by Katie Pertiet – Capturing Layered Template
Digi Paper by Vinnie Pearce – Old Things Papers

Day 23 – Free-for-All Friday Today’s challenge was to capture your life in numbers. Ali’s kit “10 things right now” is perfect for this.
Supplies:
Digi Template by Ali Edwards – 10 Things Layered Template
Digi Papers + Elements by Mindy Terasawa – Wonders Kit

Day 24 – Snack Saturday – Today we get to scrap whatever we want using our “snack bags” that we made up in basic training, but we also had to add lyrics or a song title to our page. I’m loving the Twilight soundtracks and one of my favorite (rather melancholic) songs is Possibility by Lykke Li. My snack bag had the chipboard heart, brads, flowers and the journal tag under the title. I was only going to write a line or two from the lyrics. Instead I ended up writing two verses. I guess this is why you should plan your journaling before you start writing!

Supplies:
White Cardstock
Patterned Paper by Sassafras Lass – Apple Jack
Journal Tags by Sassafras Lass – Paper Whimsies Flower Child
Alphas by Bo Bunny Press – Et Cetera
Flowers by Sassafras Lass – In a Stitch Blossoms Earth Tones
Chipboard Hearts by Scrapmatts
Copic Marker R37
Red Pen by kikki.K
Brads

Day 25 – Simple Sunday Instead of looking outside for inspiration today we had to look at ourselves, and our layouts, by scraplifting ourselves. I chose my layout from Day 5 (without the hobbydots!). The stamps are Ali Edwards “Family Is ” which my posty just delivered.

Supplies:
White Cardstock
Patterned Paper all by Sassafras Lass – Nerdy Bird, Sweetly Smitten and Apple Jack
Banner by Sassafras Lass – Nerdy Bird Flag Banner
Sticker by Sassafras Lass – Nerdy Bird Sweet Treats
Rubon Stitches
Ink by Tim Holtz – Tattered Rose Distress Ink, and by American Crafts – Charcoal
Alpha stamp by Ali Edwards – Family Is

Day 26 – Mother May I Monday We didn’t have to ask for permission on our last day. As Lain said “You’re in charge. Go wild. Today is all about YOU. You are the boss of your scrapbook page, not just on “Mother May I Monday,” but EVERY day. Go forth and scrap.“

Supplies:
White Cardstock
Patterned Paper by Basic Grey – Green at Heart, Prima Marketing – Madeline
Stickers and Chipboard by Basic Grey – Hopscotch
Alpha by Basic Grey – Hopscotch
Alpha stamp by Ali Edwards – Family Is
Ribbon
Ink by American Crafts – Charcoal

So that’s it. Another LOAD done. 26 more layouts completed.

Now I might go and paint something.

{Create} The MotherLOAD week 3

One of the classes I’m participating in at the moment is Lain Ehmann’s “The MotherLOAD” over at Big Picture Classes. We’ve been in class since 29th June undergoing basic training for our scrap marathon (a LayOut A Day for 26 days) which started on the 1st Sep. For this LOAD I am doing a mix of digital and traditional scrapbooking, depending on my mood and whether or not I’ve had the photo’s printed

Week 1 can be found here. Week 2 is here.

Now here are my next 7 layouts (apologies for blocked out photos but DH and Grace have requested their faces not be shown here) :

Day 15 – Thoughtful Thursday On this day we had to scrap the tough stuff. My weight has always been an issue with me. Growing up I was always called thunder thighs and made feel fat. Looking back at photos I don’t see that I was that fat. In this photo I was “busted snacking from the fridge”. I think it was a strawberry or cherry….so unhealthy! Now however it’s a different story and I have fulfilled my family’s prophecy. Now I do have Thunder Thighs.
Supplies:
Kraft Cardstock
Die-cut paper by My Minds Eye – Stella & Rose Delightful
Patterned Paper by Simple Stories – Elementary
Journal Tag – Prima packaging
Alpha by Sassafras Lass – Glittered Kelly Green
Ribbon
Owl Sticker
Stickles – Diamond

Day 16 – Free-for-All Friday Apparently there was an unwritten law that you can’t scrap the same photo twice. (Being relatively new to scrapping I’ve never obeyed this rule). The challenge for day 16 was to scrap a picture you’ve used before. I used the centre photo for my orange page in Nic Howard’s BPC class “Colour! or is it Color”. I’m glad I had doubles printed all those years ago.
Supplies:
White Cardstock
Patterned Paper by Sassafras Lass – Count Me In
Alphas by Sassafras Lass – Yellow Paper
Banner Sticker by Sassafras Lass – Count Me In
Stickers by Sassafras Lass – Count Me In
Flower by Sassafras Lass – Paper Whimsies
Brads

Day 17 – Snack Saturday – Today we get to scrap whatever we want using our “snack bags” that we made up in basic training. In my bag I had this chipboard flourish, journal tag and brads. This page is about a time Grace and I had to travel together to go to a wedding without DH, and how we stuck together through all the family tensions,

Supplies:
White Cardstock
Patterned Paper by GCD Studios – Soul Food, Sassafras Lass – Count Me In
Alphas by Lily Bee Design – Happily Lost
Chipboard Border by Scrapmatts – Card Border 03
Journal Tag by Sassafras Lass
Copic Marker 100
Brads
Distress Ink by Tim Holtz – Tea Dye

Day 18 – Simple Sunday For day 18 we were given the below color combination to work with. This allowed me to finally use this Spring patterned paper I’ve been staring at for weeks.

Supplies:
Colored Cardstock
Patterned Paper by American Crafts – Spring
Alphas by Bo Bunny Press – Et Cetera
Flower by Sassafras Lass – Vintage Brooch
Bling by Bo Bunny Press – Ad Lib

Day 19 – Mother May I Monday May I scrap out of chronological order? Of course you can….and as you can see I do it all the time. So this challenge was easy peasy! I have no rules when it comes to the order or quantity of pages. The only problem is remembering the story.

Supplies:
White Cardstock
Patterned Paper by Sassafras Lass – Mix & Mend
Alpha by Sassafras Lass – Glittered Kelly Green
Flowers by Sassafras Lass – Entwined Blooms, Sassafras Lass – Paper Whimsies
Stickers by Sassafras Lass – Mix & Mend, Deja Views – Little Yellow Bicycle – Sweet Summertime
Paper Tape

Day 20 – Take a Picture Tuesday. The challenge for today was to scrap a photo showing “emotion” that we took during basic training. This photo was also used for my project 365.

Supplies:
Digi Kit by Anna Aspnes – Art Play Pallette Find My Way 

Day 21 – Way Back Wednesday. The challenge for day 21 was to use a photo shape other than square or rectangle. Scrapping was hard as it would have been my Dad’s 70th birthday and I was so emotional I decided to do a page for him. It ended up taking me over 3 hours – it’s still not 100% finished and I’m not happy with it. I will complete the journaling another day when I can.

Supplies:
Patterned Paper by Sassafras Lass – Indie Girl
Alpha by Basic Grey – Marjolaine Collection
Journal Stickers and Banners by Sassafras Lass – Indie Girl
Copic Marker YR04
Stickers by Basic Grey – Out of Print Pops, American Crafts (?)

One more happy scrappy week to go!

{Create} The MotherLOAD week 2

One of the classes I’m participating in at the moment is Lain Ehmann’s “The MotherLOAD” over at Big Picture Classes. We’ve been in class since 29th June undergoing basic training for our scrap marathon (a LayOut A Day for 26 days) which started on the 1st Sep. For this LOAD I am doing a mix of digital and traditional scrapbooking, depending on my mood and whether or not I’ve had the photo’s printed

Week 1 can be found here.

Now here are my next 7 layouts (apologies for blocked out photos but DH and Grace have requested their faces not be shown here) :

Day 8 – Thoughtful Thursday and the task was to scrapbook what we need…. right now I need a holiday. I decided to go digi and use a photo from our holiday to Magnetic Island last December.

Supplies:
DigiKit and Template by Studio Basic Designs – In One Word: LOVE

Day 9 – Free-for-All Friday the challenge today was to use up our piles of scraps. I loved pulling out my box of scraps for this one! I hadn’t planned on scrapping this story but this was the perfect opportunity. It’s about the things DH and Grace used to get up to while I was at work….like running around the house stamping each other. (Don’t tell Grace I left her face in this one but it’s the only way you can see the stamps)

Supplies:
White Cardstock
Patterned Paper by Sassafras Lass, Basic Grey, Memory Makers(?)
Alphas by Basic Grey Chipboard Stickers, Sassafras Lass Violet Glitter Alphas
Journal Stcker by Sassafras Lass – Indie Girl
Ink by Versa Color – Heliotrope
Brads

Day 10 – Snack Saturday – where we use “snack bags” of embellishments etc that we’d made up as part of basic training (kinda like a mini-kit). All we had to do was grab that bag, some paper and scrap away.

Supplies:
White Cardstock
Patterned Paper by October Afternoon, American Crafts, Sassafras Lass and (?)
Alphas by Basic Grey – Chipboard Stickers, Basic Grey Marjolaine Collection
Copics G94
Flowers by Sassafras Lass – In a Stitch Blossoms – Green
Journal Tag by Sassafras Lass
Hobbydots
Buttons

Day 11 – Simple Sunday – Today we started with a Sketch by Lain Ehmann. Sketches make it so much easier! I stuck to this sketch 100% and got this layout done in my fastest scrappiest time ever – 25mins – the time it takes to dye my hair which I was doing at the time. Talk about multitasking.

Supplies:
White Cardstock
Patterned Paper by Echo Park – Springtime Collection
Alphas by Sassafras Lass – Glittered Alphas Pink
Flowers by Sassafras Lass – In Stitch Blossoms Pink
Ink by Tim Holtz Distress Ink – Tattered Rose

Day 12 – Mother May I Monday – Today we had to use a Sub-Par Photo. I had so many of thee to choose from, but the one below always cracks me up.
Journaling reads : “We loved taking photos of you when you were a baby. All those cute smiles, first solids, and you sleeping. Then we were lucky to capture these priceless shots – mid fall, looking like your milk had a little something extra in it. You always make us smile.”

Supplies:
Patterned Paper by Basic Grey – Hopscotch Collection
Flowers by Sassafras Lass – In a Stitch Blossoms Vintage Rose
Ink by Tim Holtz Distress Ink – Tattered Rose
Ink by Tim Holtz Distress Ink – Tea Dye
Journal Tag
(Sketch by Lain Ehmann)

Day 13 – Take a Picture Tuesday. Create a layout using a photo we had to take in basic training. Today’s photo was a Ritual. Since it’s not printed I did a digital layout. My daily ritual is checking out Pinterest
You can find me here

Supplies:
Digi Kit by Pattie Knox – Coffee Klatch

Day 14 – Way Back Wednesday. Today’s challenge was to stamp on a scrapbook page. It’s funny that today’s challenge was about stamps as I rarely use them. Then the postman delivers a kit today which had these Sassafras Alphas in it! Did Lain know something? Spooky!

Supplies:
Colored Cardstock
Patterned Paper by Authentique – Splendid Brilliance Collection
Alpha Stamp by Sassafras Lass – Fancy Doodled Font
Words and Arrows by Ali Edwards – This One
Ink by Tim Holtz Distress Ink – Walnut Stain and Broken China
Flower by Sassafras Lass – Entwined Blooms Rosey
Trim by We R Memory Keepers – Frenzy

Looking forward to more happy scrappy in week 3!