Speed Scrap Tonight

I know, everyone probably has a busy weekend planned with Halloween being on Saturday night, but if you have the chance, join me at the Speed Scrap hosted by Chanin of Snowflake Beach Designs at GoDigitalScrapbooking.com:

Fav Thing -- My Hammock

Hi! I participated in a Speed Scrap last night at GoDigitalScrapbooking with Chanin of Snowflake Beach Designs. She gave us this template called "skewed blocks" to start our layout. She also told us to scrap about our selves, some thing about us. So I chose one of my favorite things---my hammock.

Snowflake Beach Designs' Skewed Blocks:

My layout:

Credits: Papers and string - "So Wonderful" by Snowflake Beach Designs (SBD); Wavy Borders by SBD; Glitter - "Wild Child" by SBD; Skewed Blocks by SBD; Alpha by Dylabel Designs; and font - Round Birdie by Audacious Designs

Another Speed Scrap: Stormdrain Marking

I participated in another speed scrap last night. They are so addictive! I love to get a layout done in just 2 hours without having to do much thinking about it. Plus it's great practice, I learn something new each time I do it.

So, here were the directions. I will bold the main instruction because she was a bit heavy on the narrative side.

1.) Today was an interesting day! I won’t bore you with all the details, but one important thing I did was sign up for a Twitter account! Now I can say “I ‘tweet’, do you?” lol Since the default colors of Twitter are blue and white, let’s use those as our main colors…choose any paper/papers with any combination of blue and white…that’s pretty broad, I’m sure you’ll come up with something ! *Ü*

2.) Did you find some truly fantastic papers? Great! Twitter (in case you are curious) is a way to broadcast information…(similar to Facebook and MySpace)…let’s “broadcast” some photos! lol Use a photo collage or “spray” or cluster to distribute your photos. You should have at least three photos to do this…if you don’t have a frame cluster to use, here is a place to get one (or more) for free: http://www.storeide.se/gunhild/Scrapbooking.htm (she offers many choices on this page!)

how you all doing? got some lovely papers? got some photos? got a collage type thingy going on here?

3.) Did you surmise that Twitter’s symbol is a bird? I bet you did! And I’m sure you’ve already guessed this step, too! Add an animal…lucky you if one of your photos already has an animal in it! (Mine does!) Don’t forget to SAVE!!!

4.) My first post on Twitter was about this Speed Scrap…that first post, it’s the first thing you see…it’s a lot like a welcome mat, isn’t it? Add a “mat” to your layout…a bracket mat, a square, circle or other shape…any kind of “mat” – it could be paper, plastic, fencing, etc. Place it under your photos. Like your front porch, dress up your layout…embellish as desired!

5.) This is really cool…it took me a while to figure out how to do it, but I did! Twitterfeed will take whatever I post on my blog and duplicate it on my Twitter! Yay! Duplicate something in your layout! Hmmmm…wonder what you’ll duplicate?

6.) Having a blog and a tweet is a lot like having a title and a subtitle…take an alpha, make a simple title, then use a font to give it a subtitle! Hehehe….I hope you’re having as much as I am!

7.) Last step ladies…I’ll make this one easy…shadow as needed and journal if you want, and follow me on Ttwitter! http://twitter.com/merchimakesit That’s it! lol I hope you had a great time! I had a lot of making up these instructions, and I hope you had just as much following along!

And here is what I came up with:

The journaling gets messy when I downsize the resolution. It says:
"On June 13, 2009, Bill, David, and I joined a group of about 30 volunteers to help the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) mark the stormdrains in Town. The markers we placed on each drain said "No dumping! Drains to Waterways."

"Stormdrain Marking"

CREDITS:
Papers and butterflys: "Earth Wings #2" by Julie Marie Designs
Cardboard mat and soda tops: "Earth Day" by Mary Wilde, Plum Dumpling Designs
Cluster frame: "Green" by Creashens
Alpha: "Promise Collection" by Shabby Princess Designs
Fonts: Cry Kitty & Pea So Lovely both by Kevinandamanda.com

Speed Scrap Layout: Bill Camping 2008

I participated in another speed scrap last night. This time I was at www.stufftoscrap.com.

These are the directions we were given:

Step 1: Pick 3 pictures of the same person from the same event and crop them into circles
Step 2: Pick 2 papers only. One patterned and one solid. Use the patterned as your background and the solid how ever you want
Step 3: Arrange your pictures in a straight line not touching each other
Step 4: Use at least 3 embelleshments. May be recolored as long as it is different colors
Step 5: Add some stitching to your page
Step 6: Title your LO with the name of the person in your pictures
Step7: Add at least 5 Sentences of journaling, then add dropshadows and upload to the gallery

And here is what I came up with:

(click image for larger view)
Credits:
Page Kit (papers, tent and flower elements) - "The Scouting Way Addon" {Freebie} from Raspberry Road Designs by Susan Darter;
Fire element - "My Favorite Things - National Park Fun" from Jady Day Designs by Yari Mower {SYTYCD};
Stitching element - "In This Moment" by Donna Duncombe
Alpha - Howser and Pea Sara Print from kevinandamanda.com

What do you think?

Speed Scrap

A "SS" or Speed Scrap is a ton of fun. Here is how it works. Everyone gets together on a forum online. The host gives a set of instructions, such as "pick out three related pictures," every 10 minutes up to 7 sets of instructions. Then you get the remaining 50 minutes to wrap up your scrap page and post it to the gallery and forum. This is a total of two hours to complete an entire layout. And amazingly, with the pressure of the competition (and usuallly some small reward), you get it done!

As stated in my last post, I participated in a speed scrap last night at goDigitalScrapbooking.com, but there are plenty of websites that host them on a regular basis.

I spent some time retouching my layout this morning, getting the shadows just right, etc., and am providing you a look at the speed scrap version and the retouched version below.

"Home Coming"

Credits:
- Papers from "Spontaneous Delight" by Carrie Stephens
- Mat shape from "My Secret Garden" by creations by Rachael at http://www.funkyplaygrounddesigns.com
- Tag from "Happiness" by Summer Driggs
- Journal from "Enjoy the Day" by Simply Sweet Designs by Kim
- Title Alpha from "Date Night" by Aaron Moris of Sir Scrapalot Designs
- Journal/Tag Alpha "Pea Charmaine" from KevinandAmanda.com

My First Speed Scrap!

I competed in a speed scrap over at goDigitalScrapbooking.com!!!!

I'm all excited after that intense, but fun, 2 hours. I'm so pleased with my results. Who knew I could scrap that fast? So that was my 5th or 6th layout ever. I'll give you a link and post it officially tomorrow with the proper credits.

And, if you don't know what a speed scrap is, I'll explain in my next post. Promise.

http://www.godigitalscrapbooking.com/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=57690