ScRaP SistaZ Challenge 21

Hello my long lost SiStaz! Welcome to the next round of scrap challenges in hope of getting your scrapbooking mojo fired up again!  Kids are back to school, families are back to routines....... and everyone is as busy as ever!  That said, we are going to start off sllllooooowly. One simple page.  This is on purpose. It's doable sometime in the next two weeks.  It'll give you a chance to dust off your tape runners, sharpen your trimmers, get some pictures developed...

Heerrreeeeeeeeee weeeeeeeeeeeeee goooooooooooooooo....................................

My take.... for those of you with more than one child you could change the picture template to add two, three, or four pics with snippets next to each pic.... you could turn this into a "husband" page (let's be honest, we have all been married a while and don't really highlight our love for that guy who sleeps next to us each night nearly enough... or at least we don't document it!)... could be a pet page... let the kids write the journaling or scribe it to you.... or this page could be about an inanimate object.... I know I could put a picture of my iPad on this layout... or my 32" monitor in my scrapbook room... or my H3 that gets me up and down our driveway safely in the winter... or a picture that I snapped during one of my snow days last year.  My mind is just-a-whirling!  Oh, one more idea... get those Cricuts fired up... what a great tool to help you with that title!!

Alright, deadline is Monday, September 26.  As a reminder, upload your layout to your blog and then (this is a little change) link it to this post in the comments section.

Welcome Back, SiStaZ!  Happy to see you!

ScRaP SiStaZ Challenge 20

Hello, hello, hello, hello, hello (Hear the faint echoing?) Where are all of us?? Soccer games?? Making lunches?? Taking classes?? Cooking dinner?? Cleaning house?? Refereeing the latest screaming match between children?? Chillaxing on the couch?? (Yes! I said "chillaxing!") Watching your favorite fall shows?? Watching your daughter at dance class?? Taking your children to and fro?? Working unGodly hours??At the Cider Mill?? Taking fall pictures?? Enjoying a bubble bath?? Tossing back a glass of wine or a beer or a wine cooler or a pint of Bailey's?? At the doctor?? At the dentist?? Exercising your day away?? Teaching the leaders of tomorrow?? Going to dinner with the family?? Satisfying your husband?? Doing laundry?? Attending birthday parties?? Carving a pumpkin?? Searching for the perfect Halloween costume?? Planning a school Halloween party?? Buying candy for the trick-or-treaters this weekend?? Surfing the 'net?? Reading blogs?? Listening to music?? Dancing around the room?? Buying a Gypsy?? Shopping online?? Shall I go on..... :)

Let's see some layouts, ladies!! (Yes, I'm shouting words of encouragement to myself, too!!)

CHALLENGE 20
*I challenge you to take out a picture of YOURSELF and make this layout... can be at any age... baby... toddler... teenager... in your 20s, 30s, 40s... pick a picture that you like (dare I say "love") of yourself and MAKE THIS PAGE. This is not the week to be modest... it's the week to celebrate YOU and your beauty as a female!! I double-dog dare you.... I'm going to!! Each and everyone of you is a beautiful person... INSIDE and OUT!! I want you to SHOUT it to the world... okay, really, I want you to PUT.IT.ON.PAPER. for future generations... we will ALL be old and wrinkly someday and will look back at THIS layout with joy and happiness!

Happy Halloween, SiStaZ!

ScRaP SiStaZ Challenge 19

Hope you have a great decision (just kidding!) that you can journal about... or you can use this as "sketch" template for another topic. It's a pretty simple design that looks complex. I really like that there are 5 pictures on this one page layout and the hand journaling. I think we've all accepted the fact that we need to hand journal, so not a new concept... but a good reminder!

On another note, I have "parts" to a layout that I'm working on laying next to me on the table, so off the computer to actually COMPLETE a layout... there's a concept! :) Happy Scrapping, my sistas... what a perfect night to be scrapping... it's rainy, cold, and dark out... fall has arrived! XO!

ScRaP SiStaZ Challenge 18

Hello, ladies! Can't believe it has been almost FOUR months since the last challenge! I hope this finds you happy while reflecting upon your summer fun! I hope we have a few more weeks of warm weather before the crisp fall air arrives and the time for fabulous fall memories begin! In an effort to get back into the swing of things and attempt to avoid an overwhelming feeling we are going to start with only ONE challenge every TWO weeks until after Christmas. Then, we'll pick up on the TWO challenges (either every or every other week... we'll determine that when the time comes) at the start of the New Year... when everyone seems to be nestled in their homes for a cold winter's season. Another change is that I'm not going to link each person's challenge here (maybe once I finish school next spring...), but I HIGHLY encourage you to follow Kim and Amy's lead and link your personal challenge completions on the side of your blog. I plan to do that, too!

I'm looking forward to seeing your beautiful creations.... oh, STILL leave a note here that your layout is done! :)

CHALLENGE 18

Note: Pretty straight forward... pull out several of those pictures that represent a relationship in your family... could be sisters, friends, family, etc.

ScRaP SiStaZ Challenge 17

Happy Memorial Day, everyone! Love and hugs to our soldiers, both past and present!

CHALLENGE 17 - Event*Get nostalgic... dig out your pics from a past summer or another season or a birthday [Heather! :) ] and get your best memories recorded!

CHALLENGE 17 - Feelings
*Write your feelings or the feelings of a loved one who plays a sport... do they find it exhilarating? difficult? frustrating? boring? Did they chose the sport or did you?

Scrap SiStaZ Challenge 16

HELLOOOOO SiStaZ! Happy Monday and welcome to week 16 (technically 17, but who is counting... Kim???... Just kidding!!) Hope everyone is happy tonight! Here is Challenge 16~

Challenge 16a - EVENT


*Dig OUT those high school graduation pictures and get them on a page... I DON'T love the layout of this page, but I do love the topic. Sorry for the blurry picture... I envision using more than one picture (you know you all have way too many "poses" to count!!). I also do not love the paper used, but I do love the stars under the "grad" title. You are going to have to get creative on this one... we'll feed off each other's interpretations because this one isn't great, but the topic is!

Challenge 16b - Feelings
*I don't have children, so I'm going to focus on my and Derek's relationship and document all of the wonderful things he has done for me this week (took me to the tanning salon and waited while I tanned, helped clean the house top to bottom, cleaned the inside of the windows *crystal clear* on the 3rd floor, made homemade BBQ sauce for the grilled pork chops, helped me move the stuff in my scrapbook room - yet again!, rushed home from dirt bike riding to go out with me, reminded me that I want to eat healthier and suggest Qdoba instead of Burger King for lunch, shared the drama from his work with me, listened to the drama at my work, went grocery shopping together, etc.). It's important to document these great things, so when I want to strangle him I remember how much I love him! How about you? Who do you love dearly and need to document it?? Make a list for the next week and then include them on this scrapbook page. It will help you REFOCUS on the good, instead of the things that drive you crazy... give it a try!

Happy Scrapbooking!! XO!

ScRaP SiStaZ Challenge 15

Phew~ I was getting into the groove of cleaning up/cleaning out and I almost forgot to post the Challenges tonight! I need a week to get things in order here at home... file papers, clean out old files, dust off my summer clothes and shoes, scrapbook, etc. Not going to happen anytime soon! Hope you all are doing well with whatever goals or initiatives you are taking on right now... keep on keeping on... squeeze in some scrap time!

CHALLENGE 15 - EVENT(S)* Dig out the sports pictures... either yours, your significant other, or your child's... could be any sport... baseball, soccer, gymnastics, cheerleading, football... you name it - it could fit with this page...
* Love the enlarged pictures... not sure about the wavy title... those of you that know my scrapbook 'isms (crooked anything), so it may force me out of my element, but I'm pretty sure the title will end up straight on my page... but those of you that are daring--- take out those wavy rulers from Creative Memories and go to town with the wavy title!

CHALLENGE 15 - FEELINGS
* My first thought is to have someone take a picture(s) of YOU at work... whether it is at an office building or at the kitchen sink (SAHMs)... doing the thing that puts you in your element... may be the pride you get from a freshly cleaned shower or newly vacummed floors (with the lines in the carpet)... figure out where you are in your element (at your best!) and scrap it! This ones about YOU... :)

Mega-Meet is next week... hope to see most of you sometime during or after the big day!! Happy Scrapping!

P.S. I'll get the links to everyone's pages done soon... didn't forget!!