Make it Snappy at Scrap Orchard

I missed MIS (Make it Snappy) at Scrap Orchard last week, and I can't even remember why. I think I was terribly busy doing laundry. I made it this week and I continued the Balloon Fiesta layouts. Here's my layout from tonight:

Where I Stand by Litabells Designs
Wave shape from Beach Breeze Collab by Owl Tree Studios

Keep on Scrappin'!

Make it Snappy at Scrap Orchard

I love speed scraps. I made a double layout during my last speed scrap. It is another Balloon Fiesta layout. I love the photo of the two bees "kissing" so I wanted it to be nice and big. One of the most awesome things about the Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta is all of the special shape balloons. I love to see them in the sky. I would have titled this layout "Special Shapes" but I had to use an alpha for the title and I hate making long titles out of alphas!

Shapes
Groovy Kinda Love by Designs by Kat;
Alpha from Snowy Day by Lyndsay Riches

The scrap instructions were nice and simple this week, which is probably why I had time to make the double layout. I have tried to make a double layout before this for a Make it Snappy and had to give up and post a 12 x 12 in the gallery in order to make the deadline.

1. Choose 2 papers and make them your background.
2. Choose how many photos you want and frame or mat them.
3. Add some stitches.
4. Add some paint or glitter splatter or a scatter/spill of some sort behind your photos.
5. Add 2 of the following: flowers, stars, hearts, circles.
6. Add a title with an alpha.
7. Finish with shadowing, adding whatever it needs, journaling, date, etc.

Speed Scraps

I've participated in three speed scraps this week.  I love speed scrappin'. The first was the Iron Scrapper speed scrap on Tuesday, which I blogged about on Wednesday.  Wednesday night was the regular weekly Scrap Orchard Make It Snappy.  I made this page:

Little Bits of Yesterday
Kits used: Never Stop Believing by CV and Sweet Tweets by Tracie Stroud
Doodled border from Cup o Joe by MLE Card
Font: Uncle Typewriter & English

I didn't get to chat much as I had to go back half-way through and change the kit I was using.  The first kit I had picked didn't have any glitter or paint splats.  And it didn't have any doodled elements.  But when we got to a step to add two frames and the kit only had one frame, and that frame didn't work with my photos, then I gave up. In the end I mostly combined two kits for this layout. I made that little bit of title word art myself.  Neat, huh?

Today I was home sick and as I was downloading a Stuff to Scrap Blog Train, I noticed that they were advertising a speed scrap and the participation prize was a nifty free kit. So I signed up for the their forum and participated. It looks like a nice site; I think I'll hang around there.  Since it was my first time there I used the parts of the Stuff to Scrap Painted Desert blog train that I had downloaded. It was a fun speed scrap; the instructions were very specific–down to the size of the cropped paper.  I really like my final page. Here it is:

Dale Ball Trail

Papers, string, and eyelet from Painted Desert by Adriana's Cafe

Paper, tag and cactus sticker from Painted Desert by Love to Learn (Purplebokeh Designs)

Button from Painted Desert by Scrappin' Serenity

3D flower and bow Painted Desert by Hannah (ScrapTeam2008)

Stitching from Tweet Tweet by Captivated Visions

Fonts: My Own Topher and VKPortable Remington

Journaling reads:

June 17, 2011

We were running errands in Albuquerque today. Blue had his final eye check-up following the scratched cornea disaster so he was with us.  Richard was determined to make it back to Santa Fe in time to see the SRAM dealers who were going to be out at Dale Ball Trail. While Richard looked at bikes, Blue and I tried to take a short hike.  I say "tried" because he was really reluctant to leave his dad in the parking lot. We got up the trail a little ways, but when I detoured off the trail to look at the view he insisted on going back down when he got back to the trail. So we did.  And wouldn't you know, we met up with Richard.  Who just biked away from us.  Blue was appalled and quite willing to run back up the trail (and it was up) but made go back down with me. 


P.S. The Stuff to Scrap Painted Desert Blog Train is available until August 14th and starts here:
Scrappin' Serenity. Look for posts dated on August 1 or July 31.

Speed Scrap

Despite the evacuation, I did manage to participate in the weekly speed scrap at Scrap Orchard on Wednesday.  I figured that speed scrapping therapy is good for the soul.  We had gone out on Tuesday to buy the dogs some dog food and there was an Edible Arrangements almost next door.  I've always wanted an edible centerpiece and I figured I might as well go in and see if they could sell me anything.  The nice owner there sold me some luscious strawberries dipped in chocolate.  They don't normally keep food stocked but she had some strawberries made up for a customer to pick up late enough in the afternoon that she had time to make more. They were delicious.  Here are 2/3 of the strawberries in all their glory:

We each had one before I took the photo.  They were that good.

And here is my layout, celebrating chocolate in the midst of a wildfire and evacuation:

Bad Situatition

Credits:

Chocolate by AnnaBV Designs

Tag, flower and alpha from This is Me by Captivated Visions

Crazy about Speed Scraps

I love speed scraps.  This week I've been speed scrappin' like crazy.  Wednesday is the weekly speed scrap night at ScrapOrchard.  I made this layout.  I'm sure I will re-title it, extend it to two pages and place it in a scrapbook.

October 4, 2010

Mad Scientist: The Sequel by Suzy Q Scraps

Flower from Captivated Visions, It about us.

Font: Georgia

Wednesday was also the first "chat, non-chat" at GingerScraps-it was essentially a 24 hour speed scrap, which for me meant that I had the part of the evening that I wasn't scrapping the above layout to get it done.  A very nice template and theme was provided.  This is my layout.  I used a kit by Ju Kneip Designs and Sahlin Studio that I love.

I Scrap because

Practically Perfect Collab by Ju Kneipp Designs and Sahlin Studio

Font: English and Lucida Sans

On Thursday there was a speed scrap and chat at Funky Playground Designs. This is layout I made on that evening.  There was a requirement to use a two word title using a font and an alpha.  I rarely mix fonts and alphas in my titles, but I always like the results when I do.  Perhaps I should do that more often. That's why I like speed scraps, they lead me down paths that I would never take on my own.

Fireworks  Fun

Passionflower (collab) by Brine Design and Danielle Young Designs

Alpha from Joy by Vicki Stegall

Fonts: Twelve Ton Sushi and VT Portable Remington

On Friday we spent the entire day running errands in two different cities.  Exhausting.  I missed a speed scrap at GingerScraps while we were out and about, but it wasn't due until mid-morning today, so this is what I came up with last night.

Goofing Off

Kits used: 

Papers and Elements from Old Tyme Junque by Cari Cruise

Elements from Feline Splendor Kit by Creative Victorian Designs

Individual elements:

Button from Perfect in Every Way by Pixels by Jen

Button from Something to Crow About by Pixels by Jen

Button from In the Woods by Collie's Corner

Button from Cup'o Joe by MLE Card

This one I will definitely re-title as the layout is supposed to be about the first photos taken with my Iphone.  I had to change my title when I got to step 6 of the speed scrap instructions.  You would think that I would have read all the instructions before beginning since I started after the chat!  I normally stick to one kit when I speed scrap in the sole interest of saving time but this scrap called for 5 buttons and the kit I picked had none!  So I had to search my stash for buttons and I found the Feline Splendor Kit which had elements that worked really well with the Old Tyme Junque kit that I had originally started with.

This layout probably needs some journaling about how I ended up buying new phone.  I always let my speed scraps sit for a day or two (or several in the case of this week since I've been speed scrappin' every day since Wednesday!) and then alter them slightly, often turning them into two page layouts to go in my album.  I have a lot of scrappin' work ahead of me-it is a good thing that is the weekend.