Sketch Challenge from Albums to Remember - FB Thoughtful Thursdays

There was a fun little sketch challenge over at Albums To Remember's FB page on Thursday. Every Thursday, Kat posts some sort of thoughtful idea for us. One week it was bedroom door plaques (super cute!), one week was little cupcake toppers and this week it was a sketch. Since I don't have a printer and my daughter's share a room, I was happy to see one that I could really participate in.

Here is my page...I was very pleased with the way it turned out. I used the Halloween kit from Albums to Remember for this one.

My Memories - No Faces Challenge

This week's challenge was to create a page featuring photos that did not show any faces. I used a pic of my daughter and nephew looking trying to decide where to begin at the pumpkin patch.

Template: Jumpstart your Memories - GP13A from Jumpstart Designs
Kit: Hearthsong from By Becca

Oct 23 Speed Scrap - Fill a Font!

So another birthday dinner last night and I missed the My Memories Speed Scrap. I was able to get up early this morning and grab the instructions and make a page I'm very pleased with. You can find the speed scrap video here: Oct 23 Speed Scrap.

The paper and pumpkin fonts are from "A Halloween Pack" from Albums To Remember Designs. The tree branch and leaves are from "Fall Frolic" also from Albums To Remember Designs. And finally, the word art font is called Sans Thirteen Black.

My Memories Weekly Challenge - Doing the Text Wrap

A great tool in the My Memories software is the text wrap. You can wrap in square or circular shapes. I did this one using 2 kits By Becca's Ever After and Magical Reality Design's Midnight Dream.

Sunday night Speed Scrap at My Memories FB Page

I've been traveling for the last several days and when I got home Sunday night, I finally got a chance to scrap...although I missed the actual speed scraps, I was able to join in using My Memories directions and video. This is a pic of my Mom and her 3 grand daughters. :)

Tons of Freebies for Facebook Fans!!

So, it's getting crazy over there at Facebook. Several of the designers I follow are giving away freebies, free kits, etc for when they reach a certain number of fans. The freebies and giveaways are super exciting. Adding the challenges makes it that much better! Many times the challenges are there to stretch and improve your creativity and scrapbooking skills...often there are prizes given away. If you haven't already done so, go on over to Facebook and "Like" your favorite designers to see what they are up to and try to win some goodies!!

Here are a few of my favorites:

My Memories Suite - this is the software I use to create my digital scrapbook pages. It's an easy to learn, easy to use program that allows me to create pages quickly. They often have challenges and speedscraps running throughout the week. It's a great place to share your pages and get some inspiration.

Albums to Remember - this is one of my favorite designers. She has some pretty amazing kits and templates for sales at the My Memories Suite store. I'm on her creative team and get a chance to see her kits before they hit the stores. I've seen a lot of what is waiting in the wings and must say she has some great stuff headed your way! Oh, and she does give aways on her FB page as well, so run over there and "Like" her, too! Also, if you are interested in the MMS software she has a discount code for $10 off the software and another $10 credit to the MMS store...so check her out! :)

FayETTE Designs - another favorite designer, she has lots of fun and playful kits! Her art is amazing and her kits are filled fille filled with tons of embellishments! She likes her giveaways on FB, too!

There are so many more designers out there that are fantastic. I'll post more links as time goes on. I'm still new to this whole blog thing, so hang tight. In the meantime....here is another page I made for a random challenge MMS had on FB: White Space...I tend to use lots of embelishments, so this was a little more challenging for me. Try to make a page where I leave lots of empty space. Here is what I ended up with:




Kit is "Glamour N Glitz" by Crazy-4-Monograms found here.

Wednesday "Frame" Challenge 10/5/2011

Today's challenge was to create a page with a focus on frames. Here's my page. I used "This and That" kit by Albums to Remember Designs.