September Challenge #1: Sketch!

Guess what? Kristine Davidson of Creative Scrappers is back creating new sketches! Yippee! So in honor of Creative Scrappers' return, and because I just had to use the cute speech bubble die-cuts in my kit, I selected this fun Creative Scrappers sketch for this month...

And here is my take on the sketch using my Studio Calico Here and There kit...

Remember to...
* Create a new layout or 2 cards for this challenge.
* Please upload your creation into the gallery and leave a link in this forum post by September 30th.

Project Life for August

Hello, everyone!  It's Susan here.  I know that many of you who do Project Life are always happy to find good 2-page sketches for your albums.  And for those of you - like me - who haven't begun a PL album yet, those sketches work equally well with travel layouts or other subjects where  you want to feature lots of photographs.  This is one of those great sketches.  It's by Susan Stringfellow for Basic Grey. http://blog.basicgrey.com/

 I opted to do this travel layout about my son's semester in Rome using my August Design Team kit, Carte Postale by Basic Grey.

For more ideas on creating 2- page layouts for your albums, see the Project Life section of  the Memorable Seasons website.

You've been challenged!

The members of Memorable Seasons have taken over for the month of August and they have challenged both the DT and members!  The list of challenges is impressive and so much fun to play with.

Here are 2 of the challenges I participated in so far...

Tami's "2" challenge - 2 manufactures and a 2 word title

Next I played along in Chris's challenge to use circles!

Hope you will stop by and play along, you have until September 2nd to upload your creations!

Clearance Sale and Challenges

CLEARANCE SALE AT MEMORABLE SEASONS

Be sure to stop by and check out all of our clearance items from 40% to 75% off!

The members over at Memorable Seasons are having a great time issuing the challenges this month!  Come on over and play with us for your chance to win a prize!

Documenting July/August

Megan here with you today! So, I am still going strong with my Project 12 and Project Life catchup. I decided to do Project 12 for 2011 and 2012 and then switch over to Project Life for 2013. Well, I am "behind" with both projects. But, with the creation of the layout below, I am happy to say I only have five more months to document until I am finished with Project 12 completely. Project Life - well, I am weeks behind in that. But, I am diligent about writing down daily notes and then at the end of each week, writing up a weekly recap as well as gathering all my digital photos in a folder on my computer for that week. So, when it's time to play catchup, I'm organized and already have everything written down so nothing is forgotten. This way, I don't stress out as much about being behind. 

So today I am going to share with you another fabulous Page Maps sketch that's perfect for documenting Project 12 or any other layout where you have lots of photos to include... 

And here is my July 2012 Project 12 layout that I created based on the above sketch and using my July Authentique Pride Design Team Kit... 

So now for your challenge. Create a layout (about any topic) using the sketch above as inspiration!

The rules: 

* Create a new project for this challenge. 

* Upload your layout in the gallery and link back to this forum post by August 31st for a chance in the monthly prize drawing.

Back for another term!

Hi, everyone - Susan here and I'm so pleased to be coming back for another term on Memorable Seasons' Design Team!  I just love being on the team and putting my creativity to the test.  Below is a brief bio to re-introduce myself: 

I've been scrapbooking for 7 years.  Never in my wildest imagination would I have thought a hobby would possess me so much and lead me down paths I never knew I'd tread.  In addition to scrapbooking, I love photography (naturally), reading, playing the piano, going to movies and plays, and traveling.  I've been married for 34 years and have three children between the ages of 26 and 19.

I would describe my scrapbooking style as linear and orderly. I'm very driven by my photographs and color. I tend to fill my pages yet they are not normally terribly busy. Much of the time I emphasize the journaling on my pages, but I also like to do more artistic pages where the focus is on a really good portrait of someone.  Below is an example of my work:

I used a wonderful new paper collection by October Afternoon called "Travel Girl" that is available in the Memorable Seasons' store here.

Here's another page from that same collection.

I'm back for a second round!

Hello all! Megan here and I am thrilled to have the opportunity to serve a second term here on the MS Design Team!

Now, a little about me for those that don't know it all yet...

My name is Megan and I live in Portland, Oregon with my husband Andrew and 19-month-old toddler, Liam. We moved here from my home state of Ohio back in 2008 and have truly fallen in love with the Pacific Northwest. This past spring, we decided it was time to get another dog (our first dog passed away in 2011). So, we added a Golden Retriever puppy to our family; her name is Scout. Before getting the best job ever – being a stay-at-home-mom – I worked for a private dental practice as an office manager. I am an avid scrapper and have been scrapping in one form or another since high school. I turned to scrapping because I had so many pictures lying around as photography was my first artful passion and I wanted to do more with them than just shove them into basic photo albums. Besides scrapping and photography, I enjoy hiking, skiing, cycling, camping, eating lots of good local, fresh food, and listening to music and NPR. I hope I am able to continue to inspire you in the months to come and also be inspired by you in return!

This month I had the pleasure of working with Authentique for the very first time as I was sent their Pride collection. Authentique tends to skew to a vintage style, which isn't usually me, but I really had a good time challenging myself with this atypical-for-me collection. I not only used it for a Fourth of July layout but for a couple patriotic-themed layouts and a congratulations card. If you haven't had a chance to check out this collection yet for yourself, you can find it here in the Memorable Seasons store!

And here's just one project I created with my kit...

I hope you'll stop by the forum to see my scrap space and also more projects I created with my kit as well as read about a fun challenge!