Gingerscraps - October challenges

I've had a productive month learning digi scrapping using the Photoscape program. This is really because my tablet and phone both started objecting with storage space issues. Digi scrapping supplies are quite intense in size and each file can be over 5Mb (or bigger!)... with the final jpeg getting to be that or larger. At least on the pc it doesn't get as sluggish or full and I can resize in a jiffy. I am sure I will still do app scrapping on my mobile devices as it is convenient, will just have to do less graphic intense work till I can get a decent upgrade in a few months time.

So to get me going I dove into doing some of the 20+ challenges at Gingerscraps... The goal is to do 10 and then you land a freebie.... and look at that I've managed to get 10 done. Here's what I accomplished:

Font

Scraplift

Pocket Scrapping

Connie Prince Mini Kit

Inspiration

Mix It Up - use torn paper

Daily Download

Mini Kit

Brush

Designer

This last double layout is inspired by a Jowilna original design... I thought long and hard about my scrapping and decided that seeing as I REALLY love Jow's design style I will see if I can translate it digitally. Super happy to say that with some tweaks and a bit of forethought I think I will be able to do a lot of her designs in the future.

Seeing as this was such a successful month scrapping these challenges, next month I plan on doing some more... it is definitely helping me get through my 2018 album backlog.

Sketch n Scrap - WCMD 2019 #3

It's time for our third sketch in our World Card Making Day celebration:

I used some leftover stickers to add a few bits to my card and then my little quilled cherries to keep the theme going.

Head over to the blog for more inspiration from the team.

Off The Rails - Oct moodboard

It's time to share my layout for this month's moodboard:

Our theme this month is all about the desert... well these pics of a good old South African windmill were perfect for this! I also took inspiration from the orangy colours of the sand and daisy for my layout colour choice.

Come join us on facebook and see what else the DT have to offer for inspiration

The Digital Press - Oct challenges

I am on a roll with trying digi scrapping and have decided to try my hand at a few more of the monthly challenges on offer. Here is one that I've created for The Digital Press:

1. Time Warp - scrapping two photos of the same person at least one year apart.

I did a scraplift of this layout on pinterest that I really like.

Wow how's this for fun.... I had barely finished this layout on Monday and it got picked yesterday as a gallery standout... really making my day and boosting my digi confidence.

The Lily Pad - Oct challenges

So if two digi sites is not enough to keep me going (The Digital Press and Gingerscraps), I signed up to another one this month too (The Lily Pad) and took the plunge to do a few of their monthly challenges as well.

I've been stalking most of these sites for years and collecting lots of freebies. So now I guess it's paying off as now I can use my vast digi stash (just need to get it properly organised!)

Here are the pages I made:

Inspiration Challenge

Template Challenge

Random Challenge - use date stamp

I was watching a tutorial video on Friday about the program Photoscape and suddenly the penny dropped that I could use this to scrap.... so 1-2-3 I made three pages for the three challenges. I was super fast and super easy. My biggest dither is choosing papers and elements... much the same as with paper scrapping (hehehe).

Sketch N Scrap - Oct crop

It's time for our monthly Facebook Challenges at Sketch n Scrap and here is my layout for today:

Use this sketch and the optional twist is to use stripes on your page.... I used my stripes as the four strips around the edge.

I've been hording this paper for a while as I wasn't too sure what to do with it but then found the perfect photos of us shopping at Fouriesburg "mall"... hehehe. My kind of retail therapy is more scrapbooking related that clothing! In fact I hate shopping!

Come join us in the monthly crop group and have some fun with all the challenges on offer.

Sketch n Scrap - WCMD 2019 #2

It's the second week of October and time for our next sketch to celebrate World Card Making Day (or month as in our case!)

I've decided to go with a cherry theme for these cards.

Come over to the blog to see some more designs by the rest of the team.

DSD Challenges at Gingerscraps

Gingerscraps also had a week of games and challenges for DSD and I manged to get a few layouts done before yesterday's deadline.

Mini Kit Challenge

Scraplift Challenge

Title Challenge

Colour Challenge

I love that I am getting to learn more as I go along. Some of these pages I started in the PL app and finished in PixelLab, and others are made 100% in PixelLab. This is a pretty powerful little app that I am so happy to have found... need to learn a few more tricks still.

Hoping to get a few more layouts done for some of the normal monthly challenges too.

DSD at The Digital Press

The Digital Press also had a whole week event for DSD with lots of challenges and games. I played along with lots of the games and even managed to do a few of the layout challenges too.

The Roadtrip layout in my previous post was my first one... a scraplift of Stefanie Semple's page. I used a kit called Daytrip by Anita Designs.

My second layout was for the slow scrap.I used the Cordelia kit by Humble&Create:

The I did this layout for the "Stuck In the corner" challenge where everything had to be in just one corner of the page.... a fun idea but oh so hard to keep to one little space. I used the free Moodring kit for this layout.... really love the filmstrip frame.

Next up is the "mix it up" challenge... the goal was to use goodies from 3 kits. Well I did that plus a bit of Project Life elements too... this layout was started in the PL App and finished in PixelLab. Really extends project life pages to a whole new level. I used elements and papers from three kits: Hello September, Here & Now and Happy Days.

Last up was the bingo challenge. This one stretched me quite a bit as I didn't want to use any specific item but rather what I could do easily with what was on hand. I played and played with it and still ended up making a spelling mistake on my title which I have since fixed.

My bingo choices were: 3 papers (excl background) round corners, photo mask, 2 ribbons and alphas.
Again for this layout I used elements and papers from more than one kit. I used Wave Kissed, Happy Days, Smiles and Joy, Schooled and the Hello Sept Alpha.

Not bad going for a first time doing a quick event turnaround. I usually plan and plan and then have a month to do stuff... but this was truly lots of fun. There should still be some monthly challenges coming up too so I hope to get lots more done soon.


UPDATE 11 OCT.... The winners have been picked by random draw and I just heard that I won the scraplift challenge (my roadtrip layout)... how jolly exciting!

I will find out soon what exactly I won... but I see some shopping happening in the near future!

IQCG - Oct 2019 - Autumn

The northern hemisphere is heading for autumn whilst we are into spring. Both these seasons have the most beautiful array of colours. Our moodboard for this month is all about the colours of autumn.

I decided to try my hand at a little "patchwork".... made lots and lots of little diamonds and then stuck them all together in an intricate pattern (that took quite a bit of brainwork and concentration!). Once all done I turned it into this card:

Come play along with our moodboard too:

Visit the blog and be inspired by the rest of the team to play along for challenge #IQCG63.