Scrapbooking Challenge January 2013--WINNER

[bethrich]

Have fun, Nancy, and say hi to Lucy for me.

[Paula]

I have been trying to keep up with these posts, but it was hard. They are all sooooo great! I could never have commented on all of them seperately. Wonderful job ladies


Here is my entry, but I didn't keep up with the mono theme.

Santa looks kind of spooky, but I made him out of a clay mold. Good excuse, huh?

[jmp1022]

you did a good job on santa

[pamcook]

Wow!
I'm impressed!

[Debbie J]

You rocked it Paula!

[mpizzazz]

I don't think he looks spooky. You did a great job. How big is he?
You can use any colors for this challenge, Paula, the monochromatic is for the lottery.

[troublesmom]

Paula saw him on FB and I must say he is wonderful!

[Jenni Benni]

Nice job ladies. I hope to get a LO done soon.

[ScrappinJen]

Very nice, Paula! Not creepy at all. Guess you've never seen a really creepy Santa. I think that one from CS a few years back was creepy.

Could someone please knock me up the side of the head with a 2x4?

I have been laboring over this sketch all month. I am totally blocked. I KNOW it's because it's a one photo layout and I only do two-pagers. What should I do? Just give up or what??? Hellllp!!!

On the bright side, I have managed to finish the CS Sketch Relay. Not posted yet.

[jfugina]

I prefer the two-pagers myself Jen. It's because I'm a chronological scrapper, and when you throw a single pager in the mix, it throws off the whole sequence.

But every so often there will be that one single photo. And I usually have a terrible time with those, but as soon as this sketch was posted, I knew that I had to go through the list of to-do photos, and find one of those singletons. I'll deal with the chronological ordering later.

Another thought - do you have any collection of photos where there's one main focal photo, and then 3-4 supporting photos? You could do the focal photo as the sketch layout, and then do a facing page with the rest of the photos and some journaling.

Good luck! I'm just now getting back into paper scrapping and I hope to use these challenges to keep me going.

[Paula]

I don't think he looks spooky. You did a great job. How big is he?
You can use any colors for this challenge, Paula, the monochromatic is for the lottery.

Thanks everyone! He is only 1-1 1/2 inches.

[ChristyB]

Jen...turn it into a 2 pager. Flip the sketch and use as the second page so they kind of mirror each other. (know what I mean?)


Paula very cool both Santa and the page

[clamscrapper]

Paula, I like the Santa.
Marianne, great interpretation using a stencil. Wouldn't have thought of that.

Jen, I think Julie and Christy both had great ideas. I've done the one Julie suggested before.

Loving all these layouts. It's so god to see how everyone interprets them differently.

[mpizzazz]

Wow, I thought Santa was a lot bigger than that, Paula. He looks very imposing!

Jen, I have often used a one photo layout as half of a double pager. On the other side just use the same papers and embellies and add the rest of the photos. It will all tie together. I like to use several square or small rectangular photos on that opposing page.

[pbp908]

I'm so darned aggravated. Finally found a photo to use for this challenge. Went to Bonnie's and found the perfect doilies for the page - a beautiful antique cream in exactly the right size. Came home and started to work on it and the doilies have disappeared. Only 2 of us have been in this room - me and the cat. I didn't put them in an odd place so that leaves the cat. Soon only one of us will be left if this mess keeps up, so if the cat posts - you'll know he won.

Now I've got to find something to substitute for the %#$@^& doilies.