Happy Birthday!

I've been having creative scrapper's block this month. So when there was a speed scrap with a really cute participation prize, I wanted to try it. Here's what I came up with.
Credits: Kit - Girly Girl by Jaelop Designs, Glitter - Sara Glitter Doodles by Kim Kreations

LOTD #3

It's unbelievable to me how many times I've had the layout of the day when I'm really not very good at this yet, but here's another one. Yay! This was a speed scrap. The kit is adorable, the speed scrap host was fantastic, and I just followed the directions. I couldn't help but end up with an adorable layout. I love Megan's face in this picture!Credits: Kit - A Day for Play Brownie Scraps collab, alpha - Refresh by Shabby Princess (recolored)

What's the secret?

This is one of my favorites. It was created for a challenge taking my favorite parts of 3 inspiration layouts. I love how it turned out.

Credits: Kit by Scrappin' Daisies; font - Pea Sarah Lynne

Scrapflip

When you see a layout you really like, often you "scraplift" that layout, which means to copy the parts you love while making it your own. Another version of the scraplift is the scrapflip, which is when you take a layout, flip it, and then copy it. This weekend I participated in my first scrapflip challenge and ended up with 2 versions of this layout. I couldn't decide which one I liked better. The more muted version isn't quite so in your face and really makes the elements pop, but I think the photo pops more in the brighter version. Either way, Megan's a cute, and I love how this little mini kit matches her pajamas. It's one of the submissions for the designer challenge at Brownie Scraps. If this wasn't a layout copied from someone else, I could enter it in the layout contest.

Which version do you like better?

Alpha Challenge

One of the Brownie Scraps monthly challenges is an alpha challenge. Ramona makes a cute alpha and you can use in your layout, or not, and your layout title should start with the letter of the alphabet for that month. Actually, there are 2 per month, and April was G and H. I plan to go back and start at A, but here are the alpha layouts I started with.

G is for...
H is for...

After I saved this version and closed (without saving) the layered version, I remembered the jounaling. I didn't want to start over, so its a little cramped.

Come on over to Brownie Scraps and try it out. The letter for the first half of May is I, and Ramona's new alpha is really cute.

One Ingredient at a Time

One of the challenges that really is quite a challenge is the "One Ingredient at a Time" challenge. Each week you are given a set of instructions to create a layout. You don't have any idea where it's headed or what will come next, so it's a trick to make it something creative but still have it look good at the end. Here is what I did in April step by step.

Step one was to add a certain number of plain and patterned papers.
Step 2 was to add 4 pictures.
Step 3 was to add a cluster of elements. (I did 2 little clusters.)
And step 4 was to add some journaling.
I don't think I would have ever made a layout quite like this on my own, but it's always fun to see where this kind of challenge will take you.

Credits: Kit - Sweet Sprinkles by Shabby Princess with some elements added from other Shabby Princess kits; alpha - Pea Sarah Quick

BINGO!

This past weekend was the huge National Scrapbooking Day celebration all around the web. One of the activities at Brownie Scraps was a Bingo game. I made this card to play with. After getting off to a really slloooowww start, I ended up being the second to fill my card! Since we played to the top 3 (which actually ended up being 4 due to a tie), that made me a winner!

Credits: Kit - Mimosa by Shel Belle Scraps & Mandarina Punch by Ivonne Ivett; alpha - Mimosa alpha by Shel Belle Scraps