Saturday, February 20, 2010

Project ScrapGirl (January)

I've been working on the 2010 ScrapGirls project. A lot of sites do a 365-type project where you take a picture a day and scrap it, like a layout a week. This year, at ScrapGirls, they just want you to scrap current pictures. You can do it however you want. They are encouraging participation by awarding points (up to 4 each month) for each layout you post. They randomly pick someone each quarter to win money to shop at their store. Then, for each month you post something, you get an entry to their grand prize, which is your photo album printed. Nice. So, it's been good motivation to get the layouts done.

I decided to do one layout a week, focused on specific events from the month. For January, my 4 layouts focused on the streak of cold temps we had, our nephew Judah's 1st birthday, my nephew Kyle's 7th birthday, and Amy, Jordan, and Ava visiting from Germany (particularly the first day that I met Ava).

For the 1st layout, I used a layout template by Brandy Hackman, background paper by Syndee Nuckles and from Amanda Sok's Watercolor Whimsy collection. Also word art by Julie White and snowflake cluster by Diane Miller. These are all available at scrapgirlscom. The font by Erica Hernandez is available at twopeasinabucket.com.

For Judah's birthday, the layout template was by Angie Briggs. The papers and font were from Shalae Tippits' Promise collection (both at scrapgirls.com) The January font again was from Erica Hernandez's Vibe.

For Kyle's birthday, the layout template was by Angie Briggs. The papers and font were from Amanda Sok's Watercolor Whimsy collection. Font by Erica Hernandez.

For the Sweet Memories layout, Layout template by Amanda Sok, flower and bead also from Amanda Sok's Watercolor Whimsy collection, corner ribbon from Thao Cosgrove's All About Marriage collection (recolored). The tag was from Paula Wright's Tied Tag embellishment template. The paper was from Shalae Tippit's Promise collection. The font was by Kerry Veale. I also used paper from Amanda Sok's Appassionata and Danielle's Design, I'm Dreaming of a Pink Christmas. Whew, that's a lot.

It's been a lot of fun thinking about what layouts to do for each month. I've got to get caught up on my February layouts.