Challenge #2! (with Laura and Lisamarie)

Welcome to our second official challenge, where we celebrate Black Friday by creating scrapbooking pages using items from our stash (and probably easily found in yours too)! No shopping required!

Laura and I invited fellow scrapbooker Lisamarie to join us this week in our continuing quest to be creative with paper products!

Our challenge:

1. Purple: this, my friends, was Laura's idea, just so you know. Yes, the girl can issue a challenge, to be sure.

2. Vellum: one of my "go-to" supplies and definitely a comfort zone in my scrapbooking. I use vellum on just about everything.

3. Thirteen things: A fun way to get creative using thirteen of anything: tags, brads, rub-ons, photos, etc.

4. Ribbon: I have a whole shelf of ribbon, and I know I'm not the only one!

First off, here's Lisamarie's double page layout:

 

And here is the second page:

 

The first page totally makes me think of a page in a home decorating magazine! Lisamarie claims she is also not a fan of purple, but it looks perfect paired with the hot pink and some bling to make this super girly page!

And the challenge page from the ever-talented Laura (more details HERE):

   

Laura used a whole sheet of KI Memories tags, and she tells me she just pulled them from the packaging and put them down on her page in the exact same arrangement. Isn't that clever? And what perfect use of product to record the details of her day. Here's a closer look:

   

Here's mine (and just so you know, the ribbon actually matches in real life. Not sure what happened right here with the lighting):

 

And so, as you may or may not all ready know, I truly dislike the color purple. So it makes sense that I would use it to scrapbook a page about me, right? Yes, exactly :) 

Purple was a bit of a creativity inhibitor because for a while there I couldn't get past the fact that it's vile. And while I was pondering how much I disliked it, I had the semi-brilliant idea to work that particular characteristic into an "about me" quiz type page. The quiz is Two by Two (with a few added items to reach 13 things) from Simple Scrapbooks Scrapbook Shortcuts With Quizzes and Questions, which I highly recommend for any scrappie but especially if you have any difficulty with journaling. The special issue has 25 quizzes that are quick, fun, and versatile. Easy enough, right?

And as they say, voilà!

 

I had to resist the urge to add alot more things to this page, but ultimately decided that simple and streamlined was best. In the end, I was pleasantly surprised to find that a) I actually like the purple/brown/white color combo and b) purple is good for black and whites. (I was, however, unpleasantly surprised that in the two years since I've had a head shot, I developed some unsightly wrinkles. I'm blaming Sadie.)

And...as before, if you feel inspired, play along! We saw a couple great pages last time from carla and carine, and we'd love to see more this time around! Be sure to send us a link.

Supplies for my page:

Cardstock: Bazzill (brown, lavender), American Crafts (purple); Ribbon:Offray; Sticker, Brad: American Crafts; Corner Rounder: Marvy Uchida; Scallop Punch: Fiskars

Comments

[lovely cee]

what??!?! purple!?!?! i think you have to be ultra talented to pull a great page like you guys. very cool!
and i love love your picture Mary:) who took that? Derrick?

[lovely cee]

i can't stop looking and reading at your guys stuff!
now, i have a minor headache from reading your quizzes and everybody's journaling up so close to the monitor! i just had to read it:)
how did you even make your fonts white on a purple cardstock? you smart duck!
Mary:) when you come visit here, would take my picture? please? please feel sorry for me because i don't have any good of me

[Sara Rossi]

I LOVE the purple!! It's actually my favorite color & my girls wore it in my wedding! LOL! I love the challenge & how you all created something unique. Mary your LO is beautiful & I love the simplicity!

[Deneen]

Mary love your layout simple but elegant all at the same time. Love what you did with the vellum might have to try that myself LOL.
Love the challenges.

[melanie louette]

Your layout is amazing Mary- the purple looks really good despite the fact that it's purple ( I hate it too!) and I love the perfect simple design. I can't join on on your challenge as I don't own any purple stuff. ;p

[Heather Moll]

I think you guys came up with some great layouts! I love the clean look of yours so much Mary!

[Doris Sander]

the purple concept was a bit scarey, but you all rocked it! :D

[Carla]

Love your take on the challenge! I finally finished mine and posted it on my blog! Had fun participating...but I forgot the ribbon, oh well!