Very Mary: Challenge #3! (with Laura and Wendy Sue)

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Challenge #3! (with Laura and Wendy Sue)

I had a very cool opportunity come my way late yesterday, so....I didn't quite get the chance to finish Day 2 of the dreaded Christmas album. I will though. I will. And I might even get around to posting it too. To make up for it....

Welcome to the third official challenge! And what a challenge it is just to find time to scrapbook in the midst of the busiest time of the year, no? Not surprisingly, the dreaded Christmas album was shelved for a few days while I made time for our challenge:

1. Basic Grey paper: which I consistently buy with good intentions but never fail to never use

2. Rick-rack: a fun twist on standard ribbon and always good for that "handmade charm"

3. Stitching: this one isn't even a challenge for me, it's a MUST!

4. Metal: I used to use metal a lot, but these days, it's been missing from my pages.

Laura and I invited the incredibly talented Wendy Sue Anderson to join us in the challenge this week! Nothing like a few Making Memories designers to make a girl feel intimidated...

Rather than overanalyze, I'll just share! Here's my page:

"Crawling" has been a topic on my "to-scrap" list for a while now, and the Basic Grey Urban Prairie paper with it's cute little ladybugs was the inspiration I needed to get it done!I borrowed the ladybug design from the paper to create my own ladybug accent with a circle cutter, a black pen, and some brads. Here's a closer look:

And because I wanted to include multiple photos from different times, I created a photo collage in Photoshop Elements and then I added the dates directly onto each photo.

(We're changing things up and trying to keep these posts to a more readable length, so you can see Laura's challenge page here and Wendy Sue's challenge page here).

Supplies: Patterned Paper, stickers: Basic Grey; Stamp: Stampin' Up; Brads: American Crafts; Rick-Rack: unknown

Posted at 04:39 PM in Challenges, Scrapbooking | Permalink

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OMG! Gorgeous Mary! Thanks for sharing. I just love that BG paper. :)

Posted by: Heather Ruwe | December 18, 2008 at 05:41 PM

nicely done MJ! and the patience... dotting with black pen! this is simply beautiful.
now i need to check theirs:)

Posted by: lovely cee | December 18, 2008 at 07:56 PM

I love the layout of this page. Will definitely have to scraplift this one. Hope you are having a lovely festive season Mary!

Posted by: Rene' Sharp | December 18, 2008 at 08:35 PM

I applaud your ability to scrap this time of year! I'm trying to steal bits of time here & there to work on my christmas journal & realize it'll be done AFTER christmas!! LOVE your take on the challenge & the photo collage! Great design--love your work Mary!

Posted by: Sara Rossi | December 19, 2008 at 07:50 AM

LOVE that ladybug! It's TOTALLY cute. And congrats on using up some of your BG paper :) It looks great!

Posted by: Rhonda Steed | December 19, 2008 at 08:53 AM

So, so cute! I love the little bug and how you did the title with the dots under it! SO CUTE!

I'm so curious about your other opportunity though! :)

Posted by: Heather M. | December 19, 2008 at 10:54 AM

i already gushed about your layout to you ... but i'll do it again! this is seriously such an adorable layout! the photo collage is awesome .. love all the pics from different times! love the colors. love how you did the title ... and the ladybug is so cute! you rocked this challenge mary!

Posted by: laura vegas | December 19, 2008 at 12:30 PM