Mikelle
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8 hours ago, Tracy said:
Okay, I tried to redo in a more manly paper and it stunk, 🤣 So sticking with my original parts.
Theme: Plowing
Kits so far: Winter Whirl Papers, Fancy Edges Overlays, Ink Spills Paper Blender, Brush: Live Love Lake, Brush: Twinkle Stars, Winter Chill, Manly Man Font
I think I'm on the right track but who knows LOL Trying to let it flow and not get caught up in the "directions". I'm a rule follower (except for speed limits 🤣🤣 and cooking).
I really like this so far, you're doing great! Although... it IS March Madness! 🤭
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33 minutes ago, CRS said:
Once upon a time, we had an art journaling chat. You can find the gallery here if you want to see some art journaling examples. The blog also has some articles if you would like more info:
Art Journaling
Art Journaling 2
Art Journaling 3For me, the whole point is to play and have fun. No rules, just fun! Don't overthink things and you will do great.
Thank you for posting these links, Carla! I just looked through the AJ gallery myself - I've done a few AJ layouts over the years, but none are in that gallery (I'm not sure I knew it existed!)
@Tracy I really like Art Journaling. I've used the technique a few times when something has really been bothering me or making me anxious.
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Layout 3, Task 2 (Tuesday, March 18th):
I hear some stretching going on... expanding our comfort zones and horizons! 😁
TASK(s):
1. Find a minimum of three stamps/transfers/stencils to use on your layout (keep your theme in mind, if possible). You may blend them into your background or not, as you wish; you can also change your mind regarding blending later.
2. Think of a title for your layout. Use a combination of at least one alpha and one font to create your title. You don't have to necessarily place your title in the perfect spot yet... you might want to see what's coming next!
Not so bad, right?
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Layout #3, Task 1 (Monday, March 18th):
We're going to do something a little different this week: An art journal layout! Let's lay our foundation.
TASKS:
1. Choose your art journal theme. To make this easy, I would suggest creating a layout based around something that makes you happy - or several things that make you happy. Another possibility is to create a layout that helps you vent about something that bothers you, or something that is making you unhappy, stressed, or anxious at the moment. Keep in mind though, in order to be eligible for prizes over the month, you'll need to post your layout at the end of the week.
2. Let's start our background: Similar to last week, choose at least three papers, and at least 1 must be patterned. You may use more than 3 papers if you wish. Blend all of them together in some way. Blending modes are great, or you can blend them by using a paper template (Scrap Simple) - paper templates are great ways of blending more than 2 papers together! You don't have to have every paper covering the entire layout; for example, you may have one paper covering half of the page, while the other two papers are blended into the other half.
3. Find or create a page border.
Weeeeee, we're off to the races! 🤭😁
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13 hours ago, CRS said:
Ok, caught up. I blended the 2 background papers together (dots and triangles), a striped frame and red solid. I feel like there are too many embellishments, lol! I chose journaling and used a grungy corner brush in 2 corners.
@CRS Carla, how in the world did you manage to make a white-space layout with all these tasks?!!! I'm so impressed! 🤣
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Layout #2, Task 6 (Saturday, March 16th):
TASK: Make your final tweaks like adding shadows, adjusting angles, add date-location-names, then upload to the Slow Scrap Gallery and leave a link to your layout below!
Thank everyone for playing this week. 😃 I myself am behind too, work has been a little crazy lately, so I will get caught up today and tomorrow. Our weather has also turned a little spring-y finally, so I think there will be a few walks this weekend!
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Layout #2, Task 5 (Friday, March 15th):
Hmmmm, @alsoarty Andrea's layout looks a little too good. Let's pile on! 🤩
TASK(s):
1. You have a choice to make today. Choose between adding a stamp/transfer/stencil to your layout, OR adding journaling.
2. Find a brush and paint something on your layout! If you use software that doesn't allow you to actually brush with the brush, use one of the brush elements one your page (they usually come as a set of png's with the brush).
Oh my... getting full yet? You know that today is Pi Day... and between work and home, I've had at least 3 different kinds of pie today. Misery loves company, I'm full so I will make you full too! 🤭
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Layout #2, Task 4 (Thursday, March 14th):
Well now, wasn't that fun? A few of you said rotating the layout actually worked out OK for you... we can't have that, so:
TASK: Add 12 unique embellishments to your layout, one of which must be a creature of some sort (animal, gnome, fairy, etc), and one of which must be an article of clothing.
😁😁😃
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Layout #2, Task 3 (Wednesday, March 13th):
Ooookaaaayyyyy... ready?
TASK(s):
1. Turn your layout 90 degrees either clockwise or counterclockwise. You of course may re-orient the photos, but that's all. The title and papers must stay tipped over 90 degrees. (This could have been MUCH worse... I could have tipped you over after adding a bunch of embellishments!)
2. Now find a page border and add it to your layout. This may be a complete border (that runs around your entire page), or a partial border (along 1 or more sides of your layout).
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This week is all about stripes and circles! Figure out ways of incorporating stripes and circles onto your layout. When your layout is complete, upload it to the Weekly Newsletter Challenge Gallery, then come back to this thread and leave a link to your layout so we can all admire it! If you're also participating in March's Challenge Chase, be sure to leave a link to your layout in that thread too: March Challenge Chase
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Oooohhhh, my goodness! I came here tonight to post the second task for Layout #2 - and apparently I never punched the "SUBMIT" button last night! I was so confused, thinking where in the world did my post go, did I dream writing it? Very sorry. And now for task #2:
Layout #2, Task 2 (Tuesday, March 12th):
Let's go ahead and add our title to the layout now. It's a little early, depending on how you usually go about building your layouts, but there may or may not be some fun in our future! 😜
TASK: Add a title to your page, using a combination of an alpha and a font. To make this even more challenging, the first letter of your title needs to be much larger than the rest of the title.
Weeeee, and we're off to the races! 🤩
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Great job on layout #1 everyone! 🤪 Ready for a new week? We'll have two less days than we had for the first layout, so maybe I won't be able to stuff as much onto the page. Maybe...
Layout #2, Task 1 (Monday, March 11th):
TASK: To start our layout, find 3 patterned papers and one solid-ish paper (this can be an ombre, or water stained paper, or close to a solid). Of the three patterned papers, choose two of them to blend together in some way. As for photos, you may choose however many photos you wish this week.
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Here is mine: Towel Animals
I will be back soon to lsl on everyone's layouts!
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I have to run a kid to a friend's house for a sleepover. I have a lot more catching up to do, back soon!
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The tracker is updated through February. I'll wait a couple of days to start updating March, to see if a few more early March layouts are posted. I know week 9 spans both Feb and March, and we've already got a few week 9 layouts posted.
And congratulations, Pat! @Scrapin Pat You are the February PL winner! Email Angie at hello@scrapgirls.com to claim your $5 gift certificate to the SG Shop (let her know it's for February PL drawing).
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Wait, is it really already March 9th?!!! 🤪 Time escaped me. I'm here, spending part of today getting caught up on PL tasks. I will be back soon with the updated chart, and with our February prize winner!
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Last task for layout #1 (Saturday, 9 March): Add date, location, shadows, and other last tweaks, then upload your layout to the Slow Scrap Gallery. Come back to this thread and leave a link to your layout so we can all admire it!
Remember, if you upload your layout by midnight tomorrow night (Sunday, March 10th, by midnight ET), you will be entered into Layout #1 drawing for a $5 gift certificate to the Scrap Girls Shop!
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Layout #1, Task 7 (Friday, March 8th):
Oh, how I do love randomness! Just randomly throwing that statement out there...
TASK: If you wish, you may choose three of your embellishments to remove, but you must add this random embellishment to your page somewhere: A hat! The type or style of hat does not matter, just add a hat to your layout. If you don't WANT to remove any embellishments, you don't have to (I think I'm too nice), but you still must add that perfect hat to top your layout off! 😄
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Layout #1, Task 6 (Thursday, March 7th):
Well now, these layouts really are looking too nice. But today might not be the day to mess things up... let's get our journaling done!
TASK: Add journaling to your page. The journaling does not have to be much, but add at least two lines, and... and ready? Your journaling lines can't be completely horizontal on your page. You must angle them, anywhere between 10% and 90%! But I'll be nice, you can angle them clockwise or counterclockwise (positive angle or negative angle).
I'm sure this will mess with anyone in the group who harbors OCD tendencies.
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Layout #1, Task 5 (Wednesday, March 6th):
Yes, I worried about layout #1 getting a bit full, since we have two extra tasks for it - but so far I'm really impressed, I love everyone's layouts! And, I don't think today's task will be too bad... 😬😁
TASK: Find two more embellishments to add to your layout, but blend them into the background in some way. I very much like using blending modes (in PhotoShop), but you can also simply reduce the opacity of the embellishment, so that the background shows through. If you want to, you may duplicate either or both new embellishments as many times as you wish.
See? Not so bad! 🥸
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Layout #1, Task 4 (Tuesday, March 5th):
Sounds like we had fun with those 8 embellishments and 3 word strips! Yay! And ummm... I realized that I did not follow my own directions... I chose more than 3 photos. I will have to decide how to punish myself for that. In the meantime, here is task 4:
1. Add a title to your layout. You may use either alphas or a font, but make the title large and IN CHARGE!
2. My goodness, who do I think I am, giving more than one crazy task in a day?!!! Using an alpha of your choice, add a number to your layout. Any number, but use a number/numbers from an alpha set. The number does not have to be large and IN CHARGE, but we must be able to see it, even if it's small.
Note: If you don't own any alpha sets, then you are allowed to use a number from a font. But I know most of you out there do own alpha sets... I've got my eyes on you! 🤩 *LOL, no worries, remember, I will NOT be policing your layouts - this is supposed to be fun, and I myself already messed up by adding more than 3 photos!*
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8 hours ago, Jane in N.Z said:
Task #2...polka dot paper added and I used a mask and a frame.
Hmmmm, Jane, methinks your layout looks awfully pretty for March Madness... I'll see what I can do about that this week! 🤣
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Layout #1, Task 3 (Monday, 4 March):
Add 8 unique embellishments PLUS 3 unique word strips! Unique in this setting means they are all different from each other, although (for example) you may have two different styles and colors of buttons and that would count as 2 embellishments. In contrast, using a button twice and changing the size does not count as 2 unique elements.
If you would like more than 8 embellishments at this point, feel free to duplicate some of your 8 unique elements! 😁
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Don't feel pressured to post your progress, but I thought I would show where I am. Here is my progress so far:
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March Madness 2024!
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Uuuugggghhhh, that stinks! Sorry to hear that, but bright side, at least it didn't happen further into the layout, without saving at all along the way. I've had that happen too!