Happy Monday everyone. Can you believe we’re up to challenge #90? This Monday I think I should get bonus points because I used a photo from yesterday – if we were counting points that is, and we’re not. I didn’t have any inspiration pieces in my stash they were calling out to be used so I did a little web search and found this ad in the Designer Digitals challenge section.

Katie made a fun template to go along with it – you can download it here. If you’re not familiar with the Designer Digitals challenges you should really check them out – there’s 3 freebies every week and they’re always inspiring.

On to my interpretation – I liked the angled background and the elements overlapping the different sections so I decided to have frames overlapping the various panels. Photos are from yesterday and Easter 2007 – a lifetime ago for these girls!

I hope something here inspires you. Have a great week!

Quick drive-by post to wish everyone a very happy Easter. It’s really Spring people – hurray!

Good Monday morning everyone! Despite the fact that it’s almost Easter we are still surrounded by piles of snow here in the North East. I hope it’s a little better wherever you are. This week I went digging through my stash of ads/fliers/what-have-you looking for some inspiration. I had intended to go through ads I had used before, hoping to put a new spin on them, but then the following ad caught my eye:

I notice that I’ve used a few different table of contents from magazines – must look out for more! I thought this would work nicely to document my first time cross-country skiing (this week!). What can I say, there was never any snow in Ireland when I was growing up and there certainly weren’t any skiis!

I said “skiing-ish” because I avoided inclines, any kind of hills made me nervous but other than that I did great! I’m so grateful to my friend Becky for taking me out and being so patient with me. You rock Becky! But now, I’m ready for some sun – c’mon spring!!

It’s Monday and time for a new inspiration challenge. This one I’ve pulled out of magazines a few times – I liked the text going off the edge and the large photo. It’s a pretty striking ad!

I had an idea for my interpretation and I searched my yard for the perfect photo setting – sadly, this was all I could get. I was hoping for more color but that was a bit too much to ask for just before Spring starts!

What do you think? Does this ad inspire you? Do you have more color in your garden than I do?

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March is mini month over at Write.Click.Scrapbook and today I’m sharing a mini that I made using the fabulous Storyteller digital kit from Crate Paper/American Crafts.

It’s an album I’ve been meaning to make for a while – seeing Celeste’s mini in the March gallery reminded me of that: a vacation bucket list.  And here’s my mini – it’s 5×7 which is a pretty common size for a soft-cover photobook.

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Happy Monday friends! It’s time for a new inspiration challenge. I picked up this postcard at the Postal Museum in Washington DC and thought it would translate into a fun layout:

I liked the slant and how the spaces had fun little frames in some of the placeholders. Here’s my interpretation:

Scenes from a much warmer time. I’m so done with winter – this after getting another ton of snow dumped on us last Friday. Hopefully Spring with make an appearance soon – I’m tried of winter boots and coats. I want to get out and walk!

I dropped off the Calvinball/blog wagon last week – I had a lot of work that drained my creativity. I hope I’ll get my mojo back this week!

CalvinBlog points so far: 5.5
Calvinball: 26.5 pts
Layouts: 6 pt
Mini-album pages: 6.5 pt
Art Journal pages: 10 pt
Altered projects: 2 pt
Cards: 2 pt

Bonus points (from last week): 3 pts
Weekly bonus points: using a new technique (making my own decorative tape) – 1pt
Weekly bonus points: scrappy shopping expedition – 1pt
Weekly bonus points: scrapping/crafting in public – 1pt