November 2013 Scrap Pages and Chatter - sbc13Nov

[Lmn]

Scrappin' Challenge 2013

Can you believe this is our 5th year of Scrappin' Goal Challenge?! We sure completed an AWESOME number of pages together in 2009 through 2012 and I'm looking forward to MORE Scrap pages together in 2013! Let's keep scrappin'.

It was SO fun to chat about and see everyone's pages, goals and ideas for completing LOTS of scrapbook pages in 2013! Many had a common theme - get more pages done, use what's in our stash, meet new scrapping friends, plan time/crops...

What fun we'll have sharing ideas, cheering success, keeping the motivation and making new friends. Our scrap goal isn't all about getting pages done, it's also about enjoying the process! Please feel free to join at any time!

Here's the CHALLENGE. Each person can share their page goals, pages and ideas. for those of use who like Annual Goals, we will have a better shot at meeting our yearly goal if we break it down by month.

*In this thread, we track our monthly goals. We find it helps us keep getting pages done which is good for all of us.

You choose your own scrapbook page goal and monthly spend goal. You may select 2, 3, 5, 50 pages....you choose. The idea is to be flexible so if you know you're going to be really busy, you can reduce the number one month or if you're going to a couple crops or scrap weekends, up the number. This also works for the budget. Each month, you can change your goals depending on your calendar!

The whole goal of the challenge is to get lots of pages done all the while enjoying sharing with Virtual Friends.

Are you UP for the CHALLENGE? Come and Play in the 2013 Scrapbook Challenge! Here's to Meeting our Scrapping Goals & Meeting New Friends!

We'd love to "oohh" and "aahh" over your pages so please post with key word "sbc13nov"

[Lmn]

November Scrappers List

Anavon (Annie's Pantry) 10 Pages
Lou Ann (Crooked Stamper) 2 Pages
Sharon (Sewflake) 6 Pages
Ann (Scrappy48 ) 12 Pages
Pattie (PrincessP1971) 6 Pages
Joyce Ann (AnniePanda) 9 Pages
Christy (ChristyS) 20 Pages
Wendy (Wendella247) 8 Pages
Tanya (daizees) 15 Pages
Lela (LMN) 25 Pages
Cori (papertrail) 5 pages
Melina (mepylant) 20 Pages
Sharon (smadson) 5 Pages
Mary Pat (mary_pat419) 5 Pages
Renee (furph's wife) 10 Pages
Cheryl (Motherload) 10 Pages

[Lmn]

Challenge 2013
This is where we'll have links to the Weekly Challenges! These are GREAT for Inspiration, we have Terrific Hostess and let's try to support them as much as possible!

Monday -- Scraplift Challenge -- Posted 1st Monday of Every Month
Tuesday -- Inspiration - Posted 2nd Tuesday of Every Month
Tuesdays -- Digi-Scrapping - Posted Every Tuesday
Wednesday -- Variety Challenge - Posted 3rd Wednesday of every month
Thursday -- Quotes and Lyrics - Posted 4th Thursday of Every Month
Friday -- 5th Week Twisted Challenge -- Posted 5th Monday of Month
Friday -- Sketch -- Posted Every Friday

[Lmn]

Getting close to another New year

October Year To Date Pages Done
Mary Pat (Mary_Pat419) - 43
Michelle (fmtinsley) - 26
Renee (Furph's Wife) - 113
Sharon (sewflake) - 188
Lou Ann (Crooked Stamper) - 55
Tanya (daizees) - 92
Melina (mepylant) - 135
Sharon (smadson) - 65
Wendy (wendella247) - 73
Tam (tamcan) - 72
Dell (smokiesgal) - 62
Terri (3fries) - 49
Cheryl (motherload) - 75
Terry (eeddmm) - 13
Cori (papertrail) - 62
JoyceAnn (AnniePanda) - 95
Beth (NerdyBeth) - 2
Pattie (PrincessP1971) - 38
Anavon (Annie's Pantry) - 42
Lela (LMN) - 150

[Lmn]

November Monthly Scraplift Here

[Annie's Pantry]

Wow... am I the first one here?!

My October Scraplift page has been finished since the 20th and have not been able to upload. I have been able to upload cards just fine... Finally tonight things seem to be working.

So here is my page... "Time to Celebrate"

I was suppose to choose from Clemenica's Gallery, so I chose her "October Task 1" page to scraplift.

I am the little girl dressed up like a big Sun Flower, in case you couldn't tell.

[Crooked Stamper]

Unfortunately it looks like I won't make my annual goal since I'm 41 pages behind but I can't complain because on the bright side I did get 55 page done so far! I've been scrapping for about 5 years & this is the most I've ever done!

So with that said & other things on my plate this month, I'm going to set my goal at 2 pages (progressive & scraplift) then I'll try to catch up by participating in the Stash Busters later this month.

[sewflake]

November is it?? Already, but I love October......... November is starting out rainy and the annual Greater Gulf Coast Art Festival is starting later today. Here is hoping the rain won't stick around long.

I will have a much lower goal this month, I will set my goal at 6.

[sewflake]

My other goal for November is to totally clean my art studio before the end of the month. I probably won't be doing much scrapping in December anyway.

[Scrappy48]

I'd like to try to get 12 pages done this month! I'm working on getting my 2008 album finished. Hopefully that will put me through a good portion of the summer months!

[Annie's Pantry]

My goal for Nov. is going to be 10.

Also Lela, my year to date page count is at 42, I am 8 pages behind so far to reach my goal of 60 by the end of the year.

[princessp1971]

I havent scrapped in about 6 months or more so I am going to try for only 4 this month. Hope I can get back into the swing of things....

[AnniePanda]

My goal for the end of the year is to have 112 pages completed. I have 95 so far. I need 17 to meet my goal, so I will strive for 9 pages in November. I wonder if I've lost track somewhere along the way, oh well, moving on from here.

[Christy S.]

It's been a while since I was last part of this thread, but I'm back! Thanks to Wendy for reminding me of the scrapbook goals challenge a while back My goal for this month is 20 pages...my goal for the year is 100, and so if I manage 20 each for November and December I can make it!

[wendella247]

So glad to see you here, Christy! It's been quite a while!

[wendella247]

O.K. I'm going to set my goal for 8. I have several pages in the works, but have had a lot of other things going on and haven't been doing as much scrapping. Weather's been gorgeous here and I've been enjoying that!

[princessp1971]

Christy good to see you!!!!!!

[daizees]

I'm going to shoot for 15 this month, I need to get more of my weekly pages done and print as many as possible with Stampin' Up!'s print sale this month!
Also, I just uploaded this page to the Oct Gallery, but I'll link it here:
Valentines
It uses Cheryl's EMS 50 sketch!

[Lmn]

** Christy, Great to see you back scrappin' with us, we missed you! Wendy is awesome at keeping all of us moving forward together


I actually got some scrappin' done last night and earlier today. I hope to work on more pages tonight. I keep telling myself what I really need to do is finish all the 1/2 - 3/4 pages I have and get those in my albums. It would make for a big Nov just getting all those done and would help me have a chance at getting my goal. I have been trying to pull them all out and put them in a pile, whew. Way more than I expected partially done ... :rolleyes:

Here's my Nov Scraplift page(s)
Cross at EFH

Downtown KZO

[Mary_Pat419]

Wahooo!!! I'm in my scraproom though I haven't started anything yet ;-). Off to see what I can do....

[Mary_Pat419]

Got my October scraplift completed...sat on my desk for 3 weeks! I'll post on Monday since I can't upload on Sunday's. Hope to get to play more tomorrow :-).

[Christy S.]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lmn

** Christy, Great to see you back scrappin' with us, we missed you! Wendy is awesome at keeping all of us moving forward together


I actually got some scrappin' done last night and earlier today. I hope to work on more pages tonight. I keep telling myself what I really need to do is finish all the 1/2 - 3/4 pages I have and get those in my albums. It would make for a big Nov just getting all those done and would help me have a chance at getting my goal. I have been trying to pull them all out and put them in a pile, whew. Way more than I expected partially done ... :rolleyes:

Here's my Nov Scraplift page(s)
Cross at EFH

Downtown KZO

A couple months ago, I dragged out an old album from when I first got married and I finished up a layout I'd started probably EIGHT YEARS ago What's funny is that it took me less than an hour to finish the layout after it sat all that time.

I'm a total organizational nerd, so last month I sat down and wrote down all the things I need to scrap on little bits of paper and put them in a big container (I already had them written in a list since I had to organize a giant pile of photos I got printed off from Winkflash--told you I'm a nerd). I've been drawing about 5 slips of paper at a time and then I work on doing those specific layouts--it's amazing how much more actual scrapping I get done when I'm not spending hours just looking through my pictures! Plus I like the random element of just drawing the slips of paper and being surprised about what I'm scrapping next, and I'm getting progress made in albums from 2003 up to this year :mrgreen:

[tamcan]

Quote:

Originally Posted by princessp1971

I havent scrapped in about 6 months or more so I am going to try for only 4 this month. Hope I can get back into the swing of things....

Patti, your post is exactly what I was thinking. Hoping I can do just 4 pages because I have not scrapped pics in months. I want to get back into it the swing of scrapping.

[Mary_Pat419]

Okay ladies...two days in a row I'm in my 'woman cave' as my DH calls it ;-). I took photos of my l/o from yesterday, looked in the Nov Gallery (WOW Lela, you're rockin' the pages!), and now pulling out some photos...yeah, so happy!!!

[papertrail]

I'm setting my November goal to 5 - that's all I have left to reach my yearly goal!! Woo hoo! So excited! I guess that means next year I'll have to up my yearly goal! ;)

[Christy S.]

Ok, here's my first two layouts for November:

Okinawa Highlights

Rock of Cashel

[Mary_Pat419]

Wrote this all up and then boom...lost it before posting...gotta luv technology :-).

I ignored the world this weekend and took time to play in my scrap room and loved it! I got four pages done and have 1 more page to reach my yearly goal...the first time in about 3 years...YEAH!!!

Halloween '07 left

MPV Trick or Treat right by Mary_Pat419 - Cards and Paper Crafts at Splitcoaststampers

A Perfect Day

Confirmation Day Task 1

Confirmation Day Task 2

Confirmation Day Task 3

Confirmation Day Task 4

[AnniePanda]

Good to see Christy and Mary Pat are being productive this past weekend too.
Here is my layout for the "Twisted" challenge.
Swim

[sewflake]

I finished a couple of layouts over the week end.

A Pose

This one is for the twisted 5th week challenge.

Scrap booking 101

[sewflake]

Mary Pat, I admire your perseverance!! I have felt your pain many times!!

[mepylant]

It's the 4th....so not too bad on timing getting to the new thread. LOL

I plan on another 20 pages this month.

[smadson]

Okay, my name isn't even up there with the Nov scrappers! LOL I am here! I only did 2 pages in Oct. So now I have 67 of my 100 goal! Oh my goodness! Well I will shoot for 5 this month!

[Lmn]

Quote:

Originally Posted by smadson

Okay, my name isn't even up there with the Nov scrappers! LOL I am here! I only did 2 pages in Oct. So now I have 67 of my 100 goal! Oh my goodness! Well I will shoot for 5 this month!

I haven't forgot you Sharon ... instead of bringing over the list from last month, I just started with a "new" one as people posted :cool: You're In --- No worries

[Lmn]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Christy S.

A couple months ago, I dragged out an old album from when I first got married and I finished up a layout I'd started probably EIGHT YEARS ago What's funny is that it took me less than an hour to finish the layout after it sat all that time.

I'm a total organizational nerd, so last month I sat down and wrote down all the things I need to scrap on little bits of paper and put them in a big container (I already had them written in a list since I had to organize a giant pile of photos I got printed off from Winkflash--told you I'm a nerd). I've been drawing about 5 slips of paper at a time and then I work on doing those specific layouts--it's amazing how much more actual scrapping I get done when I'm not spending hours just looking through my pictures! Plus I like the random element of just drawing the slips of paper and being surprised about what I'm scrapping next, and I'm getting progress made in albums from 2003 up to this year :mrgreen:

Wow, I love this idea! I might have to "scraplift" as I sure don't seem to be getting my older picts done

[Christy S.]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lmn

Wow, I love this idea! I might have to "scraplift" as I sure don't seem to be getting my older picts done

It's kind of funny how much better I focus on getting pages done when drawing event names out of a hat. Took me forever to do the paper slips since I have SO MANY pictures to scrap, but now I'm totally wishing I'd done this a long time ago. And I'm thinking about doing something similar with dinner ideas too so that hubs and I aren't always eating the same three things every night...I do have more recipes than that ;)

[Mary_Pat419]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Christy S.

It's kind of funny how much better I focus on getting pages done when drawing event names out of a hat. Took me forever to do the paper slips since I have SO MANY pictures to scrap, but now I'm totally wishing I'd done this a long time ago. And I'm thinking about doing something similar with dinner ideas too so that hubs and I aren't always eating the same three things every night...I do have more recipes than that ;)

I did something similar at the beginning of the year. I went through my folders on my computer and printed out photos I hadn't gotten to in the through 2007-2011. I decided to create the 2012 & 2013 as digi pages (thought that would be quicker but not really ;-) ). I put the photos in the plastic photo boxes that all go into 1 large plastic box and I pull one out when scrap...still need to scrap more often but I like knowing if I'm doing a digi challenge that I can just pull from 2 years; not sure what I'll do when 2014 comes along. Need a few long weekends to just play, build up speed, and get more than a few pages completed!

I realize that when I haven't scrapped in a while I am so sloooooowwwww; need to scrap more often to pick up speed! ;-)

[Mary_Pat419]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lmn

I haven't forgot you Sharon ... instead of bringing over the list from last month, I just started with a "new" one as people posted :cool: You're In --- No worries

Mine is 5 for November; didn't post just updated my signature.

[sewflake]

Here is my lift from Pattie's gallery... Link to Pattie's layout is on the scrap lift page and in the description with my layout.

Be Merry

[sewflake]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mary_Pat419

I did something similar at the beginning of the year. I went through my folders on my computer and printed out photos I hadn't gotten to in the through 2007-2011. I decided to create the 2012 & 2013 as digi pages (thought that would be quicker but not really ;-) ). I put the photos in the plastic photo boxes that all go into 1 large plastic box and I pull one out when scrap...still need to scrap more often but I like knowing if I'm doing a digi challenge that I can just pull from 2 years; not sure what I'll do when 2014 comes along. Need a few long weekends to just play, build up speed, and get more than a few pages completed!

I realize that when I haven't scrapped in a while I am so sloooooowwwww; need to scrap more often to pick up speed! ;-)

I feel that I am slow most of the time, if I get more than two (usually only one) done in a day that is because I am at a crop and have 20 or more "kits" made up in advance. I am able to craft some everyday....... kids are out of the house, my mom lives alone and is able to care for herself, we have a schedule, of sorts, for the DGK's activities and sleep overs. That leaves me most mornings in my studio.
Yup, I am blessed to have a DH that is retired too, and, helps a great deal around the house. He is doing laundry now and will empty the dishwasher sometime this morning, I cook and do dishes, he puts them away.

[Furph's wife]

I didn't meet my Oct goal of 10. I got 4 pages done and 2 started. I did work on a paperbag book that I made for my nephews to take to Disney and I finally finished working on my printers drawers. I have 3 original drawers and got it in me in May to use it as large collage frames. Of course I put that off until the last few weeks! I got tired of looking at the pile sitting there. So now they are done and hung up! They look great! Anyway I have a few goals for Nov, I need to make 2 more name frames, Christmas cards I have to finish (of course start thinking about Christmas stuff) so I am still going to shoot for 10 or whatever it takes to finish my youngest dd school stuff to date