August Scrappin' and Chatter - sbc19aug

[Lmn]

Scrappin' Challenge 2019 Can you believe this is our 11th year of Scrappin' Goal Challenge?! We sure completed an AWESOME number of pages together in 2009 through 2018 and I'm looking forward to MORE Scrap pages together in 2019! 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 2019! 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 2019 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 "sbc19aug"

[Lmn]

August Scrappers

Cheryl (scs motherload) - 10
Sharon (scs smadson) - 10
Joyce Ann (scs Annie Panda) - 18
Lela (scs lmn) - 22
Sharon (scs Sewflake) - 10
Amy (scs ShirleysGirl) - 15
Nancy (scs NWilliams6) - 18

[Lmn]

WoW! Sharon M spoiled us in July with a TERRIFIC VSBN --

Scrap Fireworks

If you didn't get to play along, please check it out



This Month
August Special Challenge Fun --- will be posted Sunday 080419


"It's All In the Numbers"

[Lmn]

YTD through July 2019

Michele (scs DRStamper) -
Lynn (scs FMCrafter) -
Liz (SCS Elizabeth G.) -
Joyce Anne (scs AnniePanda) - 108
Sharon (scs Sewflake) - 95
Andy (scs Andy99) -
Patti (scs PrincessP1971 ) -
Anavon (scs Annie's Pantry) -
Lela (scs Lmn) - 217
Jayne (scs Ozpom) -
Tanya (scs Daizees) -
Amy (scs ShirleysGirl) - 105
Sharon (scs SMadson) - 89
Cheryl (scs motherload) - 75

[AnniePanda]

Good morning scrappers! Great momentum last month, hope to enjoy more from all you who scraped last month.
My current YTD is 108
Since I completed 17 pages in July, I'm setting my Aug goal at 18 pages.

[Ozpom]

Good morning Joyce Ann and everyone..happy Friday...enjoy

[Motherload]

Hello, my fellow scrappers. I finished 13 layouts in July, so that puts me at 75 YTD, which means I surpassed my yearly goal of 70! Gonna see if I can make it to 100 this year. Please put me down for 10 again this month, Lela. Looking forward to this month's "It's All in the Numbers" challenges, and I may scrape together enough inspiration to do a Variety challenge.

[sewflake]

I finished 11 for the month of July...great inspiration from Sharon's challenges. I have not counted yet for the YTD total.

Will go for 1o this month and anything over will be a bonus!!!

[sewflake]

I guess there are 95 YTD.
11 for July
10 planned for Aug

[sewflake]

Two pager for sketch challenge using lots of photos, that is always a challenge for me!!
High Adventure by sewflake - at Splitcoaststampers

[sewflake]

I have been finding sketch on Pintrest to use when making scrap kits...two of them are Cheryl's!! So fun!! I will give credit when I get the pages done. With your name on the sketch Cheryl I will remember where it came from!!!

[smadson]

Hello everyone! I had been busy with DTGD and forgot to look for August ‘s thread!

I want to thank you all for the great participation last month in the challenges. What great pages, too!

My goal is 10 this month. My YTD is 89. Can’t wait to see the challenges, Lela!

Check my Blog, (in my sig line) and see the Wild Hare Kit I won.

[AnniePanda]

Had a busy day yesterday - a layout almost finished, another about half way there, and one that I started pulling supplies for. Oh, and made 4 cards.

[Shirleysgirl]

Finished 11 for July
August goal is 15
YTD is 105
Love the challenges!!

[Motherload]

My first two for August:

Balboa Park
Thankful

[Lmn]

Happy Sunday!

I've posted the first (5) challenges in our "It's ALL in the NUMBERS" Challenge .... there are more to come :cool:

[wendella247]

Well, hello ladies! I think I've finally got my laptop set up the way I need it so I can comfortably do digi pages, so I'm going to join this month and start conservatively with a goal of 5 pages. Not sure how many challenges I'll tackle, but I do have some photos I want to get working on! Here's my first, a one-photo page for VSBN19AugA.

Good Friends:

Good Friends-VSBN19AugA by wendella247 at Splitcoaststampers

[sewflake]

Good to see your face Wendy! Tab open to take a closer look. Well shoot you must have just posted, the image is not approved yet!

[Ozpom]

Hi Wendy, nice to meet you.

Just a quick hi everyone as I am getting dirty this week LOL. Melissa has been scrapping - she did 3 pages yesterday...whoohoo. I am making cards but intend to be back to my scrapping after that. I will be over cards for a while LOL.

Have fun.

Happy Wednesday

[wendella247]

Nice to meet you too!

[sewflake]

Another layout for Aug, but not quite meeting the requirements for VSBN....
S'more Fun by sewflake - at Splitcoaststampers

[AnniePanda]

I'm working on the "lonely # 1" sketch!

[Motherload]

Hi ladies. I posted a Scrapbook Variety Challenge, so come on over and check it out! Here's my sample layout for it:

Dog Days of Summer

[sewflake]

Great idea Joyce I did look up the sketch and added it to the Keywords. Now that I know where to find the sketches I will have to go back and see what else I can find.

Cheryl has lots of great sketches to choose from.


Here is one I did tonight from a process video Nicole Jones 911 on YouTube.


Also for VSBN19AugA

[sewflake]

trying to work out adding my layout......
As American As... by sewflake - at Splitcoaststampers

[sewflake]

A layout for VSBN19Aug
Fireworks - no title - VSBN19AugD by sewflake - at Splitcoaststampers

[Motherload]

Quote:

Originally Posted by sewflake

Great idea Joyce I did look up the sketch and added it to the Keywords. Now that I know where to find the sketches I will have to go back and see what else I can find.

Cheryl has lots of great sketches to choose from.

Glad you gals are still enjoying my sketches. I looked back and realized I have been creating them since February 2010, so almost 10 years. It was fun to do them for SCS for a while, too, but I think I work better when I don't have a monthly deadline and no one is expecting me to create to order, KWIM? That said, I still try to design a sketch for my blog most months, so you can always check that out if you run out of inspiration from my sketches on here!

[sewflake]

Cheryl, sketches are just as relevant today even when designed years before. You can always put your own spin on a layout with todays papers and ephemera.

I often get stumped with starting a design using multiple photos.

[sewflake]

Finished this morning.
Faithful Friends by sewflake - at Splitcoaststampers

[daizees]

Hello again! One of my many projects this summer was to reorganize scrapbook pages for my kids, since i don't scrapbook chronologically anymore. ;) I finished that yesterday which of course put me in the mood to scrap some more! (and yes, that means I'll have to reorganize it another time, over and over, haha). I hopped on here last night to see if there might have been a recent VSBN...? and I found there were three "recently"! So I printed off a list of the challenges and pulled out my photo boxes and got this page done I have had ideas for for YEARS. The train stamp had gone to live at my parents house since my mom has a craft room and a lot more space, but I finally remembered to bring it home, and this page is finally done! I just barely uploaded it but if I don't link it now I may not make it back... ;) I'm hoping to get a lot more of these challenges done tho. I certainly have enough photos printed!

Polar Express


PLUS, I started to panic..... When my brothers graduated high school, my mom and I got their scrapbooks done of their whole lives up to that point. Obviously that was easier, and we've discussed this before, because back then we had rolls of film that had to be shared thru the family, haha. That is not even close to the case anymore. But my son is starting his senior year next week (don't mind me...totally freaking out...!) and I haven't done anything for him since 2015, and it's sporadic at best after he turned 3 and we bought a digital camera, ha. I have a TON of catching up to do this year! HERE'S HOPING!!!!!!

[Motherload]

Tanya, I feel your pain! My son is a senior this year and I want to at least get his school album done before he graduates. I'm only at 4th grade, so I have a lot of years to make up. . . Good luck with doing your son's life album, though. That sounds like a lot of work!

[daizees]

That's what I was thinking too, Cheryl...I don't even have all of any one thing done, all the school pictures, or all the birthday parties or for goodness sake! SO MUCH I want to do, haha..... always so much I want to do!!

[smadson]

Hello, everyone! Maybe, I can scrap, now that DTGD is over. I finished all 39 challenges!
Now, to clean my room! Everything is out. Unlike some, I cannot be in card mode and scrap mode at the same time! Scrapping takes mor room, have to have pages laying out. During card mode, I put all my photos, and all my pages away, and all my 12x12 paper away. Maybe I am just messier than most! I know I have way too much stash!

Anyway, the plan today, is clean, sort stuff back into the proper drawers, etc. then next week , I can start Lela’s and Cheryl’s Challenges.

How are you all doing?

[nwilliams6]

My goal is 18 for this month - I have two do already - just posted this one:

naturalbeautyDTGD19 Snow Day by nwilliams6 - at Splitcoaststampers

I couldn't get it linked to any scrapbook keywords because I did over 11 DTGD challenges on it - lol.

I am doing a 6x8 scrapbook for my oldest daughter's birthday - she turns 29 and I thought I would capture some fun moments from her 29 years. I am doing that instead of a card. I am having so much fun! Hugz

[nwilliams6]

Sharon, congrats on doing all the DTGD challenges - your cards were awesome! Off to check out what everyone else has been doing. Hugz to you all!

[sewflake]

This Day by sewflake - at Splitcoaststampers
First Dance by sewflake at Splitcoaststampers

I had to laugh when reading how behind everyone is on scrapping... these are layouts I did for my youngest sons wedding album that I am giving them in October for their 20th anniversary!!

[sewflake]

You might have to wait till Monday for the layout to show up after approval!!

[sewflake]

Two more done.....I may get that wedding album done yet!!!


Family of the Bride by sewflake - at Splitcoaststampers

Made my August goal, now to see if I can add a few extra to get closer to my yearly goal.

[smadson]

I am in Scrap mode! Yay! Looking at the challenges!

[smadson]

Finally I got one done for August! I have a long ways to go to get my ten! I did the first VSBN Challenge and combined it with the Inspiration Challenge.
VSBN19AugA, WSU sm by smadson - at Splitcoaststampers