Telephone/Round Robin

This is a layout I did well over a year ago, for that mini Europe album I never got around to finishing =/ But I wanted to showcase it here because it features one important element...the telephone!

Remember that game we all played when we were younger, telephone. Where all the kiddos line up and someone whispers a secret and down the row it goes. But at the end, the secret has become this garbled message that doesn't hardly resemble the original.

Well, that's the challenge I'm hosting this coming week on Scrapbook Challenges. But instead of whispered secrets, we're passing along scrap-lifted layouts!! I'll pick an initial layout and send it to the first person who's signed up on the list. She (or he even) will scraplift that layout and then send her scrap-lifted layout on to the next person on the list. And so on and so forth.

Eventually, when the challenge is uploaded, everyone will be able to see the evolution of the scrap-lifted page. How fun is that?!

So to play along just become a member over at Scrapbook Challenges and sign up at this thread in the forum, in the Scrapbook Chat category. The deadline for signing up is this Thursday, June 24 by 8 pm CST.

I hope some of you all will come play!

xxbesos

j.leija

Sketch 205

I've got some sketchy goodness to share with you today! Above, is Sketch #205 from Scrapbook Challenges. Below, is the layout I created for this sketch and for the Scrap and Stamp Saturday challenge blog.

I've been hurting for new photos lately. So when we visited Urijah a few weekends ago, I had my camera ready to document it all! Plus, my little guy is always a welcome source of inspiration. Which is how I incorporated the challenge at S&S. He is always a source of inspiration and lately, the only "subject" I've actually been inspired to scrapbook!

I used a Heidi Grace stamp for the background, along with my Versamark Ink. I simply stamped and turned it a few times to create my one of a kind background. I highlighted the "You & Me" part of the stamp by outlining it with brown pen which really made it pop!

So yeah, be sure to stop by Scrapbook Challenges for some oh so fun challenges and sketches. And if you're in for a fun twist on a favorite child game, check out tomorrow's post for details on the challenge I'll be hosting next week! Happy Scrapping :)

xxbesos

j.leija

Happy Papa's Day!

Happy Father's Day to all the Daddy's out there! Here's a quick card I made for my Papa this year. He's a big fisherman and has been since I was born. So I've spent a lot of time fishing with him and running around fishing stores as well. I always loved the lure isle because of the fun colors and silly worms. So my ingenious idea this year was to highlight one. I picked this guy not for it's technical capabilities, but for its awesome colors! If he uses it or not doesn't really bother me. It was just something pretty I wanted to use :)

xxbesos

j.leija