March Challenge layout done!

Mar 30, 2005 26 Replies

Got it done! I finished my March challenge layout over the weekend, only to have the storms knock out our internet connection for two days. I finally got back online today, and got my layouts online. M-C, if you want you can pull them from the website for the RCS site, or let me know and I will email them. I was very saddened to hear about Jessie and her boyfriend. I'm glad they are doing somewhat better, and my thoughts and prayers are with them both and their families. I pulled the paypal info from another post, and will be sending a contribution. I do hope they will be better soon. All the March challenge layouts have been so beautifully done, I hesitated to include mine, but I can't think of a better way to learn. Following the sketch was easier than I expected, and I was happy with the result. So much so that I think I'll go dig through my CK magazines to find some more sketches, and see what kind of layouts I can make from them. Using the brads was fun, too, as I have done very little of that. This layout took every single square gold minibrad I own, so it looks like a trip to Michael's is in order. (And Joann's, and Hobby Lobby, and Scrapbook Superstore, and...) I'm looking forward to attempting the April challenge. Now I know what I was saving all those little mint tins for.



Mel



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the March challenge pix are the last two in the first album.



It's been one of those days. Here's the March challenge photos.

Mel

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The LOs are really nice Mel! Loved your quote about family. Lynne

Wonderful job, Mel. I love to use brads,too.

Hugs, Sabrina in Kentucky

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I really liked your lo and I was able to use the link to save it. Just so everyone knows, the individual pages have to be at least 700 pixels wide at

72 dpi or they won't match up with the rest.

Wow Mel...that is just beautiful!!! Thanks for sharing!

Marilyn

I just looked at your LO's. OMG!!! You hestitated to include them because...????? They are gorgeous!!! I think you did a terrific job.

Mel, Don't hesitate again!!!! I love your LO. I have already scraplifted it..........have gathered the paper and supplies together in my box to work on at the crop on Saturday. I'm going to use your idea to do the pictures I have of my grandmother and her sister at their First Communion. Thanks so much for sharing your LO with us. Sandy

Oh wow Mel! That looks wonderful!!! Was she your grandmother? I think the sketch works wonderful with the heritage LO! And the golden brads you used, finish the LO off just perfectly. I'll have to remeber that when I start with heritage LO's. Thanks for sharing.

Judy, SA

Great job on the layout Mel.

Teresa in MD

Beautiful pages Mel. And you hesitated to include them in the challenge because???? I love the quote you used.

Great LO. I'm not sure why you hesitated to include it. It is a classy LO.

Thank you, Lynne! The quote came from a sheet of vellum quotes by Generations I found at Michael's. They are great for heritage layouts.

Mel

Thank you, Irene! I'm glad they turned out okay.

Mel

Thank you, Sabrina. I've only just discovered brads; they're as pretty and much easier to use than eyelets. And quieter. And especially lately, there are some wonderful new shapes and designs in brads out there!

Mel

Thank you, M-C! I really don't know what size the images on picturetrails are- I hope they are big enough. I do know that my camera pix are enormous files. I have to resize them much smaller for most emails or other applications. But they do come out with great detail.

Mel

Thank you, Judy! Actually, the girl in the photos was my mother, when she was 13. These photos did work well with the sketch, which makes me want to try do to more heritage layouts from Becky Higgins sketches. They come out a lot better than my earlier attempts. On those brads- while the minibrads were Memory Makers brand from Michaels, the big gold ones came from the office supply section at Target, a box of

100 assorted shapes and colors for 99 cents. I was amazed at how well they look. Sometimes great supplies turn up in some odd places..

Mel

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