[Susan0326]

For this weekend, I'm most proud that I found a way to complete half. I had a lot going on this weekend, and had to be "creative" to find time to finish just half of the layouts. I stayed up last night till 2 am to get the last one done. Good thing it's a holiday today!

I think my favorite LOs of the weekend are the following:



By the time I was doing this LO, I was getting desperate and silly. I thought the W "title" was a little whimsical and was also pretty quick. LOL. I normally wouldn't have added all the flowers and leaves, but you have to follow the instructions. I managed to tie it in with the red, white, and blue colors. I also wouldn't have tilted the photos, but you just go with the rules! I love Speed Scraps because they really stretch you! You'll be going down one path and then you get "that rule" that makes you think that you picked the wrong photos, kits, colors, etc. and then you realize it's too late to turn back, so you make it work! You have to get really creative some times!

I think I like this LO a lot, too, because of the colors:



Once again, I had to really think outside the box. I'm going along and then the "use an element in the title" rule about derailed me. I started just flipping through the element folder until some shape caught my eye as a letter. I was excited when I saw that "S" out of rope!

Thanks to Melinda and Carol and all the many, many people who helped make this a wonderful weekend (hosts, designers, participants, etc.). I wasn't able to finish the full marathon, but I did stretch myself further and got a lot done for my current book and some incomplete past years' books.

Thanks again!