GAME #1 - I'm proud of myself because....

[btreed]

I did my first ever speed scrap and finished them all! Hopefully I did it correctly!
Here is one of my favorites and the last speed scrap #141:

[disneymom2jhe]

Participating in the marathon really got me going on trying different things (I am new to all this digital scrapping!). I finished 11 of the speed scraps (only didn't finish the others because we are big Patriots fans and it was too difficult to scrap, cook and entertain our football friends at the same time!).

My layout for Speed Scrap #134 was the first time I did a layout without a template. I found pieces to use from different kits. Also I created a cluster that I love, and clusters are something that I have struggled with ... until now!

[supergirljennie]

I'm proud of myself because I actually finished the full marathon! My husband was actually very sympathetic on me telling him I needed to be on the computer for hours at a time this weekend.

I think this one is my favorite from this weekend:


I'm also proud that because of completing all the scraps, I've made such progress toward finishing the book from our April trip! My children keep asking when it's going to be done so they can reminisce. The book is currently sitting at 80 pages and I'm only halfway through our 3rd day there!

[Linda P.]

This is only the second time I've tried to speed scrap, so I'm MOST proud of myself for finishing the half marathon!

I am also proud of the way this layout came to life!

I will never forget how nervous they were to meet The Queen!


This layout is my favorite from the weekend.

This weekend really had me searching through all my cruise photos and I'm inspired to keep going! Thanks for planning such a fun weekend and to all the hosts for challenging me to think outside my box and of course the designers for their awesome PPs!

[nadauh]

Mostly I am really proud of myself to get a lot of layouts done for the book I'm working on right now. I did some layouts with pics I already used but not as many as last time!

I really like these two layouts:

[teethdr]

This was my last LO that I did for the SS marathon in order to get 8 LO done ! I'm the most proud of this LO for several reasons:


[IMG][/IMG]



1) I'm in the photo! It is VERY rare that I am in photos as I am usually the one taking the pictures!
2) I LOVE this picture. My husband and I usually very affectionate with one another, but outside of our wedding photos (17 years ago....), we don't have many of us together, much less one of us kissing!
3) I played around with layering and opaque-ing on this LO, something that I don't do very often, and I really liked the effect that I achieved. There are actually 5 different background papers in various positions and opacities.
4) I actually used PINK! If you knew me, then you would realize that PINK is NOT one of my favorite colors...but it is growing on me! (Thanks to 2 daughters!!) LOL

I guess that is all... thanks for the opportunity to "brag" on ourselves!! I think we all need to do this every once in a while!!

Smiles!!

Stacy

[*melidy*]

I'm most proud of myself for getting the whole marathon done depite being on a weekend break and being in a different time zone, I was doing touristy things during the day and scrapping by night, I got hardly any sleep but now it was worth it since I finished all 16 pages!!

As for which layouts I'm most proud of:


I was so suprised at myself with this one because I didn't rely on a template for once and it WASN'T even a requirement! Hah!


I was so pleased with how this one turned out, the requirement was to use flowers and foliage, which I rarely do, I always use embelishments that stick to a theme, so I was strugling to think of what to do so I made little clusters with teacups to keep the focus on the theme still. I think it is way cuter than it would have been had I scrapped them off my own back! (I had to use flowers for several layouts and ended up loving all of them too, maybe I don't dislike them as much as I thought haha!)

And I'm most proud of the fact that I like all the layouts I craeted for once - even the ones I rushed! Now I'm off to leave love on all your proud creations and thank all the wonderful designers and organisers that make me PROUD to be a part of this community!

[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!

[wannacrop]

I'm proud of several things. First, while I've been a lurker in here for a while, this weekend was the first time I actually posted any layouts. So I'm very proud of that...and of course for finishing the marathon.
I'm also proud of some of the clusters I created...such as in this layout.


I'm also proud of the fact that I did a page with just me in it since I'm always the one behind the camera! Thanks for those instructions, Romajo!

[Murmer]

I am proud of myself because I finished scrapping my whole day 2 and onto day 3 of my last trip!

This was one of my favorite things that I scrapped because it wasn't a photopass photo but still a memory I wanted to hold onto. I don't think I would have thought of it without the SS about food.