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

[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:


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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!

[mcclane]

I am proud of myself for finishing the entire marathon, even though my goal was to do the half marathon! Plus I learned how to do shadows, and improved my title work. And the best part is that I got 16 layouts completed!

[kiss1080]

I am most proud I finished the whole marathon...despite being a "single mom" to 4 kids while DH is deployed. They didn't starve or kill each other and the extra TV won't hurt...haha!

Also super proud I stayed in one trip! And when possible did them in chronological order. This really made it seem to come together fast! 16 layouts is about half a book for me!

My favorite layout...


Also...figured out how to make the scatter for this one on my own (with web tutorials). YEAH!

[tukogirl]

I'm proud of myself for getting some pics scrapped that have scared me - you know the ones where you want the page to be really good but you've got no inspiration and just don't know how to scrap them? I got several of those done this weekend.

I've been wondering how to scrap these pics FOREVER! I never would have made a page like this without the instructions, so I'm so glad I did this speed scrap.


These were some pics that I wasn't sure what to do with either, and I really like how this turned out.


I just really like how this turned out - it is exactly what I planned in my head!

[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.

[disneymomofbelle]

I am proud of myself for sticking with my goal of finishing the full marathon even though I had a bunch of stuff going on this weekend...

I am proud that this is my third marathon.


I am proud of myself for trying new things that I had not thought of before...