DIS Digi-Scrappers Challenge #48 (3/11 - 3/17)

[quiltymom]

Welcome to the newest digi-challenge! This week we'll be doing a template challenge. I have come to love template challenges, especially when I see how everyone comes up with such different ideas. So, to quote Peter Pan,
"Come on, everybody! Here we go....."

For me, the best part of scrapbooking is telling the story, whether it's mostly through photos, journaling, or a little of both. But mostly I love the photos! The more photos I can get on a page, the better.

So, here is your challenge for the week - to tell a story. It doesn't matter what the story is, as long as it is about something Disney.

Here's my page that inspired this challenge. We picked at pearl at the Mitsusoshi Department Store in the Japan pavilion at Epcot for my friend Heather's birthday. Since she wasn't there, I wanted to be able to have her experience it through a scrapbook page, which in my opinion is the next best thing to being there. So I came up with this:

http://quiltymom.smugmug.com/photos/489341097_DMCji-L.jpg

Here's the journaling: "We went to the Mitsukoshi Department Store in Japan to purchase a very special birthday treat - a pearl - for Jan's friend, Heather. The kids chose the oyster, and before we knew it, the oyster was opened and we were looking at the beautiful pearl. The pearl is now ready to be measured and shown off - it is a 7-1/4 mm pink pearl, all ready to be set into a necklace for Heather."

Credits: Font, Almagro; Kit, Creative Memories Earthy Digital Power Palatte

Here are the rules:
Tell a story. It can be of a particular ride, experience, silly moment, favorite foods you ate, or about an entire trip. You can even use it as the end page summary or the first page of a trip album. It's yours to decide.
Use 6 photos. No more, no less. If you want to add an extraction, say of a sign or something, that would be okay, but it doesn't count as a photo.
The photos must stay in a line.
Have a title that can be either an alpha or text.
Journal and tell the story.

That's it!

Here's the link for the template. It has both the .png files and a .page file for those who use SBC+.

click here for the template (http://www.box.net/shared/q4ehazk4be)

Note: Even though it doesn't show it here, the template was created for use in a StoryBook, so it was intended for the photos will bleed off of the page. But if you're just doing a page print, then it won't bleed. Either way is okay by me - I just wanted to let ya'll know, just in case.

I'll pick two winners at random just because it's so hard to choose. And thanks to our wonderful friend Brittney, I have a fantastic prize for the winners!

ScrapMatters has a brand new designer, Megan (pronounced Meegan) Turnidge, and she has graciously offered to donate the prizes for this week. Each winner will receive a $10.00 gift certificate to her store. Now, isn't that fantastic? Please be sure to check out Megan's store to see her fantastic products. She has a little bit of everything there, from full kits to hybrid goodies to page templates, even the cutest little felt cupcakes! Here's the link (http://scrapmatters.com/shop/manufacturers.php?manufacturerid=64) for you. Be sure to tell her "hi" and that you heard about her on the challenge.

Have fun, and I can't wait to see what ya'll do!

[mumloveseeyore]

the link works absolutely fine. A quick question, i have only ever used psd templated before, does each png work as a separate layer? This is probably a silly question Gill

[quiltymom]

Yes, I set up the the .png's as separate layers, so hopefully they will work okay for you. Let me know if they don't.

[mumloveseeyore]

yes i've figured it out thanks! this looks like a fun challenge,i have an idea for a LO. Gill

[Photobee]

Thanks for this weeks challenge! Love your layout, you did a great job telling the story! :)

[susan0326]

I added strips for the journaling. I hope it's okay. I got a little carried away with the bling, but wanted to convey all it takes to make a princess. :) It's all about the accessories.

I was waiting for the perfect inspiration for these BBB pictures from 2007. Thanks for the wonderful template and inspiration! You're awesome! Thanks for hosting!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v402/susan0326/BBB.jpg

Credits
Her Royal Highness by Britt-ish Designs
Tiny Dancer by Britt-ish Designs, Jeni Hopewell, & Fuffly Bunny Feet
How She Shines by Ellie Lash
Fairy Princesss by Happy Scrap Girl and Golden Girls
Remix: Princess by Jennifer Trippetti
Font is CKAli

(I hope I listed everything!)

[quiltymom]

Susan,

How adorable! I just love all that bling, especially the way you dotted the "i" in Princess. And yes, it is the accessories that make a princess (I love that line - I just may need to use it sometime!).

I'm glad that the template helped you get your page done. And I do love what you did with the journaling. Very creative! Changing templates around a bit is what makes them so much fun. You start with the basics and then have fun! And your DD is just adorable. The smile on her face just says it all. It's a precious page for a special girl! Great job.

[mumloveseeyore]

thanks for a fun challenge, i'm not sure about the journaling but this gave me the push to complete another page. Gill

http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r199/gillscott/halloweenparadecopy.jpg

CREDITS
Spooks paper from freedigitalscrapbooking.com

elements 2 cute2 spook by rachel B
font chiller

[boBQuincy]

Never worked with a template before, here goes:

http://www.suzieandbob.com/wdw/feb_09/Tell-a-Story-template.jpg

[BooToo]

Here's mine. This was hard for me, because I usually only use one or two pictures. Six was really a stretch for me, but I'm glad I did this because I really wanted to scrap the "beauty of Disney". Thanks QuiltyMom!

http://i481.photobucket.com/albums/rr175/twomuttsdesigns/scrapbook/beauty_of_Disney08.jpg

Journaling: Looking around Disney World, there are many amazing sights. Sure we all have photos of Cinderella's castle, but if you look beyond the obvious, you can see the real beauty of Disney World, right before your eyes.

Credits:
Stitches: Spook-alicious - Simply Sweet Designs
Ribbon - Thao Cosgrove
Paper - Pixie Far Away - Ellie Lash

Sharon

[Krisi616]

What great layouts everyone has submitted already. I will put my thinking cap on for what pictures I can do for this.

[quiltymom]

This is what is so fun about hosting a challenge, seeing what everyone makes.

mumloveseeyore - You chose to scrap my favorite Disney parade! How fun is this. I just love that thing. I've got the song in my head now. Your embellishments - and that title - are so cute. They go along great with the fun theme of the parade. And I love that background paper. Purple rules! And good job in finding that fun & creepy font for your journaling.


boBQuincy - I love the way you spread one photo onto two template spots! That is certainly very clever. Seeing it was one of those "a-ha" moments for me. Yes, I could do that if I wanted to! Good job on your first template. Your photos are stunning, and the simplicity of the design just makes the photos pop off of the page. Great job!

BooToo - What you did is one of the ways I love to use multi-photo pages, to bring photos from here and there that you otherwise don't know what to do with and put them together like that. You did good in going outside of your comfort zone. The papers are perfect, and I love the way you put your date in one of the boxes in the bottom border. BTW - what font did you use for the title? I like it!

I can't wait to see more!

[BooToo]

BTW - what font did you use for the title? I like it!


I went and downloaded it last night. I wanted a really striking font for that layout. It's from Urban Fonts and it's called PORCELAIN. I'm a font junkie. I love using new fonts. Thanks!

Sharon

[BooToo]

***boBQuincy***
I went to your website and looked at some of your Disney photos last night. WOW, there are some amazing shots. I was really inspired, as I'm taking some photography classes and trying to learn more about my camera. Thanks for sharing!!

Sharon

[Janis]

Love seeing everyone's take on this. Thanks, quiltymom, for the great template and for hosting this week!

Here's my attempt:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v339/luvsdisney/Project78-1.jpg

Credits:

'Lucky Star' Kit by Gina Cabrera of DigitalDesignEssentials
Font - Pea Amy

[mumloveseeyore]

janis that looked such a fun time! I love yuor LO, is that a brush you used behind your journalling.? i'm new at this and always looking for good ideas . Gill

[Janis]

Hi Gill,

What I used behind my journaling was a Stamp tab from the kit. I resized it to fit. I thought it made the journaling easier to read.

[mumloveseeyore]

thanks, i loved the kit! gill

[labdogs42]

Sweet! I feel like it has been forever since I did one of these challenges. I'm finally back to working on Disney pictures, so i can join in now! AND you did the template for SBC+, too! How cool is that? I'm going to an all day crop tomorrow and this challenge will be my first order of business! Thanks! I'm excited to play!

[boBQuincy]

I made some changes to the background on my LO to try and mimic the concrete texture of the Contemporary Resort.

This has been a really helpful challenge, everyone has some great ideas (that I don't mind shamelessly "borrowing" for some of my future LOs). If all the challenges are like this one I am going to learn a lot from the creative people on this board! I have not done a lot of scrapbooking and it's great to see how others use all the little touches that really make the page.

Thanks so much quiltymom! :)

[quiltymom]

You're welcome, and yes - you'll learn more than you think by sticking around and doing these challenges. The best way I found to learn to do something new is to try to copy what someone has done. So, scraplifting is a way of life for all of us here. Join the club. You'll fit right in!

[quiltymom]

Janis - I think that I would've cried if Mickey & Minnie showed up at my reception, or any reception for that matter. I love the photos that you used of everyone laughing and having fun. I like the little border you put around the page. It's such a fun LO with all of the bright colors.

[mommyofthreeboys]

Thanks for the template!!! Awesome!!!

This was a real challenge for me. After an hour, I'm giving up. This is what I came up with...

http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee274/cddiesel/scrapbook%20pages/Junewdw-Page126.jpg


Credits:
Boy Crazy by Michelle Bennett (from grab bag)



Good job to everyone!!! I love the layouts so far!!!!

[VacationKicks]

I just figured out how to use a template, and then I saw this challenge so, I got to put my new knowledge to use!

The pages are all so different even though the photos are layed out the same.

Here is my page:

http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii203/kimshukis/scrapbook/wildernesslodge.jpg

Credits:
Papers - TikiMama, Shabbby Beach
Labels - Britt-ish Designs, Toy Sheriff
String - Haynay, Gamer
Star - Purely Pixel, Divine Choco-Lime

-Kim

[kswm30b]

My first entry in a few weeks. :) I don't know why, but this LO took me forever to finish! The pics tell the story of the boat ride from Downtown Disney back to the French Quarter. I've been wanting to scrap this for a while, but I never liked the setup of my page. This template was perfect, thanks!! Click for credits

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v109/kswm30b/scrap/dtd07_boat_sm.jpg (http://www.scrapmatters.com/gallery3/showphoto.php/photo/29076)

[CAVEA001]

Man - this was harder than I thought. Normally I LOVE templates with tons of photos on them, but this one took me a while.

The photos are from the Muppets exhibit in downtown Orlando.

http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r195/acavender308/Muppets09.jpg

Alpha: ???
Everything else: Britt-ish's free love bytes sampler :)

[strega7]

I haven't gotten to participate in awhile, but husand is sick, weather is yucky, and it was a perfect day to get to play on the computer. Thanks for the template, it was a lot of fun.

I used a kit from sweet shoppe designs called "he said, she said"

http://i210.photobucket.com/albums/bb96/strega7/Butterflycons.jpg

The journaling reads....
"April 22, 2007 - On our Disney Cruise, at our first stop, Key West, we decided to take the trolley to the southern most point of the United States. There at the bottom of the United State lies a beautiful place full of butterflies..."

"Upon entering this magical place, we were told that if by chance a butterly lands on you, it will brng you good luck. There were six people in our party, and out of all six, only one had a butterfly land on their head. The lucky member of our group was Dominic...he was so lucky he not only had one, but two butterflies land on him."

[quiltymom]

Wow - lots of great pages have been posted!

mommyofthreeboys - What fun, bright colors! Your elements are so much fun. I love the way you used both the frame and the arrow to point out/highlight the photo with your DD (at least I think that it's your DD!). Your page is really fun!

VacationKicks - Welcome to the digi-challenges. You'll find that they are quite addicting, and lots of fun. And what a great page. It's perfect for the Wilderness lodge. Oh, how I wish we could afford to stay there again! I really like the way you brought us from point A to point B with both of the hotel buildings included. Great job!

kswm30b - Heather, it's good to have you back! I wish that I could've taken that boat ride in the daytime, but the only chance we rode it was late at night (we stayed at POR). I especially like your tear strip at the bottom of the LO. And the little bit of bling behind your title brings out the sparkle in the alpha. And that's a great shot of the boat in transit. It's a wonderful LO.

And CAVEA001 - HA! You're too much! And you were much braver than I was. Here's the thumbnail of the LO I did with my sneaky pics from when the exhibit was at the Smithsonian in D.C. (You can click on it to see it full sized.)
http://www.scrapmatters.com/gallery3/data/752/thumbs/Jim_Henson_Exhibit.jpg (http://www.scrapmatters.com/gallery3/showphoto.php/photo/9752)
At first I thought, how did she get those pics? Then I saw your "no photos" tag. It's a fun LO, and I love the way you put the bracket behind the bottom one. It's a great effect.

strega7 - Welcome back to you, too. What great photos. My DD would adore that place. It's hard to get pics of those butterflies since they move around so much. The kit is so colorful, just the thing to highlight the butterflies. It's definitely a fun story. Thanks for sharing it with us!

[CAVEA001]

QuiltyMom - don't tell anybody. :rolleyes1 Wasn't the exhibit so cool?!? :cool2:

Ok - back to scrapbooking ...

[RRBB]

Here's mine. I'm not sure if I'm in love with the way it came out, but it's growing on me.
http://www.smeechy.com/Scrapbook_Pages/Digi%20Pages/web-DIS-Challenge-Week-48.jpg

CREDITS
papers: {Retro Summer} Papers by Hafen creations (SM Design Star round 2)
alpha: shiver me timbers alpha by Britt-ish Designs
elements (all recolored): February DD day 21 by Brenda Smith Designs; the bright side, love bytes by Britt-ish Designs; February DD day 17 by Designs by Tater
date: tabby dates by Britt-ish Designs
font: CK Renaissance, Viner Hand ITC

[kswm30b]

Hee, quiltymom & CAVEA001, I'm glad I'm not the only one who sneaks pics when they aren't supposed to. :P

[Photobee]

Here's my layout for this challenge! I have wanted to do these photos for a while. But I knew I had so many (I have another whole camera- my husband's- with more photos), I wanted to fit as many as possible on a page! This worked perfectly! And I finally found a kit that I liked to go with them too! :) Thanks for this challenge!

http://www.scrapmatters.com/gallery3/originals/503/LIghts_Motors_Action_view_1_Feb_2008_smaller.jpg

http://www.scrapmatters.com/gallery3/showphoto.php/photo/29361

[albumlady]

Thanks for a great template and fun challenge!! This was the perfect challenge to tell the story of Beka's early morning ER visit before her princess make-over at Bibbidy Bobbidy Boutique. Click the image for credits:

http://www.scrapmatters.com/gallery3/originals/503/Misc_-_Page_017.jpg (http://www.scrapmatters.com/gallery3/showphoto.php/photo/29370)

[RRBB]

Wow Erin, what a touching story. After reading about Beka's ordeal, it makes her BBB experience all the more special. Glad she was able to get the royal treatment.

BTW, GREAT layout!

[janette]

Love the template and everyone's pages. Really well done.

This is my page.

http://www.scrapmatters.com/gallery3/originals/582/painted_faces_mar04.jpg

http://www.scrapmatters.com/gallery3/showphoto.php/photo/29390/ppuser/952

[Pooh46]

What a great job everyone has done using this template! Fantastic template, Quiltymom! :thumbsup2 I was hoping to get mine done since I have the perfect set of pictures from our trip, but I've been sick ever since we got back from WDW on Saturday. :sick: Sound familiar, Heather? I WILL be using this template for my pics and will post it on our other thread. Looks like I was at WDW the same time as Stacy and Lauren. Sorry I missed you, ladies!

[Yzerbear19]

Oh no! I forgot all about this since I was so busy trying to get caught up from my WDW trip. Great template! All of the layouts are fantastic!!!

[Krisi616]

Great challenge - love the template you gave us - it was a little harder with the smaller paper size I use but still love the end result. This is my daughter getting sketched out at Disneyland (in New Orleans Square). The other side will have the title and finished photo (but that is still packed so I can take a photo of it yet).

http://www.scrapmatters.com/gallery3/originals/503/Disney-art.jpg (http://www.scrapmatters.com/gallery3/showphoto.php/photo/29416)

Journaling:
It was so much fun to see you come to life on paper. The artist did a great job of keeping you entertained, and daddy sat on the other side while I was behind him when you wouldn’t look. The result is a beautiful framed photo that we will always cherish.

Credits:
Happy Solids Paper Pack - Ellie Lash
A Piece of Her Heart - Ellie Lash
Alpha letter - Glitzy Paper Dot Alpha
Template - Quiltymom

[Krisi616]

All the layouts are beautiful - neat to see how varied all the layouts are. The template was great - love to put lots of pictures on each page -- but I agree with CAVEA001 this was harder for me to do - maybe because the pictures are more similar than I would usually have on one page when I have lots of pictures.

Anyway great challenge. BTW mine is dated 12:19am on my thing but right now it is only 11:30pm (PST) so hope mine still made it in!

[kswm30b]

What a great job everyone has done using this template! Fantastic template, Quiltymom! :thumbsup2 I was hoping to get mine done since I have the perfect set of pictures from our trip, but I've been sick ever since we got back from WDW on Saturday. :sick: Sound familiar, Heather?

Ugh, yea. :( I'm *just* starting to feel like I'm kicking whatever I had, though I'm still coughing a bit. Plus the post-Disney depression is starting. :P

Welcome home! :) BTW, please yell at me if I haven't PMed you in a few days. We're staying at the Boardwalk in Dec, and you seem like the expert for that resort, lol.

Everyone's LO is so different, but so good!!

[quiltymom]

Sorry that I've been a bit AWOL. I've had a sick kid at home all week, DH at home sick yesterday, me at the dentist yesterday (ouch!) and then I wasn't feeling well. So, after I get DD off to school and get a few other things done, I'll be back to comment on the rest of the LOs and do the random.org thing to let you know who are this week's winners.

I'll be back....

[Disney Baby]

Great Layouts everyone! Quiltymom - thanks for hosting and the template is cool. I wanted to participate but my laptop crashed and I have spent the last 3 days saving the information before we wipe it clean and start over. Thank goodness that my husband is great with computers!!

[quiltymom]

I'm back. And welcome again to all of the new players this week. It's great to have you here!

RRBB - I like the way that you changed the shapes of the photo boxes to fit your pics! Your choice of papers and ribbons are perfect. And your story makes me be even more excited about our upcoming cruise! What a fun story to scrap.

Photobee - You're correct, that kit does work well with the subject. I loved that stunt show. It's easy to take too many photos, but you did a fantastic job of getting the highlights down. I especially like your first photo that shows the whole set. Nice job.

albumlady - What a sweet story! I'm sorry that you had to make and ER visit on your vacation, but it looks as if it turned out well. Your DD looks absolutely beautiful! And it's fitting that you put a pic of her hospital bracelet in there, too. The kits you used are great - I especially like the frames around the photos. The whole LO is so nice and sweet.

janette - it's fun to see the story behind the photo in your signature! You did a great job with the papers and elements in giving your LO the feel of the paintings. And I particularly like the scalloped edgings. It gives a fun feel to it all.

Krisi - I like the way the template looks in that size! It works well. And please post the second page when you have it done. I'd love to see it. Your circles bring out the fun of it all, especially the borders. I've always seen those artists there at DL, and maybe next time we'll get a portrait done!

[quiltymom]

I loved seeing everyone's interpretations of the template. You all did a wonderful job. It was fun hosting this week. Now it's time to get down to business.


I typed everyone who entered into random.org, and the winners are....

mumloveseeyore

http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r199/gillscott/halloweenparadecopy.jpg


and strega7!

http://i210.photobucket.com/albums/bb96/strega7/Butterflycons.jpg


:cheer2: Congratulations, ladies! :cheer2: You will be contacted via PM soon about your prizes. Thanks for playing!

[Photobee]

congratulations Ladies! :) Both layouts were super!

[strega7]

Yeah! I am soooooo excited, I have never won before! Thank you qualitymom, I really loved the template, and everyone did such great jobs with it!

Marci

[mommyofthreeboys]

Congrats everyone!!!

What a fantastic prize!!!

[BooToo]

Congrats!! Thanks for the template too. It was fun.

Sharon

[mumloveseeyore]

thank you so much, i never expected to win anything, but i had great fun shopping:) Everyone did such a great job. Gill

[quiltymom]

Hello again!

This is a friendly reminder that we need people to host our weekly digi-challenges. The good thing is that there is no experience at hosting required! It's fun to do, just come up with an idea for a page and post it for all to see, then watch what is created and leave some love for everyone who posts a LO!

Here's where you can sign up: Dis Digi Challenge Hosts - Sign up here! (http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1913828)
Just pick a week that works for you and post that week on the thread so it can be added to the list. That's it!

Have a great day --

Jan

[Janis]

I just signed up for week 51!