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Hey everyone!  It's Gina hosting this challenge and have I got a good one for you!  We are going to be scrapping a memory - WITHOUT A PICTURE ATTACHED!

Lately I've been thinking about all of these cute / funny / sad / etc little moments that I want myself and the kids to remember yet, they haven't been scrapped. The kids and I frequently laugh over old stories from my childhood (like the time my Mom slipped on a green pea in the kitchen and fell into a split. They obviously weren't around for that one yet they LOVE to hear it!) but unless I write this down, these stories and small memories are going to stay stuck in my head forever. That frightens me. I really love to journal and I want to feel free to do that - regardless if I have the 'perfect' picture to go with the page or not.

So I want you to record a story... big or small. Something that you would love to have down on record but maybe you weren't going to scrap it because you didn't have a picture. Too bad! I am making you scrap that story anyway!

No rules. Just TELL the story through LOTS of journaling!!! Lets see how we can all dress-up a layout of JUST WORDS!

If you are stuck for ideas, I bet you are over-thinking this. I invited a whole bunch of talented scrappers to join me with this challenge and I think you are definitely going to feel those creative juices start to flow once you see how everyone approached this.

If you wanted to tell a FEW memories on your page, you could do that. (Might make it easier design-wise in case your memory isn't that long to begin with).  If you Blog, why not cut & paste some of your own words for an instant layout?  How about asking someone else to tell the story for you?

Scrapping with us this week are Lex, Melissa 1 & Melissa 2 (haha!), Shannon, Emily & Brandi. Welcome girls!

LAYOUT ARTIST:  GINA (me!)



Credits:  Painted papers by Fee Jardine.  Glass hearts (re-colored), threaded stars and folded paper heart by Holly Griego.  Smiley face by Amanda McGee.  Stitches by Lisa Whitney and Emily Merritt.  Painted tape & doodle by CD Muckosky.  Paint by Michelle Coleman.  Fonts:  2Peas Red Dog, 2Peas Weathered Fence, Complete In Him, LD Dear Miss Rose, My Own Topher & Typewrither

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LAYOUT ARTIST:  JACQUE



Credits:  Paper and word art by Paislee Press.  Number stamps by Miss Mint.  Decorative stamp by Kasia.

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LAYOUT ARTIST:  KATE



Credits:  Black paper by Amy Wolff (Slightly Creased) at TLP.  Swirly doodle by CD Muckosky (Circle Werx) at TLP.  Doodled border by Jenna Desai (Border Frames) at TLP.  Gift by Mira Designs (Tree-mendous collab at Shabby Pickle).  Winged heart by ah! designs (Artemia collab) at AfterFive.  Lovemeter, rose petal and gold locket by Lorie Davidson (Twitterpaited Passion) at SBG.  Silver bird by Martencja Designs (DAM giveaway kit).  Journal highlights by Lauren Reid (Waxy Do's) at LDD.  Pewter MissMatch alpha by Holly Designs and everything else from Heart Strings kit by Holly Designs at Shabby Pickle.

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LAYOUT ARTIST:  EMILY (Merritt)



Credits:  Sociologie and Pregnancy Press Lines by Paislee Press; staple and Wired Alpha by Emily Powers; stitching by Crissy Armstrong; giraffe by Amy Hutchinson; baby-love tape by Aja Abney

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LAYOUT ARTIST:  MELISSA (mlewis)

 

Credits:  Gina Miller:  Beautiful You kit,  Scalloped stitches & Ironed flat ribbon.  Zoe Pearn:  Alpha (Persimmon Kit).  Fonts: LD Telegram, Century Gothic & CK Ali.

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LAYOUT ARTIST:  BRANDI (Sutherlin)



Credits:  Gina Miller:  Bella's Dream Kit with Jamie Young.  Silly Little Doodles Alpha.  Imperfect Zigs Stitches.  Unstitched Buttonz.  Cinnamon-Designs:  Dog (recolored) from Puppy Tales Kit.  Rachel Young:  Paper Towel Brushes.  Traci Murphy:  Various Drop Shadows.  Syrin: Loose Stitches.  Kate Hadfield:  Heavy Duty Staples.  Fonts:  Complete In Him & Mom's Typewriter.

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LAYOUT ARTIST:  SHANNON (Bieger)



Credits:  Kiss Me, I'm Irish kit and Messy Stamp alpha by Michelle Coleman. Journaling strips w/staples by Lynn Grieveson. Sketch idea from Scrapbooks, Etc. Drop shadow actions by Traci Murphy. Fonts: AL Old Remington, Century Schoolbook

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LAYOUT ARTIST:  LEX (mrshobbes)



Credits:  Cardboard background from Joy Explosion by Newlife Dreams (shabbypickledesigns.com).  Beige paper, ribbons, clustered wreath, doodled mat, felt heart, flowers, swirls, silver buttons, dangling beaded button and heart, strings, reed all from Artemia collaboration (after5designs.com) - a gift from MiYon! Thank you, sweetie! :)  Teeny Tiny Alpha (catscrap.com), print glass alpha freebie from Catscrap newsletter, swirly round frame (used as template) from Fancy Scraps Frames, all by Scarletheels Designs.  Dater from Calendar No. 2 by ON Designs (scrapbookgraphics.com).  Fonts: Porcelain, CK Ali's Writing, Jaime.

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LAYOUT ARTIST:  MELISSA (MelissaL88)



Credits:  Papers: Watercolor Papers - Gina Miller.  Music stamp: The Big Easy - Paiselee Press/Vickie Stegall.  Music Doodles: Pump Up the Volume - Kate Hadfield/Jaque Larsen.  Ribbon Arrow: Point it Out - Natalie Braxton.  Alpha: Black, White and Red Overlay - Darcy Baldwin.  Font: DJB Lizzy Fizzed Out

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So, start scrapping everyone!  Our 1st place winner gets $10 gift cards to GMD and PaisleePress.  2 other lucky winners will each get a $10 gift card to Kate Hadfield Designs -or- TwoSisters.

Have fun everyone!



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Rachel here announcing the winners from last week's challenge!!!

Congrats to the Tania (lunafaerie) with My 2009 One Little Word!  Fabulous page, girl!

Runners up are:  TracyMB with Hodge Podge Challenge MY WORD &

Erin

(chickypow) with Strength.

 Be looking for a PM from me!!

It’s always so hard for me to pick!  The layout we received this time were AMAZING.  Thank you for all the inspiration you offer to me and to the rest of the HP crew!

Comments

[Emilie]

Here's my take on the challenge:
http://www.myscrapbookart.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=120335&cat=500

Hey I'd love to be a guest layout artist on a challenge one day! ;)))

Emi

[Lynette]

Here's mine... inspired by Emily's!
http://www.myscrapbookart.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=120425&cat=500

[K'Lynn]

Here's one from the one who rarely uses photos...

http://www.myscrapbookart.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=120469&cat=500

[Dani Alencar]

This is such a great challenge and I have a lot of stories with no pictures... it'd be nice to try.

[TracyMB]

Wow, thank you so much! You've made my day. Now to start thinking about this next challenge.... :)

[SuzyB]

I've blogged my take on the challenge, made a real change for me not to use photos!

[Tali]

I just love these challenges. This one was so great. I have been wanting to get these thoughts down for awhile. Thanks for the prompt!

Here is my page:

http://www.myscrapbookart.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=120666&cat=500

[stampin_rachel]

Here is my page:
http://www.scrapartist.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=110754

[Erin (chickypow)]

Wow! Thank you so much! I'm honoured and this totally makes my day!

[suzyqscraps]

Awesome eye candy and totally cool challenge. Here's mine:

http://www.myscrapbookart.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=120792&ppuser=4042

[Indah]

What a great challenge! here's mine:
http://www.myscrapbookart.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=120831&cat=500

[lauren]

nice layouts ladies! here's mine:

http://www.myscrapbookart.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=120971&cat=500

[amymom24]

Another fabulous challenge! Thanks so much for helping me grow as a digiscrapper:)

http://www.digishoptalk.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=543824&cat=all

[Melinda]

Here's my layout for this challenge- I've been wanting to scrap this memory for a while, so thanks for the nudge!
http://www.myscrapbookart.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=122281&cat=500

[Alison Wilson]

I found this challenge after reading an article in DSTInsider and decided to enter because this was the first no photo layout I've ever done... and I did it a couple weeks ago without knowing about this challenge.

Here is the link:
http://www.myscrapbookart.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=122491&cat=500

[Tina]

Here's my layout, I posted it on my blog:
http://janellefam.blogspot.com/2009/02/moms-of-small-children-listen-up.html

Thanks so much for the challenge! I'm really glad that I got the prompt to do this one!

[Aja]

Here's mine. It was so hard for me to do, I'm glad I did it. Thanks for the inspiring challenge!

http://www.myscrapbookart.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=123121&cat=500

[Esk]

It was really hard to find inspiration for this one. Scrapping without photos is sooo 'Out of the Box' for me! But then I remembered our little girl's birthday, just a few weeks ago, and that occasion was perfect for a pictureless LO: http://ozone.oscraps.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=75664&cat=500&ppuser=3448
Thanks very much for this challenge!

[Heather T.]

Here's mine:

http://www.designerdigitals.com/ddgallery/showphoto.php?photo=88203&cat=1335

[Julie Ann Shahin]

here's my simple submission
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=2021952&l=27d62&id=786998161

[Angie Pedersen]

Nicely done! I just "tweeted" this challenge out to my Book of Me followers.

[B]

I love this challenge mostly because I like doing layouts every now and again that have no pictures. Sometimes without many words too. I'm going to plop down and do one specifically for this challenge tonight, but just wanted to show some samples of why I love this challenge so much! Linked you all up from my blog. can't believe I'm just finding this place.

http://b3designs.blogspot.com/2009/02/pictureless-scrapbooking.html

[Tracie]

This challenge was a great one. Was very hard to write the story without wanting to cry. But here is my layout: http://ozone.oscraps.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=76194&nocache=1 Thanks for a great challenge and my first one here aswell.

[Cheryl aka cherpea]

This challenge gave me the oportunity to put down in words and be honest with myself...

My hubby and I had a pretty crap year last year... with him being laid off, temp jobs... and then the whammy of wondering if we really were meant to be together... we are and life is looking so much brighter now...

http://www.myscrapbookart.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=125084&cat=500
and that is my take on the challenge...

[LuAnn]

I'm a little late on the challenge but wanted to play along anyway!!! I actually started this last Weds. evening after returning from the hospital but with my Dad's condition being bad for several days, I wasn't able to finish it in time.
http://www.sweetshoppecommunity.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=78227&ppuser=773