Hodge Podge Art

Dear Past Me...

Oh I have a deep one for you this week!  I hate to admit it, but there are days that I really dwell in my past so this challenge came right at the right time - I am letting out some of my feelings I keep inside so much.

So join me this week in writing a letter to your past self (2 lucky peeps will win GC's from One Little Bird & Gina Miller Designs!).  Here's some inspiration for you:

by me

CREDITS: Kraft paper by Traci Murphy, various papers by Shabby Princess, Meredith Fenwick, Nancie Janitz and Lauren Grier, stitches by Two Sisters, flowers, leaves and alpha by Kate Hadfield, photo corners by Anne DeJong, and super amazing template Simple Singles Vertical #6 by Gina Miller.

by Emily

CREDITS: Once Upon a Story by Emily Merritt and Lili; Scribble It by Emily Merritt; Kraftaddict by Valorie Wibbens

by Lex

Credits: Walking On Sunshine collab by Jennifer Barrette and Tracie Stroud, Gentle Whisper templates by Crystal Livesay, font: AFL Font Nonmetric BT

by Nikki

Credits: Doodley Doo Papers by Jacque Larsen, Colorful Cardboards by Kate Hadfield, Alpha and Stringed Buttons by Designs by Lili, Doodled Flowers by Lauren Grier, DJB Lizzy Fizzed Out by Darcy Baldwin

by Lauren

CREDITS: Shelleyrae Paperies Stacks,Kate Hadfield Doodles Paper Hearts; Doodled Tapes,Natalie Design,ay doodled bird; doodled hearts, Kaye Winiecki House of Love doodled heart, CD Hoo Owls You doodled trim, frame Jenna Desai Doodle Art flower spray, Creashens Lulu Rocko note, Holliewood Studios Scarlet Alpha, Valorie Wibbens Chunky Stitched Alpha, Font CK Ali's

by Kelleanne

CREDITS: Monotone by Fruitloop Sally and Cinnamon Designs, Stitched Alpha by Kristin Rice, Forecast by Emily Merritt, Finishing touches 2 and 3 by Karah Fredricks, font Pea Seelekish

I is for.................

Hello my beautiful friends and fellow scrappers! Jacque here filling in for Rachel, as she is busy loving on her new baby boy, Hugh.  I will be bringing you this weeks challenge. The next letter in our alphabet challenge is the letter "I". In your 'All About Me' album what will you add? For MY album, I scrapped about my LOVE of Ice Cream. Seriously, I can't LIVE with out the stuff. But, before I share our teams, pages and inspiration with this letter, let me announce LAST WEEKS WINNER!!! jzdesigns YOU are the winner of our ' LOST' challenge. I loved her page. It is a HUGE challenge for ME to scrap a page without a photo on it. But the design of her page is elegant and clean. And I loved it. Plus, her journaling was heartfelt and sincere. Thank you jzdesigns for playing along with HP! Email me to claim your 2 GCs from Rachel and myself! jacque at larsenfamily.com. I'll be waiting to hear from you!

Just a quick reminded, please post your finished pages in the Hodge Podge Gallery at MSA . That way we can easily find our friendly participants, choose a winner and leave LOTS OF LOVE!!!!

Now on to some letter "I" inspiration!

By Me

 

CREDITS: Cloud 9 collab by Lili and Lauren Reid available at TLP. Alpha by Kaye Winiecki available at TLP. Font by Darcy Baldwin.

By Kelleanne

 

CREDITS: E is for Energy,The Graduate, Our first puppy, King for a day, and Messy Stitches Straight all by Emily Merritt, Black and White Painted Alpha by Designs by Lili, Fresh Cut: Zinnia by Sara Gleason, photo treatment by My Four Hens

By Emily

 

CREDITS: G is for Goals by Emily Merritt; Main Street by Lili and Jenna Desai; Cloud 9 by Lili and Lauren Reid; Alpha by Lauren Grier; Track of my Life by Lauren Reid

By Nikki

 

CREDITS: Simple Pleasures Collab by the Sweet Shoppe Designers, Template Set 9 by Janet Phillips, Font - DJB CoffeeShoppe Tall and Skinny by Darcy Baldwin and Shawna Clingerman, Paintity Doo-Dah Alpha by Traci Reed

By Lex

CREDITS: A Day Like Today by Jennifer Barrette and Lauren Grier, Inset alpha by K Studio, Alphabet Soup acrylic alpha by Emily Powers, fonts: Lainie DaySH, Marydale

By Lauren

CREDITS: Holliewood Studios Ice Cream Shoppe, Aja Abney Crackled Alpha

By Renee

CREDITS: I Wanna Rock collab by Jacque Larsen and Gina Miller coming soon (5/28) to The Lilypad. Black and White alpha by Jacque Larsen, Template Palooza by Gina Miller both from The Lilypad. Stitches by Anna Aspnes at DD and Font is DJB Coffee Shoppe Espresso by Darcy Baldwin at SSD.

By Traci

 

CREDITS: Alpha by Traci Murphy from an upcoming kit, doodled border by Traci Murphy, flowers by Kate Hadfield, Tiff Brady & Corina Nielsen.

Thanks to ALL who HAVE participated and GOOD LUCK to all those who ARE participating in our letter "I" challenge. Another quick reminder, POST your pages in our MSA GALLERY! Thanks and have a GREAT WEEK!

LOST

Hi everyone! Michelle here to bring you the next journaling prompt challenge.

I've had the word LOST on my brain lately because it's my favourite tv show and the series finale is coming up very quickly. I thought it would make a great one word challenge so that is your theme for this week!

There are lots of places you could take this . . . think about the things in your life you would be lost without. Or a time in your life when you felt lost. Perhaps take this opportunity to scrap about a death in the family and the grieving process. Maybe you've lost a competition or big game? Lost weight? Your car keys?

This week you are playing for $10 at Jacque's store, and $10 at Rachel's store. Don't forget you need to upload your layout to the Hodge Podge gallery at MSA to be eligible for the prize.

Before I get to showing you some inspiration for this week, I'd like to announce the winner from last week's  'H' challenge. I chose mhreen08's layout Hope. I was very touched by the sentiment and how such a simple design with no photo could convey so much emotion. I'll be PM'ing you shortly with your prize!

And now on with the inspiration!

my layout

 

CREDITS: Where Are We? by Pixelworks; Glass Negatives & Collector's Plethora by Christina Renee; Dharma logo and cast photo from the web

by Jacque

CREDITS: scraplift of pixiedust http://www.myscrapbookart.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=221606&cat=fav papers by lili from the april BYOC. template by emily merritt, alpha from kaye winiecki, extra dotted lines and you word art by lili from [you] collab with valorie wibbens. brackets by lauren reid.

by Emily

CREDITS: The Graduate NEW by Emily Merritt and Lauren Reid

by Lauren

 

CREDITS: flair from facebook, lost font from dafont, background created by me, journal font latha

by Kelleanne

 

CREDITS:Main Street by JDesign and Designs by Lili, An Open Book tiny alpha by Karah fredricks, mini metal lapha by Eclectic designs by Gabi , Fresh Stamped alpha by Amy Martin, Topography no. 39 by Valorie Wibbens

by Nikki

 

CREDITS: Movie Night Collab by Kate Hadfield and Holly Designs, Black and White Painted Alpha by Designs by Lili

by Lex

 

CREDITS: Friends 4 Ever by Ju Kneipp, Wondrous by Creashens, Kaleidoscope collab by Creashens, Lynne-Marie Favreau, Leora Sanford, stitch border by Syrin, all from CatScrap, fonts: Marydale, LD Telegram

H is for...

... whatever your heart desires because this week it's all about the "H". This week's winner will win a $10 coupon to Gina Miller's store and a $10 coupon to Traci Murphy's store. So whip up your pages and post them in the Hodge Podge Art Gallery at My Scrapbook Art.

Here's some inspiration from the Hodge Podgers to get your creativity going:

by Aja:

CREDITS:
Cheerful by Aja Abney & ED by Gabi, Everday Awesome by Aja Abney & Michelle Godin, Blue Skies Alpha by Aja Abney, Frame by Christine Honsinger, Paper Grids by Emily Merritt, All Scratched Up by One Little Bird

by Emily:

CREDITS:
Everyday Hello by Fei-Fei's Stuff and Ashalee Wall; Template by Emily Merritt; Alpha by CD Muckosky

by Lex:

 

CREDITS:
Papers and elements from An Umbrella For Two by Emily Powers and Leora Sanford, photo overlay from Photology 2.1, Alphabet Soup acrylic alpha both by Emily Powers (all from Oscraps), photo template from Torn Bits 2 by Creashens (CatScrap), Free Spirit alpha by CD Muckosky, font: Typewriter Condensed

by Kelly:

 

CREDITS:
The Real Us by One Little Bird, Date cards 2010 element pack and Beige like me papers by One Little Bird, Curvy Corner Stitched Blocks No. 1 & 2 by Anna Aspnes, Label Maker 2 by ZPearn, Stitched Alpha by Kristen Rice, Template by Zinnias and Swallowtails, Photo action by My Four Hens, Font Splendid 66

by Lauren:

CREDITS:
lynne marie all american, yard bunny's freedom (blog freebie), kasia designs be frivolous alpha, crd book plate alpha, catherine designs pmbc star spray recolored, kate hadfield america the beautiful liberty bell, eva recinella charming alpha, miss mint classic date stamp

by Nikki:

CREDITS:
Furry Friends by Pink Reptile Designs, First Steps Vol. 12 by Tiny Toes Designs, Tiny Tiles Alpha by Heavens' Gates Designs by Laurie Ann

by Jacque:

CREDITS:
Scraplift of Emily Merritt. Paper by Creashens in the May BYOC at TLP. Machine stitches by Anne DeJong. Alpha by Lili. Paint rub by Lauren Reid. Photo actions by Gina Miller

by Tali:

CREDITS:
Pretty Krafty 2 by creashens at Catscrap, Chickie Scratchies by creashens at Catscrap, Luv Song Alphas by CD Muckosky, Dainty by creashens at Catscrap, Alphabet Soup Foam Stamp Alpha by Emily Merritt at TLP, Photo action by My Four Hens

by Peppermint (me!):

 

CREDITS:
The Real Us by One Little Bird, Jumpers 53-56 by Crystal Livesay

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Kate here with the winner of my "gift" challenge! Congratulations to this week's  zakirahzakaria (you can view her beautiful page here - be sure to read the heartfelt journalling).

Journal prompt: gift

Hi scrappers, Kate here back with a new Hodge Podge challenge! My journal prompt is a follow-on from last week's 'G' - this week I'd like you to scrap about a special gift. It can be a physical object that has some special meaning to you, a piece of advice or even something more spiritual. It can be a gift that you have given or have received, either way I would like to you to scrap about something that has been gifted and the meaning / story behind it.

Please post your finished pages to the Hodge Podge gallery over at MSA by Sunday 9th May so we can come and choose our winners and leave some praise! One winner will receive two $10 GCs, one to Angela Powers' store and one to Emily Merritt's store!

I can't wait to see what you come up with! Here are some HP team layouts to get you started:

Kate

 

CREDITS

Kitschy Camera by Lauren Reid and Valorie Wibbens, Luv Song alpha and Conversation Piece by CD Muckosky, Outer Limits 2 by Karah Fredricks

Tali

 

CREDITS

Kraft paper and blue patterned paper on Tennessee state shape: Sisters from Emily Merritt at TLP, Tennessee State shape: Travel Bug by Jacque Larsen at TLP, Frames: Apothecary Frames from Paislee Press Designs at Oscraps, Alpha: Scruffy and Stripey Alpha from Kate Hadfield at TLP, Stitches: Luv Ya Bits from creashens at Catscrap, Border: All Scratched Up from One Little Bird at Oscraps, Photo Processing: Preset Pack 3 from Christian O'Dell Photography at Catscrap, Font: Pea Devon

Nikki

 

CREDITS

Americana by Dani Mogstad, Template by Cindy Schneider, Papers by Ziggle Scraps, Font: DJB Rebecca Script by Darcy Baldwin

Emily

 

CREDITS

The Everyday by Gabi; Tall Type and Travel Bug by Jacque Larsen

Kelly

CREDITS

Mod Squad by Cori Gammon, Cloud nine by Lili Designs and Lauren Reid (alpha recolored), Messy Machine Stitches circles and strait by Emily Merritt, Finishing Touches 3 by Karah Fredricks, Template by Zinnias and Swallowtails

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Jacque here to announce LAST WEEKS 'LETTER G' WINNER! I've been watching the MSA

Gallery ALL week long. Just loving all your layouts... But when I went to check late Sunday night, I fell IN LOVE with this layout by jam1el33. It was SO ADORABLE!

So congrats! And email me at jacque[at]larsenfamily.com to claim your GCs!!!

Remember the winners of the 'letter G' challenge win a GC to Angela and Emily's

stores!!! woot!

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