Week 30 of 52 challenges! Printable PDF included!

Wow - It has been awhile since we posted! We will catch up soon! In the mean time, we have been having a 52 week challenge here at PersonalScrapper.com! We are alreadyon week 30. I want everyone to get caught up this summer so I have created all of the challenges so far in an easy PDF format! Please check it out and start scrapbooking!

MASTER CHALLENGE LIST (30 WEEKS OF 52 CHALLENGES)

What would a blog post be without a few layouts, so here are a few from our July kit!

HAPPY NATIONAL SCRAPBOOK DAY!

Yes, in our scrapbooking world, it is our holiday! National Scrapbook Day! There are people taking the opporuntity to scrapbook all over the world.

At PersonalScrapper.com, we are holding our own annual online crop! We have posted 10 challenges and will be adding a few more over the next week!

The great thing about an online crop is that you can scrapbook WHEN you want! All you have to do is check out our list of challenges, scrapbook, take pictures (or scan) your layouts. Then you can either post in facebook under the PersonalScrapper.com fan page or in under the forums section.

We have LOTS of prizes so even if you get just one done, its worth posting!

Here are the challenges:

Challenge 1 - Mother's Day - This is the perfect opportunity to make your mother a gift, scrapbook something related to mothers (or being a mom), document how we celebrate Mother's Day, etc.

Challenge 2 - Personal Scrapper Kit - Use only a personalscrapper kit to create your layout (no outside embellishments.

Challenge 3 - Follow this Recipe for your scrapbooking layout:

White (or cream) background cardstock
2 different patterned papers
2 alphabets
3 embellishments

Challenge 4 - Scraplift the Design team or a PS member =Use the idea sheet and/or gallery and scraplift a a layout that you like. You can also scraplift a layout from our facebook page.

Challenge 5 - Ribbons Button and more, oh my! - and embellish it with ribbons, buttons and brads.

Challenge 6 - Shapes - Use a large shape on your layout. It can be any basic shape: circle, triangle, square, rectangle etc.

Challenge 7 - Spring Sports - Scrapbook a sporting event, superbowl or other sports related topic.

Challenge 8 - Word Challenge - Use one of these words in the title of your layout:

Mother
Spring
Happy
Day

Challenge 9 - Large Photo - Scrapbook a layout using a 5x7 or larger photo.

Challenge 10 - Lisa's Sketch

GOOD LUCK AND START SCRAPBOOKING!!!!

MAY KIT!

Basic Grey has a very fun line that we are using for our May kit! With Life of the Party, you can not only do some awesome celebration pages but it is versatile for many different topics! We loved the felt flowers and bling that came with it. There are so many details in the kit such as stitched alphabet letters!

Here are some of our layouts with the kit (so far).

April PersonalScrapper kit

Wow - Life got really busy for the past month or so! We used the Echo Park "For the Record" line in April. It was a fun kit to use (and I still have extras for more layouts!). Here are some of the layouts that the girls and I created this month. We will be revealing May kit at the end of the week!

MARCH PERSONALSCRAPPER.COM KIT = BEAUTIFUL!

March is here, finally! I have been so excited to share this paper line as soon as I saw it in January! My Minds Eye has done it again! They are a great company with gorgeous papers. I loved these papers so much that I ordered an extra set of the patterned papers to offer members (and myself).

I also paired it up with 5 shades of cardstock! Now for the embellishments! We have adorable felt layered flowers from American Crafts, rhinestones in orange and clear, buttons, beautiful ribbon, fun alphabet from Doodlebug, journal card, and sweet stickers. I LOVED this kit!

Here are the layouts we have created so far. I have lots left to create many more layouts!!

Photos of my Papa... soon to be scrapbooked

I am not sure about you but whenever I have lost someone, I tend to run (not walk) to get all the pictures out I have of that person. I find it very therapeutical. I have always loved taking pictures, every since my first camera in 2nd grade!

I always feel better seeing pictures of the ones I have lost. It reminds me of special memories and times with them. When I lost my Papa in August, I was very heartbroken. My grandparents have always been very special to me. Ever since I was little I would choose to spend time with them! We went to church together and I loved taking the bus to their house. Alzheimers is a devasting disease and I had to watch my grandparents suffer through this disease together. For my grandma, it required a lot of LOVE and patience. They have that though since they were married for 64 years! For my Papa, he knew he was losing his memory and was very frustrated. Once I got over the initial shock of the day he forgot who I was, I made the most of all my moments with him. Even though he didn't remember me most of the time, I know he enjoyed me walking and talking with him. I would pull out pictures and show him the house he built, his 5 children, 9 grandchildren and multiple great-grandchildren.

I still remember one of the last days I spent with him. We were enjoying some outdoor music at a party my mom had put together. He was HAPPY. He was telling me about living in Cape Cod and his wife having 5 children. It was the first time in a few years that I saw his eyes filled with life. He was cracking jokes and was back to his old self. The picture I took of him, was the one used in his obituary and at the Memorial Service. I am so thankful for my memories of him

So what does all this have to do with Scrapbooking? Scrapbooking is a WONDERFUL way to preserve your photos and memories. I am working on some new pages with some of these photos of my Papa and look forward to adding them to my album.

I am so happy for MEMORIES, pictures and for my family!

I Miss you & Love You Papa!

Week 6 of 52 Challenges

I think it is great to set a scrapbooking goal each year! I know we have had a few months where we challenge ourselves to scrapbook a layout each day that month. This builds a lot of momentum but then after the month is over, it is easy to lose the scrapbooking "mojo".

So this year we are doing 52 weeks of Challenges. Every week we are posting a new challenge. The goal is to help you scrapbook 52 layouts! So far, here are the challenges we have had:

WEEK 1 - NEW YEAR - It's a new year! I want to help you scrapbook your memories from this year. It is January 3rd! While the memories are fresh in your head, scrapbook how you celebrated New Year's Eve or New Years Day this year. Even if you went to bed early - you may want to scrapbook why?

WEEK 2 - FAVORITE THINGS - Scrapbook some of your favorite things right now in your life. It may be your computer, scrapbooking, starbucks (not people but things), food, Scrapbook a layout about one or a group of your friends!

WEEK 3 - FRIENDS - Scrapbook a layout about one or a group of your friends!

WEEK 4 - BORDERS - This week use at least 2 different borders on your layout! They can be short borders, long borders, ribbon borders, paper borders, punched borders, etc. :)

WEEK 5 - MEMORIES - This is a pretty vague challenge, but today I want you to scrapbook particular memories. Maybe it is a photo collage of memories from over the years (this is what I did) or maybe its a childhood memory you have not documented yet.

WEEK 6 - ANIMAL - This week create a layout about an animal! It can be one of your pets or even a trip to the zoo! Make sure you include some journaling!

Examples of these challenges to come! Hopefully one or all of these will challenge you to do something new for your albums!