Challenge #43 - Magazine clippings/pages - with Guest Hostess................................ DANIELLE QUARMBY of Q-tea Kits!!!!

I'm a kind of quirky, arty 28-year-old scrapper with a love of photography, 2 little kidlets and 1 on the way, a computer nerd hubby and a tendency to value creativity above housework. I'm on the colour team for Australian scrapbooking mag Scrapbook Creations, and have also written 9 feature articles for them over the past 2 years, as well as being contributing layouts to other features in the magazine. In 2007 I was one of the runners-up for the Memory Makers Masters competition, which is probably my most thrilling achievement in scrapbooking! A close second was getting my layout on the cover of Scrapbook Creations last December. I've been running Q Tea Kits since July 2007, and May 2009 will be the last kit before closing the business. I'm excited to see what creative directions will be next - I have a lot of ideas!

For Challenge #43, I challenge you... to use magazine clippings and/or magazine pages ON YOUR PAGES... That's right! Incorporate something on your scrapbook page that comes from a magazine... Cut it out, tear it out... And, use it ON your page, and IN your design... Have FUN!! Think outside-of-the-box!!







For my example layout, the title "Where the Wild Things Are" was a title page for a fashion spread in a children's fashion magazine called Bambini. I just stuck it to the background paper and went from there, adding gesso, stickers, some items from Q Tea's May kit and a photo of my daughter at her grandparents a couple of years ago.

I had so much fun doing this, that I made another one too...



And, the Method Playground designers have also created their own pages to inspire you some more...


DEBORAH's layout...



PALOMA's layout...



JENNIFER's layout...

Jennifer used the whole magazine page out of a cruise brochure (the theme of her layout). She also used her Making Memories Slice to cut individual letters out of colorful portions of the brochure to make her title.



PAMELA's layout...



So... Remember to link your layout to this post, by midnite PST on Sunday, May 3, and you could be the VERY LUCKY RECIPIENT of this FABULOUS RAK from Q-tea Kits, "Honey Bee Happy"...


Good Luck!!... Danielle

Three items of business...

1). Only 2-days-2-go to play along with Paloma's "frames, frames, frames" challenge, (Challenge #42)... Don't miss your chance...

2). And, just to peak your curiosity... We have a FAB artist coming on April 20th to be our guest hostess... She is one of my most favorite scrapping/papercraft artists, and we are honored and excited that she will be acting as our April 20th hostess and sponsor... Come back on Monday, and meet my friend! You will definitely be challenged!!

3). And, finally, the winners from my challenge (Challenge #41 - Monochromatic Color Scheme)... Please allow me to thank you all for your gorgeous pages and for all of your MP support! I was overwhelmed with having to choose winners from such a pool of stunning work... Thank you again for all of the beauty you shared with us!... A slideshow with all of your work can be seen just below...

I had a hard time narrowing my choice down to even three... Some of my favorites have been pulled out into this post, and they would be my HM pages... So, cheers to you ladies... Marielle, Mel, Sigmagirl, and Miwako... I LOVED your breathtaking work!!!!

And, without further adieu... My choices for the best-of-the-best are... Heather, Yukari, and Tomomi... You ladies just blew me away!!!!... I need you three to please e-mail me with your addys so I can send you a little token of my awe and appreciation... pamelapalmarini@hotmail.com...

Thanks again to all of the fabulous artists that made monochromatic pages!!... I am humbled... Peace and make art... Pam


MARIELLE's HM page...


MEL's HM page...


SIGMAGIRL's HM page...


MIWAKO's HM page...


HEATHER's BEST-OF-THE-BEST page...


YUKARI's BEST-OF-THE-BEST page...


TOMOMI's BEST-OF-THE-BEST page...

Challenge 42 - Frames

I’m very sorry, I’m so late but… with Easter I lost track of time ! But I’m back on track, yes ! And this is the challenge for this week:
You have to use more than one frame,but less than one hundred, in your layout. You can put them where you want; they can be big or small; in any material: plastic, cardstock, magic mesh, up to you !

Look at what the DT members have done :

Deb: She has used some empty frames on the right of the layout, why not?





Jen: She has used them to hide some journaling and photos!





Pam: Look at this beautiful heart frame! Amazing, isn't it?





And you, are you up to it ?
Post your creations here by Sunday, April 19th to be eligible for a RAK.
Have a good Easter!

Paloma1815

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It seems here at MP we all have "a case of the Mondays" today (does anyone remember that from the movie Office Space?). We will have our new challenge up for you soon, so check back!

LOVIN' all the MONOCHROMATIC pages!!...

Only two more days to post your take on CHALLENGE #41!!...

Thank you ladies for playing at MP... We appreciate your LOVIN'!!... Pam