International Digital Scrapbooking Day

Today was International Digital Scrapbooking Day and I had a great time entering 2 speed scraps and a game of Bingo (which is still going) at Digiridoo Scraps. Learnt a few new techniques in Photoshop and earnt some great prizes along the way. We had to design our own Bingo Card and enter words from a supplied list on all the squares except the centre one. Words are being "called" every 1/2 hour in the Forum and the first person to fill all squares wins. I have 5 squares left to fill in and should be in bed (was there but couldn't sleep, sore throat and lots of coughing) so am up again for a while, so maybe I still have a chance. My card is as follows:
I used a kit called Coffee & Cream created by Wilma from Digiridoo Scraps. I love the vintage look of the papers and elements. I used a font called "Mutlu" which is an old fashioned font where the lower case "s" looks like an "f". This went well with the vintage feel. My first Speed Scrap was fortnuately relatively easy. Following are the instructions given in 10min intervals, then you have an hour to finish the page (2hrs in total):

1. Choose a background paper that is solid or has a very subtle pattern. Textured is fine too. Easy...huh?! You'll have time to grab a snack and a drink before the next instruction is posted!
2. Choose a complementary patterned paper. You'll want to choose one with an all over pattern.
3. Choose a word you want to scrap about...yup, just one word...choose a bold font and cut the word out of the patterned paper making it as big as possible to fill up most of your page.
4. Choose a photo to complement the word you chose. Make it black and white and blend it into the background paper.
5. Choose at least 10 elements to tuck around and/or weave through the word you cut from the patterned paper. Include at least one ribbon or string as part of the ten elements.
6. Add element to highlight the blended photo in some way.
7. That's it! Add drop shadows and journaling (optional).
   

Here is my finished page:


Speed Scrap No 2 was a wee bit harder:

Step 1. Choose one plain paper for your background – texture is fine, shading is fine, but no pattern.
Step 2 – Choose one photo and place it on the left side of the page, top or bottom, your choice. Apply any actions you would like.
Step 3 – Use a frame to frame your photo.
Step 4 – Use at least 5, but no more than 10 strips of paper under your photo – vary the sizes and lengths and use a combination of patterned and plain papers.
Step 5 – Place an element on the top left corner of your frame. Use up to five other elements anywhere else on your page. One of these must be a fastener (ie staple, pin, clip, etc).
Step 6 - Place your title, quote or a sentence or two of journaling in the bottom right corner.
Step7 – Date, add your shadows and upload to the gallery!!!

Here's my Layout:
And it features Isabella again. Will have to go through my pictures and do some pages on my other darling granddaughter, Dannielle, next.