Scrap Shanty Challenge Blog

OKay everyone….lets get those cameras out of their bags and out taking some great photos!!! Remember cameras don’t like to collect dust…and anything we exercise gets stronger so how about we all stretch our photographer muscles and take some awesome photos!!!

This week we will be working on FILL THAT FRAME.
One of the simplest ways to get a striking picture is to really get in there and get up close and personal. I don’t necessarily mean using your macro and getting an extreme closeup (although you can of course). What I want you to do is take some steps forward and/or use your zoom and make sure whatever it is you are taking a picture of FILLS UP the whole photo! You can also do this later on when you crop your digital photos if you want to. One good thing about using this technique is that if you are taking pictures in your house and your house is like mine and not always in pristine condition it doesn’t matter cuz all that distracting clutter won’t be in the photo!

Come play along with us and show us how filling up the frame improves your photos! Picture of the Week Challenge

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ok ladies…this week…lets see the ‘fruits of your labor’……..
this could be your garden, a household project–ya know something that you had to work at to enjoy
be sure and scrap it for future viewing pleasure! Sometimes we forget to scrap these things even if we take pics!

cant wait to see what ppl come up with!

my photo is of our first raspberry of the season.  Something tried to kill our canes this year and after mucho babying we managed to save some of them…and even have a few raspberries…this truly depicts the ‘fruits of my labor’!!  LOL

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What a fabulously talented group of scrappers we have here at the Shanty!!  I know I had a devil of a time choosing my vote for the first week’s recipe!

We had a total of 14 participants (and I am sooo stoked to see so many members taking the plunge!) and that group has now been whittled down to 10.

The week 2:  appetizer recipe is now posted and I can’t wait to see the 10 different takes on it!  Just for fun, try out a recipe yourself and leave a comment here with a link to your LO.  Or better yet, come join our little family and post in our gallery

Filed by Stinkerbelle at 1:08 am under Challenges, Digital Scrapping, News, Paper Scrapping, Stash
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This month’s digi-sponsor at the Shanty is ah! Designs by Amy Hutchinson. Amy has given us her gorgeous Berry Me in the Sand kit to play with:

Be sure to stop by the ah! Designs gallery to have a peek at all our pretty layouts that we’ve made with Amy’s fantastic kit! See you there!

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Happy Friday! Boy, do I have a tasty treat for you today! Take a look at this week’s inspiration from kathi_minikatie:

And here is our digital template so that we can turn this layout into a digital creation:

When you’ve scrapped your own take on this week’s layout, be sure to come back and show us your pretty layouts in this thread here: Scraplift Conversion - July 11th. Can’t wait to see what you make!

Happy scrapping!

Filed by admin at 12:27 pm under Challenges, Digital Scrapping, Freebies, Scrap Lift, Templates
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The first recipe for the Ultimate Recipe Showdown has been posted!  Come check it out:  Week 1 recipe

Filed by Stinkerbelle at 1:34 am under Challenges, Digital Scrapping, News, Paper Scrapping, Stash
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Say welcome to the 4th of July with a great sketch by Anne (StormRose).  It was pointed out how this sketch kind of looks like a flag so it would be great for those 4th of July pictures that you took over the weekend.

Use this sketch anyway you want to inspire you to do a layout or card and then post it in the gallery and link it back to this thread so we can all give it the praise it deserves!!

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And we’re back! Happy Fourth of July to all! This week I picked a layout that I hope you will enjoy using for all your celebratory snapshots. I figure we’ll all be busy taking pictures at some point this weekend… and then of course we’ll need to scrap ‘em!

Here is this week’s inspiration from Jen:

And here is our digital template so that we can turn this layout into a pretty little pixels:

When you’ve scrapped your own take on this week’s layout, be sure to come back and show us your pretty layouts in this thread here: Scraplift Conversion - July 4th. Can’t wait to see what you make!

Happy scrapping!

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If you are interested in signing up for this contest, you still have time to do so!  I will be taking sign-ups until midnight CST on Sunday, July 6.  Remember, you need to have 25 posts to participate, so come and chat with us or be inspired by our fabulous gallery (gallery comments count towards your post total)!  Here is the official signup thread:  Ultimate Recipe Showdown signup thread

 Since July started on a Tuesday, thus making our week short, and because the holiday is in there too, our first round will only be a practice round.  We will not be voting. You will not be penalized for not doing the challenge, but I encourage you to try it. I want you to get used to using a recipe, and also to scrapping with a deadline.

Your practice round recipe:

1. Use something red, white or blue (or any combo)
2. Use at least 2 different types of embellishments

There you go, easy as all-American apple pie!  Hope to see you there!!

Click here for full details of this contest!

Filed by Stinkerbelle at 2:26 pm under Challenges, Digital Scrapping, News, Paper Scrapping, Stash
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I finished the new Quickpage Challenge !! And (if I may say so) it turned out beautiful

Now maybe you don’t feel like scrapping at all, and just want to enjoy the gorgeous weather and finally get that tan, but that’s oke. You can always download the QP and save it for a rainy day

Want to know more ?

Check out this thread Quickpage Challenge no. 10

Enjoy your day, I am off to get that tan

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