I participated in a Speed Scrap Chat at The Lilypad on Wednesday afternoon.
I wasn’t sure if I was going to be able to participate because I took the kids to lunch at a Hibachi Japanese Restaurant in town and the chat was scheduled for 1 pm. I got in from lunch with the kids at 1:30-ish and signed in to the chat as they were settling in with their school assignments. Ha!! I love that homeschool affords such flexibility for all of us!
So…the deal with a speed scrap is that you are given specific instructions to follow in putting together your layout throughout the chat. Then once the chat is completed (about an hour after it begins) you have one hour to complete your layout and post it in the gallery.
I’ve done speed scraps before, but this was definitely the speediest for me since I joined the chat about 30 minutes late.
Here were the instructions that were given for this layout:
1. Choose a background paper with text on it. Either handwritten or typed text is fine, but it needs to be part of the paper and not something that you add yourself. The text does not have to cover the whole page, but it does need to be present. Add some paint over the paper, somewhere along the top third of your layout.
2. Add a solid metallic or glittered paper photo mat over the paint, being sure that some of the paint shows around all the edges of the mat. The paper does not have to be completely glittered or foiled, but it does need to have some on it. Place a single photo over the mat.
3. Layer a scatter element of some sort under the paper mat (peeking/scattering out from under the mat, but above the paint). It can be confetti, sequins, beads- as long as it is a scatter element and not a collection of single elements.
4. Add a cluster of at least five embellishments to the left side of your photo. The cluster should contain at least one branch/foliage element (a flower cluster with leaves will also count). The cluster should touch/cover most or all of the left edge of the photo like a border.
5. Add a single embellishment to the lower right side of your photo that coordinates with the element cluster on the left. (It doesn’t have to match, just coordinate in theme or feel!)
6. Add a title to your page slightly overlapping the top of the photo using either a script font or scripty word art.
7. Place your journaling under your photo. If you need to add more paint so that your journaling text does not blend with the text on your page, then you may do so. You may not use more paper or a journaling spot to hold your text. Journal either on the background paper itself or over paint.
We’re usually allowed one “cheat” on the instructions, but I was able to scrap this layout without needing it.
This layout truly expresses my belief that all my hopes and dreams have come true. I have been so blessed and there are many, many times that I have to remind myself of this fact. I have been given more that I ever could have wished for in this beautiful life.
I believe many of us would come to the same conclusion if we look at life through eyes of contentment and gratitude.
Page credits: Of Wishes Hopes and Dreams Collab (part one and two)
Click here to see other layouts that were created using the same speed scrap instructions.
Gillian says
Love it! And so true. I needed his reminder today.
Jinny Newlin says
What a great pic of you, and I just adore all the blues and yellow! Plus, that smudgy background is fantastic! I’d fail a speed scrap MISERABLY ;).