Better Living Through Scrapbooking November Challenge #1: Bucket List Create a layout or mini-album about the items on your “bucket list” (things you want to do or see before you “kick the bucket”). Also, there’s been a change in the rules: You only need to complete one of the four monthly challenges to be eligible for the grand prize! Previously, participants had to submit something for each challenge, but that is no longer the case. So go, go, go! Show us what you got. :) Sponsored supplies used: Cardstock: Discount Cardstock “Midnight Black Cardstock 80# 12x12,” “Orange Cardstock 65# 12x12” Album: Punky Sprouts “Junk in my Punk” Polymer clay buttons: Charlene’s Button Box “Distressed Cream Heart Buttons: Red Flowery Flourish Pattern,” “Tiny Silver Dot Buttons,” “Sunny Yellow Bling Flower Buttons,” “Large Teal Bird Buttons” Paint & stencils: Plaid “Apple Barrel: Parrot Blue,” “Apple Barrel: Victorian Green,” “Apple Barrel: Black,” “Simply Stencils Value Packs: Damask” Adhesive: Plaid “Mod Podge: Paper,” “Mod Podge: Matte” Additional supplies used: Papers: Studio Calico “Documentary: f/Stop,” “Documentary: Souvenir,” “Anthology: Bouquet,” “Documentary: Jet Set,” “Anthology: Lithograph,” “Documentary: Camera Shy,” “Documentary: fabRips,” “Anthology: fabRips,” Basic Grey “Junebug: Take Note;” Sheet music & nylon thread: Gauche Alchemy “Acme Mixed Media Paper Crafting Kit;” Alpha stickers: American Crafts “Rockabye Thickers: Powder;” Journaling cards & stickers: Studio Calico “Documentary: DieCut Stickers,” “Anthology: DieCut Stickers,” 7gypsies “Tags: Gypsy;” Rub-ons: 7gypsies “Zanzibar: Word Rubbings,” Martha Stewart Crafts “Transfers: Halloween Border,” Studio Calico “Rub-Ons,” Basic Grey “designer rub-ons: Hibiscus Border;” Punch: Martha Stewart Crafts “Craft Punches: Monarch Butterfly Embossing Punch;” Other: Lace trim Photos: Paris 12.2.1998: http://www.flickr.com/photos/victortsu/1406373330/sizes/o/ Girl With a Cello: http://www.flickr.com/photos/thisisawakeupcall/125391481/sizes/o/ desk: http://www.flickr.com/photos/booleansplit/3616922753/sizes/o/ Fred & Blizzard: http://www.flickr.com/photos/timony/27467178/sizes/l/ That old house: http://www.flickr.com/photos/eqqman/1276668221/sizes/o/ Untitled (produce): http://www.flickr.com/photos/redskynight/54273373/sizes/o/ Pam Shaffer’s Marxophone: http://www.flickr.com/photos/docpopular/4936708348/sizes/o/ Winchester House: http://www.flickr.com/photos/badgopher/2504645004/sizes/o/ Zach Galifianakis, Bumbershoot, Seattle, 09/02/06: http://www.flickr.com/photos/photophonic/232514028/sizes/o/ Untitled (swings): http://www.flickr.com/photos/redskynight/224434551/sizes/o/ Buckets!: http://www.flickr.com/photos/teitr/4578804880/sizes/o/ Queen of it: http://www.flickr.com/photos/camkage/4470809291/sizes/o/ Journaling: Rescue a Greyhound: What sleek, beautiful dogs! They need loving homes. • Learn to Play Cello: The most wonderful, magical sound! • Buy My Parents a House: A huge, old place in the country w/ lots of room for animals! • Go Back to School & get my BA in Graphic Design. • Only eat organic food. • Find a real Marxophone & see if it still plays… • See Winchester House & all its stairways. • Go to Paris: See all the things I studied in French class in person. • Have a Conversation with Zach Galifianakis and hopefully a few laughs, too. • Live Life Happily Ever After… Because true happiness exists. Learn that’s possible. It’s not fleeting. Chosen Criteria: 1. Use only scraps of paper from your scrap paper collection in the album. 2. Use photos printed from a royalty-free photo website such as Stock Xchange to represent the items in your album from your “bucket list”. 3. Use color mist such as Tattered Angels, walnut ink spray, or your own homemade color spray to add some color to your mini-album pages.
Better Living Through Scrapbooking November Challenge #1: Bucket List

Create a layout or mini-album about the items on your “bucket list” (things you want to do or see before you “kick the bucket”).

Also, there’s been a change in the rules: You only need to complete one of the four monthly challenges to be eligible for the grand prize! Previously, participants had to submit something for each challenge, but that is no longer the case. So go, go, go! Show us what you got. :)

Sponsored supplies used:

  • Cardstock: Discount Cardstock “Midnight Black Cardstock 80# 12x12,” “Orange Cardstock 65# 12x12”
  • Album: Punky Sprouts “Junk in my Punk”
  • Polymer clay buttons: Charlene’s Button Box “Distressed Cream Heart Buttons: Red Flowery Flourish Pattern,” “Tiny Silver Dot Buttons,” “Sunny Yellow Bling Flower Buttons,” “Large Teal Bird Buttons”
  • Paint & stencils: Plaid “Apple Barrel: Parrot Blue,” “Apple Barrel: Victorian Green,” “Apple Barrel: Black,” “Simply Stencils Value Packs: Damask”
  • Adhesive: Plaid “Mod Podge: Paper,” “Mod Podge: Matte”

Additional supplies used:

  • Papers: Studio Calico “Documentary: f/Stop,” “Documentary: Souvenir,” “Anthology: Bouquet,” “Documentary: Jet Set,” “Anthology: Lithograph,” “Documentary: Camera Shy,” “Documentary: fabRips,” “Anthology: fabRips,” Basic Grey “Junebug: Take Note;” Sheet music & nylon thread: Gauche Alchemy “Acme Mixed Media Paper Crafting Kit;” Alpha stickers: American Crafts “Rockabye Thickers: Powder;” Journaling cards & stickers: Studio Calico “Documentary: DieCut Stickers,” “Anthology: DieCut Stickers,” 7gypsies “Tags: Gypsy;” Rub-ons: 7gypsies “Zanzibar: Word Rubbings,” Martha Stewart Crafts “Transfers: Halloween Border,” Studio Calico “Rub-Ons,” Basic Grey “designer rub-ons: Hibiscus Border;” Punch: Martha Stewart Crafts “Craft Punches: Monarch Butterfly Embossing Punch;” Other: Lace trim

Photos:

Journaling:

Rescue a Greyhound: What sleek, beautiful dogs! They need loving homes. • Learn to Play Cello: The most wonderful, magical sound! • Buy My Parents a House: A huge, old place in the country w/ lots of room for animals! • Go Back to School & get my BA in Graphic Design. • Only eat organic food. • Find a real Marxophone & see if it still plays… • See Winchester House & all its stairways. • Go to Paris: See all the things I studied in French class in person. • Have a Conversation with Zach Galifianakis and hopefully a few laughs, too. • Live Life Happily Ever After… Because true happiness exists. Learn that’s possible. It’s not fleeting.

Chosen Criteria:

1. Use only scraps of paper from your scrap paper collection in the album.
2. Use photos printed from a royalty-free photo website such as Stock Xchange to represent the items in your album from your “bucket list”.
3. Use color mist such as Tattered Angels, walnut ink spray, or your own homemade color spray to add some color to your mini-album pages.

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