This will probably be the last Multi-Photo challenge that I host for awhile. Baby #2 is due at the end of December, so I am anticipating a new “challenge” for our family that may keep me away from scrapping for awhile.

As always, there are only TWO rules for this challenge:

1. Create a NEW layout containing at least 4 photos.
2. Post your layout in the Multi-Photo Challenge Gallery. Layouts must be posted by November 30th.

As always, I am providing a free multi-photo template that you are welcome to use if you need some inspiration for this challenge. (It comes in PSD and PNGs.) However, using this template is NOT required. Any new layout containing at least 4 photos qualifies.

You can download the template for FREE, no strings attached, at the GDS Multi-Photo Challenge thread.

And, if you complete this challenge and post your layout in the Multi-Photo Challenge gallery by November 30th, you will receive this template as your free posting bonus:

I am looking forward to seeing your layouts!

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And here is my layout that the QP was created from. It is more pictures of my daughter meeting Mickey for the first time.

Thanks for your comments. They always make my day.

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And here is my layout that the QP was created from. It is of my daughter meeting Mickey for the first time. She hugged him for a LONG time.

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Hope you have a wonderful weekend!

As always, there are only TWO rules for this challenge:

1. Create a NEW layout containing at least 4 photos.
2. Post your layout in the Multi-Photo Challenge Gallery. Layouts must be posted by October 31st.

As always, I am providing a free multi-photo template that you are welcome to use if you need some inspiration for this challenge. However, using this template is NOT required. Any new layout containing at least 4 photos qualifies.

You can download the template for FREE, no strings attached, at the GDS Multi-Photo Challenge thread.

And, if you complete this challenge and post your layout in the Multi-Photo Challenge gallery by October 31st, you will receive this template as your free posting bonus:

I am looking forward to seeing your layouts!

After my deliberation, it all came down to this: Do I continue with my original idea of making a separate scrapbook album of the Project 365 photos, showing a nice snapshot of our year even though there won’t be a photo every single day? Or do I just give up altogether and just be glad for the extra photos to fill my albums that I might not have taken otherwise?

Option 1 still seemed like a good option, although it would end up being a much smaller album than originally planned. Option 2 seemed a bit daunting at first. Sure, I am thankful for the extra photos but that also means EXTRA scrapbook pages to create, and goodness knows I am already behind on scrapping my photos. So I decided on a mix of the two.

I decided that I would continue scrapping my “photo-a-day” photos, making one layout for the week of photos. Or sometimes 2 weeks to a layout since I didn’t get an actual photo every day. But, instead of having these layouts be placed in a separate album, I will place them into my regular album. My albums are in sequential order, so they will simply be placed in order like any other layout.

After I made this decision, I began to realize how free-ing this will be for me. Here’s why:

1. Even without considering the Project 365 photos, I often have a lot of photos where there is only 1 shot of an event or day. But if I still continue to scrap layouts that are a week’s compilation of one photo per day, it would be an easy way to get many of them scrapped and journaled without feeling the pressure of making up to 7 layouts that consist of just 1 or 2 photos each.
2. Sure, the photos won’t be of the same event or same subject matter, but they won’t be expected to be since they will still be part of the Project 365 layouts.
3. Without the pressure to complete so many separate layouts for the extra photos that don’t have a “place” or a special memory to warrant their own page, I will *maybe* catch up on my scrapping for the year. (haha, if only!)
4. I will still get that snapshot of our everyday lives with these layouts, which is what I was hoping for.
5. I am keeping my Project 365 layouts very simple. Uniform background. Simple titles stating the week and dates. Photos. Simple journaling for each photo. I often reuse the same templates and just flip them. Quick and EASY!!

Example:

Some of these photos are ones that I would have wanted to include in my scrapbook album even though I only had 1 from the event. But instead of having to make several 1-photo layouts, I can make ONE multi-photo layout of our week, including journaling. In doing so, I also capture a snapshot of our week in some of the other photos that might not have normally been deemed “scrap-worthy” even though I am glad to be able to look back at them now with this layout and still remember what was going on in our lives.

After getting started with this idea, I have been able to scrap 2 months worth of photos in less than 1 month. This includes my regular layouts and the ones that I put onto my Project 365 layouts. Hooray!

How are you doing with your Project 365 goals, photos, or layouts?

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Comments are always appreciated.

As always, there are only TWO rules for this challenge:

1. Create a NEW layout containing at least 4 photos.
2. Post your layout in the Multi-Photo Challenge Gallery. Layouts must be posted by September 30th.

As always, I am providing a free multi-photo template that you are welcome to use if you need some inspiration for this challenge. However, using this template is NOT required. Any new layout containing at least 4 photos qualifies.

You can download the template for FREE, no strings attached, at the GDS Multi-Photo Challenge thread.

And, if you complete this challenge and post your layout in the Multi-Photo Challenge gallery by September 30th, you will receive this template as your free posting bonus:

I am looking forward to seeing your layouts!

Credits: QP by WM Squared Designs

Credits: QP by cshulthies (from the Scrapper’s Guide QP Album)

Credits: “My Girls” Kit by Neverland Scraps; Embellishments by Kate Hatfield

Credits: “Relax” Kit by Summertime Designs

As always, there are only TWO rules for this challenge:

1. Create a NEW layout containing at least 4 photos.
2. Post your layout in the Multi-Photo Challenge Gallery. Layouts must be posted by August 31st.

I will offer up a free multi-photo template that you are welcome to use if you need some inspiration for this challenge. However, using this template is NOT required. Any new layout containing at least 4 photos qualifies.

You can download the template for FREE, no strings attached, at the GDS Multi-Photo Challenge thread.

And, if you complete this challenge and post your layout in the Multi-Photo Challenge gallery by August 31st, you will receive this template as your free posting bonus:

I am looking forward to seeing your layouts!

So anyways, on to the July challenge. Thank you for your patience!!

As always, there are only TWO rules for this challenge:

1. Create a NEW layout containing at least 4 photos.
2. Post your layout in the GDS Multi-Photo Challenge Gallery and then reply in the challenge thread with the link so that we can all see your creation. Layouts must be posted by July 31st.

I will offer up a free multi-photo template that you are welcome to use if you need some inspiration for this challenge. However, using this template is NOT required. Any new layout containing at least 4 photos qualifies. You can download the template for FREE, no strings attached, at the GDS Multi-Photo Challenge thread.

And, if you complete this challenge and post your layout in the Multi-Photo Challenge gallery by July 31st, you will receive this template as your free posting bonus:

It’s a biggie with room for up to 11 photos. The photo layers can easily be swapped for papers or embellishments though too, allowing for more flexibility.

I am looking forward to seeing your layouts!

As always, there are only TWO rules for this challenge:

1. Create a NEW layout containing at least 4 photos.
2. Post your layout in the Multi-Photo Challenge Gallery and then reply in the forum thread with the link so that we can all see your creation. Layouts must be posted by June 30th.

I will offer up a free multi-photo template that you are welcome to use if you need some inspiration for this challenge. However, using this template is NOT required. Any new layout containing at least 4 photos qualifies.

You can download the freebie template at GDS – no strings attached. Although I do really hope you’ll play along.

The templates are available in a 12×12 layered PSD file or as PNGs.

And, if you complete this challenge and post your layout in the Multi-Photo Challenge gallery by June 30th, you will receive this template as your free posting bonus:

I am looking forward to seeing your layouts!

This 12×12 template at 300 PPI can accommodate 3 photos. A separate download of just the PNGs is also included.

You can click on the image to be brought to my freebie download page.

Hope you enjoy the template. Thanks for the comments.

As always, there are only TWO rules for this challenge:

1. Create a NEW layout containing at least 4 photos.
2. Post your layout in the Multi-Photo Challenge Gallery and then reply in the forum thread with the link so that we can all see your creation. Layouts must be posted by May 31st.

I will offer up a free multi-photo template that you are welcome to use if you need some inspiration for this challenge. However, using this template is NOT required. Any new layout containing at least 4 photos qualifies.

You can download the freebie template at GDS – no strings attached. Although I do really hope you’ll play along.

The templates are available in a 12×12 layered PSD file or as PNGs.

And, if you complete this challenge and post your layout in the Multi-Photo Challenge gallery by May 31st, you will receive this template as your free posting bonus:

I am looking forward to seeing your layouts!

Old Fall River Road

Journaling reads:

Greg’s sister, Kristi, came to visit us for Labor Day. We had an enjoyable time, filled with many activities but a lot of lazy times too. The perfect, long weekend.

On Saturday, we visited Rocky Mountain National Park and went up Old Fall River Road. It was a perfect day and a beautiful drive.

We took a short hike to the top of Chasm Falls. At one point, we lost the trail and were hiking on rocks that were worn smooth so that it was difficult to make the climb. Adrianna is a little trekker! Once we reached the top, we saw the “easy” trail and also a fence to keep people off of the portion we had just come up. Oops. And here we are trying to make a terrified face after we completed our hike and then discovered the sign to use caution. I love Adrianna’s scared face.

My Pretty Girl

Credits: QP given by Mandy Mystiques (made by Trish)

Horseshoe Park – Alluvial Fan

Journaling reads:

In early September of 2008, we took a trip to Estes Park with Shad and Lynette Rempel. We do these mountain visits often.

On this particular day, we first stopped by the famous Stanley Hotel. We had never been inside before, and we weren’t disappointed – it is absolutely beautiful!

We also spent some time in the Rocky Mountain National Park. One of the sightseeing stops we made was at the alluvial fan created by the Lawn Lake dam failure and subsequent flood in 1982.

Fresh
Okay, so this next layout I actually made back in October, but I don’t think I have posted it here yet. It was an assignment using the Photoshop slice tool for a digital scrapbook class I was taking at GDS.

Journaling reads:

The grape vine has been in our backyard since we moved into the house in 2001. It has produced grapes before, but this year it really outdid itself. We had a huge supply of fresh grapes for a month, even after sharing many of them with our neighbors across the street. We were also lucky enough to have a kind neighbor next door who let us have all of the plums from a few branches of her plum tree that overhung our back yard. We must have picked at least 50 or more. You just cannot get any fresher, sweeter or more “organic” than your own home-grown fruit.

My Gracie Girl

The journaling is the lyrics from Ben Folds’s Gracie Girl song:

You can’t fool me
I saw you when you came out
You got your momma’s taste
but you got my mouth
And you will always have a part of me
Nobody else is ever going to see
Gracie girl

With your cards to your chest
walking on your toes
What you got in the box
only Gracie knows
And I would never try to make you be
Anything you didn’t really want to be
Gracie girl

Life flies by in seconds
You’re not a baby Gracie
you’re my friend
You’ll be a lady soon but until then
You gotta do what I say

You nodded off in my arms
watching TV
I won’t move you an inch
even though my arm’s asleep

One day you’re gonna want to go
I hope we taught you
everything you need to know
Gracie girl

And there will always be a part of me
Nobody else is ever gonna see
but you and me
My little girl
My Gracie girl

All She Wants to do is Dance

Journaling reads:

Out of the blue one day, Adrianna asked me when she could go to a dance class. She loves to dance and often imitates cloggers when she sees them on tv. Well, I couldn’t find a clogger or tap class for 3 year olds, but I did find a pre-ballet class.

She was thrilled when I signed her up, especially after we watched some Youtube videos of other little girls dancing ballet. She then requested that I help her put on her new ballet outfit. She had a few additions to her ballet outfit and substituted her favorite glittery, red shoes in place of her actual ballet slippers. After the outfit was on, she immediately started posing to show us the different dance moves she had seen on the videos.

Me Time
This layout was made as a part of a challenge on a GDS chat last week. We were supposed to make a layout on our favorite way to unwind.

Credits: Template by Andrea Gold

Journaling reads:

One of my favorite ways to unwind after a long day is to spend time on my computer. I enjoy blogging, reading blogs, IM’ing with my mom and sisters, and digital scrapbooking.

My comfort drink of choice is diet coke. I don’t know which I am addicted to more: the computer or pop. I have to have a daily fix of both.

My loyal dogs can often be found sitting on the couch next to me or at my feet.

Blow the Candles

Credits: QP given by Vera Lim, made by Shawtyp. I added a space for an additional photo.

Journaling reads:

Adrianna turned four this week. FOUR. I cannot believe my baby girl (or “big girl”, as she often reminds me) is four years old already.

We made cupcakes for Adrianna to share with her friends at childcare on Wednesday. She was excited to pick out the sprinkles and also helped me decorate them.

Adrianna loved being the birthday girl and center of attention at Nette’s. She was also delighted with the Tinkerbell helium balloon and Tinkerbell plates.