Saturday, September 22, 2007

I know I'm boring, but no one ever comments... :)

Today was a busy day! We started off going to the car wash - one of our vehicles needed a serious bath and cleaning/vacuuming. After that, we headed to the Oregon Convention Center for the Race for the Cure Health Expo to pick up our shirts and pins.

Once we got back home, I loaded up the scrap tote and headed over to a friend's for some paper scrapping. I'm entering the Quickutz contest at CKC Bellevue (er, for those non-scrapping folks, I'm entering a layout contest at a scrapbooking convention in Bellevue, WA), and I need time to whip up a paper layout. I figured out the page design/layout, chose the papers, and did some photo mats with inking. Now I need to take the pictures, print them out, and do some cool embellishing touches. Then scan it and print it out to take with me to the convention (no original layouts allowed - they'll ask for them if you win).

Fortunately, the CK and SS layout contests allow digital entries, so that will be much easier to do.

I'm in the Stand Up and Scrap contest as an advanced scrapper and just posted my Week 1 entry yesterday. To my shock, it has over 15 comments - and here I was thinking I belonged in the Intermediate section! :) I wish I could post it here, but we are posting anonymously and can only post in one gallery. Not even a link in this blog is allowed....just wait six weeks and you'll see them all!



This is a picture I took last weekend at the Oktoberfest in Mt Angel. I punched up the photo using Andie Smith's "Savannah" Lightroom preset. It just makes the clouds look so threatening and ominous...

10 comments:

Petra said...

wow, lots of challenges going on..Good luck with all of that!!
I'm playing in the stand up & scrap challenge and kind of like the anonymous thing about it! :) I'm playing at the advanced level too...Have a great day!

Unknown said...

Good luck with all your challenges. I haven't posted mu Stand up and scrap first LO yet - needs a bit more work.

Anonymous said...

Not boring at all !! Good luck on the challenges and the Stand Up and Scrap contest is awesome, don't you think so ? I posted my first LO too and got a lot of comments, makes you feel good he ;-) I feel the same way, I so wish I could share my LO with the world, I think it is the best thing I ever made, but on the other hand, I feel very comfortable being an anonymous number, you know ?

mommamikki said...

hey rachel, you're a busy bee aren't you. can you post a link for us to see all the entries? Maybe we can figure out which one is yours!

Love the photo...you're a great photographer!

Anonymous said...

good luck with the challenges!
I have yet to do my Stand Up and Scrap one. eek.

daNi aLeNCar said...

Great photo!!! Love the angle.
Good Luck on contests.

Diana said...

Gorgeous pic - there see I read your blog - when I get nice helpful reminders! :)

Emily said...

I haven't read many lately so don't be too offended by my lack of comment until now. The photo is just gorgeous!

Dawnree said...

Well of course I had to leave a comment after that opening phrase - hehe
Of course your layout has lots of comments cause you rock! I adore that photo! but I already told ya that! see this is why I do not leave comments cause I said it all to ya in IM so now I sound like a doof!

Unknown said...

i love that photo of the church....old historic churches are fascinating to me....good luck with your challenges.
Robin (tqmnurse) tallyscrapper friend
http://tqmnurse.blogspot.com