My Very First Scrap Challenge!!

I am SO excited to be presenting my very first scrap challenge today! As a Gypsy Girl team member over on PixelGypsyDesigns.com, I have just posted today's challenge: a scraplift of a wonderful page featuring a memory board.  I have always loved "real" memory boards - usually with fabric attached to a padded board and criss-crossed ribbons or ricrac attached with heavy upholstery tacks - then filled with photos, notes, and other ephemera that hold some special meaning. Then I saw a beautiful layout shared by Christine aka supertwinkle on PGD, and I knew I wanted to try creating my own memory board page. Now that I have, I'm challenging everyone to give it a try!

Challenges at PGD are fun & it's easy to join in - plus you earn points toward discounts and gift certificates for PGD products! I hope you'll join in and give my challenge a try - just head on over to PGD: My Scraplift Challenge post

Here is my memory board page:

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Credits:
From PixelGypsyDesigns.com:
Staples & flowers by Sherrie Piegdon from Fantastical
Butterly & gingham ribbon by Sherrie Piegdon from Candy's Fairy Dreams
Brads, foliage, & lace by Abish Allen from My Garden
Tag, bookplate, button, & alpha by Sherrie Piegdon from Urban Edge
Chain hanger & frame by Sherrie Piegdon from Debbie's Camp Hilaka
Paper, flower by Sherrie Piegdon from Effervescent
String hanger by Sherrie Piegdon from {Into The}Twilight
Denim heart & daisy by Sherrie Piegdon from Denim'n'Daisies
Label by Ami Collofello from Table Scraps
Starfish & fish stamps by Sherrie Piegdon from Christine's Seaside Escape
Ribbon by Abish Allen from Springster
Paper by Sherrie Piegdon from Corrugated Autumn
String by Alicia Murphy from Washed Away
Paper by Tami Miller from Spice of Life

Wire Corner by Snowsmoon Designs at snowsmoon.blogspot.com
Adventure wordart by Inspired Mommie Designs at ...
Always stone & Chinese fortune by *me*
Fonts: Pea Mystie Unicase, Pea Jenny Script

A Special Memorial Page

I created this special page using a photo that I took at my brother, Jesse's, wedding last year of my son Justin. He was holding my dad's cowboy hat - one you rarely saw my dad without and one that we placed on a chair by Mom at Jesse's wedding. Having that hat there was so much more emotional than I had expected. I broke down crying when I photographed it there on the chair. We had lost Dad just 8 months before, and that moment at the wedding was so very poignant for our family.

Credits:
All items at PixelGypsyDesigns.com
Papers by Sherrie Piegdon from {Into The} Twilight
Clouds by Shawn Headley from Got Clouds?

Buttons by Elise Hansen from Cowboy Cool

Fonts: Pea Jordan, CK Academia

A Darling Wednesday :)

Oh, it is time for PGD's Wednesday Indulgence again - and I must confess the wonderful kits they've bundled today are some I had somehow never seen! The Darling Paper Pack & Darling Element Pack are in shades of pink with a bit of browns and some diamond bling! And as always on Wednesday Indulgence deals, you get both for just $2!

I will try to be back later today to post some photos and also some layouts I've recently created. So watch for more to come! :D

PGD Challenges Reloaded!

I think you all know that I love love love the challenges over at PixelGypsyDesigns.com. Well, PGD has revamped our challenge system and the new format is awesome! Here's a little poster with the basics: (gee, who created that beautiful poster?? Hmmm... lol)

Get the details here: Gypsy Challenges