About this Texas Scrapfest thang....

Many years ago (heck, I've lost track of HOW many years ago) I became a member of a little scrapbook board called Scrapjazz. It was a wonderful place to hang my scrapbooking hat for ideas, challenges, and forming some new friendships with people I shared this fun hobby with.

Well, little did I know just how much some of those on-line friendships would impact my life. So much so that I had this unnatural desire to jet off and meet some of these crazies irl!

My first Texas Scrapfest crop was in Dallas, 2007. It was an event to behold! Scrapfest organizer Lesle Mora really put on a spectacular crop. She had t-shirts, prizes and challenges for both participants attending live and the ones who were cyber-connected. There was much laughter and frivolity. I'm not sure about the scrapping. I'm sure there was SOME of that.

But the event also had a wonderful, somber moment when we all released purple balloons in memory of one special little girl, Teegan Wynn O'Neal.

The next year Scrapfest was held in San Antonio!! I'll just tell you right now that not a lot of scrapping got done on my part. I knew all I would do was talk since that was all I did the previous year. Soooo....I PACKED NOTHING scrapbook related. Yes, that's right. I went to a crop and didn't take anything to, well, crop. I made some pages for other folks but nothing for myself.

It was another fabulous Scrapfest. Not only because of meeting new friends, seeing old ones again, and the fabulous River Walk.....but because I WON A HUGE PRIZE!! Okay, that really was secondary to all the great time spent with friends. Honest.

I missed last year's event. It made me slightly sad so I made up for it by going to see some scrapping friends in Canada. We didn't scrap. We drank and gambled. These scrappers are WILD I tell 'ya!

This year's event promises to be just as fun. Lesle was unable to carry the tradition of a live event, but she has outdone herself with the new website. Come join us!!

TEXAS SCRAPFEST!! You'll have fun. If you are a scrapbooker, you'll have fun. I promise!!

Doin' a little scrappin TEXAS STYLE!

So today was the first day of the Texas Scrapfest. Unlike previous years this year's Scrapfest is being held as an on-line event. Yay to Lesle Mora, Event Organizer and Fabulouso. The event looks to be a fun one and there are great prizes to be had!

I've been scrapping all day. Well, in between cooking dinner, laundry and cleaning the kitchen. Here's the challenges I've gotten done so far:

Challenge #1
Find three pictures that represent laughter, light, and love and throw them together on a scrapbook page. Make sure to explain their significance in journaling, and add a bold title.

 

Challenge #2
Let color inspire you. Scrapbook a photo where color is the most dominant component. Your only other requirement is that you use at least six complementary colors or pattern papers.

 

Challenge #3
It's all about you! Your page must showcase a recent photo of you. You should also share some of your favorite things with us: book/magazine, color, website dessert, etc.

 

Challenge #4
Sometimes it's hard to choose which picture is best. This time, you don't have to, because I want you to use all of, or at least four of, the photos you took to get just the right shot.

 

Challenge #5
Spice up your journaling, by changing the font, color, and/or size, and use pictures to represent some of your words.

 

I'll be scrapping some more over the next 2 weeks and posting things as I finish them. Hope you'll join us over there!!