Friday, August 30, 2013

My Scraps & More Blog Hop...

Hello and good morning....

Welcome to the Switch it up in September Blog Hop for My Scraps & More!! You should have arrived here from the wonderful Lisa....

Starting September 1st on the message boards, we are switching things up. We will still be posting the challenges daily but the themes will all be new!! Here is the line up...

Monday... Mix it Up Monday's
Tuesday... Tuesday Trigger
Wednesday... Word Up Wednesday
Thursday... Throwback Thursday
Friday... Free for All Friday
Saturday... Saturday Steal
Sunday...Day of Rest


To learn a little more about the daily themes, we are having this blog hop! Each of the Design Team members are showcasing one of the days. Here is the order for the hop...
Start here ---------------- My Scraps & More's Blog
Mix it Up with ---------Audrey
Tues. Trigger with-----Tracy
Word Up with----------- Lisa
Throwback with-------- Wendi (you are here)
Free for All with--------Me 
Steal with ---------------- Missy

I get to showcase our new Throwback Thursdays challenges!! The name pretty much sums it up! Thursday's challenge will be pulling out something in your scrappy goods that you haven't used in a LONG time.. maybe a trend that was around awhile ago, but isn't really used anymore. Mainly to use things that you already have in your scrappy area from over a year ago,  and then combining it with your newer scrappy goods.


For my layout I decided to use something old and something new from the same manufacturer. I pulled some older MME Indie Chic line and then mixed it with some of the new MME Cut and Paste collection found in the My Scraps store here.  So my challenge to you: to use a NEWER line and then an OLDER line from the SAME manufacturer that is AT LEAST a year old...

I actually used quite a bit of gesso on this page, and also painted it over a brick mask on two of the blue papers:
Next I also painted over the yellow chevron paper to give it an ombre feel:
You will have till midnight Sunday(The Hop will run until MIDNIGHT, Sunday, Sept. 2nd.) evening to comment on all the blogs to be eligible to win a fantastic prize....
And one lucky winner will receive the new "Paper & Glue" collection from Echo Park!

So you are off to your next stop............... the talented Tammi....

Thanks soo much for stopping by!!! Have a great day....

54 comments :

  1. this challenge sounds fun, and a great reason to dig into my stash :)

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  2. Great challenge, these are going to be so much fun every day. I love your layout. I also love MME Indie Chic, it might be old but I have a lot of it and use it often.

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  3. Great challenge Wendi! I'm sure I have stuff to be able to do this challenge.

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  4. Love this challenge! I definitely have old I love to mix in with new. Great layout!

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  5. what great techniques Wendi! Love your page!!

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  6. great challenge to get some of those old papers out of the stash! Great layout Wendi!

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  7. Great challenge Wendi!! Love your brick painting!

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  8. Great challenge, Wendi! I love your use of the gesso - very cool!

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  9. Such a beautiful page! Fun challenge to work with! I definitely have some older collections that need to be used!

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  10. Love the use of gesso - need to get that out!

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  11. Great challenge! Love mixing old with new! Your page is wonderful and I love all the use of gesso especially the ombre effect!

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  12. cute picture. I like the little heart with the word on it.

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  13. Love all of your gesso work! THe bricks look great!

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  14. What a fabulous way to bust through my older stash! Thanks so much!

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  15. What a fun mix of patterns, Wendi! Your LO looks awesome. This will be a fun challenge!

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  16. Love this layout! Love the brick work with the gesso! What a precious photo! These new challenges are going to be awesome!

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  17. I love this! Great work with the gesso!

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  18. Oooooh, I just love how you created the bricks, Wendi! I love the yellows, greys and blues and how you created the ombre look. Another awesome page, girl!

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  19. This is a great challenge!
    And I love love love the way you used gesso to alternate papers a bit. The lines meld together really well.

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  20. Awesome Wendi!!! Neat idea using the gesso and making those bricks....very fun!!

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  21. Love your gesso work! Wonderful challenge & page!

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  22. What a great challenge! I love your layout and all the cool techniques you used!

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  23. I have plenty of stash with both older and newer lines I could merge. Great challenge!

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  24. Such an adorable page, love the idea of mixing lines from the same manuf.

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  25. I really appreciate a challenge that gets me to dust off some of my stash. Love the guesso on here!

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  26. Love the gesso use! And the Echo Park paper! Contact me at hatfieldhome1@gmail.com

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  27. Really nice layout. I love the way it all pops against your black background. I don't know if I've ever been brave enough to try black, but it works! Thanks for your inspiration.

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  28. Cool challenge. Love your layout. Glad I found this hop.
    Leslie
    www.thememorynest.blogspot.com

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  29. Cool challenge. Love your layout. Glad I found this hop.
    Leslie
    www.thememorynest.blogspot.com

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  30. Adorable layout. Love all of the embellishments. TFS

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  31. What a great page and a great challenge, I have a lot of old stuff to dig through!

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  32. Ohhhhh this is just too adorable, Girl!!

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  33. Beautiful!! LOVING the colors and that brick piece!!!!

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  34. Great layout! Love your use of gesso. Awesome!!

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  35. Wendi, love what you did with this layout. I also like the challenge.

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  36. well i thought you were going to say the something OLD was Jeremy!! lol
    fantastic layout my friend :)

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  37. This is definitely a challenge I could do! :) I love mixing the old with the new. :) Fun page!

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  38. amazing mix and and fun challenge... super cute page. Loving the new lineup.

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  39. This is a FANTASTIC LO which really hits the spot! Love combing techniques and old & new "stuff". Really beautiful. (Daddy's girl wording and the placement are great!)

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  40. I have yet to try the masks and gesso but this LO is encouraging me to get going with it.

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  41. I really like the addition of the brick look on your page!

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  42. Loving the brick template with the gesso and the idea of mixing the old with the new. Very cool layout Wendi!!

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  43. Great idea mixing older with new! Love your bricks.
    <3 J

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  44. love using old products, I certainly have enough of them!!

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  45. Love the challenge idea... I really like how you painted the yellow to

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  46. Love this challenge and your work.

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  47. This is a challenge we can all get into! I know I'm not the only one who hangs onto older lines. ;) thanks for the challenge and thanks for sharing your fun page!

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  48. Love the challenge! Your page is great.

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