Challenge ME - Plot a Plopper

[Elisabeth]

I want to try this, just for fun. It goes like this - the next person to post below me proposes a color scheme. I don't mean by any exact method or by posting an image, I just mean by saying, for example, "teals and greens" or "reds and oranges" - that kind of scheme. Then the next person after that says, "grungy and torn" or "bright and clean", etc.
The next person chooses a number of photos for the plopper (one page, make it realistic)

The next seven people suggest an element. Pick something out of a kit I've already made, and don't worry too much about the color; that can be changed.

After ten posts I should have enough to make a plopper; let's see if I can combine it into something usable! Don't try to purposely pick stuff that would clash, you want to end up with a good freebie! Because when I get done I'll post the plopper link here for you to download for a limited time. For those who suggested and for those who might be watching to see what I end up with.

So after input from ten of you, the first ten to post suggestions (only one per person) my list will look something like:
EXAMPLE:
1. peaches and creams
2. clean and subtle
3. four photos
4. flower from [kit]
5. pin from [kit]
6. mat from [kit]
7. torn edge from [kit]
8. frame from [kit]
9. overlay from [kit]
10. ribbon from [kit]

Be sure and choose my products only when suggesting elements - but they can be from the store or freebies gallery or something you've seen somewhere that's mine.

I hope to get this done within the week; should be fun!

Any questions? Starting my list now; as you post below I'll edit this:

ACTUAL:

1. Pistachio green and burgundy
2. whimsical and cute
3. two photos
4. flirty flower
5. mat from dresser
6. cheerful ribbon
7. pearl from VV
8. charm from Sunny
9. postcard from then and now
10. overlay from VV

Does this look like a yummy recipe? We'll see!

[honeymoon]

Pistachio Green & Burgandy

[Muma]

Whimsical and Cute [Probably the same thing in the end]

[happybeingamom]

2 photos

[Bocca]

Three

[mariafer]

flower from flirty flowers page kit (LOVE THIS KIT!)

This is fun the only problem is I want to keep giving suggestions :)!

[mrichar383]

Mat from Meemaw's Dresser

[Jill W]

Knotted vertical ribbon from Painted Cheer

[Victoria]

Good luck Elizabeth
pearl element from the Victorian Valentine kit

[Tara]

Can I suggest the roll of toilet paper? :) Okay, I won't...

The charm or the metal leaf from Sunny Disposition

This is fun!

[Elisabeth]

Fun? It's looking a bit scary to me! EEk! But I'm grinning. Two more!

[ferretmom]

overlay in Victorian Valentine.

[Scrapping4Him]

postcard from Then and Now AOP

[LisasMom]

One of your shakers boxes from the Shaker Box freebie.

[LisasMom]

Whoops! Too late! Sorry!

[Elisabeth]

Okay, I'm officially petrified!

So suggestions closed and everybody else just watch to see how I manage this. I might post progress along the way if it's slow going.

[LisasMom]

Good Luck to You!!!

[sammdc]

hahahahah will look forward to seeing how this develops Z

[MarsOlson]

aww missed the list but looks like a challenge Z. good luck!

[sanra]

Looks like fun.

[Elisabeth]

Okay, let's see a show of hands - who thought I couldn't do it!

*raises hand* Um, me.

But I did, even though I compromised a bit on a few things, like I got the color choices in but stuck in neutrals too for overall unity, and I'm not sure it's all that whimsical with the elements given, but it sort of matches?

I think I'm going to do this again for birthday week, and maybe sooner. But not tonight! Hope you like this one in the meanwhile. I'll leave the link up for a few days, say until this weekend. I enjoyed making it for you. There's room for a title and journaling; things I think are important with your photos!

Download here (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/freebies/Z/temp/49_P_PlotAPlopper.zip). 12 x 12 and 8 x 10 are included.

http://img139.imageshack.us/img139/6219/49pplotaploppertg2.jpg

[pinky7]

This looks interesting! I wish I was in on the choosing! You should come up with something interesting!1

[Donut]

I totally missed this going on! lol! Love what you came up with Z, when I read that list I thought HOW on earth can anyone do that...well YOU not only can, you did and it looks awesome!!

[MarsOlson]

wow!! awesome what you came up with! love it

[AliceAMattison]

Wow! Thanks, Elizabeth! Lovely.

[Margie]

wow Z, great job!! and you know i love my ploppers, thanks so much!!

[mrichar383]

:clap: :clap: Great Job!!!! :tup: :tup: :tup:

I tried to take it easy on you by giving you a white mat. ;)

[Dovedesign]

Very lovely! Love those flowers and colors. The postcard is neat too.

[happybeingamom]

This look great and this was so much fun!!!

Thanks Z

[Tina]

WOW! I'm impressed! Given the wealth of different elements, I wondered how it would turn out. You rocked it!

[Noremacc]

Wow, this is beautiful! I love what you came up with! Thank you for sharing!!

[happybeingamom]

I used the plopper it is great Jerusalem View (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=243141)

Thanks

[Muma]

Oh wow ... how clever are you? Very is my answer ..... Just gonna put in the perfect photos then gonna load it. Will be back in a few to let you know how it turned out.

Here it is Angel of Happiness (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=243150&ppuser=87478)
Grand job and thank you :)

[kathleen08]

Very cool idea! I think it turned out great. Need to find some pictures!

~ Kathleen

[Scrapping4Him]

This turned out great!!! You sure make awesome lemonade out of lemons - lol as if the elements were lemons :p

[sanra]

Great job and thanks to all who gave her ideas to use. Going to take some pictures today for photography class and use the Plot a Plopper.

[Miss Pepper]

AWESOME!!! Thankyou.

[sammdc]

Z w0w0w0w0 this is awesome you did a fantastic job on these

[mariafer]

I am so totally impressed! Not that I thought you couldn't do it :)! But I love what you did... thank you for letting us have it... this was fun! And very very impressive!

[usports2]

Oh, I hope we get to see the outcome of this!

I found the "outcome" and it's quite pretty. Fun idea.

[mels_world1]

Wow, awesome job.

thank you.

[mels_world1]

Here's alink to mine

http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=243218&ppuser=80757

[Elisabeth]

Hey, I'm lovin' all the layouts! But I have to ask, mels_world1, why you added to the top and bottom of the plopper - do you scrap at 8.5 x 11? I ask because I made some ploppers that size for the store and was asked to change them to 8 x 10 for consistency with the other products. Do you print and put in clear sleeves in binders at that size?

It took me so long to get used to scrapping square that I don't think I'd go back to rectangular, but it's interesting to know what different uses are.

[guitargirl]

I don't know about mels_world1, but that's exactly what I do with mine. I always scrapped 8.5x11 in paper, so I stuck with the same size for digi. I just stick them in page protectors in a binder. Although it is getting harder to find photo albums that are 8.5x11 binders. I usually buy the kind of binders that have the pages to slip in 4x6 photos, and just take those pages out and put my LOs in instead.

The plopper's beautiful. Can't wait to use it!

[Elisabeth]

Thanks - that certainly makes good sense! I guess regular notebook binders could be decorated as well, and office places sell those clear sleeves. I've used that for other things but not scrapping.

[bandwife]

Oh bummer! Missed all the fun, hope you do it again. Thanks for the Plopper! Will have to find some photos, be back.

Caesars Palace (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=243320)

[Tara]

This was so fun and you were fast!!! Can't wait for the next one! :)

[Bocca]

Thanks so much, Elizabeth, I'm going to be gone most of the week so I won't get to play with it until Tuesday. TY TY TY!!!!!

[Victoria]

This is very lovely and creative Elizabeth. I love it, and thanks so much.

[bethliz]

Oh Z you have outdone yourself..what a neat challenge and some fantastic team work going on....maybe giving us the challenge of doing some quick pages for you for a mini album might be an idea.....interesting..your plopper turned out fantastic...yeah i also use the binder idea to display my pages....i buy the ring binders where you can put a front and back page in and also a spine label..they have clear pockets for the front and back pages and spine...i then add A4 sheet protectors inside..print out layouts and stick them in...pretty successful..have done a few...i just adjust the layouts i do for printing when i print them....been doing more 8x8 lately though....i can get hold of albums that size and print them myself....anyhow thanks for the freebie..you are soo generous...Cheers liz

[scamptx]

Just found this thread--great plopper, Z! Clever idea--and thanks for sharing it! I'll have to add it to my list of things to use this weekend!

[Bocca]

Here is my page with the Plopper!! http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=244158&ppuser=32292

[sunhappy]

What a neat idea! You are an awsome combination of brave, crazy, and creative. Thanks for doing this for us.

I love QCs but haven't used ploppers very often. This one looks very cool though--I'm anxious to try it out!

OK, I'm back with a completed LO. Easy, fun, & perfect for my pics of The White Queen of the Gulf (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=244409&nocache=1).

[emandlivsmom]

Thanks for doing this! Great LOs eveyone. Can't wait to use this, it turned out great!!!

[MarsOlson]

Here is mine with the cool plopper. It's in the Featured Designer gallery.
Daddy's Girl (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=244805)

[Leslie]

Elizabeth - I can't find that plopper in the store, and I wanted to put my son Alessandro in it, in Fiesole up above Florence. I took him on a trip to Italy last year.

[Elisabeth]

Hey it won't be in the store. But the link still works - see this page of the thread (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/showthread.php?t=29897&page=2). Thanks!

[Fade2Pink]

Loved this plopper. Actually the first one I have ever used. This was the fastest page I have ever created. I could get really addicted to those! :yahoo: Acropolis (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=247587)

[sandygb]

WOW!!! I am totally impressed.....not surprised that you could pull this off....but that it turned out this well. Really cool Z!

You asked a question about plopper sizes and I have to say that most layouts I do are 12 x 12, but my second favorite size is 8.5 x 11 which fit all of the albums that I have. Scrapbook paper and cardstock come in 12 x 12 and 8.5 x 11, so those are the standard sized in my mind. I have no idea why anyone started doing 8 x 10. My printer also prints full bleed to the edge and fits the page protectors perfectly. I can use those albums vertically or horizontally.

[Scrapping4Him]

You know my guess as to why 8x10 is that most photo frames in the store are 8x10 size.

[FrugalByDesign]

One more chiming in on the 8.5x11 versus the 8x10 question. I too scrap in 8.5x11, and give "scrapbooks" made from view binders and plastic sleeves. I love doing teh covers - I usually scrap a cover page, slide it in, and then "alter" the front with embellishments.

I have altered the pages inside the sleeves, too, for my daughter's wedding album.

[Ethyl]

Sorry I missed this! Looked like fun! Love the plopper.

-e.

[Elisabeth]

Thanks for all the insight on the sizing everyone!

Anyone who didn't get to participate in this challenge, but wanted to play along before I finished, here's something to think about: I am going to do it again for our Birthday Celebration week. So next time you browse the store, think about any of my stuff you want to see included on a free plopper. And one more hint - look specifically at things you DON'T already have of mine, because - I might just toss together in the same way a free page kit too, and then you'd have that element out of kit X you'd always coveted.

I'll start the thread closer to time for birthday week celebration in early April, but just be thinking about it now if you like!

See the first post in this thread for details on how I put it together the first time.

[Scrapping4Him]

Oooo - thanks for the heads up Elisabeth! Looking forward to this!!!

[sandygb]

Cool! I'm afraid I may not be around for Birthday week celebrations (GASP) because we are going to the mountains sometime after Easter and will probably stay for a couple of weeks.....

[scamptx]

I'm looking forward to the birthday celebrations, but realized that time is getting close, and my calendar is getting sort of full. Any idea about when? and if it will be a weekend event? I was new last year--this year I'm a little better (HA!) prepared to participate!

[happybeingamom]

Thanks for the heads up Z

[Elisabeth]

Scamptx, it will be a forum challenge and I'll post it early in the week (before the big chat weekend). I'll give myself the week to make it and then it will be available to d/l free for a limited time.

Although I see I haven't limited this one's time very well, lol, it's still up.

I've wanted to do another one already but I've alternated between being sick and busy and then it starts all over again and I haven't done it. But I plan on the bday week one for sure!

[HeatherL]

Very impressive Elizabeth and what you came p with is jst awesome. Thanks so much for sharing it. I will work with today hopefully.

[ChristineG]

I don't know about mels_world1, but that's exactly what I do with mine. I always scrapped 8.5x11 in paper, so I stuck with the same size for digi. I just stick them in page protectors in a binder. Although it is getting harder to find photo albums that are 8.5x11 binders. I usually buy the kind of binders that have the pages to slip in 4x6 photos, and just take those pages out and put my LOs in instead.

The plopper's beautiful. Can't wait to use it!

That is what I do too! 8 1/2 x 11 for me. I just use plain business binders with the clear slip in sleeve things and then I can design my own cover.

[mels_world1]

Hey, I'm lovin' all the layouts! But I have to ask, mels_world1, why you added to the top and bottom of the plopper - do you scrap at 8.5 x 11? I ask because I made some ploppers that size for the store and was asked to change them to 8 x 10 for consistency with the other products. Do you print and put in clear sleeves in binders at that size?

It took me so long to get used to scrapping square that I don't think I'd go back to rectangular, but it's interesting to know what different uses are.


I always scrap A4(8.5 x 11) paper size so I can print at home and send to family overseas and they display them in a folder with plastic sleeves.

I've thought about converting to a square but it just get confusing:lol: