July Swap

[MandyNI0]

OK folks, as I missed the last one, I'm happy to start off the July swap.

I'm going to be away for a couple of days and (looking at my screen with a very stern face!!) I expect to see lots of you signed up when I get back.

How about we give everyone until this time next week to throw their scrapping hat in the ring.

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Okayyyyyy so I'm being optomistic!

[Kanoa]

2. Kanoa, I'm a newbie but please count me in. I will try my best ;-)

Just wondering if I can find rules anywhere? Do I have to use a certain layout or are we free to use our own creativity????

[Debb Cozzi]

You can count me in, last month's swap was such a blessing in so many ways. Sharing our gifts with each other and getting to know each other better in the process; its what helps make this such a great place to 'hang-out' ;)

[wfclair]

Me too

[Marcee]

sounds like fun..add me

[MandyNI0]

2. Kanoa, I'm a newbie but please count me in. I will try my best ;-)

Just wondering if I can find rules anywhere? Do I have to use a certain layout or are we free to use our own creativity????

Hi Kanoa, don't worry about being a newbie, it's all about getting completely different styles/perspectives. No rules at all as far as I can remember. You're free to use a kit or sketch or your own designs - just remember to credit any designer of kits that you do use.

Mandy

[valeri]

oh why not, i haven't done one of these in a while :)

[MandyNI0]

Alright, so far we have ........

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Come out, come out wherever you are, don't be scurrrrrred, we're all friends here! ;)

[Stacey Jewell Stahl]

#6 - Valeri
#7 - Stacey aka Jewel 68

This was a blast last month and the month before, so count me in.

[BerryGirl]

I came to the forums thinking about starting a swap, so of course I'm in!

[Stacey Jewell Stahl]

I'll bump this so it shows in the "New Posts." :D

[Karen Bowers]

i'm in!

[Karen Bowers]

bump

[MandyNI0]

I'm a little ahead of most of you, it's already 6.15pm here and a real scorcher in Northern Ireland!! This is probably our summer come and gone, but hey, at least I was on leave and got to lie in the sunshine and do some jewellry making outdoors too.

So I'll check in here tomorrow morning and let you know who you're Trading Pages with.

:) We've still got's lots of room left for more. Go on, join in, you know you want to! :D

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6 Valeri
7 Stacey aka Jewel 68
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[Goofmanami]

I will even it up at ten, if I may?

[Elisabeth]

I'll take it on, too. What's the timeline?

[MandyNI0]

Ok swappers or is it swapers or does it matter! Too much sun today me thinks ...... anyway, pardners have been drawn. Check your private messages for the list.

Looking forward to seeing the results!

Happy swapping (and not a bunch of car keys in sight!!) :eek:

Mandy x

[Karen Bowers]

no PM for me yet. who's my buddy? :p

[Stacey Jewell Stahl]

Karen,

This was in my PM:

MandyNI0 & Marcee
kanoa & Valerie
keeplearning & Stacey aka Jewel 68
wfclair & BerryGirl
karenb & Elisabeth
Goofmanami & MandyNI0

[Elisabeth]

Reporting in for Karen and myself - we've swapped pikkies and have given ourselves two weeks. We'll be back!

Edit: And I'm back! Karen prints her layouts at home, so prefers normal sized paper. BUT I found it hard to narrow down her nice photo choices, (and in fact hate that I left out even one) so I made a two page LO for her. I hope she will speak up if she wants me to change anything.

View here (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=43932&cat=500&page=1)

I hope everyone else is having as much fun as I have with this one!

[Karen Bowers]

Here's my layout for Elisabeth! (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=44103&cat=500&page=1)
and here is the one she made me! (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=43932)

[Stacey Jewell Stahl]

Here are my two layouts for my dear friend, Debb (keeplearning). This was so much fun!

Debb & Her Dolls (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=44195&cat=500&page=1)
Beloved Debb (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=44196&size=medium&cat=500&page=1)

Thanks for looking!

[Debb Cozzi]

I was so overwhelmed by the thought and effort Stacey put into the layouts she did for me. My layout for her is, I hope, a small way of expressing my thanksgiving in getting to know this very special lady. Here it is:

http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=44309&cat=501&page=1

[Stacey Jewell Stahl]

I love swapping pages and have participated in the last three month's events, plus asked AmyShell to send me some photos to swap. So it was a no-brainer when Karen B commented on one of my layouts that she wanted to swap with me some time. I love giving and receiving gifts, and swaps are a fun way to do both!

Here's my layout of her Sweet Prince (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=44519&cat=500&page=1).

[Kiki-kins]

I'm a newbie at scrapping but know Photoshop pretty well. I'll throw my hat into the ring!

[Stacey Jewell Stahl]

Here's my second layout (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=44578) for Karen. It was a challenge for me to create a layout with an overlay that wasn't feminine, and I hope I succeeded.

I just love swaps. I always try to do something new that I haven't done before AND do it in a way that I think my partner will like. Karen, I hope you like this!

[BerryGirl]

Here is my page for wfclair. I was a little nervous having only done one heritage lo before, and that being the paper-lift so I didn't have to arrange it or anything. I got some great pictures though and I really tried to make it meaningful. Hope you like it Willie!

http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=44653&cat=501&page=1

[Marcee]

Ok..mine is posted For Mandy...I sure hope you approve :D

Madrid Layout (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=44710&nocache=1)

[valeri]

hmmmm.... not sure when all this happened. I did not get a PM and missed this message. I never heard from my swapping partner either, so maybe they didn't get the message either. How was this all supposed to work?

[Karen Bowers]

valeri,
i never got the PM either, but elisabeth did. it's not too late for you!

[Debb Cozzi]

This is a second layout I did for Stacey, just because. ;) Hope she likes it.

http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=44782&nocache=1

[wfclair]

Here's my LO for the beautiful Johanna. She sent me photos of her grandparents. Next time I want a picture of Johanna!!! :p

http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=44842&cat=500&page=1

[Goofmanami]

My LO for Mandy

Goodnight (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=44850&cat=1035&page=1)

Great photos of sunsets. I wanted it a bit simpler so that the background image wouldn't be too covered.

[Karen Bowers]

i did a swap on the side with jewel. here it is! (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=44901&cat=500&page=1)

[MandyNI0]

Here is the page I did for Marcee. I so wanted to play around with something special but just got myself more and more confused so ended up with something simple.

Hope Marcee likes it!

http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=45009&cat=500&page=1

[MandyNI0]

Here's my attempt for Eddie, hope you like it!

Mandy

http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=45022&cat=500&page=1

[Goofmanami]

Indeed I do. Very well done LO. It makes me want to do more of these swaps :)