Weekly Challenge 19

[angelwithin]

it's that time again...as if wonderwoman and the groove haven't got you busy enough ...i'm back to set you yet another challenge :D

'when you were born'

the aim is to scrap the year you were born :eek:

so for example if you were born in 1964 (when all the angels of this world were born lol) you will need to put together a page about that year using big events, famous people, films, infact anything you think that year was about ~ be as creative as you can as not only is there a gift from our very own knzus - there will be a vote at the end of the week and the scrapbook voted the winner will get chance to choose 2 (yes two) kits from my store stock

Rules:

1) Scrap a page using the year you were born as the theme

2) use ONLY freebies from our forum, freebie templates can be used too

3) credit where possible

4) post page in gallery and link into this thread

5) all pages to be posted by Sunday 16th March

[wolvsie35]

Woo-Hoo!! I am first to post here...lol...This one should be an interesting challenge...I will get this done before I leave....:D

[Ellandriel]

So by ONLY freebies from this forum means? Like clipart or templates?

[angelwithin]

anything you can find in the embellishment and template freebie areas here at max can be used

[fourfoxes]

[quote=angelwithin;93145]
so for example if you were born in 1964 (when all the angels of this world were born lol) [quote]

Oh Puleeez! ;)

[sacannon]

This should be really really interesting! Since most of us are different ages, we should all have unique layouts!

[Wickel]

OK here's mine !! :D


This challenge was a blast !! Everything I used came from SBM site . The 50's embelishments (not sure who donated sorry). The newspaper scrap came from Angelwithin. The pearls also came from Angelwithin. Used a shape background for the photo called "roundy" that came from Desmond (I think). The journaling background also came from Angelwithin. Everything can be found in the forums available to download. P.S. My kids are gonna love this page LOL

http://www.scrapbookmax.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=21668&cat=2211

[grannywin]

During the year I was born, I was more concerned with finding the next bottle and getting my diaper changed on a regular basis. Anyone know of a good site for trivia?

[Melons]

http://www.scrapbookmax.com/gallery/data/500/Copy-of-1971-000-Page-1.jpg

well this is mine lol...had to get the osmonds in there somewhere (am a massive donny fan :D)

chose decimilasation of the uk as my mum always told me a story about how my great grandad was really worried he wouldnt get to grips with it but he then died just before it came into effect.....disney well I have always had enjoyable holidays at disney florida, love the film love story and greenpeace.....they annoy me lol I didnt want to put things from that year that didnt mean anything to me.

credits: hope they are correct from memory..sorry if they are not

The grey and pink flower was from granny win, the newspaper background was from angelwithin


the ribbon and heart and staples were from the challenge on the forums the other week, the 10 things I love by granny scraps


umm think that's it lol


I chose the pink and grey flower as it reminded me of wallpaper I had as a kid :D

[angelwithin]

fantastic pages wickel & melons :D

[sacannon]

Great page and research! I was a Donny fan once upon a time...Like in the 60's and 70's. Oooops, show my age again :D!

[angelwithin]

here's my page - all about 1964 when us brits inflicted the beatles on the usa :D

ps i spelt sullivan wrong....apologies

http://www.scrapbookmax.com/gallery/data/1585/My-Scrapbook-001-Page-2.jpg

[wolvsie35]

Just to help you out if Fiona doesn't mind..I found this site and it gives you great info on what happened on your birthday... http://www.dmarie.com/timecap/step1.asp Just type in your birthday and have fun with what you find..Real interesting...
*going to work on my page now...* :D

[fourfoxes]

Love these pages girls!

[sacannon]

Love your page Fiona! Wolvsie, that is a great site thank you! Still have to do mine.

[Melons]

Great page and research! I was a Donny fan once upon a time...Like in the 60's and 70's. Oooops, show my age again :D!

umm you can still be a fan now lol....they are all still going strong and donny does the most amazing fantastic concerts, over here he feels out arenas and comes over every 18 mths or so....poor guy knows me by name now after I travelled to australia and nz to see him...shared a lift alone with him and sat in front of him for 3 hours on a flight lol.....bless he recalled me when I had a VIP in october and 3 of my photos made it into the uk tour programme :)

[Marion]

My page. The year was 1953
Used Fiona's freebie newspaper for background and the rest is just paperscraps
http://www.scrapbookmax.com/gallery/data/500/Week-19-Challenge-1953-000-Page-1_800_x_800_.jpg

[fourfoxes]

Here is my page for the year 1959. I used Fiona's newspaper background and some 1950's clip art from the forum embellishment section. Thank you to whomever put those embellishments in that section. (I'm not sure of the name.) My mother didn't have any newborn photos taken of me so this is the best I could find. :) I just noticed that the Game of Life was cut off of the original for the toy listing. And gas is 30 cents per gallon not $30 per gallon. :OI'll need to fix that!
http://www.scrapbookmax.com/gallery/data/2220/Baby-Girl-000-Page-1.jpg

[angelwithin]

these are all so fabulous, love reading all the info ....hasn't everything gotten so expensive!

[O2BNGdHope]

Here's mine. I used Ma3's Celebrate America kit available in the freebies section.

http://www.scrapbookmax.com/gallery/data/500/blossom-005-The-Year-I-was-Born.jpg

[fourfoxes]

Here's mine. I used Ma3's Celebrate America kit available in the freebies section.

http://www.scrapbookmax.com/gallery/data/500/blossom-005-The-Year-I-was-Born.jpg

I love this page Hope! Very nice and so patriotic! :)

[sacannon]

These are all so wonderful, can't wait to get started on mine.

[mint]

I love everyones pages since I have been missing for a while I did not do this one. but will try for the next any ways who can remember 1942 or i don't even have a clue.

[wolvsie35]

This challenge was so fun...I bought a birthday chronicle to help me with this challenge and learned so much...The white box is hard to read so here is what it says...This came on the chronicle...
The president of the United States, Richard M. Nixon, that today be a day of national celebration, heralding the birth of Michelle McCoy on Wed. January 12. 1972. The White House sent a bouquet of carnations, the flower of the month of January, to her family.
You can get one yourself by going here (http://www.rwrinnovations.com/personalized_certificates.htm#birthday).
http://www.scrapbookmax.com/gallery/data/500/My_Birthday.jpg
http://www.scrapbookmax.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=21749&cat=500&ppuser=5259

[fourfoxes]

any ways who can remember 1942 or i don't even have a clue.


My sister can! I even have her war ration book. She was age 2! :)

[Ellandriel]

I dont find my page as interesting as everyone elses but I did enjoy doing the research and I LOVE looking at all of the other pages.
In my comments on the page I took a jab at my parents who were teenagers at the time, my intention is not to affend anyone but I think my mom will get a kick out of it-it is a family joke now that we are grown up.

http://www.scrapbookmax.com/gallery/data/2224/Challenge-3-003-Page-4.jpg

[sacannon]

Here is my try. I don't think it is that great. I ordered one like Michelle, but it hasn't come through yet. (Thanks for the tip Michelle)

I used Fiona's newspaper for the background and the shapes. I used shapes from Autistic Wonder, Julie, Blue Velvet and SBM. I used a frame from Knzus kit Soft Brown Shispers.

The telegram is from my dad to my grandmother letting her know that I was born.

For some reason the paper behind the little girl by my picuture lost it's shape after I brought it into SBM. It was a round shape that you couldn't see. I just used it for a background because she is transparent, but it is showing up as square. Oh Well!!!!

http://www.scrapbookmax.com/gallery/data/500/1957-000-Page-1.jpg

[fourfoxes]

I dont find my page as interesting as everyone elses but I did enjoy doing the research and I LOVE looking at all of the other pages.
In my comments on the page I took a jab at my parents who were teenagers at the time, my intention is not to affend anyone but I think my mom will get a kick out of it-it is a family joke now that we are grown up.

My you are a youngster! (And I don't think you offended anyone :rolleyes:) I remember all these things as I was into my twenties by then :eek: LOL! Great page! Keep up the good work! :)

[fourfoxes]

Great page Sue! How cool that you have that telegram! I love those kinds of things! :)

[LindaPete]

Here is my first feeble attempt. I'm an SBM virgin :) The newspaper came from Fiona, the poloroid frame I made myself in psp. I must confess I have not gathered many freebies yet, so I may have bent the rules a bit and used things that came in the original download of SBM. My cd has not arrived yet, that's how new I am at this. Critiques welcome!

[fourfoxes]

I think your page looks great Linda Pete!

[angelwithin]

excellent pages everyone, its great to see all the info about the years :D

[pilotswife]

LindaPete, I think your page is awesome! I wasn't going to do this one because I am new and it looked too challenging, but you have inspired me. I ordered the birthday chronicle and if I can beat the deadline I will do a page. Thanks Michelle for the heads up about ordering the chronicles!
Nancy

[nanwu]

well here's mine, I found so much stuff that i'm going to scrap a couple of pages for my own scrapbook

[angelwithin]

great pages everyone....i'll have to make next weeks challenge harder *hides devilish horns under tinsel halo*

[omajo]

What a challenge, fantastic pages everyone !!
I just wander where Fiona got this unique idea,.....
I'm quite busy this week and its towards the end now, so congratulations everybody !!

[grannywin]

I think my posting went into never-never-land. It can't be found so I'm trying it again. Here is my 1943 layout. Didn't have any dinosaurs to add. I think 1943 might be considered the dinosaur age!
That's me playing with the radio. Every family had someone in the service. That's a picture of my mother and my uncle who were both in the Army in 1943.

http://www.scrapbookmax.com/gallery/data/500/wcw-1943-YearinReview.jpg

[O2BNGdHope]

Wow, Grannywin! Great page!!

[pilotswife]

Here's mine. I tried to follow all the rules and hope I did ok. I got the newspaper and the patch from Angelwithin and the television from Marion. We had one when I was a kid that looked a lot like that. Once I found out the Ting A Ling Bingo (what a corny name) came out in 1968, I had to include it because we had that game and I remember we were playing it once and my little brother had a seizure. We never found out the cause and he never had another but it was quite a night. Thanks Wolvsie35 for those tips on where to find the trivia.

[LindaPete]

Pilot's Wife -
You rock! Awesome job!
LP

[pilotswife]

Thanks! Did you see my mom's hair? Did you see what she did to my hair? It was supposed to be a curl but looks like a mohawk. My kids want me to do pages on the years they were born now. As if I were not far enough behind in my scrapping already. nb

[wolvsie35]

You have all done great pages...and are so welcome...Love to help with learning things...<wink>
*off to pack for Vegas* :D

[angelwithin]

as i said at the beginning of this challenge everyone will be getting a gift from Knzus which i will pm the download link later tonight (so those late comers have a chance still)

also i promised one lucky person who enters the challenge this week will recieve their choice of two...yes i did say two (the pills have stopped working huh) kits from my store stock

so to determine who this person is i need your votes on the pages entered so far this week (mine is not included as i have all my kits already lol)

all the pages are attached and have been named and numbered, i need you to pm me with your 1st, 2nd and 3rd choice of winners, i'll announce the winner just after midnight uk time (or later if i'm still awake :eek:)

[sacannon]

umm you can still be a fan now lol....they are all still going strong and donny does the most amazing fantastic concerts, over here he feels out arenas and comes over every 18 mths or so....poor guy knows me by name now after I travelled to australia and nz to see him...shared a lift alone with him and sat in front of him for 3 hours on a flight lol.....bless he recalled me when I had a VIP in october and 3 of my photos made it into the uk tour programme :)


Wow, amazing. You are really a true fan! I still think he is talented, I just haven't followed his carreer. I think I have only seen him on something once since He and Marie had their show together.

[pilotswife]

Just curious, anyone know how UK time relates to Eastern Time?

[angelwithin]

your about 4 or 5 hours behind me :D


its nearly midnight here now :rolleyes:

[angelwithin]

its been another great challenge, your pages have been fabulous...well done everyone :D

the votes are in and the winner of the choice of two kits from my store is

*drum roll*

Fourfoxes

everyone please check your PM boxes as you will recieve a link to download a lovely template page from our very own knzus

well done everyone again :D

[nanwu]

congrats fourfoxes, and thanks for this challenge angel, I really enjoyed doing it, and also thanks for the wonderful prize knzus

[sacannon]

Big Congrats Fourfoxes, great layout! Fiona thanks for the challenge and Knzus thanks for the gift!

[omajo]

Congratulations Fourfoxes !!
And congratulations to everyone who join the challenge,..great layouts !!

[Marion]

Ditto, and ditto and again ditto! Great challenge!

[O2BNGdHope]

This was fun, Fiona! You do such a great job every week. Congrats, Fourfoxes. Great layout!!

[LindaPete]

Thanks Fiona, this was fun! Congrats everyone on great pages, thanks also for the fabulous template!

[Wickel]

Congrats Fox :D !!!!

[fourfoxes]

This was a fun challenge. I had so much fun doing it. I thought everyone did a great job. Thanks Fiona for coming up with a great challenge! Looking forward t the next one! :)

[grannywin]

Congratulations FourFoxes! Thanks Fiona for a fun challenge. It inspired me to add a birth year page to my grandson's album.