Lynnie had the idea last month to ask the CT to scrap layouts featuring summer fun.  Laura, Merrilee and Steph all responded with layouts featuring the beach!  So this month I decided to ask for heritage summer layouts for a second time because even though the challenge falls on the 4th of July, I thought that would be a really narrow field . . . and because it is summer and most of us have lots of summer fun photographs that need scrapping.  Well, you guessed it . . . Debi, Carol & I all scrapped beach and swimming photos again!  But, what could be more fun in the summer than cooling off at the beach or pool . . . or playing in the sprinkler! 

Debi [beehive50] found photographs from the late 1960’s of a beach volleyball game that she played.  How wonderful to have lived near the California beaches and to be athletic enough to play a great game of volleyball!  This page is another of typically Debi’s clean and simple layout . . . another one of her fantastic pages. 

Supplies:  Layered Memories No. 142,  Annelise Neutrals Paper Pack,  Annelise Solids Paper Pack,  Beachy One Papers and Ribbons,  WaterDrops No. 03 Element Set,  Volleyball Brushes & Stamps,  Volleyball Collection and Ali’s brand new Words of the Sea Brushes & Stamps.

Next Carol [Carollee] has created such an interesting scrapbook page using treasured photographs of her grandparents on an outing to the beach in the 1930’s.  Carol pays such attention to detail in all of her pages . . . and pulls together such well designed and creative pages.  I love that so many of Carol’s heritage pages have such a lovely softness to them.

Supplies:  ArtPlay Palette Play Out,  Stitched by Anna: White No. 08,  Splatters No. 02 Brushes & Stamps,  Loosely Labeled Dates,  Worn Page Edges No. 02,  Worn Edges Mixed No. 02 and Late Summer Mini-Kit.

The final example of our heritage summer pages this week is my own page [readstoomuch].  I’ve pulled a couple of old photos from a layout that I made several years ago and gave it an update!

Supplies:  Abstract FotoBlendz No. 03,  Bead Scatterings No. 01,  Country Roads Kit (Stitched Scalloped Strips),  Cut-Ups:  Summer,  Family Hand Drawn Words,  Fiske Kit,  Hello Summer Hand Drawn Brushes,  Layered Memories No. 17,  Painted Summer: Surf Layered Templates No. 04 (paint & splatters),  Photo Corners:  Colors and Staple Its!.

Lynn aka Grandma Lynnie, my Heritage Challenge co-writer for the blog & I hope that you will draw inspiration from Debi, Carol and me this week for Heritage Challenge No. 42.  If you didn’t have time to make a summertime page for this challenge in June with Lynnie, I would love to see your “summertime” pages in the Heritage Gallery here at Designer Digitals in July.  Remember that your pages should use products from the Designer Digitals Store and feature memories from the 1970’s or earlier.  Some of you may be surprised that you are considered “heritage” girls!!!

I had the bright idea for this month’s heritage challenge of asking the CT to scrap layouts featuring summer fun. Laura, Merrilee and Steph all responded with delightful layouts and, interestingly enough, all three of them featured fun at the beach! So this challenge has evolved into a Fun at the Beach in Days Gone By challenge! Check out each of these ladies’ takes on the challenge topic. You will love them!

Laura Grimes has used a gorgeous grouping of textural elements in her layout featuring a photo of her grandmother from 1936!

Supply list:
Katie’s Waipahu Solids and Travel Clusters - coming soon!
Email Inspiration 62710
Letter Box Tailor Collage Sheets No. 01
Library Card Collection: Seaside
Labeled Journalers No. 03
Filed Photo Frames No. 05
foliage from Alandia Tropics Element Pack
Shells
Shells No. 02
Matte Black Vintage Photo Frames
wrap from Gator Crossing Kit
Late Summer Mini-Kit

In her layout, Merrilee (digigrandma) proves that you can use very modern elements to accompany a photo from long ago and it works!

Designs by Anna Aspnes
ArtPlay Palette Seafoam
PotPourri Paperie No. 03
LoopDaLoop ArtStrokes No. 04
Stitched by Anna Bitz White No. 01
Designs by Katie Pertiet
font is Katie’s Pencil Thin Font
Fastened Journalers No. 01
Calligraphic Jounalers Brushes and STamps No. 01
Little Shores Kit
Designs by Lynn Grieveson
French Summer
staples from
Sweet Madeline Kit: Remix

Steph’s layout features delightful photos from her own childhood to accompany her sweet memories of summers spent with her grandparents.

Supplies:
Stitched Up Frames No. 03
Bound Paper Pack No. 03
Growing Flourishes Brushes and Stamps No. 01
Simply Botanicals Mini Kit No. 01
Taped Together Overlays No. 02
Painted Love No. 01
Sweet Cakes Solids Paper Pack

I hope you will be inspired by these layouts to scrap your own family’s beach memories from days gone by. Please post them in our Heritage Gallery for everyone to enjoy!

In the United States and Canada, a prom, short for promenade, is a formal (black tie) dance, or gathering of high school students. It is typically held near the end of the senior year. It figures greatly in popular culture and is a major event among high school students. High school juniors attending the prom may call it Junior Prom while high school seniors may call it Senior Prom. In practice this may be a combined junior/senior dance.  ( from Wikipedia )

After reading this clip from the internet, I see that in some ways proms haven’t changed much from my first prom in our small southern high school in 1960.  But, in other ways they have changed immensely!  The cost of prom night in the United States can cost as much as a thousand dollars . . . this cost may cover tuxedo, prom dress, corsage, boutonniere, tickets, dinner out and even a limousine for some the modern kids!

We are going to roll back the clock a few years . . . or perhaps a few decades!  The cost was very different for some of us.  Dresses could vary greatly . . . mine was made by my aunt and Elena’s mom’s dress was one that she had worn in her cousin’s wedding.  Now about the limo . . . Debi’s date didn’t own a car, so Debi’s dad let him use their Camero.  Debi was shocked!  My beau drove his dad’s 1957 Chevy . . . my dress with it’s hoop skirt was a tight squeeze into the front seat!!  Fond memories.

Look at four past proms from four CT members today!

First we see [ Elena ] Elena’s darling mom. 
Elena used these Designer Digital’s products:  ArtPlay Palette Blooming Marvelous, Basic Tags No. 01,  Flossy Stitches No. 02 & Vintage Photo Frames No. 18.

Debi  [ beehive 50 ] made a layout a companion page for “Senior Prom 1972” .  That layout was for Heritage Challenge No. 34 { my favorite dress }.  I think that it is just so cool that Debi let us know more about that fun evening from high school.  Here are the kits that Debi used:  Little Plastic Flowers No. 01,  Layered Memories No. 125,  Just Linens Paper Pack No. 15, Emery Solids paper Pack, Laurent Kit and Simply Fall Paper Pack.

Amy [ Amy L ] seems to be the youngest of us posting layouts here today.  Here is her very 70’s mod page showing her fun high school prom from 1975.  Amy is a gem when using loads of products . . . here they are:  Aryanna Paper Pack, Backyard Expedition Kit,  Basic Tags No. 01,  Be Loved Mini Kit,  Brisbee Kit,  Classic Cardstock: Snow Fun,  DIY Big Brackets,  Flitter Kit, La Folie Kit,  Letter Box Brushes No. 04,  Notebook Edge Frames No. 0,  Notebook Paper Pack No. 02,  Pelican Park Kit,  Pierrette Solids,  Say Yes Pageset,  Scallop Strip Masks No. 02,  Simple Classics No. 07 Kit,  Stitched by Anna Borders Black No. 01,  Stitched Leather Alphabet No. 0,  Totally Tied Up No. 01 &  Wedding No. 01 Hand Drawn Brushes.

My [readstoomuch] layout rounds out our vintage prom nights for today . . . I enjoyed taking a little trip down memory lane. 
I used these DD products for my page:  Adrier Papers & Adrier Solids ( coming soon from Maplebrook Studios ),  Basic Paper Alphabet: White,  Botanist Notebook No. 11,  Brushed Alphabet No. 0,  Clustered Layered Template No. 04,  Clustered Layered Template No. 05,  Neroli Paper Pack,  Stitched by Anna Borders: Bubblegum No. 01 &  Torn N Tattered Dragonfly Templates No. 02.

Lynn aka Grandma Lynnie, my Heritage Challenge co-writer for the blog & I hope that you will draw inspiration from Debi, Amy and Elena this week for Heritage Challenge No. 40.  We would love to see your “Prom” pages in the Heritage Gallery here at Designer Digitals.  If your country or school didn’t have a Prom when you were a teenager . . . you could scrap a dance which brings back fond memories.  Remember that your pages should use products from the Designer Digitals Store and feature memories from the 1970’s or earlier.

It’s time for another Heritage Challenge! Each month, Mollie or I come up with an idea and ask the Creative Team for layouts that illustrate the challenge. We are always provided with excellent examples by our talented team. I think you will agree that this month, the examples are particularly stellar! I hope you will enjoy these layouts of occupations/businesses of the past.

The first example is by Merrilee (digigrandma) and it tells the story of her father’s coaching career. She manages to give us the highlights of his outstanding career in one beautiful well designed page! I particularly love her last line of journaling.

Supply list:
MonoBlendz SkyLine Paperie
Light Textured Neutrals
Classic Cardstock Authentic
Scratched Edge Overlays No 02 12 x 12
Postage Frame SuperPack
Battered Alphabet No. 01
Outline Decades Brushes and Stamps
SprayPaint No. 01 Brush Set
Made of Dreams Word Art Brushes and Stamps

The second example is by Jana. I am amazed at all the details she has included about her husband’s ancestor! She has even included his handwriting! The page is packed with information but not at all cluttered.

Supply list:
K. Pertiet: Cold Spring Kit (Coming Soon)
2nd Hand Memories Kit
Hinge Pack
Alandia Rancheros Kit
From My Bookshelf No. 02 Kit
Roughed Up Photo Mats: Ledger No. 02
Gator Crossing Kit
Vintage Photo Frames No. 24
Loosely Labeled No. 03

Maplebrook Studios/Michelle Martin
Pacifica Kit
Annelise Neutrals (Coming Soon)
Solina Kit

The third example is by Esther. Her two page layout showcases an amazing photo of the family business. She has included a great deal of information in her journaling without detracting from the photo at all.

Supply list:
KPertiet FullRange (coming soon)
Taped Together Overlays No. 01

Taped Together Overlays No. 01

Collageables No. 03
Conifere Element Pack
Filed Stacks No. 01
Photobooth Frames No. 02
Ripped and Stitched No. 02

I hope you will be inspired by these layouts to tell the story of a family business or an ancestor’s occupation. You may not have amazing photos or tons of details, but preserve what knowledge you do have. It will be priceless to future generations!

Mollie and I look forward to seeing your wonderful layouts in the Heritage Gallery!

While thinking of the Heritage Challenge a few days ago . . .  I was also looking at the new maps Katie put in the store just this week.  I decided that a fun challenge would be to scrap a heritage photo from your life that could include a map of the place where the photograph took place.  Take a look at the examples and see that you have lots of freedom with maps!  The store is just loaded with great inspiration . . . I typed map into the search box and came up with so many cool ideas!  I know that your creative minds will begin to click too after looking at the inspiration layouts that members of the CT have created for the blog today.

First of all is this most interesting layout from Paula (aka PaulaSG).  She tells the story of her mother coming to America in 1964.  Paula used one of Katie’s Painted Maps & a terrific airplane Paper Pieced map to help tell her story.

Supply list:  Just Linens Paper Pack No. 18,  Travel Hand Drawn Brushes,  Clock Parts No. 02: Clock Face Collection, Little Round Tabs, Painted Maps No. 01, 
Mapped Paper Pieces: Transport No. 01 and Photo Clusters No. 33 .

Next Patricia (aka iUma)  delights us with a layout about her beautiful mother in 1944.  Patricia uses a map blended into the background on one of Lynn’s new “Totally Trashed” papers.

Supply list:  Roughed Up Maps Paper Pack No. 04,  Botanist Notebook No. 13 Kit,  Totally Trashed & Spotty Paper Pack,  Listen Up Layered Template,  Artsy Layered Template No. 15,  How’d They Do That? No. 04: Selective ReColoring,  How’d They Do That? No. 19: Recoloring Essentials and Laying It All Out No. 09: Blending In and Standing Out.

Now, we are going to take a look at a fantastic layout from Jana Morton.  Journey to America tells the story of her family and their immigration to America in the 1880’s.  You will want to study this layout to see Jana’s Photoshop skills!

Supplies:  Conifere Kit,  Brushed Alphabet No. 03,  Farm Fresh Collection,  From My Bookshelf No. 02 Kit,  Chipboard Alphabet: Black,  Roughed Up Maps Paper Pack No. 03,  Roughed Up Maps Paper Pack No. 04,  Sealife Memories Kit,  Vintage Journals No. 03,  Maritime Classics Brushes and Stamps,  Curled Journal Spots No. 05,  Alandia Rancheros Kit,  Autumnal PageSet No. 02 and Fasten Its!,

To wind up the examples today, here is a layout from me (aka readstoomuch).  My page shows a photograph of my husband & me made while we were living in Germany in the late 1960’s while in the Army. 

Supplies: Autumn Lines Elements,  Chunky Chipboard Alpha: black No. 02,  Digital Poetry:  Dates,  Ledger Paper Pieces: Journalers No. 01,  LoopDaLoop ArtStrokes No. 01, Stamped & Framed Template No. 07 and Vintage Book Paper Pack No. 01.

Lynnie & I hope that you will draw inspiration from these inspiration pages for Heritage Challenge 38 here at Designer Digitals.  Look for a special photograph that you would love to scrapbook . . . find a great map from the Designer Digitals store and scrap away!!!  We look forward to seeing your pages in the Heritage Gallery along with ours.