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I got way behind the 8-ball this week, so this week’s challenge is simple and wide-open for your interpretation and creativity!

Your challenge: SUBSTITUTION… use a decorative element in lieu of a letter or word. There are endless possibilities here, but you need to make sure your chosen element supports your theme or it will look awkward and out of place!

As you can see, I’ve simply used a glitter heart instead of the word “love” in my title. Taking the “substitution factor” one step further, I used a simple “u” instead of the entire word “you”. Another idea I had for this layout, but didn’t use was to include a soccer ball in place of the “o” in the word “soccer”... I just couldn’t come up with a clever title! LOL

Some ideas to start you off… you can replace the letter “a” with a star, “o” with any kind of ball or circular element (flowers are cute!), “t” with branches or a tree. You could use a needle or pin in lieu of an “i” or “l” on a sewing layout. Or one of those clever portholes from Katie in place of an “o” on a sailing or beach layout. And, don’t stop at the title… you could replace words in journaling with a simple element. Think of flowers for every time you talk about the “flowers” or a cute felt bird instead of typing the whole word. There really are TONS of possibilities to be had!

So, let’s see your “substitution” layout this week! Remember to post your layout in the “Just My Type” gallery at DD! Can’t wait to see how creative you get!

WOO HOO!!! We’re half way there!!
Can you believe it?
We’re all going to be having our finished photobooks before you know it! Have you started setting them up yet? If you weren’t sure which size you were doing, the 12x12 photobook or the 8x8 photobook you can always start with the 12x12 format and save a .jpg when you’re finished and resize it to 11.95"x11.95” for the 12x12 format or 7.95"x7.95” for the 8x8 format!

This week we are on Create-a-Book Classic No. 5!

And I’m moving forward with my book about Jack’s visit

Layout details here and here

And my book about our trip to Ireland

Layout details here and here

Keep up the great work… we’re almost there!

Leave it to the “Dare” girls to come up with this week’s super fun challenge. Straight out of “We Dare You - Scrapbook Challenges about Real Life” comes this one: scrap an imperfect photo. Hmm, has someone been looking at my photos lately? This challenge reads as follows: “Now is the time to pull out those flubs. Those shots you never thought you’d scrap . . . those grainy, out of focus , poorly cropped, bad pictures. Photos don’t have to be perfect to tell a story. Sometimes in their imperfection, they manage to get it just right. Scrap an imperfect photo.”

Check out this layout by Lynn Grieveson:

Photos Lynn never thought she’d scrap resulted in a layout that is fun and heart-touching (you have to read the journaling).

Come check out the other layouts on The IdeaBooks4u blog.  This is a super fun challenge, I hope you’ll play along!

Well, it is not very summery here in New Zealand right now ... but I do love this summery page by BillieBee:

That hot blue and black color scheme again - and look how effective that splash of orange is. Using a third accent color is a great way to add an extra zing to a page, and a little goes a long way. Notice too how the use of the black patterned paper helps to make the BW photo the focal point of the page. And I love how the stitching hole brush becomes a great dotted circle drawing the eye perfectly down from the title to the photo.

Here’s what Mollie, Maureen and Jodi were inspired to create:

Credits: layout by Mollie, In Distress paperpack by Lynn Grieveson, In the Green solids paperpack by Jesse Edwards, Journaling labels 4 by Jesse Edwards, everything else by Katie Pertiet (Dated Journaling brushes, Digitally pressed petals, Digitals pressed petals 3, stitching holes 02,watery brushes.

Credits: Layout by Maureen, Weathered Neutrals Paperie, Festive Solids and Torn and Tattered templates by Anna Aspnes, Photography Sentiments brush by Ali Edwards, Have a heart Vol 2 by PAttie Knox, Tommy’s Tropics kit, Colorful tabs, Hinged frame (coming soon, Wordy titles, Dirty Solids and Watery Washes all BY katie Pertiet.

Credits: Layout by Jodi, Stitching holes by Katie Pertiet, Beth kit and Glitter thread stitches by Lynn Grieveson.

I hope you might feel inspired too - and will share your layout with us in the Saturday Scraplift gallery. Got to dash now before another power cut makes me lose the post! (It’s a wild wintry day here!)