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The Repetitious Elements Challenge

Nov 14th, 2008 by Nicole Seitler

Hello, all! I thought I’d step in and host a challenge this week! Are you ready to have some fun with elements? I hope so!

In studying some of the little details of that other (more skilled) scrappers do to make their layouts look so stunning, I noticed that a lot of them will rotate and even resize an element when they have more than one copy of it on their page. Take for example, the leaves on this lovely layout by Leslie:

memories

She used two leaves five different times here, but they don’t all look the same! That’s because she rotated and resized them so that they’d each look different! You can do this with little flowers or buttons—any element you want to use multiple times on your layout. I love to do this when I use lots and lots of flowers.

So, here’s your challenge this week: Make a layout (using some Sugarplum Goodies—and freebies are fine with me!) using three or more of the same element, but play with the size and angle of each item on your page. (In Photoshop, you can do this by using the Transform tool, which is CTRL+T.)

Then, once you’re done, just leave a link to your layout here on this post from now until Thursday, November 20th for a chance to win a $5.00 gift card to the Sugarplum Shop! The winner will be announced here on the blog next Friday. Best of luck to you!

And happy scrapping!

Posted in Challenges, Give Aways, Layouts | 10 Comments

10 Responses to “The Repetitious Elements Challenge”

  1. Liz Says:
    November 16th, 2008 at 8:08 pm

    Here is my take on repeated elements:

    http://www.scrapbookgraphics.com/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=45249&cat=3312

  2. Brenda Smith Says:
    November 17th, 2008 at 2:12 am

    Thank you for the challenge! Here is my try.
    http://www.thedigichick.com/gallery/showphoto.php/photo/135144

  3. melanie Says:
    November 17th, 2008 at 5:28 pm

    here´s my try: http://www.digitalfreebies.com/gallery/showphoto.php/photo/54366/ppuser/4091

  4. Kay Says:
    November 18th, 2008 at 3:39 pm

    Hi! Thanks for the fun challenge. I was really inspired by your sample layout & used the same gorgeous leaves!

    http://picasaweb.google.com/KayBeeScrap/2008FamilyAlbum#5269372787701802450

  5. amanda Says:
    November 19th, 2008 at 1:11 am

    Thanks for the great challenge - here’s mine
    http://www.thedigichick.com/gallery/showphoto.php/photo/135458/ppuser/14157

  6. Simply Sarah Says:
    November 20th, 2008 at 3:37 am

    Finally… I got to play with this cute kit! Here is my LO. I loved this challenge! Thanks.

    http://www.scrapmatters.com/gallery3/showphoto.php/photo/14718/ppuser/516

    or on my blog

    http://iamsimplysarah.blogspot.com/2008/11/you-and-meryan-and-dylan.html

  7. Simply Sarah Says:
    November 20th, 2008 at 3:39 am

    Ok, I just left a comment but it went to cyber space I guess.

    You can see my LO on my blog -
    http://iamsimplysarah.blogspot.com/2008/11/you-and-meryan-and-dylan.html

    or at ScrapMatters -
    http://www.scrapmatters.com/gallery3/showphoto.php/photo/14718/ppuser/516

  8. amymom24 Says:
    November 20th, 2008 at 8:09 pm

    I really enjoyed this challenge, Nicole. Hope you’re doing well!

    Here is mine:
    http://www.sunshinestudioscraps.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=9924

  9. Simply Sarah Says:
    November 20th, 2008 at 9:41 pm

    ok, it seriously never showed up… I posted two times last night and it kept disappearing. Hello, where is my comments?

    Anyway, I blogged my LO just in case, check it out at
    http://iamsimplysarah.blogspot.com

  10. Cristina Says:
    November 20th, 2008 at 10:41 pm

    Thanks for the challenge, Nicole! Here’s my LO: http://www.scrapmatters.com/gallery3/showphoto.php/photo/14801

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