Stephanie's Challenge

Happy Monday, SC friends! Or Happy Challenge Day!  This is Stephanie and I'm so excited to be hosting the challenge this week.

I'm a little bit braindead lately (those newborns take all of my energy!) and I thought and thought about what I could challenge you with this week.  And suddenly it came to me! I realized that I had hundreds of photos on my iPhone. I took about 300 in the hospital when we had Cate and Lucy.  I'm not so great at printing or scrapbooking these photos, but they are invaluable! They provide a "slice of life" approach to photography...one I just can't capture with my bulky DSLR.

So here is my challenge to you this week. Scrap photos that you took on your cell phone. Don't worry about the quality.  Just use them! 

Here's what I came up with:

I printed 12 iphotos off of my iphone. I arranged them in a grid pattern, and added bits and pieces of SC goodness all over the page. I especially had fun with the veneer stars...I just never get tired of these! Supplies used: Patterned Paper - Studio Calico Documentary Itinerary, Studio Calico Elementary Die Cut Pink, Library, Nibbles,  Studio Calico Home Front Dollhouse; Stickers - Studio Calico Documentary Label Stickers, Elementary Label Stickers , Anthology Label Stickers, Home Front Label Stickers, Home Front Alphabet Stickers, Wood Veneers - Stars; Mist - Mister Huey's Calico White; Pen- Uniball Signo

I cut the left portion off of the large veneer star and used it to frame my title:

I know that all of you may not have a cell phone that takes photos. If that is the case, here are a few alternatives to the challenge. Use my layout as a sketch and lift it for your own layout. Use square photos on your layout. Use a photo that you simply did not think was quality enough to scrap.

For those of you who do take photos on your phone, I can't wait to see what you do with them!

Post your links here in the comment section when you have it completed for a chance to win a $5 GC. I will also have a place in the forum to share your creations with everyone.  Have fun!

xoxo

Comments

[meganklauer]

Beautiful photos! My phone is so "old school" that it's almost a bag phone, so no phone pics for me, but love the inspiration!

[Stephanie Howell]

megan- check the post, i listed alternatives if you don't have camera photos!

[Erin M]

Thanks for listing "alternatives" for those of us that don't do cell phone photos! Love the layout Stephanie!

[Irma P/]

Great challenge! My dh is the one with an iPhone, and I love scrapping these photos because it records 'male bonding' moments between my dh and our sons when I'm working.
Here's a page I've recently completed:
http://irmaperedne.blogspot.com/2010/10/layout-titled-2-handy-little-men.html

[Laura McCann]

I've taken some great pics with my phone!! Great pics and great inspiration!

[Margrethe]

I posted mine here:
http://www.studiocalico.com/forums/galleries/show/34481

[Jennifer]

Not with my phone (because it's a sad case without camera), but I went with the thumbnail idea for a December Daily page...
http://sillypea.typepad.com/photos/december_daily/dd-2010-30.html
Thanks for the great challenge.

[sharla]

What sweet babies! I can't even figure out how to use the camera on my phone...but sounds like a really fun challenge!!

[gillian]

Such a great idea for a challenge, Steph! I'm going to try to fit this in! :)

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[Linda]

Thanks for the challenge(s) Stephanie! Here is mine:

http://www.studiocalico.com/forums/galleries/show/34529

[Kasey]

Thanks for the lovely challenge, Steph! Here's a link to mine:
http://www.studiocalico.com/forums/galleries/show/34531

[Barb in AK]

Thanks for the challenge. I do have cell phone photos and there they sit! I'm going to be working on this one! :-)

[Amy]

This should be fun, since most of the pictures on my iphone are ones my kids have taken. Never know what I might find on there!!

[meganklauer]

Added mine here:
http://www.studiocalico.com/forums/galleries/show/34480

[Michelle]

I'm thinking of getting an iPhone just for the apps- I REFUSE to pay extra for the phone service. Here is my page using regular photos cropped to square format:
http://www.studiocalico.com/forums/galleries/show/34560

[Sabrina]

here's my camera pics layout:
http://www.studiocalico.com/forums/galleries/show/34575

[Ellie]

Ok here is my little page :) http://scrapbookmamaof4kidz.blogspot.com/2010/12/singing-angels.html thanks for the challenge Stephanie!

[chris dodaj]

I love your beautiful layout, Steph! I don't have any cell phone pics, but I loved the grid design and found an entire page of unscrapped vacation photos from....4 years ago that I thought would be perfect for this challenge. Here is my layout http://www.studiocalico.com/forums/galleries/show/34578

Thanks for the inspiration!

[Robin]

Here's mine: http://www.studiocalico.com/forums/galleries/show/34594
Thanks for the challenge!

[Jen]

hope i am not too late!
here are mine:
http://www.studiocalico.com/forums/galleries/show/34598

[Amanda L.]

Most of our Christmas pics this year ended up being taken on our phones.....here's mine
http://www.studiocalico.com/forums/galleries/show/34604

[amy christine]

here's mine:
http://www.studiocalico.com/forums/galleries/show/34606

thanks so much for the challenge! it seems like most of my photos these days are taken on my phone too. :]

[Jennifer Larson]

Thanks for the alternatives--I scrapped a photo of our Christmas tree, poorly lit, that I masked a little by adding a vintage photo action to. http://www.studiocalico.com/forums/galleries/show/34609

[rebecca keppel]

No camera phone but I love lots of little square photos :) Here is mine:
http://www.studiocalico.com/forums/galleries/show/34610

[Tam]

Great challenge! Loved doing this page with some of my many Hipstamatic pics!

http://www.studiocalico.com/forums/galleries/show/34624