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happyrobyn

07-23-2006, 10:20 PM

I have a confession. I always make a big deal out of my birthday! LOL! It's just a really important day to me and I celebrate pretty much the whole week. I don't really care if anyone wishes me a happy birthday - I just enjoy myself. It's fun to think of what the year has in store for me. That being said and because this is my birth week (I'll be 36 on July 27th) - this week's challenge is going to revolve around YOUR birth year! For some of you, this won't even be a heritage layout! That's ok because it will be someday.

So dig out the pictures of the first few months of your life and then do a little research and find out what was going on in the world while you were being born! The best place I have found to do this research is Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/20th_century). Just do a Google search for Wikipedia and your year of birth. (Example: Wikipedia 1970).

The title of your page should be your birth year and then you are free to organize the rest of the page however you would like. I did a collage of some of the more important things that went on in 1970. Perhaps you will just make a list or possibly even a timeline. To illustrate my page, I used images I found on Google image search (be sure to sort them by large image).

Have fun and be sure to post to the Heritage Challenge gallery. I'll have mine uploaded in a few minutes.

happyrobyn

07-23-2006, 10:29 PM

I really had a lot of fun making this. I hope you will all give this week's challenge a try. It takes a bit of time but it makes a wonderful page. Here is the link: 1970 (http://www.scrapartist.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=17580&cat=500&ppuser=1707)

Candylouu

07-24-2006, 07:07 AM

Robyn,
Perfect timing! My BD is 8/2 and I am like you- it is my fav. day of the year! Love to celebrate it! Cool challenge, looking forward to working on it!

happyrobyn

07-24-2006, 07:18 AM

YAY Candylouu!!! I can't wait to see your page. And a happy almost-birthday to you!

webchyck

07-25-2006, 11:29 PM

I did one, I did one! Aren't you proud of me? Who said heritage can't be clean and simple?

http://www.scrapartist.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=17729

Thanks for the idea, Robyn!

happyrobyn

07-26-2006, 07:00 AM

Becky - it's perfect!!!! Thanks for taking the challenge. I love the clean and simple lines you used.

AmyPunky

07-26-2006, 09:51 AM

Here is my entry !

My Year - 1980 (http://www.scrapartist.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=17751&cat=585)

It was FUN!!

kygirl

07-26-2006, 09:57 AM

What fun, but a little embarrassing posting my 1959 layout next to Emilie's 1980 page.:)
Here it is: http://www.scrapartist.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=17753&cat=585

happyrobyn

07-26-2006, 03:56 PM

Oh I wish more people would participate! This is so cool! I did six DECADES of research (1945-2005) for a book I made my dad for his 60th birthday last year. CLICK HERE (http://waynemagazine.com/86-87.html) if you care to see how I managed that! LOL!

kygirl

07-26-2006, 04:32 PM

Robyn, what an awesome book. Your father must have loved it. My mother turns 70 next year -- I may have to "lift" your idea. :)

happyrobyn

07-26-2006, 04:43 PM

BEWARE Donna! It took me a YEAR to complete this book! But I had lots of fun making it!

AmyPunky

07-27-2006, 12:14 AM

What fun, but a little embarrassing posting my 1959 layout next to Emilie's 1980 page.:)
Here it is: http://www.scrapartist.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=17753&cat=585

Oh no Donna! Don't be embarrassed! I LOVE your page!! ;)

Pixeldigger

07-27-2006, 03:51 AM

I had fun doing this. I am enjoying the constraints of ATC at the moment, so not labels on this card, but I did write the events in the description:

My year (http://www.scrapartist.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=17813)

csgebhart

07-27-2006, 12:56 PM

I'm enjoying seeing what everyone's doing with this challenge! I don't know if I'll get around to it soon, but I did something like it when I was still paper scrapping. Would it be all right if I scanned my paper page and posted that in the gallery? Or is the gallery only for digital pages?

katlen124

07-27-2006, 05:08 PM

this has been on my to-do list for a long time. I want to do some for others in my family:rolleyes:
http://www.scrapartist.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=17865&cat=585

thanks for the challenge!

cindyi

07-27-2006, 06:18 PM

This was fun - now I would like to do somethng like this for my husband... but not movie posters... lol... gonna have to think about this....

http://www.scrapartist.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=17867&cat=585

happyrobyn

07-27-2006, 10:25 PM

Keep them coming!! These are so awesome! Cool to see all of the different things that happened through the years.

sueceduna

07-29-2006, 12:09 AM

robyn i always have an excuse... had unexpected visitors for four days this week. it was lovely but i havent been on the computer... damn... but i have done some research and started a LO, gunna be late thats all.
sue

happyrobyn

07-29-2006, 12:48 AM

Late is A-OK with me Sue!

JulieAB

07-29-2006, 07:19 AM

This was alot of fun and very informative. I had so much stuff on the layout and still wanted to journalize specifics of most that I had to create a 2-page layout

Here's mine...1956
http://www.scrapartist.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=18005&cat=500&ppuser=3389

http://www.scrapartist.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=18006&cat=500&ppuser=3389

happyrobyn

07-29-2006, 07:48 AM

I love your 2-pager! So informative and cool!

Claudi

07-30-2006, 11:07 PM

Claudi

07-30-2006, 11:07 PM

katlen124

07-31-2006, 12:13 AM

Chey

07-31-2006, 05:53 AM

Am I allowed to cheat a little bit?
I actually made this LO a while ago for a challenge, but I'd like to share it here as well. :)

Ok, I'm having problems uploading, but I'll be back with a link later. :D

happyrobyn

07-31-2006, 09:56 AM

hm.... I have made a LO for this challenge.... and I can't upload it to the gallery.... :-( The LO is on my block if you like to see it

ladyclaudi.blogspot.com (http://ladyclaudi.blogspot.com)

Hugs & Love
Claudi

Hey guys! The gallery is working again! I would love to see your layouts posted her at Scrap Artist!

iamkaren

07-31-2006, 11:52 AM

Hi Robyn and everyone,

I made a LO for this challenge, but I can't upload it right now. I tried twice, and I got an error. I'll try again later in the day.

happyrobyn

07-31-2006, 12:49 PM

Sorry you are having trouble. I look forward to seeing it!

Chey

07-31-2006, 01:19 PM

I keep having problems uploading too.... I've tried several times the past few hours.
Hope it'll be ok soon. :)

Chey

07-31-2006, 03:04 PM

Ok, I admit - I have no patience. lol
Still not able to upload to the heritage gallery, so I just put my layout in the members gallery and will change it when possible. :)

http://www.scrapartist.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=18750&cat=500&ppuser=2682

Claudi

07-31-2006, 11:04 PM

I can't upload it to the heritage gallery too so I uploaded it to my member gallery....

http://www.scrapartist.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=18894&cat=500&ppuser=4358

Hugs & Love
Claudi

happyrobyn

08-01-2006, 06:51 AM

Sorry guys - the challenge galleries are acting all wonky. They are working on it. Thanks for your awesome layouts! You were both born in 1968!

iamkaren

08-01-2006, 10:19 AM

HI Again,

I didn't want to wait any longer, so I did the same...just loaded it to the member gallery.

I had a lot of fun with this. I decided to focus mostly on daily life...pop songs, cost of living, TV shows. I don't remember any of the current events of the times, but I do remember (and love) those songs and TV shows! And the cost information is interesting don't you think? (the increase in minimum wage seems totally out of whack with the other increases don't ya think?).

http://www.scrapartist.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=18984&cat=500&ppuser=2262

Thanks for the challenge...hope to participate lots more in the weeks ahead!

happyrobyn

08-01-2006, 01:04 PM

That's an awesome layout. Thanks for posting it. They are still working on the gallery issue. Hopefully it will be corrected soon.