2 Scrappy Chicks

Jodi's challenge 15 LO

2011-05-19T04:58:00.000-07:00

Here is my final LO!

Challenge 15 - Final challenge!

2011-05-15T18:01:00.000-07:00

I am not going to lie, I am glad this race is finally coming to an end. Here is the final challenge.

We wanted to do a challenge that gives you a chance to celebrate the family that is the digital scrapbooking community... your family in the box, if you will. Scrap about your digi family.. what they/she/he mean to you. You do not have to scrap about your ADSR partner, but you certainly may.

1. You must have at least 10 sentences of journaling. The journaling needs to be in only 2 spots on your page. You may journal more sentences if you wish, but the journaling must stay in the 2 spots you choose.
2. You may go photoless, but if you choose to use photos, you must use an even number of photos.
3. You must use an odd number of papers. You may use the same paper more than once but it will only count as ONE paper. You must have an uneven number of papers on your layout.
4. Use at least 2 different alphas for your title work. You may use more than 2.
5. You must date your page with some kind of date element.

Our challenge 14 LO

2011-05-13T15:33:00.000-07:00

Challenge 14 was an intersection. We each had to pick what part we wanted to do and racer 1 did the first part and racer 2 did the second part. Barbara was racer 1 and I was racer 2.

I love how it turned out.

Catching up

2011-05-13T15:30:00.000-07:00

I need to catch up. Not that anyone reads this blog. I mostly just keep it up for myself lol.

Challenge 11

Challenge 12

Challenge 13

Images are linked to the ADSR gallery, for credits.

Challenge 14

2011-05-10T09:38:00.001-07:00

Welcome to theStudio! We are so proud & honored to be hosting part of ADSR this year.

ADSR Intersection:

Challenge Theme: Doppleganger

Ever meet your doppleganger? Traditionally this means someone that looks just like you, but in the spirit of ADSR you can be creative! Meaning, this can also be your doppleganger in, um, creativity or spirit.

Rules/Requirements:

1) Racer 1: creates a basic page for Racer 2; to :

3 stacked background papers (this may include clustering of elements between the pages)
2 frames or “slots” for photos
Adds Title. Must be “My Doppleganger”
Flatten as a QP and provide for Racer 2 to finish

2) Racer 2:

§ Adds Photo’s
§ Adds journaling to explain the title
§ Adds elements and/or clusters to finish

Simple, but surprisingly challenging! I cannot wait to see your finished LO's. Please post finished LO's here: NDISB's ADSR6 Gallery 14

Participation prize:

The winning team gets one YEAR worth (12 months) of free Studio Mega’s designed by theStudio Design team each month.

Big, huge, welcome & smooches,

Challenge 13

2011-05-08T09:48:00.001-07:00

Challenge:

We hope you have fun with this and can't wait to see how the challenge inspires you!

Challenge Theme: Family not by Blood, but by Circumstance

Your layout can be about a friend, human or pet, or an in-law family member, or a even an object....anyone or anything you consider family (in your heart and mind) that didn't become family by blood....past or present!

Rules/Requirements:

1) whatever items you choose to use on your layout, you must include at least two of (except alphas).
2) Please incorporate a technique of blending
3) Somewhere in your layout please include adjoining (touching or parts overlaying each other) circles, squares, ovals, or some other geometric shape.
4) You must include journaling describing your bond.
5) You DO NOT need to include photos on your layout just in case the subject is about someone or something long ago.
6) Your layouts must be posted in NDISB's ADSR 6 gallery. Although not required, we would also love to have you post your layout in our gallery. We have set up a special section just for ADSR racers HERE.

Participation prize:

Our designers are finishing up a collab with a very versatile color palette! You'll love it!

(Please note: you must be registered on the site in order to post in the gallery. If you are not already registered we invite you to do so)

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Challenge 12

2011-05-03T15:10:00.000-07:00

Welcome Races to challenge 12, congratulations on making it this far . We are so happy and excited to have you here with us at SDK!

ROADBLOCK! Challenge for the Racer who did NOT do the April 12 challenge.

Our Challenge for you is a "Sketch Challenge". Your goal is to use the sketch as a guide to creating a page about 'A week in the life of...'

Please read the instructions before you begin .

RULES/REQUIREMENTS

1. Your layout must be about someone in your immediate family i.e you or your partner or one of your children.

2. Your layout must include 7 photos showing -

a fun activity, a routine activity, a family activity, a reflective moment (quite time), a favorite toy or hobby, at work or play a favorite food.

3. Your layout must include somewhere the title 'A Week in the LIFE of..." plus the month and year.

4. Your layout must include at least 3 cut out shapes (your choice of shapes) -

1 cut out highlighting the subjects favorite day of the week. 1 cut out highlighting the subjects favorite activity. 1 cut out highlighting the word 'WEEK' in the title in the subjects favorite colour.

Challenge 11

2011-05-03T15:09:00.001-07:00

The challenge is:

Share your Favorite Family Recipe
and its story behind it.
( or a favorite if you don't have a family favorite)

1. Use at Least 2 papers
2. At least 1 Recipe
3. At least 3 Elements
4. AT least 1 word Art
5. AT least 1 Ribbon
6. Polka dots somewhere on the page

Family photos are Optional

Our challenge 10 LO

2011-05-03T15:07:00.000-07:00

Here's our Challenge 9 LO

Since Barb has 3 people in her family and I have 4, we used 7 papers.

Jodi's challenge 9

2011-05-03T14:37:00.000-07:00

Here's my challenge 9 LO. I am not in love with it. I hate making LO's about myself.

Challenge 10

2011-04-26T18:38:00.001-07:00

Intersection Challenge #10:
Racers you have hit an intersection and you and your team mate are required to work together on this challenge. The results of your teamwork is to be ONE layout that is presented as proof of completing this challenge. HOWEVER, both members of the team are encouraged to complete the layout as it would add to the value and enhance your collection of layouts from this race.

1. You only have to complete 1 page for this challenge. So one teammate will scrap the page using the requirements outlined below. However you and your teammate interpret these instructions is the path we'd love to see your page take! They are loose guidelines allowing you total freedom on how you want your finished page to be!

2. Your page will be photoless and be one that defines "MY FAMILY"; you will define that by both players journaling 3 lines of text for a total of 6 lines of text on your page, please note that is lines not sentences! So if you want to use multiple sentences to wrap and make-up those 6 lines, great! If you want to use one word per line or a phrase that is fine too, just as long as there are 6 lines total of some kind of text! BUT, you cannot have more than 6 lines and you cannot have less than 6 lines!

3. The number of immediate family members between you and your partner is the number of elements or papers you use, you choose. It is up to you as to who makes up your immediate family, be it pets, step children, etc...you decide! For example: Stef & I are partners, she has 2 kids and a husband and I have 2 kids and a husband. Our number would be 8, so we would either use 8 papers or 8 elements total. If we choose 8 papers than there cannot be more than 8 papers and the elements have no set requirement. If we choose 8 elements then we would scrap using 8 and only 8 elements and then there is no set requirement for how many papers we use on our page. Repeating elements would count towards your element count (for example, if you use 2 stars each star counts as 1 element, but a circle shape matted with paper WILL NOT count as an element).

4. The page has to have a title that is a joint effort of your team! Please state in your description who contributed to what to make your joint title. If you use an alpha then that will NOT count towards your element count.

5. The deadline of when your page has to be uploaded is NLT 1159EST on 1 May

6. Your page has to be uploaded to the ADSR 6.10 challenge gallery at NDISB here, but you are also encouraged to upload to our ScrapMatters.com gallery as well! Please review our gallery guidelines before posting!

Challenge 9

2011-04-26T17:49:00.000-07:00

I am starting to lag. I don't like challenge 9 and 10, I do not like them Sam I am! Here's challenge 9.

The Guild's ADSR Challenge:

We thought long and hard about coming up with a challenge that would be fun and also provide people with a variety of different directions in which they could take the challenge. We hope you have fun with this and can't wait to see how the challenge inspires you!

Challenge Theme: All About Me (yes, you have to scrap a page about yourself!)

Subject of Layout: Scrap about something you inherited from a family member (it can be a physical attribute ex: smile, nose, funny laugh, a personality quirk ex: sense of humor, fearlessness, a talent ex: sewing, great athlete, a certain passion ex: love for animals, love of gardening, etc.) You are NOT limited to these examples; if you can figure out something....anything....that you inherited from another family member and you can scrap about it....GO FOR IT!!

Rules/Requirements:

1. The layout must have two photos (it can have more). The two required photos must be one photo of yourself and a second photo that illustrates the "thing" that you inherited. For example, if you inherited your mother's cooking ability one photo must be of yourself and the second photo could either be a photo of your mom cooking, or a photo of a great meal, or even a photo of a favorite recipe or cookbook. As long as the second photo helps to illustrate the "thing" that you inherited it works.

2. The layout must have a title that uses one of the following:
-a mix of different fonts (at least 2) or
-a mix of different alphas (at least 2) or
-a mix of fonts and alphas (at least 1 font and 1 alpha)

3. The layout must including journaling explaining what the inheritance is

4. Your layouts must be posted in NDISB's ADSR 6 gallery. Although not required, we would also love to have you post your layout in our gallery. We have set up a special section just for ADSR racers HERE.

(Please note: you must be registered on the site in order to post in the gallery. If you are not already registered we invite you to do so. Please be aware that we manually moderate all new registrations to guard our users against spammers. Because of the Easter holiday if you register on Sunday you will not be approved until Monday morning. I do hope you understand and this does not prove to be too much of an inconvenience for any one.)

That's it!

Challenge 8

2011-04-24T20:28:00.000-07:00

The Green Life - Colie's Corner

Challenge 7

2011-04-24T20:27:00.000-07:00

I pulled out an old picture of Gabe that was taken in a garden setting for this "Garden" challenge.

Paper - Seeds of Tomorrow - Marshmella Designs
2 Different Trees - Tree's - Colie's Corner - The Green Life
2 Different Types of Leaves - Pumpkin Patch - Marshmella Designs AND Autumn Blush - Jennifer Barette
2 Different Types of Flowers - Both from Seeds of Tomorrow - Marshmella Designs
2 Different Rocks - ADSR 6 Freebie - Bernadette Hunt
Fence - Wyld Web Designs - All Hallow's Eve
Squirrel - ADSR 6 Freebie - Bernadette Hunt
Chipmunk - ADSR 6 Freebie - Bernadette Hunt
Mushrooms - ADSR 6 Freebie - Bernadette Hunt
Grass - Graham Like the Cracker - Let's Go Fly a Kite
Butterfly - Scrapmuss - You and Me CT collab
Bird - Birds of Spring - Statements by Jodi
Sun - Gingerscraps Collab - County Fair
frame - Seeds of Tomorrow - Marshmella Designs

Jodi's Challenge 8 LO

2011-04-21T09:07:00.000-07:00

This one was very easy for me and I finished the entire LO while the kids slept in this morning! They are both sick (as we all are here) so I let them sleep.

Jodi's challenge 7 LO

2011-04-20T18:32:00.000-07:00

I had a hard time with this one. I practically made every piece to this LO. I had to edit alot of the elements to fit my colors and textures.

Challenge 8

2011-04-19T18:03:00.001-07:00

Challenge 8 has been posted! I haven't even started challenge 7 but already know what picture I am going to use, and already have some elements picked out in my head lol.

Welcome racers! We are so excited to be a part of ADSR this year!
We have created a special gallery here at SUN if you'd like to show off your layouts, but it's not required. You are required to upload in the official ADSR gallery at NDISB found here.

Now to the good stuff...

We are a fast forward stop. What does this mean? The first team to finish the challenge can skip the next challenge, if you choose to do so. The first team that completes the challenge needs to post a link to your layouts (uploaded in the appropriate gallery at NDISB) in this thread so we can verify you actually finished first.

This year's theme is Family so here is our challenge:
What does family mean to you?

Think about the question, your answer, & create a layout using it. Simple, right?

Well... you're not getting off that easy....

Your Answer has to be in the Title of your layout.
Somewhere on your layout have either the question written out "What does family mean to me?" or you may also use "Family = (your answer)"

Example:
Somewhere on my page I have the question written out "What does family mean to me?" My title is "Drama"
So I've used the question and answered it. My answer is my title.
So then I make my layout about a moment when that particular word comes in, when something happened that I had to deal with Drama with my family (who doesn't have family drama... lol)

Photos are optional since there may not be a particular moment for it or you didn't want to take a photo while dealing with something such as Drama

That's not all! Now here's some additional rules. You may choose TWO out of the FIVE options. You MUST use at least TWO of them on your layout, any two. You can always use more than 2 if you want.

Use at least 2 different alphas for your title
Use at least 3 pattern papers
Use at least 3 solid papers
Use at least 2 different fonts in your journaling
Make a list of the reasons why you answered with that word (your title)

Example using same answer as above: Drama
1. Disagreements
2. Opening mouth...insert foot (what family member doesn't say something they shouldn't have said?..haha)
3. .... and so on

Let us know in your credits which of the two options you chose to use.

Now... that's all!

Jodi's challenge 6 card

2011-04-18T07:23:00.000-07:00

Here's the card I made for Michelle. I had the card done except the out of frame item. I was having a hard time with it so John suggested a rainbow. I recolored one I had with the colors from the kit I used and it worked out great.

Challenge 7

2011-04-18T07:18:00.001-07:00

Challenge 7 is going to be a real challenge for me.

WELCOME RACERS!
CPD is very proud of hosting this portion of the ADSR and we love having you all here with us!
Just to let you know we do have a special gallery just for the race HERE and we would love to see your pages and leave you some love!!
It is not required to post in the gallery here, but it is mandatory to post in the NDISB challenge gallery HERE

The theme for the entire race is: FAMILY. Here is the Challenge # 7 Our dear friend Elaine (aka emst) helped us with the rules and will answer the questions HERE in the forum:

This challenge is going to be about your Family in a Garden (the whole family or even just a single member of the family in a garden)

Since it’s a garden theme we are going to concentrate on what you might see when you are walking in a garden.

On that note you will build a Garden Scene by using the following elements and then you will frame your photo and add it to your scene.

1) Use one paper for your background, but NOT a scenic paper.

2) You will use each of the following elements at least once on your page. You can repeat any of the following elements but it is only the same element that you can use to repeat. For instance one of the elements for the challenge is going to be a butterfly, you may repeat that same butterfly, you may NOT add a different butterfly and you may NOT recolor any of the elements when you repeat them.

3) Here is your list of elements that must be used at least once on your layout.

2 Different Trees
2 Different Types of Leaves
2 Different Types of Flowers
2 Different Rocks
Fence
Squirrel
Chipmunk
Mushrooms
Grass
Butterfly
Bird
Sun

Again all or any of the elements may be repeated. Be sure to add your shadowing.

4) Add one frame and one photo

5) You may choose to do one of the following to finish your page.
Add a title, quote or journaling

Challenge 6 Card for Michelle

2011-04-15T18:12:00.000-07:00

I actually made 2 cards...because the first one didn't follow the rules so I made a minor change to make it qualify. I like the one that didn't follow the rules better...I think. It's so hard to decide.

This one doesn't follow the rules because I can only have 1 flower element and this one has 3.

I used:
GingerScraps Flower Shop Embossed Papers - Kathy Winters Designs
GingerScraps Flower Shop Wildflower - Pixels By Jen
GingerScraps Flower Shop Sweet Little Alpha - Wyld Web Designs

Challenge 6 - Optional

2011-04-15T07:49:00.000-07:00

Challenge 6 is very sad! I want to do it because I know Michelle could use some well wishes. The rules are strict though so I hope I can pull it off. Here is the challenge.

hallenge 6 for the ADSR was to be hosted by Digital Scrap Ink. Sadly, we
have just had news that the owner, Michelle is in hospital and is gravely
ill. Michelle has 2 young sons.

So we are a challenge short racers!

But,,,,, we know how wonderful you all are so what we decided to do was fill in
with an OPTIONAL challenge.

Optional means you do NOT have to complete this challenge if you do not wish
to. You will not be penalised if you do not complete it.

The challenge is to create a card wishing Michelle good wishes!

Your card MUST be A5 or 8 inches by 6 inches in size. It can be either portrait or landscape.
No, we are not going to be getting our tape measures out but it's just to
give you an idea of proportions.

Resize to 600 px 72 dpi for gallery submission.
For this challenge only, there are 2 posting requirements, please post your card in the official
NDISB gallery for challenge 6.6.
Please ALSO post your card in the gallery at Digital Scrap Ink
hopefully your wonderful well wishes will give Michelle and her family a much needed boost at this time of need.

Your card MUST have the colors pink and yellow on it, you can add any other
colors you wish but you must use pink and yellow.
Your card MUST have either 'Thinking of You'
or Wishing You Well' as the greeting.
NO other greeting is allowed.

You MUST use at least one each of the following:
1 Paper
1 Butterfly
1 flower
1 Button
1 ribbon

If you wish to repeat any of these elements that is fine.
If you repeat any of the elements, it MUST be the same element, not a
different one.

So for example, you can use the same ribbon twice but not 2 different
ribbons.

You may add any other elements that you wish other than those listed.
But if you choose to add a second button, it MUST be the same button as the
first one you used.
You may however add a different element such as a kite or balloon, or a
person for example.

You MUST use an Out of Bounds technique somewhere on your card.
For those of you who are not familiar with Out of Bounds, this is the technique
where you have something framed, or within a boundary, and part of it is OUT
of that boundary. Think outside the box here, it does not have to be a person in
a frame! It can be a bird in a cage with part of the bird escaping from the cage,
or a framed flower which is growing out of the frame.

I'm sorry I don't have time to post examples but I'm sure if you search around
galleries you will find an abundance of great examples. If anyone wants to post
one or two here that is fine.

You MUST list everything you have used in your image information.

Your prize for this challenge will be a Mini kit created by the NDISB Design
Team. Please be patient with us as we were not prepared for this so we have
yet to create it!

Challenge 5

2011-04-14T17:23:00.000-07:00

Another Day in Paradise - GingerScraps collab
Photo - taken by me
Font - Susie's Hand

Journaling
I dream of the day I will again return to the white sandy beaches of Hawaii. I long for a beach day to escape the everyday requirements of being a mom. I just hope I
don’t get sunburned!

Jodi's challenge 5 LO

2011-04-14T07:08:00.000-07:00

I don't really go anywhere without the family. I don't like doing things alone. So I chose to pick something that Hubby and I WILL be doing in the future. We are dropping the kids off at their aunts house and then heading to Lake George, NY for our 10 year anniversary for a few days. We will be doing a dinner cruise on our anniversary, something I have always wanted to do. Here's my LO. Oh I chose recipe 3.

I had to change my LO because DH can't be included in my LO. I am glad I did a LO that I like so I will save the original, but the one I had to submit to fit the rules is this one. It just basically says I would go on a cruise if I had me time.

Challenge 5

2011-04-11T12:55:00.001-07:00

Challenge 5 was posted.

PROJECT CHALLENGE...ALL RACERS MUST COMPLETE

We love to give choices around here, to help make your layouts more of your own. You will be able to make two significant choices for
making your layout. The theme for the entire race is: FAMILY....At the O, we like to throw a twist in things too So get ready for a SUPER FUN CHALLENGE...

So most of us love our families, and love to spend that QUALITY family time....BUT....don't we love to have some time to ourselves as well?? It's so rare that
we get that in the hustle and bustle of everyday life!!!!

Your first choice will be about the theme:

Scrap a page about what you would dream of doing for a whole day (or longer) if you could get away from the family. (This could be about another family member if you like)

OR

Scrap a page about when you have gotten away from the family for a day (or longer). What did you do without your family?? (Again, you can write about another family member if you like that has done this)

Your second choice is a recipe to help you create your layout:

We love recipes here and we also like to mix things up a little, so we've added our own twist on a classic recipe challenge. We're offering you a choice of recipes ... Please pick only one recipe ... your page may only consist of the items in the recipe you choose. YOU MUST LIST WHICH RECIPE NUMBER YOU USE IN YOUR CREDITS!!!!!!!

Recipe One (this is a no photo page)
Background Paper
Two More Papers
Frame
Title
Journal Block
Paint Splat or Glitter
One or More buttons (Can repeat the same button)
One Ribbon

Recipe Two
Background Paper
Three Flowers (can be the same flower used three times)
Word Art
One More Paper
Stamp or brush
One, Two or Three Photos
Date

Recipe Three (This is a White Space Page)
Background Paper
One Photo
Small Amount of Journaling
One Element of your choice (can be any element)

Challenge 4

2011-04-10T08:25:00.000-07:00

Hosted by DigiScrapStation

Intersection!

Racers you have hit an intersection and you and your team mate are required to work together on this challenge. The results of your teamwork is to be ONE layout that is presented to NDISB as proof of completing this challenge. HOWEVER, both members of the team may/should complete the layout as it would add to the value and enhance your collection of layouts from this race.

Here is the challenge: Traveling Family

Many families in these busy times are always on the go, to games, practices, school, friends and also on vacations. This layout is to be about your family's travels. It can be about the vehicles used to travel, about the locations your family travel to or about the actual travel itself.

One member of your team is to contribute the photos to be used in the layout along with the journaling, the other team member is to take the photos and journaling and create the layout. The layout should have a vehicle play a predominate part of the layout. Hopefully, the vehicle chosen will be the vehicle used in the photos or used to get to the place depicted in the photos.

Ways of incorporating the vehicle in to the layout could be:
journaling on a paper the shape of the vehicle
little vehicles traveling all along the sides of the layout
a huge shape of the vehicle backing the layout
shapes of the vehicle could be photo mats

Some teams may have members that do not have any immediate family - please remember there is not a strict definition of family being used for this challenge. A family may be you, your spouse and children, a family may be just you and a significant other, a family may be a single person with parents and/or siblings, the list could go on and on. But, please do not get hung up on this.

There is no limit to how many photos you include in your layout or a set amount of journaling that is required. But, you are to make sure it reflects the idea of a traveling family.

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Jodi provided me with photos and journaling and I created a LO using RoadTrip by Wyld Web Designs.

Challenge 3

2011-04-10T08:20:00.001-07:00

Our challenge is a composition challenge!
Create a layout telling about your family play time!
Most families enjoy doing things together, whether it be board games, sports, electronic games, indoor games,, or something quieter, or louder!

Tell us about your family games, if your family is split and all like to do their own thing,,, tell us what each member of your family likes to do!
You do not need a huge amount of journaling, but remember this layout will be for you, so you need enough to explain what everyone does and why they enjoy it.
You do not need to include a photo unless you want to, the layout of your page is more important than a photo for this challenge

The twist?
There's always a twist, right?
The plot of your layout should represent the game or games that you play!
For instance, if you're all into playing Monopoly,, your layout should look like a Monopoly board
If you like to play Parcheesi, it should look like a Parcheesi board
If you like playing Baseball, it should look like a baseball pitch
If you like playing Wii, it should look like a TV screen or a game console,,
If you're all quiet readers, your layout should look like a book

If you all like to do different things, you should try to incorporate at least 2 of these into your layout For instance a TV screen with a book page on the screen or a Monopoly board with a set of property depicting the various family activities

Get the idea?
( If you play the game, you should have an idea what the layout should look like, if not, a quick google will give you some ideas)

And your title must include any two of the following words game/s family winners players fun

You can really go to town with this if you wish
For example if you like to play a certain game, you could do a fantasy layout with yourselves IN that game,,
Or you can just stick with the composition layout portraying the activity or game, whichever you prefer.
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I am not going to lie. I didn't like this challenge at all and my LO shows it, but the elements I did use were from Shabby Seashore (a collab at GingerScraps) and a ball and a crab from Water Getaway by MandyMade available at GingerScraps as well.

Jodi's challenge 3 LO

2011-04-10T07:24:00.000-07:00

Oh forgot to post my LO! For challenge 3 I decided to do an aquarium LO. We love the local aquarium so bought season passes this past year and find ourselves there often.

Barbara's Challenge 2 LO

2011-04-02T21:44:00.000-07:00

I used Scouting is for Girls from North Meets South Studios. I love green and blue together so I just had to use the kit even though my little man is not a girl scout!

Jodi's Challenge 2 LO

2011-04-02T17:31:00.000-07:00

OOPS! I forgot to post my LO here.

Here's my challenge 2 LO.

2011-04-01T19:17:00.000-07:00

I finally completed my Challenge 1 LO! I used the kit Bailey by Julie Marie Designs. I LOVE the colors and will be using it over and over.

Jodi's Challenge 1 LO

2011-03-29T17:27:00.000-07:00

I decided to keep my first challenge LO simple. Not a whole lot going on besides the photos and journaling.

Linked to the gallery so you can comment if you like!

Challenge 2

2011-03-29T15:43:00.000-07:00

And since today is Tuesday already, challenge 2 has been posted! Here's challenge 2

http://www.scrappity-doo-dah.com/forum/showthread.php?t=11631

TUESDAY, MARCH 29 – Scrappity Doo Dah – FAST FORWARD! Project challenge for two players, but the first team finished may skip the APRIL3 challenge, if they wish

Peekaboo Family Inspirational Challenge - scrap a page about a family member that has inspired you.

Our Challenge is a "Peekaboo Family Inspirational Challenge". The goal is to scrap a page about a family member that has inspired you.

Please read all of the instructions before you begin and have fun!

1. Choose two background papers, one for the very back and one for the front layer.
Re-size the front paper so that the back paper shows through. Either have the front paper the same size smaller all around
or rotate the front paper so the back paper shows through.

2.Choose one photo for your LO and crop it to a 3" by 3" image or about a 900 pixels by 900 pixels image.
Place this either in the center of the page or somewhat off the center if you choose.

3. Use your shape tool to add at least three shapes of ANY shape above your front paper layer
as in a flower, a star, a circle, square or heart or any other shape you wish.
Select the shape on the shape layer with your magic wand tool and delete
from the front paper layer to show your background paper layer underneath in the shapes you cut out.
Make sure to add a good shadow to this front paper layer to see the cutouts.

4. Journal about someone in your family that is an inspiration to you.
It May be someone who gave you good advice or someone you look up to.
Journal between 25 and 50 words about this family member.

5. Cluster around your photo and on your page to complete the LO. Add shadowing and a title, with or without an alpha.
Adding a date if you choose to.

Challenge 1

2011-03-29T15:41:00.000-07:00

Challenge 1 was posted on Sunday. I am slowly getting my LO together. I am finding it harder to get the LO's done with Isaiah teething and walking.

Here is the first challenge.

http://www.digiscrapconnect.com/forums/index.php?/topic/18-adsr-6-challenge-1/page__pid__26#entry26

Since this is the first challenge, we'll go easy on you. Keeping in mind that this is 6th season of ADSR, we ask that you create a LO that's listing 6 fun facts about your family. Something that is unique about your family or something that sets your family apart. Or even 1-2 fun fact about each of your family member. Your fun babies ARE part of your family, feel free to include them! Introduce us to your family as the opening of this race! Since you're introducing your family, let's have at least one photo of your family.

How to define your family? How about this? - "A family isn't about whose blood you have, it's about who you care about!" Hopefully this will answer many of your immediate questions.

You may include more than just 6 items, but 6 is the minimum.

As a little check off list.. required parts are:
1. At least one photo of your family.
2. 6 items listing some trivia/fun facts about your family.

ADSR 6 is underway!

2011-03-28T06:49:00.000-07:00

We are now in a new season of ADSR! ADSR 6 has begun! That called for a blog makeover. I hope you like the new look. Stay tuned for our entries.

Jodi's Challenge 12 LO

2010-03-20T20:56:00.002-07:00

Barbara's Challenge 12 layout

2010-03-20T20:56:00.000-07:00

credits
The Earth Laughs in Flowers -Graham Like the Cracker
Border - Border Up - Misty O'Brien Designs

Jodi's Challenge 11 LO

2010-03-20T20:54:00.000-07:00

Credits:
Ginger Scraps - First Day of Spring
Polka Dot Plum's ADSR Humpty Dumpty Challenge Template

Barbara's Challenge 11 layout

2010-03-20T20:52:00.000-07:00

Credits

Back from OuterSpace - Statements by Jodi

Staples - Groovy Kind of Love - Statements by Jodi
Template pieces and Bird - Polka Dot Plum
Fonts used: A Truer Blue and Hobbes Font

Challenge 10 layout

2010-03-20T20:49:00.000-07:00

Challenge 10 LO was completed by Jodi

Credits:

Misty Obrian's Designs and Spinky Dink Scraps Collab - Everyday Happenings - Project 365
Daybreak Scraps - About Our Love

Jodi's Challenge 9 LO

2010-03-20T20:48:00.000-07:00

Credits
Daybreak Scraps - You Are
HarmonyStar - Swirly Gig

Barbara's Challenge 9 LO

2010-03-20T20:45:00.000-07:00

Yellow background paper and green paper with dots - Let's Go Fly a Kite by Graham Like the Cracker
Border Template - Border Up by Misty O'Brien Designs
font - Elise and Jellyka, Saint-Andrews Queen
Everything else from the kit Smile Everday by Damayanti Studio

Challenge 10

2010-03-11T09:19:00.000-08:00

Challenge 10 is from Inspiration Lane

welcome racers!

here is Challenge #10!

Your Inner Artist

this is an intersection challenge, so both racers must work on a single layout

we are all about inspiration around here - we strive to inspire you to create the best pages you can with forum challenges, blog challenges, freebies, wishes, ... so we want to know....

what inspires your inner artist?

it can be anything from kids to hubbys to other people in your lives to places you've been/live/work... you get the idea
we want to see what inspires you in your life! (it does not have to be scrap-related!)

*your layout must include 2 photos - 1 photo from each racer - that show what inspires each of you in your lives

that's it! no other requirements, just let the inspiration flow

Challenge 9

2010-03-10T10:55:00.001-08:00

found at OScraps

Hello, racers! Welcome to Oscraps! We're very excited to be the next stop on your journey.

Now, on to the challenge...

The first step of the challenge is to look at the color wheel. You and your partner must choose opposing colors on the wheel, so for example, if you pick blue, your partner must use orange. It should be the predominant color in the layout but it does not have to be the only color used. Please use THIS color wheel to make your selections. As long as you are using opposing colors, they do not have to be in the same band.

The second step is incorporate this quote in some way.
“Creativity is inventing, experimenting, growing, taking risks, breaking rules, making mistakes, and having fun.” - Mary Lou Cook
You can use any part of this quote as your inspiration. For example, you could make a layout about growing. You could make a layout about breaking the rules, etc. You can use any part of the quotes or words from the quote. The quote itself does NOT have to appear on your page.

The third step is to include the following:
You MUST include paint. This item is mandatory.

Then, pick 7 more from this list:
swirls
glitter
black and white photo
2 alphas
something metal
stitching
patterned paper
funky font
journaling

Please note that an item does NOT count for more than one category. So, for example, if you were to use a glitter swirl, it would either count for swirls OR glitter, NOT for both. You MUST have different pieces for each of your seven mandatory items. Also, if you decide not to use a black and white photo, that's fine, you can still use color photo(s) or no photo. You can use anything else that you want on your layout as long as you meet the mandatory requirements.

Barbara's Challenge 8 LO

2010-03-06T23:04:00.000-08:00

I used Buckaroo Blues by Teri's Thing-O-My-Jigs

Barbara's Challenge 7 LO

2010-03-06T18:44:00.000-08:00

I was not looking forwad to this challenge because I don't like scrapping about myself, but I sucked it up and did it anyway. I'm happy with my list, but this is probably the most plain LO I have ever created. I just wasn't into scrapping about my bucket list (to be honest). I used Dot Dot Dash by Teri's Thing-O-My-Jigs.

Challenge 8 - Jodi

2010-03-05T14:14:00.001-08:00

I was very excited about this challenge. I had a few ideas in my head of what I wanted to do but I always went back to this idea. I just can't wait till I have this baby. I have baby on the brain!

Journaling with title - Someday Soon... I will see your beautiful face, touch your tiny hands and feet, kiss your precious head, and hold you in my arms.

Click the image to go to the gallery for credits.

Challenge 8

2010-03-05T14:09:00.000-08:00

Challenge 8 was found at Elemental Scraps

Special Note: This is a FAST FORWARD Challenge! The first team to complete this challenge will have the option of SKIPPING next week's challenge if they choose!

We've all said "someday...". Whether it's "someday, I'm going to get this filing cabinet cleared" or "someday, I'm going to find happiness" or anything in between. So, we want to see your "someday".

In order to allow as much creative license as possible, we have very few stipulations about what you need to use on your layout, but of course there are a few.

- Your layout must contain journaling. Whether you choose for it to be 1 line of journaling, or an entire page of journaling, is up to you.
- Somewhere in your journaling or title it must say "someday". If you want to make the title 'Someday', that's fine. If you would rather make your title something else completely and just mention 'someday' in the journaling, that works too. Even if you happen to have a 'someday' word art you want to use, that's fine as well! As long as we can see 'someday' on your page somewhere, it counts!
- We love elements here at Elemental Scraps, so of course we would love to see some on your page. At least 10 of them! But, use your creativity! If you want to use 10 pieces of ribbon and no other elements, that's fine! If you pick one button, 3 staples, 2 flowers, 3 ribbons and a frame, that works too. If in doubt, feel free to add more.
- I am currently obsessed with tone on tone papers. So, I'd like the background of your page to be a tone on tone patterned paper. If you don't have any tone on tone papers in your stash, you can use the one below. Otherwise, tone on tone paper you already have will work.

Challenge 7 LO - Jodi

2010-03-04T08:43:00.000-08:00

I was pretty excited about this challenge but found that I had a hard time getting past the 30's lol. I know I have alot more of that on my to do list in life but it was hard coming up with them on the spot. I pushed through and came up with a LO that I am very proud of!

Some of them have been moved around a bit on my LO though. I wrote the list and then when I put the list into my LO I had to move some around to make it fit better. I also see I have some typos in my LO lol. Oh well.

50 things I would like to do in my lifetime

1. Sell my house
2. Buy a bigger house
3. Take my children to Disney World
4. Go to Australia
5. See all the big US landmarks
6. Go to the Olympics
7. Go to a Superbowl
8. Watch my children grow up well
9. Help my daughter pick out her prom dress
10. Home school both my children
11. Help my daughter plan her wedding
12. Attend both my children's weddings
13. Watch both my children graduate college
14. Go to Hawaii
15. Take my children to the Cayman Islands
16. Hold my first grandchild
17. Move to a warmer state
18. Live closer to my family
19. Watch my nieces and nephews grow up well
20. Visit all 50 states
21. Lose weight and keep it off
22. Own a brand new car
23. See the only 2 surviving pictures of my grandfather
24. Become a better photographer
25. Master my DSLR camera
26. Go on a cruise
27. Get lasik eye surgery
28. Visit family in Colorado
29. Pay off my student loans
30. Spend more time with family
31. Stay married till death do us part
32. Go on a real vacation with my family
33. Take my family camping
34. Finish 1 paper scrapbook for each of my children
35. Become a better scrapper
36. See the Northern Lights
37. Take better care of my feet
38. Finish my dollhouse to give to my daughter
39. Be debt free and stay debt free
40. Finish all the VC Andrews books
41. Decorate our house to look like a page from a magazine
42. Get a pedicure
43. Continue to donate to charity
44. Be someone my kids can look up to
45. Pray more
46. Be a Godly woman
47. Have a healthy second baby
48. Spend more time with my friends
49. Have more me time
50. Go to Heaven before my children

Challenge 7

2010-03-04T08:32:00.000-08:00

Challenge 7 was found at Scrap Orchard and was a Bucket List!

Welcome to Scrap Orchard! We are so excited to be participating in ADSR again! Last year was fabulous and we can only expect pure awesomeness for this year too!

If you raced last year, you might remember our challenge was thought provoking and a little on the tough side. This year when we started planning our challenge, we decided we wanted to step it up a notch! We've come up with a fabulous challenge and we think you will absolutely *love* it!

Without further ado, Scrap Orchard ADSR 5 Challenge 7:

The Bucket List
Scrap 50 Things you would like to do in your lifetime. (While a Bucket List is typically a list of 100 things you would like to do in your lifetime, we've cut the number down to 50, given that you are all under a serious time constraint. However, if you would like to list more than 50 things, you may!)

When making your list, please keep your items realistic, things you could actually do, achieve and cross-off your list. For instance, we would all love to win the Lottery, but we have no real control over or means to ensure we are the winner, so it's not a feasible goal. Your items can be small, outrageous, bizarre, modest.. just make sure you have at least 50 of them!

Once you have scrapped your list (we hope you cherish and start working on your list once the challenge is over), please upload your layout to the ADSR 5 Gallery and post a link in your team's thread so you can receive credit for completing the challenge. Psssst.. we would love to have you upload your layouts to our Gallery too, so we can see all your awesomeness! To make it easier on the fabulous ADSR checkers, please include a numbered list in your layout description!

Jodi's Challenge 5 LO

2010-03-03T17:33:00.000-08:00

Ok here's my challenge 5 LO.

Click the image to go to the gallery for credits!

Challenge 6 LO - Barbara

2010-03-03T03:36:00.000-08:00

Port Au Prince -Song Bird Avenue
Tags -Gunhild

Challenge 5 LO - Barbara

2010-03-03T03:35:00.000-08:00

I used: flower, papers, button, string (ribbon), staples, alpha, and theme was about chocolate.
Template by Photo Cowgirl
Orange Flower - So Funky by Designs by Sassy
Leaves - Ritzy LuLu by flutter expressions
Scatter Beads - Sense of Adventure by Happy Scrap Girl
Brown Paper with small circles - Nighty Night by Shabutt's Digi-Scrapz
button, String/Ribbon, striped paper, yellow paper, and blue paper - Country Love by Ramona Scraps
Staples - Serenity by Happy Scrap Girl
Alpha - Chocolate Kisses by Harmonystar

challenge 6 ROADBLOCK

2010-03-03T03:33:00.000-08:00

For this challenge we have reached a ROADBLOCK. Huh? What does that mean you ask? Well, this means that only one of us could complete this challenge.

Theme: Scrap Yourself!

Directions:
1. Select 2 papers, solid/solid, solid/pattern, pattern/pattern.
2. Lay your first paper so that if covers the entire workspace.
3. Take the second paper insert it into your LO and decrease the size so that the paper is slightly smaller than the bottom layer.
4. Shadow the top layer.
5. Select a photo of you when you were younger and another one of you taken within the past year.
6. Photos should be 4 x 6. They can be vertical or horizontal. They can be color, sepia, or black/white.
7. Place the younger version of you in the top right quadrant of your layout.
8. Frame it.
9. Place the most recent photo of you in the lower right hand quadrant of your layout.
10. Frame it.
11. Select the following number of elements and cluster the areas around these photos.
Buttons - 4
Flowers - 4
Leaf//Leaves - 2
Heart shapes - 2
String / Twine - 2
Glitter/Bling - 2 (If you have glitter on a flower or other element, you can not count it towards your glitter/bling requirement)
Metals - 4 (this can be staples, keys, brads etc... it must be obvious)
Ribbon - 2
Flourishes - 2
12. Type up 10 words to describe yourself. They can be in any font, as long as its legible, and would prefer they be positives about you.
13. Tuck these words near your clustering -- they must be visible and not hidden by elements.
14. Insert the following Title, anywhere on your layout : This one is for me!

Challenge 5 is up!

2010-02-21T19:02:00.000-08:00

It can be found here http://www.prettyscrappy.com/vforum/showthread.php?p=27642#post27642

Hi Everyone & Welcome to Pretty Scrappy! We are very happy to have you stop by us and we promise to not make this too difficult for you.

Text version in case you need to translate:
Pretty Scrappy Recipe Challenge
The requirements for this challenge are fairly simple. Follow the guidelines being as creative as possible using the recipe below. You can incorporate other items into your layout, but you must use at least 6 of the items listed. Since this is the month of Valentine's Day, your special challenge is to incorporate CHOCOLATE into your layout. So, 6 items in the recipe and chocolate!
* 1 ribbon * 1 tree
* 1 button * 1 staple
* 2 papers * 1 set of stitching
* 1 frame * 1 tag
* 1 flower * 1 alpha

For completing this challenge, you will receive:

Deadline to complete: Midnight EST Sunday February 28
Gallery NSIB: Post to sub-forum ADSR5.5 (wasn't available to link yet)
Gallery PS: If not registered in the gallery, please register (yes it is seperate from the forum) & post here -- add ADSR as additional category.

We hope that you stop back show off your layouts in our gallery as we would love to see them! Any one who posts their layout in our gallery will receive a special gift from us!

Oh and the most important part... HAVE FUN!!!

Our Challenge LO's

2010-02-21T13:51:00.000-08:00

Sorry we haven't been keeping up with our blog! I am going to try and catch up real quick. Since we have not posted ANY of our LO's so far I will post challenges 1-4 LO's here.

Challenge 1 Barbara's

Jodi's

Challenge 2

Barbara's

Jodi's

Challenge 3

Barbara's

Jodi's

Challenge 4:

Barbara's

Jodi's

Combined

Challenge 2 is here!

2010-02-10T16:53:00.001-08:00

Recipe/Challenge:

Theme: 5 things I LOVE about....(choose a person, topic, idea, etc. Be Creative!)
Title: use a combination of 5 fonts and/or alphas (example: use 2 different fonts and 3 different alphas)
Photos: use 5 photos, one of the photos must have the number 5 in it!
Use 5 different elements of the same type (example: use 5 different flowers or 5 different buttons, etc.)

Season to taste: add ingredients from your digital pantry to make this layout your own!

First Challenge of Season 5 has been posted!!

2010-02-07T19:41:00.001-08:00

Welcome to Season 5 of the Amazing Digi Scrapping Race! We're excited to kick off the race at NDISB. To ease you back into the race, and to indoctrinate new racers, we've come up with a nice and easy challenge to get you started. Is that an oxymoron? Like jumbo shrimp? Easy challenge? In any case, we tried not to make it TOO challenging.

There are only three basic rules:

1) Your layout is about your partner. Introduce your partner to us. How you do this is entirely up to you. You can interview them, you can send them a questionnaire, you can use 5 words that best describe them, you can journal how you met for this race, or if you've been partners for years, you can make your page about a friendship that started with a crazy internet race and has since turned into so much more. The only rule is, the layout is about your partner and you need to tell us something about them.

2) You must include at least one photo of your partner. Large, small, color, b&w, of their face, back of their head, feet, whatever. But it must be a picture of your partner.

3) You must choose one layout from your partner's gallery and scraplift that as the page design for your layout. Only the placement of items is needed. You don't have to lift the colors, theme, etc. Just the overall placement of papers, elements, title and journaling.

Upload your completed layout to the ADSR5.1 Gallery and link us to your partner's layout in whatever gallery you found it. I know we have at least one team where a wife coerced, I mean encouraged, her husband to participate. In this case, there may not be an existing gallery. In this case, please have your partner choose a layout from anyone's gallery that he or she really likes, as your design inspiration.

Yippee - ADSR 5 is Here!!

2010-01-21T15:29:00.000-08:00

Jodi and I are going to race again! I am looking forward to racing this year. I have been out of scrapping practice though. Since returning to work in the office several months ago I have lost my scrapping abilities or so it seems that way. I take forever to do just one layout!! The race pushes me to get great layouts done quickly. Follow Jodi and I on our adventure...

And the winners are!

2009-02-27T08:01:00.001-08:00

Sure enough there is a video on the blog I mentioned before. So here are the winners.

Second runners up:

Team 33 - Lost Chicks

First runners up:

Team 66 - PSP Mama's

And the grand prize winners:

Team 217 - scrappin' angels

Not my team (2 Scrappy Chicks) and no one I know.

The prizes along the way were great and the race was lots of fun!

Thanks for reading our blog!

Teams that finished the race

2009-02-26T11:26:00.001-08:00

203 teams finished the race! Wow that's so amazing considering we started with 236 teams!
So that means we all have a 1 in 203 chance of winning the grand prize! WOW that really puts things into perspective. Actually I think the chances are a little better than that because some of the teams are not eligible for the grand prize because they were members of the NDISB team.

I got my information from their blog at http://www.ndisb-adsr.blogspot.com/

I guess the good news is that there are going to be 3 winners. 1st place gets the biggest prize and then there are two runner ups that get a smaller prize (2nd and 3rd place).

Good luck everyone!

Someone who raced in previous years said that she remembered they did a video of the drawing on the above blog so keep checking that blog for the winners!

Challenge 13 is complete!!

2009-02-17T12:31:00.001-08:00

We used the kit Where the Heart Grows by GG Digital Designs. In the left layout it's a picture of Jodi and her husband, John, and me and my husband, John, on our respective wedding days.

Journaling:
There are many forms of love, that is the beauty of it.
Love is so diverse.
Our hearts are so big that we have room for all the different types of love.
The love we have for our husbands, for our children, our families, our friends, and even the love we have for perfect strangers.
Isn't love a wonderful thing!?

I did the left side... The layout includes a picture of Jodi and her family (bottom) me with my family (top). The hands/heart picture is a picture of my hands in the shape of a heart and then editted. Photo taken by my husband, John.

Journaling:

The love for a child is immeasurable. It is not something you can put a price on or buy more of. There is an endless supply of love waiting to be given to each & every child we bring into the world. A parent's LOVE for a child is like no other. A child's love for a parent is the most rewarding type of love. It is the kind of love where you do not need to be loved in return to know you truly are loved.

Challenge 13

2009-02-17T12:29:00.000-08:00

CHALLENGE 13 IS NOW OPTIONAL! If you do it, you are eligible for the ADSR4 Diversity Collaboration Kit below.

It’s Friday the 13th and you are about to embark on your 13th challenge. You have entered…. (queue scary music) the ADSR Zone!

For this challenge, you will work together as a team to create a single two-page layout, with each of you creating one half. Because you are each completing your own half of a two-page layout, there is no need to swap files and otherwise transfer large documents (yay!)

For completing this challenge, NDISB will give you this mega kit, called Diversity. And because diversity is intersecting with Valentines Day in the ADSR Zone, your challenge is to create a two-page layout about the diversity of love.

You must collaborate on your two-page layout and it must coordinate. Both the overall design and color scheme/kit must coordinate. Since you’ve already accessed 10 challenge prizes, you should already have a variety of matching collab kits to choose from. But if you feel the need to step outside that, you can peruse plenty of freebies from our host sites:

Samplers at NDISB

FREE*bies at Anita Stergiou Designs

Samplers at Elemental Scraps

Free Gifts from Inspiration Lane

Free Products from KB and Friends

Freebies from Oscraps

Free Treats from Pixel Gypsy Designs

Here are your assignments. It doesn't matter which team member does which assignment, but just make sure you have one of each when you're finished. Also be sure to put your journaling and your supply list in your description when you post your layout.

Left Page:
Use exactly 3 papers
1 must be in a shape
Use exactly 3 photos
1 must be B & W
Use exactly 3 flowers
Use exactly 2 strings/ ribbons
Use exactly 2 staples
You may use other embellishments as needed, as long as they are not flowers, strings, ribbons, staples, papers or photos.

Journal at least 5 sentences (must include the word love).

Right Page:
Use at least 4 papers
1 must be a print, all others must be plain
Use exactly 2 photos
Crop 1 photo into a shape
Use exactly 3 staples
Use only 1 flower
Use only 1 string/ ribbon
Use exactly 1 frame
Use exactly 1 alpha

journal at least 5 sentences (must include the words heart and diverse, or diversity).

You may not use any other embellishments or items on your page.

When uploading your layout, please do not place any description or journaling in the description box prior to hitting the submit button. When the second page comes up, please cut and paste the challenge into the description box, and itemize each paper or element used, according to the challenge. Our weary volunteers are going to need eye exams after this, and I don't know that we can afford to pay for all of them! Thanks for all of your help and we hope that you have enjoyed Season 4 of the Amazing Digi Scrapping Race!

Both layouts are due by midnight EST, Sunday February 22. Yes, that’s right, you have 9 full days to get this in!

Challenge 12 layout

2009-02-14T17:10:00.001-08:00

Credits
Ribbon, stitched, flowers, butterfly, swirls - Kindred Spirit by Erica Zane
Lace Paper - "Hanukkah Nights" Statements by Jodi
Paper Strips - Gunhild
Font - Worstveld Sling
Locket - "Memory Box" Dreamers Magic Designs, Kelly Walker Edited by Jodi
Black paper - Sunshine Studio Scraps "Sunny ADSR" colab
Glitter - megadoodle
Word Art - Story Tellers

Journaling:

I do not have many photos of me growing up because we had 2 fires when I was a child and most of my photos got lost in those fires.
Although I cherish the photos that I do have, I wish I had more. This is why I always have a camera and why I am in so few photos myself, because I am the one who is always taking the photographs.
I don't mind though because I know that when my daughter grows up she will have all the photos that I wished I had.
I love to know the stories behind old photos that I come across so I love to scrap my daughter so I can preserve those stories for her.
I know that some day she will look back on them and be grateful for the preserved memories. That is why I am a storyteller.

Jodi I have never been one to tell stories. I have always been the kind of person to keep my personal life to myself or to simply keep it within the family. My views of story telling changed after I had my son, Gabe. One day I got to thinking I do not know many of the cute things (or not so cute things) I did while growing up and it saddens me. Of course, I have some pictures from my life, but I do not know the stories associated with them. I do not blame my mom for this by any means, as she did have her hands full being the best mom to me and my siblings, but she always tells me she cannot remember the specific details since there were five of us to keep her busy. However, not knowing the stories associated with pictures from my life made me want to scrap "moments in time" so I can share the "good times, bad times, funny times, sad times, and the ups and downs and all arounds of life" with my children. Story telling freezes time for me, even if it is just for a moment. I hope to one day look back at the layouts I have created when I am old and gray and say "I remember this exact moment". It is my way of preserving the life I have with my family now for when I cannot remember much of anything. This is why I am a story teller.

Challenge 12

2009-02-14T17:09:00.001-08:00

Challenge 12 is located at {we are} Storytellers:

"This challenge is an INTERSECTION -- Players must collaborate on one project.

Pretend you and your team mate are sitting on a porch, sipping a cup of tea and chatting. You stumble upon the topic of storytelling, your eyes light up and you begin talking about why storytelling is so important to each of you.

Please create a layout that expresses what storytelling means to each of you. Why did you each choose this form (scrapbooking in general and/or digital specifically) to tell your stories? Why is storytelling important? How do you feel about storytelling (is it a creative outlet, way to express your words, document your family's experiences, etc.) Why are you a storyteller? (You don't have to answer all these questions, consider them food for thought and to give you an idea as to what we are looking for.)

Your story must include:

{we are} storytellers word-art provided (see below) -- you may alter the word-art if you would like.
At least 1/2 of the layout must be journaling, more the better
At least 5 elements/embellishements
No more than 2 pieces of paper
Only 2 small photos, 1 of each of you, placed in the bottom right hand area of your page. IF you have a photo of the two of you together, you may use it and only required to have 1 photo. The bottom line, we want to see your beautiful faces!"

Challenge 11 layout

2009-02-14T17:06:00.000-08:00

Credits: Big Top by Amber LaBau of Stolen Moments

Jodi's challenge 11 LO

2009-02-09T09:44:00.000-08:00

I told hubby the challenge and he gave me this idea. He told me the question and said I should scrap a photo of a cross. I loved the idea so much I just had to do it. So thanks John for the wonderful idea!
I really love how it turned out too.

Credits:
Alpha - Snowsmoon's Designs - Dawn Mills "Romantic Heritage"
Clouds - Megakit baby-cafe "Summer - Time" by Lencula
Clock - AWP "Vinegar and brown paper"
Paper - Statements by Jodi "O Holy Night"
Frame and Dove - Nydia M. Acabá (Nydia’s Scraps) "Happy Holidays"
Photo - Stock photo from http://www.sxc.hu 0 - Uploaded by bradimarte
Nails and crosses blended into the paper - Amy W. Designs - "Risen"

Challenge 11 is here!

2009-02-08T17:49:00.001-08:00

Welcome to the Orchard!!

We are so excited to be your next stop in the ADSR! Now... being a racer myself, I know you just want to get right down to business, but make sure you stop by our blog because we have a lot of exciting things going on right now that you are definitely going to want to check out (including a BIG sale and a BRAND NEW DESIGNER)!!

THE QUESTION IS:

You know the drill!

You can ask any one person (dead or alive; family, friend, famous or foe) one question. Who would it be and what would you ask them?

Hmmm… interesting. But let’s up the ante a bit, shall we? (if you are familiar with my “Bring It” Challenge, you know I’m not gonna let you get off that easy!!)

Here are some layout requirements:

1. Your layout can have only ONE photo. The photo must either be of the person to whom you are posing the question OR must represent the question you are asking.

2. You MUST include your question in your layout and your question can be the ONLY words/journaling on your layout. This means you have to tell us what your question is, but that’s it. You can’t explain the question or answer the question. I'm a big fan of “less is more”, so express yourself through just your question and your photo.

It’s that easy, right?

Once you have completed this challenge, post your layout in the official ADSR Gallery with a link in your team's forum thread. Each team to complete the challenge before the deadline will receive this gorgeous collaboration kit:

Challenge 9 layout

2009-02-06T20:01:00.001-08:00

credits:
lace, papers, flowers, frame from Moments kit by Summer Driggs
Viewer and note paper by Farrahs Designer Scraps
Backward Brad - Scrap Journal Kity by Digital Scrap Obession (KIM B)
Metal Alpha Beads - Scrappin Cop
Rope - from template by Kellie Puddy

Challenge 10 is done!

2009-02-06T13:33:00.000-08:00

I finished Challenge 10! It was lots of fun.

Credits:
Vicki - A Work in Progress -
Bring on spring
Autumn Dream
Citrus Berry
Blue Earth
Hazy Summer
Breakfast At Tiffanys
Oodles of Doodles

Ginger - Ginger Scraps
A Mermaid Tail

1. What are your 2 favorite movies? 50 First Dates and In Her Shoes

2. Who are your 2 favorite Singers? Harry Connick Jr. and Enrique Iglesias

3. What are your 2 favorite foods? Lasagna and Eggplant Parm

4. Who are your 2 favorite Actors/Actresses? Sandra Bullock and Christian Bale

5. What are your 2 favorite colors? green and blue

6. Who are your 2 favorite digi scrap designers? Jofia Devoe and Gina Marie Huff

7. What is your favorite number? 9

8. Who is your favorite author? Jennifer Weiner

9. What is your favorite season and Why? Spring. When the flowers and trees are in bloom I can't help but be happy!

10. Use 2 words to describe yourself. Thoughtful and creative

Challenge 9 - Generations - Jodi

2009-02-05T11:55:00.001-08:00

Ok here is my Challenge 9 LO.

Credits:
Bon Scrapatit Designs - "Love Me Tender"
Anita Stergiou Designs - "Brand New Day" bird
Gunhild

Challenge 10!

2009-02-03T16:29:00.000-08:00

Challenge 10 can be found at Pixel Gypsy Designs

ROADBLOCK!
This project challenge is to be completed by the Racer who did NOT do the January 20 challenge.

It Takes Two:

Interview your race partner (ask at least 5 questions) and create a layout (with a photo) based on that interview. The layout must contain supplies from two designers—no more, no less, and the color scheme must consist mainly of two colors. Minor accent colors are allowed, but 2 colors must stand out most prominently.

Prize: $10 gift certificate good for any personal use products in the PGD store.

Challenge 9!

2009-02-02T11:07:00.000-08:00

Here are the instructions for challenge 9 and they can be found here.

Welcome, participants in the Amazing Digiscrapping Race, Season 4!

We at KB and Friends are delighted to be your host for the project challenge that begins today, Sunday, Feb. 1. Our challenge is one that each racer must complete.

This week’s challenge is: Generations.

Your scrapbook page completed for this challenge must include:

Photos of at least two generations of family members (the more generations, the better). KB and Friends specializes in vintage and retro-style digital scrapbooking kits, so we encourage you to dig out those old family photos and scan them, if you have any.
Lace.
Something metal, preferably, old metal.
At least one flower.
At least one vintage or retro-style element. It can be ephemera, an old book, an old clock, and so on.

Here’s a layout I made of the three generations of women in my family.

Those of you who successfully complete the challenge will receive $5 worth of your choice of digital scrapbook products by me, Kathryn Balint, from the shoppe here at KB and Friends.

Racers, while you’re here, check out our new "free" category in our shoppe. We have more than a dozen kits that we have "retired" but, rather than put them away for good, we’ve decided to give them away at no charge in appreciation of the digital scrapbooking community’s support over the years. You must register as a user in the store to be able to download the free kits.

Challenge 8 layout

2009-01-30T11:20:00.000-08:00

Credits: New Year by Gingerscraps
Staples and Brads by Harmonystar

LO inspiration: http://www.digishoptalk.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=511465&ppuser=4911

Challenge 8 Instructions

2009-01-30T11:19:00.000-08:00

Here is your challenge info:

FAST FORWARD! This challenge is for both players, but the first team finished may skip the FEBRUARY 1 challenge if they wish!

A lot of us here at Oscraps are totally excited about the new season of American Idol...so we decided to make our own version...Scrapping Idol!

What is a Scrapping Idol, you ask?
Scrapping Idol: a scrapper that amazes, inspires, awes, and/or makes you want to be able to scrap just like them.

We all have a scrapper that makes us drool over every single layout they crank out. So, your challenge begins with going to that person's gallery and choosing a layout to scraplift. Go on...you know you want to.

Ok, got a layout in mind? Here's what you have to do to complete this stop on ADSR:

1. Scraplift a layout from the gallery of your Scrapping Idol.
Flip it, twist it, turn it, do whatever you gotta do. Just make sure your layout is inspired in some way by your idol's layout. If it isn't obvious how you scraplifted the layout, be sure to explain it in your credits...we don't want those poor ADSR judges working too hard, do we?

2. Include a star somewhere on your layout.
The star can be a brush, a doodle, a sticker, an element, star paper, a star of ANY type! If you need a star, we have at least one in our freebie section of the store! Here's a link to our Freebie section!

3. Include the word DREAM somewhere on your layout.
It doesn't matter where or how, just make sure the word DREAM is somewhere on your layout. If it is the journaling, please include the journaling in your credits. The word "dream" will be accepted in any language...just please point it out for the judges.

4. Please link up to the layout you lifted in your credits.

Yep...that's all, folks. I'm all about keeping things simple in 2009....so I thought I'd keep this challenge pretty simple! So go...be inspired by your Scrapping Idol...and create your own masterpiece for us all to drool over!

You are not required to post your layout here at Oscraps, but if you'd like us to oooh and ahhh over it here, you can post it in our ADSR #4 2009 Gallery.

The prize for this challenge is a coupon good for one of our Oscraps Collaboration Kits. ($6.00 maximum)

My challenge 7 and 8 LO's

2009-01-28T19:46:00.001-08:00

I did my LO for challenge 8 first and then the LO for challenge 7. So I am just going to post them both in this thread.

Challenge 7

Credits:
Sunshine studio scraps "Sunrise Special"
and Atomic Cupcake

Challenge 8

Credits:
"Tiny Treasures" - Statements by Jodi - ME!
"Whoville" - Ginger Scraps
"Januarry 2009" - Gotta Pixel

Inspiration LO

http://www.digishoptalk.com/gallery/...p;limit=recent

Challenge 7 layout

2009-01-28T11:38:00.000-08:00

Credits:
Sunrise Special a Sunshine Studio Scraps Collaboration
Tag - Bottom of the Toybox
Metal Swirl - Kickin Up the Leaves by Weeds and Wildflowers
Word art by Dirty Feet Designs
border - Girly Glass Mozaic by Bohemian Art

We've made it to Challenge 7

2009-01-25T06:34:00.000-08:00

Stop 7 for the race is at Sunshine Studio Scraps. This is a normal challenge so each racer must complete this challenge to move on.

Our Challenge:
Download the freebie from the SUN named Sunrise Special...

Make a layout using everything in the freebie. You may recolor, resize, etc. as long as you use it all in some way.
** You can use other products in addition to this freebie **

Challenge 6 Layout

2009-01-24T18:06:00.000-08:00

This was a difficult challenge...not because of the instructions per say, but rather the clarity of the instructions. There were so many "ifs" and "uncertainties". I created a beautiful layout that I absolutely love, but did not submit it because I was afraid it didn't follow the rules so I created an entirely different layout (which I really don't like much at all). So here they are:

My entry for challenge 6 (scrap lifted from Jodi's pictured below mine).

Credits: Saturday in the Park by Bon Scrapatit

This is the LAYOUT I DID and LOVE, but did not submit for the challenge because I was afraid it was going to cause us to be eliminated. I wasn't sure if we were supposed to use the EXACT layout for everything or just the photo placement. Also I wasn't sure if Jodi used 3 bows I had to use 3 bows. I just wasn't sure if we had to use the exact elements, the same number of elements, or the same number of items. I still don't know the answer and it was rather frustrating.

Credits:
Venci by Kathrin Pfetzing
Feathers from Cute as a Button by Lily Designs
Date tag from Dream Whispers by Jofia Defoe.

The above layout was based on Jodi's layout here:

ADSR Challenge 5

2009-01-21T12:21:00.001-08:00

Credits: Cute as a Button my Lily Designs

Challenge 5 LO

2009-01-20T16:50:00.001-08:00

Here is my Challenge 5 LO.

The Sign under the tree says from top to bottom, Future - Past
The journaling is a poem I wrote. This LO represents the photos that I wish I had of my uncle who passed away a year and a half ago and my daughter Rebekah.

Challenge 5!

2009-01-18T17:59:00.000-08:00

Woo Hoo! I was the first to find this challenge! It can be found here.

Welcome to Round 5 of the Amazing DigiScrapping Race!

Your challenge for this stop is to create a layout that has no photos on it, but includes at least 3 different and separate photo frames.

Sometimes we have special thoughts, feelings and/or memories about a person or place or event or pet or whatever, but no photos. OR, we could be missing someone who has passed on or something that is no longer in our lives and would dearly love to be able to express that on a page.

Because scrapbooking is all about recording our life journey and that of our family we can still create a page to record and preserve those special thoughts, feelings and/or memories with a little thought and planning and with the creative use of photo frames and journaling (although journaling is not required for this challenge).

You could even try doing a collage of elements and paper cut-outs within the photo frames to create a pictorial representation of your missing photos.

The prize for Racers completing this challenge is a $10.00 coupon to the AnitaStergiouDesigns.com Shoppe, valid until January 31 2009.

Remember ~ enjoy the process!!!!

Happy racin' ~ Happy scrappin'

Challenge 4 layout

2009-01-17T19:19:00.000-08:00

Credits:
Chance of Rain kit by Bon Scrapatit
Pencil by Blue Dream Designs
Hand prints (recolored) and Date It Strip by Shawn Headley
Glitter splat (recolored) by Pimp Your Scrapbook

Journaling reads:
Everyday you amaze me.
Everyday you explore your world and discover new things.
Everyday you show me how much fun life really is.
Everyday you are you and I love you for that.
Everyday you remind me how much I enjoy watching you grow up right before my eyes.
Everyday you never fail to make me smile.
Everyday I love you.

My Challenge 4 LO

2009-01-15T15:00:00.000-08:00

YAY! Barb already posted the challenge 4 instructions so I am just going to post my LO.

As soon as I saw this challenge I knew what picture I wanted to use. While visiting my family in NC for Christmas I was told about this painting that my brother did of Rebekah. When I said I wanted to see it my sister in law said that she told him he should send it to me and and he said that I could do it myself. HAHA, I told her probably not. Then when he showed it to me my sister in law asked if I could do that and I said maybe if I played with it long enough. I was mistaken! My brother put the .psd file on my USB drive and when I opened it to do this challenge I was amazed at all the work he had put into it! Each color is on it's own layer and is painted (he has a digital pad that I am sure he used for this) by hand. I thought he just did a few effects in photoshop to get the overall look, but he did not. I could not in a million years paint this picture! Ok so enough back story, here is my LO.

Frame - Inspired by dominic Designs - "In the air"

Lined Paper- Coralee Evans aka MzCora - "Hall Pass"

PaintBrush - "Wild"

Painters Pallet - http://efies.blogspot.com/

Background paper - Flergs "Dawn till dusk"

Grunge brushes by KeReN

Splatter brushes by Garfcore

Coffee stains brush by nyssi from DeviantArt

Swirlies brush - ObsidianDawn

Paper on the Alpha is from Ginger Scraps "A Mermaid's Tail" The pant splatters were added with brushes from Garfcore

Journaling:

My brother is such an inspiration to me! This is a photograph of my daughter that he painted in photoshop. My brother is an artist and in the past few years has started to bring his artwork to the digital age. When his wife told him he should send it to me, he said, she can do this herself! I may have photoshop but I do not have his artistic talent! I am sure it would take me years to even attempt this painting!
He inspires me to learn more and do more with Photoshop.

Challenge 4

2009-01-15T12:10:00.000-08:00

The Art and Soul Challenge! from Tangie Baxter Designs
You both must complete this challenge! However, this is a FAST FORWARD challenge which means that the first team done can SKIP the January 18th challenge if they wish!

1. The Art of it: Your LO must have artistic flair! Literally! Your LO must have at least 3 things "artsy" and/or "altered" on it--(such as but not limited to: paint splatters, a paintbrush, paint spills, crayon doodles, goopy glitter, watercolors, canvas AND/OR altered art items such as wings on photos, art dolls, vintage doodads, ephemera, etc). Really stretch yourself and try something "artsy" that you haven't tried before!

2. The Soul of it: You must journal something from your Soul. Something positive, heartfelt and meaningful to you in your life! Something you've learned, something you've gleaned from your life experience. Perhaps something you would want to pass on to the next generation! (It can even be your favorite quote and why it touches/inspires you) Uplift us, make us smile--inspire us! You must share your journaling with us-if it's hard to read or blended into the background-part of the challenge is to share your journaling in your description.

Challenge 3 layout

2009-01-15T12:05:00.001-08:00

This was a tough challenge for me because the layout I had to redo was one I really liked and just did recently. I didn't start uploading to a public gallery until December of 2008!

Credits:
Santa's Workshop by Trixie Scraps
Date Stamp by Shel Belle Scraps

Challenge 3

2009-01-12T16:22:00.000-08:00

Here was the instructions for challenge 3.

Your challenge is simple.

Find the first layout you created that is still uploaded to a gallery and scraplift it using techniques, trends and concepts that you have learned since you did that original layout.

You can...

You can use a different kit, elements, papers, brushes, shapes, etc.
You can add and remove elements, papers, etc.
You can use a different sized canvas.
You can move things around and change the overall sketch of the layout.
You can use the first layout uploaded to any gallery. This does not necessarily mean that it's the first layout you ever did.

You can not...

You can not add additional photos to the layout.
You can not remove any photos from the layout.
You can not add additional text to the layout; journaling, alphas that spell out a word, word art, journaling. The only text that appears on the layout must be identical in verbiage to what it was originally. You can change the font, you can convert text into an alpha. If your layout previously used an alpha or wordart, you can convert that alpha/wordart to text or use a new alpha/wordart to spell the same thing. When you are done though, you must have the same words that were on the old layout, on the new layout.

So here is my LO.

I did not start uploading LO's to any galleries until I joined the CT at Ginger Scraps. So my first LO I uploaded to a gallery was to DST and it can be found here. http://www.digishoptalk.com/gallery/...p;ppuser=15837

I loved this LO so it was very hard for me to do this challenge. I like how my new page has turned out though.

Credits:

Flergs - "Dawn till dusk"

Tina Raparanta a.k.a. Miss Tiina - "Sweet Monkey Baby"

HarmonyStar - "Make like a tree"

HarmonyStar - "Bits 'N Pieces"

Second Challenge

2009-01-09T10:36:00.000-08:00

Here is our second challenge:

Welcome to your 2nd challenge here at ES! (Elemental Scraps)

This challenge is an intersection. This means you need to work collaboratively on this project!

2 racers / 1 final product!Here's the challenge:

Cabin Fever(interpret this as you will, but it must be evident that this is the thought/theme behind your page!)

Must include:
3 photos
4 papers only (no more or less)
8 different elements - at least 1 must be acrylic
2 different fonts
Must have a title,
and journaling (which must be visible - if it is not readable, please include in your description)

We had to work together on this one! Even though Barb is on vacation she still helped out ALOT! She sent me the photos and journaling and title how she wanted it and I added the papers and elements. We work well together! Check out our awesome LO!

See, I told you we work well together! haha I am so proud of our first combined LO!
Ok here are the credits and what the journaling says, since if it could not be read we had to supply the words in our credits. See those little acrylic feet? One of the racers made those for her LO and was kind enough to share them with everyone! They were so perfect for our LO that I just had to snag them and add them! Don't they look like wet footprints on that tarp?!

8 Unique Elements
1. 3 Acrylic Pieces - water splat - AWP - "Pompey"
Acrylic water splash - Ginger Scraps - "Cool Off"
Acrylic Feet - Belanna At Odds - "Acrylic Footprints"
2. 3 Frames - Flergs
3. 1 tied string - WaterLO Project - "Snowflake in the World"
4. 1 rock fish - WaterLO Project - "On The Beach"
5. 2 paper clips - HarmonyStar's "Bits n pieces"
6. 1 Wet and wild glitter word wrap around text - Ginger Scraps "Cool Off"
7. 1 pair of shorts - Ginger Scraps "Cool Off"
8. 1 pair of flip flops - Ginger Scraps "Cool Off"

4 papers - All from - Ginger Scraps - "Cool Off"
1. tarp (under the journaling)
2. tarp with water drops
3. paper with water slides
4. water background paper

2 fonts
Markus the Cow (journaling) and Batik Regular (title)

Title
LIVE/LIFE - "Grunge Alpha" by Harmonystar

Journaling

We were all feeling a
little cooped up and
looking forward to
Christmas, but wanted
to get away for a
short vacation before
Christmas. We saw
a commercial for the
“Wild Water Dome Indoor
Waterpark” in Sevierville, TN
and could not resist so we
packed up our things and
headed out for a short 4
day get away. We all had
a great time & enjoyed
the break from our
daily routine.
Mommy and Daddy
had the most fun
watching Gabe
have the time
of his life
playing in
the water.

My First Challenge is finally completed as well...

2009-01-07T13:26:00.001-08:00

The First challenge given by Hummie's World was to...
1) Rip and tear a photo into three or more pieces! (that's a photo, not papers!)
2) Use journaling on your layout (something I stress is SO important).
Journaling: Dictionary.com: A personal record of occurrences, experiences, and reflections

This is a challenge to be completed by both racers.

Papers, alpha and ribbon - "Relax" by Summer Driggs
Memories tag and staple - "I Miss You" kit by Sya's Blueprints
Spoons and string - "Cute as a Button" by Lily Designs
tape - "Backyard Explorer" by Mommyscraps

Our first challenge!

2009-01-06T10:43:00.000-08:00

We got our first challenge on Sunday and I have finally finished!

Credits:
Ginger Scraps - Whoville - The kit I used
HarmonyStar's - Bits N Pieces - Paper clips
Scrappin Cop - The torn strips on the picture
Happy Scrap Girl - The overlay on the picture

The journaling says:

Christmas Morning!

You were opening your stocking gifts while we waited for your cousins to come over. Every little piece you tore off your gifts, you handed to me and said "here you go." It was very hard to take pictures because you tore pieces off so fast!

Counting Down the Days

2008-12-29T18:33:00.000-08:00

We only have 6 more days until the Amazing Digiscrapping Race begins!