ADSR #4 - With A Surprise Ending!!

Challenge #4 was found at Tangie Baxter Designs!

The Art and Soul Challenge!
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.

The Important Qualification Details and Prize Info!

• When you are finished with your challenge layout you must upload it to the NDISB gallery.
• You will need to post a link to the NDISB gallery in your team thread at NDISB.
• We have also set up a special gallery at Tangie Baxter Designs for you to show off your amazing pages if you would like to!(We have lifted the 1 item rule for the ADSR gallery-you do NOT have to use TBD product.)
• You must have your challenge LO's done and uploaded by SUNDAY, JANUARY 18th! Please see the upper left hand corner of the ADSR Blog for a countdown and official time clock!
• Everyone who finishes this LO on time and posts it in the ADSR gallery and forum on time, will receive a $6 coupon to tangiebaxterdesigns.com! (Your prize will be awarded at NDISB.)

SOOOOOOOO...my partner and I immediately began working on our pages...chit chatting through messenger and emails the entire time. We laughed, we stressed, we tweaked on our layouts and then the moment had come to post. Within minutes of each other, we had our layouts in the gallery...but our team link thread was suddenly missing. We hung around in the forum for a couple of hours...but it was obvious that something was amiss. I told my partner goodnight and hit the pillows at 7am...and not long after it was discovered that someone had hacked into the NDISB server and created chaos in the gallery. Thankfully it was something that our resident Ogre was able to fix, and within a couple of hours all was right in ADSRland again. And so, my partner and I started leaving comments in the gallery on all of the #4 pages uploaded...but didn't take us long to realize that it appeared our team was the first to complete and post our pages for this challenge. I rushed to the forum to ask...but our resident Ogre tortured me in ways only an Ogre finds humorous. Finally...12 hours after I had first went to sleep...Ernie The Ogre officially announced that MAJOR CONTENDERS were the first team to complete the challenge and won the right to skip Sunday, January 18th - #5 Challenge.

*doing happy dance*

This is my layout:

JOURNALING:
ADVICE FOR MY DAUGHTER You Are...Beautiful
Over the years, I've realized that it didn't matter how others had seen me, it was how I had viewed myself that was important. When I learned to love every part of myself, not only did I see the beauty within, but I began to feel beautiful on the outside too.

CREDITS:
Paper by Cen's Stuff
Wings created from Lovebirds Freebie by KimB Designs
White Frame by Jen Ulasiewicz
Pink Glitter Paint Stroke by Meredith Fenwick
Paint Splatter Brush by Obsidian Dawn
Magical Swirls by Kitty Designs
Crown by Kathryn Balint
Doodles by Jofia Devoe
Font: Bradley Hand ITC

This is my partner's layout:

JOURNALING:
Scrapbooking, to me, is so much more than just making layouts. I use it as a form of therapy. All of my life I have suffered from depression, but I am no longer dependent on Anti-depressant medication to pick me up....scrapbooking has helped me find a way out of the black hole. It may not work for all people that suffer from depression, but, for me, it has literally saved my life.

CREDITS:
Background paper, Black paper,2 Doodles and the scrapbook page that I am hugging all from My Favorite Lilly kit (This kit was made in honour of me using my favourite colours) designed by Sweet Digi Scraps
Butterflies and Clock from Remember me always kit designed by Sweet Digi Scraps
Singing Bird designed by Becky Wallace
Green glitter paint splat from Mischief Makers kit designed by Sweet Digi Scraps
Font used: Garth Hand