ADSR4 Challenges #11 - #12...

Better late than never...

CHALLENGE #11:
This challenge was hosted at Scrap Orchard.
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.

This challenge came during the time I discovered the problems with Kat...

Template: Anita Stergiou
All BG's: Joyful Heart Designs
Beaded Chain, Stars, Moon: Gurlonthesun Designs
Font: Tall Paul
Question: How long will it take before we are happy again?

CHALLENGE #12:
ADSR: CHALLENGE 12 -- {we are} storytellers

Racers, welcome to {we are} storytellers! You are certainly on the home stretch now! Congratulations to all those that are participating. We are sure you've preserved many memories along the road.

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
At least 1/2 of the layout must be journaling, more the better
At least 5 elements/embellishments
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!

Due to the fires in Victoria, Australia, (and she was away donated goods to those in need) and my recent stay in the hospital, (where I spent over 36 hours stuck in a bed) Lilly and I decided it best if I scrapped the page since I would have the most time on my hands.

We discussed elements and the overall look we wanted. We also discussed the journaling...and even though I wrote the final journaling, she wrote the section about herself and sent it to me to incorporate into the journaling to make it feel as a story.

CREDITS:
Word Art by We Are Storytellers
Background from Impressions Paper Pack by Cen's Stuff
Rocking chairs by Jay Elliott (me)
Frames from Vintage Photo Frames by Nancy Comelab
Grass from Grandmothers Garden by Jen Ulasiwicz
Swirl from Magical Swirls3-Winter by Kitty Designs
Tree, Bird from Secret Garden by SussieM Designs
Cloud from Secret GardenII by Lily Designs
Font: Tall Paul
Program: PSP-9

JOURNALING:
We’re separated by a vast amount of water…Lily’s in Australia and I am in Alabama, USA…and though we are so far apart and have never been able to meet face to face, I feel as close to her as any friend that I know in person.. Every night, my bedroom transforms into a backyard oasis, as I log into Windows Live Messenger and see her name in bold letters. I picture the two of us getting comfy in the rocking chairs beneath my favorite tree as we say our hellos.

Some days we only discuss the week’s challenges and stuff pertaining to the ADSR4 season. Other days we vent about things that get on our nerves. Some times we just talk about our families. However, most recently, the topic of choice has been about our health.

Lilly has suffered from depression all of her life. Once upon a time, she was dependant on medication. Now, however, her therapy is scrap booking. She says it keeps her grounded from being sucked back into that black hole and it has truly saved her life!

For myself, scrap booking plays many roles. It’s a way to record history for my children, It’s an outlet for creating artistic images that I can frame and use as décor in my home. Most importantly though, it keeps me sane on the days I’m not able to get out of bed due to my rheumatoid arthritis.

Scrap booking, to us, is our lifeline…

ADSR4-#10 And Another Health Update

Created for the ADSR4 Challenge #10 hosted by Pixel Gypsy Designs. We were asked to interview our partner with a photo based on the interview, using only two designers with a color scheme of two main colors. Since Lilly did Challenge #6 alone, I got the honor of doing this one.

Bel Vidotti Scraps:
Blue and Green Backgrounds, Crystal Rain, Blue Photo Wrap, Blue Flowers, Knotted String, Tied String from Equilibrium

Jen Ulasiewicz:
Leaves - Leaves, Pickn Wild Flowers;
Booties - Cuddles N Kisses Sample;
3 Leaf Clover - Irish Countryside;
Dragonfly - Down By The Lily Pond

FONTS: Arial Narrow, Tall Paul

HEALTH UPDATE:
Throat is still raw, but I'm no longer coughing up blood. I continue to cough up phlegm, but now it's mainly after I wake from a nap or if I get too hot. I'm still on complete bed rest and have just enough energy to make it back and forth to the bathroom. Not an exciting life, but thankful I'm able to breathe again. I still have 2 more days of antibiotics and steroids and hoping once they are done, I'll start gaining my strength again.

ADSR4 - Challenge #8 - Scrapper Idol (scraplift)

Challenge #8 was found at Oscraps.

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 your 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. (Dreamer or Dreaming also acceptable.)

JAY'S LAYOUT:

The word Dreams taken from Wordart by Hilleke W Flanders
Star from Knocking On Winters Door Collab (Jen Ulasiewicz and Phuong Ton)
Everything else from Secret Garden Collab (sussieM Designs and Lily Designs)
FONTS: Bradley Hand ITC, Faerie
Scraplifted from : shawtyp

http://www.scrapbookflair.com/shawtyp/Anticipation

LILLY'S LAYOUT:

KIT USED: Everescents by Sweet Digi Scraps
Wordart by: Manu70
In the photo is my beautiful niece Eva just being her cute little self.
Original L/O by Bec (AKA pSyren)

http://www.beentherescrappedthat.com...amp;ppuser=965

ADSR4 - Challenge 6 & 7

CHALLENGE 6 was hosted by Inspiration Lane!

Inspiration Lane ROAD BLOCK:

Welcome to Inspiration Lane, the next stop on the Amazing DigiScrap Race. This leg of the race is a ROAD BLOCK which means only 1 person can participate. You must choose a layout from your partners gallery and scraplift it using the following direction:

Take your chosen layout from your partners gallery and flip it either horizontally or vertically.
Now take the layout and rotate it 45 degrees.
You must use this "new" version as the sketch for your layout.
When creating your layout you must use the EXACT same number of items that your partner used in the original layout, no more, no less.

This was very similar to a challenge that we had to do last season, so since I did it then, Lilly chose to do it this time...

CREDITS:

KIT USED: Mystic Moonlight kit by Sweet Digi Scraps and Colie's Corner
Font Used: Missed your exit

Lilly flipped original layout Horizontal then Rotated it 45 degrees to the Right

Original layout used 16 items my 16 items listed below:
1 Background
1 Photo
1 Title
1 Aqua Ribbon
1 Printed purple paper mat (replaced Printed gold paper mat on original)
1 Aqua paper mat (replaced brown paper mat on original)
1 Light purple paper mat (replaced gold paper mat on original)
2 pink flowers (replaced 2 sunflowers on original)
4 darkpurple flowers (replaced 4 buttons on original)
1 Tied ribbon (replaced Bow tied ribbon on original)
1 leaf flourish (replaced flower tube on photo in the original)
1 Swirl (replaced overlay on ribbon in the original)

My Original Layout:

Full Credits Can Be Found HERE...

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CHALLENGE 7 was hosted by Sunshine Studio Scraps
Welcome to Sunshine Studio Scraps!! We are so happy to be stop #7 in the race and look forward to seeing your amazing LO's!
This is a normal challenge so each racer must complete this challenge to move on.

Are you ready?!

Our Challenge:
Download our freebie, 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 **

Good Luck everyone!!!

MY LAYOUT:

LILLY'S LAYOUT:

ADSR4 - Challenge #3

CHALLENGE #3 Was Found At Gotta Pixel...

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. When you view your gallery, at whichever site it is at, it needs to be the first layout uploaded to that gallery.

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.

When you are done, you must upload your finished layout to the NDISB gallery.
You will need to post a link to the NDISB gallery in your team thread at NDISB

Your prize will only be awarded at NDISB.
When you upload, you MUST include a link to the original layout.

It is not required, but we would LOVE to have you share your layouts here at Gotta Pixel. We have an open gallery, which means you can list and link to the kit that you used, even if it's sold elsewhere.

Your prize for doing this layout is a wonderful collaboration kit put together by the designers.

This is my partner's LO...

This is my partner's original LO...

This is my LO...

Today I am strong

Cloud and Star Overlay, Splotch, Dragonfly-Created by Cali
Stitching-Digital-Crea
Paper, Feather-KimB Designs
Ribbon, Flower, Lace Beads-Jen Ulasiewicz
Magic Swirls-Kitty Designs
Glitter Paint-Meredith Fenwick
Alphas-WaterLO Project
Font-Bradley Hand ITC

This is my original LO...

ADSR4 - #2 - Cabin Fever

Challenge #2 was posted by Elemental Scraps on Tuesday...

This challenge is an intersection. This means you need to work collaboratively on this project! 2 racers / 1 final product!

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)

Of course, as with any challenge, there were TONS of questions and clarifications.

• As ES did NOT Specify which partner must do which part of the LO, as long as you both work together and contribute to the LO in some fashion you can divide up the work as you see fit.
• YES....REALLY....JUST ONE LO. Which means only ONE LO and ONE Link are posted in the gallery and your team thread.
• If you want to work on half and send it to your partner, the easiest way is to save as a flattened png or jpg file and uploading to a place like 4shared or mediafire. If you want to be able to have your partner insert items UNDER something for clustering purposes, you can save your LO in parts....the top half and the bottom half. This way your partner can add layering if they choose.
• NO Sending flattened files is NOT Pirating
• Another good and useful idea is to see if you both have the same kit, or if you are like me and scrap from multiple kits, the same several kits and work together in IM...ex. Send flattened preview of what you have so far and have your partner tell you what elements from the kit you both have she wants and where and you apply them.
• Have one partner supply the photos, colors, title and journaling and the other partner does the actual work.
• NO REALLY Sending flattened files truly is NOT PIRATING
• An acrylic element is one that is clear and epoxy (Atomic Cupcake sells an epoxy action if you so desire to make your own)
• Cabin Fever, for those lost in translation is this: Think 3 kids cooped up in the house for a week, unable to go outside because its pouring rain every day. That feeling you and the kids have by day 4? CABIN FEVER!! The desperate and almost physical need to get out of the house and DO something but being unable to due to weather, climate, temperature, money etc. HTH!!
• PAPERS as Clarified by Angie: IF You use a paper and clip it to an item such as a FONT....it then becomes an ALPHA. It does not count as a paper or a font.
• 8 Different elements means 8 DIFFERENT ELEMENTS. 8 Buttons in varying shades, colors or styles are STILL BUTTONS. You need to use 8 unique elements. You CAN however use multiples of the SAME element and it will only count as ONE of your 8 elements. For example:4 buttons, 2 arrows, 6 brads, 3 flowers, 1 staple, 4 ribbons, 2 rick racks, 3 acrylic circles.
• Using a 4th photo blended into the background is open to artistic interpretation and will be considered paper so we don't have to eliminate anyone.
• Journaling is a personal account of something. Not a definition, song lyric, or poem you didn't write.
• An Alpha is NOT considered an ELEMENT or a FONT according to Angie!
• The Challenge asks for 3 photos...It does not say they have to be different or the same. As long as you have 3 photos on the page you are fine!
• Blended Papers - Just make sure you explain this in your credits and list the papers used!
• Papers for MAT or other object - YES you can but then you will need to make sure you list it in your credits properly. If you use a paper to make a mat, it can be considered a PAPER or an ELEMENT. YOU will need to choose which, and adjust for the requirements accordingly.
• For those of you saying you have no kids or don't get cabin fever due to the fabulous weather you have....THINK outside the box. The definition posted above was for those who's native language is not English and were having trouble translating what cabin fever literally meant.
• You may ONLY use what is asked for...NO MORE and NO LESS. That means you can not use 9 elements or 5 photos or 6 papers (the only exception is if you are using papers to make an element such as a journaling mat - then you must decide if it is going in your credits as a paper or an element and adjust for the remaining requirements).
• Templates are NOT elements and do not count as such!
• Overlays/stroke around photos are NOT Elements. You can not count them as such!
• Alpha's are NOT considered elements. You may use them but can not count them!
• Pre-made Clustered items (on paper or elements) are counted as that one item. If you build a cluster then you count each piece accordingly (see #11).
• JPGs of previous LO are considered a PHOTO.

This is the prize for completing the challenge...


My partner and I came up with a reasonable plan...I supplied the photos, title and journaling and she scrapped the page. This is what we came up with...

Credits for Title:
Font: Anything You Want
PlugIn: Eyecandy4000/Shadowlab

Credit for Journaling:
Font: Tall Paul

ELEMENTS:
1 Acrylic Journal Block - Weeds & Wildflowers
5 Flowers-(3 green & 2 Pink)-Diva Dares kit by Sweet Digi Scraps
1 Black round string-Diva Dares kit by Sweet Digi Scraps
1 white Stitching-Diva Dares kit by Sweet Digi Scraps
1 Circle Flourish (bottom right hand corner)
   -Diva Dares kit by Sweet Digi Scraps
1 Black grungy glass front frame (around the title at top)
   -Diva Dares kit by Sweet Digi Scraps
1 Green ribbon-Diva Dares kit by Sweet Digi Scraps
1 black butterfly-Diva Dares kit by Sweet Digi Scraps

PAPERS:
1 Black background paper-Diva Dares kit by Sweet Digi Scraps
1 Pink paper (behind the photo at the top)
   -Diva Dares kit by Sweet Digi Scraps
1 White paper (behind the middle photo)
   -Diva Dares kit by Sweet Digi Scraps
1 Pink Flowered paper (behind the photo at  the bottom)
   -Diva Dares kit by Sweet Digi Scraps

3 Photos,Journaling & title provided by Jay (AlabamaStoneThrower)
Layout designed by MissLilly

Journaling Reads:
On this particular day, my husband and oldest
son went to work, leaving the rest of us at
home with no transportation. Though I would
have been content remaining indoors scrapping
Christmas photos all day, Robert and Kat got
bored quickly. After an hour of listening to
them mope and sigh through the house, I told
them to find something to do. Since Robert
only had a few days left before returning to
college in Michigan, they decided we needed to
do a photoshoot in the backyard. It was one
of my favorite moments during Robert's visit.

And The Race Begins...

Friday night, at 10pm EST, there was a Kick Off Chat and free gift for those that attended. I made it just in time to receive this cute kit by Theresa Hernandez...

Late Saturday evening, I stalked the NDISB forum, blog and the host sites for some type of clue for the first challenge...just 6 minutes past midnight EST someone spotted the challenge and posted it in the forum and the race was on...
FIRST CHALLENGE FROM HUMMIE http://www.hummiesworld.com/Forum/showthread.php?t=2353 My challenge for you is 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).

That's it! Anything else goes! You can have more than three tears. You can have more than one photo on your layout. You can have a lot or a few elements. You can use any theme. Just get a memory preserved as that is what scrapping is all about. You can use any method to rip your photos. You can use any products from anywhere to rip your photos. However, I do have some tutorials available as shown below. Let's all help each other learn.

The prize for completing the challenge:

At 12:15am EST I contacted my partner and we began our scrap pages. At 2:28am EST she completed hers and sent me a preview...

At 4:45am EST I finally completed mine and began the uploading process...

FULL CREDITS:
Paper Tears from Hummie
Stitches from Shabby Little Christmas Daily Download by Snap and Scrap Collab
Paper from Traditions by Princess Lala Designs
Paper from Impressions Paper Pack by Cen's Stuff
Gold branch from In The Gold Mine by WaterLO Project
Greenery from Under The Xmas Tree by WaterLO Project
Christmas Wordart by Sue Cummings
Tree from W&W CC Traditions by Weeds & Wildflowers
Stars from W&W CC Chalk Sampler by Weeds & Wildflowers
Swirl Cluster from W&W CC Jolly Holiday Mess Sampler by Weeds & Wildflowers
Font: Tall Paul

Journaling: This is a Christmas I will never forget...it was the first time
in three years that y'all were able to celebrate the holidays together.
I don't know how long it will be before y'all can get together again,
so I pray that the memories that were created will last you until then.

Happy New Year!!

IT'S 2009!!

For the most part, it's been a busy day for me. Got up early to cook while watching the 2009 Rose Parade. (It's always fascinated me how they make their floats out of nothing but flowers and natural materials!!) Fed everyone, cleaned the kitchen, checked email & blogs and then caught up on the ADSR4 Rules.

YUP...it's that time again...The Amazing Digi Scrap Race-Season 4 begins on January 4th.
(For those unfamiliar...At NDISB, they've come up with a cool internet digital scrapping game that will mirror the excitement of the TV reality show "The Amazing Race." Teams of two will traverse the digital scrapping world, site by site, completing challenges and collecting prizes along the way. Everyone who completes the week's challenges in the allotted time frame will move on to the next week, where they can collect even MORE prizes! And at the end of the race, everyone who has traveled around the digi-world and completed each and every challenge will be entered into a drawing for the GRAND prize!) Last year was my first time to compete as half of the MAJOR CONTENDERS. We had so much fun together that Lilly & I teamed up again this year.


The rest of the day was spent in PSPland...with Matt & Robert being off with friends, Kat sick and sleeping in my bed, & hubby comatosed on the sofa in the den since lunchtime. I should have been locked up in my bathroom installing more river rocks...but just couldn't help myself. *giggles*

This is the photo that I selected to play with...

This is what I did to it...

FULL CREDITS:
Weeds & Wildflowers
Circle Cluster from Jolly Holiday Mess
Blue Paper from Lazy Days
Jen Ulasiewicz
Rock Wall Paper from Old Americana
Grass from Farmers Market
WaterLO Project
Tree from In The Sleeping Orchard
Plants from At The Picnic
Fence from At Grandma's Backyard
Gravel Paper by ASTC (me)
Waves and Blue Paper from Cruisin In The Carib by MicroFerk
Beads/Stars from Nice Xmas 4U by Bel Vidotti
Photo: Robert & Kat - December 30, 2008 - 4:30pm
Program: PSP-9

*raises glass*
Here's wishing you a healthy, happy & prosperous New Year!!