BWC #14: Stars and Stripes Forevahhhhhhh

Hey, my peepzz!

Let's recognize the fabulous participants of the last challenge, as well as those that responded to older challenges. (I'm so jealous!)

Jesse's "I Love You" responds to the Sketch challenge

I Love You...
by *jesse*
Scrapbook.com

Brenda's "Luxury Suhweet" responds to the Cardstock, Cardstock, Cardstock and Write On Your Photos challenges.

Luxury "Suh-Weet"
by Twinscrapbee
Scrapbook.com

Brenda's "We Make a Great Team" responds to the Stashoffont challenge.

We Make A Great Team
by Twinscrapbee
Scrapbook.com

Sharon's "i'm NEW here" responds to the Lift Away! challenge.

i'm NEW here... - DRS CJ / SHCG Scraplift Challenge (left & right sides)
by Blushpea
Scrapbook.com

(Thank you to Sharon for helping me out here!) If I missed anyone please private message me and I will add you right in!

Now it is time for this bi-weekly challenge.

In honor of America's Independence Day (yeah, I know it is 3 days late), I challenge you to a multi-leveled challenge. If you complete any level of the challenge, it counts. If you complete all levels of the challenge, you get a RAK from me. :D

Stars & Stripes Level 1: Create a layout of any size and incorporate either stars OR stripes somewhere on the layout.

Stars & Stripes Level 2: Create a layout of any size and incorporate stars AND stripes somewhere on the layout.

Stars & Stripes Level 3: Meet level 2 criteria and use red, white, and blue as your color theme.

Stars & Stripes Level 4: Meet level 3 criteria and include in your journaling at least one of these words: independence, freedom, country, flag, or fireworks.

Stars & Stripes Level 5: Meet level 4 criteria and include either a picture of a flag OR fireworks somewhere on the layout.

Stars & Stripes Level 6: Meet level 4 criteria and include a picture of a flag AND fireworks somewhere on the layout.

There you go. Pick your level and have fun!

BWC #13 - June 22: LIFT away!

First off, KUDOS to our SH gals who have completed recent biweekly challenges:

Kitty: www.scrapbook.com/gallery/image/layout/1533135.html - Write on your photos challenge AND
www.scrapbook.com/gallery/image/layout/1516483.html - No photos challenge

Lisa: www.scrapbook.com/gallery/image/layout/1510003.html - Take the Inchie Challenge

Sharon: www.scrapbook.com/gallery/image/layout/1536299.html - Sketch challenge



Secondly, I love to gain inspiration from everyone in the gallery and particularly my online friends. For this BWC, pick a layout of someone IN this critique group and LIFT their page or style this time around. Use anything for inspiration - a color, a style, a photo, etc... just don't forget to share with us who (and/or what) you gained inspiration from!

Question of the Week - June 15

Honoring Father's Day, what is ONE good memory you have of your father (or any other dad-like figure in your life) that sticks out in your mind? Share whatever you are comfortable sharing... it doesn't have to be your favorite memory ever but rather one thing that first comes to your mind.

May 2008 TRAKking

Please note that RedMelizza's BWC & Christy's QOW are under this post - check 'em out!

So I’ve done tRAKking for May during Queen Mel’s (hopefully temporary) hiatus from the group.

As you vets know, this is a record of member participation re: our 3 guidelines (checking in weekly, submitting at least 2 works a month & critiquing the LO thread).

The bottom number of the “Critiques Done” is the max you could leave, the top number is what you left with the 10 day suggested guideline (as Queen Mel has explained before). The bottom number will vary per person because we don’t critique are own work AND because in some instances people got credit for critiquing more than requested (as with Lisa’s event LOs & my mini book). The Newbiezz were tRAKked only for the time since they joined.

I also didn’t bother putting explanations for the absent members…just know they’re away & that I hope they reappear soon because we miss them & their participation!

I didn't tRAK optional stuff like BWC & QOW responses, the way Queen Mel used to (for tiebreaking purposes) but I may do it for June because it's fun to know, perhaps working w/ a 10 day guideline for the QOW too (though I DO hope Queen Mel returns before June is up, I sent her a note by regular mail recently...)

Please PM me with any questions/comments.

1. blushpea = Sharon
Weeks Checked In (of 4): 4
Submissions made to Critique Thread: 11
Critiques Done: 19/21

2. cmeinstlouis = Christy
Weeks Checked In (of 4): 3
Submissions made to Critique Thread: 2
Critiques Done: 16/18

3. Fiery Redhead = Melissa
Weeks Checked In (of 4): 0
Submissions made to Critique Thread: 0
Critiques Done: 0/20

4. twinscrapbee = Brenda
Weeks Checked In (of 4): 4
Submissions made to Critique Thread: 1
Critiques Done: 18/23

5. whenscraphappenzz = Tiffany
Weeks Checked In (of 4): 0
Submissions made to Critique Thread: 0
Critiques Done: 0/20

6. ~Alma Scrapera~ = Nitza
Weeks Checked In (of 4): 0
Submissions made to Critique Thread: 0
Critiques Done: 0/20

7. WendyGirl = Wendy
Weeks Checked In (of 4): 3
Submissions made to Critique Thread: 0
Critiques Done: 25/26

8. Gelidy Gelato = Lisa
Weeks Checked In (of 4): 4
Submissions made to Critique Thread: 6
Critiques Done: 19/20

9. Eat Sleep Scrap = Melissa
Weeks Checked In (of 4): 0
Submissions made to Critique Thread: 0
Critiques Done: 0/20

10.Janet28rn = Janet
Weeks Checked In (of 4): 4
Submissions made to Critique Thread: 2
Critiques Done: 23/23

11. Vanessajd2285 = Vanessa
Weeks Checked In (of 4): 1
Submissions made to Critique Thread: 0
Critiques Done: 0/20

12. Scrappychicdesigns = Nicole
Weeks Checked In (of 3): 3
Submissions made to Critique Thread: 2
Critiques Done: 0/6

13. Scrappin Kitty = Amanda
Weeks Checked In (of 4): 4
Submissions made to Critique Thread: 1
Critiques Done: 14/20

14. *jesse* = Jesse
Weeks Checked In (of 4): 4
Submissions made to Critique Thread: 1
Critiques Done: 21/24

15. mars4554 = Marsha
Weeks Checked In (of 2): 2
Submissions made to Critique Thread: 5
Critiques Done: 1/9

16. DeAnna Johnson = DeAnna
Weeks Checked In (of 1): 1
Submissions made to Critique Thread: 1
Critiques Done: 2/7

Also, since I did interim tRAKking for March & April, I figure I can go ahead & do the 3 month RAK to the person who met all the guidelines 100% for all 3 months. Only one person did – JANET! Congrats Janet, you’ll be getting a RAK from me (but gimme a couple weeks, I still gots to do June bdays…)

I’m making a new rule that no one can get the 3 month RAK twice in a row, to be fair to others. There were TWO other wonderful members who had met the guidelines for March & April, & were close to doing 100% of May…

Thanks to you all for another great month bustling w/ scraftivity!
Sharon

Quezztion of the week June 8th, 2008

Ok, sorry, a bit late on this one.....

My question:

If you could go anywhere, where would you go and with whom?

Get as creative as you want!

BWC #12 Sketch Challenge

I'm a day early, but I leave for vacation tomorrow so I wanted to make sure I got to post the challenge on time. First, here are the responses to the "write on your photos" challenge":

WTC by Blushpea
a day in may by mars4554
awake or asleep by mars 4554

Now for this weeks challenge... I was looking at sketches and thought that we hadn't done that many sketch challenges. So this weeks challenge will be to do a LO based on this sketch:



Can't wait to see what everyone comes up with.

QueZZtion of the Week - May 25, 2008

Memorial Day is the traditional "start of summer" for most of us. What do your summer plans consist of for this year?