2Q10 #2: Living the Dream

Monday, most states observed Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday. The U.S. has come a long way since the American Civil Rights Movement and closer to the vision Dr. King laid out in his famous, "I Have a Dream," speech. Yet, our country has a long road of progress ahead with respect to racial, gender, age, disability, and economic equality. What is your dream for the progress of our nation or world, and how do you see yourself in making your dream a reality?

BWC #2 The Other Side of You

First, here's Denitza's response to BWC #1 Remember Your Passion -

Me in 2010
by Denitza
Scrapbook.com

Good morning SHCG!!! I hope that you have had a great weekend!!!

I had a bit of a time trying to come up with a challenge that seemed challenging enough LOL but I think that I got one :)

Most people see one side of us all the time, like me I seem to always be nice and people have told Mike how sweet I am and while of course this is true there is a side of me that I don't show alot, for example I like to pick on people but you have to be careful cuz you never know who you will offend,I can be quite grumpy,picky(really picky LOL) sensitive etc...so I want to hear about the other side of you. What makes you tick,pet peeves,etc etc.

I hope that this is a good one :)

TRAKking & RAK Recipients (revised for 2011)

Hi all! As I was updating the right side of our blog (note the cool new sketch links I've added! And the updated memberZZ list!), I noticed that our tRAkking info is a bit outdated. So here is a current version.

As most of you already know, Marlene & I alternate tRAKking duties. We tRAK participation based on our group guidelines (see 1st post of our Main/Chat Thread) & award a RAK to the person who participated the most in a given time period. STARTING IN 2010, we will be awarding RAKs after every FOUR months (a change from the previous every three months). If there’s a tie or if participation is close, we do a random drawing of those closest). STARTING IN 2011, PledgeZZ plus the last THREE RAK-winners aren’t eligible to win the RAK.

Note that Marlene & I do tRAKking similarly but there are slight differences in our format/presentation. Because the process is so involved, we go w/ what works for us - NOT a complaint, we both enjoy doing this! But thought I’d put it out there in case anyone’s wondering why that’s so.

Please let me know if you have any queZZtions!

~Sharon

RAK Winners as of 2010
4/10 Michelle
8/10 Denitza
12/10 Chris
4/11 Ammara
8/11 Michelle

BWC # 1 Remember Your Passion

First, I would like to give credit to Michelle for her response to the previous BWC. Her page is titled Something Fishy.

Now for the challenge:

Wow, Christmas is over and the New Year celebrations have come and gone. So now what? Well, when the holidays are over and the new year is upon us, I believe we all take a closer look at re-balancing our own lives. Hence, New Year's Resolutions. For me, I focus on making/taking the time to discover my own passions again. Whether that is reading, scrapbooking, climbing, etc. - these things are all important to me and make up who I am as an individual. I am a better person because of my passions and am ultimately happier when I focus on them. As the year goes on I lose track of "me" and wind up helping others more than I help myself. This week, I would like to challenge you to create a page which will include one or many things you are passionate about. Feel free to add pictures or to simply make a journal page of your thoughts. Good luck and I look forward to seeing what you can come up with.

2Q10 #1: New Year, New Decade, New Mindset

Being the first quezztion of the decade, it's only appropriate that it comes to you from our very own HBIC (Head Blushpea In Charge). Betta recognize! (On that note, credit for the post heading goes to my high school senior cousin's Facebook status update.)

I know that it's a bit predictable to ask about New Year's resolutions, but it can be cool and helpful for people to actually write them out, like a personal mission statement for the year. Inspired by Tay's recent mention of goals, what are your resolutions for 2010, if any?

If your resolutions are similar to goals you've had in the past, what have you learned about them and are you changing anything about how you approach them?

What about scrap-related resolutions/goals?

If you do not set resolutions/goals for the New Year, discuss why that is and explain when you DO set goals for yourself.

BWC# 26 The Animal In Me

Hello SHCG! I am so sorry for the delay on posting this, silly me waited to the last minute and couldn't get in. Thank you Sharon for helping me out, you are awesome!

In response to BWC 24 - Grocery List, All Tied Up:
Sharon's "Rice Terraces: A Feast for the Senses" (left and right sides). Awesome job Sharon!

I decide to deviate a bit from the Holiday theme as we will all be scrapping that soon enough.

Here is our challenge: The Animal In Me

1.Locate one photo of YOU that reminds you of an animal ( e.g. hair is all poofed out so you look like a lion, personally I don't have one like this).

2. Add dimension/texture somehow, with pop-up dots, feathers, layers of animal PP.

3. Use embellies of some kind that symbolize or are the animal that you are.

4. Add a journaling block and describe which animal you are.

This may take some thinking but I think it will be fun to see what the animal in all of us is.

Happy Scrapping!

November '09 TRAKking

Here’s the TRAKking for November ’09. My cut-off date for late critiques this time was 12/12. I gave extra credit for on-time JFS critiques. BWCs & ?OMs are optional but I’m recognizing those who responded for fun! Please let me know if you have any questions. :)

Sharon (Blushpea)
Check-ins: 4/4

Submissions: 5 for critique, 1 JFS

Total # of layouts to critique: 18

Critiques within 10 day window: 30

BWC responses: 1

?OM responses: 1

Brenda (Twinscrapbee)

Check-ins: 4/4

Submissions: 0

Total # of layouts to critique: 23

Critiques within 10 day window: 36

Lisa (Gelidy Gelato)

Check-ins: 4/4

Submissions: 2

Total # of layouts to critique: 21

Critiques within 10 day window: 0

Critiques after 10 day window: 14

Jesse (*Jesse*)

Check-ins: 3/4

Submissions: 3

Total # of layouts to critique: 20

Critiques within 10 day window: 12

Critiques after 10 day window: 8

Marlene (MaRLeNeF)

Check-ins: 4/4

Submissions: 1

Total # of layouts to critique: 22

Critiques within 10 day window: 10

Critiques after 10 day window: 13

BWC responses: 1

Chris (CMLeach)

Check-ins: 4/4

Submissions: 2

Total # of layouts to critique: 21

Critiques within 10 day window: 24

Brian (fuchsboi)

Check-ins: 0/4

Submissions: 2

Total # of layouts to critique: 21

Critiques within 10 day window: 0

Denitza(Denitza)

Check-ins: 4/4

Submissions: 0

Total # of layouts to critique: 23

Critiques within 10 day window: 32

?OM responses: 1

Michelle (Chell Ray)

Check-ins: 4/4

Submissions: 3

Total # of layouts to critique: 20

Critiques within 10 day window: 12

Critiques after 10 day window: 6

Amanda (lifeinthefastlane)

Check-ins: 4/4

Submissions: 3 for critique, 12 JFS

Total # of layouts to critique: 20

Critiques within 10 day window: 15

Critiques after 10 day window: 3

Margaret (Scrappinmomto2girls)

Check-ins: 2/4

Submissions: 0

Total # of layouts to critique: 23

Critiques within 10 day window: 1

Wendy (WendyGirl)

Check-ins: 3/4

Submissions: 2

Total # of layouts to critique: 21

Critiques within 10 day window: 5

Critiques after 10 day window: 9

Taysha (Scrapping Diva)

Check-ins: 4/4

Submissions: 0

Total # of layouts to critique: 23

Critiques within 10 day window: 21

Critiques after 10 day window: 3