BWC #5 - Show some love!

First, here's a response to a previous Challenge:

BWC #3: Your Top 10 of the Millennium's First Decade

Marlene's "A Decade of Shoes"

Ok, I know Valentine's Day is over, but that doesn't mean that we can't show some love to someone who needs it! Create a LO/project as a way to show that you care about someone who's in need of some encouragement. Include a photo of the person and the reasons why they are special.

This challenge was inspired by my best friend, Sarah. She's currently dealing with several medical and relationship issues. We were talking on the phone a couple of weeks ago, and she said "it's like I've forgotten who I am." So I made a LO to remind her... it's 8x10 and I put it in a frame for her.

January 2010 TRAKking

Here’s the TRAKking for January 2010. My cut-off date for late critiques this time was 2/18. I have to say, overall group participation has been stellar – with the exception of our MIA Brian (gaah, hope he’s okay wherever he is), we’ve been rockin check-ins & critiques - go SHCG! I gave extra credit for on-time JFS critiques. BWCs & 2?10s are optional but I’m recognizing those who responded for fun. Please let me know if you have any questions. (FYI I gave credit for critiquing to Amanda’s stuff but I didn’t tally her own critiques given her departure).

Sharon (Blushpea)

Check-ins: 4/4

Submissions: 4

Total # of layouts to critique: 21

Critiques within 10 day window: 27

BWC responses: 1

2?10 responses: 2

Brenda (Twinscrapbee)

Check-ins: 4/4

Submissions: 0

Total # of layouts to critique: 25

Critiques within 10 day window: 28

Critiques after 10 day window: 3

Lisa (Gelidy Gelato)

Check-ins: 4/4

Submissions: 2

Total # of layouts to critique: 23

Critiques within 10 day window: 21

Critiques after 10 day window: 8

Jesse (*Jesse*)

Check-ins: 3/4

Submissions: 2

Total # of layouts to critique: 23

Critiques within 10 day window: 11

Critiques after 10 day window: 5

Marlene (MaRLeNeF)

Check-ins: 4/4

Submissions: 1

Total # of layouts to critique: 24

Critiques within 10 day window: 19

Critiques after 10 day window: 7

Brian (fuchsboi)

Check-ins: 0/4

Submissions: 0

Total # of layouts to critique: 25

Critiques within 10 day window: 0

Denitza (Denitza)

Check-ins: 4/4

Submissions: 2 for critique, 3 JFS

Total # of layouts to critique: 23

Critiques within 10 day window: 26

BWC responses: 1

2?10 responses: 1

Michelle (Chell Ray)

Check-ins: 4/4

Submissions: 3

Total # of layouts to critique: 22

Critiques within 10 day window: 28

Margaret (Scrappinmomto2girls)

Check-ins: 4/4

Submissions: 2

Total # of layouts to critique: 23

Critiques within 10 day window: 19

Critiques after 10 day window: 2

Wendy (WendyGirl)

Check-ins: 4/4

Submissions: 2 for critique, 1 JFS

Total # of layouts to critique: 23

Critiques within 10 day window: 27

Taysha (Scrapping Diva)

Check-ins: 4/4

Submissions: 3

Total # of layouts to critique: 22

Critiques within 10 day window: 22

2Q10 #4: Oscar Picks

The Oscars are on Sunday, March 7, and the Nominees are... viewable on the Oscars website, along with a Printable Ballot and/or a Printable List. What are your Oscar predictions? Copy and paste the following into your post with your picks for Oscar Night before the show. See you on the Red Carpet, daahling!

Best Picture:
Actor in a Leading Role:
Actor in a Supporting Role:
Actress in a Leading Role:
Actress in a Supporting Role:
Animated Feature Film:
Art Direction:
Cinematography:
Costume Design:
Directing:
Documentary Feature:
Documentary Short:
Film Editing:
Foreign Language Film:
Makeup:
Music (Original Score):
Music (Original Song):
Short Film (Animated):
Short Film (Live Action):
Sound Editing:
Sound Mixing:
Visual Effects:
Writing (Adapted Screenplay):
Writing (Original Screenplay):

BWC #4 VALENTINE!

Share your Valentine cards & pages in SHCG's Bi-Weekly challenge #4.

Also, here are the challenge responses posted since the last BWC:

Responses to BWC #25 from 2009 - Advent Calendar/Holiday Top 25:

25 Days To Be Festive! Pt 1 (SHCG "Holiday Top 25" Challenge)
by Blushpea
Scrapbook.com

25 Days To Be Festive! Pt 2 (SHCG "Holiday Top 25" Challenge)
by Blushpea
Scrapbook.com

BWC #3: Your Top 10 of the Millenium's First Decade

Please read 2Q10 #3 before attempting this challenge. After you have chosen a theme, choose TEN pictures or pieces of ephemera--only ONE to represent the major highlight of each year from 2000-2009. With your theme as your finished product's title, create a layout, mini album, frame, greeting card, or any other relevant project for this challenge that tells us what you think we ought to know about your aughts.

Chris, a Past Member in Good Standing who left our group to begin her journey into parenthood, chose Journeys for her decade's theme. Good standing indeed, she just can't stand to keep away from us, no matter how hard she tries. We <3 Chris!

Top 10 Journeys collage
by CMLeach
Scrapbook.com

Sharon's response to Michelle's 2009 BWC #26 Animal in Me could be a reflection that she soared to new heights in the past decade.

Fly Like An Eagle (SHCG "Animal In Me" Challenge) - left side
by Blushpea
Scrapbook.com

Fly Like An Eagle (SHCG "Animal In Me" Challenge) - right side
by Blushpea
Scrapbook.com

While Wendy launches a new decade in response to her own 2010 BWC #1 Find Your Passion.

IN 2010
by WendyGirl
Scrapbook.com

2Q10 #3: Your Top 10 of the Millenium's First Decade

The first decade of the millenium, known as "the aughts," has come to a close--and what a decade it's been! Choose a theme and share your decade's top 10 moments. Challenge yourself to choose only one for each year. Check out this NBC link for theme ideas. What ought we to know about your aughts?

Reflecting on my first decade of the millenium, my wanderlust exposed itself, so I decided upon a travel theme. However, some years we traveled more than others and the challenge became committing to one top travel destination for those years. Here's my example:

Our Decade of Journeys
2000: Honeymoon in Monterey.
2001: No phones, no television weekend in mystical Timber Cove.
2002: Bye-bye Berkeley apartment. Hello, new home, sweet home
2003: Branched off of a VW bus road trip with friends from NorCal through Big Sur, for an Arizona-Grand Canyon-Vegas jaunt.
2004: Anniversary in Maui and rendezvous with friends.
2005: Survived Costa Rica.
2006: Epic three week summer journey with friends and family in Europe.
2007: Flew to Connecticut and drove to Massachusetts with college friends for our friends' fall wedding.
2008: Aloha Hawaiian islands--three times!
2009: Paris in the springtime.

December '09 TRAKking

First off, do not miss Brenda's awesome 2?10, below this post!!

Sharon here, posting December '09 tRAKking to the blog, as Marlene is having technical difficulties:


December 2009 TraKKing

Sharon (Blushpea)
Check-ins: 5/5
Submissions: 2
Total # of layouts to critique: 19
Critiques within 10 day window: 17
BWC responses: 2 (BWC Nos. 23 & 24)

Brenda (Twinscrapbee)
Check-ins: 4/5
Submissions: 0
Total # of layouts to critique: 19
Critiques within 10 day window: 17
Critiques after 10 day window: 1

Lisa (Gelidygelato)
Check-ins: 3/5
Submissions: 3
Total # of layouts to critique: 19
Critiques after 10 day window: 16

Jesse (*Jesse*)
Check-ins: 2/5
Submissions: 0
Total # of layouts to critique: 19
Critiques within 10 day window: 9
Critiques after 10 day window: 10

Marlene (Marlenef)
Check-ins: 5/5
Submissions: 2
Total # of layouts to critique: 19
Critiques within 10 day window: 7
Critiques after 10 day window: 10

Chris (Cmleach)
Check-ins: 5/5
Submissions: 1
Total # of layouts to critique: 19
Critiques within 10 day window: 14

Brian (Fuchsboi)
Check-ins: 2/5
Submissions: 1
Total # of layouts to critique: 19
Critiques within 10 day window: 0
Critiques after 10 day window: 0

Denitza (Denitza)
Check-ins: 5/5
Submissions: 3
Total # of layouts to critique: 19
Critiques within 10 day window: 16

Wendygirl (Wendy)
Check-ins: 3/5
Submissions: 0
Total # of layouts to critique: 19
Critiques within 10 day window: 3
Critiques after 10 day window: 11

Chell Rae (Michelle)
Check-ins: 4/5
Submissions: 2
Total # of layouts to critique: 19
Critiques within 10 day window: 9
Critiques after 10 day window: 8
BWC responses: 1 (BWC No. 26)

Scrappinmomto2girls (Margaret)
Check-ins: 2/5
Submissions: 0
Total # of layouts to critique: 19
Critiques within 10 day window: 3
Critiques after 10 day window: 0

Lifeinthefastlane (Amanda)
Check-ins: 5/5
Submissions: 5
Total # of layouts to critique: 19
Critiques after 10 day window: 10

Scrappindiva (Taysha)
Check-ins: 5/5
Submissions: 0
Total # of layouts to critique: 19
Critiques within 10 day window: 19

FYI: I did not count any layouts/projects and comments for those items not towards critiques. Any questions, just let me know.

This person has had amazing participation and stupendous involvement for the months of October, November and December 2009.

and that person is.....

Denitza

Congrats girl! The next winner will be announced in April 2010, can't wait to see who that will be!