June Monthly Challenge

Hi Girlzzz,
First off I wanted to give a shoutout to the responses to the last challenges

Response to 2010 BWC 25 (Tis The Season), 2011 BWC 2 (Use Your Supplies) and our intermittent Catch-Up Challenges:
Sharon's Xmas in Texmas ('09)

Response to 2010 BWC 23 (Halloweenish), 2011 BWC 3 (Bird is the Word, word for this was "challenging") and our intermittent Catch-Up Challenges:
Sharon's Caruso: Our Halloween Treat

Summer is now upon us and I know a lot of us have numerous vacaton photos lying around just waiting to be scrapped. So for this BWC scrap your favorite summer vacation memory. Include journaling on your layout and to add a little twist use at least 3 different journaling spots on three different parts of the page.

Monthly Challenge for May: "Moms are people too"

With Mom in mind (Mother's Day is on the 8th - don't forget!), I'd like to focus on moms as people. Do a LO that celebrates the woman you are fortunate enough to also call mom. Her childhood, her marriage, her best friends, but something about her that showcases her as the woman she is or was rather than focusing on her as your mother. ALSO, bring back a classic: do some punch art on the page. Look at those punches you've amassed as shapes that can be turned into something else. You could just do some layered embellishments or an elaborate scene. Have fun.

March 2011 TRAKking

Here’s the TRAKking for March 2011 (yes I have a little more downtime now that I'm back at work than I did while on maternity leave!). My cut-off date for late critiques is 4/28. Challenges were optional as usual but I’m recognizing those who responded. Everyone’s # of LOs to critique is different (it’s the total # of LOs minus that person’s own contributions). There were some JFS LOs posted (people requesting critiques on less LOs than they posted) so some of you received extra credit for extra commenting! (No extra credit given for late critiques.) Please let me know if you have any questions.

Sharon (Blushpea)
Check-ins: 3/4
Submissions: 0
Total # of layouts to critique: 9
Critiques within 10 day window: 6
Critiques after 10 day window: 3

Brenda (Twinscrapbee)
Check-ins: 2/4
Submissions: 1
Total # of layouts to critique: 8
Critiques within 10 day window: 4
Critiques after 10 day window: 6
Challenge responses: 1

Lisa (Gelidy Gelato)
Check-ins: 3/4
Submissions: 2 for critique, 2 JFS
Total # of layouts to critique: 7
Critiques within 10 day window: 0
Critiques after 10 day window: 7

Jesse (*Jesse*)
Check-ins: 2/4
Submissions: 0
Total # of layouts to critique: 9
Critiques within 10 day window: 0
Critiques after 10 day window: 0

Marlene (.MaRLeNe.)
Check-ins: 1/4
Submissions: 0
Total # of layouts to critique: 9
Critiques within 10 day window: 0
Critiques after 10 day window: 8

Brian (BrianFuchs)
Check-ins: 0/4
Submissions: 0
Total # of layouts to critique: 9
Critiques within 10 day window: 0
Critiques after 10 day window: 0

Denitza (Denitza)
Check-ins: 2/4
Submissions: 1
Total # of layouts to critique: 8
Critiques within 10 day window: 8
Critiques after 10 day window: 2
Challenge responses: 1

Michelle (Chell Ray)
Check-ins: 4/4
Submissions: 2 for critique, 1 JFS
Total # of layouts to critique: 7
Critiques within 10 day window: 9

Margaret (Scrappinmomto2girls)
Check-ins: 1/4
Submissions: 0
Total # of layouts to critique: 9
Critiques within 10 day window: 0
Critiques after 10 day window: 0

Wendy (WendyGirl)
Check-ins: 0/4
Submissions: 0
Total # of layouts to critique: 9
Critiques within 10 day window: 0
Critiques after 10 day window: 0

Ammara (Amms_c)
Check-ins: 3/4
Submissions: 0
Total # of layouts to critique: 9
Critiques within 10 day window:0
Critiques after 10 day window: 9

Chris (CMLeach)
Check-ins: 4/4
Submissions: 3
Total # of layouts to critique: 6
Critiques within 10 day window: 9
Challenge responses: 1

February 2011 TraKKing

February 2011 TraKKing
There was a total of 11 layouts/projects up for critique this month!
Sharon (Blushpea)
Check-ins:	2/4
Submissions:	0
Critiques within 10 day window:	8
Critiques after 10 day window:	3
Brenda (Twinscrapbee)
Check-ins:	3/4
Submissions:	0
Critiques within 10 day window:	9
Critiques after 10 day window:	2
Lisa (Gelidygelato)
Check-ins:	3/4
Submissions:	2
Critiques within 10 day window:	0
Critiques after 10 day window:	9
Jesse (*Jesse*)
Check-ins:	2/4
Submissions:	0
Critiques within 10 day window:	0
Critiques after 10 day window:	0
Marlene (Marlenef)
Check-ins:	2/4
Submissions:	0
Critiques within 10 day window:	0
Critiques after 10 day window:	0
Brian (Fuchsboi)
Check-ins:	0/4
Submissions:	0
Critiques within 10 day window:	0
Critiques after 10 day window:	0
Denitza (Denitza)
Check-ins:	3/4
Submissions:	1
Critiques within 10 day window:	7
Critiques after 10 day window:	3
Wendygirl (Wendy)
Check-ins:	0/4
Submissions:	0
Critiques within 10 day window:	0
Critiques after 10 day window:	0
Chell Rae (Michelle)
Check-ins:	3/4
Submissions:	2
Critiques within 10 day window:	9
Critiques after 10 day window:	0
Scrappindiva (Taysha)
Check-ins:	1/4
Submissions:	2
Critiques within 10 day window:	0
Critiques after 10 day window:	3
Amms_c (Ammara)
Check-ins:	3/4
Submissions:	2
Critiques within 10 day window:	7
Critiques after 10 day window:	2
CMLeach (Chris)
Check-ins:	4/4
Submissions:	2
Critiques within 10 day window:	9
Critiques after 10 day window:	0

MC #1- Get Your Journaling On!

Welcome to the first Monthly Challenge of 2011.  With our busy schedules, we hope that having less challenges will make it easier for more participation in them.

Before getting to this challenge, I'd like to share who participated in the last challenge -- Denitza's BWC#6:

Chris's Month 10
Denitza's Happy Easter
Brenda's Christmas 2010

For some of us, journaling is not a challenge.  It comes naturally.  We enjoy it.  For others...it's pure pain.  For both parties, I have a challenge, and for most of us, this type of journaling is different than what we do normally.

Your challenge this month is to:

1. write your journaling to someone (i.e. the person the page is about); OR

2. use a long title which can stand alone as your journaling; OR

3. if you're feeling adventurous, do both!

Here's an example of a layout where I use both journaling to someone and a long title:

As is common in his first year album, my journaling is to my son.  Had I not included the journaling, the title -- "You are a silly happy sweet boy" -- could stand alone and still give a great idea as to the thoughts/feelings I have while looking at the photos on the page.

Here's another example where I use just a long title:

Can't wait to see what you come up with!

January tRAKking

There were 9 total projects up for critique this month!

Sharon (Blushpea) 

Check-ins: 4/4
Submissions: 0
Total # of layouts to critique: 9
Critiques within 10 day window: 8
Critiques after 10 day window: 1

Brenda (Twinscrapbee) 
Check-ins: 2/4
Submissions: 0
Total # of layouts to critique: 9
Critiques within 10 day window: 0
Critiques after 10 day window: 8

Lisa (Gelidy Gelato)
Check-ins: 4/4
Submissions: 2
Total # of layouts to critique: 7
Critiques within 10 day window: 1
Critiques after 10 day window: 6

Jesse (*Jesse*)
Check-ins: 2/4
Submissions: 0
Total # of layouts to critique: 9
Critiques within 10 day window: 1
Critiques after 10 day window: 3

Marlene (.MaRLeNe.)
Check-ins: 0/4
Submissions: 0
Total # of layouts to critique: 9
Critiques within 10 day window: 0

Brian (BrianFuchs)
Check-ins: 0/4
Submissions: 0
Total # of layouts to critique: 9
Critiques within 10 day window: 0

Denitza (Denitza)
Check-ins: 4/4
Submissions: 2
Total # of layouts to critique: 7
Critiques within 10 day window: 4

Critiques after 10 day window: 3
BWC responses: 1

Michelle (Chell Ray) 
Check-ins: 3/4
Submissions: 2
Total # of layouts to critique: 7
Critiques within 10 day window: 5

Critiques after 10 day window: 2
Wendy (WendyGirl)
Check-ins: 0/4
Submissions: 0
Total # of layouts to critique: 8
Critiques within 10 day window: 0

Taysha (Scrapping Diva) 
Check-ins: 2/4
Submissions: 0
Total # of layouts to critique: 9
Critiques within 10 day window: 0

Critiques after 10 day window: 7

Ammara (Amms_c) 
Check-ins: 2/4
Submissions: 1
Total # of layouts to critique: 8
Critiques within 10 day window: 2
Critiques after 10 day window: 4

Chris (CMLeach)
Check-ins: 4/4
Submissions: 2
Total # of layouts to critique: 7
Critiques within 10 day window: 7

Shannon (Darkflame_30)
Check-ins: 0/4
Submissions: 0
Total # of layouts to critique: 8
Critiques within 10 day window: 0

BWC # 6

BWC #6 Scraplift the person in front of you.

So, find the last project you uploaded to the critique thread and see who was before you, scraplift that person's project. No rules and I hope every one is o.k. with scraplifting!! You all have two weeks from today! Get busy!

No one have responded to the previous BWC, but I hope we all get the juices flowing with Spring being just around the corner and all the creativity in the group!

P.S. I'll be scraplifting Lisa's BD card very soon! Lisa, thanks for the inspiration!