Challenge "New Year/Old year"

Thank you to those who completed the challenge last week:
Nitza:
http://www.scrapbook.com/myplace/index.php?mod=galleries&u=114723&m=view&id=1188573&page=1
Tiff:

http://www.scrapbook.com/galleries/147509/view/1193085/-1/0/1.html


From the New Years Baby your New Years challenge! Ok girls, here's your challenge, its an either/or challenge OR If you are Girlz enough, you could do both!
1) Year in review.
So 2007 is gone, see ya, bye bye.....Make a LO of your view of the year in review. Could be current events, things you accomplished, whatever you want people to see years from now about your views of the year 2007.
2)The New Year
Scrap what you hope to accomplish in the new year, whether it be resolutions, goals, or planning a big event, here again, you are creative women, whatever YOU want to scrap about for 2008.
3)2 pager, if you can (NOT a requirement, just an extra "umph" to this challenge) Scrap one page for 2007 in review, another for starting 2008. Or just scrap one or the other, whatever your heart desires!

Weekly Challenge

First and foremost, let me apologize for such a late post!

However, there will be two weeks for this weekly challenge, and two weeks for all of the others from now on.

Let me also give credit to those who completed last week's challenge.
Denitza: http://www.scrapbook.com/galleries/114723/view/1166755/-1/0/1.html
Sharon: http://scrapbook.com/galleries/41507/view/1173361/-1/0/1.html


Ok, your challenge for this week is to use metal. That's it. Any kind of metal in any way you like. It can be brads in the center of a flower, metal mesh, staples, anything your heart desires. You can do this on a LO, card, project, etc. Surprise me!!

Weekly Challenge #49: Some Interaction

OK before I launch into things, here are the latest responses to these Weekly Challenges which haven’t yet been recognized here, starting w/ last week’s challenge:

Using a Quote WC:
Lisa: The Greatest Treasure...
GovMelissa: It's a No Win
Wendy: Punctuality
Tiffany: When You Are Through Changing, You Are Through
Marlene: Chuck E. Cheese "A Cool Place To Be A Kid"

Ad Inspirations, Making Headlines, Out of the Scrap Room & Second Chance WCs:
Sharon: Usual Suspects in VT pg 1
Usual Suspects in VT pg 2
Usual Suspects in VT pg 3
Usual Suspects in VT pg 4
Usual Suspects pg 4 hidden photo detail

Leftovers WC:
Denitzza: Remember
GovMelissa: While You Were Out
Tiffany: Do You Want Some Of THIS
Lisa: Great Britain Vacation Day 4
Sharon: Wishes Of Christmas Past - 2004
Wishes of Christmas Past (detail)

Extreme Makeover WC:
Tiffany: Love
GovMelissa: Life's To Do List

Outstanding work, all! Please check these out, along w/ other fantastic creations from the LO thread, if you haven’t already. Now for this week’s challenge…

“I can get some
Interaction
I can get some
Satisfaction…” (sung to the Rolling Stones’ ‘Satisfaction’).

Lots of wonderful activity has been bubbling within SHCG lately…we started a fresh new thread, the veteranzz have had thoughtful discussions about going forward, the newbiezz are adding a nice spark. There’s been lots of positive interaction & that is so excellent. In this spirit, this week I challenge you to use interactive elements. Pockets, pop-ups, pop-outs, pull-outs, mini-books, flippers, flaps, extenders, what-have-you, maybe what you'll do doesn't even have a name yet! You’ve all been so great at interacting lately, now let’s get some of that interaction on your pages! Deadline is next Sunday 12/16, following which I’ll post a poll (my very first) & award the winner w/ this adorable kit, just because! Looking forward to seeing what you come up with!

Weekly Challenge #48: Using a Quote

Hey! Hey all of you. This is my first attempt at posting a challenge. Here it goes...

One of my favorite things to use for titles on scrapbook pages are quotes! Usually I have found these quotes in the past and they typically fit my personality or subject in the picture. I also use quotes to make a statement which I really want said, but maybe do not have a picture for, so I improvise with a quote and some random picture.

For example, I have a quote that fits my personality perfectly...it says "punctuality is a virtue of the bored" and that fits me to the T. If I have to be somewhere on time, I really, really have to work at it and pretty much everyone around me knows this about me. It is something I struggle with and stress over all of the time, but it is still part of my life.

So, my weekly challenge for everyone is to pick a quote that you love and one that also fits your personality! Use this quote somewhere on your page!!

Weekly Challenge #47: Left-overs!

I am sorry this weekly challenge is a bit late! Now that Thanksgiving is done, I thought I would do a play on what always seems to be around after the belly-busting feast, left-overs! A quick anecdote is that my dad's turkey soup is the best left-over ever. He takes the little bits of the turkey left behind, adds some of the left-over carrots and makes it into this amazing, delicious soup. So the idea is that the best things can come from looking at left-overs, mixing them up a bit and seeing what comes from that.

The challenge, then, is to not use anything new on a layout. You don't have to use the oldest of old stash but to really be creative with what is left-over from your scrapping. Perhaps the dots from your 3-hole punch will add pizazz? Or the strip that you punched stars out of? It can even include items from outside of scrapping if you wish--do you still have a key from an old house lying around? Stuff in a junk drawer somewhere? Can we create beautiful layouts from left-overs?

Weekly Challenge #46: Extreme Makeover-Layout Edition

Let me begin by thanking our beautiful Brenda for giving us a "Second Chance" to meet some past challenges.


If you haven't already, please be sure to check these out:
Lisa's Weekly Challenge #39 The Men in My Life
Brenda's Weekly Challenge #39 My Man (Triathlon 1-2)
Brenda's Weekly Challenge #39 My Man (Triathlon 3-4)
Brenda's Weekly Challenge #40 Aaron's First Eagle
Denitza's Weekly Challenge #5 Little Man
Denitza's Weekly Challenge #3 Leave Your Mark
Tiffany's Weekly Challenge #39 U fill my heart
Tiffany's Weekly Challenge #40 do your best


There were some other great layouts that you should all check out on the layout thread!

If I missed anyone, please send me a private message, so that I can update.

Extreme Makeover: Layout Edition
After some discussion on the thread, I decided to challenge you fabulous girls to find an older layout and update it. Some in our group haven't been scrapping long, but even still our earlier layouts are noticeably different from our more recent ones. However, some of us have been scrapping for over 10 years, and, well, a few pictures are worth a thousand words.
Click if you dare:

Have some cake!

Walking down the aisle.

The horror! Why didn't someone do an intervention with the evil deco-scissors? WHY?
As you can see, I have my work cut out (pun intended) for me. I hope you can find something too.
When you post your response to the weekly challenge, please link us to the original, as well. :D The due date (which the Governor has noticed was missing) is 11/25/07
xoxoxoxoxo

WC #45-Choose Your Challenge (aka Second Chance Challenge)

Thank your lucky stars for the stellar zodiac los from
* MyNitzza, our inventive Virgo Virgo
* and Tiffany, our horny Aries Such an Aries

The year is winding down, the Holidaze are creeping up on us and, before you know it, it's time for the New Year and a whole new set of Weekly Cha--er, Biweekly Challenges. It got me thinking about the WCs I've missed that I always intended to complete and how that feeling of leaving things unfinished continues to gnaw away at me. If you've ever felt like me on this one, here's your second chance. Choose a WC from the past and fulfill it. When uploading your lo, please label your description WC #45/WC #?? [Past WC Title]. I have kept track of the WC titles on an old SHCG thread. Click here to view the list. Let me know if you have any questions about a particular week's details; otherwise, WC #5 is the earliest one detailed in our blog. For those who are feeling particularly ambitious, try completing two or more los for other WCs you've missed. I'm looking forward to some blasts from the past!

WC#44-Zodiac Signs

This week I challenge you to scrap your zodiac sign. Or if you like, scrap the sign of a loved one.Can't wait to see what you all come up with! Get busy!

Last week's challenge,"Making Headlines" was completed by:

1.Tiff : " Style Watch"

WC #43 - Making Headlines

Who doesn't love a juicy story? I know I sure do and that is what inspired this challenge. This week you get to play reporter. Create your scrapbook page as if you were creating the front page of a newspaper, tabloid, or magazine.

Here is a cute example I found:

Have Fun!

WC#42-Out of the Scrap Room

This week I dare you to use something that is not made for scrapbooking. Go to your office and pull out the staples, go to the kitchen and pull out the aluminum foil :) or just use paint. Just let your imagination go free and use something outside of your scrapbooking supplies. I'll be waiting to see all the amazing work!
The los that were created for last week's challenge-"Catalogs, Adds, Billboards":
1. Denitza: " Summer Time"

WC#41-Catalogs, Adds, Billboards

Sometimes when I can't get inspired by my photos, the story behind them, my family, the flowers around me or anything else that usually makes me just want to create, I look at adds. They are everywhere! Here is the page ( from Ikea catalog) that inspire me to create a fun lo with photos from this summer. I hope this week you can take time to look at the photo and get inspired to create something-doesn't have to be a lo-anything. Can't way to see what you can come up with!
Congrats to the girlzz that created los for the last week's challenge " Brenda, You've Been Scrapjacked"-you are one more lo closer to your goal!

1. Sharon: " You Are My Hero"

2. Jessica: " Cousins"

3. Angela: " Carpe Diem"

4. Brenda: "Aaron's First Eagle"

5. Denitza: " Fall"

Amazing los and one more time -thanks to Brenda!

WC#40-..., you've been SCRAPJACKED!!!

This week we will be scrapjacking one of our own. This lo was created for the Lucky 7 contest and I still don't know why, oh why they ( sb.com) didn't choose any of the Scrap Happenzz los!!??!!?? Anyways.
O.k., o.k. I know it's about time to tell you ......
Brenda, you've been scrapjacked!

Here you have it. Get to scrapping and have fun! Can't wait to see what you all come up with!
And,Brenda, if you like to scrapjack yourself and create another great lo-go ahead, if you don't feel like it and you still want to create something -my challenge to you is to create a card based on this lovely lo ( Sharon, thanks for sharing this amazing idea with us). Thanks, Brenda, for sharing this awesome lo with us and letting us use it as an inspiration!

Don't forget to check the los that have been done for last week's challenge-" The Man/Men in Our Lives". Here are the girlzz that uploaded/will upload los:

1. Jessica: "My Guy"

2. Sharon: "You Are My Hero"

3. Brenda: "Triathlon" p.1-2

                  "Triathlon" p.3-4

4. Becky: "Your Smile"

5. Lisa: " The Men in My Life"

6. Denitza: "You"

Great los , girlzz!

WC#39-The Men in our Lives

For this week's challenge I decided that we need to pay some attention to the men in our lives. We always tend to create los about the kids, vacations, but not enough about our men. So this week I challenge you to create a lo about the men around you -husbands, fathers, sons, boyfriends,uncles, friends,brothers...The due date for this challenge will be 10/07-Sunday. I can't wait to see what you all come up with! Now get busy!:)

Thanks, Jess, for the last 2 weeks -great challenges!
The girlzz that posted los:

1.Jessica-6x12 lo: "Note to {younger} Self"

2.Sharon-12x12 lo: "Serious Little Me"

3.Brenda-8x8 los: "Earth to Goth Girl"
                               "Distorted"

4.Angela-12x12 lo: "Carpe Diem"

5.Denitza-81/2x 11 lo: " Hey U"

Great los! If somebody else posts a lo, I'll update the info here.

WC #38

I'm not going to post the completed LOs from last week until the end of this when I post the winner, since it's a two-week long challenge.

With this week's challenge, you have a choice between two (since I couldn't choose and don't want to be stingy and take another week away from denitza) or you can do both!
Option #1: Scrap something you don't like about yourself. It can be physical or not. It can be something you do, or a part of your body. It's all up to you. (imperfect lives, will fill in page # when i find it again, lol)
Option #2: Scrap your dirty little secrets. This can be about anything. Your quirks, short cuts you take, anything you can possibly think of you'd want to fall under this category. An example of this in the book was of a mom who told all of her shorcuts she take so she can have some "me" time. Such as doing the "sniff test" rather than doing another load of laundry. Occasionally I'll do my son's homework rather than fighting and arguing with him, so that it gets done. It doesnt have to be like this at all. Anything you can think of at all!!(imperfect lives page 59)

Alright, now get scrapping! Have fun!

WC #37

Firstly, I want to thank Brenda for stepping in and posting a last minute/mid-week WC for us (and a great one for the month with the 9/11 theme). So, Brenda- a big thanks to you!


Second, those people who participated and/or posted a LO

• Denitza
• Brenda
• Christy
• Sarah (will upload soon)
• Sharon (will upload soon)

Can't wait to see the others when they're uploaded.

Now, for this week's challenge. I had such a difficult time deciding between two that I had narrowed it down to. However, eenie meenie minie moe really worked here, and I've got one for this week.

This week's challenge will be to write a note to your younger self. You can give your younger self advice, with the knowledge you know now and how you would have used it then. You can include a picture of yourself of around the time you would have liked to receive this note, a picture of yourself now, both, or no picture at all. It is entirely up to you. Maybe you'll want to make this the first page of the WIGU (when I grow up) mini album if you participated in that.. or if you are working on a BOM, this would be a great addition. What you include on this page is entirely up to you. I can't wait to see what you all come up with!

The Due Date for this will be Sunday, 9/23. At this point, i'll post another challenge for next week. Then, Sunday 9/30 will be the due date. On this day, I would need everyone to PM me with their favorite LO for the two weeks (if you only did one week, i'll assume it's that one). When I receive everyone's PM, I'll put up a poll and we'll vote for the favorite LO. When I find out the winner I'll send out a RAK!!

Happy Scrapping!

The credit for this idea goes to my "Imperfect Lives" book i got, page 17.

Weekly Challenge #34-36: Keep the Momentum Going

All hail MyNitza for her prompt response to Sarah's WC! Some props go to my seester as well for stepping up to bat against my curveball for the challenge. Mucho gratitude to our CG for being such great sports and participating in the rivalry. I dunno where all the baseball references are coming from, so let's just get this ball rolling...

The last due date for a WC was Sept. 2. No WCs have been posted since then, so this challenge will serve to cover those weeks. Your challenge is to create, upload, and link a lo--ANY LO!--for critiquing. Critiques will be based on basic design principles: rule of thirds, color, balance, and flow. Optional redirect: Create, upload, and link a lo based on/inspired by/reflecting on 9/11 which will also be critiqued according to the basic design principles. Basically, this week's challenge is to get a lo done and shared by Sunday, September 16! Gotta keep some kinda momentum going here. Your reward is the satisfaction of knowing that you met the challenge.

Sarah's Weekly Challenge

Ok, since sarah couldn't post on here for some reason, I copied what she wrote and pasted it here.

Firstly, thanks to Christy for holding last weeks challenge (Walking down Memory Lane). The people who posted their LOs were:
Tiff
Brenda
Nitza
Jen
Jessica
(If I missed anyone please let me know!!)
This weeks challenge
So when we browse through our scrapbooks we tend to see that there are elements that we always use. So look at the last 5 LO’s you made write the similarities between them (you will need at least 2).

So, being the talented bunch of scrappers you are, I challenge you to create a LO that doesnt use 2 (or for the more daring of you - more) of the list. This can be something simple like handwritting journalling instead of it being typed or more dificult such as not using that one thing that appears on all of your LOs such as flowers or buttons or using more than one photo. Or even no photos at all!!!

There is going to be a prize (winner decided by the old fashioned voting system!!! lol ). The due date for this challenge is Sunday 2nd September. Looking forward to seeing what you come up with!!!

Memory Lane challenge

Hello ladiez! I havent done this in a while so forgive me if I do something wrong or forget something!
I feel that we are usually so busy scrapping the latest pictures that we've taken that we forget the early years so,

My challenge is this:

I challenge you to scrap something about your childhood. Old photos of you or your family, an old pet, or if that is not something that is easy for you to do because of lack of photos or something else, scrap a page about a toy(s), place(s), or just something that brought you joy when you were a child. Please dig deep in to your memory and give me some journaling here.

Week Challenge # 29 and # 30 " My Letter"

First thing: Thanks Angela for the last week's challenge, which was great! Thanks to K for the DT" Balance" -great one too!
Second: if you haven't checked the los that were created for the last WC/ DT,please checked them out when you have time.

K's: 100% Math Exam
http://www.scrapbook.com/galleries/111869/view/946615/-1/0/1.html

Angela's: Their Home
http://www.scrapbook.com/galleries/143085/view/947263/-1/0/1.html

Tiff's: Here comes Mr. Bingle
http://www.scrapbook.com/galleries/147509/view/947305/-1/0/1.html

Jess's: Object of my Affection
http://www.scrapbook.com/myplace/index.php?mod=galleries&u=131197#comments

Denitza's: Little Treasures
http://www.scrapbook.com/galleries/114723/view/943599/-1/0/1.html

Third: For the next TWO weeks our challenge will be to alter the first letter of our names. You can get a letter from any craft store and alter it-you can hang it in you scrap space or you bedroom or the bathroom. You can alter a little chipboard letter and use it on a lo or a bookmark. Some of the D's that I've done are at the top. The due date for this WC will be August 5th. Have a lot of fun with your letters! Can't wait to see all of your creations!

Weekly Challenge #28: Object of My Affection

Let's have some applause for everyone who completed the Stashoffont challenge (another great one--I hope I can continue the trend!):

Nitza
Spider Boy

~Alma Scrapera~
I Want Smores!

K
Miss You

Moi
Hi Kate

Whenscraphappens
The First Man

Blushpea
Johnson Space Center (left side)
Johnson Space Center (right side)

x3JessicaLouise
Good Ol' Times

Sosumi_san
Garden

If I missed anybody, please PM me (Sosumi_san) so I can add you in!

With that out of the way, let me now welcome everybody to the Object of My Affection challenge. Ooh ahh, what could it be? Well, pull out your pens and pull up your bootstraps because it's a journaling challenge, which I thought would be a switch from design. It doesn't matter whether your journaling is hidden or visible, how long it is or how detailed but it must be about an object related to a loved one (it can be something related to you, "co-owned"), any everyday object of that person's, and it must say why that object means what it does to you. For example: "This antique coffee grinder will always remind me of my parents. It hasn't been oiled since I was a child so every morning the creaks of it grinding followed by the aroma of their fresh-brewed coffee were what I woke up to. Seeing it, but especially hearing it, immediately brings that memory back." The photo(s) may or may not include that object, up to you.