Our last challenge....

I'm a little sad....we have reached the end of the race! Happy to get there but still there is a bit of sadness knowing it's over. I guess I'll just have to make plans to do the next one! :)

Our last challenge as Neissa says below was to scraplift one of our partner's layouts and write about what we liked most about the race. I enjoyed the challenges and the race and certainly getting the prizes along the way but the best prize for me was having Neissa as a partner and getting to know her. We are now friends which will continue even though the race has ended.

I scraplifted the Ali and Mazzi layout Neissa did for her daughter's album.

My journaling says:

The Amazing Digi Scrapping Race has been wonderful. Not only was I directed to complete some great challenges which I probably would not havecompleted on my own but I also found agreat motivator with my partner, Neissa. Not only did she inspire and encourage me but we also became good friends...sharing ourselves and our lives.. That was the best prize of all!

Credits:

Paper, sun, gem,frayed twill from Sunshine on a Cloudy Day by Carrie Stephens at FishScrapsMonogram tag (recolored) by Misty CatoStitched twill tape (recolored) by Daniela Austen

Fonts:

Pea Alisha, Times and Times Again, the King and Queen Font

For the final challenge of ADSR we had to scraplift one of our partner's layouts and journal about our favorite part of the race.

I think the journaling says it all:
This is the first year I have participated in The Amazing Digi Scrapping Race. It has been full of challenges that have forced me to step out of my comfort zone and scrap themes I wouldn't normally scrap. My favorite part of the race has been my partner! It has given us a chance to become Friends and to get to know each other better! I am going to miss working on these challenges together!!!

Scraplift of "If I Were Queen:
http://www.3scrapateers.com/gallerypp/showphoto.php/photo/66210/cat/500/perpage/24/sort/4/ppuser/6171/sl/t
Bikinis & Board Shorts - March Oscraps Callab kit @ Oscraps
Lace It Up Action by Laurie Whitney-Pawlowski @ DigiScrapToolbox
Fonts: Freeze!; Beyond Wonderland; 2peas Dainty

Hope Floats is one of my favorite movies because of it's sweet and simple theme. I love the relationship between mothers and daughters and it's full of wonderful quotes!
"Beginnings are scary, endings are usually sad, but it's the middle that matters the most"
"Childhood is what you spend the rest of your life trying to over come"

Credits:
Sassy Sweet by Cori Cammon @ Elemental Scraps
Fonts: Artistamp Medium; Annabelle; 2peas DW Sydney

I have lots of favorite movies but if I had to list my all time favorite it would probably be "Gone with the Wind". I love that epic saga...having seen it for the first of many, many times when I was about 13. I loved Rhett Butler's "I don't give a damn" attitude and certainly feel that way sometimes. And what about Scarlett and her "Tomorrow is another day" way of living? Her tendency towards procrastination is certainly something I follow frequently!

Credit: Backgrounds by C Baumann, Tag by Betty Jo Martin, Postcard and emphera by C McAtee, cross stitch charm by J Schmitt, rose and butterfly by Jen U, ribbon by K Eflin, medallion corners by K Sauvage, (all from the kit "Tea Party" by KB and Friends

Fonts: Phank, Susie's Hand

One more challenge to go!!!! Woohooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Challenge #10 (Two to go!)

This is our entry for the ADSR Challenge 10. Since Neissa completed the last "roadblock" layout, it was my turn to do one. I was to scrap my favorite place, use the word satisfaction on it and also to include a title with several alphas.The journaling says "I love being at the beach. It’s my favoriteplace to be to relax and do nothing!The satisfaction I get looking at the water and the crashing of the waves, feeling thewarm sand beneath my feet, and smelling thesalt is something that can’t easily be defined. I just know that I feel peace when I’m at the beach."

Credits:

By the Sea by Carla Ware, Distressed White Alpha by Misty Cato, Icy Alpha by Laura Bavin, Peachy Keen Alpha by Elizabeth Weaver, Torn Mulberry/Vellum by Diane Miller

Font: Phank

Two more challenges to go!

Challenge #9

Oh my...this week's challenge as Neissa says below was to scrap an embarassing moment. I had quite a few to choose from I hate to say! :) I scrapped about a time I burned some carpet while heat embossing. I was at a neighborhood clubhouse and they had just installed new carpet the previous week. I was mortified! The journaling says: "Talk about embarrassing! I was at a crop making Christmas cards and I was using my trusty heat gun for some dry embossing. I had my cards on the floor and was running the heat gun over them. Imagine the look on my face when I picked up the cards and an imprint of where the cards had lain was BURNED into the carpet! And the carpet was only a week old!"

Credit: Paisley in Plum by Kimberly Stewart (at 3 Scrapateers), Paper Tear and Aged Metal Effect by Atomic Cupcake

Fonts: Pea Alisha, Pea Amy Rica Script, Impact

Whew! These challenges are tough!!! They definitely make me step outside of my comfort zone!!

Journaling reads: One of the most embarrassing things I have done is send an email to my grandmother while I was upset with my mother, but I accidentally sent it to my Mom!!! She was upset but we talked it over and made peace. I should have just told her I was upset in the first place!

Credits:
Genuine by Bannerwoman @ 3Scrapateers
Fonts: FG Otto; akaFrivolity

Oh, and that's my new laptop in the picture!!!! I am so loving have a machine that keeps up with me!!! =o)

My layout for the Girl Talk challenge!!! My bestest friend and I durning various visits with each other. She's a riot and we always have fun together.

Credits:
Just Between Friends by Bannerwoman @ 3Scrapateers
Postal Stamp Frames @ Peppermint Creative
Sanded Edge Action @ Atomic Cupcake
Font: Elise; Freeze!

Racing Along with Challenge #8

This layout is for Challenge #8 of the ADSR! We were supposed to do a layout with a “Girl Talk” theme. Nice and easy theme. I immediately thought of my very close friend, Ronni. We’ve known each other nearly 30 years and can we talk!!! We have talked about everything under the sun!!! …including some things we probably wish we hadn’t! LOL! Journaling says:“Ronni is the best friend. I can tell her anything at anytime and know that she'll keep the important and throw the junk away. Back in the ‘80s...well before cell phones and unlimited long distance we were known to get on the phone to chat and would talk all through the night until it was time to go to work in the morning!"

Credits: Frame, ribbon, and rub-on by Misty Cato, backgrounds by me with thanks to Atomic Cupcake for the linen texturizer, paper clip and buttons were made with Sherri Tierney’s Fill Your Own Embellishments at Elemental Scraps, staple by Jeanne Papai from Floral Fantasy

Fonts: Pea Alisha, Emboss

This is my entry for challenge #7. It was a tough one getting all of those photos on there!!! Susan did a fabulous job adding elements to it!!! I love those doodled frames!!!!! And she did some fancy footwork getting them to look right since she was working with a flat jpeg!!!!

Credits: Background paper, buttons, staples, frames, and ric rac from Mystery Tour @ NDISB; Chipboard Action @ Atomic Cupcake; Threaded ribbon by Misty Cato.

Harder and Harder!

These challenges are getting harder and harder!!! Wah, wah, wah! We thought the last one was tough (which I lucked out on because only one of us had to do it and Neissa volunteered!...I know, the next one will be mine! :))! Anyway this challenge was a joint challenge. We had to select our own backgrounds, add our title and place NO LESS THAN 10 photos on it! CRAZY!!! That's about 5 pictures too many!!! Then we had to send the file to our partners. Couldn't send psd files because they were too huge so we sent flattened jpegs and then we had to embellish and finish each other's layouts! It was tough to "ease" elements "under" pictures. Lots of fancy erasing which is not always the easiest on PSE4! But we're done and here's my layout which Neissa did a beautiful job of completing for me. This is my daughter Amanda, and her horse, Corona.

My DS loves trains!!! We found this wooden one outside of Lambert's, a restaurant we have to drave a couple of hours to get to so we only go once a year. He had a great time playing on it an dit made the 2 hour wait for a table not seem as long.

This is my entry for challenge 6. We had to use at least 15 elements and no more then 2 could be by the same designer. My scrapping style is more on the simple side so this one was hard for me!!!

Here's the long list of credits:
Background card stock by Me
Green Star and Striped Pattern paper from Just Between friends kit (boy) by Bannerwoman @ 3Scrapateers
Cardboard Arrow from CS Cardboard kit Part 1 by Scrap Celina
String Border from Stawberry Patch by Kimberly Cameron
Bottle Cap from Easter by Michelle Underwood @ SBB
Metal Brads from Fly High @ Atomic Cupcake
Splatter Brush from Future Rock Star by Chris Ford
Cardboard Border by Amy Fenner @ goDigitalScrapbooking
Star Charm from Faith Hope and Love Add-On by Beth Nixon @ digitalScrapbookPlace
Doodle from Coral Cove by Brigid Gonzalez @ 3Scrapateers
Staples from For Your Love by Rina Kroes @ 3Scarateers
Frame from Dare to Dream by Debra Anderson @ goDigitalScrapbooking
Photo Corner from Mud Monster by Dawn Wilson @ SBB
Stitching from Raunchy Red Add-On by Dedicated2Digital
Myster Tour Alpha @ NDISB
fonts: Bradley Hand, 2Peas My Muse