WE HAVE A WINNER... actually two!!

Sorry it took us so long to post these... I was away on vacation and then we had to have a tie breaker vote because you guys are just so fabulous!

Winner #1: Where the Wild Things Are Challenge

Natasja!

Winner #2: The Giving Tree Challenge

Mandy!

Congrats ladies... email me your addresses (lostinadreamofjosh@gmail.com)
and I will get your prizes out this week.
I'll even toss in a lil' somethin' extra since you had to wait so long!

The Prize for The Velveteen Rabbit Challenge
will be a $20 gift card to
Concroption
So get those pages, cards, or altered projects done!
Due: July 5th

Also.. wondering if anyone out there makes ATCs? I was considering doing an ATC mini challenge and wanted to know if there would be interest in that. Comment and let me know!

~Kimmy

Challenge #4 --The Velveteen Rabbit

The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams is my all-time favorite children's book....more for it's deeper meaning than it's simple story.
Here's one of my favorite parts:

"Real isn't how you are made," said the Skin Horse. "It's a thing that happens to you. When a child loves you for a long, long time, not just to play with, but REALLY loves you, then you become Real." "Does it hurt?" asked the Rabbit. "Sometimes," said the Skin Horse, for he was always truthful. "When you are Real you don't mind being hurt." "Does it happen all at once, like being wound up," he asked, "or bit by bit?" "It doesn't happen all at once," said the Skin Horse. "You become. It takes a long time. That's why it doesn't happen often to people who break easily, or have sharp edges, or who have to be carefully kept. Generally, by the time you are Real, most of your hair has been loved off, and your eyes drop out and you get loose in your joints and very shabby. But these things don't matter at all, because once you are Real you can't be ugly, except to people who don't understand."

For this challenge, please incorporate some soft TEXTURE onto your LO to reflect the texture of the rabbit in the story.
Other than that, it's up to you! Be inspired by the book, the illustrations, the words....

Here are some of the DT's projects to inspire you:

Kimmy was inspired by the velvet texture of the bunny and to remember a childhood toy:


Lou was inspired by the velvet texture of the bunny in the story (velvet flocked paper!) and the theme of "REAL":


Haggith says, "this is a layout about my doll that I used to have. I loved her so much. Journaling: "I have never loved a doll as much as I loved Janneke. She sadly died of a broken arm. My parents thought she was so ugly, but in my mind she is still the prettiest ever! :)"


Julie faces the challenge of people's misunderstanding her sweet daughter Brooke's port wine stains, and yet always sees the beauty in her precious girl!


Here's mine! I am always working to "become real":


Please join us for this challenge and link us up to your amazing creations by July 15th!
We'll also have a winner for The Giving Tree challenge soon! EDITED TO ADD: and we'll be announcing the Where The Wild Things Are winner too! Sorry about that, guys! :)

giving tree continued

Sorry about the delay in getting Kimmy and my pages up. They were both done on time, just not posted. I guess now you know who takes the pictures and emails our pages and such. And she is out of the country. LOL.

Lou

Kimmy

Challenge #3!!! The Giving Tree! :):):):):):):)

Hi all....

Julie here...and while Kimmy is having FUN in LONDON, ENGLAND....I am here to give you CHALLENGE #3!!!!! This time its all about the book, "The Giving Tree" by Shel Silverstein...when Kimmy interviewed us for the DT...we had to tell her our FAVE children's book and my choice was this BOOK!!! I loveeeeeeeeeee this book to this day...and I even have a copy of it..right here in front of me on the computer! :):):):):):):)

Soooooooo this challenge is going to have a few things U can chose to do a LO, altered item, or card too....

The color GREEN!
The word GIVING!
Use a tree/leaves image!
Doodling!

Now....U can link up your projects right here until JULY 1st!!!!! And don't forget that U still have until JUNE 15th to get your "WILD" Lo's into us for our previous challenge! :):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):)

Here is what our AMAZING DT has in store for U this time! :):):):):):):):)

JULIE



BREE




LORI





HAGGITH




We wil be back on the 16th to announce the winner from our "WILD" challenge!!!! Thanks for stopping by....and can't wait to see what everyone creates! :):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):)

Challenge #1 WINNER!!!!!!!!

We loved ALL the submissions, it was SO HARD to chose a winner. You were all just fabulous! The prize goes to MandySea with this adorable trinket container.


Contact Bree with your mailing address, so she can get you your prize!

Everyone PLEASE keep those projects coming! We loved the all participation this time around!

Volume 2 :Wild Things

Challenge #2 is here!!!!!
Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
If you are not familiar with the book...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Where_the_Wild_Things_Are
video-->http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63xJu5QUimw
movie trailer-->http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--N9klJXbjQ (I am so excited!!)
No specifics on this one except use the word WILD somewhere on your page :D
Just be inspired by it somehow, anyhow.

Post your project (card,LO, or altered object!) in the comments to this post by June 15
and please let us know what about the book inspired you!

Here's some DT work to inspire you!


Julie:
I was inspired by the colors and the nature motif of this book... on my LO, I tried to bring that to life! :):):)
Lori: I was inspired by the muted colors and woodsy images and I loved the line in the book that I used for my title: "let the wild rumpus begin!"

Haggith: I was inspired by the colors of the jungle, especially the colors orange, green and blueish/grey. And the flowers and trees. And a bit inspired by the little boy running around getting all mischievous!!! :)

Journaling: "I love your free spirit; your laughs, your smiles; your running around. You make me happy"


Kimmy: I was so inspired I made 2 pages. This one includes my favorite line from the book, a jungle made out of flower trees and my wild little niece romping about with the wild things I printed off the internet.
This was my original idea. I had this adorable wrapping paper and these great KI papers that matched the color scheme of the book.



Lou: I was inspired by the color and shapes on the endpages of the book.
Bree: The title "King of the Wild things" is a line from the book, and my journaling says ( I love you so much I could eat you up.. like in the book)

Also the clouds and stars in the sky for the "gloomy night without making it too gloomy...

The winner of challenge #1 will be posted later this weekend, just waiting on a few votes from the DT! :D

~Kimmy

Have a WILD week!

Volume 1: Wizard of Oz

I am SOOOOOOOOOOO excited to kick off our first challenge just in time for National Scrapbook Day! I hope you can all play along and be inspired by our awesome design team!


The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by Frank L. Baum

Your challenge:
Choose 2 OR MORE of the following to include on your layout, atc, altered project, or card.

THE SHOES: red OR silver sequins or glitter (in the book the ruby shoes are
actually silver)
DORTHY'S DRESS: blue gingham OR white eyelet lace
YELLOW BRICK ROAD: use the color yellow somewhere
TWISTER: twisted ribbons
EMERALD CITY: green background OR only use green embellishments
WINGED MONKEYS: wings
OZ ICONS: rainbows OR hearts OR bubbles
MUNCHKIN LAND: a grouping of 5 or more flowers OR something teeny tiny
WORDS OF WISDOM: the quote "No Place Like Home" OR the word "Wonderful" OR any other quote from the book.
MUSIC: lyrics from any "Wicked" song or song from the movie (as they were
both inspired by the book)
OZ VINTAGE: one of these images: http://www.oz-central.com/photo.html
THEME: friendship OR journey OR home

Design Team Projects:

Lou created this "wonderful" LO with silver glitter, and wings... there's also rainbows and a lot of green in there!

I used blue gingham (my neice's dress), Yellow brick road (that's a painted prima ribbon package!) , "journey" & wings. The picture itself makes me think of The Wizard of Oz...

Bree made this awesome altered book/frame. Look for a tutorial from her later this week!!!
She used wings, green, journey, and something tiny.

Haggith created this stunning layout with a green patterned background, the theme JOURNEY, and look at all those hand cut & doodled on bricks!!! The Quote on the page in teeny tiny letters (Think munchkins!!) says..."just follow the road this crazy life will take you! I know you will make it!"

Check out Julie's blue gingham dream! That rainbow frame is freaking awesome! Those are "Wicked" cool lyrics too! The flowers are the perfect touch! Who says you can't use flowers on a boy page.


I am lovin' Lori's dreamy LO. Those are some of my favorite "Wicked" lyrics...and just look at all that GREEN!


Don't make your project ABOUT the book,
just inspired by it!

The prize for this challenge was donated by Bree... one of her fabulous Crop Suey Kits!
Please post a link to your project here as a response to this post no later than midnight on May 15th. Thank you & have fun!

~Kimmy