Say Hello to Two Funky Chicks

A new Amazing Digiscrapping Race begins on March 27th. The Two Funky Chicks consists of myself and Michelle Batton. We are looking forward to the race. Watch this blog for updates on the race. By the way, there is still time to get a partner and race with us. Just head on over to Natural Designs in Scrapbooking to learn more about ADSR 6. You have until the March 24th to register. If you scroll through the blog, you can see some of the layouts I created in the last two races with my partners Lisa (ADSR 5) and Ginger (ADSR 4). You will get some great layouts created and have a lot of fun at the same time. There is no judging with the Amazing Digiscrapping Race. Every team that competes is entered in the drawing for the grand prize. And for each challenge you complete, there is a prize. I've had a lot of fun the last two years and I highly recommend joining the race.

Challenges 5 & 6

Yes, ADSR5 is almost over and I am so behind.  I feel bad.  I did so good at first.  But I forget sometimes how much time the challenges can take.  But before I am said and done, I will have posted all of the challenges to this blog.  I may not finish until after the race, but I'll get it done.

Challenge 5 was hosted by Pretty Scrappy.  And here are requirements for the challenge as posted by the site.

The requirements for this challenge are fairly simple. Follow the guidelines being as creative as possible using the recipe below. You can incorporate other items into your layout, but you must use at least 6 of the items listed. Since this is the month of Valentine's Day, your special challenge is to incorporate CHOCOLATE into your layout. So, 6 items in the recipe and chocolate!
* 1 ribbon * 1 tree
* 1 button * 1 staple
* 2 papers * 1 set of stitching
* 1 frame * 1 tag
* 1 flower * 1 alpha

This first layout is Roxy's take on the challenge.  As usual, this is a wonderful layout.  And if I could make chocolates that looked like her's, I'd make more of my own. lol

(You can find full credits for the layout here.)

This is my layout.  The chocolates are the Godiva Truffles my hubby gave me for Valentine's day.  Godiva Truffles are so yummy.

(You can find full credits for the layout here.)

This was a fun challenge, because who hates thinking about chocolate?  Definitely not me. lol

Challenge 6 was a roadblock challenge and hosted by Scrappity-Do-Dah.  That meant only one of us had to do the layout.  For this challenge, that person was me.  I can't give the exact description of the challenge, because it has already been deleted.  But it was a recipe challenge where you had to do include specific items in your layout.  Normally, I am a big fan of recipe layouts.  But this one was a little too regimented for my taste.  It was pretty exact for placement, etc.  However, I thought mine turned out okay anyway.

(You can find full credits here.)

But you know what, that is what a challenge is about. Doing things you would normally not do.  And making the best of it.  I think I did this with challenge six.

Challenge 4

For this challenge we had to create two ATCs each. For those who aren't sure what ATCs are, here is an explanation for you. "Artist Trading Cards (ATCs) are 3.5" x 2.5" mini-layouts. They can be horizontal or vertical orientation. They are meant to be light-hearted, humorous, and often have an altered look but that is up to you. They usually have a partial picture and a small amount of text, the rest is decorative. You can use these as Valentines, bookmarks, brag books, badge albums, and so much more. Have fun with it!" (via DigitalScrapbookPages.com) We each had to make one ATC about the one we love and one ATC about our race partner.

I'll be honest, I wasn't too excited about these. However, in the end, I was happy with how mine turned out. Before you get a look at those, lets take a look at the two cards Roxy made. She did a great job with her cards. I especially love the rounded corners.

This first card is about her family. I especially like her use of selective coloring.

Her second card is about me. I really like the way she did the journaling on this one.

Both of these layouts were created using Celebrate Love by Pri Rocha. Now for my cards. This first one is about David. I am sure no one is surprised about this.

This card was created using Celebrate Love by Pri Rocha, Funky Love by Roxy Designs (my partner), Cut It and Curve It - Not 2 both by Merkeley Designs.

This next card is about my partner Roxy. For this one, I focused on her and her relationship with her son.

This card was created using Celebrate Love by Pri Rocha and Funky Love by Roxy Designs.

And here is the preview that Roxy created for us to use at Natural Designs in Scrapbooking.

 

My partner Roxy is an aspiring designer, which is why I don't have her kit linked to where you can buy it.  However, I say watch for her designs when they become available.

I'll be back in a couple of days with Challenge 5 and Challenge 6.  Until then.

Challenge 3 - ADSR5

This week's challenge was about selective coloring. For the challenge, your focal photo was to be b&w with selective coloring. In other words, some color from the color version should show through on the b&w version. You also needed to have at least 20 words of journaling.

The first layout is from Roxy. I have to say that I think this was one of the best layouts created for this challenge. I just think it look fantastic.

This layout was created using Waiting for Winter by Kimla Designs, Take Me to the Old World, an After 5 Designs collab and Calandrier 2010 by Opaline

This my layout. What I am happiest about is that I took the time to learn to do it in Gimp rather than using PSE 7. (I started out digiscrapping using Gimp.) What I find funniest is that for last year's race, I also created a layout about David's motorcyle with the title "Dream". Not sure what that says about me.

This layout was created using Lets Ride and Date It tabs by Michelle Batton, plus Taped Dates by 4 Shades of Blue Designs.

Roxy is already done with Challenge 4 and I am half way there, so I should be back in a day or two with our challenge 4 creations.

Have a great Wednesday!

Challenge 2 - ADSR5

Roxy and I have now completed the second challenge of the Amazing Digiscrapping Race 5. That means we are finished for this week. Yea!!

The second challenge was hosted by the Digital Scrap Artisans Guild. Here are the requirements for the challenge.

Theme: 5 things I LOVE about....(choose a person, topic, idea, etc. Be Creative!) Title: use a combination of 5 fonts and/or alphas (example: use 2 different fonts and 3 different alphas) Photos: use 5 photos, one of the photos must have the number 5 in it! Use 5 different elements of the same type (example: use 5 different flowers or 5 different buttons, etc.)

Season to taste: add ingredients from your digital pantry to make this layout your own!

Roxy is amazing. Her layout has been done since Tuesday. I am still amazed at how fast she scraps. Here is her take on the challenge.

(You can see the full credits here.)

I finally finished up my layout.  It will be no surprise to anyone whose seen other layouts from me that this layout is about David.

(You can see the full credits here.)

It'll be next week before I am back with another post.  Hope everyone has a great weekend!!

Challenge 1 - ADSR 5

It's a new year and a new race.  This year, my partner is Roxy!  And we just started the race on Sunday.  We are really looking forward to racing and seeing what challenges the race has in store.

Believe it or not, we've already finished our first challenge.  The first challenge was posted at Natural Designs in Scrapbooking.  Here are the rules for the challenge.

1) Your layout is about your partner. Introduce your partner to us. How you do this is entirely up to you. You can interview them, you can send them a questionnaire, you can use 5 words that best describe them, you can journal how you met for this race, or if you've been partners for years, you can make your page about a friendship that started with a crazy internet race and has since turned into so much more. The only rule is, the layout is about your partner and you need to tell us something about them.

2) You must include at least one photo of your partner. Large, small, color, b&w, of their face, back of their head, feet, whatever. But it must be a picture of your partner.

3) You must choose one layout from your partner's gallery and scraplift that as the page design for your layout. Only the placement of items is needed. You don't have to lift the colors, theme, etc. Just the overall placement of papers, elements, title and journaling.

Here are the layouts Roxy and I created.

This layout is the layout Roxy created about me.  I think she did a wonderful job.  Such a creative scraplift of my Fun at KSC layout.

This layout was created using Zeste de Fraicheur by Elodie.

This is my layout for the first challenge. For this layout, I scraplifted The World by Roxy.  I think it turned out pretty good.

The layout was created using Just Love and Surround It from Merkeley Designs.

Okay, that's it for this challenge. Another challenge will be announced tomorrow, so I will be back later this week with another post.

Chall;enges 5 and 6

I just realized how very far behind I am on this blog. So, I am going to do a ocuple of layouts at at time until I catch up.

This is my layout for challenge five. As a part of challenge 5, we couldn't use any pictures. This was the perfect time for me to tell the story of Valentine, the peach-faced lovebird that I got when I first married David. It's a sad story, so you'll have to click on the picture if you want to read the journaling,



This challenge scared me a little. For challenge six one of us, and it was me, had to choose one of our partner's layouts, flip it and then rotate 45 degrees. We then had to use that as a sketch for our layout. I was really worried. But when it was done, I really liked it.



And this is Ginger's layout that I lifted.



You can see the full credits for all of the layouts by clicking on the layout itself.