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Weekly Challenge #116 (12/28/2011 - 1/10/2012)

Welcome to the Weekly challenge which is one to celebrate! We’re celebrating a lot this time of the year. Right now we’re celebrating my first time as a challenge host!! (I was super excited about it!!) And like you know, I’m a CT girl for Patty and her store opens on the 30th of December. And off course we have the New Year celebrations! (which I’m going to spend in Disneyland Paris so you’re going to miss me for 4 days in this challenge (12/30 – 2/1). But I’ll do my best to get online when I can during those 4 days.) And because of all those celebrations, we have an extra week for this one! So to make a really good start in 2012, I inspired my instructions on all those celebrations!

The instructions

- Since it’s the beginning of the new year, and the opening of Patty’s store, I want you to use something new in your lay out! Something you just bought as a Holiday gift to yourself, or something you’ve had all that time in your stash, never used before! It can even be a technique you wanted to try for a long time! When you post your LO here, please make note of what was new for you.
- We’re going to the year 2012 so I want 12 different elements on your page. You can repeat some and add more, but at least 12 different ones (if the same element is in a kit in different colors, it’s a different element for me)! (It’s a hard one, I know)
- I want to see some sparkling or bling! It will stand for the fireworks we will watch when we say 2011 goodbye.
- I love to blend. So I want you to blend one picture in a method of your choice in your LO.
- Because we all want to cut down some bad habits in these periods or just change something in our daily routines to take a new start, I want you to do something you don’t do that often with your journaling/dating. I want you to do the exact opposite of what you do normally. If you journal a lot then try to make a page without any journaling or only a date. If you don’t date your pages normally, try to do it this time.
- And because our family gives the Christmas/holiday presents on New Year’s Eve (apart from this year because I’m off to Disney of course) I want you to give some presents too. Give love to at least 3 other participants of the challenge! We all like gifts and love! Post links to the 3 LO’s where you left your love together with your LO (you can add the links later of course)

Here’s my page with the instructions. But when I’m back from my trip (on 1/2/12) I will make a new one. I just need the pictures of New Year’s Eve this year for the LO that I have in mind to fit the challenge even better! But for now this is my first example:
http://www.mousescrappers.com/photos...Weekly-116.jpg

and here's the example I got in mind earlier.
http://www.mousescrappers.com/photos...16-roadmap.jpg

I didn’t had the time before to make a LO with “My toes are cold” from Britt-ish Designs, which I bought at black Friday. So that was my new product. And I journal most of the time, but I don’t date that often, so I dated my page this time.

When you’ve completed this challenge, I can provide you with a nice PP donated by Patty! This PP coordinates with the kit “Light up the sky” which she will release when her store opens!
http://i1097.photobucket.com/albums/...ks_Preview.jpg

Please, keep the usual rules in mind:
* Your LO needs to be Disney themed
* Don’t use a quick page to make your LO.
* Your LO needs to be posted with proper credits in the Weekly Challenges Gallery by midnight Tuesday, January 10th.
* Add your LO to the venue/attraction/character threads in the MouseScrappers forum.
* Come back to this thread and post your layout and leave a link to your LO in the gallery AND a link to where you posted your LO in the venue/attractions thread. And the links of the 3 places you left love.
I hope everything is clear for everyone. Otherwise, just shoot your questions and I’ll answer. But keep in mind that I won’t be able to answer that much between 12/30 and 1/2 ! Have fun with the challenge, and I wish everyone the best for 2012!

Great challenge Jolien. Thank you for hosting.
And that PP is awesome! :yeah: Thank you Patty.

Fun Challenge! I think I might actually be able to play along this week, yay!!

Fun challenge and cute prize. I should be able to do this one since I have taken the week off.

What a fun filled challenge and awesome pp prize! I hope I've covered everything. I used Bling Papers I've been saving for something special in my layout :) Lots of Elements and plenty of Bling which is my favorite thing in a layout!!! Blend... got it ;)
I always Journal so for this challenge I changed it up and let Tinkerbell add the Date for me ;)

http://www.mousescrappers.com/photos...eek_Ch_116.jpg

Also posted in Forums here:
http://www.mousescrappers.com/forums...?t=2931&page=5

nice pp, maby i have time when i am back from disney with new pictures:)

Here is mine:
http://www.mousescrappers.com/photos...enge_116-1.jpg

Kit was new to me, and I had never really blended a photo before that I liked...

Dumbo, Weekly Challenge #116

Thanks for the challenge, Jolien. I hope your Disney trip was great!
Normally my titles are pretty bland, so I wanted to try something different. I used 2 techniques in my title. The first was using a clipping mask from one of the papers to form the word "Dumbo". The 2nd technique was using a horizontal type mask for the various "Fantasyland" words.
Your last instruction was to leave love. There were 3 layouts for this challenge so far and I've left comments here:
http://www.mousescrappers.com/photos...hp?photo=22230
http://www.mousescrappers.com/photos...hp?photo=22232
http://www.mousescrappers.com/photos...hp?photo=22233

Here's my layout:
http://www.mousescrappers.com/photos...asyland-72.jpg

Forum: http://www.mousescrappers.com/forums...1123#post91123

I think I am ready for my first challenge! Everything will be new for me since I've never done a challenge before and I'm so new to digiscrapping that I'm still using trial versions to test stuff out.

About the blending though... I've never done that but, I'll try. I hope I don't mess it up too much!:thumbsup:

Ok, don't laugh... here's my first digi page ever. I am very limited in what I can create and what I can use since I'm still testing out free trials. But, I created this page using Craft Artist.

http://www.mousescrappers.com/photos...n_300x300_.jpg

also posted here: http://www.mousescrappers.com/forums...ead.php?t=9423

Everything I did was new to me I guess!!! haahaa.... I tried my best to blend the photos with the limited functionality of the software I had. I used the picture that I tried to blend as my title. Never did that before!

Thanks for the challenge and I hope I got it correct.

Off to leave some love for others...

Left comments for:
http://www.mousescrappers.com/photos...hp?photo=22382
http://www.mousescrappers.com/photos...moment&cat=575
http://www.mousescrappers.com/photos...mickey&cat=500

Jolien, thanks for hosting. Hope you had a wonderful Disney New Year's Celebration! Patty thanks for that wonderful pp!
This is what I made:
http://www.mousescrappers.com/photos...omentklein.jpg
Also posted here: http://www.mousescrappers.com/forums...1596#post91596
It might be hard to see, but there are 12 different elements!
Mostly I do add a title and/or journaling and/or a date. This time I didn't put any of them (accept for that ribbon with words on it, but that one is quite covered).
Off to leave love!

Have left love to all the above:
http://www.mousescrappers.com/photos...hp?photo=22232
http://www.mousescrappers.com/photos...hp?photo=22233
http://www.mousescrappers.com/photos...hp?photo=22254
http://www.mousescrappers.com/photos...hp?photo=22352

Wow what a great Layout

Wow this layout is just fantastic. It just jumped off the page at me.

Well done Ramajo.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Romajo (Post 91597)

wow, u did a great job, would you tell me which kit did u use? esp the ribbon n the swirly ribbon in red and the one with words n the penant banner?

It's the Facebook freebie by Kellybell.
If you go to this layout by Saar, you'll find the link where you can get it!
http://www.mousescrappers.com/photos...Freebieweb.jpg
Have fun, it's a beautiful kit!

Here's mine. My new was Jungle Princess kit--haven't used that one yet. I generally switch between journaling/not journaling, and I sometimes date, sometimes don't. So my "different" was journaling with the title. I'll be back to leave love later--I couldn't get to this site this afternoon--kept getting "site off-line" message, and now it's time to get dinner ready! :)

http://www.mousescrappers.com/photos...minnie-in-.jpg

Magical Disney Moment
Tortuga Tavern
Princess in training

Weekly Challenge #116

Here's my page. I used a new kit I just bought from Kellybell designs called Merry and Bright. Love the colors. Added some bling to the flowers and added a year date to the page. Normally, I wouldn't put dates on every page of a storybook. Thanks for the great challenge and pp.

http://www.mousescrappers.com/photos...-_Page_080.jpg

Also posted in the Weekly Challenge gallery:

http://www.mousescrappers.com/photos...-_Page_080.jpg

and Epcot Fireworks and Special Events

http://www.mousescrappers.com/forums...ead.php?t=3638

Left my love:

http://www.mousescrappers.com/photos...minnie-in-.jpg

http://www.mousescrappers.com/photos...Freebieweb.jpg

http://www.mousescrappers.com/photos...n_300x300_.jpg

Thanks for the wonderful challenge & PP!

http://www.mousescrappers.com/photos...rnamentsw1.jpg

Something new: the ornaments!
Left love for the following:
Roxana
Bonham0731
Hjansen69
I'll try to leave more love than this, but this satisfies the requirements.
...

Posted in the forum here.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Romajo (Post 91651)

thanks, i got the kit via FAcebook :)....loving it

Here's mine Jolien thanks for the challenge! And thanks Patty for the cute PP!
New: Kit AO
What I dont usually do, use starters as I like to cluster myself what takes me around 3 hours a page, using the starters was less than an hour wow!

http://www.mousescrappers.com/photos...Ariel-web1.jpg
image linked

Also posted: http://www.mousescrappers.com/forums...1887#post91887

What a gorgeous Lay outs!

I've made my second one finally. I just needed some great photo's of the New Years fireworks in Disney! (which is totally awesome to watch!) So this is my second example:
http://www.mousescrappers.com/photos...16-roadmap.jpg

Also posted here: http://www.mousescrappers.com/forums...1936#post91936

Thanks for the great challenge! I used the mask on the blended photo for the first time, and because I don't normally date my pages, I put a date on it too! :)

http://www.mousescrappers.com/photos...5/Aurora11.jpg

Here are three of the LOs I left love for:
http://www.mousescrappers.com/photos...moment&cat=575
http://www.mousescrappers.com/photos...hp?photo=22421
http://www.mousescrappers.com/photos...hp?photo=22357

Also posted: http://www.mousescrappers.com/forums...1917#post91917

http://i1043.photobucket.com/albums/...engejolien.jpg

and here is mine.
used a new template, and new photo's from this week.
a few sparkeld elementes, and at least 12 elements.
in don't use dates verry much so i used it now.
and i used a mask for the foto with aurora.

also placed it here.
http://www.mousescrappers.com/photos...=22459&cat=575

Weekly Challenge 116 - Nemo Display

Thanks for the challenge. I think I got all the elements in. I just bought the kit. Thought the sea theme would go well with the photos. Left love at all the great LO's in this challenge.
Posted here: http://www.mousescrappers.com/forums...1943#post91943
http://www.mousescrappers.com/photos..._-_WC_116c.jpg

Thanks for the fun challenge! I almost always journal and hardly ever date, so I did the opposite this time! one of the paper blocks is a photo blend.

http://www.mousescrappers.com/photos..._DTD_small.jpg:credits:

also here: http://www.mousescrappers.com/forums...1952#post91952

There's 12 different elements, sparkle, and a blended picture are all included. Everything I used was the first time I used them. I date all my LO's so this time I only put the year (since it was New Year's Eve this was a little easy, but I usually put dates even when it's a holiday. Love left here.
http://www.mousescrappers.com/photos...na_116_Web.jpg
Gallery and Credits
Forum

I used a blending technique I learned in an online class for the large photo...it really helped because regular editing made the people too dark or the sky too white. There are sparkles on the charm under the twine but it's kind of hard to see them.

I am all over the map with dates and/or journaling, but I haven't journaled around the edge before as I did here.

http://www.mousescrappers.com/photos...-week-_116.jpg

Love left here...

http://www.mousescrappers.com/photos...hp?photo=22465

http://www.mousescrappers.com/photos...hp?photo=22459

http://www.mousescrappers.com/photos...hp?photo=22421

The new thing in my layout is this amazing kit that was a Facebook freebie from Kellybell Designs. I just LOVE it! It also provided the bling for the layout. I blended a photo of fireworks into the background. There are 12 different elements there, but they may be difficult to make out. I don't usually add a date to my layouts.

http://www.mousescrappers.com/photos...862-2_copy.jpg

Here are the places I left love:

http://www.mousescrappers.com/photos...hp?photo=22459
http://www.mousescrappers.com/photos...hp?photo=22449
http://www.mousescrappers.com/photos...hp?photo=22421

I also posted in the forum here:

http://www.mousescrappers.com/forums...2014#post92014

Thank you for hosting this challenge!! It was a tricky one, especially with the 12 different element! I used the 2 papers for the first time!
[IMG]http://www.mousescrappers.com/photos...e_116kopie.jpg[/IMG]

Also posted here: http://www.mousescrappers.com/forums...2096#post92096

Left love here:
http://www.mousescrappers.com/photos...hp?photo=22486
http://www.mousescrappers.com/photos...hp?photo=22398
http://www.mousescrappers.com/photos...hp?photo=22459

Here's mine...I used a kit I've had for quite a long time, but never used before. And, I really don't like journaling, so don't usually add text to my layouts.

http://www.mousescrappers.com/photos...-_Page_020.jpg

Also posted here: http://www.mousescrappers.com/forums...2101#post92101

Thanks for a fun challenge and wonderful pp!

I think I got it all. Posted love too. Thanks for the challenge.
http://www.mousescrappers.com/photos..._Page_0491.jpg

Also posted here:http://www.mousescrappers.com/forums...2114#post92114

Quote:

Originally Posted by vew-tori (Post 92115)

I think I got it all. Posted love too. Thanks for the challenge.
http://www.mousescrappers.com/photos..._Page_0491.jpg

Also posted here:http://www.mousescrappers.com/forums...2114#post92114

Can you move your LO to the weekly challenge category please? So it is a bit easier to find for us all.

I've sent out the PP's so far! You can still enter a LO till tonight.
Please let me know if you didn't got a PP!

Thank you so much for the pp!!!

And thank you Patty for making it! :yeah: