Weekly Challenge #142 (7/11-7/17)

[*melidy*]

Hi fellow Mousescrappers! This is my first ever challenge and I’m going to be trying something a little different in an attempt to get your creative juices flowing!

I want you all to recall (or discover) a fun Disney fact. It can be about anything: Disney World in general, a particular ride, a particular park, Walt himself... Anything. I want this to be the inspiration for your page. The fact it’s self doesn’t have to be on your page if you don’t want (there is no journaling requirement), as long as you tell us what the fact was and how you were inspired by it.

I’m obsessed with the amount of detail in the parks and I’m hoping some of you will tell me facts that I don’t know of yet!

To clear up any possible confusion here is my layout:

I was inspired by this fact {It’s a long one}: “Walt’s loved trains from a young age, and when young classed his claim to fame as having an uncle that worked on the Santa Fe’s accommodation train. At the age of 15 he applied to work on the Santa Fe with his brother Roy and then went on to work on various railroads across America, before moving on to carious other posts. However his passion for trains never died and the railroad was one of the first attractions he planned. Walt wanted a train station at the forefront of the Magical Kingdom park Florida as he wanted it to be the first thing the guests saw. Disneyland Paris also has a train station at the front of the part to pay homage to this”.
From that I made this:



Additional rules:
1. Use as many photos/ papers/elements as you wish. However since, this is about Disney’s secrets I want to see at least one hidden Mickey on your page... The harder it is for me to find the better I LOVE finding hidden Mickeys.
2. Leave Love to at least 3 people in the Gallery – it’s always nice to receive love.
3. No double dipping with any other challenges and no use of quick pages to complete the challenge.
4. As usual post in this thread with a link to your layout in the weekly challenge Gallery and post a link to the forum thread where your page goes.

Not only is this my first challenge, it’s also my first ever attempt at designing. So here is the PP you will be playing for... Hope you guys like it and can think of some uses for it!



Hope you guys have fun with this one, I cannot wait to see what you come up with!

Also Posted here: http://www.mousescrappers.com/forums...672#post111672

[scrappinnewbie]

I must say... for your first time hosting and your first time designing....... you...... ROCKED them both!!!! Great challenge and awesome PP! I'll have to get to doing some research and scrapping.

THanks for the inspiration and your page is amazing too.

Nicely done!

[Saar]

wow, this is beautiful! Love the pp and what a great challenge.
Good job!

[jr4mni]

Excellent challenge and what a wonderful pp! I'm going to have to dig deep down for this on. Thank you!

[robills]

Great challenge, made me research a fact me and my sister were just discussing the other day, and made her feel better about those dole whips! Yes they have sugar, carbs and calories, but those dont' count in Disney World anyhow. Just thought this would be a fun fact to make us feel better. Great challenge & pp! I'll leave love later. Thanks!



http://www.mousescrappers.com/forums...690#post111690

[*melidy*]

Thanks for the kind words ladies, I'm glad you liked the challenge and PP.

Wow, how fast are you Robills? Love your fact about Dole Whips being fat free, I genuinely didn't know that. But then again I've never even had the pleasure of trying one yet

[Ruby]

Thank you for hosting such a fun challenge! And for your PP! I am enjoying reading all the interesting facts. Here is mine



http://www.mousescrappers.com/forums...773#post111773

[momabaarjo]

My first attempt at a weekly challenge...

Here is the main journaling...

On the Jungle River Cruise (inspired by the movie The African Queen and from a true-life adventure series that Walt Disney produced in the early 1960's) we cruised down several major rivers of Asia, Africa and South America. Our tour was led by Riverboat Skipper Jamie who delivered a humorous narration that had the kids laughing and reciting jokes all day long, much to dad's frowns. Did you know that the Jungle Cruise does have a standard spiel with several variations, which was prepared by the Imagineers but most skippers typically create their own as they learn? It is reported that both Kevin Costner and Robin Williams were both skippers before they became famous.

The smaller journaling is all the jokes that my children recited and still recite today from the cruise...

[*melidy*]

Love these new entries!

Colins7350 - I love how you interpreted the challenge - too funny! Your page turned out fab, love those photos.

Snowdrop - Love your fact. I knew the blue prints were used from the real tower but I didn't realise it was 1/10th of the size. I've seen both and it certainly doesn't seem like it. Love how your page turned out - the greys and the pinks work so well together.

Ruby - It's crazy the amount of upkeep Disney does to keep everything looking perfect each time you visit! Your page turned out great, all those patterned papers look great together!

Momabaarjo - Welcome to your first ever weekly challenge, I hope you enjoyed it and hope you participate in many more in the future! I love that you incorporated all the jokes into the page, such a cute idea. Imagine that, Robin Williams as a skipper, I wonder how many people have him in their photos and have never realised...

[debpop]

Wow! This was fun! Thanks for the great challenge and the awesome PP!

I also posted it here...
http://www.mousescrappers.com/forums...714#post111714

And my fun fact is...

1. The Haunted Mansion is the only attraction located in four different lands in four different Disney Parks: New Orleans Square at Disneyland; Liberty Square at Walt Disney World; Fantasyland at Tokyo Disneyland; and Frontierland at Disneyland Paris.

THANKS!

Debbie