Our Last Stop is the Mystery Store

Hello and Welcome to your final stop with the ADSR! Who are we and why are we posting here? Well we are the mystery store! Why are we still a mystery? Because it's fun! Nah, It's because -- I'll give you one hint: We are a brand new store and haven't opened. yet. So things will be a little different. I will give you your challenge, and you will post it here in the NDISB gallery. Post your layouts where they are supposed to go and the NDISB team will hand out the prize. You'll have to register in our store to claim your prize.

Trust me, you won't be disappointed at all with the prizes!

So now your challenge...and another hint. Our tag line for our store is: Serving up quality scrapbooking supplies with a smile...and a side of awesome sauce.
Your challenge is to scrap your take on our tag line. Do you want to scrap you serving something? Maybe something you just cooked? You could even do your scrapping supplies. Whatever . Just have fun with it!!

This is a ROADBLOCK challenge! Project challenge for the team member who did NOT do the May 23 challenge.

I'll be back with the gallery link for you to get your reward on the 1st!!

Good luck!

We are open! Come check us out at Scrap Takeout

Since this was a roadbock, and Karen did the first one, Susan did our official layout for this challenge:

Our Last Challenge is at the Mystery Store!

Hello and Welcome to your final stop with the ADSR! Who are we and why are we posting here? Well we are the mystery store! Why are we still a mystery? Because it's fun! Nah, It's because -- I'll give you one hint: We are a brand new store and haven't opened. yet. So things will be a little different. I will give you your challenge, and you will post it here in the NDISB gallery. Once our store opens (June 1st!) we will have a special gallery for you. If you put your layout in our gallery, you will be rewarded with your challenge prize. The catch? Well, I can't give you the link to our gallery yet. I will come back on the 1st and edit this post with our links!!

Trust me, you won't be disappointed at all with the prizes!

So now your challenge...and another hint. Our tag line for our store is: Serving up quality scrapbooking supplies with a smile...and a side of awesome sauce.
Your challenge is to scrap your take on our tag line. Do you want to scrap you serving something? Maybe something you just cooked? You could even do your scrapping supplies. Whatever . Just have fun with it!!

This is a ROADBLOCK challenge! Project challenge for the team member who did NOT do the May 23 challenge.

I'll be back with the gallery link for you to get your reward on the 1st!!

Good luck!           

Since Karen did the last roadblock, Susan will do this one for us.  One thing I can see that the site boo-boo'd on is the requirement to post at their site to get the prize.  The official gallery is NDISB, so they can't have that a requirement!

Challenge 7 is up at DSAG!

Are you ready to get scrapping?

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7th Stop May 27th

Welcome to the Digital Scrapbook Artisan Guild, home of the Artisan Notebook. We hope you saw our more formal welcome on our home page. Each month the editors of the Artisan Notebook take an in-depth look at a specific topic or idea to help readers grow in their artistic expression utilizing this craft. The theme for the May issue was titled, “You’ve Got Personality!” We took an in-depth look at how to use scrapbook layouts to capture the personalities of those we love.

To give you a sense of our publication we are providing on excerpt of the May 2012 issue. We will be basing our challenge on the Color Me! Color Challenge featured in this issue.

Theme: Using color to describe a personality

Challenge:

1) Download the May 2012 Artisan Notebook Excerpt HERE
2) Read the Color Me! Color Challenge article for information and ideas about how to use color to express personality.
3) Create EITHER an "All About Me" layout OR a layout about someone special in your life.
4) Choose a color using the "common color associations" chart provided in the article that can describe an aspect of that person's personality.
5) Use that color in your layout and include journaling that describes why you think of that color when you think of the person you are scrapping about.
6) There are no restrictions regarding the use (or non-use) of photos or elements.
7) Post your completed layout in the ADSR 7.7 gallery at NDISB no later than 11:59 PM on Sunday, June 3.

There are several examples and inspirational ideas of the types of layouts you can create included in the article.

Here is a peek at the prize you will receive for completing this challenge. We have compiled a sampler kit taking a lit bit of this and a little bit of that from several of last year’s Guild kits so that you can get a taste of what our kits are all about. We hope you like it!

Here's Karen's Layout:

And here's Susan's Layout:

 

We hit another Detour!

Wednesday, May 23, 2012

 

This is my example of using a screen shot in my layout.

Post Your Layouts Here

and Here

Post your layouts in the detour forum and in the contest and challenge gallery.

 

 

 

 

Here's Karen's detour layout, fire season and the New Mexico fire going on right now inspired this:

 

 

 

 

Challenge 6 is at Digital Design Essentials

ADSR 7 Challenge

May 23, 2012
Welcome ADSR Racers!
This is a ROADBLOCK challenge. A challenge for only ONE team member.
The theme for this challenge is Shape Up.
The challenge is to create a 12x12 layout and cut your photos into any shape.
Your layout must include at least two (2) photos.
The below is a sample where I cut my photos into arrow shapes.


The deadline is 11:59 PM Sunday, May 27. Please post your finished layouts it in the NDISB gallery for official purposes.
All racers who complete the challenge will receive any DDE kit of your choice. ;)
Good luck and have fun!
Gina

Karen did the layout for this challenge.

Another Detour

Sunday, May 20, 2012

Hello! Welcome to the
adsr7 DETOUR 4
'blending challenge'
That's right, a blending challenge.
It can be as simple as you like it to be or as complex as you can make it.
I would love to see some vacation, travel, roadtrip pics but any theme will do
Only rule:
Your LO needs at least 2 photos with different levels of blending.
All the rest is up to you!

Here's an example:

Credits:

Chunlin designs - Barefoot in bluejeans

These are the pics I used

And here's your prize, if you decide to accept the challenge:

A LINK WILL BE SEND TO YOU after deadline

Barefoot in bluejeans detour freebie

2 papers and 8 elements

(some of them were used to make my LO)

Deadline : May 26th, 2012 - 12pm

REMINDER:
Detours are EXTRA challenges hosted by some of the designers at NDISB.com during the race.
These detours do NOT count towards the grand prize.. You may do one challenge or all of them or none of them.
Your partner does not have to do the detours. These are just extra challenges for fun.
Since Detours are NOT official race challenges all layouts should be uploaded to our
Contests and Challenges Gallery
After you upload your layout in the gallery make sure you post your layout in the
Detour Thread
so I can keep track of who finished the challenge.
A comment here would be great too!
Thanks for your visit
HAVE FUN!!!!
Chantal

 

Here's Karen's Layout, I'm not happy with how it turned out, but it's done!

Challenge 5 has been spotted at TLP!

ADSR 7 Intersect Challenge!!!

Welcome to TLP! In our challenge, Racers will intersect on one project!

The theme for the layout is Summer.
To make it a collaborative project between you and your partner:
Racer #1 makes a 6 x 12 layout using at least 1 photo and 1 journaling prompt.
Racer #2 must flip or rotate the layout of Racer #1 to scraplift the other 1/2 of the layout, also using at least 1 photo and 1 prompt.
The final project is one 12 x 12 layout.

We've supplied you with TLP collab kit, Summer Lovin', to get you started. You are not required to use it. Racers, you can snag it for free with coupon code at checkout! (Please note this coupon is valid for ADSR racers ONLY.)


We've also given you some prompts for journaling. Remember, each scrapper must use at least 1 prompt. You and your partner may use different prompts.
Journaling Prompts:
My Summer Bucket List is...
What I did in the summer of (year)
My favorite things about Summer are...
What is your favorite summer food/drink/treat?
What's your favorite childhood memory of summer?
Favorite place to go on summer vacation?
Favorite summer reading?
If you could go on a summer vacation anywhere in the world, where would you go?
What is on your Summertime Soundtrack/Playlist?
Describe your "Perfect Summer Day"
What is something about summer that you dislike?
What do you do on a typical Summer day?
Do you have a favorite Summer family tradition?
What do you like to wear during the summer?
Which smells remind you of summer?

Here are some samples from the Pollys for inspiration.

Left side by Heather B, right side by Trish


Top half by Amy M, bottom half by Carolee

And here's our entry for this challenge, we both used the kit they gave us for the challenge, I love the day and night theme!:

Detour 3 is a Scavenger Hunt!

This one is different, It's scavenger hunt time!

The rules are very simple. Below are sneak peaks from 12 different kits from 12 different designers in the NDISB store. All you have to do to be eligible for the prize is to match up the numbered pictures with the correct Designer and Kit Name. Then you'll PM me your answers (please don't post them here). You have until 12pm eastern time on Tuesday the 29th to send in your answers.



Want to see what you are playing for? Well everyone who plays, and gets at least two-thirds of the correct answers will recieve this template:



And in addition, everyone with all of the correct answers will be entered into a drawing to win some fabulous gift certificates from AneczkaW Designs, Bernadette Hunt, Midnight Owl Art, and Scrappily Ever After. 

Challenge 4 is at Ginger Scraps

Hello Racers! I hope you have enjoyed your race around digi-land thus far!!
Here at GingerScraps you may notice that we have a fun baking theme. Our designers are GingerBread Ladies and the CT are GingerBread Girls. We have an ad team called the Snickerdoodles, and a wonderful praise team running around spreading love- they are Sugar Cookies.
Combining equal parts of the following-
friendliness, supportiveness, encouragement and inspiration.
Then mix in the secret ingredient - YOU, the Ginger Scraps community.
And there you have it, a Recipe For Scrapbooking Bliss!

Now are you ready for YOUR challenge, for this leg of the race?
We would like you to create a layout all about your favorite recipe!

Of course we always encourage creativity!! So please feel free to think outside of the recipe box ;) Your layout can be any kind of recipe!

Here are the rules-
1. Your layout must have the word Recipe included in the title.
2. Your recipe must have a minimum of 4 "ingredients".
3. You must have a minimum of 2 photographs portraying your recipe.

Additional info-
Your recipe does not need to be food related.
You can have more then 4 ingredients, but you must have at least 4.
You can have more than 2 photographs on your LO, but you must have at least 2 photographs portraying your recipe.

Examples-
Make a LO about your recipe to a loving marriage, include the "ingredients" and at least 2 photos of your marriage.
Remember to have the title include the word "recipe".

Make a LO with an old family recipe, include the ingredients. Include the photos of you making the recipe and finished recipe. Remember your title including the word "recipe".

Here's Karen's layout:

Here's Susan's Layout:

Challenge 3 is at Hummie's World

Whoo hoooo! The Racers are here! Welcome!

Isn't it grand to travel the digi-world? I love that our community as a whole is considered a digi-world.
Isn't it more grand that you are visiting my small part of the world here at Hummie's World? I am super-de-duper excited to have you here.

YOUR CHALLENGE
Your stop on the race here is a project challenge that each Racer must complete.
For this leg of the race, your challenge is:

1) Create your own digital rubber stamp; and
2) Use it in your layout.
YOUR LESSON
As always, I love to teach! So I could not resist providing you with a video to teach you how to make your own digital rubber stamp.

This video is 37 minutes long! I do hope you learn something new and would love to hear from you what you have learned. I did try to create this video to fit all levels of skills, but if there is something that you do not understand, please do ask as I would love to help you learn.

Here's Karen's layout:

And here's Susan's layout:

The Second Detour has been Posted!

Thursday, May 10, 2012

Recipe for Adventure!

Welcome to by the Shore designs…whether you are participating in ADSR7 (the Amazing Digital Scrap Race) and are on a detour or are simply stopping by to say hello – I’m glad you’re here. The Amazing Digital Scrap Race is hosted by Natural Designs in Scrapbooking and we are all having a blast. I just love all of the layouts that are showing up in the gallery so far!

Are you ready for a digital scrapbooking challenge? I decided to serve you a Recipe Challenge as you need to stay nourished on this journey. One of my favorite recipes is a Three Bean Casserole. My favorite aunt, Bonnie, shared this recipe with me years ago and I hope she's okay that I spread the love. It’s easy to make and is a real crowd pleaser. (Check the end of this post for the recipe) OK, back to the detour! This ADSR7 detour is a layout challenge – A Recipe for Adventure. Make sure you use all 7 “ingredients” and create a layout following the recipe directions. The most important part is to have fun!

RECIPE FOR ADVENTURE!

Ingredients:

1. One cool beverage

2. Facebook Freebie from by the Shore designs - here

3. Two Patterned Papers (minimum – add more if desired)

4. Two Solid Papers (minimum – add more, if desired)

5. Three photographs

6. Three different elements (you can use these elements multiple times if desired)

7. Two favorite fonts

Directions:

Grab your favorite beverage (see ingredient one) and enjoy! It’s important to stay hydrated on your adventure!

The word ADVENTURE must appear somewhere on your layout. Head over to my facebook page, ‘like’ me, and download my ADSR7 Freebie. At least one item from this freebie must be added to your layout.

Add the remaining ingredients (special note: ingredient one should NOT be added to your page) You may always add more to your layout, but the required ingredients listed above must be included. Mix well, season to taste.

When you have completed your layout – head on over to NDISB and upload it to our Challenge and Contest gallery. Make sure you tell us in the comments what beverage you were enjoying (ingredient one) For the record, I am currently enjoying a cold diet caffeine free Dr. Pepper.

For everyone that successfully completes this detour and posts their layout in the gallery no later than May 17^th, I will send a discount coupon to my store at NDISB (will be a private message on your NDISB account) Note: even if you are not an ADSR7 participant, if you complete the detour challenge as indicated and upload your layout to the NDISB Challenge and Contest gallery - I will send you a discount coupon too.

It’s that easy!

Here's Karen's layout for the detour:

Challenge Two is at With Love Studio

Challenge 2 ADSR 7

by sugarmoon » May 8th, 2012, 9:10 pm

With Love Because of . . . Challenge

With Love Studio wants scrapbooking to be fun and meaningful. We all have interesting and important stories to tell and share with our loved ones. Your life is different (better, hopefully, but not necessarily) because of something or someone. Maybe it's a spouse or a child. Maybe it's a significant or unexpected life event or decision (taking a leap of faith-new job, moving, etc).

We want you to make a layout telling us about that person or life changing event. Our challenge is pretty simple, but we hope it will be a meaningful layout for your collection.

Rules:
You can use more than two, but your layout must include at least two photos representing the subject of your layout.
Your title must include the words "Because of" but cannot contain the word "you"
You must journal about your person or event.

Thanks for stopping by With Love Studio. Please feel free to post your layout in our galleries HERE
http://withlovestudio.net/gallery/showg ... hp?cat=553
so we can leave you lots of love. Most importantly - make sure you post your layout in the ADSR Gallery by the deadline.

Good luck! We can't wait to see all the fabulous layouts!

Everyone who completes this challenge will win a $5.00 Gift Certificate for any item in the With Love Studio Shop.

Here's Karen's layout:

And here's Susan's layout:

Challenge One is from NDISB

Welcome Race Fans!! It's time...

1st STOP- Sunday 6th of May

NDISB Challenge for ADSR7

Hi Racers, Welcome to your first stop on the Amazing Digi Scrapping Race!

First, an important Note:
This challenge is a Fast Forward challenge.
It MUST be completed by BOTH team Members BUT the first team to finish (and post both completed layouts) may skip the next challenge to be posted on May 9th IF THEY WISH!

Now, onto the challenge

For this challenge you must use just one single photo that you are really unhappy with. It can be of anyone or anything, any theme, any place, a pet, a person, it can be out of focus, it can be off colour, it could have something 'growing' out of someone head - absolutely anything!

The challenge is for you to turn it into a layout that you love!

Here's Karen's layout:

Journaling:  I was trying to get a photo of the new leaves opening on our locust tree. The camera had ideas of its own, it focused on everything BUT the leaves! So, here's my fuzzy locust leaves this spring, LOL!

And here's Susan's layout:

Journaling reads: This photo happened all on its own in the dark ages before digital photography. Malfunctioning at the end of the roll of film, the camera layered 3 or 4 images of Lismore atop each other, plus the ghosted image. It creates a rather mysterious air about this lovely castle, no matter how you hold it!

And We're Off On a Detour!

Season 7 has begun!  The last two weeks have been bad for me and I was feeling so very uninspired until I saw Maria's detour posted today  Here's the challenge:

1. Create a layout inspired by a song.
2. Upload the layout to our Contests and Challenges gallery.
3. Include in your credits your team name, the song title & youtube video link if you can find it.
4. Make sure you post your finished layout in the Detour thread as well.
5. Everyone who participates will receive my Scrappily Map Alpha
6. You must post your layout by midnight May 13- check the countdown clocks

And here's Karen's layout:

A Song from http://mountainsaddleband.com/
Now to go check out our challenge one!

ADSR Season 7 is about to start!