Anita here....this is my entry for the 4th challenge. I coordinated my page with Denise's. I could have just copied hers and put my picture in it and it would have worked too! haha!

my goal: Get Organized! If I could manage that then I think everything else just might fall into place!

credits:
Papers, Elements and Alpha by Dorothy Creations from her Dipsy Doodle minikit and her freebie Dipsy Doodle alpha. Font is Barbarjowe Pisanki

Denise's challenge 4 layout...

Credits:

Kit Name: Dipsy Doodle Mini Freebie & alpha freebie by Dorothy HowellCreated in June 2007

Black paper - by Dorothy Howell (Mystical Elegance free sampler)

Denise's layout for Challenge 3 ... "Three wishes for our three beauties"

Credits:

Chinese Character stamps by Robyn M. England

Tina Williams Asian Elegance kit (some recoloring), addons, and cluster

Here's Nita's entry for the 3rd challenge in the Amazing Digiscrap Race.

I picked the fairy tale option and used this picture of my little mermaid Lizzie and her pal Brianna. Aren't they cute?

Journaling reads:
Once Upon a Time...
in an ocean far, far away
lived two beautiful
Mermaid Princesses.
They spent their days
playing with mer-friends,
swimming with sea creatures
and searching for treasures
in the Mermaid Lagoon.

credits: everything is from Kay Miller Designs page kit "Blue Lagoon"

Our collaboration layout for challenge 2 ...

Credits:
Japanese Tea Garden kit - designs by Krista.
Swooshyframe by Carrie Stephens
JCICS picture & Hugs sweet hugs picture - www.jcics.org
Doodles on box - JBarrette Summer Safari dirtydoodle

Journaling reads:
Building New Friends.Build-A-Bear and Joint Counchil on International Children's Service joined together for this year's STUFFED WITHHUGS: HUGS SWEET HUGS program. JointCouncil families, along with families from around the countryand the world, celebrated adoption and helping childrenin need by visiting their local Build-A-Bear Workshopstore on Saturday, May 19, 2007. Over 53, 000 bears weredonated to Joint Council partner agenciesand orphanages around the world.

Hiya! This is Denise and this is my LO for the first challenge... This is the "China House" at the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, MA. We visited the museum with the families that adopted the same time and place that we did (with Abigail)... in Nov. 2003 right before we left for China for Brianna! Abigail was born in Anhui province where this house was originally built!

Credits:
Tatami mat tab alphas by Tracy Drane
Asian Harmony paper and elements by Kelly-Ann Halber
Bamboo mat - Takeout Elements kit by Dianne Rigdon
Chinese coin & gold clip by Sarah Laming - Designs by Sassy.
Chinese coins in Firecracker kit by Mary-Ann Buchanan
Bendnstack photo action by Jen Caputo.

Nita here again. Here is my entry for the first round for the race. This one was all about the journaling to me. Straight from the heart. The graphic part of scrapbooking is easy to me but writing has never been one of my strong points. I'm learning!

The text reads as follows:

an Amazing likeness....

I cried the first time I visited the National Gallery.
It was this painting that did it to me.
Not the one above but the one to the left. That's the original.

The copy above hung in our dining area for most of my childhood. She watched me eat my meals day in and day out. The one above was painted by my Dad, an amazing artist who taught himself to paint by copying the great masters.

In March 1996 I got to see the original for the very first time. I stood in the National Gallery and wept. Dad had passed away unexpectedly just 3 months before. He never saw the original Kitchen Maid and my first thought was "I have to call Dad to tell him how amazing this is". Then it hit me that I could no longer call him and he would never get to see this masterpiece for himself. Yes, I cried, quietly and Gary understood without my having to say a word. Patiently he waited for me and then we continued to explore this amazing museum. A musuem that made me both smile and cry many times that day.

I was given this painting in February that year. It was a gift from my Mom as Gary and I headed to a new job in Virginia. The Kitchen Maid now watches over my family as we eat our meals and one day I hope to pass her on to one of my daughters.





credits are as follows:


Royanna Fritschmann StudioRA French Flea Market, French Grunge Papers

Kellie Mize Papers, KHM Web Challenge 062407 Freebie from Designer Digitials

Curled Edges, by Jan Hicks, Scrap Girls

Designs by KariQ Swirls overlay number 1

photos of National Gallery and Chardin's Kitchen Maid from public domain, Wikipedia.

fonts: SilverScriptFlourishes, Swis721 BT, Swis721 LtCn BT, Swiss911 XCm BT

HI all! Nita here, just checking out the new blog to make sure it's working.

Thought I'd try posting a recent layout of Nita and Neicy's girls. My girls and I tagged along with Frank and Denise and the kids to the zoo last week. It was a lot of fun. The kids all had a blast and what a coincidence how their clothes all matched :) hmmm, wonder how that happened? hahahaha.....



credits are as follows:
Curled Edges, by Jan Hicks, Scrap Girls

Lifted Photo Edges by Melissa Renfro, Scrap Girls

Background Papers and green stitched ribbon from the Biggie kit Carefree at Scrap Girls

Floral Leafy Thing and Purple Swirl embellishments by Kay Miller Designs, from the Enchanted kit

Cardboard piece from the "Color My World" Digital Starter Kit by Michelle Coleman and Lori Barnhust, Little Dreamer Designs

fonts: Mariah,GoudyHandtooled BT,Winton

Nita and Neicy - getting ready to race!

Hi! This is our blog to document our race to the finish line for the Amazing Digiscrap Race! More information to follow soon !!

Thanx!!

Neicy