Julie Ann Shahin's Inspiration For Generation C

This week’s sponsor:

This week we are so excited to have Dawn of Create Wings as our sponsoring designer! Dawn sells her beautiful designs at Oscraps, and everyone who participates will receive an exclusive coupon to Create Wings!

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Now on to this week’s Dare!

Finish this sentence:
“I spend a lot of time online because…”
If digital scrappers are one thing, they are on the computer alot, if not online. I myself love digital scrapbooking because I do spend a lot of time surfing the internet, and it’s easy to be on the web while scrapping too. So whether you spend a lot of time chatting with other scrappers, or on Facebook, or on Ebay, tell us why.

FLAIRS:
- It must be a two-page layout
-Journaling must be a significant portion of the layout and you must begin with “I spend a lot of time on the computer because…”
-At least two photos or screenshots related to your journaling
-Use an action on one or all your photos

Layouts are due by midnight next Thursday, May 28th at http://www.digidares.com .

Double Page

Page One

Page Two

I used a stock photo for the computer monitor. I used a photo corners action on one screen shot. I used a mosaic background action on another. Credits: Creation 23 by Createwings Designs; Picnic in the Park by wearestorytellers ; Alpha by Gina Cabrera; Addicted to Love and Be Green Add On by Spotted Dog Designs; Fonts: Euphorogenic, FG Freja, Fabulously Famous, Exotica; Actions: Graffishop Mosaic Background, Photo Corners unknown

Go create! I can’t wait to see your two-pagers! Remember to link us up here in the comments section by Thursday night at 11:59 PM Eastern (US) time in order to be eligible for the winning prizes.

Also, be sure to buy our Idea Book {downloadable} that is bundled in the {May} Digi Files #4 over at The Daily Digi! You get the whole bundle for just $5.00

Happy Scrapping.

• First, you have until Thursday midnight to turn in your layouts for the Digi Dares!
• Prima's April Build A Page sketch is up! You could win for participating!!!
• Check out the spring shapes at Say It With Letters
  

Credits:

Spring View by Doris Castle, Chuckle Out Loud Chalk Doodles by Julie Mead, Floral With Butterflies Brush by ca_pris, Curly Cupcakes Font, and Crys Font
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Prima April Build-A-Page Sketch Challenge

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• Prima Marketing, Inc.
• Prima Hybrid
• Prima's Blog
• {we are} storytellers
• fan of emily powers selling at {we are} storytellers
• Say It With Letters
• Bella Scraps Magazine
• The Digi Dares
  

Now for this weeks Dare http://www.digidares.com


What If…..

Well Spring should now be well on it’s way! While Spring is a lovely season, it also makes me feel kinda retrospective. This week I want us to go back in time and answer one of those “What If” questions that can float through our heads sometimes. For this weeks dare I want you to really think about it and scrap from your heart, be it a cracked piece of that heart or not. Let’s let some real, strong emotion shine through our pages!

The question: If you could go back in time, to whenever you wanted, and could change ONLY ONE decision that you have made in the past, what would it be? It’s up to you how much you want to share, but it has to be a real answer, a deeper answer. You do NOT have to scrap the question, but make sure that you make the subject clear. We are going to work with symbolism also, sometimes not actually showing the full picture, but using symbolic images and words can really be eye catching and make people think.

Dare Flairs:

* You may only use 1 photo and it may NOT be of a person - choose something that is symbolic of your answer.
* I want you to try and choose elements that are symbolic of the subject your scrapping. Tell the story with the whole page, not just your words. It only has to make sense to you, but I want you to choose 1 element you are using symbolically and explain in your credits why it’s symbolic.
* You must use a neutral or dark background - by neutral I mean gray, tan, beige etc.
* Lastly, Try and make your photo look old and a bit tattered. We are digging into the past so lets reflect that in our image!

Journaling on tag:

Nature of Illness or Injury
Patient failed to heed professional advice. She accepted employment with the dragonlady of interior design. Dragonlady chewed her up and spit her out.

First Aid Administered
Several years of therapy, and renewal of faith.

Rest of journaling:
If I had never walked through that door, I might never have given up my career as an interior designer. I might have used my degree to make the world beautiful. Maybe I would have ended up more materialistic instead of spiritual. Maybe i would have found success, but would I have become a diamond in the rough?

Credits:
Woodworks by Leora Sanford
That Had to Hurt by Leora Sanford
Worn Photo Overlays2 by Something Blue Studios
Stamp Act by Leora Sanford
Mark That Date Again by Emily Powers
Chippie Birdie Alpha by beAudacious Designs
Staple by Tangie Baxter
Diamond from Build A Flower at Oscraps
2peas Architect Font
Photo from sxc.hu

Share your entry!
http://www.digidares.com

We’re putting the spotlight on the lovely Peppermint this week and taking a page from her playbook for our dare!

I have been seeing all of Peppermint’s layouts that she is doing for her Husband weekly telling him the reasons why she loves him. I think they are fantastic and while all of the reasons that you love someone or thing are great, I think that some of them are things that we take for granted and it’s nice to just tell that special someone that you love them for something simple that they do for you. I want you to choose on person or thing in your life and think about 5 reasons why you love them and then create a layout.

Dare Flair:

• Use at least 1 photo of the person/thing that your layout is centered around.
• I want to see white space on each side of your layout, so center it and fill the center 1/3 of the page from top to bottom.
• Journal each reason in a different way. Use Tags, stickers, scrap pieces of paper, etc…
• Use red on your layout somewhere, but you can NOT use any hearts anywhere on the page. (Note from Julie Ann: I did not follow this direction by chance but YOU have to follow to win!)