And the first challenge is up!

I love this first challenge Hosted by the wonderful gang at NDIS.

The First Challenge is:

There are only three basic rules:

1) Your layout is about your partner. Introduce your partner to us. How you do this is entirely up to you. You can interview them, you can send them a questionnaire, you can use 5 words that best describe them, you can journal how you met for this race, or if you’ve been partners for years, you can make your page about a friendship that started with a crazy internet race and has since turned into so much more. The only rule is, the layout is about your partner and you need to tell us something about them.

2) You must include at least one photo of your partner. Large, small, color, b&w, of their face, back of their head, feet, whatever. But it must be a picture of your partner.

3) You must choose one layout from your partner’s gallery and scraplift that as the page design for your layout. Only the placement of items is needed. You don’t have to lift the colors, theme, etc. Just the overall placement of papers, elements, title and journaling.

I love this challenge since I can tell everyone what an awesome person my ADSR5 partner is.

Here is the layout of Sabrina’s I am going to attempt to scraplift and the photo she sent me to use.

Sabrina's Layout

Sabrina and her 2 most important people.

And here is my layout I hope Sabrina likes it.

Sabrina

I used Scrap Shana’s Chic Sophisticate.

I love it Hollie!

And here is mine for Hollie!

Hollie’s layout

The ADSR Challenge Host Sites Announced

The registration is closed and the teams are now jsut waiting with baited breath for the first Challenge to be posted Sunday.  200 teams signed up for this race through Digi land and our own creativity.

I’m so excited to see what Sabrina and I get to create togeather!  And now we have the offical list of the places we will be visiting with.   And they are ……. *insert drum roll here*

• Aimee Asher
• Digitals
• Digital Scrapbook Artisan Guild
• Elemental Scraps
• Inspiration Lane
• Natural Designs in Scrapbooking
• Oscraps
• Polka Dot Plum
• Pretty Scrappy
• Scrap Orchard
• Scrappers Online
• Scrappity Do Dah

A couple I know and buy from often with really great designers and some are going to be an exciting new adventure and place to have my digi shopping addiction tempted by.  So off to register on all of them I go…

ADSR5 STARTS TOMORROW!!!!!!! OOPs it isn’t till Sunday.. :(

I’m so excited I could spit!  Gonna be all OCD tonight I know checking out where we have to go so I can make sure I am registered there since I really don’t know that many digi sites when you look at all of the ones that are out there.  And there are some that i have accounts but only because I saw something too cute that I had to have and bought from that store but didn’t get signed up for the newsletter some how so haven’t been there again.

This is going to be great for not only all the fun layout making and goodies getting but making sure I am signed up for newsletters everywhere.  The awesome site hosting the ADSR I think I have bought stuff from them before but had not been registered on their forum so that was great finding such a nice group of people already.

Remember root for team #184 to finish the race!  And the great thing about ADSR series We want you to root for all the teams cause everyone moves forward when they participate!

JennCK and Brandy “Team PB&J”

***2 Dorks***

***Bee Boppin’ Mommas, team #106***

Christy and Missy "SugahSistas"

Bethany and Lindsey Lou "Caffeine Queens"

Tiffany and Leticia “TNT”

Snickels And Mnmom26 "The Scraptastics"

If you can’t tell I have notes to myself to update this when I get home LOL

Got Our Confirmation Email

Well we are now officaly offical and I can stop being all OCD about if we got in or not we are team #184 for those of you following along at home.

I was getting a little nervious I knew we got the email in in time since I got up at 8am to send it in even thought I really needed about 10 more hours of sleep to make up for all the sleep lost going to see my grandfather with all my cousins.  I’m really excited about the challenges and to be able to use some of the heritage photos I got at my Aunt’s this weekend.  Will be nice to be doing the challenges and making beautiful layouts to share with the family.

Yeahhh Go Team #184

tngal22 and TheMommason have teamed up!!

Welcome to tngal22 and TheMommason ‘ s ADSR (Amazing Digi Scrap Race) blog as team

The Clustered Minimalist Layeristas

Team Member Profiles:

tngal22:  Hi, I am Sabrina, mostly known in the Digi-land as tngal22. My home is Inspiration Lane but I also  shop at Gotta Pixel, Scrap Orchard, Elemental Scraps, After Five, and other stores.

How I got hooked on Digi: I have a friend that has been doing Digital Scrapbooking for a while and when my hubby got deployed in Fall ‘08, I decided I wanted something to keep my mind busy. So I asked her how to start. So pointed me to DST to learn the ins and outs of the digi world.

What Softwear I use:  I use PSE6. I started with it and it does what I need to so I haven’t changed. I have looked at upgrading to PSE8 but decided against it. I like my comfort zone…lol.

Style: I am not real sure what my style is. I don’t use templates, mainly because I didn’t know how until recently. But I like to create from scratch anyways. I like to try different things though I do tend to stick to one or two pictures only because I like to focus on the picture. I am not a big journaler (is that right?) but I am learning with the P365.

Favorite Designers:  All of the designers at Inspiration Lane! Plus Connie Prince, Amy Stoffel, Catherine Designs, Nikki Beaudeau, and several others around the digi land. I usually buy what catches my eye, not just the designer.

What I’m most excited about the with the ADSR: Working with Hollie as a team. I have not really been involved in the digi world, minus the challenges at IL, so for me to say yes to ADSR is a big step for me. I am excited about what Hollie and I will come up with and all the excitement of the race. I also look forward to seeing what everyone creates.

Motto for the Race: Have fun! I love making layouts so being able to create layouts with Hollie will be blast. I am not the most trendiest scrapper but I still have fun and enjoy it. I am not afraid to try new things so I am up for the challenge of ADSR!

TheMommason : Hey I’m H or Hollie but throughout digi land you will see me as TheMommason (capitalitalization depends on the site) .  I love lots of sites but normaly only go shopping at most via newsletter/email updates.  My “home” digi site is Inspiration Lane .  I started out in Febuary 2009  jumping through several sites, Gotta Pixel, Scrap Matters, GoDigital Scrapbooking, DigiScrapiganza, OScraps and others that I found once someone finnaly told me what the DST and DSA ment lol.  We all need to rememeber we were newbies once and have no clue what the acronyms mean or where they are

How I got hooked on Digi: I was invited to join a very talented designer Shannon (SillyBeans Scraps) only a few weeks into figureing out how to make layers in PSE4 .  Shannon took me to IL and I have never left.  They are stuck with me 4eva!

What Softwear I use:  I started useing PSE4 on my MAC and now switch between PSE4 (MAC), PSE5 (work computer) and PSE5, CS3 and PhotoImpact12 (laptop).  CS3 is still pretty intimadating to me so mostly use the PSE5 and helps me when I start a layout at work to finish at home.

Style:  I am a template user I usually will even build a template before starting a challenge layout so I can get down what I want it to look like before I start.  So my style depends on the template

Favorite Designers:  Joyful Heart Designs, Jenn Yurko, Steel City Scraps, Christie Lemmon, Digital Couture, Pixel Pisces Designs, Creative Confusion, Lemmon City, Laura Bozeman, ShelleyRae Designs, Serene by RW, Sherri Tierney,
JennCK, JillDzines, Creations By Rachael, Jennifer Schmitt, Miss Tiina, FruitLOopSally, Holliewood Studios, Sue Cummings, Something Blue Designs, the designers at Inspiration Lane, ScrapbookGraphis, Digital Crea, and so many others that I only know them when I hop over through newletters or by searching for a kit I saw in a layout I must have.

What I’m most excited about the with the ADSR: Working as a team with tngal22 we are learning we have so many things in common and I love that we are both kinda newbies to Digiscrapping and learning so much togeather.  We seem to be inspiration for eachother without even really knowing it.  We are both blessed with kidlets when we were not aupposed to be able to have them.  I had a miracle of somehow maintaining beastly when he was an expected miscarrage that was my last allowed by doctors attempt.  Sabrina was blessed with her lil bit through adoption.  Both of our paths to having these amazing kids were hard and emotionaly a battle and hopefully it shows how much those paths were worth it in our memories we share in our layouts.

My Motto for the race:  “Share from your heart and let the rules follow YOU in making your layouts.”  I just feel like the first time I tried a layout contest / Challenges I was producing layouts just to follow the rules but not layouts I was going to keep or use cause they were not me.  I think I have learned over this year that doing challenges is fun for the rewards of the coupons or freebies but the main reward is supposed ot be layouts I love and can’t wait to add to my Digital Picture frames and share with family and friends.  You have to put the You part first in designing your layout and then let the rules/challenge follow.