Showing posts with label Oh Alice. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Oh Alice. Show all posts

Friday, May 28, 2010

CHAPTER 15: New ideas are SWIRLING

...doors are opening...all in our little WONDERLAND...

"It's no use talking about it," Alice said, looking up at the house and pretending it was arguing with her. `I'm not going in again yet. I know I should have to get through the Looking-glass again -- back into the old room -- and there'd be an end of all my adventures!'

So, resolutely turning back upon the house, she set out once more down the path, determined to keep straight on till she got to the hill. For a few minutes all went on well, and she was just saying, `I really shall do it this time -- ' when the path gave a sudden twist and shook itself (as she described it afterwards), and the next moment she found herself actually walking in at the door..."

Hello everyone!
We are so excited today as we enter a new door here at Oh, Alice! There are always twists and turns down Alice's path, and with that, we have some good news, even some sad news, but we are all looking forward to our next Chapter here in WONDERLAND!

Today we are also excited to welcome LITTLE PAPER SHOP as our Sponsor! The very generous Julia has not only let the DT play with this adorably cute ALICE digi stamp, but is offering a $15 Gift Certificate to the LPS shop to one lucky winner this week! We can't thank Julia enough for this fabulous sponsorship and can't wait to see your creations this week.

Our Challenge this week is a fun one! Since we have so many ideas "SWIRLING" around in our heads here and can't wait to bring you the next three months worth of challenges, we can't wait to see what YOU have swirling about!

USE SWIRLS on your card/project this week. You can use DP, stamps, bling, whatever swirls up your own creativity!

You have until Friday, June 4th at 8pm CST to upload your card/creation using our Linking system below. One random winner will be chosen to WIN the Little Paper Shop gift certificate and announced here next week on the Blog! GOOD LUCK and get those ideas swirlin'!


I've had such a fabulous as a DT member at Oh, Alice. I loved seeing all the new challenges and of course the team mates' cards were out of this world. I can't thank Jess enough for letting play along. I also can't wait to peek in and see what the NEW Twisted 13 will be bringing to the table. Have a wonderufl weekend and Thank you for stopping by today.

Saturday, May 22, 2010

CHAPTER 14: Gettin' Sketchy in the Golden Afternoon...

"Little bread-and-butterflies kiss the tulips,
and the sun is like a toy balloon.
There are get up in the morning glories,
in the golden afternoon.
There are dizzy daffodils on the hillside,
strings of violets are all in tune,
Tiger lilies love the dandy lions,
in the golden afternoon,
the golden afternoon.
There are dog and caterpillars and a copper centipede,
where the lazy daisies love the very peaceful life they lead... "

Hey everyone! We have a wonderful Sketch for you today designed by our own Jen Shults! Here's her awesome design:


My Card(my mojo took a dive)





Our sketch comes w/ just a small twist this week....Ok, its HUGE!


ONE PLAYER will be chosen this week based on all of the entries (and we know it's going to be TOUGH!!!) to be our JUNE GUEST TEA PARTY MEMBER for Oh, Alice! That's right! The DT will be feverishly going through your creations to choose next month's Guest DT, so if you've been wanting to come and be our Guest at our totally TWISTED Tea Party, now is your chance!


Need some inspiration to get ya going? Check out the samples from our TOTALLY TWISTED Tea Party:
The Hatter and The Twisted Thirteen...

We will leave this contest open until THURSDAY May 26th at 11:59 PM CST (please notice the earlier time limit this week just so we can have time to go over entries, contact the winner, and announce them by our next Challenge on the 28th!) to enter your creation. A preliminary note to all-since we know this is going to be a VERY hard decision, please do not be discouraged if your creation isn't chosen as we have plenty of opportunities coming up each month and have tons of fun up our sleeves! We are so thrilled that the blog is going strong and cant wait to see what's next for Oh, Alice!


Please don't forget to upload your creation below using Mr. Linky and use keyword OAC14 if you use a public gallery, thanks!


Thanks for stopping by today and GOOD LUCK everyone!

Saturday, May 15, 2010

Chapter 13: Mushroom Inspiration

Oh dear! I'd nearly forgotten that I've got to grow up again! Let me see--how IS it to be managed? I suppose I ought to eat or drink something or other; but the great question is, what?

Alice looked all round her at the flowers and the blades of grass, but she did not see anything that looked like the right thing to eat or drink under the circumstances. There was a large mushroom growing near her, about the same height as herself; and when she had looked under it, and on both sides of it, and behind it, it occurred to her that she might as well look and see what was on the top of it..."

Yay! It's the weekend! Today at Oh Alice we have a fabulous inspiration piece for you and are SO excited to get to this week's challenge. Here is your inspiration photo for this week's challenge:

We can't WAIT to see what you do with this week's challenge, and are even more excited to announce that this week, Oh, Alice is being sponsored by the wonderful Victoria Case Art Designs!! How awesome is THAT? And just WAIT until you check out the Prize! Victoria is SUPER generous and is offering 5 SINGLE Rubber Stamps to one lucky winner! Can you believe that?!? Thanks so much, Victoria!

For my card I used Sassy Alice and colored her with copics. I tried to pull a lot of the colors out of the inspiration picture. I think I missed light purple. I also tried a little something different with Alice's hair. When I was in my dentist office a few weeks ago I noticed that one of the receptionists had blonde hair on top with black hair on the underneath. It looked pretty cool. Not a look I could pull off, but I made note to try it out on some images. Well this image just called for the two-tone look. I think it adds to the Sassy. What do you think, thumbs up or down? I used Basic Grey DP and it doesn't show up on the camera but the flowers have Twilight glimmer mist on them and the white trim on her dress has glitter spica on them.

You have until Friday, May 20th at 8pm CST to enter to qualify for this awesome prize! Be sure to link your creation using Mr. Linky and if you're uploading to a public gallery, please use OAC13 as your keyword. Good luck, everyone and have a CURIOUS week!We have a feeling the entries are going to be amazing this week, and to kick-start your mojo, just check out the rest of the DT's creations:

Saturday, May 1, 2010

CHAPTER 11: Little People...Big Wonderland

Please scroll down one for my The Greeting Farm Release Day card.


`Tweedledum and Tweedledee
Agreed to have a battle;
For Tweedledum said Tweedledee
Had spoiled his nice new rattle.

Just then flew down a monstrous crow,
As black as a tar-barrel;
Which frightened both the heroes so,
They quite forgot their quarrel.'

Hello and welcome back! This week Oh Alice is SUPER excited to tell you that we are being sponsored by the fabulous BUGABOO Stamps! The owner, Jodie, was just as sweet as can be and when she offered to sponsor Oh, Alice we were thrilled!

Since we are talking about those two curious little Tweedles, Dee and Dum today, let's get right down to your mission this week, should you choose to accept it! CREATE a card, layout, or project for a CHILD. This can mean using children's images, making a layout of a child, creating a kid's bday card or room decor, you name it! The possibilities are endless!
For my card I used the Chesire Cat. Who wouldn't love that grin? My card is pretty simple as I didn't want to make the card too busy with that fabulous paper from DCWV. I did place purple twinkle rhinestones in the circles above the owl's head but they are very hard to see. I think there is also a typo in the sentiment stamp. Can you find it? I colored the kitty with copic markers and when I cut him out I decided to leave a thin border of white to help him pop.

The PRIZE this week is a GREAT one, too, thanks to Bugaboo! ONE lucky winner will receive 7 digi images of their choice! That's over a $21.00 value at mininum, wow! Thanks so much to Jodie and the Bugaboo Crew!

You have until Friday, May 7th at 8pm CST to link your creation to Mr. Linky and the winner will be announced next Saturday! Please use keyword OAC11 when linking to a public gallery, thanks and have a great week!

Saturday, April 24, 2010

Chapter 10: Queen of Tarts...

"On this the White Rabbit blew three blasts on the trumpet,
and then unrolled the parchment scroll,
and read as follows:

"The Queen of Hearts, she made some tarts,
All on a summer day:
The Knave of Hearts, he stole those tarts,
And took them quite away!"

Uh ohhhhhhh...someone has stolen the Queen's Tarts! That's a no-no! We need to restore the sweetness back to Wonderland, don't you agree? That means it's time for a sweet treat here... or maybe a mushroom or two? I think I saw one floating around here that said "Eat Me" ;)

Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to incorporate FOOD into this week's project! Everyone loves a little treat, right?



For my card, I thought I would bring a little forbidden fruit to Wonderland. I used Yummalicious Edward from The Greeting Farm and added in the Hatter's hat. I think Bella might have a little competition from Miss Alice. Again I used some fabulous October Afternoon paper and circled the date for the next Twilight movie release. I can't wait and I'm not going to be late for that one. LOL. I thought the apples would be a perfect pairing since that is on the cover of the first book.

We have ANOTHER TREAT for you today... and it's a rather LARGE and generous portion!
We are thrilled to welcome...

as our sponsor this week!

The fabulous prize? A whopping $25 Gift Certificate to the Clear and Simple Stamps Store! We are so excited and grateful and can't wait to see what delectable delights YOU come up with... and also to see who the random winner will be!

Please have your entries in by FRIDAY April 30th at 8PM CST to enter to win the Gift Certificate and be sure to stop by the CLEAR AND SIMPLE STAMPS store to savor the sweetness they have for sale!

We can't wait to see what delectable delights YOU come up with! Please use keyword OAC10 when uploading the a public gallery...thanks!

Now go see what the rest of the DT has brought to the buffet.
The Hatter and The Twisted Thirteen...

Sunday, April 18, 2010

CHAPTER 9: Somewhere in the Sunny, Sketchy, Afternoon...

Alice in Wonderland, how do you get to Wonderland?
Over the hill or underland, or just behind the tree?
When clouds go rolling by, they roll away and leave the sky.
Where is the land beyond the eye, that people can not see, where can it be?
Where do stars go, where is the crescent moon?
They must be somewhere in the sunny afternoon.
Alice in Wonderland, where is the path to Wonderland?
Over the hill or here or there, I wonder where.

Hello! Hopefully it's a Sunny, Golden afternoon in your neck of Wonderland! We have a Sketch Challenge for you today brought to you by our very own TASHA! Here's the sketch:

For my card, I flipped the sketch and I used an image from our very own Jen Schults of The Wild Flower Patch. Many of you have asked what color of copics I use for this particular blonde hair. The colors are E50, E42, and E43.

We hope you'll join us this week down the Rabbit Hole for this fun sketch. What's more? There is a VERY generous prize offering this week from The BEARY SCRAP! The Beary Scrap is a sweet one-stop shop for all of your papercrafting needs and they are offering an AMAZING $20 Gift Voucher for one lucky winner this week!
So let's get started! Finish that tea and get crafting! There's no time limit to use this FABULOUS sketch, but if you want to throw your MAD HAT into the ring for the $20 Gift Voucher, please link your entry by Friday, April 23rd at 8pm CST! The winner will be announced on Saturday, April 24th with our next Challenge! Good luck!

Now for some Sunny Sketchy goodness from our Twisted Design Team:

Saturday, April 10, 2010

CHAPTER 8: You can learn a lot of things from the FLOWERS...

`Never mind!' Alice said in a soothing tone, and stooping down to the daisies, who were just beginning again, she whispered, `If you don't hold your tongues, I'll pick you!'

There was silence in a moment, and several of the pink daisies turned white.

`That's right!' said the Tiger-lily. `The daisies are worst of all. When one speaks, they all begin together, and it's enough to make one wither to hear the way they go on!'
`How is it you can all talk so nicely?' Alice said, hoping to get it into a better temper by a compliment. `I've been in many gardens before, but none of the flowers could talk.'

Hello everyone! What a sweet, sunny sign of Spring it is when all of our floral friends come out to play! At the Oh, Alice! Blog, we definitely agree with Alice that you can learn a lot of things from the flowers! This week's challenge? You got it! USE FLOWERS on your card or project!

For my card I used the Anya from the soon to be released Spotlight scrapbooking set by The Greeting Farm. I colored Miss Anya with my copics to look like Alice. I also used some fun Pink Paisley paper and My Mind's Eye. I used Mercy's Sketch Challenge #68 for the layout inspiration.

We have ANOTHER generous prize to give away this week! We at Oh, Alice are just floored at the outpouring of generosity from these wonderful companies and are thrilled to announce that this week's prize is being donated by STAMPOTIQUE!

That's right! ONE RANDOM WINNER will be chosen to WIN a $15 GC to the STAMPOTIQUE store! (they sell rubber stamps and other goodies :) Good luck, and we'll announce the winner during next week's challenge, so get those entries in by Friday, April 16th at 8pm CST! Make sure you link your creation here to Mr. Linky and use OAC8 as your keyword when uploading to a gallery. Thanks!

Happy Stamping and Happy Spring! Please visit the rest of the DT to see has sprung in their gardens.

Saturday, April 3, 2010

Chapter 7: We're All Mad Here...


"But I don't want to go among mad people," Alice remarked.
"Oh, you can't help that," said the Cat: "we're all mad here. I'm mad. You're mad."
"How do you know I'm mad?" said Alice.
"You must be," said the Cat, "or you wouldn't have come here..."

This week at Oh, Alice, we are gettin' our M.A.D on with THE GREETING FARM!! The sweet and generous Marie has generously offered her new line of Alice-inspired stamps, The Creepy Cakes to the DT and a FABULOUS prize of THREE FREE Creepy Cakes Digital Images OR ONE Rubber Single to ONE LUCKY WINNER! Thanks Marie!

Our Design Team has some wonderfully M.A.D (Monochromatic and Distressed!) examples using the CREEPY CAKES digital images and we're M.A.D about them! In fact, we liked them SO much that we hope you'll get M.A.D. with us, too!

We're also MAD about our APRIL TEA PARTY GUEST! Please join us in welcoming Kim Howard, a.k.a. BASEMENT STAMPER to our Twisted Tea party this month! She's been curiouser and curiouser to get started and we're happy to have her at our twisted little table :)

Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to come up with your OWN M.A.D. creation: Monochromatic and Distressed! And remember, one lucky winner will be randomly drawn at the end of this week to win the THREE CREEPY CAKES OR their choice of single (in-stock!) RUBBER STAMP! You have until Friday, April 9th at 8pm CST to enter using Mr. Linky. The winner will be chosen and announced during next week's challenge right here on the blog! If you upload to a public gallery please link back here using keyword OAC7.
Thanks for stopping by, good luck, and GO M.A.D.

Saturday, March 27, 2010

CHAPTER 6: The Red Queen's FINE PRINT...

The Red Queen shook her head,
"You may call it 'nonsense' if you like," she said,
"but I've heard nonsense, compared with which that would be as sensible as a dictionary!"
This week we're getting down to business and reading the "fine print" here in Wonderland on the Oh, Alice challenge blog.

We're also SO excited to be welcoming Digital Delights by Louby Loo as our sponsor this week! WOW! What a lucky group we are! Wendy from Digital Delights has not only graced the DT with some super fun Alice-inspired images to use, but is giving away a TEN DOLLAR GIFT CERTIFICATE to one lucky winner who will be randomly drawn from all the entries this week! THANKS Wendy!

Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to create a card using some form of TEXT/Printed DP, Old Book pages, Newspaper print, Old dictionary, etc. We just need to see SOME form of printed text on your card or project!

There is no time limit to play, but entries must be received by 10pm CST Friday in order to be eligible for the prize. Be sure to check back again next Saturday for another Sponsored event with a PRIZE up for grabs! If you upload your creation to a public gallery this week, please use keyword OAC6.

Need some inspiration WRITTEN out for you? Visit the Twisted Thirteen and our March Tea Party Guest, Erin!

The Hatter and The Twisted Thirteen...

Have a wonderful weekend and thanks for stopping by! Tomorrow I'm going to have a way to cute Easter card for you.

Saturday, March 20, 2010

CHAPTER 5: WHOOOOOOOO RRRRRRRRRRR YOUUUUUUUU?

"Who are YOU?" said the Caterpillar.
This was not an encouraging opening for a conversation. Alice replied, rather shyly, "I--I hardly know, sir, just at present-- at least I know who I WAS when I got up this morning, but I think I must have been changed several times since then."

This week we are celebrating SPRING here in Wonderland! And, we have some WONDERFUL winged-things to show off courtesy of this week's sponsor, our very own Jen Shults! Jen's stamp company, Wild Flower Kids, has grown to be a favorite of mine and we are SO honored that she's agreed to sponsor the Oh, Alice! Blog by showcasing one of her new lines "All-A-Flutter"! Jen was gracious enough to provide the DT with some of these wonderfully cute and whimsical images as well...here is one that I used:


I colored this winged cutie with copics and paired her with some My Mind's Eye Miss Tuffet papers. I even broke out my sewing maching for this card.The sentiment is from The Greeting Farm's Butterfly Wishes. I also used Unscripted Sketches #45 for the layout.

Your mission, should you choose to accept it is to create a card using a CATERPILLAR or BUTTERFLY on your projects this week! You have until Friday, March 26th to submit your entries by 8pm CST. Winner will be announced on Saturday 3/26 during our next challenge and the WINNER will receive the "All A-Flutter" digital images from Jen! This week's keyword is OAC5.

That's about it! Just upload your card and link to Mr. Linky, and we'll stop by to see your amazing creations! HAPPY SPRING, everyone! See you next week! Please the rest of the DT for some more amazing inspiration:

The Hatter and The Twisted Thirteen...
Jessica
Betty
Catherine
Jen
Jimmi
Kristy
Kyra
Lisa
Margie
Mary
Natasha
Pam
Peggy
Samantha

Saturday, March 13, 2010

Chapter 4: Picturing Wonderland

"Thus grew the tale of Wonderland:Thus slowly, one by one,
Its quaint events were hammered out -And now the tale is done,
And home we steer, a merry crew,
Beneath the setting sun.

Alice! a childish story take,
And with gentle hand lay it were Childhood's dreams are twined.
In Memory's mystic band,
Like pilgrim's wither'd wreath of flowers
Pluck'd in a far-off land..."

We have another sketch Challenge today, this time brought to us by our very own Pam Varnell! Pam created this sketch JUST for the Oh, Alice! DT blog and it just reminds me of Wonderland itself!

Now here is this week's Sketch:

and my card...

My card uses a Fresh Brewed Designs image by the fabulous Heather. This mad hatter is colored with copics and paired with some Doodlebug glittery polka dot paper and Sassafrasslass.

Please join me on Monday, March 15th for a Fresh Brewed blog hop that will surely be a FUN time and be sure to check out the rest of the Oh, Alice DT.

Saturday, March 6, 2010

CHAPTER 3: Painting the Roses Red

Would you tell me please," said Alice a little timidly, "Why are you painting those roses?"
Five and Seven said nothing, but looked at Two. Two began in a low voice, "Why the fact is, you see, Miss, this here ought to have been a Red rose tree, and we put a white one in by mistake"...

Welcome back! We're painting the Roses RED...and blue...and purple....and hey, we're painting our NAILS too! Check out this AWESOMELY ALICE inspiration picture featuring this SUPER cool new O.P.I. Polish collection, "Wonderland".

Before we get started, the Oh,Alice! Blog has a SPECIAL Tea Party Guest joining us for the month of March! Please welcome ERIN LEVEILLE as our March Tea Party Guest! Erin BLEW US AWAY with this card she submitted for the 1st Oh, Alice challenge and we are thrilled to have her at our Mad Tea party this month :) WELCOME ERIN!

What's more? We have a FABULOUS sponsor for this challenge-KRAFTIN' KIMMIE STAMPS! It just so happens that Kim is releasing some AWESOME Tea Party images this month and was gracious enough to donate a PRIZE pack of the new rubber stamp collection featuring these awesome new images! The DT is THRILLED To have been able to work with them, too! Here is my take on the colors. The teapot was originally pink because I forgot that we had a color chalenge this week. So I re-colored it in red. Then I had to pick out new papers and low and behold I had this red paper with white roses on it.
WOW! Aren't they awesome? Now let's talk about how YOU can enter to win!

Play along with us this week by uploading your card or creation to Mr. Linky and by using keyword OAC3 if you upload to a public forum such as SCS :)

You will have until FRIDAY, MARCH 12th, 2010 to enter this challenge and the winner will be chosen via Random.org and announced during our next challenge on Saturday, March 13th! Good luck and have an AWESOMELY ALICE kind of week! Now go visit the rest of the DT and see what they painted up this week!

Saturday, February 27, 2010

CHAPTER TWO: Running in a SKETCHY circle...

"Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?"
"That depends a good deal on where you want to get to," said the Cat.
"I don’t much care where--" said Alice.

"Then it doesn’t matter which way you go," said the Cat.


We have a fabulous sketch challenge today designed by our own TWISTED Tea Party member, Mary Giles(that's me...teehee)! Here is the sketch:




Pixie Dust Studios has VERY generously let us work with her new Digis from her "Down the Rabbit Hole" collection debuting March 1st! What's more? ONE LUCKY WINNER will be chosen at random from this week's participants to choose THREE FREE DIGIS of their choice from Pixie Dust Studios! Thank you Kathy! So get out your Mad Thinking caps and join us this week at Oh, Alice...while your there check out what the rest of the DT did with this sketch and Pixie images.

Saturday, February 20, 2010

Oh, Alice! Going Down the Rabbit Hole...

CHAPTER ONE: DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE: THE BEGINNING...

"The White Rabbit put on his spectacles. "Where shall I begin, please your Majesty?" he asked. "Begin at the beginning," the King said gravely, "and go on till you come to the end: then stop."
ALICE GETS GLAM: INSPIRATION CHALLENGE

In anticipation of the upcoming Tim Burton remake, let's GET GLAM with Alice! Jessica recently scored this UBER fab makeup palette by Urban Decay and fell in love with the awesome colors, the NAMES of the eyeshadows (all after Alice, of course ;) and the pop-up mushroom mirror!

For my card I use an image from the original designs for the book and you can pick up those images at Lenny's Alice in Wonderland Site. Since the kit focused on the mushroom, Alice, and mushrooms, I decided to use the above catepillar image. You may have noticed that I colored only the focal points that were in the kit. I also tried to use some of the colors that were similar. I must say this kit is absolutely gorgeous in real life. Yes I do have one, but no I do not know how to use it.

We wanna see how YOU get Glam using this amazing little piece as your inspiration! Show us your style, put on the glitz, and GET GLAM!

And WHAT would our first Challenge be without a PRIZE?! Now, normally we'll be (hopefully) sponsored on the 1st Sat. of each month, but for today's FIRST Fall Down the Rabbit Hole, we thought we'd give away a little something! ONE LUCKY WINNER will be chosen at Random to WIN a stamp single of their choice from THE GREETING FARM (in stock items only). So, GOOD LUCK and here's how to play:

You have until FRIDAY, February 26, 2010 at 10pm CST to upload your card or project using the above inspiration photo as your muse! Upload to your blog or public gallery (please use keyword OAC1) and LINK your name below using Mr. Linky! We can't WAIT to see your creations and THANK YOU for your support of this CURIOUS new venture! For full details Please visit the Oh, Alice Challenge Blog. Now go see what the rest of the Twisted 13 and the Mad Hatter has for you eyes to feast on. The DT list is in my left side-bar. Have a great weekend!

Monday, February 15, 2010

A Little Curious News...


...as I sat pondering at my laptop a curious little email popped up on my screen...Wanna be on my Alice team? Heck yes!!! I am sooo excited to be working with Jess and as I'm writing this I have no idea WHO the rest of the team is, but I know they ARE going to be fabulous because Jess has an eye for spotting talent...I'm just flabbergasted that I get to be part of the launch for Oh, Alice! YOU really need to go check it out if you haven't already. Jess did an amazing job on creating a beautiful blog and to celebrate I created a quickie door card using an Alice in Wonderland inspired set from The Greeting Farm and the flourishes from the Growing in Unity set by the Unity Stamp Company. Miss Alice is colored with copics and the whole card was inspired by the blog banner. I'm so looking forward to playing along on these challenges and I hope you will join us. Have a wonderful day and thank you for stopping by.
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