Paper Pretties is Sponsoring the Oh Alice Challenge Blog

Hello friends and happy Saturday. Paper Pretties is sponsoring the challenge today over at the Oh, Alice! Challenge blog. The challenge today is to make a girl themed card. LOVE this. Here is my card using the sweet Celebrate Sophia. Doesn’t she just make the cutest girly card you have ever seen?

A random participant to today’s challenge will win a goodie bag with lots of prizes from Paper Pretties. Just load your card to the Linky program on the Oh, Alice Challenge Blog for your chance to win.

Thanks for stopping by today and I’ll see you very soon.

Hugs,

Pam

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!

There is a lot of excitement today as new doors open at the Oh, Alice! blog.  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 the next Chapter here in WONDERLAND!

Some of the sad news, FOR ME, is that this will be my last post as a DT member for Oh Alice :( I have enjoyed this ride so much and I want to thank Jess for allowing me to play along in her little wonderland. It has been a fun ride and I am going to miss everyone. What a wonderful group of ladies. You can find out the good news and a little more sad news by visiting the Oh Alice blog.

Now, back to business. Today we are 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!

Here is my card using the Alice digi from Little Paper Shop. I have also used today’s sketch from the Card Patterns Sketch Blog, Sketch 65, because LPS is sponsoring this challenge too. LPS is offering a $20 Gift Certificate to the LPS shop to one lucky winner this week of the Card Patterns sketch too! THANK YOU JULIA. That’s two ways you can win today. Once for playing along with the Oh Alice challenge and once for playing along with the Card Patterns sketch challenge. Yay!!! Here’s my card and the sketch.

You have until Friday, June 4th, at 8:00pm CST to upload your card/creation using the Linking system on the Oh Alice blog.   One random winner will be chosen to WIN the Little Paper Shop gift certificate and announced on the Oh Alice blog next week!

You have until 11:59pm EST next Friday, June 4th, to enter your card on the Card Patterns blog. One winner will be chosen there too to win another Little Paper Shop gift certificate.

Thanks for stopping by and I’ll see you back here shortly.

Hugs,

Pam

Oh Alice - 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..."

Good day, everyone!

Today 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 and the pic of my card using an adorable Alice image from our sponsor today Victoria Case Stamps:

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 Designs!!   How awesome is THAT?

And just WAIT until you check out the Prize!  Victoria is SUPER generous and is offering 5 Rubber Stamps to one lucky winner!  Can you believe that?!?  Thanks so much, Victoria!

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:

You have until Friday, May 20th at 8pm CST to enter to qualify for this awesome prize!  Be sure to link your creation below 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!

Hugs,

Pam

Chapter 12: Curiosity is the KEY

CHAPTER 12: Curiosity is Key...

" Suddenly Alice came upon a little three-legged table, all made of solid glass; there was nothing on it except a tiny golden key, and Alice's first thought was that it might belong to one of the doors of the hall; but, alas! either the locks were too large, or the key was too small, but at any rate it would not open any of them. However, on the second time round, she came upon a low curtain she had not noticed before, and behind it was a little door about fifteen inches high: she tried the little golden key in the lock, and to her great delight it fitted!"

Hello again!  Welcome back to our Oh, Alice challenge!   This week your curiosity is KEY to this week's challenge.

Rather, the Key IS the challenge!  Yep!  Let's see how YOU open the door to your creativity this week using a KEY as your inspiration.   You can use embellishments, DP, stamps, whatever KEY elements you have to play is fine with us!

Unfortunately I did not have a KEY anywhere in my stamping supplies. So for my card I colored a Mad Hatter from the Wonderland set from The Greeting Farm to look just like Johnny Depp because I think he is the KEY to the whole movie. I love the way Johnny plays the Mad Hatter in true CRAZY Johnny Depp form. Gotta love his weirdness. LOL. Here is my card and a pic of Johnny from the movie as the Mad Hatter.

There's no time limit to play this week, however, entries are always appreciated by everyone here at Oh, Alice and we'd love to stop by your blogs to see your beautiful creations.  Your participation is KEY to all of this and to show you just how much we thank you, we have a fantastic prize next week along with a fun few announcements too!

Have a Curious week, everyone! Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs, Pam

Little People …. Big Wonderful

`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, we are 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! Here is my card using an image by the incredible Jen Shults. Cute huh? This card is for my niece Zoe’s 11th birthday.

he 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 minimum, 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 here, and the winner will be announced next Saturday!  Please use keyword OAC11 when linking to a public gallery, thanks and have a great week!

Hugs,

Pam

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?

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

We are thrilled to welcome...

CLEAR AND SIMPLE STAMPS 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!

Here is my card using a new digi image called HG Classy from The Greeting Farm. It’s this week’s free digi to random commenter's. She is from the Hope & Grace line.

Thanks for stopping by and I’ll see you back very soon. Have a great weekend.

Hugs,

Pam

Somewhere ……..

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 this Wonderland!   We have a Sketch Challenge for you today brought to you by our very own TASHA!  Here's the sketch and my card with the sketch flipped in its side.

 

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 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!

Alice said “Can Flowers Talk?”

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! Here is my card using the Re-Released digi set Wonderland from The Greeting Farm. I used the Alice image from the set.

For my card I used Taylored Expressions Sketch Challenge TESC108.

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! 

Thanks for stopping by and I’ll be back shortly with a Club Anya post.

Hugs,

Pam

Let’s Get a Little M.A.D.

CHAPTER 7: We're ALL M.A.D 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, 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! Here is my card using the digi Twisted Tea from the Creepy Cakes line. Yes, I marked through my sentiment with a pink hi-liter (thanks for the tip Mercy).

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 :)

Check out what my twisted sisters have for you today.

• Jessica Diedrich (The Mad Hatter)
• Natasha Beasley
• Samantha Betbeder
• Catherine
• Margie Cortina
• Mary Giles
• Lisa Hjulberg
• Jimmi Mayo
• Peggy McCurry
• Betty Roberts
• Kyra Sanders
• Jen Shults
• Pam Varnell (me)
• Kristy Young
• Erin Leveille (our Oh, Alice! Dormouse)
• Kim Howard (our April Tea Party guest)

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 one 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, good luck, and GO M.A.D.!

The Red Queen Scares Me!!! LOL

"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" on the Oh Alice! 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!

Need some inspiration WRITTEN out for you?   Here is my sample and I made my own designer paper with the text print on it by typing it out on the computer and printing it on red card stock. Easy peasy. Here is my card.

 

Isn’t this image from Digital Delights just fabby??? He is cut out with one of the new Nestie Labels 12 dies. Thanks Betty!!!

There is no time limit to play this week, but 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. And leave a link to your card using Mr. Linky on the Oh Alice! blog.

I’ll see you back here on Monday.

Hugs,

Pam

Caterpillars, Butterflies and Oh, Alice!

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"! Here is my card using Alice and a Butterfly image.

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 3/27 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 on the Oh Alice blog, and we'll stop by to see your amazing creations!   HAPPY SPRING, everyone!   See you next week!

Hugs,

Picturing Wonderland

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 by me. I created this sketch JUST for the Oh, Alice! blog and it just reminds me of Wonderland itself!

Here's the sketch and my card:

We'd LOVE for you to plunge Down the Rabbit hole with us again this week!   All you have to do is upload your creation and link it using Mr. Linky on the Oh, Alice blog!  The keyword this week for public galleries is OAC4.

There's no time limit for this week's sketch, so take your time here in Wonderland and ENJOY!  See you next Saturday, everyone!

Hugs,

Oh, Alice! Color Challenge

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....on the Oh, Alice! blog 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 card. Let me know what you think.

WOW! Aren't the images 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!

CHAPTER TWO: Running in a SKETCHY circle...

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!   Here is the sketch: 

We are VERY honored to be introducing our first sponsor to you today. Kathy from 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!

I used the Queen of Hearts image for my card today and colored her like she is in the NEW Alice in Wonderland movie.

You have until FRIDAY, March 5, 2010 at 10pm CST to upload your card or project using the above sketch as your muse!  Upload to your blog or public gallery (please use keyword OAC2) and LINK your name below using Mr. Linky!  We can't WAIT to see your creations!

Hugs,

Oh, Alice! - Chapter One

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!   

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! Here is my "Glamed" up creation. What do you think?

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 using Mr. Linky on the Oh, Alice! blog.  We can't WAIT to see your creations and THANK YOU for your support of this CURIOUS new venture!

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Hugs,

Oh Alice! Where's Wonderland???

Hello and happy Tuesday again. I have some WONDERFUL NEWS to share with you today. My friend Jessica Diedrich has started a new challenge blog called Oh, Alice! in honor of the new Tim Burton movie Alice in Wonderland. She has chosen 13 ladies to be on her DT and has named them the "Twisted THIRTEEN". I am so honored to have been chosen as one of here Twisted THIRTEEN and so very happy!!!! So it's the Mad Hatter (Jess herself) and her Twisted THIRTEEN. We will be a WEEKLY Challenge blog posted EVERY SATURDAY. We will be featuring  inspiration challenges from Alice-inspired memorabilia, jewelry, and other hand-made items from places like Etsy shoppes and vintage collectibles. We will also incorporate Color-inspired challenges from certain scenes from the movie, inspiration from items like teacups, teapots, flowers, and hearts (a few of the major components of the movie!), and even some sketches along the way! It's going to be FUN, FUN, FUN!

Here is a blog list of The Mad Hatter and her Twisted THIRTEEN!!

Jessica Diedrich (The Mad Hatter)

Natasha Beasley

Samantha Betbeder

Catherine

Margie Cortina

Mary Giles

Lisa Hjulberg

Jimmi Mayo

Peggy McCurry

Betty Roberts

Kyra Sanders

Jen Shults

Pam Varnell (me)

Kristy Young

Make sure you head on over to the Oh, Alice! blog and click the link on the sidebar to "Follow" the blog. Our first challenge this Saturday, the 20th, will have a PRIZE. Can you say Woohoo???

Thanks for stopping by and I'll see you right back here tomorrow for a couple of Challenge posts.

Hugs,