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Mid-February Challenge — Under Lock and Key

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As a little girl and on up through my teen years I had a diary that I was faithful about writing in. It all began when my aunt gave me my first one at the age of ten. I poured my heart and soul into those little pages, telling of my puppy love and how I hated my parents (I really didn’t of course) and how my friends loved or betrayed me. I hate to admit that during my teen years those sweet little diary pages got me in to more trouble than I care to remember. I wish that I still had those books today to reflect back on and to see what all that I had written, I’m sure it would bring me some great laughs today. Thankfully, Sarah, gave me a way to start fresh and to carry on with my diary love today…and the BEST part is that we are sharing the fun with you!!

Sarah created this AWESOME diary base for you all to journal in and she also added in some ADORABLE little tidbits to put on your pages! I think she did an amazing job with this and I’m sure you’ll all agree, check it out:

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We took this INCREDIBLE journal to the team and asked them to create with it and show us what they could come up with. I was just in COMPLETE awe at their amazing journals and how they each made this their own. I couldn’t bring you this as a challenge without giving you some inspiration first, right? Look at these beauties!!

From Barb:

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From Camila:

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From Me (Andrea):

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From Julie Ann:

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From Debbie:

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From Gabi:

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And last but CERTAINLY not least, check out these two AMAZING hybrid projects!!

From Sherrie:

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From Didee:

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If you aren’t WOW’ed by those please call your physician beacause I think you might be ill, LOL!! Everyone did such an AMAZING job with this! Now………where does that leave you? We want you to take this challenge too, we want you to take THESE SUPPLIES and make this your own. And of course we want you to share with us what you’ve done!! What’s in it for you? As always our team will be going through all the journals that are linked up here on the blog and selecting a couple of you to receive some CRD goodies!! We would love to see you update your journal throughout the month too, add in more days/pages and share those with us as well. Our favorite “updated” journal at the end of the month will receive a little extra something from us just for taking the challenge! We’ll be working on keeping ours updated too and we’ll share those a little later on this month. So click that link up there and get started……..whatcha waiting on?

35 Responses to “Mid-February Challenge — Under Lock and Key”

  1. Maybe? Annie, on February 12th, 2008 at 9:13 pm Said:

    Thanks for the great goodies!

  2. Emilie, on February 12th, 2008 at 10:48 pm Said:

    WOW! So many gorgeous stuff!!! This hybrid album by Didee is absolutely fantastic!!!! Off to download the album and work on it! :)
    Thanks!!!

  3. Tami(BizzyBee), on February 13th, 2008 at 3:04 am Said:

    I am absolutely in awe over all of the beauty and creativity both digital and hybrid.This is the best post I have read and gawked at(lol)in a long time.Thank you for sharing such awesome gifts and your talents.I am so motivated by this!Thanks and God bless~~

  4. rietje, on February 13th, 2008 at 3:38 am Said:

    The journals look great! Can’t wait to make my own! The hybrid is just beautiful and gorgeous! What a great job!

    Thanks for the download link!!!!

  5. malacima -lilian, on February 13th, 2008 at 4:18 am Said:

    So many gorgeous stuff!!!

  6. Jerri, on February 13th, 2008 at 5:44 am Said:

    Thank you so very much!

  7. Linda M, on February 13th, 2008 at 6:06 am Said:

    This is an amazing team. All of your work is awesome!!! LOVE LOVE LOVE IT.

  8. Debra, on February 13th, 2008 at 12:47 pm Said:

    Thanks for the journal freebie - love it!

  9. Cindy, on February 13th, 2008 at 2:00 pm Said:

    Wow! These truly are beyond awesome!!! Thanks for the great challenge and wonderful goodies!

  10. Nicole Seitler, on February 13th, 2008 at 2:33 pm Said:

    This is a very cool idea and could lead to some great material for bloging. Thank you for sharing. :)

  11. Krista, on February 13th, 2008 at 2:45 pm Said:

    Superb ideas and examples! TY

  12. Colleen, on February 13th, 2008 at 9:21 pm Said:

    Wow - really impressive!

  13. Trish, on February 13th, 2008 at 10:20 pm Said:

    Thank you the journals are beautiful! love it all thanks for sharing

  14. Charlene, on February 14th, 2008 at 12:21 am Said:

    Yes, I agree, the layouts are nothing short of incredible. What great work!!! Great Blog also & thank you so much for the supplies. I’ll see what I can do!

    You had me laughing about your diary & saying how much you disliked your Mom! Growing up, my Dad was always working & he’d come home grumpy & tired. My sister and I, were like 8 & 9 years old, started a diary about my father. We titled it on the front cover, “THE ANGRY MAN”. Every time he was grouchy or didn’t want to play with us, we’d write bad stuff about him & how mean he was. Do you know that diary mysteriously disappeared one day? And we forgot all about it. Thirty years later, my Mom dug it out of her closet & gave it back to us! Probably one of the most hilarious things I’ve ever read!! We had drawings, sketches, all kinds of funky stuff in it, My poor Dad.I don’t know if she ever let him read it. Imagine someone writing a diary about how awful they thought you were!!!

    Kindest thoughts to you!

    Charlene

  15. joannknnrd, on February 15th, 2008 at 12:42 pm Said:

    I love these challenges. I always seem to drift “off topic” but always have fun…
    here’s my lo
    http://www.digishoptalk.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=265430&cat=all&ppuser=2176

  16. anneofalamo, on February 15th, 2008 at 3:03 pm Said:

    I did it…after staring in awe at your layouts…I did one…thank you thank you…I love this, I wanted to show you how you made me so happy to scrap this moment in our lives.

  17. Tami, on February 15th, 2008 at 3:23 pm Said:

    Well, I decided to try this one! I actually made mine into a whole page about our awesome Valentine’s day. The journal is beautiful and was just what I needed to make this page happen! Here’s mine:

    http://www.digishoptalk.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=266241&ppuser=11532

  18. Hollie, on February 15th, 2008 at 5:54 pm Said:

    WOW! This was such an amazing idea. I was truly inspired by this. I think I will try to get back and use this as events unfold in my life.
    Here is my link
    http://www.digishoptalk.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=266305&cat=500

  19. {my bloggity blog} » Blog Archive » the january book., on February 15th, 2008 at 8:22 pm Said:

    […] found this really cool little journal on Authentic Artistry and I had a little fun playing with it […]

  20. Nicole Seitler, on February 15th, 2008 at 8:37 pm Said:

    Looks like my blogging about it linked me up above! Too funny. Gotta love WordPress!

  21. Cherry, on February 16th, 2008 at 11:02 am Said:

    Hey there,

    I grabbed this gorgeous freebie and yesterday I found some time to complete my diary entry. I hope you understand my journaling, I tried to do a English journaling.But it was so fun creating this, thank you!!!!

    Thanks for looking,

    [URL]http://www.digishoptalk.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=266662&cat=500[URL]

    Have a nice evening,

    Martina

  22. Sugarplum Paperie » The January Book, on February 17th, 2008 at 3:09 pm Said:

    […] found this really cool little journal on Authentic Artistry (a free download) the other day and I had some fun playing around with […]

  23. Freebie List for 19/02/08 « Journal of a Digiscrap Enthusiast, on February 18th, 2008 at 4:09 pm Said:

    […] http://www.christinareneedesigns.com/authenticartistry/?p=70 […]

  24. Lynn, on February 19th, 2008 at 6:47 am Said:

    Wow, this is great! Now if I can find some time to play! I can’t wait to get started. Thank you so much, these are beautiful.

  25. Jenny, on February 20th, 2008 at 7:39 pm Said:

    Wow, thanks so much!!

  26. Mara, on February 21st, 2008 at 1:24 am Said:

    first of all, before I even download I have to thank you very much for this special gallery.
    Yes every layout made me nearly cry and gave the deep deep feeling of wanting to sit down and do the same (even if my talent is far away from these ladies).
    They are all and every artwork, more than scrapbooking.
    I could spend hours to watch every detail.
    And I love love love you bringing these wonderful ideas to us.
    Now I am going downloading and thank you very much for the great stuff

  27. Adryane, on February 21st, 2008 at 10:40 pm Said:

    Thank you for all of the wonderful supplies. I tried the challenge. You may see my journal here: http://www.designerdigitals.com/ddgallery/showphoto.php?photo=53906&ppuser=4860
    I am not sure if I saved and loaded the journal the right way, it does not look as clear as the others! Thanks for looking!

  28. Christine Meier, on February 23rd, 2008 at 9:40 am Said:

    I totally missed the boat on this one…This is beautiful, thanks so much for sharing. Great challenge too!!!!

  29. th!nkblue, on February 24th, 2008 at 9:06 am Said:

    I finally completed my journal! So fun!!! Here’s my journal:

    http://www.digishoptalk.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=271807&cat=500

  30. Michelle, on February 24th, 2008 at 5:27 pm Said:

    Thank you for the journal, love the ones posted. They are so inspiring.

  31. Monsen, on March 6th, 2008 at 2:13 pm Said:

    What a wonderfut idea! Thank you very much for this nice book!

  32. Catherine, on March 11th, 2008 at 2:03 pm Said:

    Hi, I have never tried a challenge before but I love your journal. Thanks for the gift and I hope you will take a look at my very amateurish attempt. LOL
    Catherine
    http://www.digishoptalk.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=283397&cat=500

  33. grambie, on March 15th, 2008 at 7:19 pm Said:

    WOW, thanks for this awesome and versatile journal. All of the photos are just so beautiful as each version is represented digital, hybrid, or whatever. I know that I will think of you as I open this work of love and write about all the illnesses, and treatments that I have overcomed during the past year. I will also include all the wonderful friends that I have met and made as I ventured into this world of online-digital scrapping. I Love It!! Leavin LUV! XOXOXO

  34. Monsen, on March 17th, 2008 at 6:42 am Said:

    Here´s my LO! I don´t know if it´s to late but I loved to work with it and wanted to show you:
    http://www.moni.nachtelb.de/scrap/Kakaoplatzerl_fertig.jpg

  35. Lori, on June 24th, 2008 at 1:06 am Said:

    Awesome!!!

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