CHAPTER 35: Knock, Knock, Knockin' on Wonderland's Door

"Alice laughed so much at this, that she had to run back into the wood for fear of their hearing her; and when she next peeped out the Fish-Footman was gone, and the other was sitting on the ground near the door, staring stupidly up into the sky.

Alice went timidly up to the door, and knocked.

`There's no sort of use in knocking,' said the Footman, `and that for two reasons. First, because I'm on the same side of the door as you are; secondly, because they're making such a noise inside, no one could possibly hear you.' And certainly there was a most extraordinary noise going on within--a constant howling and sneezing, and every now and then a great crash, as if a dish or kettle had been broken to pieces.

`Please, then,' said Alice, `how am I to get in?' ~Chapter 6, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

Hey everyone! It's a beautiful day here in Wonderland and we are BACK with another challenge!

Have you ever felt like Alice? Not sure which door, window, or keyhole will be opened or closed next? Not sure which direction you're going but curiouser and curiouser about them all?

What a PERFECT opportunity to explore some new avenues,and walk through new doors we bring you at Oh, Alice this week. That's right! Your challenge this week is to create a card or project using a Door, Gate, or Keyhole. Now, you can also get creative and do a gatefold technique, etc. As long as we can see it's a "Gatefold" or that there is a door, gate, or keyhole somewhere on your project! How FUN is this?

The best part? There's no time limit to play this week, so have fun and here's to opening lots of new doors in the future!

Closed…

Open…

We all do hope you will take the time to play along with us this week!!  You can find the rest of the “Mad” Thirteen at Oh! Alice Challenge blog for more fun and more inspiration.

CHAPTER 33: DICTIONARY of Nonsense

Alice didn't dare to argue the point, but went on: `-- and I thought I'd try and find my way to the top of that hill -- '

`When you say "hill,"' the Queen interrupted, `I could show you hills, in comparison with which you'd call that a valley.'

`No, I shouldn't,' said Alice, surprised into contradicting her at last: `a hill can't be a valley, you know. That would be nonsense -- '

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!'

--Ch. 2: Through the Looking Glass

Greetings from Wonderland! Before we commence this week's challenge, LOTS of tea-toasting to our FABULOUS new October Guest at Tea: DONNA BUDZYNSKI! Donna's amazing work caught our eye a while back and we are thrilled to have her joining us! A VERY MERRY unbirthday to you, Donna! WELCOME!

DT member Lynne is challenging us this week is to use TEXT in a NONSENSE way - not to read, but as a pattern in your card. Use a page from an old dictionary or other book, stamp a background text stamp or use a text-patterned paper in your creation. Link up your NEW CREATIONS and the design team will stop by to do some CREATIVE READING as we look at your entries this week!

The Greeting Farm is our SPONSOR this week, and not only are we thrilled to have them again, the prize just got sweeter! There is a RUBBER SINGLE OF CHOICE up for grabs for this challenge AS WELL as the highly-sought after "Wonderland" digital stamp set!

 

Nonsense you say? Believe it! You have through Friday, October 8th at 8pm CST to enter to WIN the above prizes! We'll announce our lucky winner on Saturday, October 9th with the next challenge here at Oh, Alice!

Now last week’s challenge was Chapter 32: Journey to the Center of the Earth where Jen challenged us to fall down the rabbit hole… literally.  She wanted us to create a card with a window or a card.  Last week I was sick but I had already created some of my card and I wanted to finish it so I did.

CHAPTER 31: Fighting for the CROWN

`Why the Lion and the Unicorn, of course,' said the King.

`Fighting for the crown?'

`Yes, to be sure,' said the King: `and the best of the joke is, that it's my crown all the while! Let's run and see them.' And they trotted off, Alice repeating to herself, as she ran, the words of the old song: --

`The Lion and the Unicorn were fighting for the crown:
The Lion beat the Unicorn all round the town.
Some gave them white bread, some gave them brown;
Some gave them plum-cake and drummed them out of town.'

Hey everyone! We have a wonderful challenge today and a prize at stake from The Mad Hatter herself! Jessica will be giving away an {Ippity} prize pack of stamps plus a nice array of 6x6 designer paper to ONE lucky winner this week who is "Crowned" by Random.org!

Speaking of crowns, THAT's this week's challenge, brought to you by our very own Twisted Sis Sammi: Use CROWNS and/or MYTHICAL Creatures on your card or creation today! Here's some mystic madness brought to you by our Twisted team:

 

Have a very regal day in WONDERLAND!

CHAPTER 30: Hey there, Nice Stems... (Post 1 of 2)

Just as Alice said this, she noticed that one of the trees had a door leading right into it. `That's very curious!' she thought. `But everything's curious today. I think I may as well go in at once.' And in she went.

Once more she found herself in the long hall, and close to the little glass table. `Now, I'll manage better this time,' she said to herself, and began by taking the little golden key, and unlocking the door that led into the garden.

Then she went to work nibbling at the mushroom (she had kept a piece of it in her pocked) till she was about a foot high: then she walked down the little passage: and THEN--she found herself at last in the beautiful garden, among the bright flower-beds and the cool fountains..."

Hello out there! It's a lovely day here in Wonderland and we are celebrating the summer with a nature theme today! Well, TREES and FLOWERS and BIRDS to be more exact! (NOTE: And apparently I can’t even read the original challenge because all I saw was that it was a sketch challenge, I know bless my heart).  We scored a GREAT sketch sponsored by PAGEMAPS today that is just perfect for today's theme:

 

See I just wanted to make up for the fact that I had messed up last week and had neglected my poor Sparkle Creations stamp.  Well, I did give it the attention it deserved this week and even managed to use the sketch.  Just not the elements…ay yiyi.

Well if you would like to see the design team creations that actually did the challenge correctly, you can stop in by the Oh! Alice Challenge blog for a full run down.  MWAH!!  And have a great weekend.

Stamps: Sparkle Creations – Turntable Josh
Paper: Prima Youth Collection, PTI Soft Stone, Neenah CS
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, DI Distressed Wood
Extras: Copics, Sharpie Silver Poster Paint, Glitter Pen, I wanna say MM Vacation Bottle Cap 

CHAPTER 29: What makes YOU Shine....or SPARKLE?...

`Why, what are YOUR shoes done with?' said the Gryphon. `I mean, what makes them so shiny?'

Alice looked down at them, and considered a little before she gave her answer. `They're done with blacking, I believe.'

`Boots and shoes under the sea,' the Gryphon went on in a deep voice, `are done with a whiting. Now you know.'

`And what are they made of?' Alice asked in a tone of great curiosity.

`Soles and eels, of course,' the Gryphon replied rather impatiently: `any shrimp could have told you that.'

`If I'd been the whiting,' said Alice, whose thoughts were still running on the song, `I'd have said to the porpoise, "Keep back, please: we don't want YOU with us!"'

`They were obliged to have him with them,' the Mock Turtle said: `no wise fish would go anywhere without a porpoise.'

`Wouldn't it really?' said Alice in a tone of great surprise.

Hello everyone! We are back for our first challenge of September with some EXCITING news!

Today we are still sad about the departure of some of our friends from our Twisted little table, but we are THRILLED to welcome some new members!

A glistening welcome to CREEPY GLOWBUGG GLORIA and ANDREA MURDOCK! We also are THRILLED to be bringing back EMMA EADS as our faithful "Dormouse"-she'll be around to scope out your creations and leave you some love! Last but not least, welcome to Kellie Winnell as our September Guest Tea Party Member! LOTS going on today! We are thrilled to have these ladies with us and know they will really SHINE!

 

Remember , you have until FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 10th at 8pm CST to enter this contest! Winner will be posted on Saturday 9/11's post and good luck to all who enter!

Have fun and GET SHIMMERY, SPARKLY and FABULOUS in Wonderland this week!

Plus I have some other REALLY good news!!!!!  I get to guest design for Kraftin Kimmie Stamps this month.  I am so excited and can’t wait to start showing you the peeks of what’s to come this next week.  It’s going to be awesome as usual!!

ETA:  So apparently when you are putting up posts at 2:30 in the morning you can forget quite a bit, like the fact you combined two challenges.  Your Oh! Alice Challenge and the Kraftin Kimmie Challenge, where she is having us use a sketch.

You got Kimmie stamps?  Want a chance at more?  Go check out the Challenge blog, play along with the sketch and you could win a new stamp.

CHAPTER 28: Child of the Pure Unclouded Brow

hild of the pure unclouded brow
And dreaming eyes of wonder!
Though time be fleet, and I and thou
Are half a life asunder,
Thy loving smile will surely hail
The love-gift of a fairy-tale.

I have not seen thy sunny face,
Nor heard thy silver laughter;
No thought of me shall find a place
In thy young life's hereafter -
Enough that now thou wilt not fail
To listen to my fairy-tale.

Hello everyone! We are celebrating the wonder of childhood today here at Oh, Alice and are thrilled to announce this week's sponsor, Paper Pretties Stamps! Are you all familiar with Paper Pretties? If you're new to them, check out their darling images! If it's been a while, Paper Pretties is PROUD to announce that they're under NEW ownership and is pleased to offer you faster, cheaper shipping, reliable service, and lots of new items in the store. We are thrilled to congratulate Heather Lee-Reppen on her new endeavor and are honored to have her sponsorship this week!

Paper Pretties is offering a Prize package of rubber stamps this week to ONE lucky winner!


Before we get to this week's theme, a bittersweet Goodbye is in order to our FABULOUS August Guest, Stephanie Jones as well as two of our full time twisted sisters, Kim and Kristy. We are SO sad to see you all go and THANK YOU-ALL of you for such a wonderfully twisted time! HUGS!!!!


This week's theme is simply to make a card with a LITTLE GIRL theme:)Alice is such a whimsical free spirit and we LOVE that about her! Channel your inner girlie this week with this great (and free-to-be-you!) challenge! 

CHAPTER 26: Sizing up a Sketch...

"The Caterpillar was the first to speak.

`What size do you want to be?' it asked.

`Oh, I'm not particular as to size,' Alice hastily replied; `only one doesn't like changing so often, you know.'

`I DON'T know,' said the Caterpillar.

Alice said nothing: she had never been so much contradicted in her life before, and she felt that she was losing her temper.

`Are you content now?' said the Caterpillar.

`Well, I should like to be a LITTLE larger, sir, if you wouldn't mind,' said Alice: `three inches is such a wretched height to be.'

`It is a very good height indeed!' said the Caterpillar angrily, rearing itself upright as it spoke (it was exactly three inches high).

`But I'm not used to it!' pleaded poor Alice in a piteous tone. And she thought of herself, `I wish the creatures wouldn't be so easily offended!'

`You'll get used to it in time,' said the Caterpillar; and it put the hookah into its mouth and began smoking again..."

Hello! How is everyone here in Wonderland today?

We are sizing up a GREAT sketch by JEN and the main panel just HAPPENS to be THREE. INCHES. TALL. :) Now, of course you don't have to stick to this if your image won't fit, but we didn't want to anger Mr. Caterpillar by saying that Three inches wasn't a respectable height, so here's the sketch:

Believe it or not I am currently in Charlotte at CKC and I made this in the hotel room on my bed from the stuff that I got today.  The only thing I had prepared beforehand was my image…thank goodness!! 

Wanna get further inspired?  Go check out what the other team made at the Oh! Alice Challenge blog.

Stamps: Some Odd Girl – Inchie & Mae as Alice Pose
Ink: SU Close to Cocoa
Paper: Bazzill Oatmeal, PTI White, October Afternoon Fly A Kite
Extras: Copics, Technique Tuesdays Baseboards, Creative Imaginations – Marah Johnson Flower Embellie

Chapter 25:White Rabbit, White Gloves, White Wonderland

"After a time she heard a little pattering of feet in the distance, and she hastily dried her eyes to see what was coming.It was the White Rabbit returning, splendidly dressed, with a pair of white kid gloves in one hand and a large fan in the other: he came trotting along in a great hurry, muttering to himself as he came, `Oh! the Duchess, the Duchess! Oh! won't she be savage if I've kept her waiting!'
Alice felt so desperate that she was ready to ask help of any one; so, when the Rabbit came near her, she began, in a low, timid voice, `If you please, sir--' The Rabbit started violently, dropped the white kid gloves and the fan, and skurried away into the darkness as hard as he could go..."

~Alices Adventures in Wonderland, Chapter 2

Hello dolls!
We are back in the WHITE heat of August with another fabulous challenge for you today! This week at Oh, Alice we are trying to BEAT that heat, and you know, they say you shouldn't wear dark colors this time of year to keep cool!
In the spirit of that, along with our WHITE Rabbit and his WHITE kid gloves, guess what our challenge is for you today?
That's RIGHT. WHITE WONDERLAND. And we're not talkin' about Christmas! Your mission today, should you choose to accept it is to create (WITH the exception of your main image panel) an ALL WHITE card or project!

If you would like to have a chance at winning this or one of the other Tickled Pink Stamp, play along and go to the Oh! Alice Challenge blog post what cha did.  We would love to see what you did.

Stamp: Fashionette 20’s Evie
Paper: Neenah CS
Extras: Copics, MFT Felt, Martha Stewart Punches – Butterfly & Rose Leaves, CB Embossing Folder, Recollections Jewels, Die-namics Scalloped Scallop, Rolled Flower, Trio Flower, Tattered Angels Marshmallow & Sea Shell (goldish color)

Chapter 24 - Windows and Broken Glass

`Now tell me, Pat, what's that in the window?'

`Sure, it's an arm, yer honour!' (He pronounced it `arrum.')

`An arm, you goose! Who ever saw one that size? Why, it fills the whole window!'

`Sure, it does, yer honour: but it's an arm for all that.'

`Well, it's got no business there, at any rate: go and take it away!'

There was a long silence after this, and Alice could only hear whispers now and then; such as, `Sure, I don't like it, yer honour, at all, at all!' `Do as I tell you, you coward!' and at last she spread out her hand again, and made another snatch in the air. This time there were TWO little shrieks, and more sounds of broken glass. `What a number of cucumber-frames there must be!' thought Alice. `I wonder what they'll do next! As for pulling me out of the window, I only wish they COULD! I'm sure I don't want to stay in here any longer!'

Hello friends...it's CRYSTAL CLEAR that today you're all joining us for a fabulous challenge here at Oh, Alice!   We have all sorts of lovely techniques for you to try today!

Your mission today with Oh, Alice, should you choose to accept it, is to try a technique using cracked glass, crystal effects (or glossy accents), or a window stamp/technique.  There are TONS of possibilities with today's challenge.

So this week I decided to do something a little different.  I’m not sure if you can tell or not but where Alice is peeking in is covered in glossy accents (so is the drink me bottle but I really wanted the opening to show).

This illustration is done by Oleg Lipchenko.  I think it is adorable.  I really like his illustrations.

Please don’t forget to go by the Oh! Alice Challenge blog because you never know what we have up our sleeve.

Image: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Oleg Lipchenko
Paper: SEI Addison, Neenah CS
Extras: Glossy Accents, Corner Punch, Prima Jewel Swirl, Scrapworks Tabs

 

CHAPTER 23: Ravens and Writing Desks...

The Hatter opened his eyes very wide on hearing this; but all he said was, "Why is a raven like a writing-desk?"
"Come, we shall have some fun now!" thought Alice. "I'm glad they've begun asking riddles. — I believe I can guess that," she added aloud.
"Do you mean that you think you can find out the answer to it?" said the March Hare.
"Exactly so," said Alice.
"Then you should say what you mean," the March Hare went on.
"I do," Alice hastily replied; "at least--at least I mean what I say--that's the same thing, you know."

Hello everyone! We are ready to FLY with this week's challenge here at Oh, Alice! This week, we challenge you to use BIRDS on your card or papercrafting project! We may never know the answer to the riddle above, but while we're pondering that and life's little mysteries we may as well make a great card or two in the process, right?

And don’t forget to go the Oh! Alice Challenge blog for more inspiration.

 

I used the sketch from Clean & Simple sketch and if you know me at all, ya know I’m not that much of a Clean & Simple but I’m trying to expand my style.

Stamps: Brave Girl, Fly Free (June KoM), Together We Bloom (April KoM)
Ink: Versafine Black, Memento Rich Cocoa & London Fog
Paper: PTI Soft Stone & Kraft
Extras: EAD Alice in Wonderland Stickers, Spica Pen, Crystal Stickers – Red, eP Clear, Fiskars Punch, Gingham Ribbon

Chapter 22: Dancing under the Sea...

"Will you walk a little faster?" said the whiting to the snail;
"There's a porpoise right behind us and he's treading on my tail!
See how eagerly the lobsters and the turtles all advance!
They are waiting on the shingle, will you come and join the dance?`
Will you, won't you, will you, won't you-WILL you join the dance?"

Hello everyone! Greetings from here in Wonderland...or maybe today it's UNDERland? As in Under the Sea, perhaps ;)  So, today's challenge involves all things sea-worthy and we at Oh, Alice are challenging YOU to create a card or project using sea life! Turtles, whales, dolphins are fabulous as are other sea creatures as in merfolk and those deep, dark creatures you sometimes hear about but seldom see.... the possibilities are as endless as the ocean itself!  We also have a FUN prize for you this week! One lucky winner will receive a Sweet Pea Rubber Stamp courtesy of Oh, Alice! These stamps are large and BEAUTIFULLY detailed and we just happened to have one 'swimmin' around!' Will YOU be the lucky winner? ;)  Be sure to upload your card or creation using InLinkz below! You have until Friday, July 23rd at 8pm CST to enter the challenge, so have fun and we'll see you back next week! enter your submission to be considered for the prize! If you are uploading to a public gallery, be sure to include keyword OAC22.

 

I really love the Sweet Pea stamps they are so detailed and artful.  And with her being a Pirate ya know I had to give her some booty.  It doesn’t always have to be gold, it can be pearls too.

Stamps: Unforgettable Pirate, Unity Stamp Co – Fly Free (June ‘10 KoM)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Paper: Webster’s Pages Seaside Retreat, Bazzill Purple, Neenah CS
Extras: Copics, Art Glitter Angel’s Wings, Hero Arts Pearls, Nestabilities, Coins

Breaking All the Rules…

"At this moment the King, who had been for some time busily writing in his note-book, cackled out `Silence!' and read out from his book, `Rule Forty-two. ALL PERSONS MORE THAN A MILE HIGH TO LEAVE THE COURT.' 
Everybody looked at Alice. 
`I'M not a mile high,' said Alice. 
`You are,' said the King. 
`Nearly two miles high,' added the Queen. 
`Well, I shan't go, at any rate,' said Alice: `besides, that's not a regular rule: you invented it just now.' 
`It's the oldest rule in the book,' said the King.


`Then it ought to be Number One,' said Alice. "


Hello everyone!
Today we have a fun and rather rebellious challenge for all of you out there in WONDERLAND!   We start out with a lovely sketch by Sammi:

The catch?  You must RE-CREATE this sketch somehow.   Switch out a panel or two, flip on its side, upside down, etc.  There are no rules except to break them, meaning you can't follow the sketch exactly!  Makes no sense right?  GOOD. :)
HA!!  If they only knew!! Just ask my girl Kelly, I’m always doing whatever I can to shake things up a bit. 
Now head on over to the Oh! Alice Challenge blog so you can see how everyone else has broken the rules.

Stamps: Spesch Digi Stamp – White Rabbit
Paper: 7 Gypsies Numbers, Bazzill Blue, PTI Soft Stone, Neenah CS
Extras: MS Flower Punches, Sparkly Fluff, Copics, Red Stickles, Kabuka Plate, EAD Stickers, Gold Pen, Watch Faces, Cricut Cartrige, Diamond Glaze
Ink: Distress Ink – Bundled Sage

In My Country…

Are you ready for you weekly installment of Alice?  I sure hope so.  Here we go…

"Well, in our country," said Alice, still panting a little, "you'd generally get to somewhere else -- if you ran very fast for a long time, as we've been doing."

"A slow sort of country!" said the Queen. "Now, here, you see, it takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place. If you want to get somewhere else, you must run at least twice as fast as that!"

(Through the Looking Glass, Chapter 2)

WONDERLAND has gone red, white, and blue!  Yep, that's right! 

Call it inspiration, a color challenge....I guess it's really both!   Your mission this week is to use RED, WHITE and BLUE on your card or project!  In addition we have a WONDERFUL Sponsorship opportunity today.  Thank you SO much to EMILY from EAD Designs!  Emily has graciously offered the DT some wonderful Alice-themed stickers to use for our projects today (unfortunately our international friends didn't get theirs in time, but hopefully we'll have stuff to show you soon!).

ONE LUCKY WINNER will receive a WONDERFULLY GENEROUS gift certificate to the EAD Designs Store!   Just get your red, white and blue on and ENTER your card here to win!

Before we get to this week's challenge, we have a few FUN announcements to make!   Sadly we say goodbye to Jimmi this week.  I can’t believe she’s leaving, though I understand & am so glad I still get to work with her on another team.  Can you tell I love this girl ?  We thank her for all her wonderfully twisty designs and will miss her at the tea table here.   We are THRILLED to announce at the same time, that Lynne Phelps has accepted a FULL TIME position here right at our twisted table.  Lynne's designs TOTALLY WOW'd us as our June Guest Designer and well, some things are JUST SO Alice that they're meant to be!  WELCOME LYNNE!

Also, as today is the first challenge of July, a BIG TWISTY welcome to EMMA EADS, our JULY GUEST!  We are very excited to have her on board with us for the month of July.   Be sure to stop by her BLOG and give her a shout out!

You have until Friday, July 9th at 8pm CST to enter your creation on the Oh! Alice Challenge blog to WIN the gift certificate from EAD Designs!  As for a little inspiration let’s start you off with this…

I have a confession to make, I don’t use stickers often.  But when I saw these I just had to use them, they were just too cute!!  This came together so easily for me and I have to admit I love they way it came out.

Stamps:  HA! None
Ink: Again, none
Paper: Neenah CS, PTI Poppy Red, Bazzill Blue
Extras: PTI Buttons, PTI Red Poppy Ribbon, Twine, Nestabilities, EAD Stickers, Playing Card

Twinkle, Twinkle

Welcome to another exciting week of falling down the rabbit hole into a very curious world.  As for this week’s challenge, I personally love it but I’ll let you decide.

"Twinkle, twinkle, little bat!
How I wonder what you're at!"
You know the song, perhaps?' 
`I've heard something like it,' said Alice. 
`It goes on, you know,' the Hatter continued, `in this way:-- 
"Up above the world you fly,
Like a tea-tray in the sky.
Twinkle, twinkle--"'
Here the Dormouse shook itself, and began singing in its sleep `Twinkle, twinkle, twinkle, twinkle--' and went on so long that they had to pinch it to make it stop."

Hello out there!  It's a beautiful day here in Wonderland and a twinkling one at that!   We are wrapping up one FABULOUS month with a super fun, no-pressure challenge!  We are going to ring out the month of June with a Twinkle!

That's right, just use something Twinkling, Glittery, or Sparkly on your card or creation this week and we'll put on our shades :D

I <3 making thinks sparkle!! twinkle!! and glitter!!  So I broke out my supplies and got to work.

I wonder if you can tell where I put all the sparkly stuff.

Make sure you go back to the Oh! Alice Challenge blog so that you can check see what the rest of the design team did.

Stamps: LAD February Mix – Singing in the Rain
Ink: SU Whisper White, Memento Dandelion
Paper: PTI Kraft, Bazzill Black, Cosmo Cricket Garden Girl
Extras: PTI Saddle Stitch Pure Poppy Ribbon, EK Success Punch, Hero Arts Jewels (along punch), K& Co Colored Jewels (along ferris wheel), yellow stickles (used on the enjoy), Burlap Distress Stickles (used on ribbon slide), Ribbon Slide, Zig Pen

Coming Up Daisies

You would think roses right?  But nope daisies.  It’s time for another Oh, Alice! Challenge.  Are you ready to go down the hole?

CHAPTER 18: Crazy for Daisy Chains...

lice was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on the bank, and of having nothing to do: once or twice she had peeped into the book her sister was reading, but it had no pictures or conversations in it, and where is the use of a book, thought Alice, without pictures or conversations? So she was considering in her own mind, (as well as she could, for the hot day made her feel very sleepy and stupid,) whether the pleasure of making a daisy-chain was worth the trouble of getting up and picking the daisies, when a white rabbit with pink eyes ran close by her. "

Hello everyone!

We have lots of fun to share today here at Oh, Alice!   We have a fun new sketch with a twist from our very own Tasha.   Here's the sketch:

The Twist?  Use a DAISY or some sort of similar flower and incorporate it on your card!  Nothin' like a little FLOWER POWER to kick start your mojo, Alice always says!

What's more?  We have a WONDERFUL Sponsor today, Tickled Pink Stamps!  One lucky winner from this week's entries will receive a special prize.

Want to play along and get Crazy for Daisies and get sketchy too?   Hooray!  We'd love to have you!  Just upload your card or creation to our Oh Alice blog and use OAC18 if you're using a public gallery such as SCS.   You have until FRIDAY, JUNE 25th at 8pm CST to enter to WIN!!

I went with using My Favorite Things stamps for two reasons.  1) I missed last week’s challenge & hated that because I love MFT stamps & have lots, lots & lots of them, including this new adorable set. 2) Somehow I didn’t get a chance to get one of Tasha’s wonderful stamps.

You would think that the challenge was to use as much bling as possible not daisies, LOL!!

Stamps: MFT Wonderland Costumes
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Paper: PTI Kraft, Neenah White, American Crafts – A La Carte, Yellow Bazzill
Extras: Copics, The Paper Studio – Jewels, Nestabilities, Ric Rack Die Cut from MFT, Smooch – Siren, Gold Sakura Pen

Don’t forget to go check out the Oh, Alice! Challenge blog for more info & more inspiration.

Found My Muchness?

I have an announcement to make.  You may have a slight idea by the title of my post.  I was invited to join the OH Alice Challenge blog!! I’m so excited not only because it will be so fun and OMG the challenges are so interesting and to say the least curious.  But the team is AH-MAZ-ZING!!!  Yep required to Zs.  I hope you will get the chance to join us every week.  For me this first week already was a doozy.

CHAPTER 16: What's YOUR Muchness?

The Mad Hatter said to Alice:

"You used to be much muchier before! Yes, you were much more Alice the last time we met. You've lost your muchness..."

Alice replied:

"My MUCHNESS?"

The Mad Hatter pointed to her heart and repeated "Yes, your muchness..."

So, what's YOUR MUCHNESS? We want to know the HEART of your stamping style. Whether it's your favorite embellishment, "signature style", fave technique...we WANT TO SEE the MUCHNESS!

EEK!! What’s my muchness?  I’m one of those that thinks I don’t really have a style.  I’m always trying to find a way outta of the box so I’m not in one.  I asked my mom tonight when she’s looks at my cards if there’s one thing she saw what it would be.  She said details.  I thought that was interesting because I really don’t see myself as a detail person.  I did however pay more attention to them tonight.  Well this is what I ended up with…

When I do cards one thing I do do (hehe, dodo…sorry).  I check challenges what’s out there to get the juices flowing.  I saw a sketch for WOJ, ok granted I didn’t use their image but it didn’t mean I couldn’t use their sketch.  Then I also saw where Play Date Cafe has a flowery & color challenge.  Off I was to play with my nice little image from Prairie Fairy.

Upload your card or creation to the Oh Alice! Blog by Friday, June 11th at 8pm CST to enter to WIN the prize from Prairie Fairy!

Stamps:  Holding Hands
Paper: PTI Yellow, Webster Pages
Extras: Bloomers – Webster Pages, Zva Crystals, Nestabilities, Copics, Flower Soft Microfine (Sand)