Welcome to Dreamgirls

  • Our mission...
    Do you dream about scrapping? We do! The purpose of this blog, quite simply, is to inspire you to create art. Our challenges will cover a wide variety of topics, techniques and products. We hope our challenges will kick your creativity into high gear and get you making layouts that are everything you've dreamed!

How to play along

  • Contact us
    www.dreamgirlsdesign@aol.com
  • New challenges will be posted on the 1st and 15th of each month. To be eligible for a prize and to have your creation displayed in our gallery, please email us a picture. Submit your picture to us no later than the 13th and the 29th of each month. Winners will be chosen by our design team and occasionally by random drawing. We will announce the winners when we post the next challenge.

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July 01, 2008

Challenge #7 : Journal it

Yes you read correctly, but we want Raw Journaling. Twist: Use office supplies & we want to see use some household Stamping {ie: lids, sponge, etc.} skies the limit. We want to be moved by your journaling. Scrapping is about preserving memories the good, the bad and  even the ugly. I know it's difficult to scrap the bad and ugly, but I have to say from my experience when I have scrapped these events in my life I feel some sense of healing, and empowerment like I have overcome what was hurting. I can't wait to see what you all come up with. Here are the personal memories of our Divas:

Amy
Dreamgirlspigschallenge7

Cheryl
Story1

Debbie
Hersecret

Dolores
Let_your_troubles_fall_behind_you

Glenda
Loveglenda

Lisa
Dreamgirlspoppy

SJ
Remember_eight_sj

Tanisha
Angelbabylo

Our sponsor this week is Tallyscrapper They provided us with a Glitz Deliriously Spring Digital/Printable Scrapbooking kit, now you can print your own papers at home. I have added some Glitz frosting to the mix.
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and the winner to that great kit  from Magistical  Memories  is

Cathy
Firstday_parksdtitch_1_3
thank you so much for participating, please email us your address.


June 15, 2008

Challenge #6: First time

We have so many first time in our lives, like when you first met your significant other the first time you saw your newborn child, first time you became a mother or what about the first time you started an obsession as may I say Scrapbooking. LOL. Well our Dreamgirls Divas wanted to share with you their memorable first times.  This challenge is to create a layout about your First Time, the twist is to use ribbon/trim and stitching. Your stitching can be faux, hand or machine. We can't wait to see what you all come up with. Here's what our Divas have created:

Lisa
Myfirstdietcoke

Tanisha
Firsttimemomlo

Glenda
Thefirsttime2

Amy
1sttime

Cheryl
Queenheidi

Dolores
Irememberthefirsttime

Jeri
Imgp2930

Debbie

Firsttime600

and our winner this week was chosen randomly

Congrats Stephanie
Stephanie_2

Oh and look at our sponsor for this challenge is Magistical Memories. I just love working with their chipboard products. Here's a photo of the prize:

Kitcopy
 

June 01, 2008

Challenge #5 :Random doodling

Time sure flies! Can you believe we're on to our fifth challenge already?  We hope you are enjoying our challenges as much as we are. This week, we have a good one for you.  Sometimes it's fun just to be random. Share what's on your mind, with no particular rhyme or reason. Sometimes it's fun to doodle too. There's no right or wrong way to add some of your own artistic pen work.  So here's our challenge to you:
Scrap 5 random thoughts on a layout. The topic is your choice. But you must journal in 5 different locations on the page. Use journal spots or get creative like the DT Divas did. Your twist is to include doodling on your page. Have fun with it!

Here's what our Dream Team did:

Glenda

Meresized

Michelle

Dontlookback

SJ

Weightyissues_2

Tanisha

Justatinyglimpselo

Amy

Randompicfacts

Lisa

Dreamgirlschallenge5

Cheryl

Bobeena1_2

Jeri

Jeri_5

Debbie

Random5

Dolores

5_random_facts

So how about that cardboard challenge? Once again, we are inspired and impressed with our readers' creativity. It was difficult, but we chose a winner. It is...


 

Christi
Christi

Please email us your address!
Have a great day!

May 15, 2008

You - Out of the Box

Hey there! Thanks to everyone who completed our third challenge. Our readers amaze and inspire us with their creativity -it is not an easy task to choose just one winner!  Keep on reading to see who it is.

Inspiration can be found in many places - galleries, ads, color combinations.   Our challenge for you is to take inspiration from this picture:

Avatarinspo_2

If it looks a bit familiar, it's because it's the template for our avatars here on this blog.  And the twists? Well, first, your layout must be about YOU.  Not your significant other, not your kids, just sweet little you.  Oh, and the other twist? You must use some corrugated cardboard and it needs to be visible. The rest is up to you. Here's how the Dream Team Divas interpreted this challenge:

Debbie

Canusee600

Dolores

Then_now_me

Amy

Wingschallenge4

Glenda

Iamwhatiam2_2

Cheryl

Knowme3   

SJ

Missmyhair

Lisa

Myfavorites

Tanisha

Simplymelo

Jeri

Imgp2904

Our sponsor for this challenge is Treasured Scrapbooking, thank you Leslie for supplying us with kit #2. Leslie kits are packed full of  a wonderful selection of pattern papers, coordinating cardstock and embellishments. Here's a preview of the prize:

Maykit2

Our sponsor for our last challenge was One Page at a Time. Capella has generously supplied a May kit for our winner, who is.....

Julie

Julie

Please email us your info!

May 01, 2008

Say it loud, say it PROUD!

Wow, you ladies rocked the challenge! There was such a variety of reality shows used and the creativity was so inspiring.  Thanks to everyone who participated! Wanna know who won this week? Well, read on!

We all have something we are particularly proud of - your kids, or family or maybe an obstacle you struggled to overcome. This challenge, we'd like to see what you're proud of.

But wait, you know there's gotta be twist somewhere! You must use chipboard and a sticker(s) one your project.

Here are the Dream Team Divas creations for this challenge:

Tanisha

Lovethewaylo

SJ

Proud_of_you_sj

Michelle

Sooproud001

Lisa

Dreamgirlsproudofyou

Glenda

Quitter3

Dolores

Proud_and_blessed

Debbie

I_quit_debbie

Cheryl

Proud2

Amy

Strongchallenge3

We are thrilled to offer you an amazing prize this challenge - One Page at a Time's May kit, packed with My Little Shoebox ,Pink Paislee, and Prima goodies, just to mention a few:

May08kit1

Capella puts together some gorgeous kits, you won't want to miss this!

Just a reminder, to be eligible to the win the prize, you must email OR post a link here by 12 midnight EST on the 13th.

We're also planning some extra fun and challenges on NSD, May 3rd. Stop by our forum and see what we're up to!

Now for the winner of the the Get Real challenge...

Sasha

The_real_housewives

 

Congratulations to Sasha ! Please email us with your address!

April 15, 2008

Challenge #2: Get Real!

First of all, we want to thank all of the amazing scrappers who participated in our first challenge. We were blown away by the talent and creativity in all the submissions. If you haven't checked out the week 1 gallery, please take a moment and see for yourself! Wanna know who won the prize? Then read on...

This time we challenge you to get real. Reality show, that is. Create a layout using the name of a reality show as your title. Not a reality show watcher? Check out this site  it lists tons of titles.

But wait, we have a few twists! Your layout must include some form of stamping, AND you must use felt somewhere. We can't wait to see what you come up with! Want a creative kickstart? Check out what the Dream Team Divas did for this challenge:

Amy

Bigbrotherchallenge2_3


Cheryl

Ageoflove2_4


Debbie

Biggestloser600_3


Dolores

Top_model_4


Glenda

Thesimplelife600x595jpg_3


Jeri

Survivor


Lisa

Dirtyjobs2_3


Michelle

Rock_of_love


SJ

Dsc_0027_3


Tanisha

Bigbrotherlo_4

We promised you the winner for challenge #1, so without further ado...

Nathalie K.

Dreams

Congratulations!!

please email us so we can send you some goodies!

April 08, 2008

More news!

The Dream Team Divas just love to chit chat about anything and everything, and we bet you do too! That's why we created a message board for our readers that went live on April 6th. Thanks to everyone who has registered and started chatting. You can find our message board by scrolling down and clicking on the button in the left hand column. Come on in and say hello!

How are your projects for Challenge #1 coming along? We are loving all the gorgeous creations submitted so far and can't wait to see YOURS! Just a reminder- the challenge requirements are to use some form of the word "dream," use paint somewhere and have scallops or curves somewhere on your page. Email or link your project by April 13th for a chance at a RAK.

April 01, 2008

The Start of Something New

It's finally here - April 1st! Welcome to our first official challenge here at Dreamgirls. We are absolutely overwhelmed and amazed with the positive response to our blog announcement. Thank you to each and every one who stopped to look, wish us well and spread the word. Because we are so excited to get things started, we picked FOUR winners for a RAK from the many comments.

Winners were chosen at random, so without further ado....

Juliescraps

Tammy Gray

Christi

Kelly

Please email us with your addresses so we can send you some goodies!

Now onto the first challenge!

With a name like "Dreamgirls," we all agreed it would be fitting to challenge you to create a project that incorporated some form of the word DREAM. So your page can be about anything from your childhood dreams to the strange dream you had last night. You decide.
But wait, there's more... you see, we're always going to add a little twist or two to our challenges.  So here they are:
You must use scallops or curves on your project AND you must use paint in some fashion.

The Dream Divas created some amazing layouts to inspire you. You can view them here. Please take a moment to click on each picture to view all the dreamy details.

March 25, 2008

The Secret is out!!!

    Hello everyone and thank you to all of you for visiting all of Design Team blogs, it has been so hard to keep this secret.  Debbie and I have been putting it together for the last 2 weeks, and we have to say that we are really excited about this new venture. We were super excited when the very talented Design Team members accepted to be on this journey with us.  When choosing who we wanted for our Design Team, we thought it would be great to compile a team with different styles from classic, funky, freestyle, and shabby chic. 
So with that said I would like to introduce our Dream Divas:

Amy Cutler
Cheryl Nelson
Glenda Tkalac
Jeri Swenson
Lisa Houpt
Michelle McCord
SarahJane Dowsett
Tanisha Long
Please give them a warm welcome, give them a shout out.

    We created this blog challenge , to inspire and to take you out of the box, sort of speak. We will be posting our first challenge on April 1st. Our Dream Divas have already started creating their layouts for this challenge and they are already coming up with amazing work. I can't wait to share their work with all of you. 
    Post a comment and you will entered into a random drawing for a RAK.  So go on tell your friends to stop by and post a comment, and be sure to come and check us out on the first of April for our first challenge.

March 17, 2008

Stay tuned...

If you're looking for a new source of scrappy inspiration, be sure to check back here in 2 weeks-

Our talented Dream Team Divas are working behind the scenes to inspire you!