Oh, Alice Chapter 45: Remembering Holiday Dreams

Today was the last day of vacationing with my family (so sad). So, I'll be back soon! Hope eveyone is having a wonderful New Year!!


Chapter 45: Remembering Holiday Dreams-
`Oh, I've had such a curious dream!' said Alice, and she told her sister, as well as she could remember them, all these strange Adventures of hers that you have just been reading about; and when she had finished, her sister kissed her, and said, `It WAS a curious dream, dear, certainly: but now run in to your tea; it's getting late.' So Alice got up and ran off, thinking while she ran, as well she might, what a wonderful dream it had been.

I hope you have some wonderful holiday dreams to remember! It is time to start scrappng those holiday memories! Our generous sponsor, Nikki Sivils, is offering a huge prize to help you capture those memories! Please visit the OAC blog because one randomly drawn winner will receive a 6x6 inch pad, 12x12 inch designer paper, and burlap covered buttons from the Happy Holly-Days Collection!

This week's Challenge:
Share something that helps you capture your holiday memories, like a layout, mini-album or picture holder of some kind, OR to use an icy blue color scheme! The design team this week will be showing off some fabulous paper from our generous sponsor, Nikki Sivils. They will be using the wonderful "Something for Everyone" collection in beautiful Alice blue or the Happy Holly-Days collection.
Take a look:
Jessica
Andrea
Donna
Emma
Erin
Gloria
Ky
Lynne
Margie
Peggy
Sammi
Tasha
Tracy Evans - Guest Designer

Happiest of New Years to Everyone!

On behalf of the OAC crew, I'd love to wish everyone a Happy New year and 'THANK YOU' to all of our readers. No card for me today, as I have family visiting for 2 weeks and we've been on the go doing every fun SD tourist-y thing we can think of. ;o)

A huge thank you to all of our amazing sponsors of 2010!!!

Please stay tuned for what's to come in 2011, including a HUGE prize from Nikki Sivils!! Thank you Nikki for being so VERY generous!

Another big thanks to our queen of Wonderland herself, Jessica, and our fabulous coordinators, Margie and Tasha! Thanks gals for all the hard work and extra hours you put in!
You truly are the Muchness of OAC!!!


Check out the OAC blog for some of the crews "Thank You" creations made with NIKKI SIVILS super cute goodies!!


Happy New Year wishes to my team and all my wonderful followers!! I wish you a year full of happiness!! Thank you for another amazing blog year!

Oh, Alice Ch. 44: Curiouser & Curiouser

{I *hope* to be back with a card this week!}

CHAPTER 44: `Curiouser and curiouser!'
`Curiouser and curiouser!' cried Alice (she was so much surprised, that for the moment she quite forgot how to speak good English); `now I'm opening out like the largest telescope that ever was! Good-bye, feet!' (for when she looked down at her feet, they seemed to be almost out of sight, they were getting so far off). `Oh, my poor little feet, I wonder who will put on your shoes and stockings for you now, dears? I'm sure _I_ shan't be able! I shall be a great deal too far off to trouble myself about you: you must manage the best way you can; --but I must be kind to them,' thought Alice, `or perhaps they won't walk the way I want to go! Let me see: I'll give them a new pair of boots every Christmas.'

Hello from all of us here in Wonderland!

This week's challenge:

Turn Wonderland into a Winter Wonderland! Yes, that's right.....put your boots on, hats, mittens and let's play in the snow! Alice, with a hat on? Rabbit in the snow? Anything that reflects a Winter Wonderland. Have fun with it!

This week's prize:

This week we are being sponsored by SUGAR NELLIE / FUNKYKITS. They are a fabulous company and you really should go over and take a peek. Sugar Nellie is a small Scottish company that brings you fantastic rubber stamps from some amazing artists. Funky Kits is the sole online retailer for Sugar Nellie stamps - so head on over to grab yourself some of that sugary goodness!

The AMAZING prize for this week will be 1 set of 6, yes, I said 6 Leanne Ellis Alice in Wonderland stamps. Head over to the OAC blog for full details!

Now on to what the DT gals have created for you this week:

Jessica
Andrea
Donna
Emma
Erin
Gloria
Ky
Lynne
Margie
Peggy
Sammi
Tasha
Tracy Evans - Guest Designer

Oh, Alice Chapters 42 & 43

DIGI images: Pixie Dust Studios -"White Rabbit"

{and a very special image created for the OAC blog!! Thank you!!}

Hold on to your seats this is going to be a LONG one! Here are my Oh, Alice chapters for this week and last week!

CHAPTER 43:CHRISTMAS-GREETINGS. [FROM A FAIRY TO A CHILD.]

LADY dear, if Fairies may

For a moment lay aside

Cunning tricks and elfish play,

'Tis at happy Christmas-tide.

We have heard the children say—

Gentle children. whom we love—

Long ago, on Christmas Day,

Came a message from above.

Still, as Christmas-tide comes round,

They remember it again—

Echo still the joyful sound"

Peace on earth, good-will to men!"

Yet the hearts must childlike be

Where such heavenly guests abide;

Unto children, in their glee,

All the year is Christmas-tide!

Thus, forgetting tricks and play

For a moment, Lady dear,

We would wish you, if we may,

Merry Christmas, glad New Year!

Christmas, 1867.

Welcome down the rabbit hole once again my friends. This poem by Lewis Carroll was found in the back of a copy of Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There.

This week's CHALLENGE:

Get into the Christmas spirit. The challenge is to use red, green, + one color. You can still use other colors for hair and skin. Just make the main use of color red, green, + one.

Our wonderful sponsor this week is Pixie Dust Studio. You must check out her Down the Rabbit Hole line. CUTE! The lucky winner will receive your choice of 2 digital images. Check out the OAC blog for details.

Now here is what our DT have created for you this week!
Jessica

Andrea

Donna

Emma

Erin

Ky

Lynne

Margie

Peggy

Sammi

Sara

Tasha

Tracy -Guest Designer

CHAPTER 42: The Flowers are Talking!

`O Tiger-lily,' said Alice, addressing herself to one that was waving gracefully about in the wind, `I wish you could talk!' `We can talk,' said the Tiger-lily: `when there's anybody worth talking to." Alice was so astonished that she could not speak for a minute: it quite seemed to take her breath away. At length, as the Tiger-lily only went on waving about, she spoke again, in a timid voice -- almost in a whisper. `And can all the flowers talk?' `As well as all can,' said the Tiger-lily. `And a great deal louder.'

This week we were sponsered by 'Some Odd Girl'. Such adorable Digi Stamps!! The DT were given so many amazing images to create with this week. I of course had to pick MerMae!! Thank you 'Some Odd Girl'!

DIGI image: Some Odd Girl - "MerMae"

Thanks for stopping by! Have a wonderful & creative weekend!

Oh, Alice Ch. 41: Off with their heads....

Stamps: The Greeting Farm - "Flutter Anya" & "Fleur Anya" combined

CHAPTER 41: Off With Their Heads!

`Let's go on with the game,' the Queen said to Alice; and Alice was too much frightened to say a word, but slowly followed her back to the croquet-ground.The other guests had taken advantage of the Queen's absence, and were resting in the shade: however, the moment they saw her, they hurried back to the game, the Queen merely remarking that a moment's delay would cost them their lives.All the time they were playing the Queen never left off quarrelling with the other players, and shouting `Off with his head!' or `Off with her head!' Those whom she sentenced were taken into custody by the soldiers, who of course had to leave off being arches to do this, so that by the end of half an hour or so there were no arches left, and all the players, except the King, the Queen, and Alice, were in custody and under sentence of execution.

Welcome back to the land of wonder and where the saying, 'Off with her head' is a regular statement! Well here in wonderland this week, that is exactly what we want you to do. This week we want you to take your stamps and yep you guessed it,'Off with their heads'. So we are asking you to alter your stamps and mix it up a little by giving them a new head or body.

Up for grabs this week is a Scor Buddy from the lovely people at http://www.scrappingreatdeals.com/. Please see challenge details over at the OAC blog.

Check out the rest of the Twisted Thirteen's creations:
Jessica
Andrea
Donna
Emma
Erin
Ky
Lynne
Margie
Peggy
Sammi
Sara
Tasha
Tracy -Guest Designer

Oh, Alice Ch. 40 Caterpillars & Butterflies

CHAPTER 40: Hooka Are You?
"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."

~Alice's Adventures in Wonderland,Chapter 5

The Oh, Alice Challenge this week is to use either a caterpillar or a butterfly in your project. If you'd like to go one step farther, use a definition or dictionary paper in your design (any subject is fine).

The OAC prize this week is your choice of three 4x6 reprints from our sponsor, Maigan Lynn Beaudoin Shaw. Maigan is such a delightful artist, and the team appreciates the chance to work with one of her images!

Jessica
Andrea
Donna

Emma
Erin
Ky
Lynne
Margie
Peggy
Sammi
Sara

Tasha

Tracy -Guest Designer

Chapter 39: Nothin' but Tea...

Chapter 39: Nothin' but Tea and Time...

"Alice felt dreadfully puzzled. The Hatter's remark seemed to have no sort of meaning in it, and yet it was certainly English. `I don't quite understand you,' she said, as politely as she could. `

The Dormouse is asleep again,' said the Hatter, and he poured a little hot tea upon its nose.

The Dormouse shook its head impatiently, and said, without opening its eyes, `Of course, of course; just what I was going to remark myself.' `

Have you guessed the riddle yet?' the Hatter said, turning to Alice again. `

No, I give it up,' Alice replied: `what's the answer?' `

I haven't the slightest idea,' said the Hatter. `

Nor I,' said the March Hare.

Alice sighed wearily. `I think you might do something better with the time,' she said, `than waste it in asking riddles that have no answers.'

`If you knew Time as well as I do,' said the Hatter, `you wouldn't talk about wasting IT. It's HIM.' `

I don't know what you mean,' said Alice. `

Of course you don't!' the Hatter said, tossing his head contemptuously. `I dare say you never even spoke to Time!'"

A BIG warm WONDERLAND welcome to Tracy Evans, our November/December Guest!

This week, we have an inspiration piece, again from one of Jess's favorite designers,Tarina Tarantino (Shown above).

For challenge details, please visit the OAC blog.

Stamps: Unity Stamp Co.

Altered fairy album class coming soon to Paper Tales!

Have a wonderful weekend and be sure to visit the Twisted gals:

Jessica

Andrea

Donna
Emma

Erin

Ky

Lynne

Margie

Peggy

Sammi

Sara
Tasha
Tracy -Guest Designer

Oh, Alice Ch. 38: Tickets, Please!

Stamps: Crescendoh "Alice in Wonderland" by Danita

DP & Tickets: Pink Paislee House of 3

Butterflies: MM Paper Reverie

Oh, Alice Ch. 38: Tickets, Please!

`Tickets, please!' said the Guard, putting his head in at the window. In a moment everybody was holding out a ticket: they were about the same size as the people, and quite seemed to fill the carriage.

`Now then! Show your ticket, child!' the Guard went on, looking angrily at Alice. And a great many voices all said together (`like the chorus of a song,' thought Alice), `Don't keep him waiting, child! Why, his time is worth a thousand pounds a minute!

`I'm afraid I haven't got one,' Alice said in a frightened tone: `there wasn't a ticket-office where I came from." And again the chorus of voices went on. `There wasn't room for one where she came from. The land there is worth a thousand pounds an inch!'

-- Chapter 3, Through the Looking Glass

Greetings friends in Wonderland! Our challenge this week is sponsored by our own Tasha who is generously donating a $15 gift certificate to Stamping Bella! Please see the OAC blog for details.

CHALLENGE:
You can make a ticket, use a ticket stamp, use a real ticket. Use one ticket or a whole row of tickets! (LOVE this challenge Lynne!)

Today I used the fabulous new resist paper from Pink Paislee's House of 3 collection. It's resist embossed so you can spray it with Tattered Angels glimmer mist. Here, I used Moonlight, Patina, and Jingle Bells. Those adorable Alice stamps are by the incredible artist Danita and are for sell at Jenny Doh's fun & inspirational Crescendoh shop. I stamped them on the House of 3 tickets (these come in a roll of 100...LOVE them!)

This week we are bidding farewell to longtime design team members Jen and Suzi. Thanks for being such amazing teammates!! You both rock Wonderland! I will miss you!! Please welcome, Donna, our amazing October guest designer. We are so glad you are staying where it's always time for tea! Be sure to check back next week for to find out who our guest designer will be for the holiday season!

The Twisted Ticketed Thirteen:
Jessica
Andrea
Donna

Emma
Erin
Ky
Lynne
Margie
Peggy
Sammi
Sara

Tasha

and be sure to say goodbye and leave some love for:

Jen

Suzi

THANKS for stopping by! Have a wonderful weekend!

Oh, Alice Ch. 37: Halloween in Wonderland

*PLEASE scroll down for today's The Greeting Farm preview**


Stamp: Sweet Pea Stamps - Elaine Cox "Twilight Halloween"

Hey everyone!

The Oh, Alice Challenge blog is having a "just for fun" post today that doesn't follow a book excerpt or poem...just a good ol' fashioned HALLOWEEN theme!

After all, tomorrow IS Halloween and it's time to showcase some fun projects, and many of us are using the Graphic 45 special line of papers, Halloween in Wonderland!

My first card features a Halloween Sweet Pea Stamp by Elaine Cox. I colored it with Copics and then sprayed a whole lot of Tattered Angel's glimmer mist in my fav color...Coffee Shop.

Copic Markers: Cape/Hat: W7, W6, W3, E70, E71, RV00; Skin: E51, E42; Hair: W3, E40, B60, G000, BV31; Dress: E40, B41, W3; Tree: E35, E33, E74, RV06; Background: V09, RV06, B00

Just for fun, I also included a wall hanging decoration made with one of the keys from the Maya Road key album and papers from Graphic 45.

We really hope you enjoy our projects today and that you feel like playing along! Today our VERY generous DT member Ky is offering up a set of Alice stamps by Elaine Cox! Even more of a reason to get creepy or crafty this week and show us what you can do!

Be sure to stop by the blogs of my Team Mates:

Jessica
Donna-October Guest
Andrea
Emma
Erin
Gloria
Jen
Ky
Lynne
Margie
Peggy
Sammi
Sara
Suzi
Tasha

Oh, Alice Ch. 35: Chess

Stamps: Sweet Pea Stamps - Elaine Cox's Alice Series

CHAPTER 35: CHESS - CHESSBOARD - CHESSMEN
"They don't keep this room so tidy as the other,' Alice thought to herself, as she noticed several of the chessmen down in the hearth among the cinders: but in another moment, with a little `Oh!' of surprise, she was down on her hands and knees watching them. The chessmen were walking about, two and two!
`Here are the Red King and the Red Queen,' Alice said (in a whisper, for fear of frightening them), `and there are the White King and the White Queen sitting on the edge of the shovel -- and here are two castles walking arm in arm..."
--Ch. 1: Through the Looking Glass

This week's challenge (created by Lynne!):

Use some aspect of the game of chess! You might want to use a checkerboard pattern, or feature a King, Queen, Knight or Castle (Rook), or some other aspect of the game we haven't thought of - we just need to be able to clearly see CHESS in your creation!

Thanks to our generous sponsor, PAPER MANIAC, this week, they are giving away a set of Artistic Outpost Alice in Wonderland mini-stamps AND a sheet of E.A.D. Designs Stickerz! You have until FRIDAY, October 29th to enter your creation over at the OAC blog.

For my chess theme, I went with black & white, chess board pattern, and a little Chess-ire cat, too. ;o)

Have fun!

Here's some inspiration from the DT before we 'pawn' you off on your own to create this week:

Jessica
Donna-October Guest
Andrea
Emma
Erin
Gloria
Jen
Ky
Lynne
Margie
Peggy
Sammi
Sara
Suzi
Tasha

Oh, Alice Chapter 34: Knock, Knock...

Stamp: The Greeting Farm - "Sweet & Toxic":

CHAPTER 34: 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

At Oh, Alice this week, your challenge 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?

Check out what the players in our twisted tea party have created to inspire you this week:

Jessica

Donna-October Guest

Andrea

Emma

Erin

Gloria

Jen

Ky

Lynne

Margie

Peggy

Sammi

Sara

Suzi

Tasha

Oh, Alice Ch. 34: Mad Tea Party

Ch.34: Mad Tea Party...

{pic coming soon...two classes this weekend are keeping me busy!}

`And ever since that,' the Hatter went on in a mournful tone, `he won't do a thing I ask! It's always six o'clock now.'
A bright idea came into Alice's head. `Is that the reason so many tea-things are put out here?' she asked.
`Yes, that's it,' said the Hatter with a sigh: `it's always tea-time, and we've no time to wash the things between whiles.'
`Then you keep moving round, I suppose?' said Alice.
`Exactly so,' said the Hatter: `as the things get used up.'
`But what happens when you come to the beginning again?' Alice ventured to ask.
~Chapter 7, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

Your challenge this week is to explore things that could make up your tea-time activity. Use tea bag folding in the construction of your project. This is a great resource: Tea Bag Folding. Anything relating to time would pair perfectly with this challenge, but isn't a requirement! Show us your fab folding abilities, doing it Alice-style!

Check out the Twisted crew:

Jessica
Donna-October Guest
Andrea
Emma
Erin
Gloria
Jen
Ky
Lynne
Margie
Peggy
Sammi
Sara
Suzi
Tasha

Oh, Alice Ch. 33: Dictionary

Stamp: Sweet Pea Stamps - Elaine Cox "Mad Tea Party"

Oh, Alice Ch. 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

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 over at the OAC blog 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!

For my card today, I focused on coloring just the center of the image. I then used B0000 & B00 to color from the edges toward the middle. An easy technique to cut down on coloring time. ;o)

I also used the new Tim Holtz tissue tapes (LOVE!!) Hobgoblin & Tidings, now available at Paper Tales.

Check out what the players in our twisted tea party have created to inspire you this week:

Jessica
Donna-October Guest
Andrea
Emma
Erin
Gloria
Jen
Ky
Lynne
Margie
Peggy
Sammi
Sara
Suzi
Tasha

Oh, Alice Ch. 32: Journey...

Stamps: Unity Stamp Co.
Window box: Ready-to-Go Mini Shadow Boxes (love these!)
{**Sorry, still having tech issues, my window card is going to be late. In the meantime...I pulled this from one of my older Unity posts! Thanks for bearing with me gals!}

CHAPTER 32: Journey to the Center of the Earth...

Down, down, down. Would the fall never come to an end!

"I wonder how many miles I've fallen by this time?' she said aloud. `I must be getting somewhere near the centre of the earth. Let me see: that would be four thousand miles down, I think--'"

(for, you see, Alice had learnt several things of this sort in her lessons in the schoolroom, and though this was not a very good opportunity for showing off her knowledge, as there was no one to listen to her, still it was good practice to say it over)

"yes, that's about the right distance--but then I wonder what Latitude or Longitude I've got to?' (Alice had no idea what Latitude was, or Longitude either, but thought they were nice grand words to say.)...

Now it's time to really fall down the rabbit HOLE this week with this challenge! Your task if you wish to accept it is to create a card with a WINDOW or HOLE in the card! So lets take a look at what the design team has created in their fall down the rabbit hole!

Jessica

Andrea

Emma

Erin

Gloria

Jen

Ky

Lynne

Margie

Peggy

Sammi

Sara

Suzi

Tasha

Be sure to upload your card or creation over at the Oh, Alice blog!

Have a great weekend!

Oh, Alice Chapter 31

Stamp: Sweet Pea Stamps - "The Seahorse"
Paper: Crate Paper - Restoration


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!

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!

Be sure to upload your card or creation over at the Oh, Alice blog using InLinkz by Friday, September 24th.

Some more mythical inspiration from the team:

Jessica
Andrea
Emma
Erin
Gloria
Jen
Ky
Lynne
Margie
Peggy
Sammi
Sara
Suzi
Tasha

Oh, Alice Ch. 30: Hey There...

Stamp: Bat-Amuse

Chapter 30: Hey There, Nice Stems...

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..."

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! {Well, I know bats aren't birds, but in the Halloween spirit, I thought I'd twist it a little.}

We scored a GREAT sketch sponsored by PAGEMAPS today that is just perfect for today's theme:

Jessica
Andrea
Emma
Erin
Gloria
Jen
Kellie {Sept. Guest}
Ky
Lynne
Margie
Peggy
Randi
Sammi
Sara
Suzi
Tasha

Happy Birthday Danni & Oh Alice Ch. 29

Stamp: Sweet Pea Stamps - "Holiday Collage Sheet"

SURPRISE & HAPPY BIRTHDAY DANNI!!!!

Today we are having a Surprise Birthday Blog Hop for our wonderful Flutter By Wednesday founder, Danni!!! Danni has been such an amazing source of inspiration and has created one of the funnest challenge blogs ever! And, she's always doing the sweetest things, like putting together this awesome Birthday Giveaway over at the FBW blog!! Thanks for everything Danni! Hope you have a very special day!! I made your card extra butterflied for you! ;o)


The Danni Birthday hop:
Michelle VP
Nancy
Jodi
Randi WS
Harriet
Randi {me}
Michelle

And what a great day for my next challenge...SPARKLE!! I loaded my card with lots of butterflies and fairies for Danni, but I also added LOTS of sparkles!

Sparkle Supplies: Glimmer Mist {Patina, Cosmo, Peach Delight, Lemongrass, Moonlight}, Stickles {Platinum}, Versamark Dazzle {Champagne}
& the new Prima Screens and Prima butterflies

Why so much sparkle?? Well.....on to the Oh, Alice Challenge....

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!

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!

Speaking of shine...and SPARKLE....we welcome SPARKLE CREATIONS as our sponsor this week! Sparkle is offering a wonderful prize-a $20 credit to the Sparkle Creations store to one random winner this week, IN ADDITION to a coupon code for ALL WHO ENTER this week's contest! How generous is THAT? ON your HONOR, just enter 10OHALICE after you link your card to the Oh, Alice blog to enjoy a 10% discount until SEPTEMBER 13th!

These images are SO cute! I especially love Rin!

CONGRATS Sparkle on your new endeavor!

More sparkly inspiration:

Jessica
Erin
Jen
Ky
Lynne
Margie
Peggy
Sammi
Sara
Suzi
Tasha

New twisted members:

GLORIA

ANDREA

EMMA our faithful "Dormouse"

and Kellie Winnell as our September Guest Tea Party Member

Oh, Alice Ch. 28: Child of the Pure....

DIGI Stamp: Paper Pretties -"Butterfly & Blossoms"

CHAPTER 28: (taken from "Child of the Pure Unclouded Brow: preface to "Through the Looking Glass"

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.

This week's Oh, Alice sponsor is, Paper Pretties Stamps!

Paper Pretties is offering a Prize package of rubber stamps this week to ONE lucky winner! Details over at the Oh, Alice blog.

This week's challenge is 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!

Thanks again to Paper Pretties for this great prize! You have until FRIDAY, September 3rd at 8pm CST to play along this week for the prize!

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Oh, Alice Ch. 27: Prizes for Dodo...

CHAPTER 27: Prizes for Dodo...

"This question the Dodo could not answer without a great deal of thought, and it sat for a long time with one finger pressed upon its forehead (the position in which you usually see Shakespeare, in the pictures of him), while the rest waited in silence. At last the Dodo said, `EVERYBODY has won, and all must have prizes.'


`But who is to give the prizes?' quite a chorus of voices asked.


`Why, SHE, of course,' said the Dodo, pointing to Alice with one finger; and the whole party at once crowded round her, calling out in a confused way, `Prizes! Prizes!'


Alice had no idea what to do, and in despair she put her hand in her pocket, and pulled out a box of comfits, (luckily the salt water had not got into it), and handed them round as prizes. There was exactly one a-piece all round. `But she must have a prize herself, you know,' said the Mouse.


`Of course,' the Dodo replied very gravely. `What else have you got in your pocket?' he went on, turning to Alice..."

The Mad Hatter Jess is VERY fond of Tarina Tarantino jewelry and is lucky enough to own a VERY fun ring that she scored while in Disneyworld last time. Check out her fabulous Queen Alice ring HERE.

For today's challenge, we are all gaga over this beautiful piece:

Your mission today is to create SPARKLY FABULOUSNESS (yes, include some BLING, please!) as inspired by the above photo.

Check out these sparkly creations:
Jessica
Erin
Jen
Kim
Kristy
Ky
Lynne
Margie
Peggy
Sammi
Sara
Stephanie {August Guest}
Suzi
Tasha

Oh, Alice Ch. 26: Sizin' up a Sketch...

DP: Graphic 45 "Steampunk Debutante"

CHAPTER 26: Sizin' 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! Today, Oh, Alice is 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:

For today's card I used the extraordinary new Steampunk Debutante line from Graphic 45. If you want some fabulous eye candy, check out the G45 blog's CHA booth pics. We have the entire line at Paper Tales. LOVE this paper!!!

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Kim
Kristy
Ky
Lynne
Margie
Peggy
Sammi
Sara
Stephanie {August Guest}
Suzi
Tasha