Challenge #8 Bling and a headshot

Welcome to our challenge for February.Because it is a short month I'm starting you off as soon as I can.Entries for this challenge #8 close midnight on February 28th.
Here is the picture...hang on to your hats,it is different!

Czech artist David Černý's North Carolina piece 'Metalmorphosis.'

Maybe it is because it is a giant, mirrored head which rotates, spits water, deconstructs and reconstructs before our eyes. Or perhaps it is the fact that the whole thing is filmed on webcam so you can keep tabs on it at all times. But it's most likely because 'Metalmorphosis' makes our world look the way we secretly hoped it would when we saw 'Terminator' for the first time.

The mammoth undertaking weighs 14 tons, and the "seven-metre tall structure with horizontally-moving stainless-steel plates... form, and re-form, a giant metal head." Since 2007, it has been on display at the Whitehall Technology Park in Charlotte, North Carolina.here's a link to a video where you can watch it move.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/24/elaborate-mirror-fountain_n_1028949.html

Present a layout (or card) using a headshot(close up) of a person and use bling.


We are being sponsored this month by MYSTICAL SCRAPBOOKING.

Here is a vintage layout by Debi Clarke

And a swimming one from DALE TIERNAN

Another beautiful GRADUATION page from POLLY LIBBY

And a sentimental Mum and me from DONNA COPE

And one from JANE HOWDEN

And a fantastic layout from ANN MURPHY

And a Italian flavour to BELINDA LOWE's layout.

Winner of Challenge #7(zoo)

Our winner of zoo challenge with circles is drumroll please......

ANGELA COLES with this wonderful 2 page layout featuring "stitched" circle background.The bright colours appealed to me.

The prize will be making its way to England very soon.Thank you to all of those who entered.Hopefully you will continue to do so.

Announcing our first ever Design Team.

After much deliberation,and choosing more than the aforementioned 5, I have decided on the following 7 people.

DALE TIERNAN


ANN MURPHY


POLLY LIBBY


DEBI CLARKE



JANE HOWDEN


BELINDA LOWE


DONNA COPE

Congratulations and welcome to our site ladies.Their interpretations of the February challenge will be uploaded soon.To those who missed out don't be disheartened,your work was still fabulous.

Thank you for your time in compiling them and sending them.
I will feature some of these people as future guest designers.

Only a few days left to apply for DT

There are only a few days left to apply for the DT on Archiscraps.The stimulus picture is 2 posts below....an old cottage near a stream.
The extra criteria is water.

We have had several entries,but if you're thinking about it,give it a try!

Come on ,make me smile!Entries close at the end of January.

A record page views.

Just consulted my blog statistics and found I had 88 page views yesterday.It was either the heatwave or word is spreading.
Please feel free to enter the DT ,I have only a couple of applications so far and would love lots more.
Ditto to challenge #7...we all have zoo photos.Come on don't be frightened DO IT!!!
I'm not shouting at you just trying to motivate.HE HE.
International applicants are welcome. :)