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THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO PARTICIPATED THIS MONTH!

THE WINNER OF THE $5 GIFT CARD IS...#1 QueenBee89 (Brandi)!
THE WINNER OF THE AUTOMATIC ENTRY FOR APRIL IS...#16 joannie!




On the same night that renowned actor, Arthur Leander, dies of a heart attack on stage while performing as King Lear, a worldwide pandemic finally reaches Toronto. Before the pandemic ends, it will have claimed half the world’s population. 

Twenty years later, known as Year Twenty to those who are still keeping track of time, the world is divided into settlements. A nomadic group called the Traveling Symphony, led by a woman named Kirsten who is just old enough to remember the “before time”, wanders around performing Shakespeare and playing music. When the Symphony arrives at the settlement of St. Deborah by the Water where, two years prior, they had left their friends Charlie and Jeremy with their newborn baby, they find that their friends are no longer there. Instead, a despotic “prophet” is now in charge, ruling with fear and violence. 

As the timeline moves back and forth between fourteen years prior to the pandemic, the onset of the pandemic, and Year Twenty, we begin to see the ties that bind Arthur, Kirsten, and The Prophet and the strange twist of fate that brings them all together.  


OPTION 1: STATION ELEVEN
The novel takes its title from a comic book in the story that one of the characters creates. With that in mind, choose at least two of the following traditional comic book elements to incorporate on your page:

• Superheroes
  
• Panels
  
• Speech bubbles
  
• Thought bubbles
  
• Sound effects
  

Sample for Option 1


OPTION 2: SETTLEMENTS
There are three main settlements depicted in the book: St. Deborah by the Water, the Severn City Airport, and a farm in what used to be Virginia. Choose one of these settlements and make a page with it as the setting for your photos and layout: (ie: the water, an airport/airplane, or a farm).


Sample for Option 2 - the water


The Fine Print:
1. HAVE FUN MAKING YOUR PROJECT!
2. Entries open to new projects - paper, digital, & card making.
3. May be combined with one other challenge that allows it.
4. Due March 31st, at 11:59 PM.
5. One lucky winner, chosen at random, will receive a $5 ACOT gift card from me!
6. Up to 3 entries permitted per month.
7. If there are more than 15 unique entries (not including bonuses) during the month, a second name will be drawn and that person will get an automatic entry for the following month.


Participants:
1. QueenBee89
2. Deanna13
3. Trek
4. Cynthia Corbett
5. QueenBee89
6. Tammey
7. Deanna13
8. Deanna13
9. SandyK1967
10. MaganL
11. stinkerbelle
12. Trek
13. stinkerbelle
14. Donna_Coughlin
15. stinkerbelle
16. joannie
17. LoreenC
18. natesmom
19. joannie
20. joannie
21. CathyG89
22. SandyK1967
23. QueenBee89
24. MTCanuk
25. aheatfan
26. Sandi0805 (Automatic entry from February win)
27. aheatfan
28. wendycrowe
29. mandylee
30. karen c.
31. Breauxlabs
32. GinniG
33. lilkoala3
34. Monroe1218
35. lilkoala3
36. GerriW
37. MTCanuk
38. Karyn_Sue
39. Amy Jo
40. lilkoala3
41. hsblair
42. Karyn_Sue
43. ScrappyRN74
44. ScrappyRN74
45. Aztam
46. Aztam
47. CathyG89

Loved that book! Great challenge and example!

Quick question - what do you mean by panels?  I should probably ask my comic book nerd husband...

lilkoala3 wrote: ↑

Sat Mar 02, 2024 10:16 pm

Quick question - what do you mean by panels?  I should probably ask my comic book nerd husband...

I had the same question…

Mommytron wrote: ↑

Sat Mar 02, 2024 11:26 pm

lilkoala3 wrote: ↑

Sat Mar 02, 2024 10:16 pm

Quick question - what do you mean by panels?  I should probably ask my comic book nerd husband...

I had the same question… 

Sorry about that! Panels are just what the comic book world calls the frames that the page is split into. Like, this comic book page has seven panels:


I hope this makes sense. Let me know if you still have questions!
 

Sounds like another good book, Rachel! I love the examples you've given for both of those options!

Option 2 - Farm Setting

Here's mine using Option #2 Water.

I combined with the Manufacturer With A Twist Challenge.

Photos of DH and I at Bermuda on our RC Mariner of the Seas Cruise, October 2023.
Go See the World

lilkoala3 wrote: ↑

Sat Mar 02, 2024 10:16 pm

Quick question - what do you mean by panels?  I should probably ask my comic book nerd husband...

I laughed out lout at this!!  Too funny!  I think we should all have a comic book nerd in our lives!  Mine is my youngest son  
 

I chose Option #2, Water

Option 2 - Farm Setting 

I did opt. 2 the water



I combined with the Double Page Challenge.

Here's one more using Option #2 Water.

I combined with the Grab 5 Challenge.

Snorkel photos at Bermuda on our RC Mariner of the Seas Cruise, October 2023.
Ocean Blue

Here's my 3rd and final one using Option #2 Water.

Photo of the gorgeous beach at Ocean Cay on our June 2023 family cruise.
Ocean Cay

I used Option 2: Water/the beach. Combined with the Make the Cut challenge.

Here's another with Option 2: water/beach.



Combined with the Manufacturer with a Twist challenge

https://sbing.com/i/gallery2/527771-700.jpg

Option 2 the water

Combined with Make the Cut

option 1:  speech bubbles and sound effects (both on the paper)

My LO
OPTION 1: STATION ELEVEN

• Panels
  
• Speech bubbles