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Using a random number generator -
the winner of the $5 ACOT gift card is #12 - aheatfan - Kristin

Drawing names from a bucket for the stash bonus - KarynSue - please send me your address so I can get your goody in the mail!

Growing up in the 80's and 90's - this was definitely one of my favorite shows and board games.  I wanted to appear on the tv game show so much!  I can say that I probably learned more about geography and world facts from this show than most of my time in school.  This show made me want to learn!  And I'm hoping this challenge will make you want to create!!

This is Carmen Sandiego - there's many concepts of her but the one we are going to focus on is Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?  She's a fictional villian that is the ringleader of the criminal organization V.I.L.E., crooks who go around stealing world treasures and artifacts like the Great Pyramid in Egypt or the Great Wall in China, the Washington Monument in D.C. or the Hanging Gardens of Babylon.  
Each month, I will pick a specific location that Carmen has been seen and you are to take inspiration from that location and make a project.  You could be inspired by maybe the colors that are reminiscent of that location or the flag of the country, something about the geography of the location - for example if she was seen in Paris - you could take inspiration from the long Seine River and have a long title for your page or maybe you're inspired by the Eiffel Tower and you have tall design elements for your project.  Maybe she was seen in Dallas and you could be inspired by the Dallas Cowboys  star emblem or rodeos?  There is bound to be a ton of things you could be inspired by for the locations.

The Rules:
 For each new project, you will be entered to randomly win a $5 ACOT gift card.  In addition, every other month there will be a bonus element or idea for an entry for a stash goodie bag.
You may enter this challenge a maximum of 3 times.  Each entry must use a different source of inspiration.
Challenge is open to layouts, cards, decor projects, etc.  - if you aren't sure, just ask!
You may combine with any monthly challenge that allows and also the bi-monthly challenge.
Please post your entries here in this post.
All submissions are due by June 30,  2024 @ 11:59pm EST
Any questions, feel free to ask!  


June.... Carmen has been spotted in New Orleans, Louisiana!
This month's bonus element/idea :  add an element that includes the fleur de lis!

Participants:
1.  jcsmaestra + bonus
2.  Kelly R. + bonus
3.  suewho372 + bonus
4.  stinkerbelle + bonus
5.  Loreen C + bonus
6.  Kelly R + bonus
7.  Donna_Caughlin
8.  stinkerbelle
9.  stinkerbelle + bonus
10. VickiR. + bonus
11. lilkoala3
12. aheatfan
13. hsblair + bonus
14.  karen c. + bonus
15.  MaganL
16. wendycrowe + bonus
17. Aztam
18. ScrappyRN74 + bonus
19. blfonty + bonus
20. lilkoala3
21. Retiree3 + bonus
22. Breauxlabs + bonus
23. ScrappyRN74
24. Breauxlabs + bonus
25. hsblair + bonus
26. Karyn_Sue + bonus
27. AnneMichelle + bonus
28. Aztam
 

Very interesting!!!! I look forward to what this offers! And with New Orleans, the ideas are flowing!!!

I tried to add pictures for inspiration but I kept getting an error message... so I had to take them off before I could post...

so clever!!!

Oh wow! What a fun idea for a challenge! You've got the wheels turning!

Very cool!  So excited as my kids voted that i need to work on our NOLA pics next!

Ohhh - this sounds so fun! I loved this game!

How fun!!  I have some NOLA pictures to scrap still!  I assume it's ok to do the simple thing of just using photos from the particular place.. 

hsblair wrote: ↑

Fri May 31, 2024 9:01 pm

How fun!!  I have some NOLA pictures to scrap still!  I assume it's ok to do the simple thing of just using photos from the particular place.. 

Absolutely!!

Very cool challenge, Rebecca!

Don’t know a lot about New Orleans,  BUT, I am frequently using fleur-de-lis on scouting layouts!  Fabulous idea.  I have always loved geography and travel and my girls loved this show when they were kids!

What an exciting new challenge! Love it!

Love this idea. I am a super geography lover, in fact back in the '90s when you were a kid I was a teacher who had the amazing good fortune to be selected to spend a month long graduate course, sponsored by and held at National Geographic.  It was the most amazing month of my life! One of the fun events we had was a presentation by the folks from Carmen San Diego. 
New Orleans is a fun place to start - I can't wait, but I have to : (  , to get started. 
I'll get to it though.  
Looking forward to what everyone comes up with.
 

Oh, this is a fun new challenge, Rebecca!!  I love the fleur de lis!!

I’ve not been to NOLA but when I do make it there, I want to go on a cemetery tour. I’m also fascinated by the tales of Marie Laveaux. I’m not sure that I can pull off a page but I’m going to try.

This is a fun new challenge!!! Thanks

How fun!  We've  been to NOLA several times and I have  a ton of layouts that I have made.  Too bad I can't  use one of them.   

I still have NOLA items in my stash so I will dig those out and pull out some photos I didn't scrap and get to work. 

Thanks for the fun challenge.

What a great new challenge and such fun inspiration!

Oh this is going to a blast! How clever of you!

Now, a question. Suppose you happen to have visited the place, or family has, can you use photos from the place? And should we also say what in that place was inspiration?

Oh man, memory unlocked! Tell me you're a millennial without telling me you're a millennial, am I right? I definitely had at least one of the computer games and watched the show religiously. That theme song was a bob. Now to see if I have a fleur de lis of any kind in my stash...