ACOT Message Board

Hello, Cherries!  Welcome to AUGUST!

THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU WHO PLAYED ALONG WITH THE JULY CHALLENGE!  THE WINNER FOR JULY WAS: SHARMONP  and I drew a 2nd since there were so many amazing entries!!  The 2nd winner was  WISSPHOTOS  


*I have inherited this challenge and I vowed to keep Susan's original rules and wishes in place. I did change the name just a bit...I hope that is ok!
Here is how this Challenge works. Each day of the month has a "wacky holiday" attached to it -- national brownie day, national bacon day, national fly a kite day, etc.  Some of the holidays are WACKY and wild...and a few even a little over the top...but ALL are actual holidays.
Each month I will post the prompts for that month.  Your challenge is to pick a day/holiday that I have added to the calendar and base your layout or card around that theme.  There is also a theme for the month shown at the top of the calendar.  If you choose the theme of the month, your name will be entered twice in the drawing for a winner. 

THE RULES:
~Your layout must be NEW - can be paper or digital. 
~Cards are allowed
~The holiday that you choose must be one that I have added to the calendar that I have created. 
~ Post your layout or card to this thread by The last day of the month at midnight, and please note which day you chose. 
~You may post as many times as you want, but your name will only go in the drawing once
     (unless you get at additional entry for using the monthly theme or OCCASIONAL twist.)
~If you use the theme of the month for the bonus entry, PLEASE put that into your post when you submit.
~To qualify for the bonus entry, I must be able to see the relevance of the layout to the theme.
~You may combine with one other monthly Challenge that allows it.

As I am offering a monetary reward to the winner, I want to make sure that all Cherries have the same opportunity to win, as many of you do not have as much time to scrap as others. (I am one of the ones without much scrappy time!)
This is the only way I know to make it fair for all participants.  (Keeping Susan's original wishes/rules in place.)

 One randomly chosen Cherry will be chosen for a $5 ACOT GC from me!  If you have any questions, please let me know! Have fun! I can't wait to see which "WACKY" Holidays you all scrap about!

For August, I chose August 25th- KISS AND MAKE UP DAY
This is a photo of my hunky hubby and I on our honeymoon.  he still makes me all giddy like a schoolgirl!! 





Here is a list of the Holidays that I have selected to choose from this month:

THEME OF THE MONTH:
ARTIST APPRECIATION MONTH

1. WORLD WIDE WEB DAY
2. NATIONAL BEER DAY
3. NATIONAL WATERMELON DAY
4. NATIONAL DOLL DAY
5. WORK LIKE A DOG DAY
6. ROOTBEER FLOAT DAY
7. LIGHTHOUSE DAY
8. SNEAK ZUCHINNI ONTO YOUR NEIGHBOR'S PORCH DAY
9. BOOK LOVER'S DAY
10. GARAGE SALE DAY
11. POPSICLE DAY
12. SEWING MACHINE DAY
13. LEFT HANDERS' DAY
14. NATIONAL CREAMSICLE DAY
15. LION DAY
16. MEN'S GROOMING DAY
17. HOMELESS ANIMALS DAY
18. MAIL ORDER CATALOG DAY
19. CUPCAKE DAY
20. RADIO DAY
21. SENIOR CITIZEN'S DAY
22. TOOTH FAIRY DAY
23. RIDE THE WIND DAY
24. WAFFLE DAY
25. KISS AND MAKE UP DAY
26. NATIONAL DOG DAY
27. JUST BECAUSE DAY
28. RADIO COMMERCIALS DAY
29. MORE HERBS LESS SALT DAY 
30. FRANKENSTEIN DAY
31. TRAIL MIX DAY
*********************************************************************************************************
PARTICIPANTS:
1. VICKYR
2. ART_TEACHER 
3. NANA01
4. TREK  
5. EMMAPAIGE   
6. GINNYG  
7. BIRGIT55~CHICKADEE  
8. VALERIE 03/22 
9. BREAUXLABS  
10. HSBLAIR  
11. STINKERBELLE  ... AND ANOTHER ... AND ANOTHER ...AND ANOTHER ...AND ANOTHER
12. STINKERBELLE (THEME OF THE MONTH)
13. BLBABE1234
14. BLFONTY  
15. MIZZ_KITTY21 
16. TAMMEY  
17. JA_MEHESS 
18. LIKOLA3. 
19. SHARMAN PAULUS 
20. JOANNIE 
21. SCRAPPYRN74 
22. KARENC 
23. KARYN_SUE
24. DONNA_COUGHLIN 
25. KELLYR
26. STACYLEE
27. WAZZU94 
28. LOVE2STAMP 
29. GERRIW. 
30. FLASHER 
31. NATESMOM 
32. HOLLY JOLLY SCRAPS 
33. SCRAPPY DISTRACTIONS 
34. AHEATFAN
35. MTCANUK 
36. SANDI0805 
37. MONROE1218 
38. HELENW. 
39. AZTAM 
40. WENDYCROWE 
41. WIMOM 
42. AMY JO 
43. MAGANL 
44. LISAN2CATS ..... AND ANOTHER
45. SCRAPPINMOM99 
46. PAWPRINTS 
 

Wow, amazing LO, Misty!  Great choices for August.

Beautiful layout! Great list of wacky holidays to choose from though I feel like every day is August 5th!

congrats to the winners!

another fun calendar/list Misty 

My entry is for August 26, National Dog Day.  Combined with SBB Barks A Lot Team Challenge.

down time

GORGEOUS layout! Congrats to the winners!

I picked August 26: National Dog Day and combined with SBB Who's Flasher (Laura's sketch) challenge:

I chose Senior Citizen's Day. My mom was 91 in the photos. She is currently 93 and still smiling. I also combined it w/ the Manufacturer Challenge. 

Congratulations ladies!!

Fabulous!

9. BOOK LOVER'S DAY
My LO

My entry - Work Like a Dog Holiday

I chose #27 - Just Because.  I also combined it with the 3 in a Row and the Sketch 387 challenges.

Here's a card for August 19th, Cupcake Day!

HERE'S MINE I PICKED AUGUST 22ND TOOTH FAIRY DAY................ VALERIE

This is for #17, Homeless Animals Day

I used National Watermelon Day.  Combined with SBB Team C&C scraplift of Chris.

i chose the theme "artist appreciation" for a bonus entry  combined with 3 in a row challenge

another from me.  day 23, ride the wind day
combined with my mood challenge

I chose 26 - National Dog Day

A local pet store was having an anniversary PAWTY for their customers and their pets. I took Penny with me and they had little gift bags for the furbabies (on top of 20% store wide sale)



Combined with Video Game Challenge