Challenge : DIY

Hello everybody! welcome back to Culture Shock!! Please forgive our absent week.. we're working out a few kinks!!

From now on our challenges will be TWO weeks long! that's right.. you get TWO weeks to work on our challenge.. fit it into other challenges if you like :) It just gives you (and us) a little extra room to play!

We are/have said goodbye to Design Team members TAMMY and AMY and we thank them for their time with us :)

That being said lets move on!

This weeks challenge : DO IT YOURSELF!

are you a handy man or woman? do you like trying new techniques and making your own goodies? do you shy away from store bought and cringe at mass production?

Create your projects based on the pop culture reference "DIY" and link up by Thursday at midnight MST!

From the PUNKS:

Amber:

DeeDee:

I made some paper ornaments for my christmas tree! no need to buy when I can CREATE :)

Paula:

Paula created a beautiful wall hanging piece of inspiration for her craft room!

to play along and earn one of our COVETED badges just create a new piece of work based on this week's theme.. post it to your blog and link directly to your blog post using the following widget! 

---closes NEXT Thursday at midnight MST!!---

Fixed the linky Folks! (steph!!)

Sorry bout that! The link up for UMBRELLAS is now correct and currently still open!

CHALLENGE: Umbrellas!

Hello Culture SHOCKERS!!

CHALLENGE: Umbrellas!

Inspiration: Kissing, rain, colorful, storms, drinks, beaches (perhaps NUDE beaches), business men and women... 

Create your projects based on the pop culture reference "Umbrella" and link up by Thursday at midnight MST!

From the PUNKS:

Amy:

Jennifer:

 

Paula:

to play along and earn one of our COVETED badges just create a new piece of work based on this week's theme.. post it to your blog and link directly to your blog post using the following widget! ---closes NEXT Thursday at midnight MST!!-

Challenge: BATMAN

Welcome back fabulous culture freaks!!

Challenge: BATMAN

What runs across your mind when you think Batman? Frighting Crime? Comics? Bats? YELLOW?

Create your projects based on the pop culture reference "Batman" and link up by Thursday at midnight MST!

from the PUNKS:

Amber:

Amber's mind turned right to those old school sound bubbles in comics.. (and the really old tv show lol)!!

Paula:

Paula went straight to BATS and scrapped about their cavern exploration.

to play along and earn one of our COVETED badges just create a new piece of work based on this week's theme.. post it to your blog and link directly to your blog post using the following widget! ---closes NEXT Thursday at midnight MST!!-

CHALLENGE: Tim Burton!

Welcome everyone!! A bit of catch up has been happening since starting the challenge.. first here is the "blinkie" (even though ours doesn't blink) that will be worn by our favorite picks each week.. so stay tuned for the reveal of who gets to wear this badge MONDAY --- as well as who is awarded our prize package for the first month :)

onto the current challenge...

CHALLENGE: Tim Burton

What do you think of when you hear Tim Burton? Maybe it's one of his famous movies or one of his  remakek? Do the words dark, spooky, scary and/or creepy come to mind? Or maybe you think of striped socks and twisted trees? How about dark love or tangled affections. Maybe just a spot of tea...

Create your projects based on the pop culture reference "Tim Burton" and link up by Thursday at midnight MST!

Here are the works from our design team.. the PUNKS:

Amy:

Jennifer:

CHALLENGE: Breakfast Club

Welcome back!! 

CHALLENGE: Breakfast Club!

Who hasn't seen this movie? Who isn't one of the characters? Who doesn't want to PUMP FIST THE MAN? Create your projects based on the pop culture reference "Breakfast Club" and link up by Thursday at midnight MST!

Here's what the Punks have brought you this week:

Amber:

Amber first drew a sketch based on the movie box..

then made a card based off the sketch!

Jennifer:

Paula:

Paula embossed her strips based on the characters of the movie then arranged them on her card to represent the movie box!

to play along and earn one of our COVETED badges just create a new piece of work based on this week's theme.. post it to your blog and link directly to your blog post using the following widget! ---closes NEXT Thursday at midnight MST!!-

CHALLENGE: Rainbow Bright

Welcome to another new week! We realize we've fallen a bit behind in picking the winners for the last couple of weeks -- stay tuned for a big reveal! :D

New CHALLENGE: Rainbow Bright!!

Who doesn't know who this fantastically frightful colored little girl is? Create your projects based on the pop culture reference "Rainbow Bright" and link up by Thursday at midnight MST!

From the PopCulture Punks:

Amy:

DeeDee:

Jennifer:

Paula:

to play along and earn one of our COVETED badges just create a new piece of work based on this week's theme.. post it to your blog and link directly to your blog post using the following widget! ---closes NEXT Thursday at midnight MST!!---