Hi everyone!

Karah here bringing you this week’s dare!  I hope you all enjoyed last week’s dare and are ready to be dared yet again!
But before we can get in to that, here are our winners from last week!

My pick is this super cute layout by Jen:

And the random pick for last week is this layout by Linda

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lindatieu/4387143956/

Please email us at digidares at gmail dot com to claim your prizes!

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This week the talented Erica Zane is the sponsor in the spotlight!

Click HERE to learn more about her!

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And without further ado, here is this week’s dare!

As we all know, the 2010 winter Olympics are just wrapping up. And it never fails – when I hear my national anthem play for one of my countrymen as they receive their gold metal, my heart swells with pride and get all choked up.

So this week, I want you to scrap about someone in your life who you know deserves a gold metal. Someone who makes your heart swell with pride. It can be yourself, your spouse, your child, or even one of the Olympic athletes you admire.

Dare flair:

• In honor of the five Olympic rings, you must use 5 circles anywhere on your layout.
• In honor of the 3 different metals, you must use 3 photos
• In honor of the highest achievement at the Olympics, you must use something gold
• and In honor of the Olympic flame, you must use some yellow or orange.

And now for some inspiration from the dare team!

Amanda:

credits:
-grey paper, bracket, “hopeful” tag, taped frame cluster, and quoted word art all from A Beautiful Mess collab kit by taylormade + emily powers
-papers in frames from Summer’s Dawn collab kit by taylormade + michelle filo
-wire circles from Outside the Lines collab kit by taylormade + ashalee wall
-”smile” word art from Reaching Out word art by taylormade
-wire bracket from Fill in the Blank by Erica Zane

Laura:

credits:
Grey paper and orange paper from Kindred Spirit by Erica Zane and Scrapmuss
Dot paper (recolored) from Piece of my Heart by Karah Fredricks
Black Licorice alpha by Designs by Tater
Teeny Tiny Type alpha by Blythe Evans
Paper flower from You Picked Me by Michelle Underwood
Sequin by Micheline Martin
Circle Werx doodles by CD Muckosky
Gold scatter by Weeds & Wildflowers
Font is DJB Jane Ann by Darcy Baldwin
Journaling reads:
There’s no question the last few years have been hard for you. You’ve spent more time sick than well. You’ve learned to cope with a chronic illness. It’s a huge burden for a kid, but you have risen to the challenge every day. You have overcome every obstacle to recovery. You have overcome your fear about the disease. You’ve overcome the fatigue, feeling different, the missed months of school. I hope you’ve learned what an amazing, strong person you are. No matter what the future brings, I know you will continue to overcome your illness. It’s what you do.

Karah:

Credits:

AJ Attitude kit by Erica Zane
Glitter by Micheline Martin
Heart, ribbon, folded corner, white paper by Karah Fredricks
Font: typist

Layouts are due by 10pm on Thurday, February 25th.  Good luck and have FUN!!