Monthly Challenge 3

It is finally completed and true to it's name it was most definitley a challenge. This time the challenge was a tin and a chipboard template of an owl. There is only so much one can do to a tin (especially whe the handle and clasp can not be removed), therefore I chose to decorate something to put in the tin. This was where the challenge came. Tins to me are for storage and this tin is an odd shape as well so what on earth would I put in it.

I thought of going all out and write a children's story about an owl at Easter time and that I would create the book with pictures and finger puppets. Well I wrote the story but that is as far as it went. I realised that it would be too time consuming to draw the characters so it is being saved for another day. In the end I went with what an owl represents - wisdom. All I needed to do was find Little statements of words of wisdom and create a little flip book. I collected various quotes from the Internet. I then created the booklet itself by cutting a larger shape of the owl template.

The prize money has now dropped from $50 t0 $25 which I think is a little bit rude. Most other scrapbook stores have a challenge in a $5 kit and the prize is around $25. This store however gives a list of what you must use. Considering the tin and template cost $17 I think they should of waited until next month to lower the prize money.