Prompt #2, June 30th

First of all, we just have to say THANK YOU for your response to our site!! In the first TWO DAYS of our launch to go live, we had over 800 HITS!!! We are currently over 2500!! Can we just say THANK YOU!?!? That traffic was a direct result of YOUR word of mouth. YOUR links, and YOUR posts on the message boards have done this. We are so thrilled to be part of your art!! What a fast ride from where this all started. Keep spreading the word!!Just a reminder, our prompts come out on the 15th and 30th of every month. The prompt comes in three parts, BUT you can choose ONE or some of the prompts. You can use words directly from the prompt, or song, or you can go with a feeling it all gives you. We're really pretty loose, as far as the creating rules go. We like to be as floozy as we can around here! Really, we just want to inspire and encourage you to get your SELF into your creations. This week's song has some cussin' in it, so know that when you get ready to listen to it. We thought it captured JUNKIE pretty well. Hope you like it as much as we did! Ready? What's that one THING you call your vice? That THING that you can't pass up?THE PROMPT: I'm a JUNKIE THE SONG: Shoes by Liam Sullivan (please don't feel limited by the song, your creation doesn't have to have ANYTHING to do with shoes) THE PRODUCT: Packaging, wrappers, or logo of your addiction... THE PRIZE: Donated by Stacey!! By leaving your link to the art you create for this challenge, will put you in the running for a guest DT spot and/or this prize! To be eligible for our guest spot, your work from this, or the last challenge need to be linked in a comment here on GutterGirlz by the 12th. Leave your link in the comments area below. Winners will be announced on the 15th of each month. Here's what the Girlz came up with this week!! We're trying a new way of viewing things...

We'd also like to give recognition to one of you girlz who took part in our challenge, and mentioned us in her submission. Heather got noticed in week 1 by Basic Grey!! Heather, thanks for giving us a shout out!! Pretty cool to see your layout in all it's hosey glory on Basic Grey's Gallery!!

Prompt #1, June 2008

Ever wish that you could BE who you wanted to, to SAY what you felt like saying? To USE what you want to use when you create? Are you already free? Do you say what you want to, and fly the finger at anyone who tells you that you CAN'T use something because it's not acid free? IF you answered yes to any of those questions, then we'd like to welcome you to the gutter!! A place where you are free to BE. Free to DO.

We can't wait to play with you... browse around, CLICK those links!! There's lots to see here, and we want YOU to have a part in what we do. This blog is about YOU. It's about where you are NOW. Even if where you are now isn't where you want to be. Even if where you are isn't pretty. We love you no matter what. This is our FIRST POST!!! We'll have two a month. On the 15th and 30th. Every month, one of YOU will have the chance to post with us as our guest Gutter Girl. Come on in, grab a drink, take off your shoes!! I can't wait to see what our prompts encourage you to DO!!

DON'T FORGET to link us to your project when you are done!! If you don't have a blog, you can post it on flickr, and add it to our group!! Be sure to come back here and leave a link to your project no matter WHERE you post it, because, in addition to our prize below, we will be choosing one of YOU to be our GUEST DIRTY GIRL next month!! Gotta love a guest designer spot, right!?! Also, if you post your layouts in our flickr group, they will be included in our slideshow in our sidebar!! We are SO excited to have you here!! Thanks for playing!! Let's get right to it, shall we?
The PROMPT: What makes you feel like a Woman?
The SONG: MAN!! I Feel like a Woman! by Shania Twain (press the play arrow on the player to listen)
The PRODUCT: Panty Hose

Here are some of the things the Gutter Girlz came up with!

Created with Admarket's flickrSLiDR.
Be sure to link us to your projects!! Check Da Rulz to see how you can be entered to win up to THREE times!! Leave us a link to your project on your blog, or in our flickr group! We'll pick a random winner and announce them next month. If you want to be SURE to know when new things are up, subscribe to GutterGirlz in the sidebar!! Subscribing makes it so EASY to keep from forgetting. I'm all ABOUT easy. This month's prize was donated by Gutter Girl Stacey!! Thanks, Stacey!!

Are you scared yet!?! HA!! Let's see where in the Gutter YOUR art lands!

Ciao, Dirty Girl!!

Welcome to the Gutter!! This blog hosts challenges to get you thinking. It's about being honest. Take it to the gutter or don't. Be light hearted or dark. It's all up to you. It's about going places that everyday scrapbooking might not take you. It's about saying things out loud that you may have never said or even THOUGHT to say. It's about putting acid on your pages if you want to. This blog may lead you to things you didn't know about yourself. We encourage you to scrap, art journal, paint, draw, photograph, tape, staple, glue and LIVE the nitty gritty.