Author gypsykate says: Thank you, thank you, thank you to all those who joined the SCRAP CLAUDIA Challenge! Every scrap is precious as I'm sure each one made our Claudia feel the love and joy that she inspires. I know most, if not all, joined this primarily out of love and friendship. The challenge awards are but icing on the cake, however, they do add a bit of fun so congratulations to the winners: 1st Place - OFELIA ROCA Carissima Claudia; 2nd Place - DYOZAH@_@ :) Claudia; 3rd Place - MAXIDESIGNS Beautiful Claudia. I knew that we'd be seeing the most beautiful and sweetest pages and picking a COC would be tough. But, admittedly, there were some scraps that jumped out from the rest and to my surprise some were from newcomers who have not won any award and have very few friends yet. Among these scraps one seems to have captured Claudia's special charisma with the sweet edit of Claudia's photo, Claudia's favorite pink color, a quote that so fits Claudia and a moving commentary. And, so I've chosen this scrap as my COC - ANNETTEBTAC Claudia. Other scraps considered as COC because they have something that I found so wonderfully unique were: 1) NANNYANNE For Claudia; 2) MIROJOLEFLOWER Claudia; 3) NAIRFLAIR A Maxine Day; 4) SIMSAGE Scrap Claudia Two; 5) ZHARIF Claudia and I; 6) FUNKYFAIRY ANNIE Fairy Sisters; 7) DEE_SCRAPS Fairy Tale from Another Time; 8) Y2BONNIE Burning Bright in my Heart; 9) DOVE MOM For Claudia; 10) GRANNY FRANNY Claudia; 11) SAVANNAH'S GRAND MAWMAW A Boat Ride with Claudia; 12) -DOODLEBUG For Claudia. Again, thank you so very much to each and every one for helping spread love and joy! Hugs-Kate Jul 23, 2009