Let’s start with the special challenges:
Please share your creations for each of these in the individual challenge thread. Points will outlined in each.
R-1: Sketchy Saturdays. Complete any of the posted Sketchy Saturday challenges for 5 points. Complete ANY THREE of them for a 20 point bonus.
R-2: Monthly Photo Challenge. Points for shared photos and using those pic's on projects. Possible Theme bonus points each month. Theme for November is GRATITUDE.
R-3: Donna Challenge. Every month we remember a Pea who was taken from us all too soon, and before she could scrapbook all the photos she had hoped to scrap. Earn ONE point for every photograph scrapped and FIVE points page completed.
R-4: Organization Challenge, posted by
angel97701 . Points by the hour, with some special points built in.
R-5: Other Crafts Challenge, linked by
jeremysgirl . Earn TEN points for every hour spent crafting. When you finish a project of ten hours or more, give yourself a BONUS of ONE HUNDRED POINTS! Post your completed projects in the linked thread on NSBR.
R-6: Card Challenges posted by
Eddie-n-Harley and
azcrafty .
R-7: Pokey Peas Challenge posted by
nylene .
And now for our NOVEMBER challenges:
PRODUCTS
P-1 Patterned PAPER: use it up! One point for every different sheet of pp used on your page or card.
P-2 It is sweater weather. One point for every different fibre or twine or yarn you use on your page or card.
P-3 Glitter it up! Pull out that glitter or sticklers or glitter glue and add some sparkle!!
P-4 Tickets Please! Use ephemera style tickets on your project, OR use actual tickets from a show you went to.
P-5 Journal Cards - Use a journal card on your project. Bonus point if you make it yourself.
P-5 Dot it like it's hot - If you are like me you have a good supply of nuvo drops, lets use them! One point per drop.
P-6 Open that package & grab that glue! Use packaged ephemera - like the packs of paige evans flowers, or vicki boutin doo dads - 1 point each making it to a project
P-7 Use flat stickers, any of your stickers including alphabets, 1 point per package used on a project
P-8 Sticker palooza! Use two different types of letter stickers (flat, chipboard, etc) on your page. Give yourself 2 points for using 2 different types of letter stickers and 2 more points if they are different manufacturers.
P-9 untouched stamps - use a stamp from a stamp set (any size) that was previously untouched. (We all have them!). Give your self 1 point for each set used on your project.
P-10 Challenge mash-up. Combine both challenges P-8 and P-9, and give yourself an extra 10 points per project.
SHAPES/ICONS
S/I-1 Happy at HOME. One point for using pp with houses or buildings on it. One point for every house shaped diecut, sticker, clip or any other embellishment.
S/I-2 Have a cuppa'... One point for every mug or teacup sticker or diecut (pre-made, punched, or diecut by you) on your project, or seen in a photo there.
S/I-3 Christmas is coming - use Christmas icons from Santa to holly to candy canes. 1 point each different icon, not for multiples of the same icon (25 Christmas ornaments = 1 point)
S/I-4 - Fall is in the air - use leaves or bare trees
"COLOURS/MOODBOARDS"
C/M-1 The colours of the feast. Golden brown roast turkey, red cranberry sauce, creamy mashed potatoes. One point for each of these colours on your project. Bonus of FIVE points if you get all three.
C/M-2 Opposites - choose 2 colors on the opposite sides of the color wheel and make them the primary colors of your layout.
C/M-3 A unique color combo that came about during CARDtober was pink, yellow and brown. Create a project using these three colors (add white/cream for a neutral, if needed)!
C/M-4 The colour purple. Even though Halloween is over, don't put the purple away just yet! It also looks great with traditional fall colors; so add some purple to your project. BONUS! Use purple on a fall project and take an additional FIVE points!
C/M-5 Tone-on-tone - Use tone-on-tone alpha or embellishements eg. White lettering on a white background, blue embellishments on blue cardstock
C/M-6 Christmas is coming! Use red and green together for a bonus point
C/M-7 - Going to a chapel - well, I am going to a wedding - and well, I am responsible for making their invitations - so, use eucalyptus green and gold on a card or layout.
TECHNIQUES
T-1 Be a cut-up! One point for using regular scissors for cutting mats or photos or borders. Two points if you fussy cut at least one element, OR if you used special scissors like fringing scissors or decorative edging scissors.
T-2 Slice of Pie - Cut up a background shape or your photo into slices or wedges, just like your favourite pie. Take one point for each slice. Here are some examples from the same challenge at The Lilypad:
Lilypad examples
T-3 Stitched Up - stitch shapes on your project such as a circle or a flower. Stitching can be by machine, by hand or even drawn.
T-4 Die cutting mayhem. Ahem...wedding invitations... 1 point per die cut
T-5 Getting inky - either stamping or ink blending, stenciling or edging. 1 point per stamp, 1 point per stenciled image, 1 point per piece of ink blending
T-6 Stack 'em up! Make stacks of gifts for cards or scrapbook page embellishments using paper scraps and ribbon, like this:
5 pts per stack.
WORDS/titles
W/T-1 Family love Use the word FAMILY anywhere in your title or greeting.
W/T-2 Fancy Titles - Use a font or pre-made title that looks like the subject of the photos eg. lettering that looks like icing dripping on a baking page, or a snowflake in place of the letter O on a snow page.
W/T-3 Letters to die for. 1 point per die cut letter on your project
W/T-4 Happy holiday words! 1 point per Christmas themed word like "Santa", "holiday", "holly", "joy", "twinkle" - in your journaling, in your title, or in ephemera around your page.
THEMES
Th-1 Togetherness. Celebrate relationships between people, your appreciation of family or friends.
Th-2 Never Forget. This is the month of Remembrance Day. For FIVE points, create a project that pays tribute to someone who has passed on.
Th-3 Be a Sport - Here in the States it's playoff time for racing, baseball, soccer and probably more I'm not thinking of. Also many some sports are in the middle of their seasons or just getting started. Basketball comes to mind. So your challenge is scrap a sport - any sport. Add 10 points if you add yourself into your layout as a participant or observer/photographer.
Th-4 Together Time - do a layout that has no special theme to it other than together time. A few quiet moments with a spouse, child, friend, sibling, pet. What comes to mind for me is a picture I snapped when I found my DH sitting in his recliner petting his cat.
Th-5 Costume Party Scrap your Halloween photos, or any photos that show costumes or dress-ups.
Th-6 TRADITIONS. Scrap a story about a tradition or special dish that your Thanksgiving wouldn't be complete without. If you don't celebrate Thanksgiving, scrap any family tradition.
Th-7 If you didn't notice my theme this month, CHRISTMAS IS COMING! So 1 extra point per Christmas card, December Daily page completed (I'm needing to get previous years done), or layout.
Th-8 Loving the animals - 1 point per card with an animal on it, or a layout with any photograph or icon of an animal
NUMBERS/SIZES
N/S-1 Go big or go home. Make one element in your creation HUGE. One big photo, a title that takes up some real estate, a full page cut file...
N/S-2 Multi Layer - Take a point for every layer under your photo(s), including the background layer.
N/S-3 Cluster triangle Create 3 clusters of at least 3 items in that design classic of a triangle on your page. 3 points.
N/S-4 Count your words 5 points for journaling more than 100 words on a page.
RECIPES
Re-1 Build a THANKFUL project. Use an item or technique or word that begins with each letter in the word thankful.
For example -
T- templates
H- hearts
A- artsy technique
N- something New
K- Kraft paper
F- Foil
U- Umbrella? Lol
L- lined paper etc
Bonus point if you use the word Thankful as well
OTHER
O-1 Thirty Days of Thankful. Go to
THIS thread and earn the points as outlined there.
O-2 Get STARTED!!! If you create only one page or something crafty, (or your first for you peas that continue to be crafty month after month!) give yourself 10 points. Give yourself another 10 points if you share your ONE/first creation to any November refupea thread—the NSBR other craft thread, the Sketchy Saturday thread, the November sharing thread—wherever!! Get creative and show us what you’ve created!!
O-3 Its almost time for December Daily/Journal Your Christmas. Spend some time this month getting your album & supplies ready. Do as much (or as little) as you think you need to do to be prepared for December. Give your yourself 20 points if you get ready now!
O-4 PL catch-up. I love Project Life and I really love PL when I am caught up! Give yourself 5 points per side that you complete. Are you completely caught up to November? Well congratulations! You get an extra 10 points.
O-5 CARDtober revisited. Take FIVE points for every CARDtober challenge you meet in November.
O-6 Get Kitting! You know you have them - Page kits or paper packs. Drag them out and use them!!
O-7 Give it away - Tis the season of getting ready to gift. So - make a set of cards (at least 4) and either use them as a gift or send them to friends or send them to a charity. Or - make a mini album ready for pictures. If you sew, crochet, quilt, cross stitch make something to gift. People love handmade things
O-8 Create a GIFT Create a non-card/layout project. Think gift giving: gift card holder, boxed card set, table favors, stocking stuffers, etc. Give yourself TWENTY points for completing this challenge!
O-9 Copy Cat - Scraplift a layout or card that you have seen on-line or in a magazine. Bonus 5 points if it's a Pea that you scraplift.
O-10 Stay Current - Take a point for every photo on your page that is from October or November 2021.
O-11 All together now: SCRAP! 10 points per hour of cropping with others. Either IRL or online
O-12 Giving to others - 10 bonus points per HOUR you are working on projects to give away (NOT including cards that you will be using yourself/putting your name in, but INCLUDING cards that you are donating to charities or giving as gift sets) - like albums for grandparents or grandbabies, calendars for christmas gifts, or maybe wedding invitations for friends.
O-13 Just craft! Claim ten points per hour you spend this month involved in crafting. This includes planning cards/pages, putting together kits, doing die cutting or embossing or mixed media in prep, putting together your pages and cards.
