october TEAM challenges **CLOSED**

#5 Anne of Green Gables said "I'm so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers"

Scrap your October photos. 1 point for October 2019 photos, 2 points for October photos from previous years!

#6 The leaves don't change where I live but I love fall colours anyway - make a card, layout, or project using some combination of brown, green, orange, yellow, or red (neutral colours - white/black/grey - are fine to add)

#7 Got lots of photos to scrap? 1pt per photo scrapped - so a layout with 3 photos = 3pts, a layout with 1 photo = 1pt and so on

Well Damn, I have a wedding on the 5th...ugh

#9. It's Halloween Time, do some kind of HW themed project

#10. Travel pages

#11. Oct 6 is MadHatter day, post a layout showing anything fun double the points if its on the 6th

#13 KITTED UP? Use up your page kits or that club kit, finish it off, get it done!

#14 Button it Up! As the fall weather kicks in use buttons on your page or project. If you add fiber or thread to buttons that have holes, give yourself a bonus point, in my opinion the holes are there for a reason!

#15 All those pretty patterns! Use three OR more different patterned papers on your layout or project. Bonus point if you use five or more. Three points per project if there is no solid cardstock

#16 Solids only, keep it clean and simple. Use only solid colored cardstock on your project, as many colors as you like.

#17 Vegas Baby! What happens in Vegas stay in Vegas . . . unless it makes it to your scrapbook page. (This is so I scrap some photos of my class reunion that is happening this weekend in Las Vegas.) If you don't have Vegas photos, make your project about a vacation you have taken in the last 6 months.

50 Shades of AussieMeg  


#25 Digital Love | One point for a digital or hybrid project.

#26 All Things Disney | Document anything Disney (parks, movies, collectibles, etc.).

#27 Don't Be SAD | October marks the beginning of seasonal affective disorder for the Northern Hemisphere folks. Document something to do with beating the seasonal blues: supplements and/or dietary changes, healthy habits (sleeping, resting), self-care of all sorts (including scrapbooking, of course), etc.

#28 Pen & Tell It | With all the pretty supplies and colourful photos, the written part of recording our memories is sometimes cast aside. Pen down your memories, your thoughts, your impressions: 1 point per 10 words of journaling (must be your own).

#29 Morticia | During this month of all things spooky and kooky, do Morticia Addams proud by making a LO that's predominantly black, white and red. Bonus 5 points if you use black & white photos only for your project. 

#30 8ctober | From 'octo', 8 in Latin as it was the eighth month of the Roman calendar. Claim a point for exactly 8 of something on your project (sequins, die-cuts, pattern papers, staples, cardstock papers, and so on). One point available per something so if you do 8 sequins + 8 pattern papers, that would be 2 points. 

#37 I Get Misty - one point for each color mist you use on your layout. Be it by a spray, wash of color or dribbles. Bust out the bottles, shake 'em up and put them to use!

#38 Stitch It Up - Sew on your layout, with a machine or by hand. Five points for breaking out the machine and sewing..... and TEN points if you hand stich some sort of element, like embroidered flower. This takes more time so take the ten points for the effort

#39 Metallica - use some of that old Making Memories metals embellishments on your layout. One point for each little element of metal on your layout. Letters, tag frames, you name it. Use up some of that old stash and make it look new again

#40 Yvonne's Done to Death Apple Bread challenge - Okay, had to throw this in here . Do a layout that has an Apple theme to it. Be it apple picking, baking something apple related, or has apples in it. One point for every apple you manage to get in on the layout. A picture of apples, 1 point, an embellishment of an apple, 1 point. Printed paper with apples? Count out every apple and tally it up!

First time I have thrown out challenges, so tell me if I do it wrong.

#43 - Homecoming - It is homecoming season for my high school kid, so I would like to see Homecoming layouts (or cards, or projects). It could be homecoming football games or homecoming dances. I also live in a military town and there are a lot of homecoming of deployed military members. Or even just a love of your home works for me. One point and although I don't live in Texas where they do the big homecoming mums, if you make them or do a layout with a picture of those giant homecoming mums, that is worth a bonus point.

#44 - World Series of XXX - It is World Series time and our tv is focused on that. This challenge is about being the best of the best and about baseball. So do a layout about any kind of championship - it could be a sporting event, but it could be a different activity like chess or anything about winning. Or just stick to baseball, any baseball counts.

#45 - Wedding - Dictionary gave me this idea when she said she was going to a wedding. I say we scrap those weddings!

#46 - Unbe"leaf"able - include leaves on your layout - 1-3 leaves = 1 point, 4-7 leaves = 2 point, 8+ leaves = 3 points

#47 - Gifts - I am thinking about starting on some Christmas gifts - complete something that will be a gift (not a card only since I think there are a lot of card points this month, but some other gift you intend to give to someone)

#48 - Birthday - My daughter's birthday is this month so do a birthday layout.

#49 - Wheelie - Do a layout about cars, trucks, and/or driving.

#51 Stamp Away- use stamps on your LAYOUTS. This will help me get some of those old stamps out and actually use them. Add a bonus point if you use more than one color of ink with your stamps.

#53 In the year you were born. Do a layout about what was happening the year you were born. Prices, popular songs, what was on at the movies, what was in the news headlines?

#55: Stash Busting Patterned Paper - each different pp used that is 2013-2017, take 1 point. Each pp you use that is 2009-2013, take 2 points. Each pp you use 2008 or before - 5 points! Cardstock does not count, nor do solids, sorry!

#56: Stash Busting Ephemera - use stickers, thickers, chipboard, puffy stickers, die cuts, "fussy" brads or buttons (like those that came with collections, MME, Simple Stories) or rub ons, that are 2017 or OLDER, take 1 point per TYPE of item.

#57: Fussy Cutting - 1 point

#58: Use dies or punches on your page - 1 point

#59: Banners and Flags, Labels and Tags - 1 point for any of these

#60: Title-r-ific - 1 point per WORD in your title beyond 1 word. (ie 2 word title = 1 point) 1 point per FONT in your title beyond 1 font.

#61: Project Life - get them out and use them on a card or layout - anything but in traditional PL sense - for 1 point. 2 points if you cut them up/alter them, and that can apply to PL layouts as well!

I will be posting all of my usuals as soon as I get home this morning! 😁

LisaDV - Are you doing your "regulars" - organizing, other crafts?

#65 Rock Those Rectangles - Use rectangular photos OR a rectangular page size (8.5x11, 9x12, 6x12, 3x8, TN, etc.) cardmakers, any size rectangular card or rectangular design/embellishment on the front of a card will count.

#66 Be There Or Be Square - Use square photos OR a square page size (12x12, 8x8, 9x9, 6x6, etc.) cardmakers, any size square card or square design/embellishment on the front of a card will count.

#67 Doodle doodle doo! Doodle on your LO for 1 point. Doodle on multiple embellishments for an extra 5 points.

#68 It’s OCTOBER! Use the letters O C T O B E and R in your title. Take 1 point for using all of the letters, as long as they are used in any words of your title. Take an additional 5 points if you actually use the word OCTOBER in your title.

#69 Color your world! Use lots of fun, bright colors on your LO, card, or project for 1 point.

#70 Scrap a page from an unfinished album. 1 point per page that goes in the same album. 5 LO's, or more, add 5 bonus points!

#71 Use NEW pre-packaged DIE CUTS! Use as many as you can! Bust that stash! 1 point for each die cut used. If you use at LEAST 6 diecuts, take an extra 5 points!

#72 Dot...dot...Goose??? Use enamel dots, pop dots, puffy dots...if they are circular embellishments that look like DOTS, use them up! 1 point for each set of 3 of the SAME product...so 3 enamel dots=1, 6 enamel dots=2 points; 3 pop dots=1, 3 puffy dots=1, etc.

#73 ENLARGE your memories! Must be 5x7, or bigger for 1 point.

#74 Shrinky dink! Shrink those photos! Use at least 2 photos on one page that is 3.5x5, or smaller. 1 point for every 2 smaller photos.

#75 Layer Up! The cold weather is here and the layers are coming out! Use layers throughout your layout whether it be paper or embellishments. 1 pt for 3 layers, an additional point for every layer beyond (ie 4 layers = 2 pts, 5 layers = 3 pts, etc)

#76 Tell a Story In your journaling, tell a story from someone else's point of view or have someone else journal from that event for 1 pt for each different point of view. Add a point if they do the actual writing.

#77 Unusual Theme Use paper and embellishments that having nothing to do with the picture or event, but compliment the layout.  1 pt per different theme used.