Challenges for January 2020

Challenge 5 - Sketch it up. use the sketches you have accumulated .

Challenge 6- Go back to school - be inspired by a class or tutorial you have purchased. I have so many i have never even opened.

I am going to post some of the same challenges from December, as most of us were too busy to scrap much last month. There were quite a few that I wanted to do but didn't get around to it.



#8 Photo Stretch - Use one big photo stretched across the page, or several smaller photos in a photo block that runs along the page.

#9 Star Power - Use stars on your card or layout. Take one point for each different type of star eg. star shaped photos or background elements, star embellishments, or star patterned paper.

#10 Shaped Journaling - Journal in a shape eg. on a round tag or a star shaped element, or journal around the edge of the page or a photo.

#11 Fonterrific - Take a point for each different font in your title.

#12 Mosh Pit - Scrap photos from a music concert you've attended - this could be anything from an International rock band concert to your child's piano recital.

#13 Food For Thought - Do a food related layout. This could be a favourite recipe, a layout about a night out at your favourite restaurant, or your traditional Thanksgiving or Christmas dinner.

#14 Timberrrrrr! - Use wood or wood veneer embellishments, or wood patterned paper.

#15 Pick a Pattern - Take a point for each kind of patterned paper from this list: snowflakes, stripes, stars, trees, dots. Bonus 5 points for all 5.

#16 Can You See Me - I want to try to be in more photos this year, rather than behind the camera all the time. Take a point for every photo that you are in on your LO.

#17 Rounded Corners - Use rounded corners on your photos or background elements.

#18 Banners & Flags - Use banners or flags on your project. Bonus point if your banner includes Christmas items eg. ornaments, tinsel garland etc.

#19 Bag It Up - Use a paper bag on your project. It can be the whole bag or cut/torn parts of a paper bag. Or make your own gift bag embellishment.

#20 Pick Pocket - Use some kind of pocket on your project eg. plastic pocket, envelope, Project Life pocket page or digital pocket template.

#21 Tie It Up - Use ribbon, string, yarn, rope, twine etc on your project. Bonus point if you tie a knot or a bow.

#22 Santa Paws - Scrap a Christmas themed photo of your pet. They could be dressed up in a Christmas outfit, or with a Christmas present you bought them, or sitting in front of the tree etc.
It's often really hard to get animals to sit still for a photo - if you manage to get two or more animals in the one photo, take a bonus point. 

#23 Santa Photos - Scrap photos of you or your loved ones with Santa. Bonus point if the person with Santa is crying! Another bonus point if the photo is more than 10 years old.

Hello Everyone!

#28 Baby/Child Album Inspired by grammadee 's idea to get a baby book ready for myself let's have a baby/child book challenge. For this challenge you can create a baby/infant/child book for yourself, a friend or relative, or get out those unfinished baby/infant/child scrapbooks from years past and do some work in them. One point for each page you make. Bonus 5 points for completing any book or album.

#29 New Year Jump Start Give yourself a point for any layout, project (could be non-scrappy but still crafty), cleaning/organizing endeavor (1 hour), or big photo edit/print that you do between January 1st and January 7th. Start the new year off feeling accomplished.

Definitely - my challenge is about the pocket, yours is about the card. Together we make a great team! 

We do seem to be thinking along the same lines sometimes!   *thinking about that sketch*   

#40 - Specialty papers - could be vellum, tissue paper, acetate, foiled, glitter...

#41 - Fussy cut - cut your own shapes, whether it be free-hand (like creating banner shapes) or cutting out art from pps or pl cards. Bonus point for more than 3 cut out items on a project

#42 - Punch 'em out! - 1 point for using a punch, 2 points for an edge punch!

#43 - Raiders of the Lost Stash - use a product or collection that you purchased more than 5 years ago; 2 points if you haven't used it in the past year at all.

]#46: 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.



#47Be 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.



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



#49: JANUARY! Use the letters J A N U A R and Y 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 JANUARY in your title.



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



#51 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!



#52: 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!



#53 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.



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



#55 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.

#56: Combine at least 2 seasons in one LO/card- mix Spring/Summer, Summer/Fall, Fall/Winter, Winter/Summer in one LO; for ie: Fall leaves and snow flakes, snowflakes and birds...

I changed mine! And I don’t think I duplicated anyone else again. I need to lay better attention

#58 A Few of My Favourite Things - Do a layout showing a list of your current faves. It could be your favourite songs from your Spotify playlist, 5 favourite TV shows that you're currently watching, the 10 best books you read in 2019, your top 10 favourite anything! Take one point for every item on your list.

#59 Time Travel - Do a vacation layout. For a fun twist, take one point for every hour of travel it took to get to your destination - 2 points for a 2 hour drive, 8 points for an 8 hour flight etc. Been on a cruise lately? Scrap the photos and take a point for each day you were cruising.

#60 Series Link - Do a layout showing a series of photos eg. photos of a baby for each month of their first year, action photos such as someone hitting a home run in baseball, a series of cheerleading shots etc. Take one point for each photo in the series.

#61 Scrap the Everyday - We often focus on scrapping big events such as birthdays, Christmas, graduation etc. Do a layout about the little everyday things in your life. It could be the view from your back porch, a gorgeous flower in your garden, relaxing on a Saturday morning, a new recipe that you've tried, your coffee machine or favourite appliance in action, a new outfit you bought yourself.

#62 Swirls - Use swirls on your card or layout. They can be doodled swirls, die cut or hand cut swirls, swirly patterned paper, swirls made with Nuvo dots or gems etc.



(I'm being a bit self indulgent here - I want to get a lot more of my Vietnam album done this month, hence the travel challenge. Plus I want to see more of Chinagirl828 's fabulous travel pages!)

I hope y'all don't think I'm hogging the challenges. I've added more than my fair share this month!

Aha perfect! I was just coming back to add this to Challenge #59 - Been on a cruise lately? Scrap the photos and take a point for each day you were cruising.

Doh!