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Post by grammadee on May 1, 2020 3:11:32 GMT
Here are the challenges for this month. Challenge #1: Complete any of the "regular monthly challenges" posted on this board at one point per challenge (unless otherwise stated within the challenge itself). These include: *May Donna Challenge (celebrate a birthday) *May Pokey Peas Challenge *May Photo Challenge *May Other Crafts Challenge *May Cleaning and Organizing Challenge *May Sketch/Scraplift challenge ANY Sketchy Saturday challenge posted in May ANY 2Peas Tuesday challenge posted in May on the Card Making/Stamping board Challenge #2: Complete any of the iNSD challenges posted HERE. The FIRST time you complete one of these challenges, claim FIVE POINTS. If you repeat one of them, it will count as one point. If you complete ALL of the iNSD challenges on or before May 31st, you will earn a COMPLETION BONUS of ONE HUNDRED POINTS! Challenge #3: Earn DOUBLE POINTS for anything you create Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, May 1st-3rd, and shared by end of day Monday, May 4th. |
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Post by grammadee on May 1, 2020 3:16:12 GMT
Challenge #4: Let's Get Together! Earn 5 points for every hour you spend scrapping with someone else on line. This does not necessarily have to be with another Pea, but please note that there will be several Google Hangout sessions running iNSD weekend and you are encouraged to join in. We'd love to SEE you! Claim TEN points per hour if you are the HOST.
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kitbop
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Post by kitbop on May 1, 2020 13:27:09 GMT
#5 - Banners, Flags and Tags - 1 point/project #6 - May Flowers - if April Showers bring May Flowers, what do May Flowers bring? (Pilgrims, of course!) I've seen very few flowers here yet, but I know they will "Spring" forth soon! So in honour of the greening of the Northern Hemisphere, 1 point can be claimed for each CATEGORY of flower used on your project: 1. floral pp or PL card 2. flower die cuts or stickers 3. flower chipboard or thicker 4. flower doodling or stamping 5. dimensional (eg prima type) flower #7 - Entitled - Mix up those titles, use those stickers and thickers! 1 point for each sticker/thicker/font type used in your title beyond the first. Bonus point for each sticker/thicker you use that is more than 5 years old (use your best judgement) #8 - Pets and Animals - given how much joy animals are bringing the world at this time - from our own pets to the videos of animals wandering empty city streets - use animals on your project in some way, whether your pet is in the photos, or you have cute stamped bunnies jumping around your card!!! #9 - scraplift YOURSELF - find a layout or card of your own that you love and use the design again! #10 - Mother MAY I? - for 1 point, use the letters M-A-Y in your title. For 5 points, use the word MAY somewhere in your title! It could be contained in another word as well - dismay, maybe, mayday, mayonaise! #11 - Don't run with scissors - cut with them instead  Fussy cutting, or cut a shape of your own. #12 - wearing a mask! In honor of a full month of wearing a mask all day long at work, use a stencil/mask on your project! 5 points, because, seriously, masks suck  #13 - Seamstress. In honor of all those who have dusted off their sewing machines and made masks and scrub hats in the past weeks, put some stitching on your layout. Machine, hand, pen or embossed stitching all counts. But if you use thread, you can claim 1 point per colour! |
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Post by cannmom on May 1, 2020 13:55:08 GMT
#14 Dust those tools off. Use a tool you haven’t touched for awhile. One point for each time you use a tool that you have neglected.
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Post by joyfulnana on May 1, 2020 14:19:05 GMT
#15 - Stamps - I've been on a stamp buying spree and have many sets that have yet to see ink. Use stamps on your LO, card, or project. I point per stamp and 5 bonus points for using a stamp that hasn't been used yet. Digital stamps apply here as well. I know digi supplies pile up the same way physical ones do!  #16 - Cut it out! Use your electronic cutter or manual cutter. 1 point for each use on a page/card/project. #17 - Use what you bought - I seems quite a lot of us are shopping a bit more during this time. Use something you've purchased recently. Since the first of the year, - add a bonus point if it's something you've purchased since Stay At Home orders were put in place where you live. 1 point for each new to you product used. |
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Post by angel97701 on May 1, 2020 16:37:29 GMT
#18 All Those Pretty Pattern papers! Being the fifth month, use at least five patterned papers to earn 5 points for each project, one point for any other number 1-4, 6-whatever. You get the drift!
#19 Coordinate those colored cardstock that you have in your stash. You've seen mine (last month's organizing thread). Use at least 5 colors for 5 points per project. Grab your color wheel and use a complementary, triad, tetrad, or split complimentary for 2 points. For an example of these definitions see this link for a color wheel.
#20 Along the same theme, use 5 photos on your layout to earn 5 points . . . and if it is a double page layout with five photos that counts, double page with 10 photos counts for 10 points. Some of us have lots of photos to scrap!
#21 Get out those ribbons, fibers, baker's twine and tie it on! One point for each different one used.
#22 Texturize it, either with pressure embossing or heat embossed ink your choice! One point for each technique used.
#23 Add some ink or splatter or something! Ink the edges, splatter a few drops, or use your stencils to create a pattern. Get messy!
#24 Blingy, bling, bling-- add gems, sequins, glitter, glitter paper, glitter washi, anything that adds a bit of sparkle.
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Post by lynnek on May 2, 2020 17:26:40 GMT
#25 - Cards for others - Make and send a card to someone you are thinking about but not able to see right now. One point for each card made. Two additional points for each card sent.
#26 - Sports - Scrap a page abut a sport.
#27 - Birthdays - Strange times to have a birthday. Scrapbook a birthday for one point. Take an additional point if you are scrapping a "social distancing" birthday celebration.
#28 - Portraits - I have so many formal portraits from over the years. Scrap one of those. School pictures, Christmas Card Photos, Family photos, etc...
#29 - The Good Old Days - Scrapbook a photo from someone's high school days. Five points if it is your high school days!
#30 - Letter Stickers - Use letter stickers on your page or a card
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Post by grammadee on May 3, 2020 3:39:17 GMT
#31 Get your COLLAGE DEGREE! Create a collage of photos (either IRL or digitally) by clustering them together, tucking them around and behind each other, lots of angles and layers. Now cut the collage into any shape you like: basic square or rectangle, or maybe a circle or a triangle or some other shape. Hey! You can cut the collage into big letters to spell someone's name, or a season, or and event, or something like LOVE. Use your collage on a page or card or some other project.
FIVE points for the collage. FIVE additional points to cut to shape. FIVE additional points for using it on a project.
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Post by AussieMeg on May 3, 2020 10:55:38 GMT
#32 Food Glorious Food - Do a layout about food. It could be a recipe card, a LO about cooking, or your favourite restaurant - anything food related. #33 Round the Bend - Use rounded edges on photos or background elements. #34 Wheely and Truly - Include photos or elements that have wheels. It could be a car, bike, wheelbarrow, waterwheel etc. #35 This Day in History - Pick a day and do a layout about that day. You could include information such as the price of milk & bread, #1 song, most popular TV show, interest rates, cost of petrol/gas etc, top news story etc. This is an example LO that I found online: debbiehodge.com/home/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/lynnettegrid2.jpg#36 Fasten It - Use some kind of fastener on your project eg. staple, paper clip, bulldog clip, brads, pins, tape, buttons. Take one point for each different kind of fastener used. #37 Journal Cards - Use a journal card on your page. Bonus point if you make the card yourself. #38 See Through - Use see through elements or letters on your project such as vellum, plastic or clear acrylic.
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joyfulnana
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Post by joyfulnana on May 3, 2020 11:37:46 GMT
Love the "This Day in History" challenge AussieMeg - great one! |
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Post by grammadee on May 3, 2020 14:28:53 GMT
#39: THE BEST [DAY] EVER... I know we scoffed at that overused phrase before Covid. But now, can you look back at what type of day you remember as the best type of day? What are the simple little things that you miss doing? Places you miss going? People you miss seeing?
*One point if you use the phrase "Best______ Ever" on your project.
**Two points if the page is about an experience you really miss now that it is out of reach (either temporarily or permanently)
***An additional Two points if you journal AT LEAST TWENTY-FIVE WORDS about what you miss and/or why.
#40: Put your BRAND on it! Use those branding strips on your projects. So many strips of pretty pp, cute sayings that get trimmed off. Or, use ANY thin ( half an inch or less wide) strips of pattern on your project.
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Post by grammadee on May 3, 2020 22:14:41 GMT
Just a few more hours until this thread closes.... Any more challenges?
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Post by grammadee on May 4, 2020 3:00:12 GMT
That's a wrap, folks! I am finalizing the One Stop Printable list with these plus the "regular" challenges and the iNSD challenges, and gramma has promised us a spreadsheet. Don't forget to double your points for anything created the first three days of this month, and shared by end of day tomorrow. |
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Post by KikiPea on May 4, 2020 22:22:23 GMT
Oops! I missed it. Ah well. Next month!
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Post by AussieMeg on May 5, 2020 10:03:08 GMT
Oops! I missed it. Ah well. Next month! Wanna know something funny? I was going to come back and add your usual challenges if you hadn't done it by the end of there day, but then I forgot, and I missed the cut off too!  |
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Fussy cutting, or cut a shape of your own. 
