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Post by grammadee on Sept 1, 2020 3:31:03 GMT
Here is your list of September Challenges. Anyone is welcome to take on any one--or ALL of them this month! If you are on a team and are counting points, please check the Rules thread for details.
Challenge #1: SKETCHtember. Each day there will be a new sketch with a twist. Unless different points are listed in that challenge, then count points as follows:
*Create a project using the SKETCH: 2 points.
*Apply the twist to any project: 1 point.
*PLUS: Use the sketch AND the twist on one project: 5 bonus points.
Bonus: create a take on ALL of the SKETCHES, earn a bonus of 150 points.
Note: you have until Sunday, October 4th to earn your bonus for completing all the sketches.
Challenge #2: Take on any of the challenges that appear elsewhere on the Challenges Board or the Stamping/Cardmaking Board. These include: September Pokey Peas challenge September Donna Challenge Sheetload of Cards Challenge Slimline card challenge September PHOTO challenge
September organization challenge September Other Crafts challenge September Lift a PEA challenge.
Challenge #3:Try a Triangle! Use a triangle anywhere on your project for one point. Use NINE triangles and claim a bonus of 3 points.
Challenge #4 Make it Metallic. Use any metallic element on your project for a point. It could be a brad or eyelet or other metal embellishment, or some foiling (either with foiled product or DIY), or maybe some metallic heat embossing. And here in Canada, it is autumn so I am drawn to fall colours, so if you use some COPPER on your project, claim an extra point!
Challenge #5 Equinox. The light is evening out again this month. In celebration, create a project that has TWO of something, or two different focal points, or two halves, a light half and a dark half. Bonus point for using the yin & yang symbol on your project.
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Post by AussieMeg on Sept 1, 2020 9:45:29 GMT
There were a few of my own that I didn't get to do last month, so apologies in advance for any repeats!
#6 Masked Marvels - Scrap photos of yourself and/or your family and friends wearing masks.
#7 Playing Games - Do a layout about the games you're currently playing on your own or with your family eg. card games, board games, jigsaw puzzles, Animal Crossing.
#8 Before and After - Do a LO with before and after photos eg. weight loss, haircut, makeover, pet grooming, home renovations
#9 Selfie - Scrap a selfie, bonus point if it’s from September
#10 Spring-kle - It's spring here in the Southern Hemisphere, so add some sprinkles to your project eg. glitter, sequins, tiny beads, paint or ink sprinkles
#11 Birthday Bash - Scrap birthday photos. For a fun twist, take 1 point for each decade of the age of the birthday person age 1-19yo = 1 point, 20-29yo = 2 points, 30-39yo = 3 points etc.
#12 Roundabout - Use background elements or photos that are round
#13 Timeline - Do a layout showing a timeline of events. Some ideas: School photos from each year of school, photos of you and your partner/husband from when you met until now, COVID timeline, A Day in the Life.
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Post by Linda on Sept 1, 2020 11:48:39 GMT
#14 no-spend september - 10 pts for every day you don't buy crafty stuff (photos don't count)
#15 Stay up to date - scrap 2020 photos. Bonus point for Aug and Sept photos
#16 Pandemic - scrap or journal or make a card related to Covid19/SAH etc..
#17 Nuvo dots - I haven't been using mine lately so 2 pts for adding at least 3 Nuvo dots to your project, 5 pts if you use multiple colours
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Post by Ryann on Sept 1, 2020 17:44:34 GMT
#18 Events Only - Scrapbook or make a card for an event: graduation, retirement, family reunion, concert/recital, baby shower, wedding, etc. NO birthday or holidays for this challenge!
#19 Ticket, Please - Create something that uses tickets. It can be stickers/embellishments, a ticket from an event (ephemra), stamps, die cuts, etc.
#20 Hot Air Balloons - Use a hot air balloon. Take 1 extra point if you use more than one on your project.
#21 Staycation - Make something that includes a local attraction where you live. It can be specific, like scrapbooking a trip to your local beach; or more generic, like making a cactus themed card if you live in the desert, etc.
#22 Stencil It! - Use a stencil. Take 1 extra point if you use more than one pattern on your project.
#23 Embossing - Use an embossing folder to create a raised effect -OR- use embossing powder to create a shiny texture. Take 5 extra points if you use BOTH!
#24 Flora & Fauna - Use flowers AND animals on your project. Take 3 extra points if you fussy cut your flora & fauna!
#25 Talk Like a Pirate Day - Ahoy, me hearties! To celebrate, use these gentleman o' fortune themes & icons in yer project. Take 1 point fer each type used: scull & bones, treasure chest, map, sea/waves, parrot, ship/boat. Take an extra 20 points if yer project be made on Talk Like a Pirate Day (Septembree 19th) AND yer use at least 3 of the themes/icons listed.
#26 Library Card - Create something with a theme of books/reading/library.
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Post by justjac on Sept 1, 2020 21:03:00 GMT
#27 List It - I signed up for 30 Days of Lists so one point for every three things you include in a list. (3 items= 1 point, 6 items= 2 points etc.)
#28 Back to School - one point for every layout about school (whether virtual of face to face)
#29 Paint it - one point for each colour of paint you use on your project
#30 Sticker Sneeze - 1 point for every three non-alpha stickers you use on a page. .
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Post by KikiPea on Sept 1, 2020 23:32:00 GMT
#31 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. #32 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. #33 Doodle doodle doo! Doodle on your LO for 1 point. Doodle on multiple embellishments for an extra 5 points. #34 Color your world! Use lots of fun, bright colors on your LO, card, or project for 1 point. #35 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! #36 Something old, something new! This challenge can be done two different ways. You can either combine something old with something new, OR you can use something really old, and make it new again...just by using it, or by changing it in some way. 1 point for either one, and an additional 5 points if you do both! #37 Dot...dot...Goose??? Use enamel 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. #38 ENLARGE your memories! Must be larger than 4x6 for 1 point. #39 Shrinky dink! Shrink those photos! Use at least 2 photos on one page that is 4x4, or smaller. 1 point for every 2 smaller photos. #40 Use your PL cards!!! If you scrap PL, that's perfect for this challenge. If you DON'T, that will make this more fun! Use as many PL cards on your LO as you can. You may alter them by cutting them in half, cutting stuff out of them to use as embellishments...just make sure to share a pic of what the card looked like if you cut something out of one. 1 point for each card you use! #41 It’s September! Use the letters S E P T E M 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 SEPTEMBER in your title. #42 SMILE! This one is SUPER easy...scrapbook something that makes you smile. Flip through your photos and take the first pic that really brings a smile to your face. 1 point per pic.  5 additional points if it's your OWN smile! #43 STASH BUSTER- Pick ONE item that you have tons of, and use them!!! The points are easy...take 1 point for every single piece you use! #44 SANS Patterned Paper!- That's right, make a LO, OR card with no patterned paper. Take 5 pts for NO patterned papers. IF you decide you NEED to use a piece for say a photo mat, take 1 pt away.
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Post by kitbop on Sept 2, 2020 3:04:45 GMT
#45 PATTERNED PAPER PALOOZA! - Yes, stealing straight from KikiPea 's challenge #44, I'm flipping it - use 5 different patterned papers for 5 points #46 Going Back to School! Around here, things are very focused on Back to School, especially with schools reopening but differently and with lots of virtual options being offered. So lets celebrate the routine we loved in years gone by! For 10 points, choose a recipe: a) school bus - use the colour yellow; use round shapes for the wheels; use something clear to represent the windows; and splatters to represent all the kids and all the noise! b) brown bag lunch - use kraft or a light brown colour; use fruit on the page; use something you don't normally use (tradesies!); and represent the sandwich with 3 layers somewhere on your page c) back-to-school outfit (use twine or ribbon to represent the straps on a backpack; use NEW scrap supplies as your new trendy clothes; add sparkle and shine to represent how good you feel on the first day!; and make your layout about friends/friendships d) back-to-school supplies (use ledger or grid paper; represent markers/paints/pencil crayons with mixed media or doodling, use triangular shapes to represent your geometry set; use primary colours e) back to class MATH: use a grid style layout; HISTORY: use old supplies; LANGUAGES: journalmore than 50 words or make a title more than 4 words long; BIOLOGY: make a layout of the outdoors or use lots of the colour green. #47 STAMPtember - 1 point per stamp on your page or card! #48 Puffed Up - use your puffy stickers or puffy thickers, 1 point #49 Lifted Up - hoist some layers on your layout/card onto pop dots or foam. #50 Torn Up - use a torn edge somewhere on your page, 1 point/edge! #51 DIY letters - 1 point per letter in your title or card sentiment that is made by yourself (ie not stickers or thickers) using punches/dies/electronic die cuts, hand-cutting, handwriting or stamps! |
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Post by grammadee on Sept 2, 2020 15:03:04 GMT
Challenge #52: When one door closes... another door opens, right? September is a month when summer/winter ends and fall/spring begins. So take a point for the FIRST page in an album. And a point for the LAST page. Note: these don't have to be the first or the last pages you create for that album, just that they will be slotted into those spots in it. Card makers: a point for the FIRST Christmas/holiday card you create this year... and of course a point for the LAST one if you have reached your goal of cards for the year... Or first/last invitation or thankyou note for an occasion... You get the idea!
Oh, and cuz of the lead-in, feel free to take a point for every DOOR on any project you create this month.
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Post by boymom5 on Sept 2, 2020 20:56:41 GMT
Challenge #53 Stitch it up
Add some stitching to your page or even better make a page about some type of stitching (a hobby, a boo boo, or something of your creative imagination)
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Post by Deleted on Sept 3, 2020 1:57:51 GMT
Challenge #54: Cha-ching! - Get 1 point for every dollar (or equivalent monetary unit of your country) on crafting supplies.
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Post by nylene on Sept 3, 2020 17:01:12 GMT
#55 Someone you love- Make a card for, or a page about someone you love. Add a bonus point if there is a heart on it.
#56 Bits and Pieces - paper piece at least one item on your card or layout. It must have at least 3 layers. Add a bonus point for each extra paper piecing on your project.
#57 Light it up - use the image of a light bulb, lamp, light post, Christmas lights or lantern on your project.
#58 Interactive - make your card or layout interactive by having something to lift up, flip open, slide, etc on. Just opening a card doesn't count unless it makes something move.
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Post by nylene on Sept 3, 2020 22:09:26 GMT
boymom5, does your stitching challenge include stitched dies, pen stitching and other than sewing stitching?
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Post by boymom5 on Sept 3, 2020 22:15:54 GMT
boymom5, does your stitching challenge include stitched dies, pen stitching and other than sewing stitching? Yes anything you would consider stitching! Either on the layout or a picture of some sort of stitching (individual interpretation of that). |
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Post by nylene on Sept 3, 2020 22:24:48 GMT
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Post by angel97701 on Sept 4, 2020 2:49:25 GMT
#59 Count to NINE for the 9th month: Use a combination of 3 colors of cardstock and 6 patterned papers, or 6 colors of cardstock and 3 patterned papers for a grand total of 9 points per project. (more difficult to complete I believe?)
#60 Make it masculine with stars or gears. Include the star shape or gears in your project, 1 point per shape. Three stars = 3 points and so on.
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Post by grammadee on Sept 4, 2020 3:09:08 GMT
And with a nice even number, That's a WRAP! This thread is CLOSED to new challenges! I am working on the printable list, which should be up later this evening or tomorrow morning. And gramma is working on her spreadsheet to help keep track of our points. |
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Post by lucyg on Sept 4, 2020 4:24:09 GMT
ooops. I got here a little late for adding challenges.   I have questions. Of course! (1) Is it always one point unless the post says differently? And we can do the challenges over and over again if we want? (2) if you do all of the sketches, you don’t have to do one each day, right? Just do them whenever? (I definitely won’t, but I was curious.)  (3) Linda ... your #14, does no-buy include club kits that get sent automatically? If one is shipped or received, does that count as buying? As I type this, I’m feeling it’s a stupid question. Never mind. No buy means no buy! (4) KikiPea ... your #39, does the 4x4 or smaller mean the photos or the pages? I’m pretty sure this is another stupid question, but I gotta ask. And your #44, no patterned paper ... can we stamp or stencil on plain cardstock to create our own, or should it not be patterned even if it started out plain? (5) kitbop ... your #51, DIY lettering, are computer-printed titles or journaling allowed? Thank you, everyone! The challenges look so fun. Now it’s just a matter of getting me to follow through. |
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Post by grammadee on Sept 4, 2020 4:35:18 GMT
Good questions, lucyg ! I will take on #’ 1 & 2. You claim at least one for every challenge you incorporate into a project. Some of the challenges give you a chance to claim more. You can roll as many challenges into one project as you like, and you can count points for any challenge whenever you meet it during the month. You don’t need to do the sketches one per day. As long as they are all done by the deadline in October, you can claim the completion bonus. |
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Post by kitbop on Sept 4, 2020 11:29:28 GMT
(5) kitbop ... your #51, DIY lettering, are computer-printed titles or journaling allowed? Computer printed titles count 100%. But I should amend my challenge - journaling doesn't count for these points. |
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Post by Linda on Sept 4, 2020 11:42:50 GMT
(3) Linda ... your #14, does no-buy include club kits that get sent automatically? If one is shipped or received, does that count as buying? As I type this, I’m feeling it’s a stupid question. Never mind. No buy means no buy! I would say you wouldn't get points for the day they are paid for (charged) but simply arriving on your doorstep doesn't count against the no-spend. (same with orders you placed in August that arrive in Sept) |
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Post by KikiPea on Sept 4, 2020 16:37:03 GMT
ooops. I got here a little late for adding challenges. I have questions. Of course! (1) Is it always one point unless the post says differently? And we can do the challenges over and over again if we want? (2) if you do all of the sketches, you don’t have to do one each day, right? Just do them whenever? (I definitely won’t, but I was curious.) (3) Linda ... your #14, does no-buy include club kits that get sent automatically? If one is shipped or received, does that count as buying? As I type this, I’m feeling it’s a stupid question. Never mind. No buy means no buy! (4) KikiPea ... your #39, does the 4x4 or smaller mean the photos or the pages? I’m pretty sure this is another stupid question, but I gotta ask. And your #44, no patterned paper ... can we stamp or stencil on plain cardstock to create our own, or should it not be patterned even if it started out plain? (5) kitbop ... your #51, DIY lettering, are computer-printed titles or journaling allowed? Thank you, everyone! The challenges look so fun. Now it’s just a matter of getting me to follow through. Hey Lucy! Just the photos on #39. You can put them on any size background. #44, you are more than welcome to make your own background with anything you want, with the exception of actual patterned paper. I hope that helps. Can’t wait to see what you do! |
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Post by lucyg on Sept 5, 2020 6:26:55 GMT
Thank you all for answering my questions. I can be very literal-minded and like to make sure I understand the exact parameters. grammadee kitbop Linda KikiPea |
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5 additional points if it's your OWN smile!
