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Post by grammadee on Oct 1, 2020 2:08:16 GMT
People who are not team members can take on any challenge, and not worry about points. If you ARE on a team, count 1 point for meeting each challenge, unless otherwise stated in the challenge itself.
CHALLENGE #1: CARDtober! Each day there will be a new cardmaking challenge posted over on the stamping/Cardmaking board. Unless different points are listed in that challenge, count your points as follows:
*Create a card based on the challenge: 2 points *Apply the twist to your card: 1 point *PLUS: create the card AND use the twist for a bonus of FIVE points!
Completion bonus: complete at least one card for ALL the CARDtober challenges for a COMPLETION BONUS of FIFTY points.
Note: you have until Wednesday, November 4th, to complete all of the cards to earn the completion bonus.
CHALLENGE #2: CARDtober on a PAGE! Use any CARDtober challenge to inspire a LO. Apply the twist for an extra point.
CHALLENGE #3: "Regular" Monthly challenges: Meet any or the October challenges appearing elsewhere on this board. These include *October Donna Challenge document a hero. Bonus for every photo you scrap. *October sketch/scraplift challenge *October Pokey Peas challenge *October PHOTO challenge *October Other crafts challenge *October cleaning/organizing challenge *Any Sketchy Saturday challenge posted in October
Challenge #4: Perfect TEN! It is the tenth month. Let's see ten of something on your page or card or other project!
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Post by grammadee on Oct 1, 2020 2:13:01 GMT
CHALLENGE #5: PHOTO mulligan! Use ANY photo you posted in ANY PHOTO CHALLENGE this year on a project for TWO points!
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Post by Linda on Oct 1, 2020 2:55:48 GMT
#6 2 pts for each card made for donation
#7 use a previously posted sketch challenge (Sketchtember or Sketchy Saturday or the monthly Sketch/scraplift challenges from Sept 2020 or before)
#9 use your die cuts (manual dies or electronic cut files) 1 pt for basic shapes/alphas 2 pts for theme shapes or 3 pts for FALL themes (leaves, pumpkins, Halloween, scarecrows etc...). Can only be claimed once per project (so if you use alpha AND theme - you get the 2pts)
#10 Stay current 1 point for every 2020 photo you scrap, 2pts for Sept/Oct photos.
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Post by sleepingbooty on Oct 1, 2020 5:59:38 GMT
#11 October Daily | Play along in the October Daily thread. Complete 25% of your album (8 days) for 5 points. Complete 50% (16 days) for 10 points. Complete 100% for 25 points. Points are cumulative through the month (40 points available in total). #12 Moody | Get your creep factor on by using predominantly (but not exclusively) moody colours on your project. Black, greys, burgundy, maroon, dark green, deep purple, etc. #13 Black & White | Either make your page/card/project base B&W or use a B&W photo for 1 point! Do both? 5 points! #14 Halloween Icons | Use a typical Halloween icon for 1 point: witch, black cat, full moon, cauldron, book of spells, broom, cemetery, pumpkin, Jack o' Lantern, zombie, vampire, etc. Earn an extra point for each different icon up to 5 points (limit). #15 Polydesignerism | Use at least 5 brands or designers on your project to claim a point. Excluded: basics like cardstock and adhesive. Claim an extra point for 7 or more! #16 Monodesignerism | Use 3 or less brands or designers on your project to claim a point. Excluded: basics like cardstock and adhesive. Claim an extra point for just the 1!
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Post by scrappyrabbit on Oct 1, 2020 13:07:53 GMT
#17: Happy Birthday! Collect an extra point for every birthday card/layout. Actually give/mail the card to its recipient for another point!
#18: Oh, baby! Collect an extra point for every baby card or layout! Collect another 5 points if you use a collection or embellishments that are not “baby themed.”
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Post by gramma on Oct 1, 2020 18:31:11 GMT
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Post by gramma on Oct 1, 2020 18:35:14 GMT
#21 - Post a Pet - Make your pet (or pets) the subject of your layout. And in my ongoing effort to get ya'll to include yourself on your pages - 5 bonus point for including you.
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Post by grammadee on Oct 1, 2020 18:59:34 GMT
#22 Let's give THANKS! This month is Thanksgiving in Canada. Maybe time for me to get back to my gratitude journal? Take a point for any project that shows gratitude: a thank you card, a gratitude journal page, or any page or project that expresses thanks.
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Post by gramma on Oct 1, 2020 19:36:01 GMT
#23 - Many hands make light work - Do a layout showing teamwork in action. Gardening, baking, sewing, building a fence, working on a car - - whatever. And 5 bonus points for, you guessed it, including yourself.
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Post by KikiPea on Oct 1, 2020 20:34:50 GMT
#24 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. #25 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. #26 Doodle doodle doo! Doodle on your LO for 1 point. Doodle on multiple embellishments for an extra 5 points. #27 Color your world for FALL! Use lots of fun, AUTUMN colors on your LO, card, or project for 1 point. #28 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! #29 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! #30 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. #31 ENLARGE your memories! Must be larger than 4x6 for 1 point. #32 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. #33 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! #34 It’s Octber! 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. #35 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! #36 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! #37 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. #38 AWAY with them!!!- If you have a stack of LO's, or even cards, that need to be put away into an album, or storage box...PUT THEM AWAY! 1 pt for every LO/card that finds its way home. Take an extra 5 pts if you put more than 10 in its comfy resting place. |
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Post by scrappyrabbit on Oct 1, 2020 23:16:05 GMT
#39: Día de los Muertos - while I know this day is actually in November, many people prepare during October by setting up ofrendas to remember loved ones. Create a layout or card in remembrance of a loved one. Sympathy cards totally work for this.
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Post by azcrafty on Oct 1, 2020 23:48:17 GMT
#40 make your card interactive extra poin if you make your LO interactive
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Post by grammadee on Oct 2, 2020 0:07:48 GMT
#39: Día de los Muertos - while I know this day is actually in November, many people prepare during October by setting up ofrendas to remember loved ones. Create a layout or card in remembrance of a loved one. Sympathy cards totally work for this. This could dovetail nicely with myboysnme's Donna Challenge to honour someone who is a super hero to you. |
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Post by kitbop on Oct 2, 2020 1:23:52 GMT
#41 - Sketchy Saturday completion challenge - I've noticed that Sketchtember is well "attended" but the Sketchy Saturdays often get overlooked! I am SO guilty of this - I print the sketch with good intentions but don't get around to them. So, if you participate in the first 4 Sketchy Saturday's of October 2020 (I'm not including October 31. That seems unreasonable  ) AND post your layout in the Sketchy Saturday thread, you can claim 20 bonus points! #42 - Pumpkin Spice and Everything Nice!!!! Yes, I'm a fan of the PSL So a recipe, for 5 points: Pumpkin - obviously, the colour orange! Spice - The yummy spice spinkles need to make an appearance on your layout: choose a splash of mist, dots/nuvos, or sequins. Coffee - caffeine anyone? Make your layout about something ACTIVE, outdoors, indoors, sports, dancing, but on the move! Whipped Cream - ooh, the extra level of whipped cream! Dimension on your card or layout - pop it up! #43 SPRING ICONS - for our Southern Hemisphere peas, who will likley get sick of our Autumn talk, take a point for using birds, butterflies, flowers, rainbows, grass or suns on your project. 2 points for completing a layout about Spring. #44 Fussy fussy - 1 point per image you fussy cut out of pp to use on your project. Die cuts don't count. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 2, 2020 1:26:34 GMT
#45 - Cha-Ching! - Get 1 point for every dollar (or equivalent monetary unit of your country) on crafting supplies.
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Post by AussieMeg on Oct 2, 2020 4:16:48 GMT
#43 SPRING ICONS - for our Southern Hemisphere peas, who will likley get sick of our Autumn talk, take a point for using birds, butterflies, flowers, grass or suns on your project. 2 points for completing a layout about Spring. Thank you! Yes I am already sick of autumn talk haha!  I'm not going to get many point for #45 Cha-Ching, because all the new kits are autumn themed with autumn colours, which I don't particularly like. So at least I can make up the points here. |
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Post by AussieMeg on Oct 2, 2020 5:11:30 GMT
I don't know about the rest of you, but due to COVID, and especially the last 2 months being in lockdown, I have hardly taken any photos this year compared to previous years. My Project Life 2020 is going to be very sad - nothing but photos of walking the dog haha! Therefore some of my challenges will hopefully encourage you (me!) to take some new photos to scrap. I am "stealing" some ideas from other scrapping sites. #46 Opposites - Take two words that are opposites and represent these words on your project. eg. happy/sad, big/small, light/dark, up/down. #47 Before and After - Do a layout showing before and after photos. It could be a haircut, dog grooming, when braces are taken off, weightloss, home renovations etc. #48 Selfie - Include a selfie on your page. Bonus point of it's from September or October. #49 The Great Outdoors - Take a point for each photo on your LO that was taken outdoors. Bonus point (per photo) if the photo was taken in September or October. #50 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#51 A Few of My Favourite Things - Do a layout showing some of your favourite things. It could be 5 things you're currently watching or reading or listening to, a favourite recipe or outfit, your favourite people. Bonus point if you use the words "My Favourite...." on your page. (But you don't have to spell it with the extra "u" haha!) #52 Sweet Stuff - Include photos or elements of sweet stuff such as candy, lollipops, ice cream cones, donuts etc. #53 Tone on Tone - Match your embellishments to your paper/cardstock, so put a yellow sun on yellow cardstock, a blue button on blue cardstock, a red autumn leaf on red cardstock etc. Some examples here: Tone on Tone#54 All That Glitters - Use glittery embellishments on your project. Take a point for each different colour used. #55 Shiny Shiny - Use shiny embellishments on your project such as gemstones, foil, gold or silver elements, sequins. One point for each different type used. #56 Fasten It - Take a point for each different type of fastener used on your project (not including glue) eg. staple, stitching, paper clip, brad, eyelet Washi tape etc |
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Post by sleepingbooty on Oct 2, 2020 14:35:37 GMT
#32 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. Can this be adapted for those (like me, teehee) working on a 4x4 mini album? Is 1 4x4 or smaller photo sufficient for this format? #50 A Day in the Life - Do a LO about your daily life, such as daily rituals, homeschooling, working from home Any extra rules because us October Daily folks will be able to reap a point very often for this? |
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Post by sleepingbooty on Oct 2, 2020 15:00:09 GMT
#57 Current Events | Include current events on your project. It doesn't need to take centre stage, a mention in journaling or the newspaper headline included in the background will suffice. Cardmakers, a sentiment about staying safe and/or healthy is good!
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Post by KikiPea on Oct 2, 2020 16:33:26 GMT
#32 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. Can this be adapted for those (like me, teehee) working on a 4x4 mini album? Is 1 4x4 or smaller photo sufficient for this format? Absolutely! Go for it! 😁 |
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Post by kitbop on Oct 3, 2020 0:11:24 GMT
I notice we have no #8??? So, without further adieu - #8 - ART IT UP - mixed media - any use of INK, PAINT, MISTS etc on your layout will net you a point. 1 point per product type actually! Also - gramma - can you clarify challenges #19 and 20 (Way Back, and Way Way Back) - are you including anything that was posted in the challenge thread, or are you only referring to the "larger" Monthly challenges (like the Donna Challenge etc)? #58 Be Edgy - Give an edge some attitude - a torn edge, an outlined edge, an inked edge, a punched edge. 1 point each technique. #59 Labels, Tags, Banners, Flags - 1 point for each (so if you use a tag, and have a banner on your page = 2 points) #60 Write the story - 1 point for over 25 words of journaling, 2 points for over 50 words. Bonus point if it's on journaling strips. |
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Post by gramma on Oct 3, 2020 0:26:40 GMT
I notice we have no #8??? So, without further adieu - #8 - ART IT UP - mixed media - any use of INK, PAINT, MISTS etc on your layout will net you a point. 1 point per product type actually! Also - gramma - can you clarify challenges #19 and 20 (Way Back, and Way Way Back) - are you including anything that was posted in the challenge thread, or are you only referring to the "larger" Monthly challenges (like the Donna Challenge etc)? #58 Be Edgy - Give an edge some attitude - a torn edge, an outlined edge, an inked edge, a punched edge. 1 point each technique. #59 Labels, Tags, Banners, Flags - 1 point for each (so if you use a tag, and have a banner on your page = 2 points) #60 Write the story - 1 point for over 25 words of journaling, 2 points for over 50 words. Bonus point if it's on journaling strips. 19 - Way Back. Any challenge from October 2019 20 - Way, way back. Any challenge from 2018 and back |
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Post by AussieMeg on Oct 3, 2020 1:03:04 GMT
#50 A Day in the Life - Do a LO about your daily life, such as daily rituals, homeschooling, working from home Any extra rules because us October Daily folks will be able to reap a point very often for this? Hmmm, I think I will change mine, it's probably too similar. I have to admit that I didn't even open the October Daily thread, because it would just make me feel guilty that I gave up on December Daily after about five days! ETA: I have changed mine to be "This Day In History" |
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Post by grammadee on Oct 3, 2020 20:27:16 GMT
#61: Make it Merry! Create a card or a page for or about the holiday season. Extra point if you use the word "MERRY" on it!
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Post by natscraps on Oct 3, 2020 21:08:33 GMT
62. Get it in print. Are your photos backing up on your phone or camera? This your chance. 1 point for every photo you print this month. An extra 10pts for every 100 photos you print.
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Post by AussieMeg on Oct 4, 2020 0:47:10 GMT
It's DSD 2020 this weekend, and I've just bought a whole lot of Photoshop Styles and Actions, so please indulge me while I add a couple more challenges around my purchases - I want to make sure I use them!
#63 Wooden It Be Nice - Use wood or wood veneer or woodgrain paper on your project.
#64 Thickers - Use Thickers on your project. 1 point for each different colour used.
#65 Stamp It Up - Use stamps on your project. 1 point for each different stamp.
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Post by natscraps on Oct 4, 2020 0:57:30 GMT
66. Fire it up. Wildfires, campfires, candles, fireplaces, etc. 1 pt per layout/card that has some sort of fire or flame. Journaling counts.
67. Fall with Friends. 5 pts for every hour you create with friends either in person or virtually.
68. Soup weather. Focus on going ons in the kitchen, recipes or a meal
69. But it’s just so pretty. Finally use that piece of paper you just haven’t been able to bring yourself to use because it’s just so pretty/cute. 1 pt for each piece of paper used.
70. Say it with song. Use a song title or lyrics on your page/card. 1 pt for using a song title, 1 pt for using some lyrics, 5 extra points if you include the whole song.
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Post by AussieMeg on Oct 4, 2020 1:07:08 GMT
#71 Wide Angle - Use a wide angle photo, or a photo that stretches across the whole page, or several photos on a mat that stretches across the whole page. (You can leave a small gap on either side, as long as it is across most of the page.)
#72 Cut Out - Use a cut out technique on your project, that shows a photo or paper or element under the top layer.
#73 Pattern Palooza - Take a point for each different patterned paper you use on your project
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Post by AussieMeg on Oct 4, 2020 1:30:43 GMT
69. But it’s just so pretty. Finally use that piece of paper you just haven’t been able to bring yourself to use because it’s just so pretty/cute. 1 pt for each piece of paper used. Good one! I haven't paper scrapped for about 9 years, and I still have a ton of gorgeous patterned paper that I didn't want to waste and was saving for just the right project.  It's never going to be used now. USE IT, people! |
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Post by grammadee on Oct 4, 2020 3:05:34 GMT
Had to even it up LOL...
#74 Be a SPORT! Create a page about any sport, amateur or pro. OR use a sporting icon on a card or other project.
#75 Create a GIFT. Take your points per hour as in the Other Crafts challenge, but if this is a gift for someone else, then DOUBLE your points!
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5 additional points if it's your OWN smile!
) AND post your layout in the Sketchy Saturday thread, you can claim 20 bonus points! 
I'm not going to get many point for #45 Cha-Ching, because all the new kits are autumn themed with autumn colours, which I don't particularly like. So at least I can make up the points here. 
It's never going to be used now. USE IT, people!