2023 Q-2 Challenge List:
SPECIAL CHALLENGES
Each month of this quarter there will be DOUBLE POINTS WEEKENDS. Any points you earn for your team during THURSDAY through MONDAY that weekend, you can DOUBLE THEM! Dates are below:
April 13th to 17th
May 11th to 15th
June 8th to 12th
REGULAR CHALLENGES
WEEKLY challengeW-1: Sketchy Saturdays. Complete any of the posted Sketchy Saturday challenges for 5 points. Complete ANY THREE of them for a 20 point bonus. Meet TEN Sketchy Saturday Challenges during Quarter ONE for a BONUS of 100 points!
MONTHLY challenges
M-1: Donna Challenge. donna was a Pea who passed away much too soon. We all remember her desire to complete her family scrapbooks at the end. To honour her, we credit photos, scrapped, pages completed and meeting scrapbooking goals. For the Donna challenge, earn
One point per photo scrapped.
Ten points per page created with each monthly theme. Bonus of 25 points for meeting all three monthly themes.
M-2: Paid by the HOUR Challenge.
Whether you craft with paper or cloth, glue and photos or mixed media, yarn or ink: earn TEN points for every hour spent crafting. Double your points per hour if you are crafting with another person, whether in person or on line. When you finish a project of ten hours or more, give yourself a BONUS of ONE HUNDRED POINTS!
Earn TEN points for every hour you spend organizing your crafting supplies or cleaning/reorganizing your craft space
M-3: Pokey Peas challenge: Earn 4 points for posting 4 LO's in one month to the Pokey Peas thread.
M-4: Card Challenges• Sheetload of Cards Challenge posted by azcrafty . One point per card + TEN points for completing the set. Plus a BONUS of TEN points for meeting each month’s special challenge.
• Twelve Card Challenge posted by Eddie-n-Harley . One point per card, TWENTY points per dozen cards created in any one month. BONUS of TEN points per dozen if you meet each month’s theme.
BONUS of FIFTY points for completing ALL THREE monthly challenges of either of these card Challenges. (So at least one set of SLoC for each of the three months, OR at least one dozen cards per month)
M-4: Pokey Peas Challenge posted by nylene . Points explained in the challenge
Q-2 ChallengesThankyou for submitting your challenges by replying to this thread!
PRODUCTS
P-1 Get chippy! Use chipboard anywhere on your project
P-2 use 1 or more round eyelets
P-3 use 1 or more shaped eyelets
P-4 use 1 or more round brads
P-5 use 1 or more shaped brads
P-6 use your stamps
P-7 use rub-ons
P-8 Tie it up. Use twine on your project.
P-9 Washi doin'? use your washi
P-10 use a layered embellishment (premade by you or bought)
P-11 - re-use/upcycle paper - something that some consider trash (eg. junk mail, packaging, doily or napkin)
P-12 use wood veneer
P-13 use cork embellishments
P-14 use flair
P-15 Specialty buttons. Remember when shaped buttons like cats or butterflies were all the rage? Use some on a layout or card
P-16 Get carded. Use at least 3 project life cards on your project in some way (cut up or whole)
P-17 Livin; LARGE. Use a LARGE sticker or thicker - has to be at least 3" in some dimension - height, width or diameter - can be from a chipboard sticker sheet too
P-18 Frame It - Use a frame on your page, and add a cluster of at least three items on the frame
P-19 All Lined Up - Use grid paper or notebook paper on your page
P-20 Nuvo drops keep falling on my project! Use Nuvo (or any other drops) or enamel dots.
P-21 A touch of home #1 Use at least one household item or supply as part of your project
P-22 Pocket full of sunshine - Use a pocket page or divided page protector
P-23 Use vellum
SHAPES/ICONS
S/I-1 Eggs-citing Use at least one oval
S/I-2 Luv ya! use hearts
S/I-3 celestial use stars
S/I-4 flutter-by use insects
S/I-5 use spring icons
S/I-6 use summer icons
S/I-7 use travel icons
S/I-8 drink up! use coffee/tea/cocoa icons
S/I-9 use flowers on your project
S/I-10 geo tag
S/I-11 triangle
S/I-12 Gone Fishin'- add a fish to your card or layout.
S/I-13 put a gnome on it
S/I-14 Hang on!- someone/something holding something in their hands
S/I-15 Something is wonky. Use a "wonky edge" shape - tattered edge, torn edge idea
S/I-16 Tagged. Use 5 or more TAGS on one project
S/I-17 Easter Bunny - Use a rabbit on your page or card
S/I-18 Feeling Fruity - Use a fruit icon on your project
COLOURS/MOODBOARDS
C/M-1 robin egg blue
C/M-2 monochromatic - use only shades of a single colour (white or black may be used as well)
C/M-3 use the colour most represented in your PP stash
C/M-4 use the colour least represented in your PP stash
C/M-5 Hired to inspire #1 Use a colour combo you saw in an ad. Additional point if you share a pic of or a link to the ad that inspired you.
C/M-6 Wake up! sunrise colors
C/M-7 Be bold! a neon bright (the 80s are back!)
C/M-8. Look Ma--NO PINK!
C/M-9 Team Colours - Use the colours of your favourite sporting team on your page. The LO doesn't have to be about the team, just use the colours.
TECHNIQUES
T-1 Do some stenciling!
T-2 emboss on your project
T-3 stamp your title
T-4 stamp on your background
T-5 fontify! use more than one type of font for your layout title/card sentiment
T-6 stitch it up: use stitching - machine, hand, stamped or doodled
T-7 to die for... use a die cutting machine - electronic or manual
T-8 use a sketch
T-9 On the GRID use a grid layout
T-10 Hired to Inspire #2: Use a new technique you saw demo'd by someone in person or on line.
T-11 Give a rip! tear something
T-12 S-T-R-E-T-CH- stretch a small element by cutting and hiding the gap behind a layer
T-13 Mix it up! Make a mixed media background on white or black cardstock
T-14 Stamp and colour. use a stamped *and* coloured image - not words - like a cute critter, flowers, hearts etc.
T-15 Round Up - Use rounded edges on photos or background elements
T-16 A touch of home #2. Use a common household item to help construct something on your project. (eg use a screen to STAMP with)
T-17 Strrrrrrrretch - Spread a photo or element across 2 pages
WORDS/ Titles
W/T-1 Around the edge: write your journaling around the edge of the page
W/T-2 Look, Ma: no pic's! do a journalling only page/project (no photos - if doing a 2-page, only one side must be journalling only)
W/T-3 Get wordy. write/type at least 100 words on your layout
W/T-4 Name that MONTH Name the month in your title or greeting
W/T-5 All the FEELS... Journal your feelings, not just descriptions of card or layout.
W/T-6 multi lingual. use a word from another language in your title/sentiment
W/T-7- use a punderful pun
W/T-8 include a subtitle for your title
W/T-9 create a title without stickers or thickers. So could be cut out of pp cut-aparts, or could be hand written, stamped or die cut.
W/T-10 Circle Text - Write or type your journaling or title in a circle, either inside a circle or around the outside of a circle.
W/T-11 Fontastic - Use 3 or more different fonts on your layout/card
W/T-12 Time and place - Put a date and location on your project
W/T-13 Use song lyrics
THEMES
Th-1 School's out! Celebrate a grad or last day of school, or maybe last day of work before a vacation.
Th-2 Spring themed project
Th-3 nature themed project
Th-4 make a pet or animal themed project
Th-5 Travel
Th-6 Vintage
Th-7 Happy Birthday! Make a card or layout about birthdays.
Th-8 Niblings (a cool term for nieces and nephews) - about being one, having them, or make a card for one of your niblings
Th-9 Change it up- change of season rituals (planting/cleanup, wardrobe/shopping, porch/patio decor, etc)
Th-10 Before and After A few suggestions - - A stack of supplies before and the after layout. A haircut - before and after. Getting ready for prom - before and after. An organization project - before and after.
Th-11 Spring is springing. Do a layout of spring flowers or rain or budding trees or lambs or - or - or. Anything that signifies spring for you
Th-12 theme park/amusement park layout or elements used on a card (like a ferris wheel)
Th-13 Text Me - Use a screenshot of text messages and include the story (and photos if you have them) on your layout
Th-14 How Does Your Garden Grow - Do a page about gardening, or featuring garden photos.
Th-15 Food, Glorious Food - Do a layout about food. It could be a recipe card, a LO about cooking, or your favourite restaurant.
Th-16 Be a sport. Scrap a sporting event.
Th-17 Join a TEAM. Include a photo of a work or sports team on your page. Extra point if YOU are on the team!
Th-18 The show must go on - feature a live show or performance
Th-19 Vroom Vroom - Car or driving theme
NUMBERS/SIZES
N/S-1 Go BIG or go home! Let your title--or your greeting--take up at least HALF of your real estate.
N/S-2 use a 5x7 or larger photo
N/S-3 Use at least one Number
N/S-4 use 3 or more circles
N/S-5 use NO cardstock on your layout. If it's a card, your card base can still be cardstock, but has to be almost fully covered by pp
N/S-6 Four or MORE use 4 or more photos on 1 page of a layout
N/S-7 2nd Quarter - Divide your page into quarters - either squares, vertical or horizontal strips, or diagonally - and only fill 2 of the quarters.
N/S-8 Layer it up! Pile the mats (4 for April) behind your photo or focal. Layers can include stamping/inking/stenciling.
N/S-9 Layer it up! Pile the mats (5 for May) behind your photo or focal. Layers can include stamping/inking/stenciling.
N/S-10Layer it up! Pile the mats (6 for June) behind your photo or focal. Layers can include stamping/inking/stenciling.
N/S 11 Cram 'em in - Use at least 5 photos on one page
N/S-12 Mix em up! Use 3 different sizes of photos
N/S-13 We are family - Use a photo featuring 3 or more people
N/S-14 All in the family - Group photo with 6 or more people
RECIPES *NOTE*: one point per item PLUS one point for using them all on one project
Re-1 Spring forward:
1. black for mud
2. green for grass
3. pink and yellow for flowers
4. splashes of paint/ink or stenciled/drawn raindrops
Re-2 Use your stash recipe
1. use 3 or more scraps
2. use 2 or more tools
3. use your favorite color
4. use a product you haven’t used in a while ( washi, stamps, mist …)
Re-3 EASTER (your page doesn't have to be about Easter
1. Use an oval or egg shape / icon
2. Add foliage for the Easter Bunny to hide the eggs behind
3. What's your favourite kind of chocolate: milk, dark, or white? Use brown or cream on your page.
4. Add sprinkles eg. little beads, sequins, paint splatter, glitter etc
OTHER
O-1 finish a class project
O-2 create your own kit
O-3 use your own kit to create something
O-4 use something brand new (purchased or received this month)
O-5 Swatch your inks! I've reached for my ring of colors so many times lately.
O-6 Make a holiday card - Easter, Memorial Day, Mother's Day, Flag Day.... any other holiday during this quarter
O-7 Use something from an unopened pkg in your stash.
O-8 Send a handmade card.
O-9 Send a crafty RAK
O-10 Finish a UFO/WIP
O-11 create a project life page
O-13 crafting to go take a project with you on the go
O-14 change of view craft somewhere different than usual
O-15 print 10 or more photos
O-16 Go Back - to 28-4-28 - Choose a challenge and complete it.
O-17 Leavin' On a Jet Plane - complete a layout of getting ready for vacation. Start with the airport, train station, bus station, gas station, suitcases - - -
O-18 Re-do Renew - Do you have an old page that you don't like? Rescrap it! Show us the original page, if you're game.
O-19 Use up those page/card kits from your stash, we all still have a few!
O-20 Get 'em printed - Print a batch of 25+ photos
O-21 Neat Freak - Clean up your space as soon as you finish a project
O-22 Scrap Stash - Organize and/or put away your scraps
O-23 Had to have it - Make a scrappy purchase
O-24-The out-takes - use a not so perfect picture or record a not so perfect moment
O-25 6 in 1 - meet 6 challenges with 1 LO or card
