January 2018 - Bingo FAQ
 

If you have any questions regarding THIS month's Bingo challenges, please post them here.

We have a wonderful team and community here at SSD....
so someone is sure to get back to you ASAP with answers to anything and everything related to our Challenge Bingo system!

Here is this month's card for easy reference:
https://www.sweetshoppedesigns.com/b...18_January.jpg

Here's a bit of extra information on a few of the prompts that might help you get started :

#2: Squirrel Appreciation Day:
Scrap about what distracts you :D

#9: Pay it Forward - Leave Love on 15 Gallery Pages...
You leave love on 15 layouts in the gallery and then post the link to each in your tracker thread.
Use the place marker below to "hold" that spot on your card ♥
First, click on the image below ... then right click that image and save as a .png file.
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4640/...d89f48ee72.jpg

#14: Participate in the SSD Blog Scraplift posted on January 7th...
On the first Sunday of each month, Sugarbabe Kim B. hosts a Scraplift challenge on the SSD Blog.
You have the entire month to play along and complete your page.

#20. Paper Challenge: Shape It Up...
Scrap with any paper shapes you'd like... feel free to use all one shape or mix it up and use several that are different!

#23. Template Challenge: Countdown...
Use a template where numbers are a predominant feature and let them help to tell your story.

What does "Every New Beginning Supplies the Ending for an Old One" mean?

It's just an inspirational message... in the same spirit as Every Ending Is A New Beginning.

So use it as a quote/title or somewhere in your journaling. Got it. I thought it might be a quote we had to scrap. I wasn't sure if it was just inspirational. I had no idea! :D So thank you for answering that one!

Like #24... It's merely meant to act as inspiration for a page... you can certainly use/reference the sentiment or wording of the message on your page, but it isn't necessary ...
I hope that helps

Oh!! #24 I was going with the literal and looking for bright photos with just shadows!! Sometimes I'm too literal to interpret things. Sadly, one of my kids is just like me and she understands my thought process! :D

Holding my spot here...so excited to get back to the Bingo Challenges this year!

You've accidently got the wrong thread.
It would be ashame if you post your card in this one.
You can grab a spot in this thread.
https://www.sweetshoppecommunity.com...ad.php?t=88152

Can't wait for your pages!

For the One Word Title, can your word be a number (like "2017", for example)?

Sure! That should be fine :)

Oops! Thanks
 

Thanks! I got to the right one!!

I just participated in the Sweet Little Holiday Party Challenges and one of them was to scrap your One Little Word. Can we use THAT layout for the same challenge on the card or do we have to do a separate one? (Just checking)

You'll have to do a new page, as there's no double dipping :D
But you could switch things up and create a One Word Title layout instead.

Thanks!!
 

Oh good! I didn't want to redo something I'd already done...but a one word titled page is easy! Thanks!

Could you clarify #16 for me - Use a Featured Designed Kit? I found the featured designer tab in the store...do we need to use one of the kits shown there or any kit by the designers listed there?

Amanda Yi is our current Featured Designer [until Januaray 12th - found under the *Limited Time Offer* Tab in the Shoppe] and is offering the darling True Colors kit. These are kits/products that are offered every two weeks as promotions ... *Free with a $10 purchase* and are automatically added to your order if it qualifies. We'll have two more Featured Designer Kits available in January, but you're free to use any kit that's previously been available as a Featured Designer Kit. I hope that helps.

Perfect. Thanks!

in the outlined alphabets does this mean you can use an alpha and have it outlined? Or does it need to be a font that is outlined?

Some alphabets similar to this, Jessica:
https://www.sweetshoppedesigns.com/s...et-preview.jpg

so in my last layout I did I added an outline on the alpha...will it work?

https://www.sweetshoppecommunity.com...e_ornament.jpg

That alphabet will work perfectly, Jessica.

and just for more clarification...

Any outlined alphabet that is similar to the one Sherly shared above will work for challenge #15... as will an alphabet like the first three rows on the following product:

https://www.sweetshoppedesigns.com/s...ars-alphas.jpg

I hope that helps.

That's totally ok Jenn!
The challenges are easy going and open for interpretation. Thing is to just scrap 'in the spirit of the challenge'.

for the use a featured designer kit, is it that I have to use the current one or is anyone ok? If it is that anyone is ok, is there an easy way to look back and find which one was a featured designer kit? I don't label them as FWP kits.

I just went to the blog and typed in "featured designer kit" in the search option and came up with this list. From there, I went through what I have (which is most of them) and scrapped one that I hadn't' scrapped before:

https://www.sweetshoppedesigns.com/?...d+designer+kit

You're free to use any Featured Designer Kit ♥
If you search FWP or Free with purchase on the blog. You'll get all the blogposts with FWP kits.
Click Here for Link

awesome, thanks Loni!! I remember a few off the top of my head but wanted more variety :)

next question.......
is it that I have to use the FWP kit or is any of the kits that the featured designer has on sale during their week eligible?
Hope I don't sound too confusing.

I have edited the rest of my post as I did use a FWP kit after all but am curious in case others are now wondering also.

That is a good question. I always assumed it had to be the one that was free! I hope they clarify because that can help a few people who don't have a FWP kit!

true, I spend way too much here so have quite a few of them :o but this kit just went with my photo perfectly. If I can't use it no problem I will see if it fits somewhere else. ;)

ETA: it fit another challenge perfectly as I used a FWP kit that went great with another photo I wanted to use :)

#23. Template Challenge: Countdown
Can we use any template or SSD only?

Any, as long as you use SSD designers for most of your page. At least that's what I understand.

The spirit of the challenge is to use a kit that you've received for free... specifically one of our FWP Featured Designer kits. These are products that are offered every 2 weeks and are free with a $10 purchase. I think a lot of folks pick up FWPs with their orders, but often don't use them right away, so thought this would be a great motivator to pull one out of your stash. It can be a recent offering, or an old one. If you don't happen to own a kit that's previously been offered as a FWP Featured Designer kit, please feel free to use one of the Free Samples currently offered in the Shoppe. I hope that helps.

Normally you're free to use any template you'd like, as long as the bulk of your layout consists of SSD product... however, because this challenge is specifically asking you to use a template, it's preferred that you use one that's available from SSD.

If you don't happen to own a number inspired SSD template, please feel free to use an alphabet set to add numbers to any existing SSD template in your library. I hope that helps.

Thanks Loni, I have quite a few FWP kits and did use one for the challenge. Was just confirming as my original page I had used one that the featured designer had on sale during her week :). Thanks for clarifying, all set and done.

I really cant remember how long its been since I got a challenge coupon lol. Are they off one product or a whole purchase? .... this determines how hard I try for a coverall lol:wub:

A whole purchase! :wub:
And if you complete a blackout, you've got a chance on winning a 50 dollar coupon.

I wanted to let you all know too that I created a Featured Designer Pinterest Board so you can easily scroll through what kits have been FWP.
https://www.pinterest.com/ssdpins/sw...ured-designer/

I have a question about the scraplift... I'm assuming we are supposed to lift the one that was featured, but that is so outside my style, I honestly don't think I could create anything looking even remotely like that page. How loose is this challenge? Would I be able to create a page with maybe the same image placement and have that count?

Yes, it would count. The challenges are easy going. You can take anything that inspires you about the layout to create a new one.

QUESTION... I goofed and somehow thought one of the Bingo options was to fill the four boxes in each corner. I realized today that I only have to do four boxes in TWO corners... but I did the wrong corners!

My Bingo card is here:
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4683/...35027b8f_z.jpg

As you can see I did top right and bottom left but in the rules for pattern options it shows the top left and bottom right:
https://www.sweetshoppedesigns.com/b...30-corners.jpg

Just wondering if I'm okay in the spirit of the game, or do I need to go back and follow an exact pattern?

Thank you!

PS - I know I am still one LO short. ;)

I could be wrong, but my take was that it was just that shape, not necessarily that exact placement, so the other two corners would count.

No, you don't need to go back. The images shown are just samples. You don't need to fill those exact boxes. Your cards is just fine!

Thank you!

Do you have a list of the templates that have a countdown type theme from SSD? I've looked and I can't really find any... (Any besides 12 days of Christmas and year in review?)

Nicole, you can always customize these templates:

https://www.sweetshoppedesigns.com/s...01-preview.jpg

https://www.sweetshoppedesigns.com/s...51-preview.jpg

https://www.sweetshoppedesigns.com/s...56-preview.jpg

https://www.sweetshoppedesigns.com/s...5-previewW.jpg

https://www.sweetshoppedesigns.com/s...10-preview.jpg

Hopelessly devoted... can it be anything? This is a tough one for me.

Yep, can be anything. From serious one to the cheesy one :)

Sherly has shared some great options above. And I wanted to include a response for a similar question posted earlier in the thread... if you can't find a template featuring numbers that inspires you, simply add numbers to one that does. Hopefully, one of these suggestions will help.