Total: 30 points
1 - Lift a portfolio layout by one of the Sugar Babes! This month the Sugar Babes created pages based on this May Portfolio. These layouts can be found in the gallery or rotating on the site’s home page. Your challenge is to lift one of the Babes' portfolio layouts! - 1 primary point and 1 NR point for Julie's Kona Coast, Up 5/6
4 – “Truly great friends are hard to find, difficult to leave, and impossible to forget.” Create a page that highlights one of your friendships. Some topics to include - how you met, where you met, how long you have known each other, what you like about your friend or why you are both pals. - 1 primary point and 1 NR point for Meg & Traci's Life In Pixels
5 - Mother's Day is May 8th. Create a page about what it means to you to be a mother OR create a page about what your mother means to you. - 1 primary point and 1 NR point for Meg's Love Blooms Here, up 5/6
6 - Ad Inspiration - do a page inspired by this House Beautiful ad. Use the colors, the design or even just the font work to inspire you. - 1 primary point
7 - Create a page inspired by this fun photo display. Utilize the colors, the words, or even a grid design as inspiration. - 1 primary point
12 - Spring means bugs! Include butterflies, ladybirds, ants - any creepy crawly creature on your page or in photo(s). - 1 primary point
15 - Choose one of these beautiful words and use it as a title on your page. - 1 primary point and 1 NR point for Shawna & Libby's Freeze Frame
16 - May 7th is National Weather Observer's Day; scrap a page using at least one weather related embellishment on it - clouds, sun, snow, raindrops, etc. - 1 primary point and 1 NR point for Shawna's Carefree, up 5/6
21 - Technique – have your photo merge into text. - 2 primary points
22- Create an ampersand like this one using lots of different patterned paper strips. - 2 primary points
23 - In 25 meaningful words tell us who you are - no sentence structure required just throw the words around that say YOU! (e.g. Chocaholic, Dancer, Positive, Energetic, Athlete, Mother, Organizer) Make your page a tribute to you; use a variety of fonts and alphabets and your 25 words on the layout. - 2 primary points
25 - Use a variety of borders - either pre-made or shape templates to create a page inspired by this piece. - 2 primary points
27 - Photo editing challenge - change the color of an element in your photograph (someone's shirt, a flower, etc.) and scrap that photo. For a tutorial, go here. - 2 primary points
28 - Splatter or scatter at least two different colors of ink or paint on your page. Here's an inspiration piece. - 2 primary points
32 - Life Lessons 2011 - this year SSD is encouraging you to create a Life's Little Lessons Album! One of the greatest things we can pass along to our loved ones is the stories of lessons we've learned in our own lives, so this year we're challenging you to do a little soul searching and create an album of these little learning experiences. Pick 3 of the 5 topics below and scrap 3 layouts to earn 5 points: - 5 primary points
32c - Do one thing everyday that makes you happy.
32d - Dare to be different.
32e - Always laugh when you can. It is cheaper than medicine.
Total: 30 points
5/5 NR points USED