August 2020: Passport FAQ

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If you have any questions regarding THIS month's Passport 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 Passport Challenge System!

Here is a list of this month's challenge prompts for easy reference:

#1. One Little Word : Amusement
You can use this word as/in your title work, within your journaling, or simply let it inspire the direction of your layout.

#2. Product : Playful Stitched Alphas
Scrap a page featuring a creative use of a SSD stitched alphabet.








#3. Featured : Brook & Willemijne
Our featured designer articles have been expanded since we started our alphabet inspired series, and are showcased on the blog each time a new designer goes into the spotlight. Your challenge is to use any solo product from one of our featured designers this month PLUS discover something from either Wendy or Cindy's interviews this month to use as inspiration for a layout, be sure to tell us what inspired you in your gallery comments!

The following are a few ideas on how you may glean inspiration from a FD interview... Using this interview with Meg [featured in December] ... You might be inspired by the red and white cookie jars in her kitchen to scrap a red & white layout. Maybe you'd like to include the quote she shared “The Best Thing About Memories Is Making Them” on your page, maybe you were inspired by the letter “G” to scrap your own OLW starting with the letter G... or perhaps you might simply want to lift one of the layouts created by the Babes to show off the FD freebie. It’s totally up to YOU to decide how you'd want to be loosely inspired by one of our FD blog posts.

#4. Inspired By : Abstract Word Art
Scrap a page that plays with abstract word art.








#5. List : Top 10 Favorite Games to Play
Mix and match from your favorite board games, video games, apps, card games, etcetera.

#6. Leaving Love :
Leave love on 15 layouts in the gallery and then post the link to each in your tracker thread.
Create your own place marker by using your favorite layout you've left love for during the month to "hold" that spot on your card ♥
Right click on a page in the gallery and save... follow by resizing this saved image to 97 X 97 before adding it to your Passport tracker image.

#7. Photography : Playfully Candid Shots... No Posing

#8. Quote : Blur the Line Between Work & Play
You can creatively incorporate quotes into your page as titles, using journal cards or including the quote within your journaling.


#9. Seasonal : Girlfriends & Underwear
August includes National Girlfriends Day, Friendship Day & Friendship Week, so we think you should scrap a page that pays tribute to friendship! OR you can scrap something for National Underwear Day on August 5th. Totally your choice!

#10. Typography : Playful Fonts
Download and use one [or more!] of the 25 playfully fun fonts from the link above and use it on your layout.

#11. Wild Card : Scrap anything you'd like for this challenge ♥

#12. Composition : Triangles
Let triangular shapes inspire the design composition of your page.








#13. Journal : Art Journaling
This month we're mixing things up! Play around with your favorite paint, brushes, and elements to create an art journal page.






#14. Currently : Playing...

#15. Color : Scrap with this month’s color swatch.
It should be obvious that the page you've created was inspired by the colors featured in the swatch image posted below.
** You don’t necessarily have to use all of the colors shown [use 2, or 3, or all 5] **


#16. Pop Culture : Press Play
Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime, Apple TV, HBO Max, Disney+ ... streaming services are everywhere! Pick your fave and share some must-see TV with us.

#17. Details : Reverse Masks
Have some fun playing with masks to create a negative space that anchors the focal point of your page.








#18. Scraplift : Hosted on the Blog
On the first Sunday of each month, Sugarbabe Kim E. will host an inspiring Scraplift Challenge on the SSD Blog.
You have the entire month to play along and complete your page.

To keep in mind while you're scrapping...
These prompts are written and created with fairly broad themes/concepts in mind and I think that personal interpretation is key. You can certainly approach a prompt literally, or I encourage you to think about it in a different way ... take a creative approach on ways to apply prompts so that they'll work for you and your family.