January 2019: 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 :


#2. Product :
Scrap with a futuristic kit... aliens, space, technology. Push yourself to scrap an off-theme layout with a very themed kit!

#3. Featured : Grace & Jenn in January
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 either Grace or Jenn PLUS discover something from either Grace or Jenn'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 :
Create a layout inspired by this pin looking back on 2018 and forward to 2019...



#5. List :
Include a To-Do List in one of the layouts you scrap this month!

#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 :
Photograph Change ...
Capture change in a series of images whether it be a growing belly, the changing of seasons, a messy house to a clean one, weight loss progression photos.
Show us “change” in a series of photos and scrap it!

#8. Quote :
Use the following quote on your page.



#9. Seasonal :
National Bird Day is on January 5th, scrap a page using birds galore!
Feel free to work birds into your page using photographs or papers & elements from your favorite digital kits!

#10. Typography :
Use the font Elianto to create a fun & futuristic title on one of your layouts this month!
Click on the image below to download the font and then use it on your page.



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

#12. Composition :
2019 is the perfect time for a fresh start, or a blank slate so to speak.
Use this as inspiration to create a layout with tons of white space like these layouts from our community members...

Sheana


bcnatty


Leahblahblah


#13. Journal :
The January issue of Real Simple magazine has an article about making 2019 your "Year of the Tiny Resolution”.
Keeping this in mind, what small, but mighty thing can you do in your life that may result in big changes? Write about it.

#14. Currently :
Planning

#15. Color :
Scrap with this month’s color swatch inspired by Pantone’s Color of the Year “Living Coral”
Your layout should be inspired by the colors featured in the swatch image posted below.
You don’t necessarily have to use all of the colors shown, but it should be obvious that the page you've created was inspired by the swatch provided.


#16. Rewind / Flashback :
Once upon a time, modern magazine style layouts without shadows were all the rage.
We challenge you to create an ultra-clean layout using NO shadows.



#17. Scrap Stash :
Sort your scrap stash by date, and scrap with a product at least a year old!

#18. Scraplift :
On the first Sunday of each month, Sugarbabe Kim B. 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.