January 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 : Metamorphosis
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 : Winter Wonderland
Use a sparkly, snow-filled kit to scrap an off-theme page that perfect for any season or everyday memory!

#3. Featured : Lorie & Bobbie
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 Nat or Alice'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 : A fellow Sweet Shopper
Choose a fellow community member who inspires you and shine the spotlight on them with a scraplift and a shout out in your tracker thread!

#5. List : Counting down… 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
Include a countdown on your next page.

#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 : Love Your Selfie
Participate in Traci’s Love Your Selfie photo-a-day challenge and scrap at least 15 of the photos!

#8. Quote : Use the following quote on your page.
Dream. Plan. Do.
You can also creatively incorporate quotes into your page using journal cards or including the quote within your journaling.


#9. Seasonal : A.A. Milne’s Birthday
In honor of A.A. Milne’s Birthday on January 18th, use a quote from Winnie The Pooh on your next page.

#10. Typography : Hello 2020!
Search “hello” at dafont.com and use one of the fonts you find on your next page!

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

#12. Composition : Gallery Inspo Wall
Use this Wall Gallery Inspiration infographic as guide for the photo composition on your next page.

#13. Journal : 30 Writing Prompts
Choose ONE of the writing prompts from this 30 day writing challenge to use as the inspiration for your next page. Be sure to tell us which day you chose in your tracker post.

#14. Currently : Resolving to...

#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 : Comics & Super Heroes
It seems like a new movie inspired by DC or Marvel is coming out every few months. Use this trend to inspire your next page be it comic inspired products, chat bubbles, storyboard design or bright primary colors!

#17. Details : Reinforcing the Focal Point
Create a page that brings your focal point to center stage, allowing the eye to radiate outward.





#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.