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It’s October and my kids are already talking about Halloween! October brings pumpkins and leaves, crisp air, and goblins & ghosts of course! We have a fabulous list of challenges for you this month. Here’s hoping October is your month to complete the portfolio!
For ease of reference, we've created a printable checklist of this month's portfolio. Click the link below to download and print.
October 2011: Sweet Shoppe Scrapper's Portfolio & Tracker
As always, you MUST use primarily Sweet Shoppe products to complete your challenge layouts.
One Point Tasks - 20 Primary Points Possible
1 - Lift a portfolio layout by one of the Sugar Babes! This month the Sugar Babes created pages based on this September 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!
2 - Quote Inspiration! Create a page that uses this quote as inspiration. “The heart of autumn must have broken here and poured it’s treasure upon the leaves.” –Charlotte Fiske Bates
3 – 365 Days of Bliss! We’ve been sharing 365 Days of Bliss on the blog with you. Create a page inspired by one of the blissful posts found on the blog!
4 – Color inspiration! Create a page that is inspired by this color palette.
5 – Create a page that uses 12 different pattern papers.
6 – Ad Inspiration – create a page based on this ad.
7 – Font challenge – use this font somewhere on your page.
8 – Neopolitan Challenge – Choose three layouts from Lynnette’s gallery and use one item from each page to inspire a new page!
9 – Lift-A-Babe – here’s your chance to lift the fabulous Darla!
10 – Crop it tight. Turn a boring photo into an interesting one by cropping it close. Scrap that photo.
11 – In honor of fall, create a page inspired by this leaf garland.
12 – October 10th is Columbus Day... in honor of the man who “discovered” the "new world"... create a layout about something you have done for the very first time.
13 - One Little Word Challenge: Pause! Scrap a layout based on that word (use it as your title!)
14 – Halloween - Scrap a page about your favorite costume from childhood or if you could dress up as anything, what would you be? Who is your alter-ego?
15 – Recipe challenge - using the "month" of October - use these items in your layout:
O - 1 Oval
C - 2 Clips
T - 2 pieces of Tape
O - 1 Orange Element
B - 2 Bows
E - 1 Envelope
R - 2 Ribbons
16 – National School Lunch Week – scrap a page about a lunch you or your children regularly eat or even scrap your lunch box or your favorite place to eat lunch!
17 - It's time for one of our steady favorites again! Paper 2 Digi! Browse teapot2angel’s gallery and lift one of her amazing layouts! Paper 2 Digi is always a blast and a great chance to try out some new techniques!
18 – October 1st is National Card Making Day! Create a hybrid card!
19 – Did you or your child have a special stuffed animal or blanket? In honor of Rupert the lost then found little lamb, scrap a page about it!
20 - Are you keeping up with your recipe book? September is National Pasta Month! Create a recipe card featuring pasta! Need some ideas? Check out the National Pasta Association for loads of yummy recipes!
Two Point Tasks - 20 Primary Points Possible
21 - Technique – Use a large photo as a background. Check out Misty’s approach here.
22- A day in the life - scrap a page that shows a snap shot of one full day in your family. You can do it all about one person or your whole family...whichever you choose. (A great way to catch up on your day in the life pages from Ali Edward’s challenge in August!)
23 – The time is about to change for many people around the world, in the spirit, scrap about Change.
24 – Take inspiration from one of the layouts on this blog to create a fully digital page - no product, just fonts, actions and your photo editing program!
25 – Photo inspiration – take a photo walk through your neighborhood or town and capture a photo (or two or three) that illustrates what fall or the month of October is like there.
26 – Scrap a page about things this generation of children will never know.
27 – Black & White – scrap a page with a black background and another with a white background. Two layouts for two points!
28 – Scrap a photo or set of photos. Then take one of those photos and scrap it again with a different take or theme! Two layouts for two points.
29 – Technique - Create a custom brush and use it on a page.
30 – Go retro! Scrap a photo that is at least ten years old.
Five Point Tasks - 10 Primary Points Possible
31 - Pick 3 topics about from this list of journaling ideas and scrap 3 layouts to earn 5 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:
32a – “If you don’t like something change it; if you can’t change it, change the way you think about it.” – Mary Engelbreit
32b – “Perhaps our eyes need to be washed by our tears once in a while, so that we can see life with a clearer view again.”
32c – “Don’t exchange what you want the most for what you want at the moment.”
32d – “If ‘plan A’ doesn’t work out, don’t worry, you still have 25 letters left.”
32e - "Sometimes, you forgive people simply because you still want them in your life."
Ten Point Task - 10 Primary Points Possible
33 – It's officially fall! Where has the year gone?? With the rest of the year dwindling down, let's get ahead of the game. This month we want to see you create a calendar. It needs to have at least 6 months completed, and can be any size you like (full page, 2 page, cd, 5x7, etc). Get a head start on your holiday gifts, get your own personal calendars ready for the coming year, cross something off that never-ending to do list!
Here is some amazing inspiration to get you started...
Calendar Diorama by Rebecca
4x6 Calendar Frame by mummytothree
Desk Calendar by Rebecca
CD Calendar by Lizzy257
Calendar Set by Jen Tapler
Flex Tip - Be Creative! If the challenge is asking for a TOP 10 of your favorite TV shows, feel free to scrap your husband's or child's favorite shows instead! If it's asking a question, feel free to ask the question of a loved one and scrap a page for them instead.
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DON'T FORGET! As you complete layouts for our challenges, you'll be tracking them yourself in one post that you'll update throughout the month. For October, all layouts and points need to be posted by 11:59pm EST at the end of the day on November 1st. If you're joining us for the first time this month, have a look at the amazing portfolio tracker threads from throughout the year to see how it's done!
1) Post to claim your tracker spot for the month.
2) When you finish a layout for a challenge, upload it to the gallery and right click to get the image information for your layout.
3) Return to your tracker spot you claimed in this thread, and click edit to add the image of your layout to your portfolio. You'll want to add your layout in order of the numbered list above and include that number and the points earned above your image.
4) At the very end of your portfolio, please keep a running tally of the total points earned to date.
PLEASE NOTE: Portfolio points may NOT be carried over into the following month as each month begins anew with a fresh set of inspiring challenges! Additionally, you may NOT use the same layout for more than one numbered task - each task requires a new layout. For more information, visit the Portfolio FAQ.
Please don't post chatter or comments in this thread as we'd like to keep it clean and easy to check at the end of the month. If you want to give praise to your favorite prompts or layouts, feel free to chatter as much as you like in our General Info & Chatter Forum. Thanks!!
It’s October and my kids are already talking about Halloween! October brings pumpkins and leaves, crisp air, and goblins & ghosts of course! We have a fabulous list of challenges for you this month. Here’s hoping October is your month to complete the portfolio!
For ease of reference, we've created a printable checklist of this month's portfolio. Click the link below to download and print.
October 2011: Sweet Shoppe Scrapper's Portfolio & Tracker
As always, you MUST use primarily Sweet Shoppe products to complete your challenge layouts.
One Point Tasks - 20 Primary Points Possible
1 - Lift a portfolio layout by one of the Sugar Babes! This month the Sugar Babes created pages based on this September 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!
2 - Quote Inspiration! Create a page that uses this quote as inspiration. “The heart of autumn must have broken here and poured it’s treasure upon the leaves.” –Charlotte Fiske Bates
3 – 365 Days of Bliss! We’ve been sharing 365 Days of Bliss on the blog with you. Create a page inspired by one of the blissful posts found on the blog!
4 – Color inspiration! Create a page that is inspired by this color palette.
5 – Create a page that uses 12 different pattern papers.
6 – Ad Inspiration – create a page based on this ad.
7 – Font challenge – use this font somewhere on your page.
8 – Neopolitan Challenge – Choose three layouts from Lynnette’s gallery and use one item from each page to inspire a new page!
9 – Lift-A-Babe – here’s your chance to lift the fabulous Darla!
10 – Crop it tight. Turn a boring photo into an interesting one by cropping it close. Scrap that photo.
11 – In honor of fall, create a page inspired by this leaf garland.
12 – October 10th is Columbus Day... in honor of the man who “discovered” the "new world"... create a layout about something you have done for the very first time.
13 - One Little Word Challenge: Pause! Scrap a layout based on that word (use it as your title!)
14 – Halloween - Scrap a page about your favorite costume from childhood or if you could dress up as anything, what would you be? Who is your alter-ego?
15 – Recipe challenge - using the "month" of October - use these items in your layout:
O - 1 Oval
C - 2 Clips
T - 2 pieces of Tape
O - 1 Orange Element
B - 2 Bows
E - 1 Envelope
R - 2 Ribbons
16 – National School Lunch Week – scrap a page about a lunch you or your children regularly eat or even scrap your lunch box or your favorite place to eat lunch!
17 - It's time for one of our steady favorites again! Paper 2 Digi! Browse teapot2angel’s gallery and lift one of her amazing layouts! Paper 2 Digi is always a blast and a great chance to try out some new techniques!
18 – October 1st is National Card Making Day! Create a hybrid card!
19 – Did you or your child have a special stuffed animal or blanket? In honor of Rupert the lost then found little lamb, scrap a page about it!
20 - Are you keeping up with your recipe book? September is National Pasta Month! Create a recipe card featuring pasta! Need some ideas? Check out the National Pasta Association for loads of yummy recipes!
Two Point Tasks - 20 Primary Points Possible
21 - Technique – Use a large photo as a background. Check out Misty’s approach here.
22- A day in the life - scrap a page that shows a snap shot of one full day in your family. You can do it all about one person or your whole family...whichever you choose. (A great way to catch up on your day in the life pages from Ali Edward’s challenge in August!)
23 – The time is about to change for many people around the world, in the spirit, scrap about Change.
24 – Take inspiration from one of the layouts on this blog to create a fully digital page - no product, just fonts, actions and your photo editing program!
25 – Photo inspiration – take a photo walk through your neighborhood or town and capture a photo (or two or three) that illustrates what fall or the month of October is like there.
26 – Scrap a page about things this generation of children will never know.
27 – Black & White – scrap a page with a black background and another with a white background. Two layouts for two points!
28 – Scrap a photo or set of photos. Then take one of those photos and scrap it again with a different take or theme! Two layouts for two points.
29 – Technique - Create a custom brush and use it on a page.
30 – Go retro! Scrap a photo that is at least ten years old.
Five Point Tasks - 10 Primary Points Possible
31 - Pick 3 topics about from this list of journaling ideas and scrap 3 layouts to earn 5 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:
32a – “If you don’t like something change it; if you can’t change it, change the way you think about it.” – Mary Engelbreit
32b – “Perhaps our eyes need to be washed by our tears once in a while, so that we can see life with a clearer view again.”
32c – “Don’t exchange what you want the most for what you want at the moment.”
32d – “If ‘plan A’ doesn’t work out, don’t worry, you still have 25 letters left.”
32e - "Sometimes, you forgive people simply because you still want them in your life."
Ten Point Task - 10 Primary Points Possible
33 – It's officially fall! Where has the year gone?? With the rest of the year dwindling down, let's get ahead of the game. This month we want to see you create a calendar. It needs to have at least 6 months completed, and can be any size you like (full page, 2 page, cd, 5x7, etc). Get a head start on your holiday gifts, get your own personal calendars ready for the coming year, cross something off that never-ending to do list!
Here is some amazing inspiration to get you started...
Calendar Diorama by Rebecca
4x6 Calendar Frame by mummytothree
Desk Calendar by Rebecca
CD Calendar by Lizzy257
Calendar Set by Jen Tapler
Flex Tip - Be Creative! If the challenge is asking for a TOP 10 of your favorite TV shows, feel free to scrap your husband's or child's favorite shows instead! If it's asking a question, feel free to ask the question of a loved one and scrap a page for them instead.
__________
DON'T FORGET! As you complete layouts for our challenges, you'll be tracking them yourself in one post that you'll update throughout the month. For October, all layouts and points need to be posted by 11:59pm EST at the end of the day on November 1st. If you're joining us for the first time this month, have a look at the amazing portfolio tracker threads from throughout the year to see how it's done!
1) Post to claim your tracker spot for the month.
2) When you finish a layout for a challenge, upload it to the gallery and right click to get the image information for your layout.
3) Return to your tracker spot you claimed in this thread, and click edit to add the image of your layout to your portfolio. You'll want to add your layout in order of the numbered list above and include that number and the points earned above your image.
4) At the very end of your portfolio, please keep a running tally of the total points earned to date.
PLEASE NOTE: Portfolio points may NOT be carried over into the following month as each month begins anew with a fresh set of inspiring challenges! Additionally, you may NOT use the same layout for more than one numbered task - each task requires a new layout. For more information, visit the Portfolio FAQ.
Please don't post chatter or comments in this thread as we'd like to keep it clean and easy to check at the end of the month. If you want to give praise to your favorite prompts or layouts, feel free to chatter as much as you like in our General Info & Chatter Forum. Thanks!!
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