October 2011

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For October, the challenges will be fairly straight-forward.

Challenge One - post on October 4t[b]h[/b] - Participants: Jmmetoo, KMG, Lbaker, CandyHaz, Ceceparsley

1) take and post a photo of a hand-crafted swap (you created or someone else created - as long as it is a swap item that has been made - sorry, but buy and bag ones don't count for this challenge).

2) Create something using that swap and post a photo of your creation.

Note: if you remember who created the swap (I know I don't always save the bags), please remember to credit the person if they are on our message board!

Challenge Two - TECHNIQUE CHALLENGE - EARN 2 ENTRIES - post on October 7th[b] - Participants: Jmmetoo, Ceceparsley, KMG [/b]
Grab your stash of leftover letters (stickers or leftovers from die cuts). Take a photo of the pile.

Create something NOT using letters for the title and take a photo of your result. Post both photos together (yes, I will help if you have issues with posting both photos).

Challenge Three - post on October 12th
1) Notice that stack of paper - is it growing? Here is a way we will help you out - it is time
to make something. Take a piece of cardstock and a piece of patterned paper. You may add any scraps you want, but only these two pieces of paper can start out whole. Take a photo of the two big pieces and whatever scraps you want to include.

2) create a layout or page or card or whatever, using those two pieces of paper (and whatever other parts you chose). Take a photo of your result and post!

Challenge Four - post on October 15th
Here we get tough - today you have to use a sketch! Use the sketch below to create a layout or card.

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You can make it whatever size you wish. Turn it, tilt it, whatever you need to do. Enjoy and post your results!

Challenge Five - post on October 18th
Keep it simple - post something you have created using the color blue

Challenge Six - post on October 25th
Simple is out the window today! Are you up for the challenge? You know I like animals - no clue if you do or not. Your challenge today is to create a layout, card or project that incorporates an animal. Not just animal prints, but an actual picture or stamp or sticker or swap (you get the idea) of some type of animal. Cow, pig, cat, dog, elephant, camel, zebra - you choose!

Challenge Seven - post on October 28th
After the last challenge - time to go a bit easier on you . Today, create something using a piece of 3x5 paper and a piece of 12x1 paper. Take a pic of the two pieces of paper before and then another after. Post both photos! Have fun!

Dates are now posted!

Got to get to work~!

Ok - question -

you said in the main topic that you have 48 hours to complete each one.

Does that start on the day or before?

Reason I m asking - I will be out of town on the 15th - (parents weekend at JMU) - can I post on the 14th for the 15 th entry? Or is it only 48 hours day of and day after?

does that make sense?

I will clarify in the post, but it is 12 hours before the day plus the day. So, for the 15th post, you have from the 14th at noon through the 16th at noon.

Hope this makes sense. I don't think I could have made it any more confusing if I tried .

So - entries due on 15th. You can post 12 hours early or late, to keep noon as the deadline. All times are determined by CST.

ok - great

Can we work on the projects now as long as we wait to post them on their due date?

You bet

As long as it isn't posted anywhere before the date, it counts. If it is a project that posts before the date, it doesn't count for that particular day.

Challenge One-
The swap is from 'Inches or Twinches Swap' sorry but i do not remember who did this one. Please post if you created this.

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and here is my LO

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Great Job!!!!

Perfect match!

Thanks!

I know - that paper was just right - there are even little seahorses on it!

From circle swap- made by Melody

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Made a card, card is corugated(sp?) and yellow is like a grass cloth- made me think of a banana. Outside- Go wild Inside- It's your Birthday!



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Excellent job! I remember that swap! Great work

I hope there is at least 1 use a swap challenge each month. That way I will at least have used 12 swap items in the next year!

love your card !

These were from a color swap. I don't know who made what though. I made the tag; I at least remember that.

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And the page I made...

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very pretty!

KMG - hmm - that sounds like an interesting idea!

I realized as soon as I finished the attached that it qualified, but hadn't taken the before ... so here is a frame I made incorporating 2 of the 3 flowers I got from Amy at the crop in Illinois, with the third flower beside it ... does this still count [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

Yes, we had a whole bag of swaps then

Turned out wonderfully.

lbaker and candyhaz those are both beautiful projects!

Great job ladies!!!

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a swap long, long, ago and far, far away......
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park map inside folder

hope I got it in under the wire

Great LO !

Awesome work all of you! I agree...I think a swap challange would be useful every month.

Super job! Cecily!

Yes, it is time stamped 10:27, so you are fine (besides, I just got home and have to use it as my guide anyway )

Love the hidden part of your layout!


Hmm - guessing that maybe a swap piece will be used every month - one less thing for me to think about.

Here is what I did (I am not in prize drawing, neither is anyone who enters after this post, but you can still post your work) - The little pumpkins are the swap part, but then they were incorporated into a bigger swap -- mainly the little bags for retreat this weekend.
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cell phone pic, but you can see the basic idea. Still adding pins (oh - that was a swap too!)

Very cute bags!

thanks! very simple, but just what I needed

Challenge Two

here's my letters

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here's my LO

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Great job Jeri!!!!

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[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]DD and i are directly under the "R-E" in "READ"

Made a card



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Inside= Thought you might like an email from me!

Jeri and Cecily- both fun LOs!

Love all the posts - great job everyone

Love your E-Card karen

Looking good!!!!

Wow! You guys came up with some great ideas for using letter stickers. Very inspiring! I will so be scraplifting these. The e-mail card makes me smile.

loving these! Boy - I thought I had a lot of letter stickers - nope, not anymore



Just teasing. I kind of have a lot of letters - just from trial cuts on cricut

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Great project Candy!

great job! love that pumpkin punch - is it one of Martha's?

It's an EK Success ... first time I used it ...

love, love, love this! I am SO scraplifting!

Challenge Three

here is my paper (the solid one is hard to see - it's maroon)

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and my LO (used the maroon to mat all the photos

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beautiful - love those colors!

Really nice Jeri, like how the stripes go with the steps

Decided to challenge myself with this tree bark paper



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Here is my LO

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cool LO-great use fo paper!

Thanks- looking forward to seeing yours today!

Great layout - love that bark paper