January Challenges
Scrappy New Year!
Happy 2011! What are your New Year's resolutions this year? We here at ACOT hope they include lots of scrapping and chatting with your fellow Cherries! As we celebrate another year passing it's nice to reflect on why we do this hobby: at least in part because we want to preserve our memories. So sit back with your flute of bubbly and reminisce about the last 365 days… and then scrap them!
Remember:
– only one LO per challenge will enter you into the points drawing
– LOs cannot be entered into more than one challenge category
– *please* only enter LOs that meet the specific challenge instructions
Ad Inspiration Challenge – By MamaK321 (Kristianne)
Paper or Digital Scrapbooking
Ad inspiration is about taking ideas, such as colors, patterns, title or keywords, theme, font styles, and element placement, and using them to create your own layout. You can break the ad inspiration down to a basic sketch, copy a prominent design straight from the ad, or you can alter a design to fit your own layout. Most ads are 8.5×11" but you can adapt the ad to fit any size. Remember, this is not a sketch and you are not required to follow every detail. You can use either one or both pages of this ad to inspire your layout. The key is to really LOOK at the ad and find the pieces that INSPIRE you!
Altered Object Challenge – By JulesinParadise (Jules)
Paper or Hybrid Scrapbooking
This month's altered object challenge is paper plates. Use a paper plate or more to create an embellishment for a card, a layout or on another altered object.
Hint: most paper plates have a coating on one side that resists things like inks, paints and mists. I turned the plates over and love how the colors are absorbed into the plates.
Card Challenge – By bluejeans7 (Angela)
Paper or Digital Scrapbooking
January Card Challenge
We have lots of wonderful CT members here at ACOT so I want you to dig into their galleries for some ideas. Below is a list of both the Paper CT members and the Digi CT members. Use the links provided to go to their galleries and find a layout that you love and then base your card design off of the layout that you picked out. When uploading your card in the gallery be sure to include the CT member's layout you used for your card. I think the hard part of this challenge will be trying to pick only one layout! LOL! Have fun!
Paper CT
4peasinourpod
Dianedi
bluejeans7
JanetM
megamay
SarahA
suslvgeo
JulesinParadise
ScrapGoo
Laura Fiore
Kimandasmo
Digi CT
nun69
Mommybruno
MamaK321
Jenn Kellams
Janell
Art_Teacher
FairyMouseMom
Smiley-Scraps8
sarahwhithers
milmomma
Keling
Anna1972/MC-Designs
Color Challenge – by Art_Teacher (Laura)
Paper or Digital Scrapbooking
January in Ohio is gray, gray, gray. Often the color is considered drab or boring, but it is a very versatile neutral, from soft, blue-gray to dove gray to cozy brown-gray. It pairs well with a variety of colors, so your challenge this month is to use any shade of gray paired with another color. The layout must be at least 50% gray.
Countdown Challenge – By sarahwhithers (Jennifer)
Paper or Digital Scrapbooking
For this challenge you will create a layout using a countdown method of items. I will list five different kinds of things (eg. elements, papers, photos) for you to use in your layout. Every month there will be five new items for you to use. And for this month, the theme is holidays. Be it Christmas, New Years, Easter or any other, I want a page about a holiday you've went through.
5 – Papers
4 – Holiday themed elements
3 – Different alphas or fonts
2 – Pictures
1 – Journal Strip
You are welcome to use more than these items (eg. 2 journal strips instead of 1 is fine) just as long as you meet the required list and numbers asked for each. An example is seen below.
Die Cut Challenge – By Dianedi (Diane)
Paper Scrapbooking
None
Digi CT Reveal Challenge – By Janello (Janell)
Paper or Digital Scrapbooking
This month your challenge comes from the December reveal "Wrap them up with Ribbons and Ric Rac" found here.
Please make a layout showcasing your creative ways to use ribbon and ric rac on a layout.
Example layout comes from Laura (Art_Teacher) titled "Waiting for Santa"
Digi Designer Challenge – By MamaK321 (Kristianne)
Digital only
This month scrap a layout using any products by Sherri Tierney!
Digi Do-Able Challenge – By Smiley-Scrap8 (Ronny)
Digital Scrapbooking
Welcome to another edition of Digi Do-Ables!
This month we are honored to have GRACEpunches5 as our guest template designer. Download the freebie template and use it to make a layout.
Here is my example:
And the template:
Faithbooking Challenge – By Keling (Sara)
Paper or Digital Scrapbooking
January 2011 – Faithbooking Challenge
"Miracles"
Do you believe in miracles? I do!
Have you seen or experienced a miracle? Big, or small, they come in all shapes and sizes. This month, your challenge is to scrap one of those miracles in your life, whether its the birth of a baby, or a rescue, or whatever! The choice is entirely up to you. To inspire you, I found these Bible verses:
1 Chronicles 16:8-12 – Give thanks to the LORD, call on his name; make known among the nations what he has done.
Sing to him, sing praise to him; tell of all his wonderful acts.
Glory in his holy name; let the hearts of those who seek the LORD rejoice.
Look to the LORD and his strength; seek his face always.
Remember the wonders he has done, his miracles, and the judgments he pronounced
Psalms 105:1-5 – Give thanks to the LORD, call on his name; make known among the nations what he has done.
Sing to him, sing praise to him; tell of all his wonderful acts.
Glory in his holy name; let the hearts of those who seek the LORD rejoice.
Look to the LORD and his strength; seek his face always.
Remember the wonders he has done, his miracles, and the judgments he pronounced.
And here are a couple of images I found through Google:
And here's my sample layout:
Heritage Challenge – By JanetM (Janet)
Paper AND Digital Scrapbooking
This month we're going to use a picture from our childhood or a parents' and tell something about it and add a really fun color to it.
Hybrid Challenge – By Smiley-Scrap8 (Ronny)
Paper AND Digital Scrapbooking
January Hybrid Challenge: Let the paper do the work! Use at least 5 strips or squares or circles (or any shape you want) of different digital kit papers printed and added to your paper layout. For my example I used orange, blue, red, striped and square patterned paper printed from the Daydreamer kit by Sweet Digi Scraps.
Journaling Challenge – By Jenn Kellams (Jenn)
Paper or Digital Scrapbooking
Journal about something that you remember.
Manufacturer Challenge – By 4peasinourpod (Pam)
Paper Scrapbooking
This month is CREATIVE IMAGINATIONS
You can use any line, current or past, for this challenge!
Musical Inspiration Challenge – By Kimandasmo (Cindy)
Paper or Digital Scrapbooking
None
One Word Challenge – By Jenn Kellams (Jenn)
Paper or Digital Scrapbooking
Use the word "smart" somewhere in your layout!
Photography Challenge – By nun69 (Angie)
Photography
Easy: new year, new you. 
Take a self portrait and share it with us.
Scraplift the GCT Challenge – By Kimandasmo and SarahA (Cindy and Sarah)
Paper or Digital Scrapbooking
This month's paper GCT is kittymomma! Go to her gallery here and choose a layout to scraplift, then upload yours and her layout into the gallery.
I chose to scraplift her Climb layout:
Sarah's layout:
Scrap Your Life Challenge – By nun69 (Angie)
Paper or Digital Scrapbooking
"LIVE with intentions"…..
Sketch Challenge – By Laura Fiore and 4peasinourpod (Laura and Pam)
Paper or Digital Scrapbooking
It's crazy how life can get in the way of our scrapping, and the holiday season is the ultimate definition of life getting in the way! A sketch can get you back in the game though, really quickly! Try this PageMaps sketch on and see what it inspires you to do!
Sketch:
Pam's example:
Supply List Challenge – By Beth-W (Beth)
Paper or Digital Scrapbooking
None
Theme Challenge – By ScrapGoo (Jess)
Paper or Digital Scrapbooking
This month's theme is quotes! Base a layout off of a quote you love. It can be something you've always held dear, a piece of advice, a pearl of wisdom you're using as inspiration for a New Year's resolution, your personal mantra, or maybe just something your Mama always told you! Just make sure you let us know what the quote is and who said it.
My example is a layout with the title adapted from an un-attributed quote:
Trends & Techniques Challenge – By Megamay (Meg)
Paper Scrapbooking
This month your challenge is to use a transparency on your layout. It could be a preprinted one if you must, but I really urge you to try printing your own. You can use transparencies to print journaling or digital elements. It is a great technique because it is so versatile!
Here is an example wher
Wow — lots of great ideas!
Yay!! Great challenges to get started in a brand new Year!!
Thanks guys!
Great inspiration this month. And some new and interesting challenges too.
WoohoO!!! Fun challenges!!
good job, ladies!
So much cool stuff to try! Great job, Ladies!!
i HAVE BEGUN, AND i AM HAVING A GREAT TIME! tytytytytytyty
Just a quick question-what does GCT stand for?
Yay, glad the holidays are over and I can get some challenges done! These look great!
COol Great challenges!
Great challanges and ideas… have made my list to tape up in my scrappy room!
Loving the challenges offered this month. The altered paper plat challenge already has the wheels rolling in my mind!
HAPPY 2011, ladies 🙂 thank you for keeping us all inspired!!
great challenges!
shopping list: transparencies