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Welcome to the First Week Challenge Thread for VSBN17NovDec! We're glad you're playing along. It's really quite simple, we're flexible on how you want to use these challenges, all scrappers are welcome!
This challenge will have 31 Challenges (1 per day) listed in November. You'll have all of November and December (plus a little of January) to complete your challenge pages.
Here's the Process:
1. Each Day we'll post a New Challenge in that week's Challenge Thread
2. Feel free to scrap that challenge in any format
3. Use the KEYWORD VSBN17NovDec in your upload
4. Post a link to your page in that week's challenge thread
5. Have FUN!
__________________ Lela -- Scrap Blog -- Come Scrap With Us ---- YTD 87 / 300 Pages 2023 -- 64 / 252 Cards 2023
Our First Challenge is all about Getting ready for Gratitude! The definition for "gratitude" says: (NOUN) : the quality of being thankful; readiness to show appreciation for and to return kindness It's all about being "READY to Appreciate" whether it's the season, the day or events!
Challenge #1 -- Get Ready --
* If you're doing a December Album Your Challenge is to Create the First Page of the Album. Welcome the Holiday Season 2017. Leave a Journaling box for listing at least one item your Thankful For ....
* If you're playing along with our Challenges individually Your Challenge is to create a page(s) that depict "getting ready" i.e. ... baking a cake, putting on your coat, getting dressed, pulling out your decorations, basting your turkey, boarding a plane ... whatever it is, let's get ready! Use at least 1 Journaling box per page ... we want the scoop
** Don't Forget**
1. Use the Keyword VSBN17NovDec
2. Link your page upload to this thread
3. You have until January 10, 2018 to play along
4. Have Fun!
__________________ Lela -- Scrap Blog -- Come Scrap With Us ---- YTD 87 / 300 Pages 2023 -- 64 / 252 Cards 2023
Day 2 Challenge and it's all about the weather! I live here in the Midwest so we're seeing chilly temps and frost on the windows ... we're not even wishing for "white stuff" yet ... too early ... but we know it's coming
Challenge #2 -- Oh the Weather Outside Is --
* If you're doing a December Album Your Challenge is to Create a Page(s) that will showcase the weather. Make sure to add a little box or spot to list the temperatures outside as you get ready for the holiday ....
* If you're playing along with our Challenges individually Your Challenge is to create a page(s) with background colors that "depict" the season. Example reds, oranges, browns ... Fall, pastels for Spring, white, blue, gray/silver for winter ... well you get it! Let's see the weather
** Don't Forget**
1. Use the Keyword VSBN17NovDec
2. Link your page upload to this thread
3. You have until January 10, 2018 to play along
4. Have Fun!
__________________ Lela -- Scrap Blog -- Come Scrap With Us ---- YTD 87 / 300 Pages 2023 -- 64 / 252 Cards 2023
Week 1 / Challenge 3 Every Day December VSBN17NovDec
************************************************** *********** Makin' A List, Checkin' It Twice ... ( I know you're humming along with me now... haha!) It's that time of year when having a list is not only helpful but critical! You sure don't want to forget anyone ... or that special item.
Challenge #3 - Makin' A List --
*If you're doing a December Album your challenge is to create a Page(s) that will be specifically for a list or 2. It could be your wish list, your child/grandchild Santa list, your grocery list or even just your "to do" list ... it will be fun as you look back to see all the holiday ideas. Maybe add your planner page (or at least a photo) as the list?
*If you're playing along with our Challenge individually your challenge is to create a page(s) that has a list. Make sure to include a photo of the person or items or something that's showing on that list so you can tell the story further of the list importance!
** Don't Forget**
1. Use the Keyword VSBN17NovDec
2. Link your page upload to this thread
3. You have until January 10, 2018 to play along
4. Have Fun!
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__________________ Lela -- Scrap Blog -- Come Scrap With Us ---- YTD 87 / 300 Pages 2023 -- 64 / 252 Cards 2023
Week 1 / Challenge 4 Every Day December VSBN17NovDec
************************************************** *********** Gratitude, Blessed and Thankful -- As we hear the first strains of Christmas or holiday music and we see the advertisements or commercials for the "must have" items of the season, it's a great time to reflect on the best parts of life prior to seasonal chaos.
**For December Daily and Individual Scrappers, use "Blessed, Gratitude or Thankful" as one of the words in your title or as your title.
Add hearts as embellishments
** Don't Forget**
1. Use the Keyword VSBN17NovDec
2. Link your page upload to this thread
3. You have until January 10, 2018 to play along
4. Have Fun!
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__________________ Lela -- Scrap Blog -- Come Scrap With Us ---- YTD 87 / 300 Pages 2023 -- 64 / 252 Cards 2023
__________________ The Difference Between Try and Triumph Is Just A Little Ump Wednesday: Alpha Challenge
Thursday: Ways To Use It Challenge
Monthly: MMJ Challenge….get inky and have fun
So far I'm excited! Probably won't do a Dec Daily, but will certainly do the individuals. I know what I will do for #1 - take a photo when I go to board the plane on the 15th. Have realized I did #2 once I read this challenge. It is my "Cold Walk" page.
Thanks Lela for all your efforts on our behalf, you are a sweetie!
__________________ Joyce Ann - Layouts completed: 2022/ 218; 2023/ 71. Layouts for 2024: Jan 3=72, Feb 3=75
It sounds almost overwhelming. Not sure I will do the daily but will have a go at the individual challenges. I'm still trying to get my head around what is required but will get there.
Thank you, Lela, it's amazing how you get these so organised, I probably wouldn't get more than one challenge at a time. Thanks for making them interesting too.
And yes, I already changed the your invited to you're invited! As soon as I loaded the picture I noticed that but there is no way I am redoing the photo!!
Hi, my "weather" page Summer in OZ Our Christmas is unfortunately in Summer, and so we have lovely summer photos. I had thought of using a snowy one but that is not right for December in Austratlia. Enjoy. TFL
Hi Lola, welcome to the group and hello from sunny and very hot Perth. Happy creating and weekend
__________________ The Difference Between Try and Triumph Is Just A Little Ump Wednesday: Alpha Challenge
Thursday: Ways To Use It Challenge
Monthly: MMJ Challenge….get inky and have fun
This is the first page of the album I've decided to make documenting my two weeks in AZ. I debated for a while on the size. (Still planning to make the second option later.) First page for 2 week album
__________________ Joyce Ann - Layouts completed: 2022/ 218; 2023/ 71. Layouts for 2024: Jan 3=72, Feb 3=75
VSBN17NovDec - Week 1/Challenge 3 - This is my attempt at Challenge 3 - making a list. I always forget to make a list of who to send Christmas cards to and in the end usually only get them sent on Christmas Eve! This time, thanks to this challenge I have made my list and will have my cards ready to send in the next week or so - they are made just got to send them. Thanks for looking.
Thanks Lela for all your efforts on our behalf, you are a sweetie!
I super appreciate all of your nice comments ladies, sometimes its difficult here at SCS to get all of these challenges posted as the system times out ...
My faves I think are in week 4 & 5 so I hope you get to some of those as well.... don't hesitate to jump around.
I'm going to update the master thread this week so you'll be able to see all of them "at a glance"
__________________ Lela -- Scrap Blog -- Come Scrap With Us ---- YTD 87 / 300 Pages 2023 -- 64 / 252 Cards 2023
__________________ The Difference Between Try and Triumph Is Just A Little Ump Wednesday: Alpha Challenge
Thursday: Ways To Use It Challenge
Monthly: MMJ Challenge….get inky and have fun
__________________ The Difference Between Try and Triumph Is Just A Little Ump Wednesday: Alpha Challenge
Thursday: Ways To Use It Challenge
Monthly: MMJ Challenge….get inky and have fun
This is for Challenge #2 - the weather. It was 5 degrees when we landed in Heathrow and 6 degrees on our first day of sightseeing....after leaving mid 20 degrees here, it was quite a shock to the system. Hubby says that he doesn't believe I came from the UK LOL, but I am now acclimatised to Aussie weather. Thee's quite a few showing the weather and I will add them to the usual monthly thread too. Here's the first one.
__________________ The Difference Between Try and Triumph Is Just A Little Ump Wednesday: Alpha Challenge
Thursday: Ways To Use It Challenge
Monthly: MMJ Challenge….get inky and have fun
I've also created more pocket pages which are in my gallery. Will get to the other challenges soon, albeit slowly but have lots of photos of decorations and trees
__________________ The Difference Between Try and Triumph Is Just A Little Ump Wednesday: Alpha Challenge
Thursday: Ways To Use It Challenge
Monthly: MMJ Challenge….get inky and have fun
__________________ The Difference Between Try and Triumph Is Just A Little Ump Wednesday: Alpha Challenge
Thursday: Ways To Use It Challenge
Monthly: MMJ Challenge….get inky and have fun
Here's a pocket page I made as part of my travel album....my grateful page.....onto week 2 challenges and see if I can make them work in my album. I did take a photo of a list before we went on our trip but forgot to include it in the album....doh!
I realised afterwards that I should have included a heart...added this but not on the original photo.
__________________ The Difference Between Try and Triumph Is Just A Little Ump Wednesday: Alpha Challenge
Thursday: Ways To Use It Challenge
Monthly: MMJ Challenge….get inky and have fun
Another pocket page I created as part of my travel album but will include it here against Challenge #6 - decorations....we saw lots on our walk from Westminster to Oxford Circus.
I've also included the page showing Westminster lit up with their Xmas tree.
I haven't included this in my gallery as I think I may clog the system up LOL.
TFL Happy day and thanks again for the challenge Lela.
__________________ The Difference Between Try and Triumph Is Just A Little Ump Wednesday: Alpha Challenge
Thursday: Ways To Use It Challenge
Monthly: MMJ Challenge….get inky and have fun