Weekly Challenges 2008

Week 52: Creative Challenge

Monday, December 29th, 2008

Creative Challenge
Create a double page layout detailing (with journaling and photographs) 52 things that you did in 2008.  The title of this layout is “52 Things I did in 2008″ and there must be a minimum of 26 photographs used.  I would suggest using index prints and very close cropping.  Another alternative is flippers, sliders and [...]

Week 51: Fixed Challenge

Monday, December 22nd, 2008

Fixed Challenge
Create a page using the following instructions:
1 @ 12×12 plain background
2 @ 1″x9″ patterned or plain
1 large circle of patterned paper
2 x photographs (any size)
Mat one of the photographs
Ink and doodle everything
2 word title (made from anything)
Journal directly onto page (minimum of two sentences)
Unlimited ribbons, brads, eyelets, flowers and stars
Use a rubon swirl/flourish as embellishment [...]

Week 50: Colour Challenge

Sunday, December 14th, 2008

Colour Challenge:
Navy, Apricot and Cream
Create a page/s using only the colours Navy, Apricot and Cream.  Your journaling must be done by hand using either Navy or Chocolate pen.  The only colour other than Navy, Apricot and Cream that can be added is Chocolate pen for the journaling.  You cannot add any other colour, not for rubons, [...]

Week 49: Theme Challenge

Sunday, December 7th, 2008

Theme Challenge:
How we met
Create a page/s about someone special to you and how the two of you met.  Make sure that you include at least one relevant photograph and more than two sentences of journaling.  Use someone other than you children as your subject for this page/s.
If you are completing the challenges as part of our [...]

Week 48: Mixed Challenge

Monday, December 1st, 2008

Mixed Challenge
Create a double page layout using twelve (12) photographs, nine (9) stars (can be made from anything but must be individual not on top of each other to make less stars), three (3) different ribbons (each can only be used once), five (5) different patterned papers (each can be used multiple times), two (2) different colours of [...]

Week 40: Technique Challenge

Sunday, October 5th, 2008

Technique Challenge:
Masking
Create a page/s using a masking technique somewhere on something.
Masking is where you use an item/s to partially cover a surface before applying ink, paint or other colourant so that the shape of the item is left blank after removal.
Your page/s must include at least one photograph each, at least two sentences of journaling [...]