For our (inter)National Scrapbook Day event (live on Saturday from 1-3pm PST) we will have some fun little challenges and one big main challenge. To participate in many of the giveaways, you will can join in project challenges that I will be sharing during the live show. The project challenges will be all about YOU.
To go along with our “Give It Away” theme, I am challenging you to give a part of yourself to others by making a project about yourself. Here are the details you might need ahead of time to be prepared…
THE CHALLENGES
I’m not the type that enjoys telling others what to do. I am the type who loves to see a person’s individuality shine and I love to see how people choose to express themselves visually. So there will be no hand-holding at our iNSD challenge project. ;) I will give you the backbone but you will get to decide whether you want your project to be a layout(s), a mini-book, or an altered book (It’s that flexible!).
I will share with you the basics of what you need (the overall shapes and sizes of items) but you will get to choose from your own favorite products. Here we go…
1) Gather one or more pictures of yourself.
You will have a choice of creating a layout, or starting a minibook, or an altered book (you will not have to finish the mini or altered book to qualify for prizes. You will just need to have a start on it, such as an embellished page, that you can photogragh by the time we are done). You can have as few or as many pictures as you want. Not every page in your mini or altered book needs to have a picture of you.
2) Choose some journaling questions.
I’ve provided a list of optional questions in a post here. Choose the questions that most interest you and print them onto cardstock. Make sure they will fit on your particular project. You can cut them out if you want to be extra prepared.
3) Choose a main embellishment symbol.
Examples are: a flower, a heart, a butterfly, a compass, a clock, a bird, your initials, etc. You might want to choose a symbol that you identify with yourself or your personality, or it could just be something you love or want to use right now. I will lead you through a series of embellishment gatherings (up to 5 depending on how fast we are), so I recommend having more than one. If you will be doing a mini or altered book, you might want multiples of the same embellishment symbol. If you are doing multiple layouts, your main embellishments could vary.
4) Choose a color scheme and pick some background papers.
Since this is all about you, you might want to pick your favorite colors, or colors that reflect your personality.
5) Gather other embellishment possibilities, plus basic tools.
Now that you have your colors and your main embellishments (make sure those coordinate!), choose a variety of other embellishment types that will coordinate. For example:
a. Circles and square shaped embellishments.
b. Flourish stamps or rub-on’s.
c. Ribbon
d. Buttons, brads, etc.
Have a nice stash or varying shaped items that coordinate ready to go, along with your basic cutting tools and adhesives!
6) Have your camera and a place to post photos of your results.
Some of the challenge contests (but not all) will require that you share a photo of your project (even if it’s unfinished, which I expect many to be). You can post your photos to a blog, to a public gallery of any scrapbook site, to your flickr account, or to our own Paperclipping community at The Crop Circle where you can have a free space to share your scrapbooking projects.
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