APRIL is on the way! Time for sign ups!

Are you ready for an exciting month of challenges that will spark your creativity and make you to step outside your comfort zone by challenging you to try variety of techniques? You may even complete that project you always wanted to finish. If so, welcome to APRIL's Anything Goes Challenge!

As usual, we will enjoy daily challenges, weekly challenges, weekly photo challenges and a monthly challenge.

SIGN-UPS will be open until APRIL 10th.

If you are playing for points/prizes please send me $8.00 via USPS no later than APRIL 15th. If you don't want to pay, you can always play motivational (but you won't be eligible for the prizes).

Please mail to:
Megan A. Walker
311 S LASALLE ST APT 3H
DURHAM, NC 27705-3606

Alternately you can pay via PayPal by sending money to
AnythingGoesChallenge@gma il.com
If you select this method, you will have to pay $8.55 to cover PayPal fees but that’s not that bad considering a stamp would cost you $0.45

PRIZES: Gift certificates to sb.com!


**Prize Categories**

(prize amounts will be based upon the number of players)

1. Most Points Overall: no matter what your goal was if you meet your goal and if you have the most points at the end of the month, then you are the winner in this category.

2. Most Points 10 or Fewer Layouts: If you set your goal at 10 or fewer layouts and you meet your goal BUT do not exceed 10 layouts for the month then you are eligible for this category. If you complete more than 10 LOs then that moves you to other prize categories.

3. Random Drawing of All who Complete the Monthly Challenge: Complete the monthly challenge as well as meeting your monthly LO goal and you will be entered into a random drawing for this prize!

4. Most Daily Challenges Completed: A new daily challenge will be posted everyday. If you complete the highest number of daily challenges and keep track of how many you complete in a blog on sb.com during the month, then you will be eligible for a prize in this category. If there is a tie, then there will be a drawing using random.org. Daily challenges are usually meant to be completed on a layout, a card, or an altered project. There will be few day specific challenges but generally you will be able to complete the daily challenges at your own pace and you may combine several of them on the same project. (PLEASE NOTE: To be eligible for this category, please start a blog at sb.com to list your challenges completed.)

5. Random Drawing of Everyone Who Meets Their Monthly Layout Goal: Meet your monthly layout goal and there will be a drawing done on random.org of everyone who met their goal but did not win in another category.

***** You will only be eligible for prizes having met your monthly layout goal. Each paying player may only win in ONE category.*****


Layouts are counted towards your goal in the following manner:
*8x8 or above including 6x12, 8.5x11, 12x12=1 layout (2 pagers count as 2 layouts)
*2 6x6 = 1 layout
*3 4x6 or 5x5=1 layout
*4 mini layouts (3x3, 4x4 etc.)= 1 layout
**Cards do not count toward your layout goal, but you can count points for them.**
*Altered items and other projects can be counted as "layouts" based on the amount of work you put into them. If you aren't sure how many layouts a project is “worth”, just ask!


**A note for people who'd like to play for prizes, but not keep track of points; as long as you link/post your layouts to the thread, you can still be eligible for categories 3, 4, and 5 of prizes!**


WHEN YOU SIGN UP, PLEASE POST YOUR LAYOUT GOAL FOR THE MONTH! YOU MAY CHANGE YOUR GOAL ANYTIME BEFORE SIGN-UPS CLOSE on the 10th of the month!

Important Rules:
~Only pages that are NEWLY completed and uploaded on or after APRIL 1st count towards your total points and layouts.
~This challenge ends on APRIL 30th, 2012 at 11:59 PM PST. All LOs, cards, pics, or other projects to be counted for points or towards your LO goal must be uploaded to your gallery AND linked to this thread with your point details.
~All weekly challenge pics, LOs/projects, etc. AND POINT DETAILS must be posted to the thread by the deadline for weekly challenges which is Sunday 11:59 PM PST. (That is the Sunday of the week the challenges were posted for. Weeks run from MONDAY (Day 1) to SUNDAY (Day 7).
~Most daily challenges do NOT have to be complete the day the challenge is posted, unless the challenge says it is for that day only. However, you get +10 bonus points for completing a daily challenge the day it was posted.
~To take the bonus +10 pts for completing a daily challenge the day it was posted you must have the daily complete, uploaded to your gallery, and posted to the thread WITH POINTS DETAILS by 11:59 PM PST that day.
~When you post your cards, LOs, or altered projects please post all points details including any daily, weekly, or monthly challenges you are counting them for on this thread. Please try not to post projects then come back later to post the points details. If you do not post points details by a deadline for special points, you cannot take special points even if the project was completed in time. Special points are points such as points for a weekly challenge or the points for completing a daily challenge the same day it is posted, bonus points offered for another reason.



Note on embedding:

ALLOWING PUBLIC EMBEDDING:
1. Go to the layout in your gallery.
2. Click on 'Edit Image' tab under the layout.
3. Scroll down to the bottom left side.
4. Check the box that says, ‘Allow Public Embedding’.

LINKING LAYOUTS TO THE THREAD:
1. Go to the layout in your gallery.
2. Click on 'Link/Embed Image' link in the 'Share & Link' box to the left of the layout.
3. Click on 'IMG code' button.
4. Copy and paste the code which starts [url...] into the forum thread.

PLAYERS

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Megan Ann 2/2 GOAL MET!!! 4062 pts 6 DCs
Msnickers2 24/10 GOAL MET!!! 10230 pts 20 DCs
DaNel Hicks 37/25 GOAL MET!!! 11017 pts 12 DCs
Inspired.By.Love 6.5/5 GOAL MET!!! 14045 28 DCs
Quay 58/20 GOAL MET!!! 20408 pts 17 DCs
njr007 9/8 GOAL MET!!! 16789 pts 28 DCs
teresakay 21/15 GOAL MET!!! 8828 pts 19 DCs
AshleyLadd 0/10
amancuso 0/5

MOTIVATIONAL
LyndaMarie 0/20
jadebrit
YourScrapAttack 0/15
skittlesab5 0/15
NewSnow0518

~*~DAILY CHALLENGES~*~

BONUS POINTS: YOU MAY TAKE +10 pts for completing the daily challenge by 11:59 pm (PST) on the same day/date that it was posted for! (SO the 9/2 challenge needs to be completed by 11:59 pm on 9/2 to take the +10 bonus points.)

4/1: Set up your daily challenge blog, signature line and monthly goal blog for +125 pts.

4/2: National Peanut Butter & Jelly day. Today use Brown or tan as the background paper color 125 pts.

4/3: Find a Rainbow day. Use all the colors of the Rainbow on one project today (layout, card, project) 300 points.

4/4: Today is Vitamin C day. Use a C on your layout, card, or project today. 150 points

4/5: National fun at work day. Scrap about what you do for a living. Tell about what you love about your job.(Layout only) 150 points.

4/6: Today is Good Friday. Take 150 points and have a Good Day.

4/7: Today is Metric System Day. Create something with 6 cm squares. 25 points per square up to 150 points.

4/8: Today is Easter Sunday here in the US. Make a layout, card, or project using Pastel colors for 100 points. Use easter eggs on it for an additional 50. Sorry for the delay. If Megan agrees the +10 for doing it today can be done Monday too since today is over 1/2 over.

4/9: I have LOTS of stamps and rarely use them. So let’s use our stamps on a card or layout
Use 1 stamped image for 50 points
Use 2 stamped images for 100 points
Use 3 stamped images for 150 points

April 10 daily: Today is National Sibling Day-Make a layout about siblings 300 points

April 11 daily: Today is National Pet Day-Scrap about a pet 150 points

April 12 daily: Post 5 quotes to the thread for 50 points. Use one of the quotes on a card for an additional 50 points-use it on a layout or project for an additional 100 points

April 13 daily: Use your scraps! AT least 60% of your project must be made with scrap paper and leftover embellishments. Layout 150 points, card 100 points

April 14 daily- Use this sketch for 150 pts
April Pagemap By Njr007

4/15 daily: Scraplift yourself for 150 points

4/16: Scrap about some part of your everyday routine for 150 points.

4/17: Summer will be here before we know it! Share a favorite summer recipe with us for 75 points. If your recipe requires NO cooking or baking, take an extra 50 points (125 total.)

4/18: Use a photo of a person or animal, but with an unusual crop – for example, only feet, eyes or a hand. No more than half of a body (not a portrait) or half of a face. LOs only, for 300 points.

4/19: Choose a favorite geometric shape and use it on a LO or card. Take 50 points for each different method you use to make that shape, up to 150 points. For example: if you chose a circle, you could stitch, doodle, and use a punch to make the circles.

4/20: Let's spread some cheer this TGIF! Go to the gallery and leave some love and encouragement on strangers' projects – neighbors with whom you do not normally interact. 4 points per comment, up to 120 points.

4/21: Use earth tones as the predominant colors in your project today for 100 points. Add a poem or quote about the earth for an additional 50 points.

4/22: Today is Earth Day. Include something "earth" or "of the earth", however you interpret it, on your LO or card today for 150 points.

04/23: Use the quote "Life doesn't have to be what people tell you it is" on your layout somewhere for 100pts. For not using the quote directly on the layout but instead as inspiration, take just 50pts. You cannot collect both points, it's one or the other.

04/24: Be inspired by a book cover today - find a book cover that gives you some inspiration and scrap a layout. For posting both a photo of the book cover and the layout, take 150pts.

04/25: It's officially "East Meets West Day" so include something "East" on your layout today - you can go far east (Asian) or near east (NY?) - or even eastern colours - I'm thinking lots of gold - Just so long as you include the theme or idea of "east" somewhere on your LO! +150pts

04/26: It's National Pretzel Day!!! Use something twisty or twirly on your LO or project today and take 100pts!

~*~Weekly Challenge and Photo Challenge~*~
These challenges MUST be posted WITH POINTS DETAILS by 11:59 PM PST Sunday to take points for the weekly challenges.

RULE: If you take a pic of your computer screen because you do not have the item asked for in the weekly photo challenge you will only get half points for the picture of your computer screen. So if the challenge was originally worth 100 pts, you would get 50 pts; worth 50 pts, you would get 25 pts; etc.


WEEK 1: APRIL 2-8, 2012

Scrapping Challenge

I think everyone is on the same weather schedule and spring has been skipped and it feels like summer already. (at least around here with 80 degree days). This week lets scrap about spring time. Be creative. Show us what you love about Spring.
Use all the photos from the weekly challenge on this layout.

150 points for using all photos
100 points for journaling
75 points for 1 page
150 if you use 2 pages
400 points maximum

Photo Challenge


Photos (50 points each max of 250 points)
Flowers
Tree with new growth
Green grass (not brown like winter grass)
Sunshine Day
Your favorite Spring Thing

WEEK 2: APRIL 9-15, 2012

Scrapping Challenge

My layouts and techniques have progressed dramatically since I first started scrapping. Scrapbooking has evolved so much in the last 10 years. I have learned new techniques, gotten new ideas and paper, textures and embellishments have changed. So take a layout you did when you first started scrapping and redo it using your current scrapping style. You don’t have to use the same photo, but try to use a photo that is similar to the one in your original layout. Post both here for 400 points


Photo Challenge

Take a photo of what these days represent to you for 50 points each
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday


WEEK 3: APRIL 16-22, 2012

Scrapping Challenge

The week will end with Earth Day, so for the weekly lets do something good for the earth – salvage or reuse something that would normally be thrown away. Some examples include buttons, trims or fabric from worn-out clothing; or product packaging/labeling. Use these salvaged items as embellies, or to create embellies, and take 60 points for each item used on a card or LO, up to 300 points.

As a bonus, salvage something and use it on a non-scrapbook project for another 100 points.
Post your photos here and let us know what you used and how so we can all be inspired. Turn your imagination loose and have fun with this!

Photo Challenge

For the weekly photo challenge, we are staying with the earth day theme and heading outside. This challenge is called 100 steps. Choose a spot to show us the beauty of the earth where you live and take your first photo. Then take 100 steps, stop and choose another photo. Do this until you have 5 photos to share for 50 points each.


WEEK 4: APRIL 23-30, 2012

Scrapping Challenge

It's National Karaoke Week (bet you didn't know that! Cuz I didn't until yesterday lol!) - let's use music this week as inspiration for our work. I'm a big music fan and I'm sure some of you are too. I've come up with ten challenges to do with music. For each challenge you complete, take 100pts for a max of 400pts total. You can combine multiple challenges on a single layout.

1. Use song lyrics from an ABBA song on your layout
2. Include a music note or musical embellishment on your layout
3. Find LO title inspiration in a song - whether it be lyrics or a song title
4. Create a layout about what kind of music you like
5. Include a playlist of your favourite or most listened to songs on your layout
6. Make a layout about a concert you attended
7. Use a song title from one of the following bands/artists (which hopefully you don't know too well and have to check out!) on your layout: Wilco, Bon Iver, Mumford & Sons, Plain White T's, Patrick Watson, or Joshua Radin
8. Create a page with karaoke - interpret this how you want!
9. Listen to the song "Underwater Love" by Smoke City and create a layout inspired by the song
10. Make a layout about a musical instrument or about someone you know who plays a musical instrument

Photo Challenge

1. Shiny
2. Memorable
3. Fresh
4. Happy
5. Outside

MONTHLY CHALLENGE

APRIL POINTS LIST

BONUS POINTS!!!!

Take +300 bonus points if you pay by APRIL 5th,
take +200 points if you pay by APRIL 10th,
take +100 pts if you pay by APRIL 15th, the deadline!

1 POINT ITEMS
- PER letter/number used in title only (stamped, sticker, chipboard, rub-on, die cut, etc.)
- PER photo corner, button, staple, brad, paper clip, jewel, pearl, or metal item.
- PER sticker used (flat or 3D, NOT alphas in title)
- PER hand stitch

5 POINTS PER EACH ITEM USED ON A PROJECT
(example: if you use three different pattern papers take 15 points)
- PER cardstock/pattern paper used
- PER scripture, recipe, quote or poem (includes song lyrics)
- PER type/kind of ribbon, trim, twine, fiber or embroidery floss/thread used
- PER rub on shape or word (border, frame, flower,“love” etc. NOT individual letters or numbers)
- PER stamped image or word on your project
- PER type of bling (glittered paper, foil, metallic ink, glitter glue, jewel, pearl, etc.)
- PER color of glitter mist, paint, or ink used
- PER hand-cut embellie (that you cut out w/ scissors)
- PER type of distressing (inking, sanding, crumpling paper, etc.)
- PER embossed image/word (wet embossing) OR embossed texture/pattern (dry embossing)
- PER card or swap item made (full points for first, 10 pts for each identical one)
- PER layout 6x6 or smaller (MUST have a link in this forum)

5 POINTS FOR USING THESE ITEMS/TECHNIQUES ON A PROJECT
(only take 5 points once for each item you use, no matter how many times you use it)
- for using glossy accents or crackle accents or other epoxy/enamel accents
for using chipboard/grungeboard/car dboard
- for using Stickles, glitter glue, or loose glitter
- for using a non-scrapbooking item
- for using an old book or magazine page as one of your papers
- for using foam, flocked, felt, fabric, foil, velvet, or vinyl
- for using a punch
- for using patterned paper as your background
- for having a journaling block OR journaling strips
- for using any metal item
- for having a tree on your project
- for creating a LO for another challenge on sb.com or on another blog/website (MUST tell what challenge it is for AND if it is not an sb.com challenge you MUST post the website link to the challenge!)

10 POINT ITEMS:
- PER 8x8 or larger (6x12, 8.5x11, 12x12) layout (MUST have a link in this forum)
- PER transparency, acrylic shape, overlay, or any CLEAR item used on your project
- PER mask you do on your project
- PER HANDMADE (by YOU) flower on your project
- for having an interactive flap (like the All Ears layout
Flap
OR an interactive flap on a tag like this sample .
- for doodling on your page
- for coloring in a stamped/doodled/printed image with 3+ colors
- for matting the core of your layout including embellies. Here's an example.
- for cutting out an embellishment OR your title letters from unused pictures or picture scraps
- for using a color palette from a site such as The Color Room OR www.design-seeds.com (you MUST share the link to the color palette you used to take points!)
- for paper rolling
- for making your LO a shape that is not a square or a rectangle (ex. heart or circle) OR a LO that has a border that is not a straight edge (ex. scalloped border or rick rack border)
- for using memorabilia besides pictures
- for using one or more of the following themes: April Showers/Rain (real or metaphorical), Blossoms, or New Beginnings
- for using items from your stash that are OVER 1 year old (so items you got in Jan 2011 or before!)
- for having hidden pics or journaling—to take these points, you must include a close up of the hidden items in your gallery and link to this thread (journaling that is just written on the back of the LO does not count as hidden)
- take + 10 pts for scraplifting a project or using a sketch OR take +20 pts for scraplifting a project made by anyone on the PLAYERS LIST for April 2012 for the Anything Goes Challenge (this list is on the 1st page)--(You must link the original page/sketch too, always possible even if it is just the link-that starts with http://-- You cannot take points without the link.)

20 POINT ITEMS:
- for using your OWN design that is NOT based on someone else’s design or sketch to create an altered project or layout (take ONLY +10 pts if it is a card or swap item you designed yourself)
- PER layout with no pictures
- PER layout (not card or altered project) with at least 60% negative space
- PER altered item created
- for REPURPOSING or RECYCLING product packaging to use on your project
- for creating a word cloud to use as your title or journaling (here is a site that does it for you: www.wordle.net or you can create your own in a similar style using alpha/word stamps, stickers, your own handwriting, etc.)
- for using an interactive song.
step one: go to www.playlist.com/
step two: find a song that is appropriate for your page
step three: copy the url
step four: got to http://goqr.me/
step five: select the url tab and paste the code
step six: print the QR code and add it to your layout
now this code can be scanned by a smart phone and the song will play with the page


50 POINTS (yes, you read that correctly!):
- for creating your own SKETCH (you DO NOT need to create a LO with it), posting it in your gallery and linking it to this thread
- for creating a written OR photo OR video tutorial for scrapbooking/crafting and posting it on your blog (sb.com blog or other, like blogspot or typepad) and sharing the link on this thread

PICTURE POINTS ON YOUR LAYOUTS/PROJECTS/CARDS

5 POINTS:
- PER picture (4 pics = 20 pts.)
- PER person or animal in each pic
- PER picture over 5 years old OR picture taken during 2012 or later
- PER picture that is NOT a square or rectangle
- for rounding the corners of your picture (with a punch or with scissors)

10 POINTS:
- PER picture that YOU are in
- PER picture with NO people or animals in it
- PER photo larger than 4x6 OR 3x3 (2x3, 2x2, etc.) or smaller
- for single page LO w/ 3+ pics OR double page LO w/ 7+ pics
- for having the title, an embellishment, or journaling on or overlapping the picture
- for using a digi effect on a picture (B&W, colored, cartoon, etc.)
- for distressing the edges of your PHOTO

JOURNALING POINTS

- 1 point PER word of journaling (not pre-printed embellies) up to 400 points
- 25 points for every 50 words over 400 (E.g. Total of 500 words would equal 450 points)
- 10 points for using handwritten journaling on your page (or 20 pts for 50+ words or 50 points for 100+ words)

ADDITIONAL POINTS

2 POINTS:
- PER comment you post in a gallery/blog/my place
- PER new photo taken by you, posted to your sb.com gallery, and linked to this thread
- PER quote posted that you find inspirational, encouraging, or just plain funny (give credit to author if possible!)

5 POINTS:
- PER new BLOG entry (NO POINTS FOR UPDATING A BLOG) (MUST have a link to this forum)
-PER new tutorial reviewed and shared with us on this thread (Say a few words about the tutorial, does not have to be an in-depth review--let us know if it is unique, easy to follow, very complicated, explained poorly, needs pictures, etc--and it must not have been shared by another person during this month! MAX: you can share 2 tutorials per day for points!)
- For cleaning up your scrap area after you completed the posted layout
- For updating your siggy-points & layouts info IMMEDIATELY after posting points (Max. 5 times per day!)

10 POINTS:
- PER product reviewed in the Scrapbook.com Superstore (You MUST share the link to the review on this thread!)
- for doing a THOROUGH cleaning of your scrap area when it is messy! YOU MUST POST A BEFORE AND AFTER pic to take the points! (MAX # of times you can take these points per month: 10)
- for completing a goal on you list of “Goals For the Month of April” list made during the month (MAX # of goals you can take points for per month: 15!)

Challenge Volunteers! These are the new rules for people who want to volunteer to do a week of challenges.
1.The weekly challenge cannot be worth more than 400 pts.

2.The daily challenges can only be worth 150 pts with one exception per week up to 300 pts. So 6 days of 150 points or less and one challenge up to 300 points.

3.The daily challenges should generally be something that can be incorporated into ANY LO. Not a challenge that you must make a LO for that you wouldn't have made otherwise. But it CAN require you to make a whole LO for one challenge per week.

4.Picture challenges can only be worth up to 250 pts total added up for all pictures. There should not be more than 6 pictures for the weekly photo challenge.

5. You SHOULD post the challenge by 10 AM EST (which is 7AM PST) OR post the challenge the night before, preferably after 9PM your time.

6. Please update the 1st page with your challenges at least one time by the Tuesday of your week, at least once by the Friday of your week, and at least once on Sunday of your week after you post the last daily challenge for your week! So you need to update the 1st page using the AnythingGoesChallenge login (you will be pm'd the login information before your week as hostess) a minimum of 3 times if you host an entire week of challenges. The first time you update, on Monday or Tuesday of your week, please post BOTH your weekly challenges and your daily challenges under the correct post (either the Daily Challenges post of the Weekly Challenges post on the 1st page of the thread).


****Weeks will run from Monday to Sunday!****
APRIL 2012
1 Megan Ann
2-8 DaNel Hicks
9-15 njr007
16-22 LyndaMarie
23-29
30

I need volunteers to host challenges!!!

I'm in again!! 20 LOs, and motivational

I can do a week of challenges, but not either of the first 2 weeks. I'm expecting my daughter to come visit (keeping fingers crossed!)

i would love to join but only motivational. I have a feeling april will be crazy! Easter is right around the corner, Westin will be out for a week for spring break, work is getting busier, there might be a possibility I might be moving out at the end of the month but I'm still waiting to look at the place, and of course my b-day is the 30th which I am really excited about! So lots of fun stuff going on but not much scrap time

Motivational for me hence my knee surgery. At least I will be able to play the first part of the month! Put me down for 20 LO's!!

And in "May" I intend to bring it!!! Oh Yaaaaaaaa!! hehehe

id like to play motivational please. id like 15 please.

sign me up

Thanks for volunteering Lyn!

Jade, sounds like a fun month!!

I hope your surgery goes well, Quay! And that you have a speedy recovery so you can join us in March!

Welcome back, Rhonda & Shalene!

I'm in. I'm going to play for points. I can also host a week if you need me to. I can NOT host the last week (April 23 - 29) as I will be out of town at a horse show.

I'm in for 25 layouts

jci

Oh, I almost forgot about my goal. Hehehe.Hmmmmm.
I will do 10 LO's.

Sent payment today.

ONE MORE DAY LADIES!!!

I am going to get in on this at the start this time....I would like 15 LO's and motivational to make sure I have it right......next month gonna pay and play!!

jci