Do you need to be challenged? (with freebie!)

There are some fantastic challenges out in there in digiscrap-land. Some of them aren't easy to find at first, so I thought I'd put together a list to help you out! First, I wanted to tell you about some of the common challenges that you'll see out there.

Common types of challenges

• Scrap daily - for people who are working on a P365 (project 365). Make a layout each day (or 31 layouts in a month with 31 days, and so on) to get the posting bonus.
• Ad challenge - an advertisement is shown, create your own page using the colours, layout etc for inspiration
• Colour challenge - a colour palette is given, create either a layout or mini-kit based on the palette.
• Template challenge - I love these! Pick up the (usually free) template and use it to create a layout.
• Wordart challenge - use the given wordart on a page. These come in various 'flavours' including scripture challenges.
• Desktop challenge - create a desktop background for your computer.
• Clean & Simple (C&S) - create a really simple but effective layout
• Clutter it - start with a simple template or layout, and add elements to jazz it up
• Recipe challenge - these come in two flavours. One type has you scrap a recipe for a favourite meal or dish. The other will give you a list of ingredients - eg 2 flowers, one frame, one ribbon - which you need to use on your page to win the prize.
• Font challenge - use a given font
• Scraplift - a layout is shown as inpiration for your own designing
• Journalling challenge - journal around a specific topic, or create a page where the journalling takes centre stage, rather than the photo or elements.
• Quote / motto / slogan challenge - use a given quote on a page, and let it inspire your layout.
• Calendar challenge - create a calendar page
• Lyrics / song challenge - use the lyrics to a song to create your page
• QP exchange - create a quickpage from a specific kit. At the end of the challenge, you get everyone's QPs
• Swap - you send a photo to another challengee, and they send you their photo. You scrap each other's photos
• Kit challenge - design a page from a specific kit. (Similar challenges for elements are around, too)
• Progressive scrap - instructions are given progressively over several days. You can't change anything on the page you've already done!
• Photo techniques - these focus more on the photo and how it is treated, and often teach a new technique as well - such as converting a colour photo to a B&W photo with a small coloured section.

Stay tuned for info about challenge sites over the next few days!

Here's some wordart on the theme...

Either right-click and "Save as" to save the image, or go here to pick it up from 4shared.

Have fun... I'll be back soon with some challenge sites to keep you busy!
Kylie