Other Date Challenges

Hi! Alica and Andre here with the Other Date Challenges.

Please read the Rules/Guidelines on each Challenge blog to confirm you are meeting their criteria. Keep in mind that this is a summary only. Details are on the specific Challenge Blogs.

The codes (abbreviations) next to the Challenge Names are detailed in the CHALLENGE CODES TAB at the top of our Paper Playful Blog.

Just a few reminders:

Most challenges begin on a specific day of the week BUT some begin on a specific date of the month. Those are what we call Other Date Challenges. For the ones that haven't been announced yet, the team will do our best to complete these once they have been posted. Because we post our Other Dates Challenges four times a month, some posts might not be updated on their specific posting day.

Here are your challenges!

• 2 Sisters On The Blog (M, P1, E10) #81 - Food/Drink 
• AAA Birthday Challenge (M, P1, Birthday Cards only) #56 - Add a Tag
• A Barrell of Monkeys Challenge (M, P15, E5, Entries have to be inspired by the children's toy, game or activity) #10 - Legos
• A Perfect Time To Craft (M, P1) Always Anything Goes
• All Dressed Up (M, P15, E3, SIR) #146 - Anything Goes with ADU image 
• Ally's Angels (M, P10, E3) Always Anything Goes
• Archiscraps (M, P1, E1) Dec - Christmas with an outside building
• Art-Journal-Journey (M, P1, JFF, Altered Art/Mix Media only) Dec - Above us only sky
• ATC Around the World (M, P1, E3, ATC only) #108 - Winter Wonderland
• Bastel-Traum (2M, P15) #127 - Winter Landscape
• Beautiful Blossoms (M, P15, E8) #11 Anything Flowers Goes + optional Mood Board *see below
• Birthstone Challenge (2M, every odd month, E8) - #6 - Anything Goes with Topaz and Turquoise Colors
• Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge (M, P1, no fully digital, must be Christmas & Coffee/Tea+ theme) #24 - Coffee + Snowman
• Challenge Up Your Life (M, P1, E3, C6) #164 - Cozy Christmas **Taking an indefinite break**
• Challenge YOUrself (M, P7, scrapbook page featuring a photo of YOU) #120 - Anything Goes + include a photo of you
• Cheerful Sketches Challenge Blog (M,P1,E3) Dec - Sketch *see below
• Ching-Chou Kuik Digital Stamps Challenge (M, P1, E3, SIO) December - Anything Goes **Challenge blog closing at the end of December 2023**
• Christmas Bingo Challenges  (Odd M, P1 for 6-Weeks, E8, Handmade No complete Digital and MUST be Christmas. November/December #4 - Anything Goes with Featured Christmas BINGO Card*  
• Christmas Crafts All Year Round (M, P1) December - Twelve Drummers Drumming (use 12 of something or a musical theme or anything Christmas/Holiday goes)
• Classic Design Challenge (M, P15) #11 Always Anything Goes 
• Colourful Options (M, P2) December - Silver/Gold *see below 
• Counterfeit Kit Challenge (M, P5, SIR) Use specific kit - See blog for details (Kit Club materials must be used)
• Crafter's Cafe (M, P15, E8, C10) #303 - Feminine
• Crafting Happiness (W, P1) #151 - Christmas Music
• Crafts Galore Encore (M, P1, E3) Always Anything Goes
• Crafty Animals (M P1, must have animals) #78 -  TBA
• Creatalicious Challenges (2W, P15/30) #271 - Anything Goes + option: Thanksgiving/Thank You
• Creations in Pink (M, P15, E3, mostly pink) #64 - Anything Goes in Mainly Pink
• Creative Crafting Uncles (M, P15, E3, masculine) - #47 - Foliage or Leaves
• Creative Sketchy Girls (M, P20) #86 - **On break until the end of the year**
• Critter Crazy Challenges (M, P1, E5, must have a critter) #81 - Anything Goes with a Featured Critter
• CSI: Color, Stories, Inspiration (2W, P1/P15) Case Files 424 and 425 - Inspiration *see below
• Daisy Chain Challenges (M, P5, E3) #80 -  TBA
• Day of the Month Cart Club (M, P7, E3, C6) #58 - Day of the Snow Globe
• Die Cut Divas (M P1, E4, die cuts) December - Flowers 
• DL.Art Linky Challenge (M, P1) Always Anything Goes
• Do-Al(l) Kreatives (M, P1, E3, no pure digital projects) #84 - Bendifold Card
• Dream Factory (M, P15) #122 - Movie: Elliott the Littlest Reindeer
• FarmQuest Challenge (2W P14/P28, E3) #40 - Turkey(s)
• FarmQuest Country Christmas Challenge (M, P7) #03 - Anything Goes Country Christmas (rural, exterior, outdoors) 
• FarmQuest General Store Challenge (M, P7) #11 - Anything Farm or Country Goes
• Gecko Galz (M, P1, SIR - must use Gecko Galz product) December - Winter Elegance  
• Happy Little Stampers Watercolour (M, P1) December -  Anything Goes 
• Happy Little Stampers Birthday (M, P3 ) December - Anything Goes
• Happy Little Stampers Christmas (M, P5) December - Anything Goes + option: Festive Animals
• Happy Little Stampers Stencils (M, P7) November - TBA
• Happy Little Stampers Dies (M, P9) November - TBA
• Heart's Quest Challenge (2W, P14/P28, E3) #43 - "heart shape or word or love word PLUS Music
• If You Give a Crafter a Cookie (M, P1, E5) #187 - Use Gold and/or Silver
• Incy Wincy Designs (M, P1, E5) November - on break till January
• Kleuren Met Potloden (M, P10, E1, C6, Coloured Pencils) December - Anything Goes
• Let's Craft & Create Challenge (M, P5, F, E3) #202 - Anything Goes +  Vintage Feel
• Lost Coast Designs (P1/P15, SIO for a double prize, must use stamp) #180 - In The Deep Midwinter
• Love to Craft (2M - odd months, P1, E5 , no completely digital projects) #77 Anything Goes 
• Love to Scrap (2M - odd months, P1, E5, digis or stamping) #164 - Anything Goes
• Merry Little Christmas Challenge Blog (2M - odd months, P1, E5, Must Be Christmas) #53 - Anything Christmas Goes
• Mini Album Mania (EOM, P1 Odd Month to P15 Next Month, E8)  - #2 Any Type of Mini Album 
• Mirtillamente Challenge (M, P1) #25 - temporarily suspended
• Mix It Up Challenge (2M - odd months, P1, E5, no digital-only projects) #68 - Anything Goes + option: Stamping
• More Than Words (M, P1, C2, layouts, art journal pages, planner page, canvas, any flat surface that acts as a canvas) December  Seasons *see below
• Morgan's ArtWorld Open Challenge (M, P1, E3, must follow blog) Always Anything Goes 
• My Besties Brazil (M, P15, E3, SIO) November - Anything Goes
• My Besties International Challenge (M P1, E1 unless My Besties image used, then E3) December - nothing posted since October
• My Besties Spanish Challenge (M, P3) December - Always Anything Goes 
• Not 2 Shabby (M, P2, E3) December - Moodboard  *see below 
• Once Upon a Time (M, P1, E5) #17 - Choose  Your Own Book To Inspire You 
• Papercraft Challenges (M, P15, must stamp C5) #100 - Happy Birthday
• Pearly Sparkles Challenge (M, P1, E3) #91 - TBA
• {PIN}spirational (M, P1) #307 - Birthday + Red & Green *see below
• Rabisco Challenge (M, P1, E5) #52 - Anything Goes
• Scribbles Designs Challenge (M, P15, 3E, SIO) #124 - challenge closed
• SheepSki Designs Challenges (M, P1, 3E, C10, SIO) #81 - Layer It
• Sparkles Forum Challenges (M, P15, 3E) #170 - Winter Animals
• Sparkles Forum Christmas (M, P1, Christmas) #155 - Christmas Animals or Birds
• The 12 Months of Christmas Link Up (M, P1, E3, Christmas cards) #107 - Anything Christmas Goes
• The Crafting Challenge (M, P1, E3) December - Christmas
• The Creative Crafters (M, P15, E3) #70 - Always Anything Goes
• The Flower Challenge (M, P4, C6, E5, must use flowers) #87 - Use Gold
• The Library Challenge  (M, P15)  closed
• The Four Seasons Challenge (M, P1)  December -Anything Winter Goes  *see below 
• Triple B (M, P3, E3, Must be Birds, Butterflies, Blooms) - December - Anything with Birds, Blooms and/or Butterflies + optional Inspiration Moodboard*
• Two Old Bats Halloween Challenge (M, P2, must be Halloween) December - Anything Halloween *see below
• Worldwide Crafters and Colorists Challenge   (M, P15, E3, A1 Images Not Allowed) November #11  Always Anything Goes as long as you use an Image 
• Your Scrapbook Place (M, P1, E3) December - Anything Goes (extra entry if you use sponsor image)

AAA Birthday

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Beautiful Blossoms

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Birthstone Challenge

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Cheerful Sketches Challenge Blog

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Christmas Bingo Challenges

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Colorful Options

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CSI: Color, Stories, Inspiration

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More Than Words

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Not 2 Shabby

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Once Upon a Time

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{PIN}spirational

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Triple B

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Two Old Bats Halloween Challenge

Sunday Challenges

 Hello, it's Andre M. here with your Sunday Challenges.

Please read the rules/guidelines on each challenge blog to confirm you are meeting its criteria. Keep in mind that this is a summary only. Details are on the specific challenge blogs.

The codes (abbreviations) next to the challenge names are detailed in the Challenge Codes Tab at the top of our Paper Playful Blog.

Here are your challenges!

• 613 Avenue Create (M (1st Sunday), 8E) Any Craft Accepted (check for recognition each week, top DT choices, winners, and crafter's voting by on-line community) - Dec - Anything Goes + option: Any Winter Holiday
• AAA Cards (2W, 3E, strictly CAS cards) - #255 - Sketch and Cold (W1 of 2) * see below 
• CD Sunday Plus (2W, must use something from a CD, USB or Digital Image) - #125 - Anything Goes with something from a CD etc. (W1 of 2) 
• Dragonfly Dreams (M, 1st Sunday) - Dec - Christmas 
• Girlz Creative Christmas Challenge (W, Christmas only) - #50 - Winter Sports
• Lasting Memories Layout (W, Photo layouts only) - #680 - Summer Wordplay - Campers * see below
• Lil Patch of Crafty Friends (2W, 1st & 3rd Sunday, E3) - #219 - Anything Goes (W2 of 2) 
• My Besties Spanish Challenge (M, 1st Sunday) - Dec - Anything Goes
• Peace on Earth (2W, 1st & 3rd Sunday, E3, must be Christmas) - #53 - Anything Christmas Goes + Inspiration Board (W2 of 2) * see below 
• Stamping Sensations (M, 1st Sunday, 3E, must use stamp (no pre-colored digis) - Dec - Favourite Colours * see below
• Sunday Postcard Art (W, must be 6"x4" postcard) - 12 Days of Christmas
• Sunday Stamps (2W, C5) - #324 - Sketch - Be Bold (W1 of 2) * see below 
• The Corrosive Challenges (M, 3E) - Oct - Anything Goes **On break until 2024**
• The Paper Players (W, C4) - #670 - Color - Melon Mambo, Tahitian Tide, Real Red, Black & White * see below 
• We Love Stamping (M, stamping as focal point, 3E) - Dec - Winter Flowers and/or Foliage + option: Anything Goes
• We Love 2 Create (last Sunday) - #11 - Anything Creative/Mixed Media Goes 

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AAA Cards

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Dragonfly Dreams

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Lasting Memories

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Peace on Earth

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Saturday Challenges

 Alica here, with your Saturday Challenge invitations. 

If you're looking for explanations of the codes (in italics following the challenge name) please look under the CHALLENGE CODES tab at the top of the page. Please remember that the challenges listed are intended as a summary only.

Please respect the challenge blog, the design team and your fellow participants and confirm your project meets the challenge blog rules prior to posting your entry.

• 52 Christmas Card Throwdown W,C11, Cards Only, must be Christmas.   Color Challenge*
• A Gem of a Challenge  2W, 3E  - #25 - Anything Goes (W1 of 2)
• Allsorts  W,3E  - #758 -  Something starting with letter B with option of Anything Goes 
• Can You Handle The Pressure? - 2W (2nd, 4th Sat), 3E, must use embossing folder -  Anything Embossing Goes with a twist of Holly (W1 of 2)
• Crafty Calendar M,3E  Christmas Themed  
• Crafting Happiness Challenges  W,   #152 Christmas Stockings
• Di's Digis Designs 2W, 3E,SIO  Any Winter Holiday (W1 of 2)
• Inkspirational 2W,C10  #304 - Add Glitter (W2 of 2)
• Just Us Girls W, 3E  #707 - on break till Jan 4
• Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps M, SIR to win - #675 December - Christmas and/or Winter
• Less Is More 2W, C5, must be CAS- #498 - on break
• Penny Black Saturday Challenge M P1,SIR December - Anything Goes with option: Christmas
• Polkadoodles W, C10 - #49 - Anything Goes
• Send a Smile for Kids M(1st Sat), 2E - December -  Winter Cards 4 Kids
• Sisterhood of the Snarky Stampers 2W, C10  on break till end of year 
• Sketch Saturday 2W, 3E   #740 - Sketch*  (W2 of 2) 
• Sweet Stampin 2W, 2E, must include stamping - Christmas (W1 of 2)
• The Fairy and The Unicorn M, 1st Sat, E3, Mythical and Mystical - #12 December - Anything Fantasy Goes 
• The Outlawz Paper A'la mode M, 1st Sat, E3, December  - AG except Greeting Cards 

52 Christmas Card Throwdown

Sketch Saturday

Friday Challenges

Suzanne here with your Friday Challenges. 

Just a few reminders:

1.  The codes (abbreviations) next to the Challenge Names are detailed in the CHALLENGE CODES TAB at the top of our Paper Playful Blog or Click Here
2.  Please keep in mind this is a summary only. Details are on the specific Challenge Blogs.
3.  Please read the Rules/Guidelines on each Challenge blog to confirm you are meeting their criteria. 

Have fun creating!

• Alphabet Challenge - 2W, 1E -  R IS FOR REINDEER  (W2 of 2)  
• Aloha Friday Challenge - M, 1st Fri, Must be Paper (Digital Ok)  -  DEC No.5  CHRISTMAS / WINTER ANIMALS   (Ends 01/02) 
• CAS on Friday – 2W, E1, must be CAS - No. 272  BLACK, WHITE AND ONE COLOR  (W1 of 2) 
• Color My Heart Color Dare - W, SIO - Use Closes Match to Only Colors on Color Board  - No. 578  NEUTRAL NOTE* (W1 of 2) and No. 577 USE ALL COLORS* (W2 of  2)  
• Crafty Catz - W, 3E - No. 662 ANYTHING GOES   Optional Twist: Anything Goes
• Crazy for Cats Challenges M, 1st Fri, 5E (Must Always Feature a CAT)  DEC No. 14  ANYTHING CAT GOES or SANTA CATS *  (Ends 12/31)
• Creative Artiste Challenge - M, E8, C5 - NOV No. 100 -  ANYTHING MIXED MEDIA GOES WITH OPTION OF CHRISTMAS  (Ends 02/02)
• Creative Creases - 2W,  must be a fun fold - No. 72   ANYTHING GOES WITH A FUN FOLD  (W1 OF 2)
• Creative Fingers - 2W, 3E, No totally digital projects - No. 267  ALWAYS ANYTHING GOES  (W2 OF 2)  
• Cut It Up  2W, 3E,  - No. 292  USE MORE THAN 1 DIE (W1 of 2) 
  
• Daring Cardmakers  - W, C5 – May sometimes use One Word prompts for some challenges -  LIGHT 
• Festive Friday - 2W, E3, C3 - No. 149 -  CHRISTMAS FESTIVE FOOD*  Incorporate 3 of the Items (W1 of 2)  

• Jingle Belles - 2W, Must be a Christmas theme -   on break till Jan 1, 2024
• Just Add Ink – W - No. 682  SKETCH* 
• Leigh SB Designs Inspirational Challenges  (M, 1st Fri)   DEC No. 24 - PONSETIA AND HOLLY, No. 25 - SNOWFLAKES  (Ends 12/24)
• Most Magical Time of the Year   M, 1st Fri. Halloween and/or Christmas theme - DEC No. 15 -  ANYTHING GOES*  (Ends 12/31)  
• My Besties Aussie Challenge - M, 3E, SIR (must have any Bestie) - DEC -  TBA 
• My Time to Craft  2W 1st & 3rd Fri - No. 522 - CHRISTMAS FOOD (INCLUDING DRINKS AND CANDY)  (W2 of 2)  
• My Time To Craft Christmas 2W, E3, No. 75  (Must Be Christmas) 
  LETTER S ITEMS  (W1 of 2) + DT Call
• Pattie's Creations - M, 1st Fri, 2E, SIO, includes an image freebie (MUST always use digital or stamped image) – DEC No. 213  ANYTHING GOES    (Ends 01/03) 
• Paper Dragonfly Creative Challenges M, 1st Fri, E5 - DEC No. 24  ANYTHING FLIES (GOES) or CHRISTMAS*  (Ends 12/31)  Last Challenge for 2023 - will be taking an indefinite break
• Simply Clean and Simple - M, 1st Fri, 3E, Must be CAS card design (clean and simple) - DEC  CAS ANYTHING GOES with Optional Use of Red and Green  (Ends 12/28)
• Stay Crafty with A Blog Named Hero  (M, Fri After 1st Mon, Use at least one Hero Arts designed product)  DEC  -  SHINY*  (Ends 12/31) 

Color My Heart Color Dare 

Crazy for Cats Challenges

Daring Cardmakers 

Festive Friday

Just Add Ink 

Leigh SB Designs Inspirational Challenges 

Most Magical Time of the Year 

Paper Dragonfly Creative Challenges 

Stay Crafty with A Blog Named Hero