April Showers Posted January 1, 2023 Share Posted January 1, 2023 Jumpstart January 2023 It's time to kick off the new year with some fun and a focus on scrapbooking! Join us for "Jumpstart January!" This game and challenge will focus on taking time to scrapbook regularly despite the little "speedbumps" of life. When the month is over, you'll have completed several layouts and been treated to some fun along the way. Some tasks will require message board participation or gallery posting. Check each day’s task for that day's requirements. Some days will have no requirements. The tasks eligible for drawing entries will have the word “REQUIREMENT” preceding them to make them easier to find. "LAYOUT TASKS” will be shown in purple. You don’t need to complete all the “required” tasks to be eligible for the drawing, but you do need to complete at least three of the layouts. Prizes: For each layout and “required” task you complete, you will gain one entry into the prize draw. At the end of the month, I will draw two $10 Gift Certificate winners. You have until 11:59 p.m. ET January 31, 2023 to complete the tasks and post your layouts. There are no daily time limits. Upload your layouts to the Jumpstart January Gallery. I've linked the tasks. The bolded ones are "required" meaning that I'm tracking them for the drawing. Task 1Task 2SPEEDBUMPTask 3Task 4 Task 5 Task 6 Task 7 Task 8 Task 9 Task 10 Task 11SPEEDBUMP Task 12 Task 13 SPEEDBUMP Task 14 Task 15Task 16 Task 17 Task 18 Task 19 SPEEDBUMPTask 20 Task 21 Task 22 Task 23 Task 24 Task 25 Task 26 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
April Showers Posted January 1, 2023 Author Share Posted January 1, 2023 Maybe I always start with this challenge because I need to do it - especially getting those photos from my kids. January 1stTASK 1 - Have you downloaded all your recent photos to your computer? Take time today to make sure you have gotten the photos from all your digital devices. Don't forget to check your phone and tablet. You may also want to contact friends and family to get copies of their photos. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amy D Posted January 1, 2023 Share Posted January 1, 2023 January sounds like it's gonna be just as busy as December was! Ha, I just did this yesterday - lol, asked 5 ppl for pix of my mother! I have all the pix she took, but very few of her! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MariJ Posted January 1, 2023 Share Posted January 1, 2023 Happy New Year! 🥳 I thought same, after December and all that scrapping I need a slow-down, not a jumpstart! 🤣 But Jumpstart January has always been fun. I'm committed to Challenge Chase, but let's see if I can keep up with JJ! Thanks, April! ⭐ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KristiM Posted January 1, 2023 Share Posted January 1, 2023 I am in! I didn't do well trying to keep up with December challenges, but January will be a slower month so we will see what I can get done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MariJ Posted January 1, 2023 Share Posted January 1, 2023 January 1stTASK 1 My photos are uploaded, but I do need to back up. I've contacted a few people for photos but need to follow up because I haven't received them! 😱 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florida granny Posted January 1, 2023 Share Posted January 1, 2023 We have guests for the next week, one of whom is sleeping in the room with my computer, so I'm not sure how much scrapping time I'll have. However, I love Jumpstart January, so I'll give this a try. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarlaW Posted January 1, 2023 Share Posted January 1, 2023 All photos uploaded to my PC and backed up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jane in N.Z Posted January 1, 2023 Share Posted January 1, 2023 I'm in April but might be playing catch up as family are coming to stay again today. January 1stTASK 1... photos all downloaded and backed up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mimes1 Posted January 1, 2023 Share Posted January 1, 2023 I'm in! Can't back up today but will definitely do it tomorrow. I've had a new hard drive here since September and haven't done a thing with it. Tomorrow will be the day. Last years Jumpstart January was alot of fun and set my tone for lots of scrapping time. Looking forward to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRS Posted January 2, 2023 Share Posted January 2, 2023 I'm going to try to keep up this month! January 1stTASK 1 - Done, I made sure I had everything on my hard drive yesterday, but we took more photos last night. I have those, and will back them all up tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
April Showers Posted January 2, 2023 Author Share Posted January 2, 2023 January 2nd TASK 2 - Choose 2 or more photos from TASK 1 and edit them to make them look their best. You can use basic touch-ups, or you can get adventurous using presets, filters, styles and/or actions. REQUIREMENT: Share the techniques or tools you used in this thread. Sharing a photo is optional. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrapgran Posted January 2, 2023 Share Posted January 2, 2023 January 1st Task #1 Photos downloaded. I actually had to download all my photos on the SD cards from the camera, my phone and my iPad that I lost on the EHD. All done and backed up to my new EHD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRS Posted January 3, 2023 Share Posted January 3, 2023 January 2nd I had several snow photos with a blue tint to them. I color corrected them in Photoshop's Camera Raw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MariJ Posted January 3, 2023 Share Posted January 3, 2023 January 2nd TASK 2 In PSE I used the spot healing brush tool and adjusted lighting- shadows and brightness, plus sharpened one old photo. The other I lightened and adjusted shadows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
April Showers Posted January 3, 2023 Author Share Posted January 3, 2023 January 3rd SPEEDBUMP - It is a new year and time for a new signature! REQUIREMENT: Create a new siggy, upload it to the Jumpstart January Gallery and add it to your profile. Share the link in this thread. This counts as one of the LAYOUT TASKS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KristiM Posted January 3, 2023 Share Posted January 3, 2023 Task 1: Back up... all of my photos are taken on my iPhone which makes back up pretty easy. Things back up to iCloud and I always back up to Google Photos and Amazon Photos. The photos which I want to scrap get backed up to OneDrive but that happens on an as needed basis. Task 2: Editing... I use the native iPhone photo app for most of my editing but occasionally also use the Retouch app and sometimes tweak them a bit more with in Affinity Photo. Editing on my phone often comes right after taking the photos so I have already edited several of them over the past couple of days. I am not into any type of "artsy" edits so just brightening or fixing shadows is what I do most of the time. Now to go and create a signature! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KristiM Posted January 3, 2023 Share Posted January 3, 2023 Task 1: Back up... all of my photos are taken on my iPhone which makes back up pretty easy. Things back up to iCloud and I always back up to Google Photos and Amazon Photos. The photos which I want to scrap get backed up to OneDrive but that happens on an as needed basis. Task 2: Editing... I use the native iPhone photo app for most of my editing but occasionally also use the Retouch app and sometimes tweak them a bit more with in Affinity Photo. Editing on my phone often comes right after taking the photos so I have already edited several of them over the past couple of days. I am not into any type of "artsy" edits so just brightening or fixing shadows is what I do most of the time. And here is my new Signature! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRS Posted January 3, 2023 Share Posted January 3, 2023 Oh good, I like my Christmas siggy, but it's time to retire it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belle Posted January 3, 2023 Share Posted January 3, 2023 January 1stTASK 1 All the photos are on my computer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belle Posted January 3, 2023 Share Posted January 3, 2023 Task 2 Chose two photos of Diesel. Photo 1 Used a Fun Edit Effects Collage on my one photo. Photo 2 I used a Fun Edit Painterly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRS Posted January 4, 2023 Share Posted January 4, 2023 Jan 3 Speedbump Winter Siggy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrapgran Posted January 4, 2023 Share Posted January 4, 2023 January 2nd Task #2 I have chosen 2 photos. One I straightened & cropped and the other was cropped. January 3rd SPEEDBUMP - Requirement New Signature added Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mimes1 Posted January 4, 2023 Share Posted January 4, 2023 January 1 - would you believe I'm still backing up? Backed up to the first drive lickity split! But then to load the new drive took F.O.R.E.V.E.R!! I use GoodSync and it's a bit addictive to watch it work as the files pop in one by one....therefore no scrapping has been done! I'm on the last leg now and should be all done in about 30 minutes. But then also I found alot of stuff to clean up, so that's been distracting too. Definitely a fresh start for the new year though! I'll catch up on the siggy and editing two photos tomorrow. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
April Showers Posted January 4, 2023 Author Share Posted January 4, 2023 January 4th TASK 3 - Start a new layout and add the photos you edited in Task #2 to your layout. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belle Posted January 4, 2023 Share Posted January 4, 2023 January 4th Done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrapgran Posted January 4, 2023 Share Posted January 4, 2023 January 4th Task #3 New layout started. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boatlady Posted January 4, 2023 Share Posted January 4, 2023 Jan. 1- backup some done some doing. Got all the photos from our summer trip on EHD- phew. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boatlady Posted January 4, 2023 Share Posted January 4, 2023 Jan. 2-Alter photos. 1. lightened by duplicating with screen layer and sharpened, 2. removed power lines and cropped and added clouds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KristiM Posted January 4, 2023 Share Posted January 4, 2023 7 hours ago, April Showers said: January 4th TASK 3 New layout started! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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