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Hello and welcome to week 3 of GDSO 5.0! Karen here to present you with this week's photography technique challenge...negative space.
Negative space photography is a technique where the subject is surrounded by a large amount of empty or 'negative' space, which can be a solid color, blurred background, or any area that doesn't compete with the subject. This space allows the subject to stand out and can create a sense of simplicity, elegance, or even isolation, depending on how it's used.
For this photography challenge:
* feature a negative space photo on your page - there can be more than one photo, but the negative space photo should be the main photo of the page
* your photo should be new or recent and taken by you (no stock photos)
Here's some examples of some photos using negative space.
Here is my page with a photo I took of some of my favorite winter decorations that I have above my fireplace, using Farmhouse Winter and JDoubleU22 templates from Just Because Studio.
Have fun and happy scrapping!
General Rules
Your pages for each challenge must be new pages in order to qualify for credit. You cannot use SCRAP♥ Bingo layouts for GDSO 5.0 layout completion. All GDSO 5.0 layouts must be posted in our GDSO gallery here: The Great Digi Scrap Off https://pickleberrypop.com/forum/media/categories/the-great-digi-scrap-off.1158/ with proper credit given. See our PDF guide!
Specific Rules for Signature Challenges
Use It All Challenge: You must use ALL and ONLY the items in the mini kit. The 75% PBP Rule does not apply to this challenge. If an element is provided in multiple colors in the mini kit, you only have to use ONE COLOR of that element.
Template Challenge: You must use current PBP Products for your challenge layouts along with the provided template.
Mystery Box Challenge: You must only use the contents of our March 2025 Mystery Box for your layout.
Childhood Wonder Collab Challenge: You must use only our Childhood Wonder Designs. You should have several parts of the collab already, if you have been playing along with us.
BBD Challenge: You can only use our March 2025 BBD products
Weekly Technical and Showstopper Challenges
The Technical and Showstopper challenges must use at least 75% current/active product in the PBP Shop in order to qualify for credit. If you can link to it in our shop, you can use it. Technical and Showstopper Challenges CANNOT be completed using the Use it All Mini Kit, Template or Mystery Box that is given with Signature Challenges.
Each week's three challenges must be completed by the deadline in order to qualify for the weekly participation prize and to be considered for our weekly Star Scrapper Award.
Our Grand Prize will be awarded to one scrapper who completes all 15 challenges by the last week’s deadline. This means even if you don’t finish each week on time, you can still catch up to earn the remaining prizes and qualify for the Grand Prize!
Please start a post in the GDSO Challenge Tracking thread
Keep your post up-to-date with links to the layouts that you’ve completed and uploaded to the GDSO gallery. Please make sure you are linking to your page IN THE GDSO GALLERY, not the thread post in the challenge.
Final deadline for all layouts is April 4 @11:59pm ET. At that time the tracking thread will be locked, the final weekly prizes will be sent, and winners will be contacted by April 7.
Negative space photography is a technique where the subject is surrounded by a large amount of empty or 'negative' space, which can be a solid color, blurred background, or any area that doesn't compete with the subject. This space allows the subject to stand out and can create a sense of simplicity, elegance, or even isolation, depending on how it's used.
For this photography challenge:
* feature a negative space photo on your page - there can be more than one photo, but the negative space photo should be the main photo of the page
* your photo should be new or recent and taken by you (no stock photos)
Here's some examples of some photos using negative space.
Here is my page with a photo I took of some of my favorite winter decorations that I have above my fireplace, using Farmhouse Winter and JDoubleU22 templates from Just Because Studio.
Have fun and happy scrapping!
General Rules
Your pages for each challenge must be new pages in order to qualify for credit. You cannot use SCRAP♥ Bingo layouts for GDSO 5.0 layout completion. All GDSO 5.0 layouts must be posted in our GDSO gallery here: The Great Digi Scrap Off https://pickleberrypop.com/forum/media/categories/the-great-digi-scrap-off.1158/ with proper credit given. See our PDF guide!
Specific Rules for Signature Challenges
Use It All Challenge: You must use ALL and ONLY the items in the mini kit. The 75% PBP Rule does not apply to this challenge. If an element is provided in multiple colors in the mini kit, you only have to use ONE COLOR of that element.
Template Challenge: You must use current PBP Products for your challenge layouts along with the provided template.
Mystery Box Challenge: You must only use the contents of our March 2025 Mystery Box for your layout.
Childhood Wonder Collab Challenge: You must use only our Childhood Wonder Designs. You should have several parts of the collab already, if you have been playing along with us.
BBD Challenge: You can only use our March 2025 BBD products
Weekly Technical and Showstopper Challenges
The Technical and Showstopper challenges must use at least 75% current/active product in the PBP Shop in order to qualify for credit. If you can link to it in our shop, you can use it. Technical and Showstopper Challenges CANNOT be completed using the Use it All Mini Kit, Template or Mystery Box that is given with Signature Challenges.
Each week's three challenges must be completed by the deadline in order to qualify for the weekly participation prize and to be considered for our weekly Star Scrapper Award.
Our Grand Prize will be awarded to one scrapper who completes all 15 challenges by the last week’s deadline. This means even if you don’t finish each week on time, you can still catch up to earn the remaining prizes and qualify for the Grand Prize!
Please start a post in the GDSO Challenge Tracking thread
Keep your post up-to-date with links to the layouts that you’ve completed and uploaded to the GDSO gallery. Please make sure you are linking to your page IN THE GDSO GALLERY, not the thread post in the challenge.
Final deadline for all layouts is April 4 @11:59pm ET. At that time the tracking thread will be locked, the final weekly prizes will be sent, and winners will be contacted by April 7.
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