Month: September 2011

SUO Challenge 28, Fall Colors

Fall is definitely in the air in a large part of Stampin' Up! land.  And even though Spring must be springing down under, our challenge this time around is to make something with Fall Colors.  What would they be?  When I think Fall, I think of golds and oranges and rusts, with a tint of green and brown.  But, as you can see from our Design Team samples, there are some of us whose thoughts lean towards blues and purples.  What do you think of when you're asked to make something with Fall Colors?  We'd love to know – and to see your creations using those colors!

Your challenge, then, is to make any kind of project, using Stampin' Up! products only, that show off your idea of Fall Colors.  We can hardly wait to see your projects!

Pam's Card

Pam Staples

 

 Deb's Card

Deb Hoekstra

Mary's Card

Mary Brown

 

Heidi's Card

Heidi Baks

Jennifer's Card

Jennifer Timko

 

Karen's Card

Karen Barber

Cindy's Card

Cindy Elam

Michelle Laycock

 

Robin's Card

Robin Messenheimer

Ribbons and Bows – Our Top Three!

Thanks to everyone who played around with Stampin' Up!'s ribbon the last two weeks. We loved ALL your creations!   Here are those that we selected as our Top Three for our last challenge!

Jade's absolutely stunning card with her amazing ribbon flower was our top choice.  We all loved how the ribbon almost acts as a frame for part of the card, and how perfectly the background, embossed with the new Parlor Prints background stamp, enhanced the whole look of the card. 

Madeline Morcelo's gorgeous Christmas ornament.  With all the ribbons and the paper from the Holly Berry Bouquet suite this almost looks like a needlepointed creation.  It will be a fabulous ornament on someone's tree!

Lisa Martz had two entries this week, but the Design Team was especially taken with the garter look of the striped ribbon that is her first card's main feature. It's the perfect enhancement for this lovely Thanksgiving card.

Congratulations to all three of you for being our picks this week!

A Gentle Reminder

This challenge was created for fans of Stampin' Up! products and demonstrators to participate in and draw inspiration from. Hence the name of the blog, Stampin' Up! Only Challenges, we ask that you respect this by using only Stampin' Up! products. Retired Stampin' Up! product is welcome, as well as any outside products that you would normally not see offered for sale in any Stampin' Up! catalogs or publications, such as sewing on your card, stick pins, and so forth.

SUO Challenges is an advertising-free zone and is a challenge that is for fun only.  Please respect our guidelines set forth over to the left at the top of the blog.

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SUO Challenge 27, Ribbons and Bows!

There are so many new ribbons in Stampin' Up!'s catalogs that we decided we just had to have a challenge to feature them as more than just an embellishment on a card or scrapbook page.  From the new Ruffles and Scalloped Polka Dots in the 2011-2012 Idea Book and Catalog to the Velvet and Quilted Satin ribbons in the 2011 Holiday Mini Catalog, our Design Team has put together a luscious bouquet of greeting cards for you to enjoy.

And the challenge is for you, too, to make a card, gift or scrapbook page that features Stampin' Up! ribbons as a major focus.  Please use any Stampin' Up! ribbon or ribbons you choose.  Whatever you choose, we are excited to see your projects!

 

 DebsCard

Deb Hoekstra

HeidisCard

Heidi Baks

JennifersCard

Jennifer Timko

KarensCard

Karen Barber

MichellesCard

Michelle Laycock

MarysCard

Mary Brown

PamsCard

Pam Staples

CindysCard

Cindy Elam

RobinsCard

Robin Messenheimer

Invitation Top Three!

A big thanks to all of you who made time during this busy season to join in our challenge to create a Invitation with Stampin' Up! products.  ALL of them this week were wonderful (as always), so we were hard put to come up with our top three for the challenge.  But, (also as always) we did figure it out and send extra special congratulations to this week's Top Three:

Karen Szczepkowski wowed us all with the way the fold of her card put a special emphasis on the embossed flowers.  The color on her card is just stunning – the whole card is so eye-catching it's hard to look away from it.

Lisa Martz made us all drool with her yummy candies – and what a great idea for recycling that Stampin' Up! packaging!  There are so many excellent details in this card that it's impossible to list them all in this small space.

Donna/Butternut Sage created such an elegant invitation that we're all ready to go to whatever it is that she's hosting!  We were especially impressed with the scoring details – so easy to do with Stampin' Up! new Simply Scored tool.

Congratulations to all three of you!

A Gentle Reminder

This challenge was created for fans of Stampin' Up! products and demonstrators to participate in and draw inspiration from. Hence the name of the blog, Stampin' Up! Only Challenges, we ask that you respect this by using only Stampin' Up! products. Retired Stampin' Up! product is welcome, as well as any outside products that you would normally not see offered for sale in any Stampin' Up! catalogs or publications, such as sewing on your card, stick pins, and so forth.

SUO Challenges is an advertising-free zone and is a challenge that is for fun only.  Please respect our guidelines set forth over to the left at the top of the blog.

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