SUO #132 Punch It Up

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Do you LOVE punches? Yep…we all LOVE punches too! If you are a punch lovin’ Stampin’ Up! stamper…we want you! We want you to join us for our “Punch It Up” challenge this time! Just so your card features PUNCHES…you are good to go!

Need some ideas to get your creativity started? Then check out our Design Team projects – and have fun with your own project!

To participate in our challenge, make a card or other paper-crafted project and post a photo of it to your blog or a gallery on the internet. Then come back here and use our link tool at the bottom of this post to share the photo with us.

PLEASE remember this: We’re looking for projects posted to the internet AFTER September 29, 2015 This is a NEW challenge! AND please mention/link to the SUO Challenge Blog in your post!

Of course, your projects must be made with Stampin’ Up! products only. The products may be those that are in current catalogs, or they may be retired products. But (as our blog title says) SUO – Stampin’ Up! Only! This means that products from other papercrafting, rubber stamp, die-making or other companies may not be included in your project or in any other project included in your blog post if Stampin’ Up! sells a like product. For example, Stampin’ Up! does not sell sewing thread. So use of sewing thread from another company is just fine. Stampin’ Up! does sell the Sizzix Big Shot, so use of die-cuts, texture plates or other such products from another company is not fine. If you have a question, please send an e-mail to our Coordinator, Robin Messenheimer, and she’ll be glad to answer it!

Challenge Dates: September 29, 2015 (3 am USA Eastern Time) –

October 10th, 2015 (6 am USA Eastern Time)

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SUO Challenge #130 – Cards for Friends!

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Many of the cards that we make for our greeting cards are for the purpose of just sending a note to a friend. We’re just thinking about them for one reason or another, and we want to send off a note in a greeting card we’ve made ourselves. Your challenge this time is to share with us a greeting card that you made to send to a friend.

Need some ideas to get your creativity started? Then check out our Design Team projects – and have fun with your own project!

PLEASE remember this: We’re looking for projects posted to the internet AFTER August 31, 2015 This is a NEW challenge! AND please mention/link to the SUO Challenge Blog in your post!

Challenge Dates: September 1, 2015 (3 am USA Eastern Time) –

September 12, 2015 (6 am USA Eastern Time)

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SUO Challenge #127, Favorite New Stamps!

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Many, many of us who love Stampin’ Up! products have by this time already purchased some new Stampin’ Up! stamp sets. Now we’d like you to show them off!

For this challenge, create a project, using Stampin’ Up! products only, that features at least one stamp set that is new in the 2015-2016 Stampin’ Up! Catalog. Now, as is often the case, we have a special exception to this. If you’ve purchased a stamp set from the new catalog that is not actually new to this catalog – but is new for you! – by all means share it with us.

Need some ideas to get your creativity started? Then check out our Design Team projects – and have fun with your own project!

Pam Staples

PLEASE remember this: We’re looking for projects posted to the internet AFTER July 20, 2015 This is a NEW challenge! AND please mention/link to the SUO Challenge Blog in your post!

Challenge Dates: July 21, 2015 (3 am USA Eastern Time) –

August 1, 2015 (6 am USA Eastern Time)

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SUO Challenge #120 – Team Colors!

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The College Basketball Season just ended (last night!), Major League Baseball has already started, and the NBA and NHL are nearing the end of their seasons. If you've got children or grandchildren in school, there are certainly some kinds of sports underway there, too! Your challenge this time is to make a greeting card or other project that features the colors of your favorite team – school, community, professional – any kind of team.

Need some ideas to get your creativity started? Then check out our Design Team projects – and have fun with your own project!

PLEASE remember this: We’re looking for projects posted to the internet AFTER April 6, 2015 This is a NEW challenge! AND please mention/link to the SUO Challenge Blog in your post!

Challenge Dates: April 7, 2015 (3 am USA Eastern Time) –

April 25, 2015 (6 am USA Eastern Time). We've extended this challenge for an extra week!

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