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SUO Challenge #157 – All Kinds of Weather!

Around the world the seasons are changing. In the northern hemisphere, we’re headed into Autumn and in the southern hemisphere, heading into Spring. In either part of the globe, this is the time of year when you can have just about any kind of weather there is! So your challenge for mid-September is to make a card or any other paper-crafted project featuring any kind of weather (and one of our Design Team members even made an “under the weather” card!). Make any kind of project you’d like, post it online, and link to our link tool at the bottom of this post to post a thumbnail of your project here.

Before I introduce the Design Team’s projects for this challenge, I would like to introduce the newest member of our team, Jason Loucks. Here is his very own introduction to all of us:

Born and raised in upstate New York, I currently reside in the state of Connecticut, where I live with my fur-baby, Lucky. I started card making when I joined Stampin’ Up! in the spring of 2012 but had to resign due to unforeseen circumstances, I have since rejoined and I’m enjoying every minute of it. When not working on my Stampin’ Up! business, I work for a local motorcycle apparel shop who has been in business for over 30 years. Though I don’t ride, I’ve enjoyed working for the company for over 6 years now.

In my free time, I like to relax and enjoy a good television show or movie on Netflix/Amazon. If I’m not watching the television, I can usually be found on my phone or computer, watching the latest crafty videos or spending too much time on Pinterest; it’s amazing how much time you spend on Pinterest and don’t even know it!

 

Welcome, Jason!

And now here are the projects from Jason and the rest of the Design Team!

jason

Jason Loucks

karen

Karen Barber

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julia
Julia Quinn

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mary
Mary Brown

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julie
Julie Gearinger

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cindee
Cindee Wilkinson

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connie
Connie Babbert

getwell

Robin Messenheimer

pam

Pam Staples

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PLEASE remember this: We’re looking for projects posted to the internet AFTER September 12, 2016.

Challenge Dates: September 13, 2016 (3 am USA Eastern Time) –
September 24, 2016 (6 am USA Eastern Time)

 


SUO Challenge #156 – Primary Colors

In most parts of the United States this is Back to School time. But it’s not necessarily back to school for our entire Stampin’ Up! world. So this year, rather than celebrate back to school, we showing off Primary Colors, as in the colors that get most kids started in the early school years with their art work. Of course, besides Red, Blue and Yellow (the true primary colors), there are other bright colors that adults as well as children love. So your challenge this time is to use the Primary Colors, or maybe a color or two made up of two of the primaries, in a project. Make any kind of project you’d like, post it online, and link to our link tool at the bottom of this post.

Some quick reminders about our rules. There are more details over on our left sidebar under “About.”

  • Please use Stampin’ Up! products only. We will remove any entries with products from other similar companies.
  • Please mention SUO Challenges and link back to this post in your post. Projects that do not will not qualify for Top 3 consideration.
  • Please do not post projects in which you are selling tutorials. We will remove any entries if you’re selling anything but Stampin’ Up!’s own products.

Check out our Design Team’s projects for some great ideas. We look forward to seeing what you do with this challenge.

Pam

Pam Staples

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Karen (4)
Karen Barber

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Julia
Julia Quinn

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Mary
Mary Brown

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Julie
Julie Gearinger

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Cindee
Cindee Wilkinson

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Connie
Connie Babbert

PrimaryColors2

Robin Messenheimer

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PLEASE remember this: We’re looking for projects posted to the internet AFTER August 29, 2016.

Challenge Dates: August 30, 2016 (3 am USA Eastern Time) –
September 10, 2016 (6 am USA Eastern Time)

 


SUO Challenge #155 – Cute and Cuddly!

Don’t you sometimes just want to cuddle some cute image in a project made with Stampin’ Up! products? Stampin’ Up! makes so many of them, that we decided to feature Cute and Cuddly in this Stampin’ Up! Only Challenge! Make any kind of project you’d like, post it online, and link to our link tool at the bottom of this post.

Some quick reminders about our rules. There are more details over on our left sidebar under “About.”

  • Please use Stampin’ Up! products only. We will remove any entries with products from other similar companies.
  • Please mention SUO Challenges and link back to this post in your post. Projects that do not will not qualify for Top 3 consideration.
  • Please do not post projects in which you are selling tutorials. We will remove any entries if you’re selling anything but Stampin’ Up!’s own products.

Check out our Design Team’s projects for some great ideas. We look forward to seeing what you do with this challenge.

Cute

Robin Messenheimer

–Pam

Pam Staples

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Karen will be on vacation for a few weeks. She’ll be back!
Karen Barber

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Julia
Julia Quinn

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Mary
Mary Brown

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Julie
Julie Gearinger

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Cindee
Cindee Wilkinson

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Connie
Connie Babbert

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PLEASE remember this: We’re looking for projects posted to the internet AFTER August 15, 2016.

Challenge Dates: August 16, 2016 (3 am USA Eastern Time) –
August 27, 2016 (6 am USA Eastern Time)


SUO Challenge #154 – Delightful Dies!

While we have seen lots of Stampin’ Up!’s Sizzix dies used both by our Design Team as well as by those entering our challenges, we thought we’d like to see projects that all feature a Stampin’ Up! Sizzix Die. So that’s your challenge for the beginning of August. Any die, any kind of project – just fine, as long as it’s Stampin’ Up!

Check out our Design Team’s projects for some great ideas. We look forward to seeing what you do with this challenge.

To participate in our challenge, make a card or other paper-crafted project, using Stampin’ Up! products only, 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. If you are linking to a blog, please link to the specific post that contains your project.

A reminder – SUO Challenges is a “Sales-Free Zone,” as described in our “What is not allowed” statement down on the left. Submitting a creation for which you are selling a tutorial and for which you won’t freely share a recipe/instructions without requesting a fee is not allowed. We had to remove an entry from our latest challenge for this reason. Those of you who are Stampin’ Up! demonstrators should definitely read the whole statement!

Now to our Design Team!

Connie

Connie Babbert

Robin

Robin Messenheimer

Pam is on vacation this week. She’ll be back!
Pam Staples

Karen

Karen Barber

Julia

Julia Quinn

Mary

Mary Brown

Julie

Julie Gearinger

Cindee

Cindee Wilkinson

PLEASE remember this: We’re looking for projects posted to the internet AFTER August 1, 2016. This is a NEW challenge! AND please mention/link to the SUO Challenge Blog in your post! We’d really like it if you’d mention us early in your blog 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: August 2, 2016 (3 am USA Eastern Time) –
August 13, 2016 (6 am USA Eastern Time)