Category Archives: Design Team

SUO Challenge #170 – Things That Fly!

Here we are at a time in March when there’s not really much in the way of seasonal themes or holidays on which to base a fun challenge for our Stampin’ Up! community. So we all put our heads together, looked through the Stampin’ Up! catalogs, and came up with a great theme for March no matter where you live on the planet. We can all look up in the air and see “Things That Fly”! So that’s your challenge this time. Create a greeting card or other paper-crafted project featuring something (or things) that fly.

Here are the projects our Design Team made for this challenge. Click on the photos of their projects to find out more about them. I hope they inspire you to make your own and share them with us! BUT BEFORE YOU SHARE – Please review our guidelines over at the left. If you have any questions, please Contact Us.

 

Connie Babbert

Pam Staples

   

Robin Messenheimer

Karen Barber

Julia Quinn

Mary Brown

Julie Gearinger

–Cindee Wilkinson

–PLEASE remember this: We’re looking for projects posted to the internet AFTER March 13, 2017.

Dates to Add Links: March 14, 2017 (3 am USA Eastern Time) –
March 25, 2017 (6 am USA Eastern Time)


SUO Challenge #158 – Thanks and Thanksgiving

Fall is finally here for those of us in the Northern Hemisphere! And in North America, we’re getting close to the time when Canada and the United States celebrate  Thanksgiving.  Many of us send greeting cards or make fun table decorations for this holiday. So a challenge to make a Thanksgiving card or decoration is the first part of this challenge. But for those of you who would rather simply make a card or other project that expresses, “Thanks,” we’d love to see your projects, too. 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.

And now here are the projects from the Design Team!

karen

Karen Barber

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julia
Julia Quinn

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mary
Mary Brown

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julie
Julie Gearinger

cindee–
Cindee Wilkinson

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connie
Connie Babbert

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Robin Messenheimer

pam

Pam Staples

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Jason Loucks

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PLEASE remember this: We’re looking for projects posted to the internet AFTER September 26, 2016.

Challenge Dates: September 27, 2016 (3 am USA Eastern Time) –
October 8, 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)


SUO Challenge #153 – Black & White with a Pop of Color

Black and White as a design theme seems to come up a lot these days. While I’m sure we all revel in all the colors that Stampin’ Up! offers in its collections, it’s always fun to see a beautiful project made using just Black and White. We’re not going to go quite that far in this challenge, though. Your challenge this time is to create a Black and White project and add a pop of color for a delightfully artistic look.

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.

Julie

Julie Gearinger

Connie

Connie Babbert

Robin

Robin Messenheimer

Pam

Pam Staples

Karen

Karen Barber

Julia

Julia Quinn

Mary

Mary Brown

 

PLEASE remember this: We’re looking for projects posted to the internet AFTER July 18, 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: July 19, 2016 (3 am USA Eastern Time) –
July 30, 2016 (6 am USA Eastern Time)