Category Archives: Challenge Favorites

SUO Challenge #78, Ribbons and Bows – Our Top 3!

It was so much fun – and so challenging! – to look at all the ways that you used Ribbons and Bows in your projects for the last SUO Challenge.  I'm sure that each of you has given many of our blog readers a great idea that they'll be using in the future.  That's the best part of a challenge blog – seeing what everyone else is doing with their own Stampin' Up! products!

With all the great entries we had for this challenge, we were still able to designate three of the entries as our "Top 3" for the challenge. Click on any of the images to read more about the entries.

 

Diane Vander Galien.  We so enjoyed how Diane used two different colors of Stampin' Up! Designer Series Paper to create the layered bow.  The 3-dimensional snowflake, with the coordinating colors, perfectly set off this beautifully designed gift box!

 

Lynda Day.  What fun to have included three diffrerent kinds of ribbon in this Clean and Simple card project!  We really liked her idea of splitting the Chevron Ribbon in half to tie the bow, and the threads on the cut side are a nice accent for the linen thread.  The colors for this fall-themed greeting card beautifully enhance the fun layout of this card.

 

 

 

 

Darcie Bardach.  We were all captivated by the vintage style frame and the way it and the mat complemented the colors for this project.  This is a great way to show off the ribbons and bows of this challenge!

SUO Challenge #77, Happy Birthday – Our Top 3!

     Oh, my!  There are certainly going to be lots of wonderful birthday cards being sent out this summer and fall, if our entries for the latest SUO Challenge are any indication!  We all loved every entry, and hope that those who are on the receiving end of the cards are as appreciative of all your creative work as we are.

     Our work to select our Top 3 this time around was difficult as always. But we did finally come up with our Top 3 selections.  We hope that you will take the opportunity to visit the blogs of the Top 3 entrants – which you can do by clicking on the photos of their projects.  We also invite our Top 3 entrants to grab the code for our Top 3 banner over to the left of this post and add it to your blog sidebar!  We know you'd like to show this off!

     Now our Top 3:

 

Laura Mackie.  What a wonderful use of the stars.  The simplicity and color combinations made us smile.  This card definitely denotes a celebration!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lynda Day.  This card stands out because of the fab use of a wedding cake image as a birthday cake.  At least two of the design team put this set on our wish list because of this card!  The way the background paper colors are accented by the cake colors is so much fun!

 

De Williamson. This card with a more masculine design to it sends out a celebratory feel with the overall layout and the fun red accent.  "Make a Wish" is a perfect greeting for this card.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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SUO Challenge #76, Back to School – Our Top 3!

After a slow start, we had quite a few people jump into this challenge with some great projects.  Who says going back to school can't be fun! Of course, we did expand the theme a bit to include any "Kards for Kids."  But that doesn't at all detract from the fine projects you all entered!

Thanks and High Marks to everyone who participated, and especially to our Top 3:

 

Susie Nelson.  Susie got to the Top of the Class with her READ theme!  There's so much fun detail in this card, including the Book Mark, the creatively placed letters, and the different reading subjects. All the colors were beautifully complementary which pulled this whole card together perfectly.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nanci Simmons.  Nancy gets an A+ for her creative use of the Owl Builder Punch!  How cute are those Minions!

 

 

 

 

 

 

De Williamson.  De received High Honors from our Design Team for her creative use of the old and the new.  She remembered this retired Stampin' Up! paper set and combined it beautifully with the new and very current Hexagon Punch and the greeting from Regarding Dahlias.

SUO Challenge #75, Get Well Cards – Our Top 3!

     I'm so glad to see that so many of our readers now have Get Well Cards in their stash of gorgeous Stampin' Up! cards.  And I hope that very few of you actually have to use them during this fun, relaxing time of the year.  For those of you who do have to use them, rest assured that you will all be sending the BEST kind of Get Well Card – one that's from the heart and made with the best paper crafting products out there!

     There were so many beautiful cards this time – actually, all of them were beautiful!  But we've managed to make our selection for this challenges Top 3 Entrants! 

     Congratulations to you all, and especially our Top 3.  Please be sure to "pick up" your SUO Challenge Top 3 blog widget over at the left!

 

Kathy Schweinfurth.  Such striking colors and the butterfly is SO realistic!  There are so many wonderful details in this card, and we love them all!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stef Perry.  What a lovely, soft, color combination!  And the watercoloring in this card finishes off the whole effect beautifully!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Karren Johnson.   Karren used the white space beautifully in this Clean and Simple (CAS) card.  The pop of color with the red butterfly is the perfect accent!

 

 

 

 

 

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