Category Archives: Challenge Favorites

SUO Challenge 88, New Toys – Our Top 3!

Thanks to everyone who participated in our latest challenge. It was such fun looking at all the ways you are using your new toys, whether from the newest Stampin' Up! catalog or just new to you!!

Thanks especially to our Top 3 whom we felt did the best job of capturing our theme for the week!  Click on the pictures of their projects to go to their blogs or galleries for more details.

 

Amanda Burditt.  Besides the bright, festive feeling of this card, we loved Amanda's creative use of the embossing folder!  If you want to know how she did this, be sure to visit her blog by clicking on the photo. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sharnee Torrents. What a clever use of the Sale-a-Bration banner. What young lady wouldn't be thrilled to have this banner to celebrate her birthday!

 

 

 

 

 

Deb Fearns. There are LOTS of new toys from the Stampin' Up! Occasions catalog in this card.  We just love the tip about coloring the Washi Tape!

 

 

 

 

 

 

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SUO Challenge #86, Last Minute Christmas – Our Top 3!

Thanks to everyone who participated in our latest challenge.  I wouldn't be surprised if quite a few of our blog followers didn't use some of those ideas for last minute Christmas Cards and Gifts! We loved them all – as usual!

Thanks especially to our Top 3 whom we felt did the best job of capturing our theme for the week!  Click on the pictures of their projects to go to their blogs or galleries for more details.

 

Eva Bussom.  This is just one of the set of note cards that Eva made.  The whole set is so simple, but beautifully creative.  And they look so easy to make – they could be used as a quick last-minute gift for so many occasions just by changing out the greetings!

 

 

 

Tricia Raineri,  This is an especially wonderful little gift with the matching greeting card to go along with it!  The whole design makes those polka dots look so very festive!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lizy Bartaby.  The tea lights inside the Stampin' Up! Milk Cartons make such a festive glow!  This is a great hostess gift for the hard-to-shop for person – especially as they can sit or be hung as a banner.  So creative!

 

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SUO Challenge #85, Non-Traditional Christmas – Our Top 3!

Thanks to everyone who participated in our latest challenge.  Lots of gorgeous ideas for non-traditional Christmas projects – colors and images alike! We loved them all – as usual!

Thanks especially to our Top 3 whom we felt did the best job of capturing our theme for the week!  Click on the pictures of their projects to go to their blogs or galleries for more details.

 

Alyson M.  The beautiful translucent pink Poinsettia is so festive, especially with the background made with My Digital Studio, and the Holly Jolly and scalloped edges picking up the background colors.  Not Christmas colors, but it's definitely a Christmas card – and a gorgeous one at that!

 

 

 

 

Amy Kunkle.  This is definitely a "Merry and Bright" card!  This is about as non-traditional as you could get, colorwise, but it, too, is unquestionably a Christmas card!

 

 

 

 

Donna Centamore (Butternut Sage).  These snow "shovels" are arranged just perfectly for this lovely Christmas scene.  The colors are traditional, but the beautifully decorated gardener's spades are certainly not – but a great card for a gardener!

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SUO Challenge #84, Let It Snow! – Our Top 3!

Thanks to everyone who participated in our latest challenge.  Lots of gorgeous ideas for showing off Snow in Stampin' Up! projects. We loved them all – as usual!

Thanks especially to our Top 3 whom we felt did the best job of capturing our theme for the week!  Clip on the pictures of their projects to go to their blogs or galleries for more details.

 

Kez (Kerry Bunting).  We loved the sponged background – so well done! The non-
traditional image and colors are beautiful for a Christmas Card.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gloria Steger.  This is another gorgeous scene created with wonderful layering of the stamps and shadows.  The glistening snow is a highlight!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Diane Vander Galien.  What an elegant centerpiece with the beautifully stamped candles with some extra embellishments to make the decorations 3-dimensional. The matching ornament is a perfect accent for the whole design.