Category Archives: Challenge Favorites

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.

SUO Challenge #83, A Favorite Sentiment – Our Top 3!

Thanks to everyone who participated in our latest challenge.  Great ideas for using sentiment stamps of all kinds. 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.

 

Pauline (The Pursuit of Stampiness). The sentiment is THE focal point in this card.  All of the elements in this card – the bow to the left, the banners and pearly to the right, and the frame of the Winter Frost Designer Series Paper – accent the sentiment beautifully.

 

Susy Côté.  Susy used the chalkboard technique perfectly in this card.  We really like how the papers and the ribbon were both clipped to accent each other, and the mix of colors is so much fun!

 

 

 

 

 

Bonnie Klass.  The placement of the star on the textured background, accented with the matting makes this a beautiful Clean and Simple card.  The best part for this particular challenge is the placement of the word, "Noel."  You definitely cannot miss her favorite Christmas Greeting!

 

 

Don't forget to go snag the code for our Top 3 banner – over on the left – to show off on your blogs, ladies!

 

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SUO Challenge 82, Harvest Time – Our Top 3!

Thanks to everyone who participated in our latest challenge.  Fabulous projects to give us all a wide range of ideas for the season – as usual!

Thanks especially to our Top 3 whom we felt did the best job of capturing our theme for the week!

 

Margaret King (Margaret K). This beautiful CAS (Clean and Simple) card caught our eye with the circle with its sentiment and the lovely Crystal Effects dew drops.  The sponged leaves carry through the harvest theme as the focal point of this card.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jennifer Kay (TX Jenny Wren).  The sponged leaves in the card create a beautiful depth to the whole picture.  And that background is just stunning in its artistry!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Paula Sievers.  Paula's stamping on her entire project is so well done.  And the card box is just the pefect accompaniment to this well-constructed project!

 

 

 

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SUO Challenge #81, Masculine Cards – Our Top 3!

     Once again, thanks to the SUO Challenge Design Team for keeping the Challenges going during my absence while I traveled extensively on the USA Mainland.  But I just couldn't saddle them with the work involved in compiling the Top 3 for publication.  (Shhhhh – it's so much fun I keep it for myself!)  So here is the Top 3 post for our Masculine Card challenge – better late than never!

     Asking someone to make a "masculine" card as opposed to a "feminine" card used to be seen as a request to make something with browns and blacks and other neutrals rather than with the bright, regal and subtle colors of the Stampin' Up! palette. Not any more as was evidenced by our Design Team entries as well as by the projects of those who entered their projects into the SUO Challenge to make a "Masculine" card! 

     Oh, and once again, we have Top 3 representation from several corners of the Stampin' Up! world, including one from Australia as well as one each from both markets in North America – the United States and Canada!  What fun to meet so many people through our Stampin' Up! experience!

 

Patti Corriere, USA.  Our Design Team loved the textures on this card along with the beautifully laid-out scene made with the various stamps.  The Natural Ribbon accents the whole card, as well as adding yet another texture element to enhance the design.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bronwyn Eastley, Australia.  We all loved the use of the My Digital Studio "punches" to create this design.  And of course, Bronwyn picked the perfect Designer Series Paper to go with this project!

 

 

 

 

Brenda Hofstatter, Canada.  We were particularly impressed by Brenda's use of the metallic gold which really makes this whole design pop.  The "fussy cut" stars are a beautiful accent and really bring out the colors that she used in the stamped image.

 

 

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