Category Archives: Challenge Favorites

SUO Challenge #64, Our SAB Top 3!

     Stampin' Up!'s annual Sale-a-bration event is definitely popular if the number of entrants that we had during this challenge is any indication!  What fun we had with all of the samples that all of you shared with us. As always, though, we have chosen our Top Three and, as always, we had a tough time picking those Top Three!  You are all so talented.  Thanks for everyone who joined us for this challenge.

     So now for our Top Three!

 

Julie Wadlinger.  This is a very unique layout for this card!  There are so many different elements that are parts of this project – so creative!

 

 

 

 

 

 

KarrenJ. Karren constructed the Saffron and Black to make such a clean, beautifully designed card.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Christie.  We loved the way she used the papers and stamps and colors to make such a fun box!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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SUO Challenge #63, CAS Valentines – Our Top 3!

     Oh, my, what a wonderful collection of easy to make Clean and Simple Valentines you showed off during our last challenge!  Of course, some were more "clean and simple" than others.  But there is a wide variety of opinions on what constitutes CAS.  All these different ideas is what makes looking at all these wonderful project samples so much fun!

     Thank you to everyone who contributed a gorgeous project for this challenge – and they were ALL gorgeous!  We have selected a "Top 3," though, and they are:

 

Karren J.  made a card that we all agreed was the epitome of "Clean and Simple."  What a beautiful splash of red in the one corner of the card and the rhinestone accented it perfectly!

 

 

Gail Wheeler.  The Naturals Composition envelope and the distressed background complement each other so well – and provide the perfect background layout for the hearts and greeting.  Lovely card!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kristine Giampietro.  We loved the party favor, and especially the pearl heart on the tag.  The texture on the pillow box accented the two pieces of pink with their pearl accents beautifully.  What a fun project!

 

 

 

     If you wish to learn more about any of these projects, just click on the picture and you'll be taken to the artist's blog!

SUO Challenge #61, True Blue – Our Top 3!

     Even though it's been awhile since we posted this challenge, it's been hard to miss that gorgeous sea of blue that filled the last SUO Challenge Blog Post.  I couldn't have imagined a better response to this challenge.  Who knew so many loved blue?!

     And now, finally, after a bit of a delay, we'd like to name our Top 3 for our last challenge.  Don't forget to pick up a copy of the code for our "Top 3" winner that you can place on your blog side bars!

 

Julie Gearinger.  This set of sympathy cards is amazing.  We expecially loved that Julie included instructions for the basic brayering technique for the cards and showed us so many ways to use our final stamped product.  Definitely stunning!

 

 

 

 

Julie Fields.  Julie's Baby Wipes technique is just gorgeous!  Not only that, the way that Julie divided her card into sections really made this card feel like a work of art

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lynn Starzl.  That Henry card is so cute with the arrow clip to "point" us in the correct direction for extending Henry's wonderful trunk!   Lynn's masking was spot on, too, making this a treasure of a card.

 

 

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SUO Challenge #60, A Season of Glitter – Our Top 3

     With most of us in the midst of holiday preparations these past two weeks, we were pleasantly surprised at all the entries that we had for our "Season of Glitter" challenge.  Thanks everyone for fantastic entries by all of you!  It was delightful looking at all these projects and trying to come up with our Top 3 – and difficult as I'm sure you can imagine.

     I hope you enjoyed visiting all the blogs and galleries that were represented by our entrants as much as we did.  But, as always, we do name a Top 3 who, this time, are:

 

Cathy Parlitsis.  This is a stunningful elegant wedding card with the Silver Glimmer paper beautifully accenting the Whisper White card stock and its texture.  Gorgeous!

 

 

 

 

Christy Stanford.  We all loved the overall shimmer of the central element, which really does a fab job of highlighting the colors.  The green card stock as well as the blue and red Patterns papers highlighted the stamped colors beautifully!.

 

 

 

Yapha Mason.  What a fun New Year's Card with all that sparkle against the black background.  We especially liked the and the black patterns papers scallops which nicely accented the entire card.

 

 

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