Category Archives: Challenge Favorites

SUO Challenge 68, Just Stick to One Color, Please – Our Top 3!

     Not as many of you as usual were interested in our challenge to make a monochromatic project.  But, wow, did you all submit some wonderful! projects! The vast majority of those who entered projects in this challenge got at least one vote from our Design Team.  So you know we had a hard time coming up with our Top 3!

     So here they are and congratulations to all!  You can click on their photo to go to the blog post about their entry.  The Top 3 can pick up the sidebar code for their blogs over at the left.

 

Sue Rowe.  Sue said that she is going to miss Baja Breeze in the Stampin' Up! color collection and she showed this favorite color off with a stunningly beautiful design.  We were so impressed with the dimension and detail of the central flower on this card, and the Netting background gives just the perfect amount of texture to everything in the foreground.  So much elegance in a clean and simple design!

 

 

Chris Smith.  Chris said that she is going to miss River Rock in the Stampin' Up! color collection, and she, too, certainly showed us all why she likes to use it! What an elegant design with the doily and butterflies and the way Chris combined the River Rock with her background color.  And there is so much dainty elegance in the texture that she used with all of her layers.

 

 

 

Fiona Whitten.  We all loved the reverse design that Fiona made with her sponging of the Sizzix doily design.  It's especially effective with the dark to light tones, and with the punched butterflies landing perfectly on the edge to show off the color!

 

 

 

 

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SUO Challenge 65, Our Going Green Top 3

     I have to tell you that this challenge provided a lot more fun that many of our challenges – and you'll know what I mean if you make sure to read the blog post for the first of our Top 3 entrants for the challenge.  I'm still laughing, and I can probably truthfully claim to have memorized the whole story!

     Thanks so much to all of you who joined in in our "Going Green" challenge, and we're all looking forward to seeing all of you – and even more! – as we get deeper and warmer intro Spring!

 

Linda Callahan.  Linda's card is so beautifully balanced, and we loved the 4-leaf clover with the word, "Lucky."  The splash of yellow was a nice finishing touch!  You have GOT to read her story.

 

Charissa Laarman.  We loved the dimension in Charissa's Shamrock and the texture that highlighted the entire card.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Julie Gearinger.  The layering and all of the shading of greens in Julie's card is just beautiful.  And it's so much fun to have a Christmas card this time of the year!

 

 

 

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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!