As I write this, it is Memorial Day 2012 in the United States. Once we have finished remembering members of our armed services who have given their lives in defense of our country, we observe this day as the official "First Day of Summer." The school year is about done, barbecue grills are all fired up, and vacations are being planned. So our challenge for this week is to capture something about a bright summer day and turn it into a greeting card or some other project – with Stampin' Up! products Only, of course!
I probably don't need to say this, but our Aussie and Kiwi friends to the south are definitely NOT approaching summer! It's the end of Autumn in the southern hemisphere, and winter is about to descend on the land. But there's brightness in winter days, too! So those of you who are looking forward to some bright winter days with all the sports and other activities that go along with it, join in, too!
And this is a very special challenge for us at SUO Challenges! It's our first ever challenge featuring Guest Designers! We selected our very special Guest Designers for today's challenge from those of you who have been frequent contributors in our biweekly challenges. I'm sure all of you who are reading our blog today will gain some inspiration for this week's challenge theme from these fun projects – and we hope you'll welcome them by visiting their blogs to learn more about them!
To participate in our challenge, make a card and post a photo of it to your blog or a gallery on the internet. Then come back here and use our link tool at the bottom of this post to share the photo with us! We're looking for cards posted to the internet after May 28, 2012, and (of course!) made with Stampin' Up! products only. The products may be those that are in current catalogs, or they may be retired products. But (as our blog title says) SUO – Stampin' Up! Only! This means that Products from other papercrafting, rubber stamp, die-making or other companies may not be included in your project if Stampin' Up! sells a like product. For example, Stampin' Up! does not sell sewing thread. So use of sewing thread from another company is just fine. Stampin' Up! does sell the Sizzix Big Shot, so use of die-cuts, texture plates or other such products from another company is not fine. If you have a question, please send an e-mail to our Coordinator, Robin Messenheimer, and she'll be glad to answer it!
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