SUO Challenge 125, The Cutting Edge – Our Top 3!

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We’re a bit late with this, but nonetheless we offer sincere thanks to everyone who participated in our challenge to make at least one cut edge of a greeting something other than a straight line. 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.

For those of you who are in our “Top 3” each week, we have the code for a blog widget over to the left. Be sure to grab the code if you’d like to announced this on your blog page!

Kathie Durgan

Joanne James

Cindy Brumbaugh

SUO Challenge #124, Stars and Stripes

6 / 8 / 156 / 9 / 15

It’s summer in the United States, and “Stars and Stripes” seems to refer to the USA Flag and the upcoming Fourth of July Celebration. BUT there’s much more to be done with this theme all around the world and for many occasions. For this challenge, create a project, using Stampin’ Up! products only, that features stars and stripes – or stripes and stars! Any color combo will do.

Need some ideas to get your creativity started? Then check out our Design Team projects – and have fun with your own project!

To participate in our challenge, make a card or other paper-crafted project 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.

PLEASE remember this: We’re looking for projects posted to the internet AFTER June 8, 2015 This is a NEW challenge! AND please mention/link to the SUO Challenge Blog in your post!

Of course, your projects must be 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 or in any other project included in your blog post 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!

Challenge Dates: June 9, 2015 (3 am USA Eastern Time) –

June 20, 2015 (6 am USA Eastern Time)

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SUO Challenge 123, Sweet Treats – Our Top 3!

6 / 8 / 156 / 9 / 15

Thanks to everyone who participated in our Sweet Treats challenge.. 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.

By the way – for those of you who are in our “Top 3” each week, we have the code for a blog widget over to the left. Be sure to grab the code if you’d like to announced this on your blog page!

Anita Leidtke

Lisa Walsh

Maria Vanderform

SUO Challenge #123, Sweet Treats!

5 / 26 / 155 / 25 / 15

It's that time of the year for lots of parties! Besides the usual weddings, showers, and birthdays, there are graduations and holiday barbecues. Oh, and there are surely Bar and Bat Mitzvahs and Quinceanera celebrations. And more! For this challenge, think about how you'd show off or present a party's treats. Or think about a card you might send with an image of a sweet (think cake?). Your challenge is to make a project – card or other paper crafted project – with sweets as a theme.