SUO Challenge 39 – Happy Birthday!

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I love birthday cards, especially on MY birthday. No, my birthday isn't this week – but someone's birthday must be sometime soon! And even if you don't have a special friend or relative who has a birthday coming up, you're going to need a birthday card sooner or later! So why not take some fun time to make a birthday card you'll have a blast making – with no deadline except for the Stampin' Up! Only Challenge team deadline of two weeks from now!

Our design team has started out with a wide variety of designs for this challenge theme. And I can hardly wait to see what kind of a card YOU make. Use your favorite of everything – stamps, papers, embellishments – anything in your stash, as long as it's a Stampin' Up! product, and you make the card for this challenge. And when you're finished, you'll have a card ready for that next special birthday in your life!

SUO Challenge 38 – Our Top Three

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What fun to see all the color combinations that you all showed off in response to our last challenge. It started off as a Valentine Color challenge, and segued into use of two colors for any project once we got past Valentine's Day. Thanks so much for everyone for participating, and especially to this week's Top Three:

Bonnie Klass. We all loved the way Bonnie used the white space on this card to set off her colors so nicely, and we really enjoyed the way that she used the black gingham ribbon to accent the white as well as the colors. And those pearls on the hearts are just the perfect accents for this beautiful Love card!

Karen
Sczcepkowski. What a unique color duo for this Anniversary/Valentine's card. We loved the way she stamped on the side panels and then used the embossing to accent the top and the bottom panels. Lovely combo, and I think a couple of us may be using this color combo before long!

Lana Horton. Lana showed us how we can transition from Valentine's Day to St. Patrick's day with this unusual set of colors to set off her sparkly heart! The way she tied the ribbon was a beautiful way to finish off this card!

SUO Challenge 31 – Our Top Three

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What a delight it was to read all about all the projects submitted for our challenge to make a "Thinking of You" card. There were so many beautiful cards and, as always, we had to work hard to pick our Top Three for the challenge.

Kasey from Oz (Australia) wowed us all with her beautifully ornate embossed frame for a simply gorgeous "painting" of a ship. This really is true artistry of the stamping variety!

Tanya Bell (also from Australia!) just pulled this vintage look together perfectly. There was so much beautiful detail that it was hard not to keep looking at it to see if there was one more detail we missed!

Sheri Bradley's card has such a beautifully clean design. We loved the way the dogwood flower popped from the rest of the card, and how well it tied together with the rest of the paper!