Winners PIO #14 - Feminine

We had 144 gorgeous entries into our Feminine Challenge last week!

Prize Winner, as chosen via Random.org:

#72 Gloria Shirr   

 

Congratulations! Please email CG (CGSaysSomethingLoudly AT gmail DOT com) to receive your $10 gift certificate to Aurora Wings.

Top 3, as chosen by the Design Team:

#84 Lisa F 

#115 Bо 

    #126 lalkygirl 

Congratulations! Please grab your Top 3 Scoops badge (code is available in the right sidebar):

Many thanks to you all, and we hope you'll join us this week for Pile It On #15 - Mesh or Tulle, sponsored by Inky Impressions.

Pile It On #14 - Feminine

This week at Pile It On! we're focusing on the Feminine. From girly to vintage, make a project with a strong feminine side!

Our sponsor is Aurora Wings, and one lucky participant will win a $10 gift certificate to their etsy store.

Aurora Wings features illustrations inspired by fairies, mermaids, ballet, myths & legends from around the world, catrina/ skull painted beauties, steampunk, dark & macabre, all in lush colors with delightful detail. If you are a handmade card artist/crafter, please stop by the Stamps by AuroraWings facebook group where you can post photos, receive discount codes, participate in monthly contests to win prizes, and so much more. You can also join the fun at the Aurora Wings challenge blog.

Now for your inspiration from PIO's Team A, featuring digis from Aurora Wings:

Sharla - This Thing Called Life

Challenges for Sharla:
Fairies Challenge-Shabby or Vintage
4Krafty Girls-Anything Goes
Art Impression Stamps-Getting Girly
Paper Crafting Journey-Anything Goes
Simon Says Stamp-Anything Goes
Through the Craftroom Door-Anything Goes
AuroraWings Challenge-Anything Goes
Craftin Desert Divas-ATG
Craft Your Passion-Shaped card
Color Me Creative- Sparkle It (glitter on wood veneer, glitter on flowers)
A Creative Romance-Spring Flowers
Crafty Hands Challenge-Shabby Chic
Just Add Ink-Layers
Catch the bug-Anything Goes

Tanya - Little Scrapper

Challenges for Tanya:
City Crafter Challenge - Easter/Spring 
Fan-Tastic Tuesday -  Use A Patterened Paper 
Going Grey With Scrap-Creations - Spring  
Loves Rubber Stamps - Anything Goes 
Papertake Weekly  - Anything Goes 
Through The Craft Room Door - Always Anything Goes 
2 Cute Ink Challenge - Anything Goes 
Artistic Inspirations - Anything Goes / Easter Colors 
AuroraWings Challenge - Anything Goes 

Craft-Dee BowZ - Anything Goes with a Handmade Bow + Blog Hop Apr 2 - Apr 5 
Craft It Up & Link It Up Linky Party by Craftin Desert Divas - Anything Goes

 

Tracey - Today's Beautiful Moments

 

Challenges for Tracey:

Doodle Pantry..."Any Digi Image Goes"
Flat Friends Challenge Blog..."Use a Sentiment"
Mema's Crafts..."April Challenge Anything Goes/Spring/Easter"
The Cupboard Trilogy..."Friends/Friendship"
The East Wind Challenge..."Use a Sentiment"
Crafty Girls Challenge Blog..."Anything Goes"
Art Impressions Challenge Blog..."Getting Girly"
Delightful Challenges..."Hip to be Square"
A Song in Your He{art}..."Everything Grows"...(kitten/animal, roses)
Crafting by Designs..."Anything Goes April Challenge"
Divas By Design..."Anything Goes"
Word Art Wednesday..."Anything Goes...uplifting, spiritual"
Aurora Wings Challenge Blog..."Anything Goes"
Open Minded Challenges..."Animal Antics"
Polkadoodles..."Animal Magic"
QKR Stampede..."Recipe Challenge 123"

Elizabeth - Warm Harted

Challenges for Elizabeth:

Bearly Mine - spring
Cards Galore - favorite colors
Crafting By design - anything goes
Craft for the Craic - Easter or spring
Craftitude - anything goes
Crafty Catz - spring
Crafts Galore Encore - fav color (pink)
Delightful Challenge - square
CMC Challenge - sparkle
Divas By design - anything goes
Fantastic Tuesday - use patterned paper
Jo's Scrap Shack - anything goes
LadyBug Crafts - spring
Loves Rubber Stamps - anything goes
Papertake Weekly - anything goes
Red Rubber - Spring
Sister Act - anything goes
Stampin with the Dragon - spring
Totally papercrafts - pastels
4 Crafty Chicks - color an image
4 Crafty Girls - anything goes

Jenn - Stamplified

Challenges for Jenn:
Challenges 4 Everybody-anything goes
Crafting When we Can-for a child
Dream Valley-Easter
Lacy Sunshine-add flowers
One Stitch at a Time-flowers
Robyns Fetish-Easter
Pumpkin Spice-bunnies
Creative Corner-flowers
Jo's Scrap Shack-anything goes
Simply Create Too-bunnies
The Stamping Boutique-easter
Totally Papercraft-pastels
Aurora Wings Challenge-anything goes
My Favorite Things-sketch

CG - Say Something Loudly

Challenges for CG:
A song in your He{ART} #4: Everything grows
AuroraWings Challenge: Anything Goes
Craft Your Passion: Shaped cards or Anything but Square
Crafty Catz #225: Springtime
Eureka Stamps: Spring Flowers
Fitztown Challenge: Fancy Folds
Inky Impressions #153: Fancy Fold
Melonheadz Friends Challenge: Spring
Oldie But A Goodie Challenge: April Showers Bring May Flowers + Stash item (leaf ribbon, plain papers, and sentiment stamp are all over a year old)
Pattie's Creations #89: Fancy Folds
Scrap-Creations: Spring
TimbroScrapMania Stamping Challenge: Only for a Girl

Kimberly - Paper Munch Designs

Challenges for Kimberly:

Aurora wings - atg

Pumpkin spice - ducks or bunnies

sweet stampin - easter

paper makeup stamps - pastels

simply create too - easter or bunnies

more than favors - spring theme

creative knockouts - for a child

4 crafty chicks - colour a stamped image

loves rubber stamps - atg

crafty boots - easter

aud sentiments - easter

crafting when we can - for a child

Sugar Pea designs - sketch

 

Winners PIO #14 - Wooden

Thank you so much for joining our "Wooden" challenge last week. We had 27 fun entries, but it's always so difficult to choose just a Top 3!

Challenge 2013 #14
Top 3, as chosen by the Design Team:
 

#1 Holly

#15 Tilly's Crafts 

#27 Stacey Schafer 

Congratulations! Please grab your Top 3 Scoops badge (code is available in the right sidebar):

And now for the Lucky Winner of the Sponsor Prize, as chosen via Random.org:

#5 carol gill 

 

Please email CG (CGSaysSomethingLoudly AT gmail DOT com) with your choice of 2 digis from Jellypark.

Many thanks to you all, and we hope you'll join us this week for Pile It On #15 - Embossing, sponsored by Red Rubber Designs!

Pile It On #14 - Wooden

Welcome to a new challenge at Pile It On! This week we're going back to nature: We want to see "Wooden" elements. That could be wood in your image, wooden embellishments, woodgrain patterns, even cork!

We are sponsored by our fabulous friends at Jellypark who are giving 2 images to the winner this week!

Here are the fabulous samples from our team.

Elizabeth - Warm Harted

Elizabeth's Challenges:

Brown Sugar - spring
Clear it out - flowers
Crafty Bloggers Network - anything goes
Crafting for all Seasons - floral
Crafts for Eternity - color/spring
Crafty Creations - flowers or fairies
Crafts and Me - spring flowers
Creative Moments - things with wings
Cute Card Thursday - borrow (the idea of sponging the frame)
Digital Tuesday - trends (wooden frame)
Divas By Design - Spring colors
Flutterby Wednesday - flowers
Happy Camper - flowers
Lady Bug Crafts - spring
Inky Impressions - for a child
Kaboodle Doodle - 2 diiferent papers
Live and Love Crafts - pink, 2 dp, pearls
Mema's Crafts - anything goes
Paper Pretties - showers or flowers
Pause, Dream, Enjoy - dewdrops, gems, pearls
Sweet Stamps - spring pastels
The Craft Garden - rainbow of color
The Stamping Shack - spring
Word Art Wednesday - positive message


Deanne of A Little Bit O' Paper

Challenges fro Deanne:

Emergency Crafters-nautical and shades of blue

Crazy Challenge-charm

Papertake Weekly-anything goes

Top Tip Tuesday-girls and boys

Inky Impressions-for a child

4 Crafty Chicks-charm

C.R.A.F.T.-recycle (rope is from a clothing tag)

Crafty Catz-anything goes

Fairies-anything goes

2 Sisters-anything goes


Chris V - Easily Amused

Chris' Challenges:
Pile It On #14 - Wooden - Wood embellishments and/or wood grain patterns
Sister Act #1 - Anything Goes
Simply Create Too #34 - Animals
Really Reasonable Ribbon #69 - Buttons and Bows
Polka Doodle week 13 - Paper Piecing
Crafty Catz #177 - Anything Goes
4 Crafty Chicks - #136 - Charms
Top Tip Tuesday #98 - Girls and Boys Come Out to Play
Ladybug Crafts Ink - Anything Goes
Oldie But a Goodie - Transport (the buttons, twine and star border die are oldies)
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes
CrazyChallenge CCH#142 - Add a Charm
Cutie Pie #41 - Favourite Films (Pirates of the Caribbean)
The Pink Elephant TPE193 - Use 3 Patterned Paper and Your Favorite Embellishment
Simon Says Stamp and Show - Anything Goes
2 Sisters #138 - Anything Goes
Catch the Bug - April Anything Goes

Helen - Helen's Craft Haven:

Challenges for Helen:
Pile It On! - Wood
2 Sisters - Anything Goes
Allsorts - Spring has Sprung
CCEE Stampers - Things with Wings
Challenges for Everybody - Anything Goes
Crafts & Me - Spring Flowers
Crafty Catz - Anything Goes
Flutterby Wednesdays - Flowers
Fussy & Fancy - Faux Technique (Stitching)
Gem of a Challenge - Animals
Lili of the Valley - All Stitched Up (My stitching is faux)
Loves Rubber Stamps - Anything Goes
One Stop Craft - Birthdays
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes
Simon Says Stamp - Happy Birthday
Sisterhood of Crafters - Easter/Spring
Stamp with Fun - Spring
Sweet Sketch Wednesday - Sketch #200
Sweet Stampin' - Scallops
Wags 'N Whiskers - April Showers/Spring


CG - Say Something Loudly

Challenges for CG:
Aud Sentiments Challenge: Card or Project with a Sentiment for a Child
Card Makin' Mamas: No patterned papers
Cards For Men: Humorous cards
Crafty Cardmakers: Humour
Inklings and Yarns: Always Anything Goes
Inky Impressions: For a child
Oldie but a Goodie: Transport (I've had the cork for over a year and a half, and the stick & bark were collected last spring)
Paper Playtime: Use a Pun
Papertake Weekly: Anything Goes
Stuck on U Diecut Challenge: Rrrrrrr Ye Sea Worthy (buttons are cut with a die)


Now it's your turn! Add your link below and Good Luck!

Winners PIO #14 - Create a Scene

Wow, you all really know how to Create a Scene! Be sure to check out the entries for Challenge #14 for lots of inspiration.

Note on prizes: Our prize coordinator (that's me, CG) just learned that her email's Spam filter has been hiding some messages. If you've contacted us about a prize and haven't heard back, please leave a comment on this post and I'll get in touch with you right away. Thanks all!

And now on to this week's Top 3 and prize winner. It was particularly tough choosing this week!

Challenge 2012 #14
Top 3:

#25 Maya 

#29 Lisa 

#40 Samantha Ball 

Lucky Winner:

#10 Michelle R 

Congratulations Michelle, you win the $10 Gift Certificate to StampFairy! Please contact [cgSaysSomethingLoudly AT gmail DOT com] with the email subject "PIO #14 Winner".

Hope you'll join us this week for PIO #15 - All About 'S', sponsored by Simon Says Stamp.

Pile It On Challenge #14 - Create a Scene

Welcome to Pile It On Challenge #14, sponsored by StampFairy.

This week, we want you to make a scene: that's right, go out and cause some trouble! April Fools! We want you to create a scene: we're looking for cards & projects depicting a scene of some sort.

One lucky participant will receive a $10 gift certificate to the StampFairy shop! You'll love their sweet & fun digital stamps, wordart & papers.

This week you're really lucky: not only did the Design Team make some great inspiration, we have members of the Stampfairy World DT joining us (first 2 cards):

Céline - Passionnément Cartes (StampFairy DT)

Challenges for Céline:
Little Darlings - Outside
Pixie cottage - Cuddly critters
Daisy Doodles - Spring
Sweet Stampin' - Spring or Easter
 

Jackie - Paper Moments (StampFairy DT)

Challenges for Jackie:
Creative Card Crew - Spring
Paper and Such - Spring/Easter
Party Time Tuesday - Anything Goes
Ribbon Carousel - Anything Goes (must include spool item)
Creative Mondays - Anything goes
Daisy Doodles - Spring
Lolipop Craft - Anything Goes
Fairy Fun Friday - Spring


Katie - Both Sides of The Paper

Challenges for Katie:
Pile It On - Create a Scene
Fairytale Challenge - Anything Goes
Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes
Inspire Me Friday - Anything Goes
Scrapbookaholic by Abby - Anything Goes
Crafty Purple Frog - Anything Goes
Crop Stop - Oh So Bright
Crafty Catz - Use a Digi Image (1 entry only)
Wags N Whiskers - Say It With Flowers
Lilypad Cards - Flowers
The Poodles Parlour - Going Dotty
Speedy the Fox - Square Cards
Deep Ocean - Masking or Use Two Stamps


Melissa - I Have Prettier Stuff

Challenges for Melissa:

Aud Sentiments: Happy Easter

The Deconstructed Sketch: Sketch

Card Makin Mamas: Easter

Crafty Catz Weekly Challenge:Use A Digi Image 

Crafty Mess Challenge Blog: Baby or Anything Goes

Cute Card Thursday:Happy Easter

Delightful Sketches Challenges: Easter

Four Crafty Chicks: Easter

Prairy Fairy Fridays: Spring

Inspire Me Fridays: Anything Goes

Just Add Ink: Easter

Lily Pad: Flower Challenge

Patties Creations Challenge Blog: Anything Goes

Sarah Hurley Challenge Blog: Easter

SJ Crafts Shop Blog: Use 3 of Something( flowers and buttons)

Stampin For the Weekend: Anything Goes

Stampin With The Dragon: Spring

Totally Papercraft: Easter

Wags and Wiskers: Flowers

Kimberly - Paper Munch 

Challenges for Kimberly:
party time tuesday - ATG
moving along with the times - cute and cuddly
Top Tip Tuesday - Easter/animal
Fantabulous Cricut - out like a lamb
my creative time - ATG
Cardmadfairy's digi days - die cut
Anything goes challenge blog - Easter
the squirrel and the fox - Easter
krafty girls - for peep sake
the paper shelter - Easter
penny's paper- Easter
more than favors - Easter
copic oz - Easter
aud sentiments challenge - happy Easter
scrapalicious usa - Easter
digi design challenge - embossing
Albhabet challenge - embossing
all sorts challenge - photo inspiration
crafty catz weekly challenge - digi image
Simon Says - ATG
divas by design - stamp something
my mum's craft shop - stamp it
Whimsical designs - spring


Beth - BethieJ's Blogspot



Challenges for Beth:
PIO - Create A Scene!
Inspire Me Fridays - Anything Goes
Make It Mondays - Anything Goes
Crafty Catz Weekly Challenge - Use A Digi Image
Cute Card Thursday - Anything Goes
Crafty Purple Frog - Anything Goes
Scrapbook Sisters - Anything Goes
Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes
Speedy the Fox - Square Cards
Little Darlings - Outside
Partytime Tuesday - Anything Goes


Emma - Paper Addicts Anonymous

Challenges for Emma:
Pile It On - Make a scene
Catch the Bug - Easter/Spring
Crafty Calender - Spring Clean
Crafy Emma's Store - No Girls Allowed
Our Creative Corner - How Green is your Spring
Stamp, Scrap and Doodle - Spring
Sweet Stampin' - Spring/Easter
Clean and Simple - Sketch (I went with strips instead of scallops)
Card Mad Fairy's Digi Days - Die cuts/punches (the grass is the loopy blooms die from MFT cut in half, I thought I was being quite creative!)
Crafts 4 Eternity - 3 of a kind (3 strips of grass)
Glitter Geeks - April Fools (funny)


Jenn Zeeb - Stamplified

Challenges for Jenn:

Little Red Wagon - clouds

More Than Favor - spring

Paper Pretties - bling

Stampin Royalty - spring things

Joyful Stampers - anything goes

Stamping with the Dragon - spring

Crafty Purple Frog - Anything goes

Fresh Brewed - spring

Little Darlings - Outside

Simon Says Stamp - anything goes

Our Creative Corner - How Green is your Spring

Phindy's Place - ribbon

You have until April 7th to submit your card, following our rules as listed on the sidebar. So get out your challenge list and Pile It On!