Whimsy Stamps - Mostly Orange

Welcome back!! Thanks to all of you who participated in last week's challenge!!

For this week's challenge, we are going to make it a little easy on you - well, maybe no - depending on what colors you like to work with. This week we want you to make your project MOSTLY ORANGE. Yes, I said orange.

And we also have a sponsor this week!! WHIMSY STAMPS donated stamps to the Design Team to use in their creations and you could WIN a WHIMSY STAMP for participating this week - so be sure to get those entries in!

The Design Team rocked this challenge - as usual!! (They're wonderful, aren't they?!?!)

Dalis - Stamprgrl

Challenges for Dalis:

• Pile It On
  
• A spoon full of sugar - sketch
  
• Belli Challenge - Texture
  
• Ways of Using @ SCS - Two or more of something

Lesley


Challenges for Lesley:

• Pile it On (Mostly Orange)
  
• CAS (Splitcoast Stampers)
  
• 2 Red Bananas (Sketch)
  
• Cuttlebug Challenge (same Sketch as 2 Red Bananas but using Cuttlebug background)
  

RowenaChallenges for Rowena:

• A Spoonful of sugar-sketch
  
• PIO-mostly orange
  
• Dutch Dare-cutting dies and/or punches
  
• Paperplay challenges-favourite sweets (chocolate orange)
  

Alecia

Challenges for Alecia:

• Pile It On! - Mostly Orange
  
• Card Positioning Systems - Sketch #124
  
• Paper Blooms - Animal Fun Challenge
  
• 365 Cards - Day #138 Quote Challenge
  

Timi - My Journey to the World of Scrapbooking

Challenges for Timi:

• Pile it on - Mostly orange
  
• Coordinates Collection July Scrap Challenges: Let it Shine challenge to use flowers, coloring or doodling with pencils, markers, crayones etc. and glossy accents (something to bring on the shine)
  
• A Peek into Yesterday July PDT Challenges: create a LO with dots
  

Maureen - My C.A.S.E. Studies

Challenges for Maureen:

• Pile It On - Mostly Orange and combine with at least one other challenge
• Stamp n' Scrap Hawaii - sketch (it's their very first challenge so be sure to go check them out!)
• 365 Cards - Try a Technique (paper piercing)
• Paper Blooms - Animal Fun

Jennifer-Random Vintage Finds

Challenges for Jennifer:

• Pile it on-Mostly Orange
• Mojo Monday-Sketch
• Paper Blooms-Animal Fun
• Stampin' Bee's-Butterfly
• The Cuttlebug Spot-Inside Counts
• Lili of the Valley Thursday -Animals

Ann - Raindrop Echo Designs

Challenges for Ann:

• Pile It On! - for Challenge #7 Mostly Orange
• Charisma Cardz - Challenge # 28 Get a little sketchy
  
• Cuttlebug Spot - Challenge #39 The Inside Counts
  
• Paper Blooms - Animal Fun Challenge
  
• Lili of the Valley - Challenge #32 Animals
  
• Use Your Stash - Stamps Challenge
  
• ABC Challenge - W is for Window
• Creative Card Crew - Challenge #19 Create a scene
• Allsorts Challenge - Challenge #10 One of anything

And of course what you've all been waiting for - this week's TOP THREE SCOOPS!! Ladies, please be sure to grab the blinkie from the sidebar!

Lisa for this card:

Issa for this layout:

Donna for this card:

Challenge #6 - A Sketch!!!

Welcome! I just want to let you know this is the third time I am writing this post and I am going to be writing it in MS Word and then copying it into blogger (who appears to be having issues lately) so if it looks a little funny this week and all the handy links aren’t available - I’ll apologize now!

Anyway – that being said – onto the challenge! This week’s challenge is a sketch, created by our very own DALIS!! As always, besides the sketch, you will also need to combine your creation with one other CURRENT challenge!

Here’s the sketch:

And now the lovely creations from our Design team (Please see their blogs for all the details on the actual challenges they used):

Vicki:

Rowena:

Timi:

Amy:

Ann:

Deanna:

Heidi:

Maureen:

Jennifer:

Lesley:

Denise:

Top Three Scoops:

Ladies – Please grab your blinkie from last week’s post or the sidebar. (doing this post in word, I doubt they’ll end up in the actual post!)

Regan – for this card:

Piradee for this layout:

Splendid Thoughts for this card (and envelope):

And that’s all for now! I hope you enjoyed all these gorgeous samples provided to us by our FANTABULOUS Design Team and our Top Three!

RAK Winners!!!!

And the winner of RAKs from the follower list are:

Linda - http://lindaspaperie.blogspot.com/

Louise Z - http://mlzcreations.blogspot.com/

Winners for having our Pile It On Blinkie!

Suzi - http://wwwsuzies.blogspot.com/

Chiara - http://chiarafrancy.blogspot.com/

Congrats ladies!!!!

Feeds/ Followers updates!

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One more thing on Tuesday we will be announcing our RAK winners!  Why Tuesday?  Our first challenge was up one month on Tuesday!

Make It Different!

Welcome back and Happy Sunday to you all! For those of you in the US, I hope you had a nice Fourth of July!

First and foremost - I would love to introduce you to our FABULOUS Design Team!! We have broken them down into two groups, so you will see each team's wonderful creations every other week (for the most part anyway!)

Denise
Lesley
Heidi
Ann
Rowena
Alecia
Amy
Deanna
Timi
Maureen

Guest Designers
Jennifer! - July

Julie - August

Brenda - September

Katie - October

Kim - November
Trish - December

They are a great group of UBER-TALENTED ladies and I can't wait to work with them and see their wonderful creations from week to week!!

Now - onto the challenge:

This week's challenge is to use THREE DIFFERENT EMBELLISHMENTS - your choice - but must be different types - so three ribbons would actually only count as 1 embellishment and of course - you must combine it with another current challenge.

Here is your first look at samples from some of our FANTASTIC Design Team members! Please refer to their blogs for more details on the challenges they used!:

Vickilyn - Paper Hugs & Die Cut Dreams


Challenges for Vickilyn

• Pile It On! - Three different embellishments
• Our Creative Corner - red, white & blue
• Flutterby - open, but use a butterfly
• Card Patterns - Sketch - I don't normally "copy" a sketch quite as closely as this, but as soon as I saw the sketch, this card came right into my head!
• Crafty Creations - Celebrations
• Libby's Little Addiction - Courtney's Closet - you have to go see the cute little outfit Courtney is wearing - it's so cute with a little American butterfly!
  
• ABC - U is for USA
• Three Clovers - Red, White & Blue
• Cuttlebug Spot - Celebrate your Country
• Color Chef - Red, White & Blue
• The Pink Elephant - Favorite Color Combo

Dalis - Stamprgrl

Challenges:

• Pile It On! - at least 3 embellishments
• Unscripted Sketches 13
  
• A Peek into Yesterday - Monthly Digi Challenge
  

Denise - Stamping with Denise...and Whimsy Stamps


Challenges for Denise

• Whiff of Joy: WOJ image and 3 papers, 3 flowers, 1 ribbon
• Color Throw Down: Guava, Chocolate Chip, Soft Sky
• Sketch and Stash: Sketch
• Cute Card Thursday: Stitch in Time
• Pile it On: at least 3 embellies

Amy - And She Loved Flowers


Challenges for Amy

• Pile It On -- Use at least 3 Embellishments (Ribbon, Button and Rhinestones)
• Paper Play -- Use a Hand-crafted Flower
• Paper Blooms -- Create a card in a Special Shape

Jennifer - Random Vintage Finds


Challenges for Jennifer

• Pile it on: 3 Embellishments (staples, paper tails, buttons, ribbon, star brads)
• Cuttlebug challenge: Red, White and Blue
• Charisma Cardz: Buttons
• One Little Word: Joy

Rowena - Crafty Pagan


Challenges for Rowena

• Pile It On (embellies-buttons, flower, brad)
• Cute Card Thursday - stitching real or faux-I've used machine stitching
• Charisma (buttons galore)
• Sketch - Friday Sketchers!

Timi - My Journey to the World of Scrapbooking


Challenges for Timi:

• Pile it on: use at least three embellishments
• Butterfly Crafts: design a TRAVEL inspired layout. It can be anything from your
  
  favourite vacation spot, a fun road trip or a special day out with the family
• Coordinates Collection July Scrap Challenges: Wet and Wild Challenge to create
  water layouts and include the following elements - circles, sort of fiber and
  embellishment that represents water
  

Ann - Raindrop Echo Designs


Challenges for Ann:

• Pile it On - 3 different embellishments: eyelets, rhinestones, sticker flowers and butterfly, button, ribbons, thread
• Lili of the Valley - Sketch
• Stampin' B's Design Team - Metal (eyelets)
• Rubbernecker stamps - Metal + ribbon
• Charisma Cardz - Buttons
  
• Secret Crafter - 3 ribbons (same or different)
• Etsy Inspired - Whichgoose's shop using this as color inspiration
• Raspberry Ribbons - Ribbons + circles
• PaperPlay Challenges - Paper Roses (handmade flowers) - inside
  
• Cute Card Thursday - Stitching (faux or real) - inside
  

And what you've all been waiting for - here are this week's TOP THREE SCOOPS!!

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Yvonne of DO MORE WITH LESS for this card:



Monika of M.A.D STAMPER for this card:



Sammye-Jo of 62 CARDS for this Layout:

And there were TWO entries this week that we thought deserved the SWEET SPRINKLES AWARD! This is the award for the UNEXPECTED!

SWEET SPRINKLES AWARD

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To Felicia for this project:

You really need to go to her blog to view the rest of it - it's AMAZING!!



To Steph for this project:
Again - be sure to check her post! It's the cutest thing you have EVER seen!!!

We can't wait to see your creations this week!!