Challenge #16 - Crazed and Punches

Thank you all for your patience!!! The Pile It On! team is obviously under the weather this week - hopefully the rest of you are healthier than we are!!

First - we are going to give you the top three scoops! Ladies - please take your Top Three Scoops blinkie off the side bar - we hope you will wear it proudly!

If you click on the images, it will bring you to their blogs!

Clare for this card:

Hazel for this card:


Tracey for this card:



We also have a Sweet Sprinkles Award this week!! Look at this very cute set from Mona!!

We would love to thank THE CUTTING CAFE for sponsoring us last week...I will post the winner of that prize later this afternoon.

This week, CRAZED is sponsoring us. Please click on over to their store and check out their images!!

Last, but certainly not least - this week's challenge is to use

PUNCHES

Let's look at what the Design Team has done this week.

Vicki - Paper Hugs & Die Cut Dreams


Challenges for Vicki:

• Pile It On - Punches
• Our Creative Corner - Color combo
• Paper Maniac - Ribbon
• Papertake Weekly - Faking It
• Three Clovers - Doodles

Amy -- And She Loved Flowers...


Challenges for Amy:

• Pile It On -- Punches & Crazed Digital Paper (Love 1" Circle!)
• Mojo Monday -- Sketch
• Stamp Something -- Favorite Colors or Papers
• Secret Scrapper -- Girlie!
• Paper Maniac -- Ribbon
• My Time to Craft -- Polka Dot Party!

Julie - Kewlstamps-n-more
Challenges for Julie:

• Pile it on - Punches
• Belli Challenges - Fall / Halloween (Fall colors)
• Paper Bloom - Bling
• Three Clovers - Doodle / handwrite
• Whimsy Stamps - Fun Fall colors
• Pals Paper Arts - Kissable
• Clean & Simple - Sketch
• Paper Maniacs - Ribbon
• SP Color Combo - Black, Rust and White
• Creative Inspirations - animal

Brenda - Stamp It Up

Challenges for Brenda

• Pile It On: Punches
  
• La La Land Crafts: To use three different embellishments
  
• Creative Belli: Fall/Halloween
  
• Paper Maniac: Ribbon
  
• Tuesday Taggers: Die cut and or punches
  
• Simon Says: 3 embellishments, 2 papers, 1 image(okay I know this is a stretch, but the images on the right are digital paper)
  
• Whimsy Stamps: Fall colors

Denise - Stamping with Denise

Challenges for Denise:

• Pile It On! - punches
  
• Friday Sketchers - Sketch
  
• Charisma Cardz - Flower Power
  
• Simon Says Stamp - Recipe challenge
  
• Papertake Weekly - Faking It
  

Katie - Both sides of the paper

Challenges for Katie

• Delightful Sketches-Sketch
  
• Tuesday Taggers-Punches and/or Die Cuts.
  
• PaperTake Weekly-"Fake Anything"
  
• Everybody Art Challenge -Shabby
  
• Paper Maniac-Ribbon.
  
• Belli-Fall or Halloween theme.
  
• Paper Play-Tags
  
• Treehouse Stamps-"Just Around The Corner"
  
• Cooking It Up With Katie-1 image, 2 shapes and 3 paper embellishments

Deanna - Dee's Paper Tree

Challenges for Deanna:

• Pile It On - Crazed Digital Paper and Punches
• La La Land Crafts - Use 3 Different Embellies
• Paper Bloom - Bling
• 365 Cards - I Miss You & Finish Inside (see my blog for the inside pic)
• Three Clovers - Doodle or Handwriting

Thanks for joining us! We can't wait to see what you create this week!!

Delay Alert!!

Vicki here - due to much sickness going around - much of the Pile It On! team has been hit, the challenge will be up sometime Sunday afternoon. I apologize for the delay and thank you in advance for your understanding.

I would also like to thank you all for your participation each week! I generally try to comment on each and every entry every week, however, I have been hit with illness (A sinus infection actually) that has really kept me down these past few weeks. But please know that I LOVE all the entries and even if I didn't comment, I did look at them and will be back to my normal commenting this week!! I don't want you to think your entries are unnoticed, because each and every one is looked at EVERY week!!

Thanks again - and come back this afternoon for the challenge!!

Challenge #15 - Color Pop

OMG.... I can't believe you ladies didn't mention to us... that we forgot to post our winners for week #12.... we were going to announce both winners for the last two weeks today... but week #12 was long time ago... ohhhh my.... you ladies need to keep us straight...

For the winner of Week #12 for a digital image of their choice from Doodle Palace we have lucky #44 from that week which was Marcea! Congrats Marcea w/ a gorgeous colored kitty.

Winner for week #13, gets one awesome digi image from Hambo Stamps, is lucky number 78 which is Felicia Ow.... congrats Felicia, with a very cool LO!

Winner for Week #14, gets one awesome digi image from Hambo Stamps, is lucky number 46 which is Justine... congrats Justine, with some adorably cute cards!

Ladies, send us an email saying which week and sponsor you win from to get your goodies!

Before we move to this week's sponsor and challenge I want to make an announcement. One of our players Erin is doing something that really touch my heart. She is doing a card drive for her little neighbor who was in a boat accident... but she didn't stop at that, she and Denise owner of Whimsy Stamps (and DT for PIO) have created this awesome digi stamps, and all proceeds from this digi stamp will be for Paige's family.

And here is Erin's wonderful card w/ the digi image:

New week... and a new sponsor, this week we have "the Cutting Cafe" and let me tell you, you are not going to find someone as sweet as Regina the owner of the Cutting Cafe! Her cutting templates are as sweet as she is. She sells the templates in PDF (for those of us that use our little scissors to cut out still our patterns) and in WPC format for those of you that have SCAL or CraftRobo or Silhoutte or any cutting machine that accepts WPC format. Right now she has some cute brand new Fall and Halloween cuts AND did I mention she also sells digi images... I am telling you, this girl does it all! Go check her out at "the Cutting Cafe". The winner for week #15 will get some template goodness!!!!

Challenge #15... wow... how fast this year has gone, it's been 15 weeks since we started Pile It On! and we want to thank everyone for playing with us!

Now onto our challenge #15 - Color Pop! We want you to use white and black and ONE more color... and of course for your wonderful delight here is our superb DT w/ their creations.

Amy Schultz - And She Loved Flowers...


Amy's Challenges:

Pile It On -- Color Pop - Black & White with one other color

Stamp Something -- Your Favorite Embellishment (PEARLS!!!)

Practical Scrappers -- Basic Punches

Brenda - Stamp-it-up

Challenges for Brenda:

• Pile It On: Black/White and one other color, plus one other challenge
  
• Stamp Something: use your favorite embellishment
• Stamp Simply: Halloween
• Crafty Creations: Embossing
• Paper Play: No Patterned paper

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

Challenges for Maureen:

• Pile It On - "Color Pop" (black and white with only one other color)
• Sketchy Thursday - sketch
• Crafty Creations - embossing
• PaperPlay - no patterned paper
• Stamp Simply - Halloween

Ann - Raindrop Echo Designs

Challenges for Ann:

• Pile it On! - Black, White, and one other color
• Delightful Sketches - Sketch #6
  
• ABC Challenges - D is for Die Cuts
• Paper Blooms - Bling
• Stamp Something - Favorite Embellishment

Julie Leblanc - KewlStamps-n-More

Challenges for Julie:

• Pile it On - Color Pop - black white and one other color
• Paper Blooms - Bling
• Bee Crafty - Bookmark
• 3 Clovers - Letters
• ABC - Die Cuts ( in this case, my letters)
• Paper maniacs - Embossing
• Whimsy Stamps - Sew, sew,sew (real of faux)
• Belli - apples or pencils (School theme)
• Pals Paper Arts - Layout

And now for our Top Three Scoops!!!!! ok, so Vicki is sick this week again (girl you need to start taking your Flinstones vitamins... get well soon) so I had to go all by myself through out all 74 entries and pick only 3... well... guess again... I couldn't... I just couldn't pick just three... so we are having a top 4 scoops... LOL!!!! Ladies get your blinkie from the side of and display it proudly!

Nina - Crafting in Croatia for this card:

Monika - M.A.D. Stamper for this card:

Piali: Touch of Creation for this card:

and Lisa from Wishcraft for this card:

Challenge #14-Birthday & Hambo

Welcome back for another wonderful challenge from Pile It On!! Thanks to all of you who participated last week!! I decided I like the Top Three Scoops at the top, so here they are again this week!!

Once again, the image is linked, so if you click on it, it will take you to their blogs so you can see all their wonderful creations!!

Nancy for this card:


Janice for this card:


Piradee for this Layout:





And we do have a Sweet Sprinkles award this week! It goes to Cat for this wonderful creation!!! Cat, be sure to grab your Sweet Sprinkles Award blinkie on the side bar!!


Ladies - please remember to grab your blinkie from the sidebar!




Now, on to this week's challenge! This week, PIO is once again sponsored by HAMBO STAMPS!
They have both digital and rubber stamps! And guess what they are running a 30% off Halloween sale right now!!!! You can get those cool and unique Halloween stamps either mounted or unmounted while supplies last only ladies! The winners (1 per week) will receive one of their super duper cool digi images!






Now - our challenge this week:

BIRTHDAY!!!

Easy enough, right?!?! Here are the FANTABULOUS creations from the Design Team:

Vickilyn - Paper Hugs & Die Cut Dreams


Challenges for Vicki:

• Pile It On! - Birthday
• All Sorts - Something for the Boys
• Eat, Sleep, Stamp - Sketch

Heidi - Haphazardly Crafty


Challenges for Heidi:

• Pile it on: Birthday
• The Pink Elephant: Recipe: 1 ribbon, 2 squares, something that sparkles
• Flourishes Timeless Tuesday: No coloring in stamps
• Spoon Full of Sugar: Distressed look

Denise - Stamping with Denise

Challenges for Denise:

• Pile It On - Birthdays
• Copic Creations - Favorite Color Combo (pinks and greens)
• The Pink Elephant - 1 ribbon, 2 squares, something that sparkles
• Simon Says Stamp - Sketch for Heidi's Birthday
• Paper Maniac - Embossing
  

Katie Both Sides of the Paper


Challenges for Katie

• Pile It On Birthdays and at least one other
• Just Christmas and Birthday Cards Sketch
• Creative Card Crew Pink, Black and White
• If the Shoe Fits Scrap it! Pink, Black and White and hearts
• Copic Creations Favorite color combo
• The Pink Elephant 1 ribbon, 2 squares and something that sparkles
• LaLa Land Crafts Bling
• The Cuttlebug Spot Birthday

Jennifer Random Vintage Finds

Challenges for Jennifer:

• PIO-Birthday and at least one other
• Pollycraft Monday Challenge-Furry Friend (animal) (yes I know turtles are not furry but they are an animal)
• The Pink Elephant: 1 ribbon, 2 squares, and something sparkly
  
• Whimsy Stamps-Touchy Feely (texture)
• Paper Maniac-Embossing
• Spoon Full of Sugar-Distressing
• La La Land Crafts-Bling
• Color Throwdown-Always Artichoke, Regal Rose and Chocolate Chip
• ABC Challenge - Circles
  

Brenda Stamp It Up

Challenges for Brenda

• Pile It On: Birthday plus at least one other challenge
• A Spoon Full of Sugar: Distressing
• The Pink Elephant: 1 ribbon, 2 squares, and something that sparkles.
• Creative Inspirations: blue/brown
• Paper Manic: Embossing
• Whimsy Stamps: Touchy Feely
• La La Landcrafts: Bling, Bling
• All Sorts Challenge: Something for the boys

Amy - And She Loved Flowers...


Challenges for Amy:

• Pile It On: Birthday Theme
• Lime Light Papercrafts -- dots
• Three Clovers Designs -- primary/secondary colors
• Crafty Creations -- 3 or more decorative/patterned paper
• All Sorts: Something for the boys
• ABC Challenge -- Circles

Dee - Dee's Paper Tree

Challenges for Dee

• Pile It On - Birthday
• 2 Sketches 4 You - Sketch with Inspiration Photo
• Polly Crafts - Furry Friends
• Whimsy - Touchy Feely
• Paper Maniac - Embossing
• ABC Challenge - Circles
• La La Land - Bling Bling
• Cuttlebug Spot - Birthday
• Lime Light - Dots
• All Sorts - Boys
• Crafy Creations - 3 or More Pattern Paper
• Copic Creations - Fav Color Combo
• Three Clover Designs - Primary Colors

As always, we can't wait to see your creations!! Happy Scrapping & Stamping!

New changes to the DT and our GDT for September

Hi everyone!

We had a few changes in the Design Team this week. We will be saying goodbye to both Lesley and Alicia, due to personal and work related reasons. They promise to play with us when things settle down. We will miss ya' ladies. At the same time we are welcoming Julie and Katie as full time Designers! This month also we have Brenda joining us at Guest DT for September... WELCOME ladies!

Here is a bit about them and Jennifer (since we forgot to formally announce her w/ her picture and bio).

Hello everyone I am Brenda, I live in Northern California with my wonderful and supportive husband and son. I have always enjoyed crafting, almost three years ago I was invited to a Stampin' Up party and I was completely hooked. The following year I was able to introduce my mother and sister to rubber stamping and now we enjoy getting together to stamp when we can. I started doing challenges last year and I love to combine challenges. I am super thrilled to be part of the Pile It On Design Team as a Guest Designer for September.

Katie

I joined the 40's club last year.

I've been married to Andy for 15 years, our anniversary was just last week.

We have 3 children, Nathan is 12, Georgia is 10 and Carter is 3.

I've been a scrapbooker for 11 years and cardmaking for almost 1 year and now I make many more cards than scrapbook pages but I hope to get back to cropping soon.

I'm English but have lived in the US for 12 1/2 years and right now I'm in Texas but have also lived in AZ and MO.

I'm a SAHM who tried to supplement her fun money by selling on eBay but it doesn't always work out that way ;)

I love to color and my Copic's are my favorite tool followed closely by my printer as I need it to print out all those wonderful Digital Stamps that are available.

I am Julie, a mom to a wonderful and very busy 5 year old boy and became a Stampin' Up! demonstrator in January 2008. I discovered rubber stamping in the summer of 2007 and was instantly hooked. Mostly, it's a hobby, and my newest passion:-) online challenges. Imagine my surprise when I was contacted to be part of the designer team as a Guest for the Month of August by Pile it On! So Kewl. All those challenges get my creative side going! I love how easy it is to stamp beautiful cards, gifts, and scrapbook pages not forgetting how this hobby also allows me to relax and meet new people:-) I just love it!