February's TOP 3 Scoops

I want to start by saying thanks for playing with us week after week!  We are hoping that more and more of you keep playing with us since we have seen some numbers declined.  Remember that we got a list of challenges in our blog that do NOT have any limits on your amount of challenges to combine with, but you are not limit to just use the challenges in our list.  There are thousands of challenge blogs out there, show us some new ones too!

As you will see, this time we are having a longer list of TOP Scoops.  From now on the more entries we get the more TOP Scoops we will pick.

One last thing!  CONGRATS and if you are in our TOP Scoops this month and are interested in being a Guest DT here at PIO, please send me an email saying "I want to be GDT"

PIO #10 TOP Scoops in no particular order:

Elizabeth H.

Karin

JanR

Rose

peggysue W

Bernadette

PIO #11 TOP Scoops in no particular order:

semsee

Iulia

SallyB

Sandie

PIO #12 TOP Scoops in no particular order:

Maylee

Karin

Pauline C

Mandy

PIO #13 TOP Scoops in no particular order:

Nanda

Amber Joy

Sandie

Lisa Summerhays

Claire C

February Winners

Hi Everyone!  I have the list of FEBRUARY's winners below.  This post ended up a bit longer than expected, so our PIO's 3 Scoop Winners will be announced tomorrow in a new post.

Congratulations to all the winners, remember you need to email me telling me which PIO challenge you won.  You have 1 month to contact us before the prize is voided.

PIO #10 Lucky winner is: #4 Bernadette!  She has a choice of 3 digital images from Heart Song Designs' shop.

Bernadette's entry:

PIO #11 Lucky winners are: # 4 Iulia, #19 Kathleen Mc, #8 FrancaK!  Each of them wins a digital Page from Rick St. Dennis.

Iulia's card:

Kathleen's card:

FrancaK's card:

PIO #12 Lucky winner is: #50 yogi.  She wins a $15 GC from Simon Says Stamp!

PIO #13 Lucky winner is: #31 Lynnm. She wins an amazing prize from AiFactory.

Lynnm's project:

PIO #15 CHALLENGE - Say it in Style

Hi everyone! I just realize I didn't posted the winners for FEB on the first week of March. I will do that during this week.

This week we have a brand new sponsor, which I am sure it's going to make you and your projects shine!

Pizzazz Aplenty began with only a bit of bling and some ribbon, but over the past few months, we've added so much more. . . from cardstock to cellophane bags, as well as a variety of embellishments for your cardmaking or scrapbooking projects. Including charms, stick pins, brads, buttons, cords, twines, laces, lots of ribbon, and over 20 choices of colors in our flatback pearls and rhinestones. In the next couple of weeks, teardrop pearls will be a new addition, and button stick pins with 4 buttonholes. Please stop by and take a look at check out the store: Pizzazz Aplenty

A lucky winner will receive: (please note that if an item where to be out of stock a similar item will replace it)
This is what I propose as a prize (for April):
One package each of: 3mm, 4mm Red flatback Pearls
One package each of: 2mm, 3mm, 4mm Dark Cranberry flatback Pearls
One package each of: 2mm, 3mm, 4mm, 5mm, 6mm Royal Blue flatback Rhinestones
One package (5 yards) Cotton Candy Dream String
One Gel Picker
Value of $10.40

Remember, there's no such thing, as too much bling! And now let's see how the team played with this week's challenge: Say it in style. The challenge this week is to have your saying sparkle with bling, pearls, rhinestones or any type of bling galore! Show us your stylish projects. If you are making any other project that is not a card then make the title or main words look stylish!

Let's start with the amazing girls that were chosen Guest DTs for this month, they were our TOP 3 Winners for previous months!

Suzie from Suzie McFloozy's Musings

Suzie's challenges;
Pile It On - Say it with style
Ambers Crafts And Stuff - Try a new technique (see my blog for details)
Simon Say's Stamp Challenge - Spring colours
Scrapbook Sisters - Use yellow (my fav colour at the mo !)
Papertake Weekly Challenge - Anything goes + additional something new
Tuesday Throwdown - Spring
Cute Card Thursday - Totally tropical
Do You Stack Up ? - Use yellow
Dutch Dare Card Challenge - Spring has sprung
Craft us Crazy - Spring/Easter


Dorca from Dorca's Designs

Challenges:
Paper Romance - - Bling.

Pixie Dust Studio - - Lace it up.

Samuel Taylor's Challenge - - Distressing.

Shelly's Images - flowers (especially daisies), bling and/or stitching.

Cooking It Up With Katie -- die cut, scallops, monochromatic

Crafts and Me - glitter

Creative Cottage - - white/blank space

Anything Goes Challenge -- Pearls

Going Grey With Scrap-Creations - Pick 3: Ribbons, Flowers, Pearls, Glitter, Button, Charm.

The Stamping Boutique - - Hand Made Flowers

CCEE Stampers - - Add a doily die and/or lace.

Charisma Cardz - – Weddings/anniversaries.
Crafty Sentiments - - Glitter.

Crafty Catz - - Embossing.
Card Makin' Mamas - - embellish it.

Stamp Man - Embossing.

Tellen's Place - - Sparkle & lace.

Wags 'n Whiskers - - Ribbons & Pearls.

Mami Doodles - – Use a punch or die cut.

Alphabet Challenge -- "W" is for white with only one other colour.

Catch The Bug - - Four + Layers

Crafty Emma - Monochromatic


Leesa aka The Navy Wife from Gone By The Board

The Navy Wife's Challenges

Pile It On - #15 Say It In Style

The Crafty Pad - #116 Spring is in the air

Fashionista Friday / If The Shoe Fits - FF #74 Spring is in the Air

Tellen's Place - Sparkle and lace

Dutch Dare Card Challenges - DDCC #107 - Spring has sprung

Pixie Dust - #69 Lace it up

Shelly's Images - Scrappy's Birthday Bash Challenge - Flowers & bling

Crafts and Me - #29 Glitter

Clear It Out - Floral - Make a flower

Papertake Weekly - Anything goes

Tuesday Throwdown - #43 Spring

Card Makin Mamas - #18 Embellish It

Pattie's Creations - #19 Easter or Spring

The Rubber Cafe - #12 Easter / Spring

Flutter By Wednesday's - #149 - Anything goes

Freshly Brewed - April - Flowers

Becca from Becca's Crafty Corner

Challenges:

Pile it on - Say it in Style

Die Cut Dreams - Create a Scene

Copic Creations - Favorite Copic Technique (Coloring white)

Magnolia-licious Highlites - Use Edwin and Tilda

All That Scraps Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes

Papertake weekly - Anything Goes

Stamp Something - Circles (sentiment circle)

Icopic - Color a Fancy Background

Sharon from Colouring for pleasure

Sharon's Challenges
Allsorts - anything but square

Audsentiments - sentiment/card for a child

Crafty Purple Frog - anything but square

Wags n Whiskers - ribbons and pearls

Crafty Our Passion - anything goes

Paper Pretties - bring on the bling

Totally Stampalicious - birthday cards

Your Next Stamp - stitching
A Spoonfull of Sugar - lots of texture

Papertake Weekly - anything goes


Helen from Helen's Craft Haven:

Challenges for Helen:
Pile It On! - Say it in Style
Cardmakin' Mamas - Embellish It
Creative Cottage - White/Blank Space
Less is More - One Layer Card with a Sentiment as the Focal Point
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes



Scrappy from Big-Scrappy-World

Challenges for Scrappy
Pile It On! - Say it in Style


ABC Christmas Challenge - 'G' is for 'Girly' + Color Challenge
A Spoonfull of Sugar - lots of texture
Cardmakin' Mamas - Embellish It
Crafts and Me - Glitter
Craft your passion - anything goes
Crafty Sentiments - Glitter
Creative Belli - Think Seamstress (Sewing/Buttons)

Make it Monday - Anything Goes
Paper Pretties - bring on the bling



Papertake Weekly - anything goes
Rainbow Lady's -' Lilac Wine'
Scrap-Creations - Pick 3 : Ribbon/Glitter/Buttons
Stamping Scrapping Challenge Central - Sparkle Challenge
Your Next Stamp - stitching

PIO #14 Romantic and Fancy!

It's a new challenge and this week we want to see your "Romantic and Fancy" creations!
It could be for a Wedding, an Anniversary or just an excuse to get out the ribbon, lace and pearls and glam up your card!
And it's the turn of one of our very favorite sponsors, Whimsy Stamps
I simply adore the cute and whimsical designs and myself and the team got to play along with some and we had so much fun! Be sure to check out the wonderful digital images, rubber stamps and now their new line of metal dies!

ANd they have this fabulous prize for our winner!

We also have some fabulous guest artists for you to enjoy too!

Leesa aka The Navy Wife from Gone By The Board

The Navy Wife's Challenges

Pile It On - #14 Romantic and Fancy

Card Makin Mamas - #18 Embellish It

Digi's With Attitude - #20 Anything goes

Frosted Designs - Use Bling

Prairie Fairy Fridays - #49 Spring

Fairy Knoll - #44 Whatever

If The Shoe Fits - #FF 73 Sew Something

Simply Create - #40 Do it yourself

Stamp Something - April Digi Day - Use something digital

Wags 'n' Whiskers - #51 Ribbons and Pearls

Paper Play - For Mum

Charisma Cardz - #13 Bling and Sparkles

Craft Us Crazy - #5 Happy Easter and or Spring

Dutch Dare - #106 Distressing

Little Miss Muffet - #6 Stitching

Pals Paper Arts - #PPA 87 Punches (Flower bloom on front is made from heart punch)

Paper Romance - # 44 Bling

Pixie Dust - #68 Fluttering Wings

The Rubber Cafe - TRCC #11 Spring Flowers

Shelly's Images - Getting punchy

Cooking It Up With Kate - #55 Sparkle, Shine and Shimmer

Creative Belli - Sewing - Old stash is my threads from my embroidery days, the butterflys' on the inside and buttons left over from a project weeks ago.

Flutter By Wednesdays - #148 Buttons and Bows

Gingersnap Creations - Pick a fav past challenge - GC 41 Romance 3rd Feb 2010

Paper Pretties - PWC #147 Bring on the bling

Scrapbook Sisters - #29 Mothers Day or Special lady

Everybody Art - #135 Pink and Brown

Karen's Doodles Netherlands - #56 Make your own embellishments

Ladybug Crafts Ink TLT - #21 Handmade flowers

Party Time Tuesdays - PTT #9 Anything Goes and A handmade flower

The Stamping Boutique - #3 Handmade flowers

Top Tip Tuesday - #27 Nature Inspired

Tuesday Throwdown - #42 Floral

Suzie from Suzie McFloozy 's musing

Suzie's Challenges ;
Pile It On - Romantic and fancy
Card Making Mama's - Embellish it !
Pattie's Creations Design Challenge - Flowers and pearls
Samuel Taylors Crafts Challenge - Distressing
Dutch Dare Card Challenges - Distressing
Delightful Challenges - Flowers
Ambers Crafts And Stuff - Use Flowers
Frosted Designs Fabulous Friday - Bling
Allsorts Challenge Blog - Bloomin blossoms
Etsy Inspired Challenge - See my blog for inspiration pic x
Our Daily Bread Designs Blog - Birds

And now we have the fabulous team samples to inspire you!



Scrappy from Big-Scrappy-World

Scrappy's Challenges:

PIO - Romantic and Fancy

Crafty Hos - 'Scrappy Birthday'

Shelly's Images - Get Punchy

Tuesday Throwdown - Florals

Kaboodles Doodles - Spring

Whimsie Doodles - Punch this Out

Pals PaperArt - Punch this out

Top Tip Tuesday #27 - Nature Inspired

Really Reasonable Ribbon #21 - Dies/Punches, and Ribbon

Craft us Crazy #5 - Easter or Spring

Forgotten Scraps #3 - Spring or Flowers

Prairie Fairy #49 - Spring

Little Miss Muffet #6 - Stitching

The Rubber Cafe - Spring Flowers

Creative Belli - Think Seamstress (Stitching/Buttons)

PaperPlaytime #42 - Digi Monday (Anything Goes)

Card Makin' Mamas # 18 - Embellish it

Crafty Anns - Elvis Song Inspired (A Dog's Life)

Digis with an Attitude - Anything Goes

Frosted Designs - Bling

Fairy Knoll - 'Whatever'

Tellens Place - Embalming

Stamp Challenges - Digi Day

Simply Create - Do it Yourself

If the Shoe Fit's Scrap it! - Sewing

Crystal - scrapcandydesigns

I'm entering my "Love Ewe" card into the following challenges:

PIO - Romance

Heart Song Inspirations - Sketch

Card Makin' Mammas - Embellish It

Moxie Fab World - Tuesday Trigger (inspired by the blue color)

Clear It Out - Flowers

Creative Stamp Friends - Spring

Delicious Doodles - For Mom

Cupcake Crafts - Flowers for Mom

Crafty Ann's - Elvis Song Inspiration (Love Me Tender)

Double Dutch - Something Old, New, Borrowed, Blue (ribbon, whimsy stamp, card sketch, paper)

Crafty Sentiments - Mother

Kaboodle Doodles - Spring

OLLCB - Mother/Special Friend

The Shabby Tea Room - Photo Inspiration (inspired by blue, yellow & touch of pink)

Pollycraft - Friends

Penny's - Recipe (1 image, 2 embellies, 3 papers)

Katie - Both Sides Of The Paper

Challenges for Katie:
PIO - Romantic and Fancy
Digi's With Attitude! - Anything Goes
Stamp Something - Something Digi
Crafty Ann's - Elvis Song Inspiration (Love Me Tender)
Whimsie Doodles - Punch It Out
Thrilling Thursday - Get Punchy
Pals Paper Arts - Punches
Card Making Mama's - Embellish it
Charisma Cardz - Bling and Sparkle
Crop Stop - Shine On
Frosted Designs - Bling
Paper Romance - Bling
Scrap, Stamp and Doodle - Glitz
Flutterby - Buttons and Bows (and Butterfly, Angel or Fairy)
Pixie Dust - Fluttering Wings
Secret Crafter - Butterflies
Little Miss Muffet - Stitching
If The Shoe Fits - Stitching
Belli - Seamstress
Wags N Whiskers - Ribbons and Pearls
Cute Card Thursday - Couples
Southern Girls - Animals
CRAFT - Photo Inspiration (wedding)
Amber's Crafts - Flowers
Crafty Creations - Bunnies
Desert Island Crafts - Pick 3 or more (I picked ribbon, bow, pearls)
Reasonable Ribbon - Dies and/or Punches and Ribbon


Beth-BethieJs Blogspot

PIO - Romantic and Fancy

Amber's Crafts - Flowers
Clear It Out - Flowers

Creative Stamp Friends - Spring
Stamp Something - Something Digi
Dutch Dare Card Challenges - Distressing
Delightful Challenges - Flowers

The Shabby Tea Room - Photo Inspiration
Wags N Whiskers - Ribbons and Pearls


Melissa: I Have Prettier Stuff

Melissa's Challenges:
Pile It On: Romantic And Fancy
Cute Card Thursday: Couples
Allsorts Challenge Blog: Week 97 Bloomin Blossoms
Card Makin Mamas: Embellish It
Cookin It Up With Katie:Sparkle, Shine and Shimmer
Crafty Creations: Bunnies
Creative Craft World: Easter
Delightful Challenges: Flowers
Desert Island Crafts: choose 3 from Itinerary: Ribbon, Glitter, Pearls
Little Clairs:Spring Celebration
Forgotten Scraps: Spring or Flowers
NSS Nightshiftstamping: Spring Awakening
Paper Cutz Challenge: Easter
Paper Playtime: Anything Goes
Paper Romance: Bling
Frosted Designs: Use Bling
Simply Create: Do It Yourself
Wags N Wiskers: Ribbon And Pearls
Craft Us Crazy: Happy Easter and or Spring
Rubber Cafe: Spring Flowers
Paper Pretties: Bring On The Bling
Lady Bug Crafts Ink: Make Your Own Flowers