Winners for PIO Challenge #46 + DT Call reminder

Thank you all for sharing your gorgeous projects for PIO #46: Traditional Christmas. We are just blown away, week after week, by your talent!

How would you like to join the Pile It On team every week? We're looking to add to our Design Team, so this week's challenge is also a DT call. Simply make a project under the theme Anything with a P, and add "DT" to your name in the linky in the Challenge #47/DT call post. You have until Saturday to enter. Can't wait to see your work! 

It's not going to be an easy decision, if the entries for last week's challenge were any indication! After much thought, here are the winners for PIO #46: Traditional Christmas.

#46 Top 3:

#13 Debbie Dolphin

#42 Tracy MacDonald

#72 cheryl walker

Lucky winner:
#19 Olivia

Congratulations Olivia, you win the prize from Digital Delights! Please contact [alidalis AT comcast DOT net].

If winners do not contact us in 1 month time frame the prize will be voided. Congratulations to you all, and we hope you'll join us for our current challenge, Anything with a "P" / DT Call, sponsored by Digital Delights.

Pile it On #47- Anything with a "P" AND DT CALL

It's Sunday so we have another fabulous challenge at Pile It On! This one is super fun as we want to see anything with "P".
Would you like to be considered for a spot in our DT?  Then play this week and write a DT CALL next to your name.

We're super excited to have Simon Says Stamp as our sponsor this week!

Simon Says Stamps has a huge selection of rubber Stamps, scrapbooking and paper crafting supplies. Also visit the Simon Says Stamp blog and they're now on Paper Crafts Planet HERE.
Simon Says Stamp has over 100,000 items in stock. They have all of the latest releases from Magnolia, Whiff of Joy, Tim Holtz, Spellbinders, Copic and so much more! With free shipping for all International orders over $175 and USA Orders over $70, it’s a great time to shop with Simon Says Stamp.

The winners of this week's challenge will receive... a $15 of products from their store... I know this is HUGE.... so come along play with us!

We want to welcome a new DT member, Tammie!  She is an amazing card maker, this is her first week with us so ladies make her feel at home!

Tammie - One Happy Stamper

Challenges for Tammie:

Pile It On! - All About 'P' [Puddy tat; purr; playing (with ribbon); peeking (out of the box); pair (two cats); present; pink; paper piecing; poinsettia; pearls; popped up]

2 Sisters Challenge Blog ~ Let it Sparkle
4 Crafty Chicks #64 ~ Paper Piecing
Creatalicious Challenges #28 ~ Christmas and Make Sure it Sparkles
My Time to Craft Challenge ~ Take Two (cats)
Sketch Saturday  ~ Sketch #182
Sweet Stamps ~ Non-traditional Christmas Colors
The Crazy Challenge #93 ~ Recipe Challenge
Sundays with Crissy - Christmas nontraditional colors

Dalis - Stampergirl

challenges for dalis:

Pile It On! - All About 'P' (Pink, Polka Dots, Pine Sprigs, Paint)

Sweet Stamps ~ Non-traditional Christmas Colors

Alota Rubber Stamps - dots
Digital Tuesday - Christmas
Paper Pretties - nontraditional Christmas colors
Shabby Tea Room - see photo pastels/Christmas
Fab 'n' Funky - Baby, it's cold outside
CCEE1146 - 2 die cut or punches
Fabulous Friday - Die Cuts

Elizabeth - Warm Harted

Challenges for Elizabeth:

Alota Rubber Stamps - dots

Anything Goes - a real sweetie

By the Cute and Girlie - a Christmas girl

Catered Crop - follow the recipe

Creatalicious Challenge - Christmas/sparkles

Digital Tuesday - Christmas

Incy Wincy - flowers/sentiment/pop it up

My Craft Spot - easel card

Paper Pretties - nontraditional Christmas colors

Phindy's Place - Christmas

Sassy Cheryl - use Sassy Cheryl image/anything goes

Shabby Tea Room - see photo pastels/Christmas

Southern Girls - Bingo (diecut, ribbon, gems)

Stamp and Create - easel card

Sundays with Crissy - Christmas nontraditional colors

Helen from Helen's Craft Haven:

Challenges for Helen:
Pile It On! - All About 'P' (Penguin, Purple, Polka Dots, Punched Border, Pearls)
2 Sisters - Sparkle
Crazy4Challenges - Black, White & WOW! (Purple)
Fab 'n' Funky - Baby, it's cold outside
Just Some Lines - Tic-Tac-Toe (Embossing-Ribbon-Punch/Die cut)
PaperPlay - Shaped Card
Stamp & Create - Easel or Centre Step Cards
Stampavie & More - Anything, but Square
Sundays with Crissy - Christmas with non-traditional colours

Chris V - Easily Amused

Chris' Challenges:
Pile It On #47 - Anything with a "P"...
Card Making Mama #33 - Thanks/Be Thankful
Terrifically Thrilling Thursday - Anything Goes
Card Mad Fairy #21- Texture
Fabulous Friday - Die Cuts
Jelly Park Friends - Give Thanks
Creative Card Crew - Thankful
Crafting For All Seasons #14 - Thanksgiving or Thank You or Sketch
Crafts and Me #61 - Simples
Ruby's Rainbow #16 - Something with Wings
CCEE1146 - 2 die cut or punches
Paper Craft Star #71 - Thank You
Catch the Bug - Give Thanks/Thanksgiving

Winners for PIO Challenge #45

Thank you all for sharing your gorgeous projects for PIO #45: Thanksgiving or Give Thanks.

#45 Top 3:

#22 jessica

#37 Gro Tjeltveit

#42 penny

Lucky winner:
#15 Mary C

Congratulations Mary, you win the prize from Karen's Doodles! Please contact [alidalis AT comcast DOT net].

If winners do not contact us in 1 month time frame the prize will be voided. Congratulations to you all, and we hope you'll join us for our current challenge, Traditional Christmas, sponsored by Digital Delights.

Pile It On #46 - Traditional Christmas

Another week has rolled around and that means it's time for a new challenge here at Pile It On where we encourage you to add as many challenges as you can to you cards and creations!
This year is speeding by and so this challenge will help you with one of the jobs on your long list as we want to see your cards in the theme of "Traditional Christmas".
Think Carolers, Christmas trees, Stockings and you'll be on the right track.

This week we have the super sponsorship of

and not only did they provide the team with super cute images to use but they are giving away this super prize to our winner!

Here are the fabulous team samples!

Katie - Both Sides of The Paper

Challenges for Katie:
Heartsong Inspirations - Anything Goes
2 Sisters - Anything Goes
Digital Tuesday - Anything Goes (must have something digital)
Papertake Weekly - Christmas
Mami Doodles - Christmas
Wags N Whiskers - Christmas
Totally Gorjuss - Christmas Traditions
Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas - Whatever Lights Your Candle

Scrappy from Big-Scrappy-World

Challenges for Scrappy:

Totally Gorjuss - Christmas Traditions
Papertake Weekly - Christmas
Mami Doodles - Christmas
Wags N Whiskers - Christmas
Top Tip Tuesday - Anything Christmas
Heartsong Inspirations - Anything Goes
Fresh Brewed - Anything Goes
2 Sisters - Anything Goes
Digital Tuesday - Anything Goes with Digi's
Daisy Doodles Creative Challenge - Anything Goes with Digi's

Stamps and Fun = Creativity - winter
Crafters Companion - let it snow
Allsorts - Black and White + 1 (Red)
Rogue Redhead Designs - One DP with Stamping
Speedy the Cat - favorite technique (Faux Stitching)

Elizabeth - Warm Harted

Challenges for Elizabeth:

Christmas Stamping All Year Long - new stamp

Crafters Companion - let it snow

Crimbo Crackers - sparkles

Daisy Doodles Creative Challenge - anything goes + digi

Delightful Challenges - snowflakes

Fresh Brewed - anything goes

Frosted Designs - embossing

Heart Song - anything goes

Inky Impression - glitter it up

Mami Doodles - Xmas

Paper Crafting Journey - embossing

Paper Take Weekly - Christmas

Pixie Dust - color combo

Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge - spots and stripes

Speedy the Cat - favorite technique

Stamps and Fun = Creativity - winter

Sugar Creek Hollow - vintage or shabby chic with stripes/dots

Tuesday Throwdown - color combo

Top Tip Tuesday - anything Christmas

Totally Gorguss - Christmas traditions

Totally Papercrafts - Victorian

Melissa: I Have Prettier Stuff

I will be entering this in the following Challenges:

Crafty Catz: Use a Digital Image
Floweret Stamplar: Christmas
Mami Doodles: Christmas
Stempelsonne: stamp as main focus- Santa Clause
Wags And Whiskers: Christmas
Art Impressions Stamps: Use at least 2 ribbons
I Brake For Challenges: No White
Digital Tuesday: Anything Goes
Papertake Weekly: 1st Christmas or Christmas
Sweet Stamp Challenge Blog: Red Green and Gold
Top Tip Thursday: Anything Goes; Christmas

Beth- BethieJs Blogspot

Challenges for Beth
PIO- Traditional Christmas
Christmas Stamping All Year Long - new stamp
Creatalicious Challenges- Distress Edges
Daisy Doodles Creative Challenge - anything goes + digi
Hiding In My Craftroom- Almost a card- use something from stash
Inky Impression - Glitter it up
Inspire Me Friday- Anything Goes
Make It Mondays- Anything Goes
Papertake Weekly - Christmas
Secret Crafter- Spots and Stripes
Top Tip Tuesday - Anything Christmas
Totally Gorjuss - Christmas Traditions

Winners for PIO Challenge #44

Thank you all for sharing your gorgeous projects for PIO #44: Keep Warm. Looking through all the projects certainly made us feel warm & fuzzy! Hope you'll join us again this week.  It's always too difficult to choose, but here are the winners:

#44 Top 3:

#12 JANIEL

#16 Melissa Made

#22 Marti {Pezadoodle}

Marti has a great video tutorial on how to make that gorgeous background.

Lucky winner:
#10 Cat Darling

Congratulations Denise, you win the prize from Jen's Digi Stamps! Please contact [alidalis AT comcast DOT net].

If winners do not contact us in 1 month time frame the prize will be voided. Congratulations to you all, and we hope you'll join us for our current challenge, Thanksgiving or Give Thanks, sponsored by Karen's Doodles.

PIO #45 Thanksgiving or Give Thanks

We at Pile It On! challenge are so thankful that you come and share with us your wonderful creations!  This week we want you to share with us what you are thankful for... so let's GIVE THANKS (or thanksgiving projects)!

And to help us give Thanks, we have Karen's Doodles as our sponsor.  Her images are definitively fun and quirky!

Karen Johnson has been drawing all of her life. She has worked on the feature film, “Ferngully The Last Rainforest” and has created animations for Disney, Fisher Price and Mattel. She has illustrated several children’s books and is currently teaching animation at a college in Wisconsin. She started Karen’s Doodles so she could share her whimsical drawings with crafters from around the world.

Karen's Doodle also has a blog, a challenge blog, a children's challenge blog and even a Netherlands Challenge blog!  So tons of challenges to choose from and Pile this week!

The winner this week gets 3 images from Karen’s Doodles!

Now let's give thanks for PIO amazing team and their samples.

Scrappy from Big-Scrappy-World

Scrappy's Challenges :

Pile it On - 'Thanks' or 'Thanksgiving'
Crafty Ribbons - Bingo (Lace, Gems, Embossing)
Card Makin' Mamas - Diecuts
Inspire me Friday - Anything Goes
Crafty Catz - Anything Goes (Limit 1 Entry)
Fussy and Fancy - Thanks with a sentiment
Raise the Bar - Stitching
Crafting Misfit/Show and Tell - Little Gifts or Baked Goods
Totally Papercrafts - Stitching
4 Crafty Chicks - Diecuts
CCEE Stampers - 4 types of Embellies (Ribbon, Flowers, Brads, and Bling)
MelJens Designs - Brads
Moving Along with the Times - Food and Drink  (1 of 3)
Paper Play - Buttons
PaperCrafting Journey - Use a Digi
Pixie Dust Studio Pixie Challenge - Paper Piecing

2 Sisters - Ribbon
Crafting for all Seasons - Texture
Creative Belli - 1,2,3,4 (1 image, 2 felt flowers, 3 ribbons, 4 button brads)
Divas by Design - Metal
Fresh Brewed Designs - Anything Goes (1 of 5)
Ruby's Rainbow - Metal
Scrapbook Sisters - Anything Goes
Simon Says Stamp - Buttons
Stampavie - Anything Goes
Anything Goes - Stitching
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes + Bling
Ribbon Carousel - Anything Goes
Stamp-n-Doodle - Emboss It
Tuesday Throwdown - Thanks
Colour Q - Color Challenge #109
Lia Stampz - 3 R's (Ribbon, Raised, Round)

Elizabeth - Warm Harted

Challenges for Elizabeth
Bunny Zoe - lace
Crafty Ribbons - bingo
Crafty Catz - anything goes
Crafting For All Seasons - texture
Digi Stamps for Joy - gratitude
Dutch Dare - give thanks
Fussy and Fancy - thankful and a sentiment
Moving Along with the Times - food or drink

My Mum's Craft Shop - with thanks

Tuesday Throwdown - thanks

Chris V - Eaily Amused

Chris' challenges:

Pile It On #45 - Thanksgiving, or just give thanks to someone
A Sketch for You to Try - November sketch
Totally Papercrafts #91 - Stitching
Crafty Catz #107 - Anything goes
2 Sisters #64 - Ribbon
Craft Your Days Away - Autumn/Fall (apple pie is a fall favorite for me)
Speedy the Cat #80- Fall or Winter
Moving Along With the Times #123 - Food or Drink
Ruby's Rainbow #15 - Metal (apple charm)
Freshly Brewed FBC71 - Anything Goes
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes Plus a bit of bling
Ribbon Carousel - RCC27 - Anything Goes
Cutie Pie #14 - Use a Charm

Dalis from Stampergirl:

Pile It On #45 - Thanksgiving, or just give thanks to someone

Crafty Catz #107 - Anything goes

2 Sisters #64 - Ribbon

Freshly Brewed FBC71 - Anything Goes

Charisma Cardz - Cutesy

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes + Bling

PaperCrafting Journey - Use a Digi

Helen from Helen's Craft Haven:

Challenges for Helen:
Pile It On! - Thanksgiving or just Thanks
BasicGrey - Anything Goes (I've used papers & brads from the 'Hello Luscious' range)
Charisma Cardz - Cutesy
Crafty Ann's - Floral Frenzy
Crafty Catz - Anything Goes
Friday Sketch - Sketch
Fussy & Fancy - Thankful & Sentiments
Stampavie & More - Anything Goes
Totally Papercrafts - Stitch It!

Winners for PIO Challenge #43

Thank you all for participating in PIO #43: Be Happy. As always, it was very tough to choose! Thank you all for sharing your gorgeous projects.

#43 Top 3:

#22 Tammie E

#32 JANIEL

#42 Breakfast @ Tiffanys

Lucky winner:
#12 The Crafty Den

Congratulations Denise, you win the prize from Jellypark! Please contact [alidalis AT comcast DOT net].

If winners do not contact us in 1 month time frame the prize will be voided. Congratulations to you all, and we hope you'll join us for our current challenge, Keep Warm, sponsored by Jen's Digi Stamps.