Challenge #13 - Round & Round We Go!

This week's challenge and our Design Team's beautiful creations!! This week, your challenge is:

ROUND!

Think circles, spots, dots! Anything that's round - in your papers, in your embellishments - wherever you can get something round! The more the merrier!!

The next two weeks we are going to be sponsored by the one and only 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!

Timi - My Journey to the World of Scrapbooking


Challenges for Timi:

• Pile it on - lots of dots, circles
• Scrap or Dare - use stick figures
• ABC Challenge- C is for circles
• Mojo Monday - Sketch

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

Challenges for Maureen:

• Pile It On - "Lots of Dots" and combine with at least 1 other challenge
• Stamp with Fun - "At the Sea"
• My Time to Craft - "Cheers Me Dear" (have a beverage of some kind)
• Stamp Something - "Animal Somethings"
• Allsorts - no stamped images or sentiments

Ann - Raindrop Echo Designs

Challenges for Ann:

• Pile it On! - Think Round: Lots of Dots, Circles, and Spots
• Delightful Sketches - Sketch #5
  
• ABC Challenge - C is for Circles
• Whimsy Stamps Challenges - Touch of Sparkle
• Rubbernecker - Wacky Wednesday#26 Bling

Amy - And She Loved Flowers...


Challenges for Amy:

Pile It On -- Lots of Dots

Stamps and Smiles -- Sketch

Color Throw Down -- Bashful Blue, Positively Pink and Certainly Celery

Stamp Something -- Something Animal

Whimsy Stamps Challenges - Touch of Sparkle

Julie - Kwelstamps-n-more

Challenges for Julie

• Pile it on (Circles, spots, dots...) my last one as a guest Designer, sniff :-(, I had fun, really an awesome experience and everyone on the team(s) was super nice! <---- WE HAVE DECIDED TO ASK JULIE TO STAY... and SHE SAID YES!!!!
• ABC (C is for Circles...)
• Taylored Expression (sketch)
• Easy Breezy Kewl (Colours)
• Paper Blooms (it's a flower but it's not),
• Creative Belli(water base Markers)
• Stampin'Bee (use of acetate)

So, without further delay - here's the top three!! Ladies, be sure to grab your blinkies off the sidebar!!!

The images are linked, so if you click on them, you can go to their blogs and see more of their wonderful creations!!

Linda for this beautiful layout!



Laurel for this GORGEOUS card (I personally love snowflakes!!)


And Vina for this SUPER FUN card!!



This week, we even have a SWEET SPRINKLES AWARD going to KATIE for this placque!!

Thanks so much for your patience this week! We will try to be more timely next week!

Challenge coming soon!

Hi everyone!

Our Sunday post today will be a bit later than usual, Vicki has been sick... and well... I have a hangover from a long shopping day... but it will be here soon don't worry...

Challenge #12-Good Things Come in Threes!

This week we are going to be sponsored by Doodle Palace and we are going to help them celebrate their GRAND OPENING! They are having 60% EVERYTHING IN THE STORE!!!

Below is their coupon for you, but it is only valid until Sept 1st, so make sure you don't forget. (This means their $2.50 images are only 1 BUCK!!!!!)

Now, let's talk atbout this week's challenge, it is all about the number three!! We want to see you make your creations using things in threes...for example, three button, three papers, three images.....we want to see three!!! This weeks winner gets to pick one free digital stamp from Doodle Palace!

Here is what our AWESOME design team came up with this week!!

Julie - August GDT - Kwel-stamps-and-more


Challenges for Julie:

• Pile It On - In threes
• Easy Breezy Kewl Colour Challenge (Bashful Blue, Brilliant Blue, Old Olive, More Mustard)
• ABC - Buttons
• Mojo Monday - Day 3 Sketch

Denise - Stamping with Denise

Challenges for Denise:

• Pile It On: Good Things Come in Threes


• Stamp Something: Birthday Somethings


• ABC Challenge: B is for Button


• Fresh Batch: Sketch


• Cupcake Craft: Sweet Somethings
  

Lesley: Always Playing with Paper

Challenges for Lesley:

• Spoonful of Sugar-Travel Theme (This cute bear is really enjoying his vacation!)


• Card Patterns Sketch #28


• Gingersnap Creations-Colour Challenge #20-The Rainbow

By Jennifer Random Vintage Finds


Challenges for Jennifer:

• PIO-Good things come in 3's

• Charmisma Cardz-Lemon, Green and Pink

• Paper Play-Sketch


• Stamp Something: Birthday Somethings


• ABC Challenge-B buttons


• Whimsy Stamp Challenge-Ribbons Ribbons

• Cupcake Craft- Sweet Somethings
  

Deanna - Dee's Paper Tree

Challenges for Dee:

• Pile It On - Good Things Come in Threes
• Color Chef - Purple, Green, Brown, Cream (I used white, oops)
• Crafty Creations - Tags
• ABC Challenges - B is for Buttons
• Paper Play Challenges - Sketch

Heidi - Haphazardly Crafty

Challenges for Heidi:

• Pile it On! - Good Things Come in Threes (3 colors, 3 scalloped edges, 3 buttons, 3 sticker letters)
• 2 Sketches 4 You - Sketch #33
• Basic Grey Challenges - Color Challenge : brown, pink, yellow (and at least 1 BG product)
• ABC Challenges - B is for Buttons

And now, for the top three scoops!! Ladies - please remember to take your blinkies! Our DT Member Heidi (with help from Deanna) has chosen the top three this week! (thank you ladies for the help, it is greatly appreciated!)

Here they are:

Rach for this card

Momiji for this layout

Amanda P. for this layout

Good News / Bad News...

Hi everyone! We have a special post today, we have bad news/good news kind of deal. We want you Pile it On! Supporters to say good bye to Rowena. After a tough decision, she has decided to step down from Pile It On! due to some new awesome craft commitments that are taking all her time. She is one of the brand new Sugar Nellies DTs, CONGRATS ROWENA! We are going to miss her layers upon layers of goodness in her samples. This will be her last week doing a sample for us, but we wanted to give her a special place and post. We hope to see her play a with us in the near future!

Challenges for Rowena:

Now, onto the good news.... We have asked Jennifer to stay with us as a Full TIME member of Pile it On! and she said "YES!"... Isn't that wonderful? She is full of joy and a great great card maker, plus a sweet heart on her comments!

Challenge #11 - Oh Boy!

Happy Sunday to you all!! Hope you all had a good week and I am glad to see that you stopped in for our NEW Pile It On Challenge!

First - our winner from last week - by random draw:


#51 - SUZI!!! Please drop us an email so we can get your choices for your three digi stamps from Digi Stamp Characters!!

Now - onto the challenge!!!

This week, your challenge, should you choose to accept it (LOL), is to make a project MASCULINE! Card, layout, box - whatever it is, we want to see it for/about a man or a boy.

Here's what our ALWAYS TALENTED Design Team came up with this week:

JULIE - Our August Guest Designer:

• Pile It On! - Masculine/Boy Challenge
• Easy breezy kewl colour challenge
• Taylored expression (sketch#78)
• Stampin Bees (2 diescuts)
• Secret crafters (fancy corners)
• bee crafty (a bitmore)
  

Denise - Stamping with Denise

Challenges for Denise:

• Pile It On - boy cards
• Just Magnolia Monthly - 3D Tutorial
  
• Friday Sketchers - sketch/layout
• Lili of the Valley - So Charming
• Stamp Something - Summer Vacation
  

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


Challenges for Maureen:

• Pile It On - Oh Boy!
• Stamps & Smiles - sketch
• 365 Cards - Shape Up (make a star the dominant shape)

Alecia - As Alecia Scraps

Challenges for Alecia:

• Pile It On - Oh Boy! Challenge
  
• 365 Cards - Shape Up! Challenge
  
• Card Patterns - Sketch #28

Amy -- And She Loved Flowers

Challenges for Amy:


• Pile It On: Make it Masculine
  
• Paper Blooms: Home Decor Item
• Colour Create: Blue, Sand, Silver and Black
  
• ABC Challenge: Anything Goes or Animals
  
• Pollycraft Monday Challenge: Buttons and Bows

Ann - Raindrop Echo Designs

Challenges for Ann:

• Pile it On - Oh Boy (Masculine)
• IC Sketches - ICS #29
• Stamp Something -Something From Summer Vacation
  

Timi - My Journey to the World of Scrapbooking

Challenge for Timi:


• Pile it on - Oh Boy
• A Peek into Yesterday - August PDT Challenges Week 1
• Scrap That - Sarah's August Challenge
• Moments Recorded - Challenge #14

Dalis - Stamprgrl

Challenges for Dalis:

• Pile It On! - Oh Boy Challenge
• 365 CArds - Day 167

And I won't make you wait a moment longer!! Ladies - please grab your blinkie from the side bar!!! Here are the top three scoops for this week:

Karen for this card:




Ann for this card:

Trish for this card:


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

CHALLENGE #9 WINNER!!!

This past weeks random winner is: Cat Darling!

Cat, send us an email w/ your email address so we can send you your voucher for your digi images from Soft Pencil!

Thanks again to this past week's awesome sponsor, Soft Pencil Designs or on her Etsy store.

Challenge #10- No Pattern Paper

Welcome back to PILE IT ON!! We would like to thank everybody for participating last week! There were some wonderful entries and picking the top three was NOT easy - then again, it never is!!

This week's challenge is to not use any pattern paper on your project (and of course, at least one other current challenge from anywhere else in blog-land!!).

We have an AWESOME SPONSOR this week! Digi Stamp Characters was kind enough to provide the Design Team with these adorable images you are seeing on this week's card. And one lucky participant will win a Gift Certificate to the Digi Stamp Character's store, so be sure to get your entries in!!

Here are the WONDERFUL creations from our Design Team!


Heidi - Haphazardly Crafty


Challenges for Heidi:

• Pile it On - No Patterned Paper, at least 1 other challenge
• Mojo Monday - Sketch
• Crafty Creations - Buttons
• Caardvarks - Winter Wonderland
• Kaboodle Doodles - Use a digital stamp

Jennifer-Random Vintage Finds


Challenges for Jennifer

• Pile It On-No Pattern Paper and 1 other challenge
  
• Crafty Creations-Buttons
  
• Cute Card Thursday-Teal and Red
  
• Flourishes Timeless Tuesday-Hardware
• Spoon Full of Sugar-Flowers
• Three Clovers Design-Super Summery
  
• Tuesday Taggers-Flowers

Denise - Stamping with Denise

Challenges for Denise:

• Pile It On - No Patterned Paper
• Cute Card Thursday - Tealy Good
• Everybody Art Challenge - Butterflies
• Stamp Something - Charmed Somethings
• Kaboodle Doodles - digi image
  

Timi - My Journey to the World of Scrapbooking

Challenges for Timi

• Pile it on -No Patterned Paper
• Coordinates Collection - August Scrap Challenges Week 1 (Scraplift yourself)
• A Peek into Yesterday - August PDT Challenges Week 1 (use ribbon to anchor or border your photo)
• Savvy n Sassy Wrap it Up Challenge - Lace it up
  

Lesley- Always Playing with Paper

Challenges for Lesley:

• Clean&Simple Fall To Layout #54
• Colour Throwdown #54
• Caardvarks-Holiday Card (Winter Wonderland)
• Pile it On- No Patterned Paper

Amy - And She Loved Flowers


Challenges for Amy:

Pile It On: No Patterned Paper

Card Patterns: Sketch

A Spoonful of Sugar: Floral Fantasy

Stamp Simply: Make a Card for a Friend

Three Clovers: Summery

Vicki - Paper Hugs & Die Cut Dreams

And here's my "pile":

• Pile It On! - No patterned paper
• 365 Cards - sunflower inspiration
• No Time To Stamp - Stamp Simply - Make a card for a friend!

And now, for the TOP THREE SCOOPS! Ladies, please remember to grab your blinkies!!

Carolyn for this card:

Nancy for this card:

• 

Mona for this card:

• 

Thanks so much ladies!! We can't wait to see what you create this week!!