It’s fun to see everyone’s version of bling! And I appreciated the details included with the projects because sometimes the photos didn't show off the bling as well as we'd all like! When the supply list was included, as well as instructions, I was able to imagine what the bling looked like. And in my imagination, every submission had a special sparkle and shine!

As always, congratuations to our winners! (Note that I'm posting two of the submissions right into the blog--many of you are linking to our own Stampin' Connections site, which is password-protected, so not everyone can see the submissions. I wanted everyone to see the winners, though, so I've included those that came from Stampin' Connection. I actually tried to download them all, but couldn't get the other two to save to a file that I could open. . . I'll work on that for next time!)

June 8--Peggy-Sue Stucky

June 9--Jade Boteler

June 16--Sabrina Satchwell            

http://www.littlemissscrapalicious.com/2010/06/paper-players-challenge-1-hand-stamped.html

June 21--Carmen

http://stampingaddiction.blogspot.com/2010/06/almost-artisan-project-4.html

If you’re like me, browsing through the new catalog was pretty much like opening presents on Christmas morning—I couldn’t contain my excitement, and I couldn’t decide what new thing to play with first. So the Creative Challenge this month was pretty simple—have fun with everything new! Now does that sound like fun or what? In fact, I might have to participate in this challenge myself. . . .

Good luck! I can’t wait to see the wonderful creations you come up with!

I feel like all I've done the past few months is apologize for being late for posting a challenge, then apologize for being late for announcing the winners. And here I am doing it again! As usual, thanks for your patience (and maybe things will slow down a little and I'll be more timely with the coming challenges).

As always, I enjoying seeing your challenge submissions. I am always inspired and impressed by what I see when I start looking at the submissions, and this month was no different. And with weddings still on my mind (Shanna and Jared are still newlyweds, you know), it was extra fun to see wedding-focused projects.

Congratulations to theseWedding Wishes winners!

May 7: Regina Cornelius

http://stampsalot.blogspot.com/2010/05/what-is-next-step.html

May 26: Jacqueline (Happy Tears tissue boxes)

 http://www.scrapsoflife.dreamhosters.com/2010/05/26/wedding-wednesday-13-happy-tears/

May 27: Debi Pippin     

http://bizestampin.blogspot.com/2010/05/wedding-bells-are-ringing.html                   

 May 30: Staci Lynch                        

 http://bizestampin.blogspot.com/2010/05/wedding-bells-are-ringing.html

Thanks so much for your patience--sorry it's taken me so long to get this challenge up.

I've been with my daughters the past few days, and when the topic of the challenge came up, it was only natural that the conversation would eventually end up on one of our favorite topics--bling! We all love sparkle, splash, glitter, and bling.

So how 'bout it? Let's see what you can all come up with. . . . There are lots of options, anything from rhinestone brads to embossing and everything in between.

Good luck! We're ALL looking forward to enjoying your creativity!

I'm late coming up with this month's challenge, and I apologize! I'm taking a few days of R&R--with most of my daughters--and one of the things we're going to come up with is a fun challenge! I'll post it as soon as I can, although our Internet access will be sporadic. I'm sorry for the inconvenience and hope you understand. . . .