Bring on Spring Challenge Winners
It was pretty clear as I looked over the more than 180-plus submissions for the Bring on Spring challenge that I’m not the only one ready for spring! Many of you are as eager as I am for warmer weather (in North America at least), or at least a change of the seasons.
I do apologize for posting these so late—I don’t think I’ve ever gone to the middle of the month before! But I knew you’d understand, because I’ve been gone the last few weeks with the Workshops of a Lifetime, and I don’t have the Internet accessibility that I’m used to. And I don’t have the time availability either!
Ideally, I like to reserve one big chunk of time to review these, so all the projects are fresh in my mind. Of course, some months it’s a faster process than others, when there aren’t as many submissions. But this one was probably the most submissions we’ve ever had, and so it was very hard to find a big enough chunk of time to sit down and review them all.
I sure enjoyed it when I did, however. Thanks for sharing your creativity, and I encourage you to enter this month’s Stencil Surprise challenge. . . .
In the meantime, congratulations to this month’s Spring Thing Challenge winners!
February 13—Diana Ball
http://www.stampingmoon.com/2010/02/baby-on-board.html
February 16—Julia Bettencourt
http://www.juliabettencourt.com/blog/?p=5664
February 24—Mary Jo Albright
http://mjalbright.wordpress.com/2010/02/25/spring-flowers/
February 25—Tanja Westwood
http://tanjawestwood.wordpress.com/2010/02/25/so-shelli-spring-challenge/
February 25—Julie Davison (butterfly embossed card)
http://juliedavison.blogspot.com/2010/02/cas-butterfly-notecard.html
February 28—Lisa Young
http://addinkandstamp.blogspot.com/2010/02/like-spring-day.html
Stencil Surprise Creative Challenge
If you know me at all, you know stenciling is one of my favorite techniques—I love it. I was thrilled when we added stencils to our product line! One of the reasons I love stenciling is because it’s so versatile. You can use stenciling in home décor, scrapbooking, card making (I saw some great cards at leadership!), just about anything!
So March is our own little stenciling month, OK? Remember to post by the last day of the month—I’m so excited to see all the different stenciling surprises you create
Happy Heart Challenge Winners
I’ll start off by just saying we’ve never had this many winners, but we’ve also never had this many submissions before! As I go through the submissions, I keep a list and I put a heart by the ones that are in the running to be a winner, and I’ve never had so many hearts! It’s been hard! (Not that I’m complaining. . . .)
Judging the submissions every month takes hours, but it’s something I look forward to. I don’t spend much time on blogs and other Internet spots looking at project ideas, but I do treat myself once a month to all the Creative Challenge ideas.
As I looked at the long list of hearts, I wondered how I was going to make the final choices. Then I thought, “Hey, whose blog is this, anyway?” I realized I could pick as many winners as I want; there aren’t any rules out there. So bottom line is we’ve got a lot of winners this month, and I had LOTS of fun choosing!
As always, thank you ALL for sharing—I love it when we have lots of submissions, even if it does take me a little longer to choose the winners. It’s time well spent!
January 5--Michelle Joy Wecksler
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7YyTmXLbGBc/SylSwRqLqAI/AAAAAAAAAqc/-5OXxY0Gm3s/s1600-h/IMG_3398-WM.jpg
January 6--Holly Endress
http://inkadinkadoodle.com/?p=1433
January 13--Gretchen Barron
January 16--Connie Collins
January 17--Ana Marie Palmerin
http://web.me.com/anamarie2/anamarie2/anamariepalmerin.com/Entries/2010/1/17_Toads_of_Love.html
January 20--Mary Brown
http://www.stampercamper.com/home/cardpost/tour_de_freaks_-_january/
January 23--Cheryl Wilcox
http://lovetostampandscrap.blogspot.com/2010/01/sparkles-spoiler-alert.html
January 29--Janet Wakeland
http://remarkablycreated.com/2010/01/new-droid-needed-a-felt-cell-phone-case/
January 31--Jenny Petersen
http://jennympeterson.typepad.com/my-blog/2010/01/love-page-layout.html
January 31--Jenn Picard
http://www.anewinkonlife.com/a-new-ink-on-life/2010/01/i-heart-sweet-treats.html
Bring on Spring Challenge
I am so done with winter! I can say with quite some surety that I will never live in a place that experiences a full-blown winter—physically (and emotionally) my body just doesn’t do well! We don’t have terrible winters here, but it’s about as much as I can handle.
So this month I want to see spring—anything bright and beautiful—whether it’s in cards, gifts, tags, pages. . . whatever. You name it, I want to see it. I can’t wait for spring to actually arrive, but in the meantime, I’ll be content with seeing what you have to share!
Neighbor Gift Challenge Winners
I'm sorry it's taken me so long to post the winners for last month's challenge. I hoped you all knew I was at Leadership, so you understood what was taking so long.
What fun projects. I really enjoyed looking through these submissions, and I've got an idea list a mile long! I can't wait to make a few of these myself, and I wouldn't be surprised if I use at least one of these ideas for our holiday neighbor gift next year! If you haven't taken the time to scroll through these projects, you definitely need to!
As always, thanks to everyone who shared--and congratulations to the winners!
December 2--Melissa Riker
http://saucystamper.blogspot.com/2009/11/beautiful-gift-idea.html
December 4--Carmen
http://stampingaddiction.blogspot.com/2009/12/christmas-giftables-class-project-1.html
December 6--Peggy Sue Stuckky
http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/photo/1559030?&cat=500&ppuser=142185
December 7--Monika Davis
http://monikastamp.wordpress.com/2009/11/16/dasher-tile-coasters/
December 19--Donna Centamore
http://butternutsagedesigns.blogspot.com/2009/12/hot-chocolate-gift-pack.html
December 31--Kasia
http://stampwithkasia.blogspot.com/2009/12/new-years-resolutions.html


