The SoShelli.com Creative Challenge

Celebrating Sale-A-Bration Creative Challenge

Shelli — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 04:12:00 +0000

Our most anticipated promotion of the year—Sale-A-Bration—kicked off last week and runs through the end of March. So it’s only natural to shine the spotlight on Sale-A-Bration for the February Creative Challenge.

Sale-A-Bration runs simultaneously in all markets, and is an exciting opportunity for everyone associated with Stampin’ Up! (customer, hostess, and demonstrator) to receive free product! That means that anyone and everyone can create a project for this challenge . . . all you have to do is use at least one Sale-A-Bration product on your project.

So have fun and celebrate this amazing Stampin’ Up! tradition by sharing your creativity with us!

Love Is in the Air Creative Challenge Winners

Shelli — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 08:12:24 +0000

The holidays are over, and I’m already looking forward to Valentine’s Day . . . at least in terms of stamping projects. Looking over the Love Is in the Air Creative Challenge projects totally got me in the mood for creating projects for those people I love!

There weren’t as many projects submitted this month as there usually are. . . chalk it up to being the holidays, right? I appreciate those of you who took time out of your busy schedule to share, and I really did enjoy seeing all the great ideas.

Congratulations to the winners!

And just a quick note—when you post a project, please make sure that your link is accessible to the public. There were several submissions from last month that I wasn’t able to open. Please make sure that your link is accessible to all So Shelli readers; I want everyone to be able to view winning projects. Thanks for keeping that in mind.

December 28--Connie Babbert

http://inkspiredtreasures.com/cards/december-tour-de-freaks-fashionable-hearts/

December 29: Ashley Marostica

http://allicreate.blogspot.com/2011/12/now-that-christmas-has-come-and-gone-i.html

December 31: M Markey Dwyer

http://images.splitcoaststampers.com/data/gallery/500/2011/12/31/F4A96-20111231I_love_you_-_trifold_card_markey_by_Markey.jpg?ts=1325364638

December 31: Connie Collins

http://www.constantlystamping.com/constantly_stamping/2011/12/sweet-mds-hybrid-valentine-treat-bag.html

Simply Stunning Creative Challenge

Shelli — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 04:58:53 +0000

This holiday I really made a concerted effort to keep things simple—our gifts were simple, our plans were simple, our entertaining was simple. That’s kind of been my mantra recently . . . I’ve realized that life is too short to stress out over making things complicated.

Moving forward into the new year, I’m committed to learning how to simplify my life in all areas—even the way I stamp! And for me, that will be difficult, because I do like textures and layers and bling. I’m sure that occasionally I’ll still have to give in and do something completely over the top, but I really am going to try to keep things simple this year.

So I thought we’d start with this month’s Creative Challenge—the Simply Stunning Card Creative Challenge. I know it’s possible to create cards that are simple yet stunning; I’ve seen several this holiday season . . . cards that are so simple yet eye-catching and amazing.

Making this change in my life isn’t going to be easy, but I’m very excited about it! And I know you’ll help inspire me with your creations!

Neighbor Gift Challenge Winners

Shelli — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 23:08:45 +0000

I loved looking through the neighbor gift projects--there were some wonderful ideas and great execution, and they sparked fun creativity--I can use these ideas years to come! I hope you've taken the time to check out these projects; I'm sure you'll find some great ideas too. Thanks to everyone who shared with us during a very busy, hectic time! And congratulations to this month's winners!

November 22: Melissa Davies

http://rubberfunatics.blogspot.com/2011/11/neighborly-challenge.html

November 25: Ros Davidson

http://rosdavidson.typepad.com/ros_davidson_live_life_an/2011/11/christmas-theme-blog-hop.html

November 26: Mary Rindal

http://www.maryrindal.com/2011/11/kraft-gift-boxes-with-spice-cake.html

November 30: Erica Cerwin

http://pinkbuckaroodesigns.blogspot.com/2011/11/even-naughty-deserve-something-nice.html

Love is in the Air Creative Challenge

Shelli — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 05:06:28 +0000

Oops. I'm posting a few days late. . . so sorry! I try to get the new Creative Challenge posted by the first of every month, but I slipped up this month. I hope you'll still share your creative ideas though!

It might feel a little early to be talking about Valentine's Day (we haven't even celebrated Christmas yet!), but all you demonstrators know that it always pays to look ahead to and plan for the next holiday. And that's Valentine's Day! Besides, it's never too early--or late--to express love to the most important people in your life.

So this month, I'd love for you to share a Valentine's Day project; it can be a card, a gift, a favor, a page. . . whatever. I can't wait to see your projects, and I suspect others will be looking for great love-themed projects too!

Good luck--and I do hope you have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Simply Scored Creative Challenge Winners

Shelli — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 19:44:24 +0000

Whether or not you have our new Simply Scored Tool (and I know it's not even available in all our markets yet), you're sure to enjoy the fun projects that were submitted for this month's Creative Challenge. I loved seeing all the fun folds, and the Simply Scored Tool just makes creating these projects even easier! Congratulations to these winners, and have fun folding!

October 2: Laura Haffke

http://ladeedahday.blogspot.com/2011/10/harvest-pumpkin-lollies-simply-scored.html

October 18: Beth Steel (must be a Stampin' Up! demonstrator to view this entry)

http://www.stampinconnection.com/main/authorization/signIn?target=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.stampinconnection.com%2Fphoto%2Fshelli-s-creative-challenge-october-2011%3Fcontext%3Duser

October 20: Debi Pippin

http://bizestampin.blogspot.com/2011/10/goodbye-to-dear-friend.html

October 22: Buffy Cooper (the cornucopia project)

http://buffycooper.wordpress.com/2011/10/22/hoppin-holiday-llamas/

October 28: Julie Olivier

http://madewithpaper.wordpress.com/2011/10/28/removable-star-ornement-card/

Neighbor Gift Creative Challenge

Shelli — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 04:35:38 +0000

Every Christmas I scramble at the last minute to come up with a fun gift for neighbors, friends, and co-workers. I want the gifts to be hand-stamped, inexpensive, and gorgeous! How’s that for high expectations? (Well, OK, maybe they don’t have to be gorgeous, but at least look pretty good. . . )

So this year I thought “neighbor” gifts would be the perfect Creative Challenge. I can’t think of any group that is more creative than my blog readers. So how about it? I know some of you have probably had your neighbor gifts designed (and even completed!) long before now, so I’d love for you to share.

And for those of you who, like me, haven’t decided on (or even thought about) your neighbor projects, maybe this challenge will be a motivation to start a little earlier this year. And if all else fails, you can join me on December 1 and check out all the projects and find the perfect idea.

I can’t wait to see what you all come up with. . . .

Christmas Card Creative Challenge Winners

Shelli — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 04:03:32 +0000

Looking through these entries was a great way to get into the holiday spirit! What great project ideas . . .they made me want to start creating Christmas cards right now! Of course, we need to start about now anyway to have them all ready, don't we? Thanks for sharing your holiday cheer with me. If you haven't decided on your Christmas greeting this year, you have to look through these ideas; you will find some amazing inspiration!

Congratulations to this month's winners!

September 7: Regina Cornelius

http://stampsalot.blogspot.com/2011/08/hung-by-chimney-with-bling.html

September 9: Audrie Gordon

http://www.stampinup.net/esuite/home/girlgeek/blog?directBlogUrl=%2Fblog%2F2065568%2Fentry%2Fthe_challenges_and_joys_of

September 11: Cindy Elam

http://heartsdelightcards.blogspot.com/2011/09/christmas-lodge.html

September 12: Amanda Mertz

http://didyoustamptoday.blogspot.com/2011/09/blog-milestone-giveway-to-celebrate.html

September 21: Jenny Peterson

http://jennympeterson.typepad.com/my-blog/2011/08/holiday-mini-swap-.html

The Simply Scored Creative Challenge

Shelli — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 02:56:41 +0000

In honor of one of our new products that we just released in our new Idea Book & Catalog, I’ve decided to focus on scoring for this month’s challenge.

I love our new Simply Scored Tool; we’ve worked hard to create a practically perfect scoring tool, and I think we’ve done it! So pull out your Simply Scored and get to work! Boxes, folds, cards . . . whatever project you want to share, as long as scoring is involved. And, of course, if you don’t have a Scoring Tool, I still want to see your scoring projects! (smile)

Thinking of You Challenge Winners

Shelli — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 15:31:00 +0000

There were more than 100 submissions to this challenge, and I enjoyed looking at them. As I mentioned when I announced the challenge, I've had several people in my life recently who are facing difficult challenges. I found many cards that would be perfect to send these loved ones. . . cards to inspire, comfort, encourage. I'm sure you'll find some great ideas as well!

Congratulations to these challenge winners!

August 3: Paula Dobson

http://stampinantics.blogspot.com/2011/08/single-layer-sympathy.html

August 6: Becky Cowley

http://scrapjunkie-becky.blogspot.com/2011/08/get-well-wishes.html

August 8: Christina Blain

http://christineblain.blogspot.com/2011/08/sneak-peek-with-credit-to-my-color.html

August 12: Paula Wright

http://paulastamps.blogspot.com/2011/08/dizzy-turtle.html

August 12: Michele Reynolds

http://inspirationink.typepad.com/inspiration-ink/2011/08/sunny-flowers.html

August 15: Beth Prout

http://stamperbeth.blogspot.com/2011/08/thinking-of-you.html