Monday, November 15, 2010

TSC4: With Gratitude - At Least One Stampsmith Image - Other Stamps Welcome!

Celtic 3 Plate
Hi Everyone,

It is Karen here again. Wow, the Ovalicious challenge entries were oval extreme! We had lots of beautiful entries!  Thank you all so much for participating!  Here are some of the gorgeous highlights :

Melanie Bennett
Yvonne Balmer

Joanna K
Gals, please email Valerie if you would like our special badge for your sidebar.

Congratulations to Melanie Bennet who won the draw for the Stampsmith gift certificate this week!  Please contact Valerie for details!

And now for Challenge #4

Celtic 2 Plate
In honor of Thanksgiving, the theme for this challenge is Thank you, Thanks, or Thankful. So, you must use a Thank you, thanks, or thankful sentiment on your project. 

Project for the challenges on the 15th of each month must also include at least one Stampsmith Stamp. You can make any type of project from 3-D to cards. You will have until November 30th to complete your project and link it up here. And, of course, there is a fabulous prize. One person will be selected at random for a gift certificate to the Stampsmith Shop. I will also be selecting the three Highlights from this challenge. The winner and Highlights will be announced on December 1st. Dec. 1st will be the last challenge before we take our Christmas break. After Christmas we will be back on January 15th with a new challenge.

Our Design Team has some fabulous projects to inspire you.
Karen MacAlpine

Lynne Moncrieff

Valerie Wilson

Julie Mutch



Monday, November 1, 2010

TSC3: Oval-icious - Using Any Stamp Company!

Art Nouveau 2 Plate
Well, the Stampsmithees have totally rocked our 'minimal color' challenge!!  Thank you to everyone who joined us in adding some color to our black and white world!!  Your work is very inspiring!  Here are a few of the beautiful projects we would like to highlight for this challenge!  Check out the close-up details on these gems!  Would our highlighted artists please email Valerie if you would like our special badge for your sidebar :)

Julie Forest
hellerlittle
Sue
AND.... Congratulations to #3: Jane Wetzel, our winner of the random draw for a $10 gift certificate to The Stampsmith Shop!!!!  Jane, please e-mail Valerie for all of the details!

And now, this week's challenge...

It’s me, Karen McAlpine. I am your hostess today for Challenge #3. So, that means I have selected the theme. I thought it would be fun to do a shape challenge. Your challenge, if you should decide to accept it, is to make a project that uses one or more Oval Shapes.

Here are a few ideas to get you started: oval die cuts, punches, oval shaped stamps, or decorative paper with ovals. You do not have to use Stampsmith Stamps for this challenge. But, if you have them, we would love to see you use them. You can make any type of project from 3-D to cards. You will have until November 14th to complete your project and link it up here. And, of course, there is a fabulous prize. One person will be selected at random for a gift certificate to the Stampsmith Shop. I will also be selecting the three Highlights from this challenge. The winner and Highlights will be announced on November 15th. Well, ladies and gentlemen, get busy and show us your Ovals. Have fun! We can’t wait to see what beauties you come up with.

For more inspiration, take a look at the ovalicious projects by The Design Team!

Karen McAlpine

Lynne Moncrieff

Carol Quance

Julie Mutch

Valerie Wilson