L.O.V.E. Challenge Inspiration

We're back with some more inspiration for you to join our February Challenge... there's just shy of a week left to play along, hope you'll consider joining us! The challenge this month is to create a project with LOVE:

L- Layers 

O- Ovals 

V- Vintage 

E- Embellishments 

Here's a couple more cards that will hopefully inspire you!

by Julie

Julie has used a beautiful vintage style stamp from LaBlanche (coming soon to Creative Accents) together with paper by Magenta. The image was coloured with Distress Ink over a clear embossed stamp. Several of the flowers were sprayed with a new Moon Shadow Mist from Lindy's Stamp Gang. Here's a close up:

by Tara

You can learn more about Tara's card on the Creative Accents blog! Thanks for visiting us... hope you'll take some time to play along this weekend.

January Winner!

I'm back (a bit later than I intended) to share with you who our random winner was from our January Challenge... I was hoping to have my challenge project to share with you, but I had no idea that my trip to CHA had taken so much out of me!  I came home feeling pretty good, on a bit of a high from seeing so many amazing samples, talented designers and fabulous products... I should have known that as soon as I slowed down I would be as tired as my credit card is after all that ordering! ;) 

Anywho, I will be back with more inspiration for you, but today I'll keep it short and sweet and let ya know our winner.

According to random.org, our winner is...

Ms.$Pen

Penny created an adorable snowy card for our January challenge!  Stop on by the store and pick up your prize when you get a chance, Penny :) 

To the rest of you, Thank you for playing along!  We didn't have a lot of entries, but they were ALL really fabulous with so many unique details!  We hope you'll join our February challenge to create a project with:

 

L- Layers 

O- Ovals 

V- Vintage

E- Embellishments

 

and we'd LOVE to hear from you if you are interested in joining our Design Team- we're looking for full time and guest members to join us!

February Challenge: L.O.V.E.

We've got a new challenge for the month of February... and the theme is LOVE, but we've got a fun recipe for you to try instead of just a general "Love" theme :)

The challenge is to use... 

L- Layers 

O- Ovals 

V- Vintage

E- Embellishments

on your paper crafting project!  Create a card, layout or other paper based project and have fun with the recipe while you do!  We can't wait to see what you create!  Before I go, here's some inspiration from the DT... we'll be back soon to announce the winner from our January challenge and to share some more inspiration as well!

card by Roxy

layout by Sarah

card by Janet

We look forward to seeing what you create!

More Snowy Inspiration!

We're back with some more inspiration for you for our "Let it Snow" challenge!  The day this challenge went up last week we got a big dump of snow, followed by more snow, followed by some extreme cold (-39!) days!  Looks like it's warming up again (if -7 can be "warm"), but it seems there will be more snow on it's way... so it's really not difficult to wrap your head around this challenge!

Carla made this adorable card, using BoBunny papers and our current Stamp of the Month (see details on our SOTM program here).  I just can't get enough of the blues & browns... so perfect for winter!

Sarah scrapbooked one of her cute boys and his first snow experience... such great photos and I love the splash of orange she added here!

 ... and we've got this fab stamp set from My Mind's Eye as part of your prize this month!  We'll also be adding in some other surprises... ;)

Hope to see you play along!  You'll find the link to submit at the bottom of this post.  See ya soon!

January Challenge!

Are you ready for another challenge? We've got a new one for ya and it's weather appropriate (for most of us)... LET IT SNOW!

 Create any paper based project with a snowy theme or detail on it! Here where we are in Canada, the winter can last a long, long time... so we may as well enjoy it and find more ways to take advantage of how pretty it is (and here in Williams Lake, some of us would actually like to see some more snow, there hasn't been much this year)!

You've got until January 31 to play along- we can't wait to see what you create!

But first, here's some inspiration from our Seriously Creative Design Team!  (We are looking for some guest DT members- check out all the details here!)

Janet:

Julie

Leslea

Roxy

Tara

 

Hope that inspires you!  Add a link to your project below.  We'll be back with more inspiration and details on the prize you're playing for soon!

December Winners!

We'll be back on the weekend to introduce our January challenge to you... but today, I've got WINNERS to announce!

The winner of our random prize is...

Heather

please stop by the store to pick up your prize!

We are delighted to see 17 entries in December!  Anytime entries total more than 12, we select a Top 3.  

December's Top 3 (what a hard choice!) are:

Dorothy 

Barbara G.

Canadian Nickel

Congrats ladies, thanks for playing along!  Please grab this Top 3 badge for display on your blog (just right click & save):

The winner of a PageMaps calendar & UM stamp is... 

Haven

Please contact us with your mailing address so we can send out your prize, Haven!

Thanks for playing along with our challenge!  See you on the weekend with a January challenge!

December Prizes!

I'm here today to share with you the prizes you're playing for this month... though the real prize is completing Christmas projects, right? So many ideas, so little time- we're so grateful for each one of you who plays along with us in our Seriously Creative Challenges!

Each month, we use random.org to select a prize winner and this month our prize is growing according to the number of entrants we get in the challenge!  Your prize starts with a fun 6x6 pad from s.e.i. This pad was designed to coordinate with one of their Christmas lines this year, but it's a totally versatile pad with bold colours and simple patterns- you'll be amazed what it coordinates with!  We'll be adding in 3 yards of coordinating ribbon, as well as some fabulous bling... who knows, there may be more added to the bundle if the entries keep coming in :)

PLUS since we've already got more than 10 entries, (thanks for joining us!) members of our design team will select one entrant to win another prize- a 2012 Sketch Calendar from Scrapbook & Cards Today and PageMaps!  We've loved the sketches and inspiration in the 2011 Calendar and are thrilled to have another year of inspiration ahead of us.  We'll also be including with this second prize a surprise element- an unmounted stamp of our choosing!

Also up for grabs this month is our Top 3 badge- it may not be until after Christmas, but we look forward to visiting your blogs and seeing what you've created for the challenge... then selecting our favourites!   This badge is only offered when we have 12+ entries.


Thanks for sharing your creations with us!  There is still time to join the challenge if you haven't yet- we're keeping it open until January 5, so you can share your projects after the holidays when you've got more time :) Watch the sidelines of the blog to see if our DT members have new ideas to share with ya over the next few days- they'd love to have you stop by!

You probably won't hear from us again (on this blog) before Christmas, so MERRY CHRISTMAS to you and your family!  We hope you have an amazing holiday with family and friends!