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Welcome to our challenge blog. We will post a new challenge every Thursday. You can create any card, scrapbook layout, altered item with any stamp or technique as long as it is a new project, no backlinks please. To join in please post your card on your blog and then enter via the Linky Tools button at the bottom of every challenge post. You must leave a direct link to your creation as well as a link back here to the challenge post.

Entries close at 8:00PM MST/MDT the Wednesday before the new challenge is posted and winners will be announced at the close of the challenge (on the sidebar) as well as on the new challenge post.

Please make sure to follow our blog in case you are the lucky winner...winners will be chosen by random and posted and they have until the next challenge is posted to contact me and claim the prize or there will be a re-draw! You may enter 2 (two) times per challenge as long as the creation is new and follows the challenge guidelines, have fun! You may combine challenge to a maximum of 8.

We hope you will join in the fun!

Thursday, September 23, 2010

DDCC# 87-Operation Write Home Birthday Bash

***ETA: Please read and follow the guidelines in order for your card to be entered.  The cards need to be 4 1/4" x 5 1/2 " in order to be sent to one of the OWH depots and that is after all the whole idea of this super challenge.  Thanks***


Also please scroll down for some winners from last challenge as well as a re-draw for the challenge before that...

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We are so excited to be taking part in the Operation Write Home Birthday Bash! Since it's a birthday bash, we'd like to see your birthday cards, but Christmas, Thinking of You, I Miss You and more are welcome!


Our fabulous DT members have some fantastic cards to share with you today and I hope you'll play along, not only for your chance to win a $10 Gift Cert to Simon Says Stamp, but also so you can send it in to one of the OWH depots and they can in turn send it to a hero so they can send it home.


Here's a look at what the DT has come up with.


Kelly- Our Fabulous Guest Designer




Anette

There you have it, wonderful creations that I just know the hero's are going to love to send home!

Here is a really good starting point as there are definitely some things that are not allowed on these cards and just some really good general information and guidelines to follow, please make sure to read it carefully. A few points are:



Borrowed from the OWH Stars & Stamps site:

The basic guidelines:

  1. No glitter. Seriously. It's a hazard for our heroes, so we won't send cards with any glitter that will flake off the card. Read more.
  2. A2 sized cards. Most efficient for our shipping dollars, so we strongly recommend A2 (4.25" x 5.5" - half a sheet of cardstock). Read more.
  3. No storebought. Yep, pretty straightforward. Our heroes don't like them, so we send them our cards filled with love and creativity! Read more.
  4. Watch the deadlines. We have to mail cards 5-6 weeks ahead of a holiday, so check out the deadlines posted on our homepage, on the left side. Those are the very last last last dates, so aim for a couple weeks earlier if at all possible, since we start shipping 8 weeks ahead.
  5. Any quantity. One card to 100 to 500 — every card matters! We recommend emphasizing quality over quantity...relax, do your best, and pour lots of love into each card!
  6. Packing Slip. Download this handy packing slip and write in your contact info and quantity—the shipper will be able to email you to let you know your cards arrived. If you haven't heard back you can also check the Thankful Thursday post each week to see if they've arrived. Our shippers get lots of packages every day, so please give them some grace in getting back to you.


There are some great additional points to that will help out the volunteers that ship these cards, etc, check that out here. The Stars & Stamps blog is a great spot to check out, lots to do and see and some digi freebies to use too! So we hope you play along with us this challenge, let's see your stuff!


**** I did not hear from our winner from the Vintage Summer challenge, so I referred back to random.org and it chose # 4 Viv from Viv's Visuals as out new winner!  Viv you have won a $10 gift cert to Simon Says Stamp, please contact me and I will send you the details!


Secondly, our winner from the fabulous bookmark challenge is # 13 Tracy Payne, so Tracy, please contact me and I will get your prize of 5 digi images of your choice from The Stamping Boutqiue!!  Congrats ladies!****
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Thursday, September 09, 2010

DDCC #86-Sept 9-Bookmark (Back to School Theme)

We are back with another fun challenge.  Since back to school is here for most, some are already in, some just went back this week and some have been back for a couple weeks already, but I thought it was as good as time as any to have a Bookmark-Back to School challenge, so that's what we have for you this week.

Our fabulous sponsor this week is The Stamping Boutique and they so generously donated some wonderful back to school images for our DT to create with.  Hop on over and check them out, the back to school images are just fabulous, but so is the entire store!  They have kindly donated 5 digi images of the winner's choice from the store!


Now, not only have they sponsored our challenge and provided images for the DT to use, they have also had
their wonderful DT gals play along too...check them out!!

I must say that the bookmarks our DT made are wonderful and I hope you'll play along with us! We have some fabulous new additions to our DT.  Kelly is joining us as a Guest Designer for September & October and her first official DDCC project is below! 

Anette, Celine, Dorcas, Lena, Michelle,and Pattie are all brand new DDCC DT members, so please hop on over to their blogs and show them some love.  I know they are all such a wonderful additions to our team and we are excited to be able to bring you even more inspiration to our challenges.  Welcome aboard ladies!



Loes


















Anette




What a fabulous turnout for our Vintage Summer challenge.  Definitely a challenge for sure for me, but you guys rocked it!  Gorgeous creations, thanks so much to everyone for playing along!


So without further ado our winner from our Vintage Summer challenge and the winner of a $10 gift cert to Simon Says Stamp is entry #52-TRISHA!  So Trisha, please contact me to claim your prize!


So let's see your bookmarks!  You have until September 22th at midnight to play along with us and we sure hope you do!



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Thursday, September 23, 2010

DDCC# 87-Operation Write Home Birthday Bash

***ETA: Please read and follow the guidelines in order for your card to be entered.  The cards need to be 4 1/4" x 5 1/2 " in order to be sent to one of the OWH depots and that is after all the whole idea of this super challenge.  Thanks***


Also please scroll down for some winners from last challenge as well as a re-draw for the challenge before that...

Photobucket

We are so excited to be taking part in the Operation Write Home Birthday Bash! Since it's a birthday bash, we'd like to see your birthday cards, but Christmas, Thinking of You, I Miss You and more are welcome!


Our fabulous DT members have some fantastic cards to share with you today and I hope you'll play along, not only for your chance to win a $10 Gift Cert to Simon Says Stamp, but also so you can send it in to one of the OWH depots and they can in turn send it to a hero so they can send it home.


Here's a look at what the DT has come up with.


Kelly- Our Fabulous Guest Designer




Anette

There you have it, wonderful creations that I just know the hero's are going to love to send home!

Here is a really good starting point as there are definitely some things that are not allowed on these cards and just some really good general information and guidelines to follow, please make sure to read it carefully. A few points are:



Borrowed from the OWH Stars & Stamps site:

The basic guidelines:

  1. No glitter. Seriously. It's a hazard for our heroes, so we won't send cards with any glitter that will flake off the card. Read more.
  2. A2 sized cards. Most efficient for our shipping dollars, so we strongly recommend A2 (4.25" x 5.5" - half a sheet of cardstock). Read more.
  3. No storebought. Yep, pretty straightforward. Our heroes don't like them, so we send them our cards filled with love and creativity! Read more.
  4. Watch the deadlines. We have to mail cards 5-6 weeks ahead of a holiday, so check out the deadlines posted on our homepage, on the left side. Those are the very last last last dates, so aim for a couple weeks earlier if at all possible, since we start shipping 8 weeks ahead.
  5. Any quantity. One card to 100 to 500 — every card matters! We recommend emphasizing quality over quantity...relax, do your best, and pour lots of love into each card!
  6. Packing Slip. Download this handy packing slip and write in your contact info and quantity—the shipper will be able to email you to let you know your cards arrived. If you haven't heard back you can also check the Thankful Thursday post each week to see if they've arrived. Our shippers get lots of packages every day, so please give them some grace in getting back to you.


There are some great additional points to that will help out the volunteers that ship these cards, etc, check that out here. The Stars & Stamps blog is a great spot to check out, lots to do and see and some digi freebies to use too! So we hope you play along with us this challenge, let's see your stuff!


**** I did not hear from our winner from the Vintage Summer challenge, so I referred back to random.org and it chose # 4 Viv from Viv's Visuals as out new winner!  Viv you have won a $10 gift cert to Simon Says Stamp, please contact me and I will send you the details!


Secondly, our winner from the fabulous bookmark challenge is # 13 Tracy Payne, so Tracy, please contact me and I will get your prize of 5 digi images of your choice from The Stamping Boutqiue!!  Congrats ladies!****
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Thursday, September 09, 2010

DDCC #86-Sept 9-Bookmark (Back to School Theme)

We are back with another fun challenge.  Since back to school is here for most, some are already in, some just went back this week and some have been back for a couple weeks already, but I thought it was as good as time as any to have a Bookmark-Back to School challenge, so that's what we have for you this week.

Our fabulous sponsor this week is The Stamping Boutique and they so generously donated some wonderful back to school images for our DT to create with.  Hop on over and check them out, the back to school images are just fabulous, but so is the entire store!  They have kindly donated 5 digi images of the winner's choice from the store!


Now, not only have they sponsored our challenge and provided images for the DT to use, they have also had
their wonderful DT gals play along too...check them out!!

I must say that the bookmarks our DT made are wonderful and I hope you'll play along with us! We have some fabulous new additions to our DT.  Kelly is joining us as a Guest Designer for September & October and her first official DDCC project is below! 

Anette, Celine, Dorcas, Lena, Michelle,and Pattie are all brand new DDCC DT members, so please hop on over to their blogs and show them some love.  I know they are all such a wonderful additions to our team and we are excited to be able to bring you even more inspiration to our challenges.  Welcome aboard ladies!



Loes


















Anette




What a fabulous turnout for our Vintage Summer challenge.  Definitely a challenge for sure for me, but you guys rocked it!  Gorgeous creations, thanks so much to everyone for playing along!


So without further ado our winner from our Vintage Summer challenge and the winner of a $10 gift cert to Simon Says Stamp is entry #52-TRISHA!  So Trisha, please contact me to claim your prize!


So let's see your bookmarks!  You have until September 22th at midnight to play along with us and we sure hope you do!



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