Stef's Challenge and a Coupon

First off...sorry my pics look so whited out. I am still learning how to operate the Photo Studio in a Box. You would think it would be simple...and it is...I just have to get my lights properly adjusted to my liking. This was actually one of the first pics I took...not bad but it is so bright that I lost the detail on the cards. You can barely see that I used a Cuttlebug folder on this card.

So a few weeks back Stefanie from the blog Ingenious Inkling participated in my Spring Fever Challenge. On the last day the participants got to challenge me. Here are Stefanie's challenge rules: my challenge to you is to make a purple card set using your Just Rite Stampers.

As you can see this is more than a set of cards because this is part of a wedding sample I am doing for a Stationary Show coming up in May. There is a card monogramed with the couple's initial. Then I made a book to go at each table so guests can write love notes or marital advice. Then I made a place card with the #8 and finally I made a mini favor tin with the couple's initial.

**Stampin Stuff** The card base is eggplant with a layer of purple pattern paper (sorry no name). The white strip of paper was embossed using the Cuttlebug Textile folder. The monogram was stamped using the small JustRite Monogram stamper (currently called c-30 DIY Monogram stamper). This size monogramer fits perfectly with the SU circle punches and scallop punch. I should receive my Nestabilities order tomorrow from Paper Trey and I hear that the circles fit the small and large monogramers perfectly....I can't wait to try it out.

The mini book was made from coasters that I covered with the pattern paper. I added white pages inside and again the monogram on the outside. I made this book with the Bind It All and I just have to say that I love that thing! Soooooo flippin cool and I am not sure Jen will ever get it back from me. Anyway, I am going to try Dawn's Beaded Pen Tutorial and make a matching pen to go with the book.


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Keri's Challenge Card

Hello...yes I am still alive. My goodness this was one crazy busy week and I am just now having a moment to get on the computer.

Lots of meetings all week and get to meet my other team member for JustRite. Lots of things in the works and I will be very busy getting my tasks taken care of....lots of fun.

Today was volleyball tournament day for Cody. Oh I love me some high school volleyball. It was so intense....esp with Cody being the tallest on the team. His jjob is to block and it kills me when something gets past him. He's 6'4" and that is not including when he has his arms up in the air.

Thanks to everyone that voted on my last challenge card. 95% of you said that I met the challenge. That's cool. I am still not overly fond of the colors I had to use but it worked for the challenge and I tried something different.

This card was Krafty Keri Lou's challenge for me. Here are her rules: My challenge for you is to do a card for a MAN using only dark green and brown colors! Have fun!

Well the challenge was finding some dark green paper in my stash. That's not a normal color that I keep in my stash. I only had a piece of avacado colored paper....it's hard to see but I matted the pattern paper band onto the green paper. The base of the card is brown craft and I layered some brown Bazzil Bling paper which is giving it that sheen. The pattern paper is from a pack of SU papers. The ribbon was in my scrap pile. I used more of the Bazzil Bling paper to punch out the letter for the word "Dad" using my Sizzix Circus alphabet dies. I actually pulled out my hodgepodge hardware and used an antique brass frame and stamped the sentiment in brown Versafine Sephia ink.

If you would like to vote on this challenge card you need to come directly to my blog to see the poll at the top of the page. I will try to post another card tomorrow night but right now I am working on a really cool scrapbook. If the weather is as awesome tomorrow as it was today I will probably finish up taking pics of the girls for my book.

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Challenge from Karen

Thanks for voting on my last card. 63% said I met the challenge and loved my card but I still think I will do it over since the rules said no flowers and the birdie has flowers on it's body.

For those of you that are reading this through Google Reader you will have to click to my blog to see the voting poll at the top of the page. Feel free to be honest when you vote as I can't tell who is voting.

This next challenge is from Karen at Karen's Kreations. Here are her rules: My challenge for you is to create a card using your least favorite color family, a flower stamp, and no ribbon! That's right, no ribbon at all. But I want it to be a beautiful card. Let's see what you can do.

Do you see a common theme amongst these challenges? NO RIBBON!

Well Karen, besides the color orange my least favorite colors apparently are bravo burgundy and sage shadow. I say that because I have two full packs of these papers in my paper rack and I hardly ever use them. So then I was trying to figure out what papers I have to go with those colors and I came across this Daisy D's polka dot paper which perfectly matches.

I used the script background stamp and then stamped the flowers from Happy Harmony as my focal point. The sentiments on the card and in the layered circle are both from the Happy Harmony set as well. I have to say that this is one of my all time favorite Stampin Up sets. This card layout was definately inspired by this beautiful card Lisa Silver made at Silver Stamping.

**America Idol** OMG....Michael Johns is so flippin HOT! I loved his song tonight. Sadly, I think it is time for Ramiele to go home. I really like her but she just hasn't stepped up to the plate lately. So there is my AI two cents.

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Challenge from Marla

Here is my next challenge card from the Spring Fever challenge. Marla challenged me to make a Mother's Day card that incorporated her mom's favorite color {orange} which happens to be one of my least favorite colors. Needless to say, that was the challenging part for me.

As I was reviewing the challenge it said no flowers on the card at all. Umm....I didn't use any flower pattern paper, or Primas but...I just realized that the bird has flowers on it's body. Ooooops. I might have to do this challenge over again...you can vote and tell me if it is a do over.

Tomorrow is my first full day of being an employee for JustRite Stampers. Whoooooo. Not that I haven't been working already...it's kind of impossible to not do research and other stuff when my mind has endless questions and possibilites randomly popping into it regularly. This whole week is going to be filled with JustRite stamping goodness. I will get to meet the other members of our team and get things moving along. Very exciting.

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Spring Fever Challenge Winner

Thanks for voting on my poll question. Shwoooooo, 100% of the votes said that I met Trish's challenge rules and 100% of you loved the card too. Yeah....I like it too. In the future, I'll have you vote on all my challenges. I am open for some constructive criticizm. BTW, when you vote it doesn't tell me any info about you...it's totally anonymous so be honest.

If you have been following the Spring Fever Challenge all last week then you are probably on the edge of your seat waiting for me to announce the winner of the Grand Prize Basket. {ok...maybe just the thirteen participants are on the edge of their seats}

Here are the prizes I put in the basket all while cleaning out my studio:

• K and Company paper assortment
• Versafine black ink pad
• Hero Arts clear stamps
• May Arts ribbon assortment
• Embellishments and bling assortment

And the winner is number 1o. Well who the heck is number 10 you ask? I took the comments from challenge one and wrote them in the order people posted their link. The number 1o on my list is Melissa. Congratulations and thanks for playing!! Please email me your address so I can get your package in the mail.

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I also need a mailing address for Trish and Ivy for winning the bonus challenges. Karen already sent me her address.

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Thank You

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OMG...you guys are so incredibly kind. Thanks for all your wonderful words, gratitude and love you left me in the comments. This was a lot of fun and I too enjoyed the challenge week.

And let me tell you this.....holy cow..... your challenges are so AWESOME and so very creative. You are really going to put my skills to the test. This should be very interesting because I rarely color, I rarely use buttons, I rarely make a manly card, I rarely use orange on a card {except last week}, I rarely heat emboss {do I still own a heat gun?}, I have to pull out a tulip stamp from deep storage, I have to find an old card to alter, I have to go back to my stamping basics, I have to find some paisley papers, I have to make a card with 7 different papers on a single card and my goodness I have to CASE a card off of the very super-duper talented IvyPink....just to mention a few of the things expected of me. Oh and let's not forget that Amy challenged me to clean off my desk....that one is the hardest of them all.

I am so totally up for the challenge and this will be fun for you to put me through the test. Since you are so bummed that the challenge has ended why not join me in doing each other's challenges. I will post my version of the challenge card and then you can play along at your leisure....I don't think I can do another 13 days of daily cards but I'll try. FYI...I already did my first challenge and I'll post it tomorrow.

Ok...so all week my techno challenged friend Amy {She is off living in a far far away land called Guam...love you and miss you Amy} participated in the challenges but emailed me her cards every day because she doesn't have a blog or gallery to post them in. So I am going to post them all here for you to see and feel free to comment and leave her some love here. FYI....I love the Scottie dog card {my fav}.

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Spring Fever Challenge Day 5

You girls ROCK! I loved all your tag cards and the creativity that you put into incorporating all the required steps. Thank you so much for participating...I really enjoyed it. This has been a lot of fun for me and I hope for you too. So sad that today is the last day of the challenge but I am sure there will be more in the future.

For those of you that haven't played but watched from a distance leave a comment today and I'll let you know when we do the next challenge week.

**Q and A** 1) Coconut Hershey Kisses are a seasonal item at Easter time only. I have seen them at Walmart and Target. If you are lucky you might find some left over. 2) The silverware stamp was purchased from The Paper Source. 3) Yes, I will show you a pic of my studio....once it is completely cleaned up and in presentable order.

Congrats to Karen for being the first to post a link in the comments both yesterday and today. An assortment of accessories and bling will be added to the prize basket today.

**Day 6 Challenge Rules** Today you get to create a monogram card with your own initials...one, two or three intials will be acceptable. 1) Make a monogram card using stamps, stickers or die cuts for the letters of the monogram 2) You must use your favorite color paper for the card base and any pattern papers 3) You must use ribbon on your card 4) You must use some sort of scallop on your card...scallop circle punch, scallop trim, I'll even accept ric rac ribbon or paper scalloped with scissors {get creative}. 4) When you post your link in the comments leave a challenge for me...now is your chance to get even and see if I can pull it off. Get creative with your challenge for me. I pretty much have almost every form of tool and accessory if that helps you think of something hard. I am up for the challenge.

**Bonus** First person to post a link gets a prize in the mail from me. Oh and if you post your card on your blog include a link to my blog so everyone that visits can see all the entries.

**Challenge Rules** The challenge is open to anyone that wants to participate and you may submit multiple entries as long as you incorporate the daily task and follow the rules posted below.

1. You must do all 5 daily challenges Monday thru Friday



2. You must post a comment with a link to your card by midnight central time (no exceptions) for each challenge every day, it doesn't matter where you post the card just send me a link before midnight



3. You must follow the daily challenge rules posted on my blog



4. Winner will be announced Sunday, March 30th
   
   

Spring Fever Challenge 4

It's already day 4 of the Spring Fever Challenge. Are you having fun yet? As you can see each day has progressively become more challenging....hence the reason it is called a challenge. I think everyone commented about how I made the last one more difficult....Jen even emailed me at work to complain. LOL. This one is easier...I promise.

Today's prize is a set of clear stamps that I got from the Hero Arts booth at CHA. If you need some more inspiration check out this cute card Beate received as a RAK from Anne.

**Day 4 Challenge** Tag...your it! 1) Your card must contain a tag somewhere in the design. Any size...big or small. Any shape....round, square, rectangle. 2) Your card must contain the color red somewhere in the design...any shade of red. 3) Your card must have some sort of bling in the design...anything shiney will count as bling....brads, eyelets, rhinestones, stickles, glitter...all counts as bling. 4) When you post a link in the comments you must tell me these three things 1) favorite color 2) favorite song 3) favorite candy. Don't forget to post your answers in the comments with your link.

And just to be fair here are my answers 1) Favorite color - Red and Green 2) Favorite Song -Home by Michael Buble 3) Favorite Candy - Hershey's Coconut Kisses.

**Bonus** First person to post a link gets a prize in the mail from me. Oh and if you post your card on your blog include a link to my blog so everyone that visits can see all the entries.

**Challenge Rules** The challenge is open to anyone that wants to participate and you may submit multiple entries as long as you incorporate the daily task and follow the rules posted below.

1. You must do all 5 daily challenges Monday thru Friday
2. You must post a comment with a link to your card by midnight central time (no exceptions) for each challenge every day, it doesn't matter where you post the card just send me a link before midnight
3. You must follow the daily challenge rules posted on my blog
4. Winner will be announced Sunday, March 30th
   

Spring Fever Challenge Day 3

Loved all your black and white cards. So creative which is the whole purpose of these challenges....to get those creastive juices flowing...and to clean up my studio. However, at this rate we could be doing challenges for the next year before I get my studio cleaned up.

Congrats to Ivy for being the first person to post a link in the comments.

The day three challenge was inspired by a card that I saw on Laurie Schmidlin's blog Just Give Me Stamps! I thought it was so cool that she decorated the inside and outside of the card.

**Day 3 Challenge Rules** Today you get to make a card that doesn't fold in half....it is what I like to call a Funky Fold. 1) It can be any size card but can not fold in half 2) It must be decorated on the inside and outside 3) You must spell out a word using stickers, thickers, die cuts or alphabet stamps 4) It has to have polka dots. The prize going into the basket today is an assortment of K and Company pattern papers (my fav) and some DCWV chipboard (another fav of mine).

**Bonus** First person to post a link gets a prize in the mail from me. Oh and if you post your card on your blog include a link to my blog so everyone that visits can see all the entries.

**Challenge Rules** The challenge is open to anyone that wants to participate and you may submit multiple entries as long as you incorporate the daily task and follow the rules posted below.

1. You must do all 5 daily challenges Monday thru Friday
2. You must post a comment with a link to your card by midnight central time (no exceptions) for each challenge every day, it doesn't matter where you post the card just send me a link before midnight
3. You must follow the daily challenge rules posted on my blogWinner will be announced Sunday, March 30th

Spring Fever Challenge Day 2

You girls rock! Thanks to everyone that is playing along. Your bird cards are amazing!!! I love them all.

lf you are just joining the Spring Fever Challenge you are not eligible for the Grand Prize Basket because you have to do all 5 Challenges. However, you are eligible for the daily prize if you are the first person to post a card link.

Congrats to Trish D for being first to post a link on Day 1.

The Day 2 challenge is a bit more challenging for me because I am not a CAS (Clean and Simple) stamper. But I was totally inspired by a card that Amy Tsuruta posted on her blog and this is what I came up with as a thank you for a mom at school. She organized our Mostaccioli Dinner so the Grazi stamp was totally appropriate for this card.

**Day 2 Challenge Rules** Make sure you read carefully and follow the directions. 1) Create a 4x4 black and white card 2) NO PATTERN papers 3) black ink only 4) Use any stamps. The prize that is going into the basket today is a Versafine Black Onyx stamp pad (my fav).

**Bonus** First person to post a link gets a prize in the mail from me. Oh and if you post your card on your blog include a link to my blog so everyone that visits can see all the entries.

**Challenge Rules** The challenge is open to anyone that wants to participate and you may submit multiple entries as long as you incorporate the daily task and follow the rules posted below.

1. You must do all 5 daily challenges Monday thru Friday
   
2. You must post a comment with a link to your card by midnight central time (no exceptions) for each challenge every day, it doesn't matter where you post the card just send me a link before midnight
   
3. You must follow the daily challenge rules posted on my blogWinner will be announced Sunday, March 30th

Spring Fever Challenge Day 1

**Edited** Yes, you can email your pic if you don' t have a blog or online gallery but I have to get it before midnight. Make sure you do everything in the daily instructionss too! Read carefully to incorporate all the required items.

The rules are posted at the end of this post as a reminder. Make sure you read EVERYTHING and pay attentinon to the daily rules! The prize that goes into the basket today will be a sample bag of my favorite May Arts Ribbons.

**Day 1 Challenge** Spring is late....again and I miss the tweeting of baby birds. Create a card that has a bird image on it. It can be a stamped bird, embossed bird, or a bird in the pattern paper just find a bird, Get {creative} here and use any kind of bird....if it has feathers it's a bird. Your card must also have at least one layer and some ribbon.

**Bonus**The first person to post a link in the comments will recieve a special treat in the mail.

**The Rules** The challenge is open to anyone that wants to participate and you may submit multiple entries as long as you incorporate the daily task and follow the rules posted below.

1. You must do all 5 daily challenges Monday thru Friday


2. You must post a comment with a link to your card by midnight central time (no exceptions) for each challenge every day, it doesn't matter where you post the card just send me a link before midnight


3. You must follow the daily challenge rules posted on my blog
   Winner will be announced Sunday, March 30th