Bring a friend, get a gift!

I really want to see more people participating in this little card challenge site we have going. SO, seeing that the end of this 3rd challenge is on Monday September 1st, which is my birthday, I've decided to do a little giveaway. Get a friend to participate in this third challenge and I will put your and your friends name into a draw to win a few little items from Stampin' Up from their latest catalogue. Been stopping into this site but have yet to participate? If you are a new face on this blog, your name will be entered as well. Don't worry if you are international, I'm willing to ship. Deadline is Monday at 5 pm. Hope to see a few new sunny faces!

Card Challenge #3

Are you ready for it? This card challenge has been mulling around in my head for awhile now so I thought it was time to throw it out there. If you are like me, you probably have a stack of scrap paper from other card or scrapbooking projects. Time to use it up! This challenge is a limited supply challenge. You can make the bones of your card with full cardstock, but all other paper must be from your scrap pile. Dig deep! To be nice, you can add ONE embellishment of your choosing to the card, and, to make this a three deep challenge, stamp it with your favorite stamp set! I'm looking forward to what papers you all have in your piles! Play fair, this one is on the honor system! Cards can be submitted up to Monday, September 1st! Just post up a note here once it is posted to your blog, or send it to me via e-mail and I'll be sure to get it displayed.

Card Challenge #2 - Voting!

Thanks again to everyone who participated this past week, despite some grumbling! I was really pleased to see what you all created based on the image I provided. Voting will work similar to the first card challenge. Voting will be open until 5 pm on Friday, August 22nd. I will tally the polls over the weekend, and Monday the 25th you will see both the winner of this weeks challenge posted up on the side bar, as well as a new post for Challenge #3. To vote, please DON'T post a comment here, but drop me an e-mail and let me know your favorite. Please put the card # from the photo caption in the e-mail subject. Keep in mind what the challenge was and whether or not the card followed the design element. To see the cards from Challenge #2, please click on the slideshow on the right and it should open up into a preview window for you. If there are any problems, please let me know.Thanks!

Card Challenge #2

* I am releasing this a day early since it is rather dreary outside compared to all the sunny days we have been having. If you find yourself inside needing something to do, here's a little task for you :)

I stumbled across a great Card Challenge website a couple of days ago, but unfortunately closed the browser before I could save it to my favorites. I just finished scouring Google trying to locate it again, when I gave up and decided I would search instead for the image I had wanted to use from it for this card challenge. I won't tell you what the image was because I still hope to find it and use it one day, but in my search I stumbled across this:

I opened the photo, thought hmmm, that's ok I guess, and kept going. But I found I kept thinking of all the really neat cards I could make using this image as inspiration. I found it on flicker and it originated from the blog http://www.littleurbanites.com/ How does an inspiration based card challenge work? Exactly like this - let that image be your inspiration for your card! I won't say more because I don't want to spoil the fun of what possibilities may lie ahead for you without my interpretation steering the way.

This challenge begins Monday, August 11th and finishes Monday, August 18th at 5 p.m. I'm looking forward to seeing how this image inspires your finished cards!

UPDATE - to see all submissions for this challenge please visit http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/cdrysda/Carmen2Challenge

Let the voting begin! - Card Challenge #1

I am excited to see that six cards were submitted this week! Thanks to everyone who participated :)

Here's how the voting will work:

Voting will be open until 5 pm on Friday, August 8th. I will tally the polls over the weekend, and Monday the 11th you will see both the winner of this weeks challenge posted up on the side bar, as well as a new post for Challenge #2.

To vote, please DON'T post a comment here, but drop me an e-mail and let me know your favorite. Please put the card # from the photo caption in the e-mail subject. Keep in mind what the challenge was and whether or not the card followed the design element.

To see the cards from Challenge #1, please click on the slideshow on the right and it should open up into a preview window for you. If there are any problems, please let me know.

Thanks!