Saturday Shout-out for #224 Caffeine Fix

Thanks to all who played our Caffeine Fix challenge. Our top three, in no particular order, are:

Annie

Maura

Susan

Congratulations, ladies! Feel free to grab our Top 3 badge from the side bar.

There's still time to play our current challenge: Go Paperless!. The link-up will be open until Monday, Nov 2nd,, at 11:55 pm EDT.

SOS #225: Go Paperless!

It's Tuesday, and time for a new challenge. This week we'd like you to Go Paperless, meaning no patterned paper. You can use this opportunity to work on your custom background skills with paint or ink, or you  could use an embossing folder. Or card stock. Or go nekkid! Be creative!

Here's how the ladies have interpreted this week's challenge:

Leslie

Donna

Alica

Jessi

Deena

Barbara

Lauren

Now it's YOUR turn! Conjure up some ideas for your project that do not include patterned paper, make something, then link up below so we can stop by and see what you've made.

The link-up will be open until Monday, (OMG, it's November!) Nov 2nd, at 11:55 pm EST (time change in the US on Nov 1st! Fall Back!). Please limit your total number of challenges to 13, including ours.

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Saturday Shout-out for #223 I Can See Clearly

Thanks to everyone who played our I Can See Clearly challenge. Our top three, in no particular order, are:

Valerie

Sybrina

Jane

Congratulations, ladies! Feel free to grab our Top 3 badge from the side bar.

There's still time to play our current challenge: Caffeine Fix. The link-up will be open until Monday, Oct 26th, at 11:55 pm EDT.

SOS #224: Caffeine Fix

Happy Tuesday! It's time for a new challenge. This week's theme is Caffeine Fix, and we'd like you to use coffee or tea images (or products) on your project.

Here's how the ladies have interpreted this week's theme:

Chris

Leslie

Deena

Donna

Barbara

Lauren

Alica

Jessi

Now it's YOUR turn. Go into your stash and dig out some coffee- or tea-themed stuff, use them, then link us up below so we can stop by and see what you've made.

The link-up will be open until Monday, October 26th, at 11:55 pm EDT. Please limit your total number of challenges to 13, including ours.

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Saturday Shout-out for #222 Birthday

Thanks to everyone who played our Birthday challenge. Our top three, in no particular order, are:

Alicia (Maxibelle)

Anni

Carolynn

Congratulations, ladies! Feel free to grab our Top 3 badge from the side bar.

There's still time to play our current challenge: I Can See Clearly. The link-up will be open until Monday, Oct 19th, at 11:55 pm EDT.

SOS #223: I Can See Clearly

It's Tuesday, and time for a new challenge. This week's theme is I Can See Clearly, and we'd like you to use acetate somewhere on your card. You could make a shaker card, use a full acetate card base, or just use it as an accent. If you don't have acetate, try some clear packaging.

Here's how the ladies have interpreted the challenge:

Jessi

Leslie

Donna

Lauren

Barbara

Alica

Deena

Chris

Now it's YOUR turn. Go dig out some acetate or clear packaging, make something with it, then come back and link up below so we can stop by and see what you've made.

The link-up will be open until Monday, Oct 19th, at 11:55 pm EDT. Please limit your total number of challenges to 13, including ours.

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Saturday Shout-out for #221 Wooden It Be Nice

Thanks to everyone who played our Wooden It Be Nice challenge. Our top three, in no particular order, are:

Yenni

Stef

Claire

Congratulations, ladies! Feel free to grab our Top 3 badge from the side bar.

There's still time to play our current challenge: Birthday. The link-up will be open until Monday, Oct 12th, at 11:55 pm EDT.

Shameless Promotion (FOR A GOOD CAUSE)

This is a shameless promotion for the Jingle Belles blog challenge that begins this Friday.

If you've played along with ♥JINGLE BELLES♥ in previous years, you probably already know that the first prompt of October --which is, of course, Breast Cancer Awareness Month-- is always PINK CHRISTMAS, that the brief is to make a holiday card which (perhaps you've guessed?) has at least a bit of pink in it, and that Stephanie and Lauren each donate $2 for every card linked up during this fortnight.

This year they'll be donating to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation, which focuses strongly on the research aspect of the disease and has earned very high marks from charity evaluation sites such as Charity Navigator. There's no limit to how many brand new ♥PINK♥ holiday cards you can submit, so they'd love for you to join them early and often! Just link up at this post (goes live at midnight on Friday, Oct 9th) before 6pm on Wednesday, October 21st.

So start planning your Christmas card with PINK in it, and we hope you'll play along with The Belles starting this Friday.

(End of shameless promotion.)

SOS #222: Birthday

It's Tuesday and time for a new challenge. This week's theme is Birthday, and we'd like you to use something from your oldest birthday supplies. It might be a stamp, or some hoarded paper, or a cute embellishment. Please make sure to tell us which supply you used and how old it is, as it's not always obvious to us.

Here's how the ladies have interpreted the challenge:

Alica

Barbara

Leslie

Jessi

Chris

Donna

Lauren

Deena

Now it's YOUR turn. Go into your stash, pull out some old birthday supplies, make something, then come back and link us up below so we can stop by and see what you've made.

The link-up will be open until Monday, Oct. 12th, at 11:55 pm EDT. Please limit your number of challenges to 13, including ours.

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Saturday Shout-out for #220 Show Us Your Smile

Thanks to everyone who played our Show Us Your Smile challenge. Here are our top choices, in no particular order:

CreaMaria

Kathy

Cornelia

Congratulations, ladies! Feel free to grab our Top 3 badge from the side bar.

There's still time to play our current challenge: Wooden It Be Nice. The link-up will be open until Monday, Oct 5th, at 11:55 pm EDT.