Tuesday, March 26, 2013

Pinspired Challenge #6

 Welcome to Pinspired Challenge #6!  Check out the pin we are working with this week:
What do you think?  Are you inspired to use glitter, create an ombre effect, or work with something clear like acetate?  Anything goes!  You can use this photo as inspiration however you like.  Just make sure your creation is a new one and that you add the challenge #6 badge (above) to your blog post.  The badge must be in your post in order to be eligible for the prize.  



        Our sponsor for this challenge is Paper Sweeties!  

Paper Sweeties™ LLC is owned and illustrated by Debbie Marcinkiewicz, and offers high quality photopolymer acrylic stamps.  Our hand drawn and heartwarming images allow paper crafters to create adorable dolls with interchangeable outfits and accessories! We also have a wide variety of wonderful all-occasion sentiments, labels, banners and accessory sets - perfect for every paper crafted project!  The Paper Sweeties Shoppe carries hand tea-stained seam binding too!  The Sweeties dolls, accessories and sentiments are so much fun to play with and are sure to bring back fond childhood memories!  You’ll enjoy using the Sweeties to create projects for card making, scrap booking, party invitations and favors, home decor, gifts and so much more!


The winner of this challenge will receive a $25 gift certificate to the Paper Sweeties online store!


Take a look at what our design team made for this challenge.  Debbie, owner of Paper Sweeties, even played along with us this week.  Laurel is taking some time off to spend with her family and new baby girl, but she will be back with us soon!

Debbie Marcinkiewicz (owner of Paper Sweeties)









THE DETAILS:

To be considered for the prize, you must do the following:
  • Share our inspiration photo on your blog and link back to the challenge site in your entry post.
  • If you are uploading your entry through Flickr or Facebook, we ask that you tag the side and add a link to the challenge post.
  • You can combine up to three other challenges with your entry.  
  • Each challenge, three runners up will be chosen by the design team and win a "Pin Pal" badge for their blog!  A winner will also be chosen by the "Pin Heads"  (AKA Design Team) and will win not only a "Pin Perfect" badge for their blog, but also a prize from a sponsoring company!  

This challenge will end on April 4 at 11:59pm central time and the winner will be announced on the following Monday.  To keep up to date with all we have going on, like us on Facebook and follow us on PinterestTwitter, and Flickr!  We can't wait to be "Pinspired" by you!


Monday, March 25, 2013

Pinspired Challenge #5 Winners!

Good Morning!  I am stepping in today for Lalo (who is having computer problems) to announce the winner of our fifth Pinspired Challenge.  First off, we would like to thank all of you who play along with us.  We love to see what you create and you all make it so hard to choose winners!  Also, a big thank you to It's Always Fabulous for sponsoring this challenge!

Our winner for the Pinspired Challenge #5 is Jen Carter !
Congratulations Jen!  You win a $15 gift certificate to the It's Always Fabulous online store! Feel free to add the Pinspired Challenge winner badge to your blog and be sure to contact Sue  (sue.stoughton@gmail.com) to claim your prize!

Now for our Pin Pals:

Congratulations Ladies!  Thank you all again for playing along with us!  Don't forget a new Pinspired Challenge will be posted here tomorrow!

Tuesday, March 12, 2013

Pinspired Challenge #5

Can you believe it is already March?!  It seems like we just posted our first challenge and here we are- already to begin the fifth challenge.  For this challenge, we have a bright and colorful pin sure to put you in a "Spring" mood.

You can use this pin however you like.  Are you inspired by the colors or the shapes?  Anything goes.  Just make sure your creation is a new one, and don't forget to share our inspiration photo on your blog in order to be eligible for the prize! 

Our sponsor for this challenge is It's Always Fabulous! It's Always Fabulous is an online Etsy store that offers products from October Afternoon, American Crafts, Tim Holtz, and several other fabulous papercraft companies!  The prize for this challenge will be a $15 gift certificate to their online store.

Check out what our design team made using the above pin as inspiration:



THE DETAILS:

To be considered for the prize, you must do the following:
  • Share our inspiration photo on your blog and link back to the challenge site in your entry post.
  • If you are uploading your entry through Flickr or Facebook, we ask that you tag the side and add a link to the challenge post.
  • You can combine up to three other challenges with your entry.  
  • Each challenge, three runners up will be chosen by the design team and win a "Pin Pal" badge for their blog!  A winner will also be chosen by the "Pin Heads"  (AKA Design Team) and will win not only a "Pin Perfect" badge for their blog, but also a prize from a sponsoring company!  

This challenge will end on March 21 at 11:59pm central time and the winner will be announced on the following Monday.  To keep up to date with all we have going on, like us on Facebook and follow us on PinterestTwitter, and Flickr!  We can't wait to be "Pinspired" by you!









Monday, March 11, 2013

Pinspired Challenge #4 Winners

 Good Monday Morning Pinspired Challenge players.  Today we announce the winners of Pinspired pin #4.  We had some awesome projects to chose from this week.  Including a layout.  Thank-you to everyone that played along this week.  We also want to send a big sweet THANK-YOU to this months sponsor Sweet Stamp Shop.  Make sure you stop by their store to see all the adorable stamp sets HERE.

On to today's winners.
The "Pin Perfect" winner of challenge #4 is..
Congratulations Erica!  We loved how you took the pin and was inspired to make this super cool card.
Please feel free to add the "Pin Perfect" badge to your blog and contact Nicole at (info@sweetstampshop.com) for your prize.

 Now for the lovely "Pin Pals".

All really great cards.  So happy you all were PINspired.  Please join us tomorrow for another awesome pin.  I think everyone will really be inspired.  Also we welcome another fabulous sponsor with a generous prize up for grabs.