Stamp With Us Theme Challenge - CHRISTMAS-

Only five more sleeps!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It comes round quicker and quicker each year!

Thank you to everyone who has joined in with the challenge, this weeks winner of the:

is:

SUSIE

Congratulations Susie please feel free to grab the blinkie, you will find it on the right hand side. Susie has created a great Christmas card & gift box pop over to her blog and have a peep it is beautiful!

Right this weeks challenge is a THEME challenge and the theme this time is:

CHRISTMAS

Here are this weeks DT cards, I think you will agree the new DT have fitted in beautifully!!!!

MONICA

Supplies:
Always Artichoke, Certainly Celery, Sage Shadow and Whisper White Cardstock
Snow flurries, Silent Night and Spotlight on Christmas stamp sets
Sage Shadow, Always Artichoke ink pads
5 Petal and Eyelet Border punch
2 Way Glue Pen and silver glitter from the Galaxy Collection
Silver Cord

ZOE

Supplies:
Stamps: All in the family, Schoolbook Serif, All in the family accessories
Card: Real Red & Old Olive
Paper: "I Wish" Simply Scrappin Kit
Ink: Basic Black, Old Olive, Real Red
Ribbon: Real Red striped ribbon

STEPHANIE

Supplies:
Stamps: Season of Joy
Card: Old Olive, Real Red, Very Vanilla
Ink: Real Red
Paper: Merry Moments DSP & Christmas Jingle Simply Srappin' Kit
Ribbon: Real Red grosgrain
Other: Dazzlin Diamonds, Dimensionals, heat gun

SARA

Supplies

Stamp set: Baroque Border

Cardstock: Bravo Burgundy textured

Ink: Versamark

Punches: Scallop Edge

Other: Gold EP

BEKKA

Supplies:

Stamps: Winter Post

Card: Whisper White, Real Red, Chocolate Chip Textured

Ink: Real Red and Chocolate Chip

Ribbon: Real Red 5/8 Grosgrain and Chocolate Chip Wide Striped Grosgrain

Punches: Eyelet Border, 1 3/8" Circle Punch, 1/2" Circle Punch, Scallop Circle Punch

NICCI

Supplies:
Stamps: Fun & Fast notes, Punches Three, Circle Circus
Card: Taken with Teal, Very Vanilla, Chocolate Chip
Ink: Whisper White Kraft, Staz on Black
Other: White Gel Pen, Whisper White Ribbon, Watercolour Crayons, Stampin' Dimensionals, Brad.

NATALIE

Supplies:
Cardstock:Real Red, Old Olive & Kraft Stamps: Sparkly and Bright, Circle Circus & Snow Flurries Inks: Real Red, Chocolate Chip and Craft White

ROSIE

Supplies:
Stamps: Sesaon of Joy
Card: Basic Grey, Very Vanilla, Sage Shadow,
Paper: Nouveau Chic DSP
Other: Rhinestone brad, Oval & Scallop Oval punches.

DAWN

Supplies:
Stamps: Season of Joy, Spotlight on Christmas, Seasonal Wishes, Snowburst
Cardstock: Bashful Blue Textured & smooth, Very Vanilla
Mediums- Bashful Blue, Brocade Blue, Ballet Blue, Versomark
Tools - Paper cutter and scorer, Sticky Strip, Snail adhesive, 2-way glue pen, Heat & Stick powder, Dazzling Diamonds, White Stampin Emboss Powder/4", Star punch, 1-1/4" punch, Nestabilities.

We hope you have enjoyed this weeks DT creations, a huge thank you to our new (and old) DT members!

We would also like to wish everyone a very merry Chrismas & a very happy new year! We will see you on the 3rd Jan!

The Stamp With Us team

Stamp With Us Sketch Challenge & new DT!

Good morning everyone, those two weeks went quickly, did you miss us........

Thank you so much to everyone who put themselves forward for the DT position. As you know we were looking for one person to join our team, well every ones creations were so fantastic we ended up picking FOUR!!!!! More the merrier! So (drum role please.........) we would love to invite the following people to come and Stamp With Us!

NICCI

ROSIE

STEPHANIE
DAWN

Huge congratulations ladies, please can you email us at stampwithus@ymail.com to confirm that you are happy to accept the position and we can go from there. Again thank you so much to everyone who entered, it was so hard to choose!

Now for the winner of the:

This challenges winner is the super talented:

TERESA

Congratulations Teresa please feel free to grab the blinkie, you will find it on the right hand side. Teresa creates such beautiful cards, do pop over to her blog and have a little look!

Now onto this weeks challenge, it is a sketch challenge and this is the sketch that we would like for you to use for your inspiration, don't forget that the challenge lasts for TWO weeks so we will be back on 20th December:


Here are our DT's cards:

ZOE

Supplies:
Stamps: Fun & Fastnotes, Friendship Circles
Card: Old Olive, Real Red, Chocolate Chip, Very Vanilla
Paper: Merry Moments
Punches: Circle punches
Other: Mat Pack

BEKKA

Supplies:

Card: Taken with Teal, Real Red

Ink/Markers: Real Red, Taken with Teal

DSP: Merry Moments

Dazzling Diamonds and Fine Galaxy (Red) Glitter

Real Red and Taken with Turquoise Ribbon

SARA

Supplies

Stamp set: Silent Night

Cardstock: Close to Cocoa, Chocolate Chip, Very Vanilla

DSP: Bella Bleu

Ink: Craft White

Narrow Grosgrain Ribbon: Very Vanilla

Punches: Boho Blossoms, 1-1/4" Circle

Other: Earth Elements Button, Dazzling Diamonds, Gold Elastic Cord, Gold Brads

Non-SU: Nestabilities

KIM

Stamp set: Good Friend

Papers: Mellow Moss (from Hostess gift)

Card stock: Whisper White, Chocolate Chip,

Ink Pads: Chocolate Chip. Mellow Moss

Ribbon: 5/8 Chocolate Chip Grosgrain

Buttons: Earth Elements, LinenThread

Congratulations to our new DT members and we will see you on the 20th December for our next challenge and to peep at the new DT's cards.

The Stamp With Us team xxx

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See you there!!!!!!

The Stamp With Us team xxx

P.s Thank you for all your challenge entries and DT team entries we will be back on Sunday with a new challenge and an introduction to our new DT member! Keep crafting though you have up until midnight on Saturday!

Stamp With Us Recipe Challenge & DT position

Morning everyone and welcome to another week with Stamp With Us.

A few changes to announce today, firstly we will be changing the challenge to fortnightly challenge instead of a weekly one. This is to give everyone more time to join in and the DT to get there creations together. This will start from this week, so the next challenge and the Top Spot from this challenge will be on announced on Sunday 6th December.

The next change is we are dropping the RECIPE challenge, we will now rotate SKETCH, THEME and COLOUR challenges every 6 weeks. Everyone has found this challenge the trickiest so in the bin it goes lol!

Last announcement, as you know Steph has now left us and so we are looking for a new member of the DT, so if you would like to be considered all you need to do is join in with this challenge and pop a DT after your name in Mr Linky, we will be announcing the new DT member on December 6th.

Now for the winner of the coveted:

This weeks winner is:

ALI

Congratulations Ali please feel free to grab the blinkie, you will find it on the right hand side. Ali has created a beautiful Christmas card, pop over to her blog and have a peep it is stunning!

Right finally onto business, this is the last RECIPE challenge and the Recipe is as folloew:

2 x Patterned Papers
3 x Brads
1 x Stamp

Here are this weeks DT creations:

ZOE

Supplies:
Stamps: Season Of Joy & Everyday Occasions
Card: Chocolate Chip & Whisper White
DSP: Merry Moments
Other: Silver brads, Circle punches
Non SU: QK Revolution die
(Please ignore the additional stamp used and the bad picture! I am having a bad week! LOL)

JULES

Supplies:
Kraft card stock
Bella Bleu papers
Occasional Greetings stamp set
Boho Blossoms punch
Earth Elements brads
Eyelet punch

KATE

Supplies:
Stamps - Scandinavian Season
Ink - Real Red
Card - Very Vanilla/Old Olive/Chocolate Chip
Paper - Merry Moments
Other - Real Red ribbon/Real Red brads/square nestabilities/crafter's tool kit/scallop edge punch

BEKKA

Supplies:

Patterned Papers: Bella Bleu, Bridesmaid Speciality Papers

Ink: Not Quite Navy

Stamp: Garden Dreams

Brads: Ice Rhinestone Brads

Other: Eyelet Border Punch

SARA

Supplies

Stamp: Season of Joy

Cardstock: Old Olive, Real Red, Whisper White

Ink: Old Olive, Real Red, Craft White

DSP: Old Olive Patterns

Punches: Scallop Edge, 1/2" Circle

Other: Rich Regal Brads, Crop-a-dile, Mat Pack, Piercing Tool

KIM

Supplies:
Stamps:Spotlight On Christmas
Ink:Chocolate Chip
Ribbon: Red Gingham
DSP: Merry Moments
Card: Kraft & Very Vanilla
Greeting: Christmas Jingle Simply Scrappin' set
Other: Gold brads

Thank you so much for joining in last week, we hope that you like the extended challenge time and hope you all have a go at joining the DT!!!!

See you on the 6th December with the DT member announcement and your next challenge.

The Stamp With Us team xxx

Stamp With Us Colour Challenge and Sad News!

WOW what an amazing amount of entrants this week (well 2 weeks really) thank you so much to everyone who has joined in.
Firstly we have some really sad news, we're afraid that this week will be the last week that STEPH will be designing for us, she has had to give up the design team and this weeks project will be her last week. We just wanted to thank her for all her hard work and hope she will have a spare few minutes here and there to join in with some of the future challenges.

Now time for this weeks "TOP SPOT" I have really enjoyed looking at all your blogs and beautiful projects and after a lot of deliberation this weeks "TOP SPOT" goes to:

CAROL

Congratulations Carol please feel free to grab the blinkie, you will find it on the right hand side. Carol has created a beautiful Christmas ornament using the Medallion stamp, pop over to her blog and have a peep it is beautiful!

Right onto the challenge, this week it is a colour challenge and we would like you to use the following pictures for your inspiration:

Here are our DT examples:

ZOE

Supplies:
Stamps: Tree Trimmings
Ink: Real Red & Close to Cocoa
Card: Chocolate Chip, Real Red, Close To Cocoa, Very Vanilla
DSP: Retired Holiday Treasures
Ribbon: Chocolate Chip

KIM

Supplies:

Stamps: Tree Trimings & Basic Phrases

Ink: Chocolate Chip

Card: Kraft, Very Vanilla & Chocolate Chip

Ribbon: Kraft Taffeta & Linen Thread

Other: Christmas Jingle Simply Scrappin' kit

BECCA

Supplies:
Stamps: Medallion
Ink: Chocolate Chip
DSP: Bella Bleu
Other: Clear embossing powders and cosmo glitters

SARA

Supplies:
Stamps: Flight Of The Butterfly
Card: Barley Banana, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White & White Vellum
DSP: Tea & Crumpets
Ink: Chocolate Chip & Ruby Red
Punches: Scallop Circle, 1 3/8" Circle & Butterfly
Other: Gold elastic cord

STEPH

Supplies:
Stamp: Live Your Dream & Woodgrain Background
Inks: Black, Close To Cocoa, Creamy Caramel, So Saffron & Rose Red
Card: Chocolate Chip, Creamy Caramel, So Saffron & Whisper White
Other: So Saffron brads, clip & linen thread

I hope you like the DT examples and we can't wait to see what you come up with!

The Stamp With Us team xxx

Stamp With Us Theme Challenge

Good morning fellow Stampin' Up! addicts, it's that time of week where we ask you to Stamp With Us!!!!!

First things first it's time to announce the winner of the coveted:

the top spot goes to:

ALI

Congratulations Ali, feel free to grab the blinkie, you will find it on the right hand side of the blog! You must all go and check out Ali'c card it is beautiful!

There is a little change this week, you may or may not know that next week is the Stampin' Up! convention being held in Germany and quite a few of the DT will be attending so this weeks challenge will run for two weeks, after this things will return to normal.

Now onto business and this weeks challenge is a theme challenge and the theme is:

CHRISTMAS

Here are the DT cards and creations for this week!

MONICA

Supplies:

Silent night stamp set

Bordering Blue, Chocolate Chip, Kraft card stock

Satin ribbon

Heat and stick, Versamark and Dazzling Diamonds

Image coloured with ink pads and and whisper white craft ink

ZOE

Supplies:
Stamps: Tree Trimmings, Season of Joy
Papers: Merry Moments
Card:Night Of Navy, Very Vanilla
Ink:Real Red & Night of Navy
Other:Very Vanilla ribbon & Oval punches

KIM

Supplies:

Christmas Jingle

Merry Moments Designer papers

Eyelet Border

5/8" Chocolate Chip Grosgrain Ribbon

JULIE

Supplies:
Merry moments paper
Sparkly & Bright Stamp set
Tag punches 1 3/8 circle punch
Scallop Circle punch
Choc Chip ribbon
Old Olive ribbon
Real Red ribbon
Schoolbook serif Alphabet
Real red brad

SARA

Supplies

Stamp Sets: Tree Trimmings, Occasional Greetings

Cardstock: Real Red, Regal Rose, Pretty in Pink, Very Vanilla

Ink: Real Red

DSP: Christmas Jingle Simply Scrappin' Kit

Punches: Eyelet Border, Scallop Circle, 5-petal flower, Boho Blossoms

Narrow Grosgrain Ribbon: Real Red

Other: Gold Elastic Cord, Gold Brads

BECCA

Supplies:

Christmas Jingle Simply Scrappin Kit

Merry Moments designer Series Papers

Real Red Grosgrain, Real Red Striped Grosgrain and Red Gingham Ribbons

KATE

Recipe: Stamps - Scandinavian Season Ink - Night of Navy Card - Very Vanilla/Bashful Blue/Night of Navy Other - Oval Nestabilities/Silver cord/adhesive gem/Cuttlebug embossing folder

JO

Stamps - Tree Trimmings/Seasonal Wishes (retired)

Inks & cardstock - Basic Black/Bashful Blue/Lavender Lace/Whisper White

Accessories - Dazzling Diamonds/Silver Brads/Filigree Brads/Bashful Blue Stitched Ribbon/Bashful Blue DSP

Tools - Scallop Border Punch/Stamp-a-ma-jig

Other: Nesties

Thank you so much to everyone who joined in this week we have loved seeing all of your creations.

See you in two weeks.

The Stamp With Us team xxx

Stamp With Us Sketch Challenge

Wow what a week we have had! We have just finished week one of Stamp With Us online and although we love love love every minute of it, it is jolly hard work! We have more exciting things to come this week and although we are half way through it's still not to late to join in if you would like to as you will have access to all Stamp With Us Winter classes.

Onto this weeks very important:

The winner this week is:

LINDA

Congratulations Linda, if you would like to grab the blinkie from the right hand side and display it with pride then please feel free to do so! Everyone please pop over and check out Linda's card it is FAB!

Now onto this weeks challenge, this week it is a Sketch challenge and this is the sketch that we would like you to draw your inspiration from:

Here are the DT's cards this week:

MONICA

SUPLIES

Loads of Love and accessories, Happy Everything stamp set

Chocolate Chip, Mellow Moss, Real Red and Krfat card stock

1 3/4", 1 3/8", 1 1/4" circle punches and Heart to Heart punch

Mat pack and Crystal Effects

ZOE

Supplies:

Stamps: Season of Joy
Papers: Merry Moments
Inks: Chocolate Chip
Card: Chocolate Chip & Very Vanilla
Other: Circle Punches

NATALIE

Supplies:

Stamps: Loads of Love, Loads of love Accessories

Cardstock: Real read, Old Olive, Kraft

Colouring Meduim: Watercolour Crayons, Stampin write markers

Ribbon : 5/8" Old Olive Grosgrain

Brads

Puches: Oval standard, Scallop Oval

KIM

Supples:

Stamps: Winter Post , Punches all (Hostess gift)

Cardstock: Very Vanilla, Old Olive, Reall Red.

Papers: Merry Moments

Inls Pads: Old Olive, Real Red:

Linen Thread, Brads

Piercing Tool

JULIE

Supplies:
Cardstock - Basic Black, Lavender Lace and Pumpkin Pie
Scallop Edge punch
Scallop Circle Punch
1 3/8 punch
Occasional Greetings
Word Window punch
All in the Family accessories
Striped grosgrain ribbon

BEKKA

Supplies:

Stamp Sets: A Rose is A Rose, Seeing Spots

Card: Very Vanilla, Kraft, Not Quite Navy, Mellow Moss

Ink: Bordering Blue, Not Quite Navy, Mellow Moss, Always Artichoke

DSP: Bella Bleu

Ribbon: Mellow Moss Taffeta

STEPH

Supplies:
Stamps = Say It With Scallops
Card = Tempting Turquoise, Summer Sun & Rose Red
Inks = Black & Rose Red
Papers = Pink Flamingo
Other = Red Glitter Glue & Circle Punches

We can't wait to see your creations.

The Stamp With Us team xxx