Saturday 27 December 2014

ShowCASe Your Style Challenge #5: Theme


Hello and welcome to a new ShowCASe Your Style challenge!

We hope you had a wonderful Christmas, filled with love, laughter ... and maybe some new crafty goodies under the tree?

Our theme for challenge #5 is a THEME CHALLENGE. Please add at least one die cut to your CAS challenge card.


This challenge will run from today (Saturday, December 27th) until midnight ET on Wednesday, January 7th.

Our challenge blog is run in association with Clearly Whimsy Stamps and is sponsored by Whimsy Stamps, who are generously offering a $10 gift certificate to the randomly-selected winner of each challenge. (If the winning entry uses Clearly Whimsy Stamps products, the gift certificate will be increased to $15).


The design team will also be selecting our favorite entry from each challenge, who will be crowned "Style Queen", along with our "Style Favorites".



Here are the design team's amazing samples to inspire you:


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Basic Backgrounds & Borders 2 *coming soon*
Basic Borders Trio die set *coming soon*

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Ready to play?

Before you create and submit your card, please read the instructions on the How to Play page and check out the definition of CAS here.

The Linky Tool will close at midnight EST on Wednesday, January 7th. We'll announce the winners just before we post our new challenge on Saturday, January 10th. To play along, please link up your cards in the linky tool below:



SYSC #4 Winners


It's time to announce the winners for SYSC#4!  Thank you so much for playing along, especially at this very busy time of year!

SYSC #4 Winner

The randomly drawn winner of the gift certificate is ...Vicki.  Since Vicki used Clearly Whimsy Stamps products on her card, the value of her gift certificate is increased to $15.


Congratulations Vicki! Please email us to claim your prize!

SYSC #4 Style Queen

Again, the design team had a tough time picking the Style Queen this week, but please join us in congratulating our SYSC #4 Style Queen ... Jen Mitchell.

http://jen-icreate.blogspot.com/2014/12/christmas-cheer.html

Huge Congratulations, Jen! The Design Team all thought your card was gorgeous!
Here's your Style Queen badge to display on your blog!



SYSC #4 Style Favorites

And a big congratulations to the Design Team's Style Favorites. 
Fantastic interpretations of the sketch:




We would be honoured if you would display our Style Favorite badge on your blogs!



Our next challenge will go live in 30 minutes time. We hope you will join us!

Saturday 13 December 2014

ShowCASe Your Style Challenge #4: Sketch


Hello and welcome to a new ShowCASe Your Style challenge!

Before we go any further, we would like to announce a small change to the closing date of each challenge.  In order to allow the DT sufficient time choose the winners, we are now closing the challenge 24 hours earlier at midnight ET on Wednesday from this challenge forward.  Thank you for your understanding.

We are a brand new challenge blog dedicated to CAS (clean & simple) crafting. We'll post a new challenge here every other Saturday, and you'll have almost 2 weeks to link up your creations.

Our challenge blog is run in association with Clearly Whimsy Stamps and is sponsored by Whimsy Stamps, who are generously offering a $10 gift certificate to the randomly-selected winner of each challenge. (If the winning entry uses Clearly Whimsy Stamps products, the gift certificate will be increased to $15).


The design team will also be selecting our favorite entry from each challenge, who will be crowned "Style Queen", along with our "Style Favorites".



Our theme for challenge #4 is a SKETCH created by Simonne. Please follow this sketch when creating your CAS challenge card.


This challenge will run from today (Saturday, December 12th) until midnight ET on Wednesday, December 24th.

Here are the design team's amazing samples to inspire you:



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Ready to play?

Before you create and submit your card, please read the instructions on the How to Play page and check out the definition of CAS here.

The Linky Tool will close at midnight EST on Wednesday, December 24th. We'll announce the winners just before we post our new challenge on Saturday, December 27th. To play along, please link up your cards in the linky tool below:



SYSC #3 Winners


It's time to announce the winners for SYSC#3!  Thank you so much for playing along - we had some fantastic entries. 

SYSC #3 Winner

The randomly drawn winner of the $10 gift certificate is ... Ela


Congratulations! Please email us to claim your prize!


SYSC #3 Style Queen

Again, the design team had a tough time picking the Style Queen this week, but please join us in congratulating our SYSC #3 Style Queen ...Kylie


Huge Congratulations! The Design Team all thought your card was really eye catching!
Here's your Style Queen badge to display on your blog!



SYSC #3 Style Favorites

And a big congratulations to the Design Team's Style Favorites:





We would be honoured if you would display our Style Favorite badge on your blogs!



Our next challenge will go live in 30 minutes time. We hope you will join us!

Saturday 29 November 2014

ShowCASe Your Style Challenge #3: Inspiration Photo


Hello and welcome to our third ShowCASe Your Style challenge!

We are a brand new challenge blog dedicated to CAS (clean & simple) crafting. We'll post a new challenge here every other Saturday, and you'll have almost 2 weeks to link up your creations.

Our challenge blog is run in association with Clearly Whimsy Stamps and is sponsored by Whimsy Stamps, who are generously offering a $10 gift certificate to the randomly-selected winner of each challenge. (If the winning entry uses Clearly Whimsy Stamps products, the gift certificate will be increased to $15).


The design team will also be selecting our favorite entry from each challenge, who will be crowned "Style Queen", along with our "Style Favorites".



Our theme for challenge #3 is an INSPIRATION CHALLENGE. Please use this photo to draw inspiration from to create your CAS challenge card.


This challenge will run from today (Saturday, November 29th) until midnight ET on Thursday, December 11th.

Here are the design team's amazing samples to inspire you:



Alanna

Sparkle & Shine stamp set

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Amy

Sparkle & Shine stamp set

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Becky

Christmas Greetings stamp set
Tremendous Triangles stamp set

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Debbie

Sparkle & Shine stamp set
Stitched Border Trio die set
Penguin Fun stamp set
Penguin Fun die set
Christmas Greetings stamp set

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Denise
Sparkle & Shine stamp set
Gingerbread House stamp set (sentiment)

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Heather

Hello large word die
Say What? stamp set

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Jen

Sparkle & Shine stamp set

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Sylvia
*coming soon*


Ready to play?

Before you create and submit your card, please read the instructions on the How to Play page and check out the definition of CAS here.

The Linky Tool will close at midnight EST on Thursday, Decemeber 11th. We'll announce the winners just before we post our new challenge on Saturday, December 12th. To play along, please link up your cards in the linky tool below: