Saturday 24 January 2015

ShowCASe Your Style Challenge #7: Inspiration Photo


Hello and welcome to a new ShowCASe Your Style challenge!

Our theme for challenge #7 is an INSPIRATION CHALLENGE. Please use this photo from which to draw inspiration to create your CAS challenge card.  You don't have to add hot air balloons to your card - you could draw inspiration from the colours and patterns in the photo, or even use the layout, colours and patterns of one of the hot air balloons to create your card (as Becky as so cleverly done!), but please be sure to let us know in your post how you were inspired by this photo:


This challenge will run from today (Saturday, January 24th) until midnight ET on Wednesday, February 4th.

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 delight and 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, February 4th. We'll announce the winners just before we post our new challenge on Saturday, February 7th. To play along, please link up your cards in the linky tool below:



SYSC #6 Winners


It's time to announce the winners for SYSC#6! Thank you so much for playing along - we had so many fantastic entries this week!

SYSC #6 Winner

The randomly drawn winner of the $10 gift certificate is ...
 #26 Joyce M


Congratulations Joyce! Please email us to claim your prize!


SYSC #6 Style Queen

Again, the design team had a tough time picking the Style Queen this week, but please join us in congratulating our SYSC #6 Style Queen ...



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



SYSC #6 Style Favorites

There were so many amazing entries that we found it impossible to narrow it down to just 3 Style Favorites this week, so we have a slightly longer list!  Congratulations everyone:






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 10 January 2015

ShowCASe Your Style Challenge #6: Colour Challenge


Hello and welcome to a new ShowCASe Your Style challenge!

Our theme for challenge #6 is a color challenge of turquoise, lime green, black and white. Please use these colors as inspiration to create your CAS card.


This challenge will run from today (Saturday, January 10th) until midnight ET on Wednesday, January 21st.

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 delight and 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, January 21st. We'll announce the winners just before we post our new challenge on Saturday, January 24th. To play along, please link up your cards in the linky tool below:




SYSC #5 Winners


It's time to announce the winners for SYSC#5!  Thank you so much for playing along - we had some fantastic entries.  Unfortunately, not all of them were CAS and so were not eligible to be entered into the prize draw.  Please refer to this page for an explanation of what CAS is.

SYSC #5 Winner

The randomly drawn winner of the $10 gift certificate is ... #17 Kylie

Congratulations! Please email us to claim your prize!


SYSC #5 Style Queen

Again, the design team had a tough time picking the Style Queen this week, but please join us in congratulating our SYSC #5 Style Queen ... #5 Flourishtina!


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



SYSC #5 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!