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Selling rubber stamps, Unity Stamp Company is known for their kit club.  They feature new stamps every month and has a huge collection of stamps to purchase on their site for scrapbookers and card makers.  Unity also has an interactive forum on Splitcoaststampers.  Unity is known for partnering with designers who have great ideas for stamps, including Donna Downey and Melody Ross.  The stamp set featured for this challenge is no different.  Soirees & Such was designed based off an idea by Ashley Cannon Newell.  Unity unites designers with their passion.

This challenge requires you to create an invitation.  You may create any type of invitation.  On first glance, the color combination appears like a Christmas theme, but it is not required.

The main colors are highlighted in Polaroid inspired color swatches. Keep the colors of your project as close to the colors in the challenge image.  Remember, colors can be incorporated into your project in more ways than cardstock.

Don’t forget:

1. Use the colors in the Polaroid-inspired color swatches (featured in the image above) and

2. Make an invitation.

You have until Thursday, July 15, 2010 at 11:59 pm EST to submit your entries below.

The photos used in the graphic are by Travelingmama.

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After the challenge ends, the design team will select six designers who created hot projects to highlight. Additionally, there will be a designer who will be featured and will win a Soirees & Such stamp set .  The featured designers and the winner will be posted the week following the challenge end date. The winner must contact Embellish Magazine within 48 hours of the announcement. We reserve the right to select a new winner if the designer makes no contact.

To get this party started, Embellishes fabulous design team has created some striking invitations to jump start your creativity.  All designers used Soirees & Such stamp set to create their invite.

Ashley

Charlene

Maile

Mariana

Sarah

Tina

Challenge ends Thursday, July 15, 2010 at 11:59 PM EST

At the Wplus9 Design Studio it is all about the creativity and having fun!  Our goal is to bring you inspiring design, superior quality and infinite possibilities through the highest quality of clear photopolymer stamps. Dawn Woleslagle, owner and self taught graphic artist/designer, brings you new stamps on the first of every month. From elegant to whimsical to just a bit funky, you’re sure to find something to help fuel your creativity at The Studio.

The only thing we value more at Wplus9 than creativity and fun, is you!  Come stamp away with Dawn and the rest of the Wplus9 Design Team at the Design Blog.  On the 28th of every month we start previewing the upcoming release, providing samples, chat, and prizes.  You can continue the fun throughout the month by joining in on monthly features and challenges, by becoming a fan on Facebook, or by uploading your personal Wplus9 creations to our Flickr Gallery.

Remember, it’s all about the creativity and fun!

This challenge requires you to create a project with a baby theme.  You may create anything for babies, whether it be to celebrate a new mother, a new little one, or showcase a cute baby.  It’s all about babies this time around!

You can incorporate the theme in many ways, such as a card, scrapbook layout, mini book, tag, gift bag, box, etc. The main colors are highlighted in Polaroid inspired color swatches. Keep the colors of your project as close to the colors in the challenge image.  Remember, colors can be incorporated into your project in more ways than cardstock.

Don’t forget:

1. Use the colors in the Polaroid-inspired color swatches (featured in the image above) and

2. To focus on babies.

You have until Thursday, July 1, 2010 at 11:59 pm EST to submit your entries below.

The photos used in the graphic are by Ashley McArthur Photography.

Upload a photo of your project to your blog or online gallery, such as Splitcoaststampers, Flickr, or Papertrey Ink, then copy the direct link to your project to the embedded link widget below. If you do not have a direct link to your blog/gallery posting that features the challenge, your link may be deleted. If it is deleted, no biggie, just come back and re-link the correct link! Only links left in the link widget will be considered for challenge submissions.

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After the challenge ends, the design team will select six designers who created hot projects to highlight. Additionally, there will be a designer who will be featured and will win two stamp sets of the winner’s choice provided by Wplus9 Design Studio.  The featured designers and the winner will be posted the week following the challenge end date. The winner must contact Embellish Magazine within 48 hours of the announcement. We reserve the right to select a new winner if the designer makes no contact.

To get everyone started, the design team has created some fabulous baby projects to share with each of you!  Take a look, then get started on your own challenge.  Everyone used Kisses & Cuddles stamp set on their baby projects.

Ashley

Charlene

Maile

Mariana

Sarah

Tina

Challenge ends Thursday, July 1, 2010 at 11:59 PM EST

Claire Brennan, is a stay at home mum to three funny little people. She’s been hooked on stamping for a while now and had dreams of designing stamps when her husband arranged for a manufacturer to make some stamp sets from her designs. She designed two sets of clear photopolymer stamps and they had them made to the highest specification they could find.  They are great quality, thick, durable stamps that you can see through and they are so easy to use.  They have naturally sticky backs and adhere to clear acrylic stamping blocks by themselves making it so easy to position the image right where you want it.

The first two stamp sets were launched from Claire’s blog and she’s delighted to say they ‘went down a storm!’ and so she designed some more…you can see them all by clicking on the link for All Clear Stamps – simply click on a set for a more detailed view.

Claire lives and works at home in Northern Ireland and her tiny little company is barely a year old, but she has lots of lovely customers who keep coming back. Waltzingmouse Stamps ships to America, Canada, Australia, Europe, UK, in fact just about everywhere.

They release new stamps every month, check out the blog for competitions, prizes and lots of inspiration!!

Claire designs and draws all of the stamps that Waltzingmouse Stamps produces, but she couldn’t run the business without the help and support of her husband and wonderful kids.

Want to know more about Waltzingmouse Stamps?  Read Embellish Magazine’s interview with Claire in our premiere issue here.

This challenge requires you to create a project using labels.  Labels are used to showcase sentiments, embellishments or some other focal point.  Labels can include stamped borders of shapes, tags, embossed edges, stitched frames, etc.  You get the idea.  If you can’t find anything to use to make a label, just create something anyway using the color combination.  We want you to create and want to see what you’ve been up to!

You can incorporate the theme in many ways, such as a card, scrapbook layout, mini book, tag, gift bag, box, etc. The main colors are highlighted in Polaroid inspired color swatches. Keep the colors of your project as close to the colors in the challenge image.  Remember, colors can be incorporated into your project in more ways than cardstock.

Don’t forget:

1. Use the colors in the Polaroid-inspired color swatches (featured in the image above) and

2. To create a label to highlight an image or sentiment.

You have until Thursday, June 17, 2010 at 11:59 pm EST to submit your entries below.

The photos used in the graphic are by Ashley McArthur Photography.

Upload a photo of your project to your blog or online gallery, such as Splitcoaststampers, Flickr, or Papertrey Ink, then copy the direct link to your project to the embedded link widget below. If you do not have a direct link to your blog/gallery posting that features the challenge, your link may be deleted. If it is deleted, no biggie, just come back and re-link the correct link! Only links left in the link widget will be considered for challenge submissions.

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After the challenge ends, the design team will select six designers who created hot projects to highlight. Additionally, there will be a designer who will be featured and will win two stamp sets of the winner’s choice provided by Waltzingmouse Stamps.  The featured designers and the winner will be posted the week following the challenge end date. The winner must contact Embellish Magazine within 48 hours of the announcement. We reserve the right to select a new winner if the designer makes no contact.

To get you started, the design team has created some amazing cards that showcase labels in various ways.  This design team is so fabulous, highlighting all design styles with class.

Ashley used Very Vintage Labels No. 1 stamp set to create a custom frame embellishment for her simple sentiment.

Charlene created a label full of love using Seasons of Love – Tags stamp set to create her sweet chocolate card.

Maile used Very Vintage Labels No. 1 stamp set to showcase her sentiment and floral focal point by dividing the label on her elegant card.

(Mariana’s stationary)

Mariana’s stationary set features Little Box Labels to highlight the contents of her exquisite handmade gift set.

Sarah stamped her label using Very Vintage Labels No. 4 to make the sentiment the focal point on her sultry design.

Tina showcased the Big Blooms – Chrysanthemums stamp set and displayed how she used faux stitching to create a unique label for her beautiful design.

Challenge ends Thursday, June 17, 2010 at 11:59 PM EST

Skipping Stones Design (SSD) is a stamp company whose mission is to help paper crafters share the gift of laughter one stamp at a time.  SSD started in 2005 and has a variety of stamps in their online store to attract all paper crafters.  Their stamps are photopolymer high quality clear stamps and priced just right.  On their blog, SSD challenges crafters with a sketch every week.

This challenge requires you to create a project using butterflies. Butterflies may be stamped, die cut, punched or on patterned paper!  You can incorporate the theme in many ways, such as a card, scrapbook layout, mini book, tag, gift bag, box, etc. The main colors are highlighted in Polaroid inspired color swatches. Keep the colors of your project as close to the colors in the challenge image.  Remember, colors can be incorporated into your project in more ways than cardstock.

Don’t forget:

1. Use the colors in the Polaroid-inspired color swatches (featured in the image above) and

2. Use butterflies.

You have until Thursday, June 3, 2010 at 11:59 pm EST to submit your entries below.

The photos used in the graphic are by Ashley McArthur Photography.

Upload a photo of your project to your blog or online gallery, such as Splitcoaststampers, Flickr, or Papertrey Ink, then copy the direct link to your project to the embedded link widget below. If you do not have a direct link to your blog/gallery posting that features the challenge, your link may be deleted. If it is deleted, no biggie, just come back and re-link the correct link! Only links left in the link widget will be considered for challenge submissions.

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After the challenge ends, the design team will select six designers who created hot projects to highlight. Additionally, there will be a designer who will be featured and will win three stamp sets, including Garden Stamp Kiss, Whispering Wings, and Healing Wings. The featured designers and the winner will be posted the week following the challenge end date. The winner must contact Embellish Magazine within 48 hours of the announcement. We reserve the right to select a new winner if the designer makes no contact.

Ashley used the Healing Wings stamp set to create her gratitude card.

Charlene used Healing Wings + Dandelion Dreams stamp set and created this cute fluttering card.

Challenge ends Thursday, June 3, 2010 at 11:59 PM EST

Renaissance by Design is a young, Canadian based, clear stamp and alterable item company. Our stamps have a clean and simple design, with maximum versatility appealing to both the card-maker and scrapbooker alike. The ribbon from RBD is excellent for making the perfect bows you require; it ties like a DREAM. We ship anywhere in North America and all orders over $50 receive FREE shipping. Come check out our gallery for inspiration, our facebook page or blog for upcoming giveaways and tutorials.

This challenge requires you to create a project that uses dimension. That means, create projects and use foam adhesive!  You can incorporate the theme in many ways, such as a card, scrapbook layout, mini book, tag, gift bag, box, etc. The main colors are highlighted in Polaroid inspired color swatches. Keep the colors of your project as close to the colors in the challenge image.  Remember, colors can be incorporated into your project in more ways than cardstock.

Don’t forget:

1. Use the colors in the Polaroid-inspired color swatches (featured in the image above) and

2. Use dimension (i.e, foam adhesive).

You have until Thursday, May 20, 2010 at 11:59 pm EST to submit your entries below.

The photos used in the graphic are by Ashley Newell of Ashley McArthur Photography.

Upload a photo of your project to your blog or online gallery, such as Splitcoaststampers, Flickr, or Papertrey Ink, then copy the direct link to your project to the embedded link widget below. If you do not have a direct link to your blog/gallery posting that features the challenge, your link may be deleted. If it is deleted, no biggie, just come back and re-link the correct link! Only links left in the link widget will be considered for challenge submissions.

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After the challenge ends, the design team will select six designers who created hot projects to highlight. Additionally, there will be a designer who will be featured and will win a $50 gift certificate to Renaissance by Design. The featured designers and the winner will be posted the week following the challenge end date. The winner must contact Embellish Magazine within 48 hours of the announcement. We reserve the right to select a new winner if the designer makes no contact.

Ashley used the Coffee and Tea stamp set to create her card and popped the teapot off the card .

Charlene used Roots and Wings and created dimension with the tree leaves and bird.

Maile used the Coffee and Tea stamp set to create this ‘sweet’ card with raised coffee mugs .

Mariana made this amazing card using Blossom and Wilt stamp set and added dimension to the flowers and butterfly .

Sarah graces us with another soft card using Enjoy Life stamp set and popped off her focal point and butterfly .

Tina‘s card embraces her clean and graphic style using the Sole to Sole stamp set.

Challenge ends Thursday, May 20, 2010 at 11:59 PM EST

At  Practicing Creativity Designs, we want to inspire you to create! You’ll not only find fabulous products at our store, but inspiration to go with them! As an avid stamper myself, I love to create stamps that can be used for building your own backgrounds and stamps that interact with one another.  You will certainly find both at our store!  We sell high-quality photopolymer stamps all produced right here in the U.S., with a new set being added each month. We also carry May Arts ribbons. Our store and products are still a dream come true. So, come check out our site, our products and our gallery!

This challenge requires you to create a project that uses an embossing technique. Feel free to use dry or heat embossing!  You can incorporate the theme in many ways, such as a card, scrapbook layout, mini book, tag, gift bag, box, etc. The main colors are highlighted in Polaroid inspired color swatches. Remember, colors can be incorporated into your project in more ways than cardstock.

Don’t forget:

1. Use the colors in the Polaroid-inspired color swatches (featured in the image above) and

2. Use an embossing technique (dry or heat).

You have until Thursday, May 6, 2010 at 11:59 pm EST to submit your entries below.

The photos used in the graphic are by McArthur Newell of BoldLifestyle Photography.

Upload a photo of your project to your blog or online gallery, such as Splitcoaststampers, Flickr, or Papertrey Ink, then copy the direct link to your project to the embedded link widget below. If you do not have a direct link to your blog/gallery posting that features the challenge, your link may be deleted. If it is deleted, no biggie, just come back and re-link the correct link! Only links left in the link widget will be considered for challenge submissions.

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After the challenge ends, the design team will select six designers who created hot projects to highlight. Additionally, there will be a designer who will be featured and will win the stamps pictured below. It includes the newly released stamp set, For the Love of Dots and five yards of ribbon (designer’s choice).  The featured designers and the winner will be posted next week. The winner must contact Embellish Magazine within 48 hours of the announcement. We reserve the right to select a new winner if the designer makes no contact.

Ashley used the heat embossing technique and For the Love of Dots + Look Up.

Charlene used dry and heat embossing techniques with Look Up stamp set.

Maile heat embossed the stamping on her card using Look Up.

Mariana used heat embossing on her card with Key to My Heart.

Sarah used dry embossing on her card that featured Key to My Heart.

Tina used heat embossing on her card and showcased Key to My Heart stamp set.

Challenge ends Thursday, May 6, 2010 at 11:59 PM EST

This challenge requires you to create a project that includes party-themed projects. So, that means party favors, invitations, gift tags, gift bags, and all kinds of party decor you can create with your paper crafts!  You can incorporate the theme in many ways, such as a card, scrapbook layout, mini book, tag, gift bag, box, etc. The main colors are highlighted in Polaroid inspired color swatches. For suggested colors, see Papertrey Ink’s pure poppy, stamper’s select white, true black, and kraft. Remember, colors can be incorporated into your project in more ways than cardstock.

Don’t forget:

1. Use the colors in the Polaroid-inspired color swatches (featured in the image above) and

2. Create party-themed projects  (i.e., party favors, gift bags, invitations, gift tags, place cards, etc.)

You have until Thursday, April 22, 2010 at 11:59 pm EST to submit your entries below.

The photos used in the graphic are by McArthur Newell of BoldLifestyle Photography.

Upload a photo of your project to your blog or online gallery, such as Splitcoaststampers, Flickr, or Papertrey Ink, then copy the direct link to your project to the embedded link widget below. If you do not have a direct link to your blog/gallery posting that features the challenge, your link may be deleted. If it is deleted, no biggie, just come back and re-link the correct link! Only links left in the link widget will be considered for challenge submissions.

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After the challenge ends, the design team will select six designers who created hot projects to highlight. Additionally, there will be a designer who will be featured and will win the stamps pictured below. It includes an assortment of stamps and three sets of boutique boxes.  The featured designers and the winner will be posted next week. The winner must contact Embellish Magazine within 48 hours of the announcement. We reserve the right to select a new winner if the designer makes no contact.

Ashley created a graduation party invite and party favor.

Chickee Graduate

Medium Chickee Graduate

You’re Invited

Charlene created baby thank you notes for the new mom and bath salt baby gift with gift tag.  This gift set is perfect for the new mom-t0-be!

Onesie

Small Sheep

Maile created a party invitation and gift box.  The gift box can also be a party favor to thank guests for attending.

Party Time stamp set

An Invitation Circle

Mariana created a wedding card with a matching wedding favor.  The wedding favors are great ideas to decorate a reception table too!

Whimsical Wedding stamp set

Wedding Circle

Sarah created a baby card with a matching gift.  This is perfect for those baby showers.

Baby Circle

Baby Stamp Set

Tina created a birthday party invite and party favor with lots of cupcake designs.  This is perfect for a child’s birthday.

Cupcake Tower

Mini Cupcake

Challenge ends Thursday, April 22, 2010 at 11:59 PM EST

The idea to start a stamping business began when my sister Robin and I were on maternity leave and began talking almost daily on the phone about our beautiful babies, my son and her two daughters. The conversations started to get fairly lengthy as, not only did we discuss baby stuff, but we had to talk about our ‘healthy addiction’ to stamping and all our new finds that we had to hide from our husbands (oops I guess that cat is out of the bag!)

I’ve always had a ‘creative bug’ in me and I felt it was time to do something with all this energy and excitement for stamping. At first it was going to be all about the shiny cool bling and glitter paper I use to dress up my cards and scrapbook pages – that’s my little addiction! I just can’t get enough of the bling! Then as the set up began I realized we had all these great ideas for stamps and as they say, the rest is history.

‘Your Next Stamp’ was born over a dinner party at my parents place. I was all super excited about starting up my own business and my father pipes up and says you should start a business and call it ‘Your Next Stamp’. The next day I did just that.

I truly believe we have found the best illustrators and suppliers out there for our ideas. Everyone we work with has this amazing ability to take our ideas and bring them to life just as we had imagined them. Thank you to our illustrators and also to Carol who takes these incredible illustrations and transforms them into ‘Your Next Stamp’!

I feel blessed everyday to have this opportunity and hope that our fun and whimsical rubber stamps will unleash your ‘creative bug’ as they have for us.

We look forward to sharing in and seeing all your remarkable creations!

Hugs

Karen

This challenge requires you to create a project that includes stitching. You can incorporate the theme in many ways, such as a card, scrapbook layout, mini book, tag, gift bag, box, etc. The main colors are highlighted in Polaroid inspired color swatches. For suggested colors, see Papertrey Ink’s aqua mist, kraft, and sweet blush.   Slight color changes for each hue are permitted, but try to keep the colors as close as possible to the colors listed above.  White or cream are optional color choices to add to your projects to create neutrality. Outlined images/sentiments in brown or black are also acceptable for this challenge.  Remember, colors can be incorporated into your project in more ways than cardstock.

Don’t forget:

1. Use the colors in the Polaroid-inspired color swatches (featured in the image above) and
2. Use stitching (i.e., sewing machine, faux, hand, stamped, etc.)

You have until Thursday, April 8, 2010 at 11:59 pm EST to submit your entries below.

The photos used in the graphic are by Ashley Cannon Newell of BoldLifestyle Photography.

Upload a photo of your project to your blog or online gallery, such as Splitcoaststampers, Flickr, or Papertrey Ink, then copy the direct link to your project to the embedded link widget below. If you do not have a direct link to your blog/gallery posting that features the challenge, your link may be deleted. If it is deleted, no biggie, just come back and re-link the correct link! Only links left in the link widget will be considered for challenge submissions.

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After the challenge ends, the design team will select six designers who created hot projects to highlight. Additionally, there will be a designer who will be featured and will win the stamps pictured below.  Please click on the image to see the product on Your Next Stamp’s web site.  The featured designers and the winner will be posted next week. The winner must contact Embellish Magazine within 48 hours of the announcement. We reserve the right to select a new winner if the designer makes no contact.

Ashley created a card that used hand stitching with twine.

Charlene created a clean and graphic card that used embroidery stitching and border stitching.

Maile applied her clean and simple design to create this “Hoppy Easter” card and hand stitched the eggs hopping with floss.

Mariana showcased the stamps in all their glory and used straight and zig zag stitching for borders.

Sarah created a pretty card that feature detailed border machine stitching.

Tina used faux stitching with a white gel pen to border her cute ‘chickie’ card.

Challenge ends Thursday, April 8, 2010 at 11:59 PM EST

Whimsie Doodles sells digital and rubber stamps.  The images are hand drawn by Melyssa Connolly.  The rubber images come on one sheet and have a cling back for each acrylic block mounting.  The digital images are ready-to-download .jpg files.  Check out the store today for some great new finds in the stamp industry.

This challenge requires you to create a project that includes fabric. You can incorporate the theme in many ways, such as a card, scrapbook layout, mini book, tag, gift bag, box, etc. The main colors are highlighted in Polaroid inspired color swatches. For suggested colors, see Papertrey Ink’s pure poppy, kraft, enchanted evening, and new leaf.   Slight color changes for each hue are permitted, but try to keep the colors as close as possible to the colors listed above.  White or cream are optional color choices to add to your projects to create neutrality. Outlined images in brown or black are also acceptable for this challenge.  Remember, colors can be incorporated into your project in more ways than cardstock.

Don’t forget:

1. Use the colors in the Polaroid-inspired color swatches (featured in the image above) and
2. Use fabric (i.e., canvas, cotton, felt, etc.)

You have until Thursday, March 25, 2010 at 11:59 pm EST to submit your entries below.

The photos used in the graphic are of BoldLifestyle Photography.

Upload a photo of your project to your blog or online gallery, such as Splitcoaststampers, Flickr, or Papertrey Ink, then copy the direct link to your project to the embedded link widget below. If you do not have a direct link to your blog/gallery posting that features the challenge, your link may be deleted. If it is deleted, no biggie, just come back and re-link the correct link! Only links left in the link widget will be considered for challenge submissions.

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After the challenge ends, the design team will select six designers who created hot projects to highlight. Additionally, there will be a designer who will be featured and will win the stamps pictured below.  Please click on the image to see the product on Whimsie Doodle’s web site.  The featured designers and the winner will be posted next week. The winner must contact Embellish Magazine within 48 hours of the announcement. We reserve the right to select a new winner if the designer makes no contact.

Ashley created a card that used distressing and a scalloped edge felt border.

Charlene created a clean and graphic card that used a fabric strip she turned into a ribbon.

Maile applied her clean and simple design to create this “berry sweet” card and used fabric to make a flower.

Mariana showcased the stamps in all their glory and used denim as her fabric element.

Sarah created a pretty card that featured lots of texture with borders.

Tina made her card showcase a houndstooth fabric around the jar lid.

Challenge ends Thursday, March 25, 2010 at 11:59 PM EST