Ch# 59 - ANYTHING GOES... PAST OR PRESENT PROJECTS

Welcome back to Paper Playtime! Did you see the winner of our last challenge? If not, scroll down to the previous post. It may have been YOU!

Since this month has 5 Mondays in it, we are going to throw in an extra challenge.

For Challenge #59 SHOW US ANY PROJECT YOU'VE MADE PAST OR PRESENT! 

It can be any kind of project you've made in the past or something you make just for this challenge. Clay art, jewelry, crochet, quilting, scrapbooking, card making, other paper crafts, painting, re-finished furniture.... the sky's the limit! If it's something made by you... it qualifies!

We are proud to be sponsored this challenge by CROP STOP! To read more about this awesome place to shop, see OUR SPONSORS page tab or CLICK HERE.

Crop Stop is offering the winner of this challenge a $15 Gift Certificate to their online store! Yeah! Shopping time!

All you have to do to be eligible to win:

1) Be a FOLLOWER of Paper Playtime

2) Submit a Past or Present Project - Anything Goes!

We are excited to have Kelly of SANDCASTLE STAMPER as our Guest Designer for this challenge! Please visit her blog, thank her for being our Guest Designer and make sure you are a follower of her blog! She makes some awesome projects!  Here is the fun card she has provided for this challenge to help get you inspired to play along with us!

Our Guest Designer,
Kelly of SANDCASTLE STAMPER

Here is some inspiration from our Design Team...

Theresa - The Scrapbooking Queen

Janis - Pause Dream Enjoy
Crocheted Scarves for 2 of our daughters

Heather - Princess' Paper Projects

Lynn - Boots and Bling Time

Maria - Joyful Stamper

Sharon - MeeMee's Creations

Amy - Papertrails Leaver

(From 2009) Pam - Simply Pam

Are you ready? Submit your PAST or PRESENT projects below by Saturday, November 5th @ noon Alaska Time. Winner will be posted on Sunday, Nov. 6th.  FUNNESS!

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Winner from Ch# 58!

Congratulations to Grammie Judy's Spot who has won our Ch#58!

You have won Crate Paper's North Pole Collection Kit sponsored by Lynn of Boots & Bling Time! Hop over to her blog and tell her thank you! (I'm sure she'd love it if you became a FOLLOWER as well. )

Yeah! Please email me your snail mail address to.....
Janis at slowar dot com
Have fun with your new goodies!
:) Janis

Ch# 58 - SAY IT WITH SENTIMENTS & Use Buttons & Bows

Welcome to Challenge #58! For this challenge you can create any type of project you would like as long as you include a SENTIMENT and our theme for this challenge is to use BUTTONS & BOWS!

Our Sponsor this week is LYNN of BOOTS AND BLING TIME. She has a new blog, so please stop by and tell her hello and FOLLOW her if you like what you see. She is offering for a prize the CRATE PAPER NORTH POLE COLLECTION KIT shown below.... (you must have a USA mailing address and be a FOLLOWER of PAPER PLAYTIME to be eligible to win)

Want to see what our SAY IT WITH SENTIMENTS Design Team came up with for this challenge? Here ya go!

MARY OF CARDZTV
Mary also has created a GREAT video for this card!
Be sure and check it out HERE.

PAM OF SIMPLY PAM

AMY OF PAPERTRAILS LEAVER

AMY OF PAPERTRAILS LEAVER

JANIS OF PAUSE DREAM ENJOY

Theresa {aka The Scrapbooking  Queen}

Now it's your turn!

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Winners from Ch# 57

All of your Black, Orange, & Purple CRICUT CREATIONS were so fun! You guys are super talented! We love visiting your blogs and making new crafty friends!  Here is a list of the 3 Winners from Ch# 57...

The winner of the Black, Orange, & Purple CRICUT CREATIONS is....


Letillia of Divaof5


The winner of the "Submit a picture of yourself wearing Halloween socks" is.....

Kristylee of Kristleesworld

The winner of guessing which socked feet belonged to which Design Team member is....
(no one actually guessed them all correctly, so everyone was thrown into a pot, and a winner was randomly chosen from those who tried)

Jessica of Jessica's Craft Shaque

Please email me at Janis at slowar dot com with your USA snail mail address. If I don't hear from you within a week we will put the prize back into the pot for another challenge's give-away.

See you tomorrow for a brand new challenge!

Oh, almost forgot... here is the answer to which Halloween Sock feet Belong to which Design team member....

Smiles!  :) Janis

Ch# 57 - CRICUT CREATIONS: Use Black, Orange, & Purple on your Projects

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Welcome to October and to Paper Playtime's 

BRAND NEW Challenge Format & Schedule! 

First, let me introduce you to our NEW Design Team:

The FIRST Monday of each month will be our 

CRICUT CREATIONS Challenges!

Here are our Designers on the Cricut Creations Team:

Heather - Princess' Paper Projects

Lynn - Boots and Bling Time

Maria - Joyful Stamper

Sharon - MeeMee's Creations

The THIRD Monday of each month will be our

SAY IT WITH SENTIMENTS Challenges!

Here are our Designers on the Say It With Sentiments Team:

Amy - Papertrails Leaver

Janis - Pause Dream Enjoy

Mary - Cardz TV

Pam - Simply Pam

The Scrapbooking Queen

For our FIRST CRICUT CREATIONS CHALLENGE...

CH#57 - make a Cricut Creation using 

BLACK, ORANGE, & PURPLE.

Challenge ends Saturday, Oct. 15th @ NOON Alaska Time

We will randomly select one submission entering a Cricut Creation of Black, Orange, & Purple will win a pack of 6 Action Wobbles (must be a FOLLOWER to win) from our sponsor this week, 

THE SCRAPBOOKING QUEEN!

Now before I show you the Cricut Creations our Design Team provided to inspire you... how about a little Halloween fun?  Below you will see a picture of some of our Design Team members sporting some fun Halloween socks.  Leave a comment guessing who you think the feet belong to, and we will randomly draw a winner from all the correct answers to win.... (must be a FOLLOWER to win)

Do you have a great pair of Halloween socks?  Enter a picture of your Halloween festive feet, and we will randomly choose 1 Halloween socked feet picture to win..... (must be a FOLLOWER to win)

How fun!  Now here is some Cricut Creations inspiration from our Design Team:

Lynn - Boots and Bling Time

Sharon - MeeMee's Creations

 

Heather - Princess' Paper Projects

Maria - Joyful Stamper

Janis - Pause Dream Enjoy
(I know it's not my week. I just wanted to play too.)

Remember, you must be a FOLLOWER to be eligible to win. Please take a moment to visit our Design Team! Leave them some Comment Love and FOLLOW their blogs too! :)
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Ch# 56 WINNER!

Thank you all for playing with us in our Ch#56! You guys are so talented! We LOVE seeing all your projects every challenge!!

I let my daughter, Bonnie, pick the winning number this time. We have sunshine cuts (from Give A Hoot) with numbers on one side and magnets on the other. She picked #14 (also Tom's favorite number...hmmm)

The winner for Ch#56 is...

kristyleesworld      http://kristyleesworld.wordpress.com/2011/09/26/happy-haunting/

Congratulations!! Please send me an email with your USA mailing address for me to forward to our sponsor. You can email me at Janis at slowar dot com.

I love that all of you come to visit us every month and play along in our challenges! We have so much fun seeing all of the crafty projects you create. I want to take a little time here to introduce you to our NEW Challenge Format that starts this month, and to our New Design Team!

Starting this month, Paper Playtime will have a 

CRICUT CREATIONS challenge every 1st Monday of the month with various themes.  

Here is your chance to show off all your projects you create using your CRICUT MACHINE!

Meet the Cricut Creations Design Team who will be providing you with inspiration and encouragement to play along with us:

1. Heather of Princess' Paper Projects
2. Lynn of Boots and Bling Time
3. Maria of Joyful Stamper
4. Sharon of MeeMee's Creations

Want to learn about the Cricut?
Click here to find a GREAT tutorial teaching you all about the Cricut!
I love my CRICUT!!

CLICK HERE!!

Also starting this month, Paper Playtime will have a 

SAY IT WITH SENTIMENTS challenge every 3rd Monday of the month with various themes.  

This is your chance to show us how you craft! Use any type of crafting you prefer - digis, Cricut, altered items, etc. Whatever style you like to use to create as long as there is a SENTIMENT on your project - it counts!

Meet the Say It With Sentiments Design Team who will be providing you with inspiration and encouragement to play along with us:

1. Amy of Papertrails Leaver
2. Janis of Pause Dream Enjoy
3. Mary of Cardz TV
4. Pam of Simply Pam
5. Theresa of The Scrapbooking Queen

Did you miss seeing some of our AWESOME former Design Team members on the above list? Not a problem! Our former Designers (and a few new faces) will be making appearances every now and then as Guest Designers!  How cool and fun is that?!  Yeah! We are so excited!!

See you tomorrow for a brand new Paper Playtime challenge and format!  You may want to be digging out your Halloween socks for Monday's challenge.... :)

My daughter, Bonnie, in last year's Halloween socks

Boo!  :) Janis

Welcome to October - A new Challenge Format - and a new Design Team

I love that all of you come to visit us every month and play along in our challenges! We have so much fun seeing all of the crafty projects you create. I want to take a little time here to introduce you to our NEW Challenge Format that starts this month, and to our New Design Team!

Starting this month, Paper Playtime will have a 

CRICUT CREATIONS challenge every 1st Monday of the month with various themes.  

Here is your chance to show off all your projects you create using your CRICUT MACHINE!

Meet the Cricut Creations Design Team who will be providing you with inspiration and encouragement to play along with us:

1. Heather of Princess' Paper Projects
2. Lynn of Boots and Bling Time
3. Maria of Joyful Stamper
4. Sharon of MeeMee's Creations

Want to learn about the Cricut?
Click here to find a GREAT tutorial teaching you all about the Cricut!
I love my CRICUT!!

CLICK HERE!!

Also starting this month, Paper Playtime will have a 

SAY IT WITH SENTIMENTS challenge every 3rd Monday of the month with various themes.  

This is your chance to show us how you craft! Use any type of crafting you prefer - digis, Cricut, altered items, etc. Whatever style you like to use to create as long as there is a SENTIMENT on your project - it counts!

Meet the Say It With Sentiments Design Team who will be providing you with inspiration and encouragement to play along with us:

1. Amy of Papertrails Leaver
2. Janis of Pause Dream Enjoy
3. Mary of Cardz TV
4. Pam of Simply Pam
5. Theresa of The Scrapbooking Queen

Did you miss seeing some of our AWESOME former Design Team members on the above list? Not a problem! Our former Designers (and a few new faces) will be making appearances every now and then as Guest Designers!  How cool and fun is that?!  Yeah! We are so excited!!

Be sure and stop back by tomorrow for the WINNER announcement of our current challenge.

See you Monday for a brand new Paper Playtime challenge and format!  You may want to be digging out your Halloween socks for Monday's challenge.... :)

My daughter, Bonnie, in last year's Halloween socks

Boo!  :) Janis