Paper Playtime

Ch# 69 - Delicious Die Cuts with FLOWERS! (For The Girls)

2012-03-05T00:01:00.035-05:00

1st Monday of the Month is the Delicious Die Cuts Challenge!

3rd Monday of the Month is Say It With Sentiments Challenge!

It's time for our Delicious Die Cuts Challenge this month! Woo-Hoo! All you Die Cutting machine Lovers - jump right on in and play with us! Use ANY die cutting machine!!

CH #69 - DELICIOUS DIE CUT creations using FLOWERS (for the girls) and using any cartridges and colors you'd like!

Make any type of project using FLOWERS with your Cricut and any colors or cartridges you'd like!

Our sponsor this month is our very own Design Team Member, Sharon of MeeMee's Creations!

Sharon is sponsoring with .....

GORGEOUS FLOWERS FROM PRIMA!!!!!

All you have to do to be eligible to win:

1) Be a FOLLOWER of Paper Playtime

2) Submit a NEW Project within our theme (no back links)

3) Have a USA shipping address

Here are some fun Cricut Projects with FLOWERS provided by our "Delicious Die Cuts" Team to inspire you to play along with us this challenge!

Our very special Guest Designer this challenge is

AMANDA OF CRAFTS BY AMANDA!

http://craftsbyamanda.blogspot.com/

Please stop by her blog and say HI!

Here is the beautiful flower card she made to inspire you to participate in our challenge.

AMANDA OF CRAFTS BY AMANDA, Guest Designer

Sharon - Mee Mee's Creations

Lynn - Boots and Bling Time

Maria - Joyful Stamper

Sherri - The Squeaky Scrapper

Lisa - A Mermaid's Crafts

Nicolette - Beyond Scrapin

Heather - Princess' Paper Projects

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Winner of Ch# 68

2012-03-04T00:01:00.010-05:00

Congratulations to Tangle's Treasures who is our winner of Ch #68!

Please email me at ......
craftyjanis at live dot com

Be sure and stop back by tomorrow, Monday, March 5th, for a Brand New Challenge! The 1st challenge of every month is always a Die Cut Machine challenge!

Have fun with your new goodies!! :) Janis

NOTICE TO WINNERS:

Ch# 68 - Say It With Sentiments Challenge using PET Images!

2012-02-20T00:01:00.101-05:00

Welcome back to another SAY IT WITH SENTIMENTS challenge. This time the theme is....

CH #68 - PETS! And add a SENTIMENT!

Make any project using any animal image and be sure to include a SENTIMENT.

Our sponsor this challenge is CROP STOP! http://cropstop.com/

Crop Stop is sponsoring with a $15 Gift Certificate to their store! Check them out! http://cropstop.com/

All you have to do to be eligible to win:

1) Be a FOLLOWER of Paper Playtime

2) Submit a NEW Project within our theme (no back links)

We would also like to welcome 3 new members to our Design Team!

Amy of LOVE TO CROP and Lisa of A MERMAID'S CRAFTS who will both be joining the SAY IT WITH SENTIMENTS TEAM! And also Sherri of THE SQUEAKY SCRAPPER who will be joining our CRICUT CREATIONS team. Welcome, ladies! We are so super excited you are part of our little group now!

Before I show you some awesome PETS projects for this week, here is a reminder of everyone on our Design Team & links to their blogs. Stop by and tell them Hi!

DELICIOUS DIE CUTS TEAM (1st Monday each month):

Heather - PRINCEESS' PAPER PROJECTS

Janis - PAUSE DREAM ENJOY

Lynn - BOOTS AND BLING TIME

Maria - JOYFUL STAMPER

Sharon - MEE MEE'S CREATIONS

Sherri - THE SQUEAKY SCRAPPER

Nicolette - BEYOND SCRAPIN

SAY IT WITH SENTIMENTS TEAM (3rd Monday each month):

Amy D. - PAPERTRAILS LEAVER

Amy V. - LOVE TO CROP

Janis - PAUSE DREAM ENJOY

Lisa - A MERMAID'S CRAFTS

Mary - CARDZ TV

Pam - SIMPLY PAM

Theresa - THE SCRAPBOOKING QUEEN

Now, onto some Design Team inspiration for this challenge. Enjoy!!

Amy - Papertrails Leaver

Lisa - A MERMAID'S CRAFTS

Amy - Love To Crop

Janis - Pause Dream Enjoy

Theresa - THE SCRAPBOOKING QUEEN

Mary - CARDZ TV

Maria - Joyful Stamper

Lynn - Boots and Bling Time

Sharon - Mee Mee's Creations

Sherri - THE SQUEAKY SCRAPPER

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Winner & Other Featured Projects of Ch #67

2012-02-19T00:01:00.067-05:00

Oh My Gosh! You guys really knocked this one out of the park! All of your projects were so fabulous. I wish we could pick more than 1 winner, but alas, we cannot. So..... there is only 1 winner, but so many projects I want to FEATURE. Be sure and grab your either WINNER button or FEATURED button. Thank you all so much! You guys ROCK!!!

Before I announce the winner and featured projects,

I want to be sure and tell

DEANNA OF DEANNA'S PAPERCRAFTS

http://deannaspapercrafts.blogspot.com/

...thank you so much for being our GUEST DESIGNER! We love you and all the projects you make. You've made our Ch#67 very special. THANK YOU!!

Our sponsor for Ch#67 was our very own Design Team Member, Heather of Princess' Paper Projects!

Heather is sponsoring with a SURPRISE Valentine Surprise Package!

Thank you so much, Heather, for sponsoring!!!

NITA OF NITA NOTES

Congratulations to NITA OF NITA NOTES who is our winner of Ch #67!

Please grab your WINNER button,

and email me with your address to craftyjanis@live.com.

Congratulations to all of these blogs with awesome projects that were submitted!

Please grab your I WAS FEATURED button!

Lena of Lena's Creations

Marcia of Marcia's Memories

Diana of Daisylove Creations

Faith Abigail Designs

Kelly Krocker Kreates

Gigi of The Cricut Bug

Be sure and stop back by tomorrow, Monday, February 20th, for a Brand New Challenge! The 2nd challenge of every month is always a SAY IT WITH SENTIMENTS challenge using any type of crafting you'd like!

Have fun with your new goodies!! :) Janis

NOTICE TO WINNERS:

Ch# 67 - Cricut Creations with Hearts or Love Theme

2012-02-06T00:01:00.014-05:00

It's time for our Cricut Creations Challenge this month! Woo-Hoo! All you Cricut Lovers - jump right on in and play with us!

CH #67 - Cricut Creations using HEARTS or a LOVE theme!

Make any type of project using HEARTS or a LOVE theme with your Cricut and any colors or cartridges you'd like!

Our sponsor this month is our very own Design Team Member, Heather of Princess' Paper Projects!

Heather is sponsoring with a Valentine Surprise Package!

All you have to do to be eligible to win:

1) Be a FOLLOWER of Paper Playtime

2) Submit a NEW Project within our theme (no back links)

3) For this particular challenge you must have a USA OR CANADIAN shipping address

Our Guest Designer this Challenge is

DEANNA OF DEANNA'S PAPERCRAFTS

http://deannaspapercrafts.blogspot.com/

I, Janis, would like to introduce Deanna to you if you haven't already met her in the crafting or blogging world. Here is her little "ABOUT ME" blurb...

I have been making cards and papercrafting for about 3 years now. I fell in love with the Cricut Expression and told my husband if he bought me one I would make cards with it and the rest is history. I would say my crafting style is clean and simple. I like fairly quick simple cards probably because I don’t have a lot of time to craft. However, my favorite goodies to use on my cards is Stickles or Glimmer Mist. It really can dress up a simple Cricut cut or card quickly and easily.

Please pop over and say hi to Deanna, and maybe even become one of her new followers if you aren't already!

Here is Deanna's HEART project to inspire you to play along with us this challenge:

And here are some fun Cricut Projects with HEARTS or a LOVE theme provided by our "Cricut Creations" Team to inspire you to play along with us this challenge!

Heather - Princess' Paper Projects

Sharon - Mee Mee's Creations

Lynn - Boots and Bling Time

Maria - Joyful Stamper

Janis - Pause Dream Enjoy

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Winner of Ch# 66

2012-02-05T00:01:00.010-05:00

Thank you so much for all the great entries in our last challenge!! WOW!!! I'm so inspired! You guys ROCK!!

Congratulations to Jessica @ Cricut After Dark who is our winner of Ch #66! You have won a $15 Gift Certificate to the Crop Stop store! http://cropstop.com/

Please email me at ......
CraftyJanis at LIVE dot com

Be sure and stop back by tomorrow, Monday, February 6th, for a Brand New Challenge! The 1st challenge of every month is always a CRICUT CREATIONS challenge!

Have fun with your new goodies!! :) Janis

NOTICE TO WINNERS:

Ch# 66 - ANYTHING GOES & BLOG HOP!

2012-01-30T00:01:00.032-05:00

Yeah! It's ANYTHING GOES & BLOG HOP TIME!

CH #66 - ANYTHING GOES & A BLOG HOP!

Make any type of project with any theme as long as it's a new project.
Then be sure and HOP along to our Design Team's blogs leaving comments on each blog to be eligible to win our prize!

Our sponsor this challenge is CROP STOP! http://cropstop.com/

Crop Stop is sponsoring with a $15 Gift Certificate to their store! Check them out! http://cropstop.com/

All you have to do to be eligible to win:

1) Be a FOLLOWER of Paper Playtime

2) Submit a NEW Project within our theme (no back links)
3) Leave a comment on each Design Team member's blog on their Paper Playtime Ch# 66 Blog Hop post

Here is the order of the blog hop:

Enjoy! Have fun!! ...

Winner of Ch# 65

2012-01-29T00:01:00.011-05:00

Thank you all so much for participating in our Ch#65!

Our winner for Ch# 65 is Donna of Indiana Inking!

Congratulations! You have won an awesome kit!

This kit includes: 12 pattern papers; 3 die-cut elements; mini wood stickers; and 2 sticker alphabets!

Ch# 65 was sponsored by our very own Design Team Member, Amy, of PAPERTRAILS LEAVER!

Please email me with your USA mailing address at ......

Janis at slowar dot com

Be sure and stop back by tomorrow, Monday, January 30th, for a Brand New Challenge & Blog Hop!

Have fun with your new goodies!! :) Janis

NOTICE TO WINNERS:

Ch# 65 - TAGS & include a Sentiment!

2012-01-16T00:01:00.047-05:00

Hey, everybody! So glad you stopped by to check out our current challenge!

CH #65 - TAGS! And add a SENTIMENT!

Make a TAG or include a TAG on your project with a SENTIMENT.

Our sponsor this month is our very own Design Team Member, Amy, of PAPERTRAILS LEAVER!

Amy is sponsoring with an awesome kit!

This kit includes: 12 pattern papers; 3 die-cut elements; mini wood stickers; and 2 sticker alphabets!

All you have to do to be eligible to win:

1) Be a FOLLOWER of Paper Playtime

2) Submit a NEW Project within our theme (no back links)

3) Have a USA shipping address

Here are some fun TAG Projects with SENTIMENTS provided by our "Say It With Sentiments" Team to inspire you to play along with us this challenge!

Sharon - Mee Mee's Creations

Lynn - Boots and Bling Time

Amy - Papertrails Leaver

Mary - Cardz TV

Janis - Pause Dream Enjoy

Maria - Joyful Stamper

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Winner of Ch# 64!

2012-01-15T00:01:00.031-05:00

Thank you all so much for participating in our Ch#64! We know everyone was recovering from all the holiday festivities in December this month and that so many of you guys have had a terrible bug that's going around, but still, some of you managed to squeeze in a project for our first challenge of 2012. Thank you so much! We are so thankful for everyone who plays with us. We love meeting new crafting friends and discovering new blogs to Follow. We hope everyone is getting back into the groove and that everyone is feeling healthy and well!

Our winner for Ch# 64 is Kendra of Luv 2 Scrap ' Make Cards! Congratulations! You have won SEI's 6x6 Sunny Days Paper Pad...

...sponsored by one of our very own Design Team Members, Maria of Joyful Stamper!

Please email me with your snail mail address within one week at ......
Janis at slowar dot com

Be sure and stop back by tomorrow, Monday, January 16th, for a Brand New Challenge! The 2nd challenge of every month is always a SAY IT WITH SENTIMENTS challenge using any type of crafting you'd like!

Have fun with your new goodies!! :) Janis

NOTICE TO WINNERS:

Ch# 64 - Cricut Creations & use something RECYCLED!

2012-01-02T04:01:00.048-05:00

I can't believe it's a new year already! Happy New Year!
We are very excited about this challenge because we get to use our various types of CRICUT machines!

It's the 1st Monday of the Month so that means it's all about Cricut Creations here at Paper Playtime.

Use any CRICUT machine you have....

Baby Bug

Expression

Cake

Imagine

or any of the other cool Cricut machines.

For Challenge #64 -

Make a Cricut Project & Add use something RECYCLED!

Also very exciting, our sponsor this challenge is our very own Design Team Member, Maria of

One randomly selected participant in our challenge will win:

SEI 6x6 Sunny Days paper pad

All you have to do to be eligible to win:

1) Be a FOLLOWER of Paper Playtime

2) Submit a NEW CRICUT Project & within our theme (no back links)

3) Have a USA shipping address

Here are some Cricut Projects using something Recycled Inspiration From our Cricut Creations Design Team:

Sharon - Mee Mee's Creations

Maria - Joyful Stamper

= This was turned into:

Lynn - Boots and Bling Time

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Winner of Ch#63 !

2012-01-01T04:01:00.007-05:00

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Thank you all so much for participating in our Ch#63! We know December is a busy month for everyone for all kinds of different reasons, so we really appreciate you taking the time to stop by and play along in our challenges!

Be sure and stop back by tomorrow, Monday, January 2nd, for a Brand New Challenge! Our first challenge for 2012!

Our sponsor for Challenge #63 was none other than one of our very own Design Team Members...

THE SCRAPBOOKING QUEEN HERSELF!

The Prize is a MYSTERY... but knowing The Queen, it will be something Royally Enticing!

The winner of Ch#63 is Lisa with Lisa's Creative Niche! Congratulations!

Please email The Queen at....

thescrapbookingqueen1 at gmail dot com

Have fun with your new goodies!! :) Janis

NOTICE TO WINNERS:

Ch# 63 - Say It With Sentiments - ANYTHING GOES

2011-12-19T00:01:00.012-05:00

Happy Holidays!

Merry Christmas!

Winter Wishes!

Snowman Smiles!

Welcome to our last challenge for this year. 2011 FLEW by! I can't believe it! Because we feel everyone has a lot going on this time of year, we want to make this challenge EASY!

For Challenge #63 - Anything Goes & Include A Sentiment!

Our sponsor this challenge is none other than one of our own Design Team Members...

THE SCRAPBOOKING QUEEN HERSELF!

The Prize is a MYSTERY... but knowing The Queen, it will be something Royally Enticing!

Have a safe Holiday, everyone. See you back on January 1st to announce the winner. And then on Monday, January 2nd, a whole new year of Paper Playtime Challenges BEGIN!

Check out these projects our Design Team has provided to inspire you to play along:

Our Special Guest Designer this week is DAWN of ALWAYS CRAFTING! Thank you, Dawn, for joining us this week! I just love the card you made!

DAWN of ALWAYS CRAFTING

Mary - Cardz TV

Pam - Simply Pam

Theresa - The Scrapbooking Queen

Janis - Pause Dream Enjoy

Amy - Papertrails Leaver

Lynn - Boots and Bling Time

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Winner of Ch# 62!

2011-12-18T04:01:00.013-05:00

Be sure and come back tomorrow, December 19th, for a BRAND NEW CHALLENGE!

Congratulations to Olivia with Late Night Scraps who has won our Ch#62!

Our sponsor is one of our very own Design Team Members....

Pam is offering this stamp set by MY PINK STAMPER to our winner...

My Pink Stamper's
"Biggie Christmas Sentiments"

Yeah! Please email your U.S. snail mail address to Pam at.....

simply-pam at hotmail dot com

Have fun with your new goodies!
:) Janis

NOTICE TO WINNERS:

CH# 62 - Cricut Creations - Holiday Theme with Buttons

2011-12-05T04:01:00.063-05:00

TO SEE THE WINNER OF CH#61, CLICK HERE!

I can't believe it's December already! I hope you all are enjoying this last part of the year. We are very excited about this challenge!

You know the 1st Monday of the Month is all about Cricut Creations here at Paper Playtime.

For Challenge #62 -

Make a Cricut Holiday Project & Add BUTTONS! Easy Peasy!

Also very exciting, our sponsor this challenge is our very own Design Team Member, Pam of

One randomly selected participant in our challenge will win:

My Pink Stamper's
"Biggie Christmas Sentiments"

All you have to do to be eligible to win:

1) Be a FOLLOWER of Paper Playtime

2) Submit a NEW CRICUT Holiday Project & Add Buttons (no back links)

3) Have a USA shipping address

Here is some Holiday Inspiration From our Cricut Creations Design Team:

Heather - Princess' Paper Projects

Maria - Joyful Stamper

Sharon - MeeMee's Creations

Janis - Pause Dream Enjoy

Amy - Paptertrails Leaver

Lynn - Boots and Bling Time

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Winner of Ch# 61

2011-12-04T04:01:00.014-05:00

Be sure and come back tomorrow, December 5th, for a BRAND NEW CHALLENGE!

Congratulations to Lisa of A Mermaids Crafts who has won our Ch#61! I actually had my hubbub pick a number from all the entries to this challenge, and he picked your number! Yeah!

You have won ...

** A Stamper **
** 2 Peel & Stick Stamp Sets of the Winner's Choice **

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

NOTICE TO WINNERS:

Hop & CH# 61 - Say It With Sentiments

2011-11-21T04:01:00.061-05:00

Welcome to our SAY IT WITH SENTIMENTS Challenge & Blog Hop featuring PSA ESSENTIALS!

For Ch# 61 - Use Any Stamped Image on your project & don't forget to add a SENTIMENT too!

We are so excited to have PSA ESSENTIALS sponsoring this Challenge & being a part of our Hop!

One randomly selected entry into our challenge will win:
** A Stamper **
** 2 Peel & Stick Stamp Sets of the Winner's Choice **

Don't forget to be eligible for the prize you must:

1) Be a FOLLOWER of Paper Playtime & each blog on the hop
2) Leave a comment on each blog on the hop

3) Submit a project within the challenge theme (no backlinks)

4) Provide a link in your post back to Paper Playtime so others can come play along too

Are you ready to HOP & see some AMAZING PSA Essentials Projects?! Let's go!

1. Janis
2. Pam
3. Maria
4. Lynn
5. Heather
6. Sharon
7. Theresa
8. Mary
9. Libby

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Winner from Ch #60!

2011-11-20T04:01:00.018-05:00

Be sure and come back tomorrow, November 21st, for a BRAND NEW CHALLENGE!

Congratulations to Jessica @ Cricut After Dark who has won our Ch#60!

You have won ...

"Crafty Friends" Stamp Set
by K Andrew Designs

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

NOTICE TO WINNERS:

Ch# 60 - Cricut Creations: THANK YOU PROJECTS

2011-11-07T04:01:00.053-05:00

Welcome to November! It's the 1st Monday of the month which means our challenge is all about seeing what you can create with your Cricut!

Ch# 60 Cricut Creations: THANK YOU PROJECTS

Our sponsor this challenge is:
K Andrew Designs

One randomly selected participant in our challenge will win 1 stamp set.

All you have to do to be eligible to win:

1) Be a FOLLOWER of Paper Playtime

2) Submit a NEW CRICUT THANK YOU Project (no back links)

3) Have a USA shipping address

Here are our Designers on the Cricut Creations Team & the THANK YOU projects they have created to inspire you:

Outside
Lynn - Boots and Bling Time

Inside
Lynn - Boots and Bling Time

Sharon - MeeMee's Creations

Maria - Joyful Stamper

Heather - Princess' Paper Projects

Janis - Pause Dream Enjoy

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Winner from Ch #59!

2011-11-06T03:01:00.020-05:00

Be sure and stop back by tomorrow, November 7th, for a BRAND NEW CHALLENGE!!

Congratulations to Scrap A La Jen who has won our Ch#59!

You have won a $15 Gift Certificate to Crop Stop at their online store! Yeah! Shopping time!

Yeah! Please email me so that I can forward your email address to our sponsor. Then Crop Stop will contact you with how to claim your prize! My email is....
Janis at slowar dot com
Have fun with your new goodies!
:) Janis

NOTICE TO WINNERS:

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

2011-10-31T04:01:00.051-04:00

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!

2011-10-30T08:01:00.006-04:00

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

2011-10-17T04:01:00.040-04:00

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

JANIS OF PAUSE DREAM ENJOY

Theresa {aka The Scrapbooking Queen}

Now it's your turn!

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Winners from Ch# 57

2011-10-16T04:01:00.023-04:00

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

2011-10-03T04:01:00.132-04:00

Grab our new button!

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!

2011-10-02T08:01:00.005-04:00

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:

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:

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

2011-10-01T08:01:00.208-04:00

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:

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.

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

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

Ch# 56 - HALLOWEEN PROJECTS!

2011-09-26T04:01:00.033-04:00

Did you see the winner of our last challenge? Scroll down to the previous post to see if it was you!

Have you heard?

Paper Playtime is changing their challenge schedule to the FIRST and THIRD Monday starting in October. The FIRST Monday's challenges will be CRICUT CREATIONS with various themes through the year. The THIRD Monday's challenges will be SAY IT WITH SENTIMENTS with various themes using any form of creating you'd like.

Where are our DIGI MONDAYS going?

Well, I'm glad you asked!

Paper Playtime's DIGI MONDAY has MOVED to a NEW Location!

You can now play along with Digi Mondays over at my good friend's blog

THE SCRAPBOOKING QUEEN

who has renamed it accordingly to

THE QUEEN'S ROYAL DIGI CHALLENGE!

The first challenge will be on

Monday, September 26th - THAT'S TODAY!!

You will still be able to find The Queen's Royal Digi Challenges on the LAST Monday of every month! Yeah! Mark your calendars to play along!

If you want to shop for Cricut DVD Tutorials or other goodies,
here's a great place to visit!
CLICK HERE!

And now.... on to our current Challenge....

Thanks for joining us again for another FUN challenge!
For Challenge #56 make a HALLOWEEN project of your choice!
YEAH! I LOVE HALLOWEEN!!

Our sponsor for this challenge is THE SCRAPBOOKING QUEEN.

She is generously providing a PACK OF 6 ACTION WOBBLES to one lucky winner (must have a USA address). Have you ever used these babies? They are TONS of FUN! Pop over to THE SCRAPBOOKING QUEEN and leave her some comment love telling her thank you for sponsoring with such a FUN prize!

Want to see Action Wobbles in Wobbly Action? Here ya go!

How to be Eligible to WIN:

1. Become a FOLLOWER if you aren't already. :)

2. Submit a new HALLOWEEN project below (no back posting to previously made projects)

3. We'd love it if you would leave a COMMENT on this post, but not required.

4. We'd also LOVE it if you would LIKE our Facebook page, but not required.

Our design team has come up with some awesome HALLOWEEN PROJECTS to inspire you. Take a look:

Amy: Papertrails Leaver

Celeste Touched By A Butterfly

Cheryl: Cards By CG

Corri: Bug Lover Cards

Deanna: Deanna's Papercrafts

Denise: Lala's World

Heather: Princess' Paper Projects

Janis: Pause Dream Enjoy

Jessica: Chick-n-Scrap

Kathi: Kards By Kathi

Lisa: Crop And Create

Lorianna: Lorianna's Corner

Lynn: Boots And Bling Time

Maria: Joyful Stamper

Monica - La Papera Gialla

Pam: Simply Pam

Sharon: MeeMee's Creations

Tara: Homemade Happiness

Theresa: The Scrapbooking Queen

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Ch# 55 WINNER!

2011-09-25T08:01:00.009-04:00

Thank you to everyone who played in our last challenge! GREAT cards!! Our winner for Ch# 55 is Kim44 of LuckyHome44! Congratulations! Here is Kim44's FIRST EVER Easel Card - quoted from her blog post,

"I had gone on Paper Playtime and saw the video on how to make an easel card. I had been wanting to make one but was not sure how to. I loved the video . It made it so easy to understand and do. Here is my thank you easel card that I made. Hope you like."

You have one the FASHIONABLE FRIENDS stamp set from K Andrew Designs!

Please email me your USA mailing address at Janis@slowar.com so I can forward your information to our sponsor who will be shipping you your Fashionable Friends stamp set directly. You are going to LOVE this fabulous set! I use mine often. There are so many different ways to use these stamps - so think outside the box with this one. :) Big hugs to you, KIM44!! I can't wait to hear from you! :) Janis

Ch# 55 - MAKE AN EASEL / PEDESTAL CARD

2011-09-12T04:01:00.049-04:00

Welcome to Challenge #55! To see the winners of our last challenge, CLICK HERE or scroll down to the previous post.

Have you heard?

Paper Playtime is changing their challenge schedule to the FIRST and THIRD Monday starting in October.
The FIRST Monday's challenges will be
CRICUT CREATIONS
with various themes throughout the year.

The THIRD Monday's challenges will be
SAY IT WITH SENTIMENTS
with various themes through the year using any form of creating you'd like.

Where are our DIGI MONDAYS going?

Well, I'm glad you asked!

Paper Playtime's DIGI MONDAY has MOVED to a NEW Location!

You can now play along with Digi Mondays over at my good friend's blog

THE SCRAPBOOKING QUEEN

who has renamed it accordingly to

THE QUEEN'S ROYAL DIGI CHALLENGE!

The first challenge will be on

Monday, September 26th !!

You will still be able to find The Queen's Royal Digi Challenges on the LAST Monday of every month! Yeah! Mark your calendars to play along!

And now, on to today's new CHALLENGE.........

For Ch# 55 make an Easel Card -

or some call it a Pedestal Card.

We have a very special Guest Designer today, Mary of CardzTV. I just have to say that Mary is one of my very best friends. We've known each other since I first started blogging a few years ago. Be sure to watch her video below to see her Easel Card and instructions on how to make one yourself. And don't forget to pop over to her blog for some exciting changes and news she has in the works. But shhhh..... I'm not going to tell.... you'll have to go discover the secret yourself. Think of it as a scavenger hunt. :)

Visit Mary @ CARDZTV

Our sponsor this week is K Andrew Designs with the FASHIONABLE FRIENDS stamp set! I have to tell you, I own this set and it's perfect for so many different types of projects! I even made a Halloween card with a witch flying on her broom and combined 2 of the stamps in this set for my sentiment to say, "I'm here for you When you need a little "lift"..." Hahahaha... I thought that was so funny.

I hope you'll take a moment or two to visit their web store. For every stamp set purchase, $1 is donated to various charities. I love that in a small way I'm helping out a charity when I buy their stamps! You can see a list of charities and which stamp set benefits which one by clicking HERE.

How to be Eligible to WIN:

1. Become a FOLLOWER if you aren't already. :)

2. Submit a new EASEL CARD below (no back posting to previously made projects)

3. We'd love it if you would leave a COMMENT on this post, but not required.

4. We'd also LOVE it if you would LIKE our Facebook page, but not required.

Our design team has come up with some awesome Easel Cards to inspire you. Take a look:

Celeste Touched By A Butterfly

Cheryl: Cards By CG

Corri: Bug Lover Cards

Deanna: Deanna's Papercrafts

Denise: Lala's World

Glenda: Glenda's Cards

Heather: Princess' Paper Projects

Janis: Pause Dream Enjoy

Jessica: Chick-n-Scrap

Kathi: Kards By Kathi

Lorianna: Lorianna's Corner

Lynn: Boots And Bling Time

Maria: Joyful Stamper

Mary: Marebear Scraps

Michelle: Purple Monkey Moments

Sandra: 365 Days of Cricut

Sharon: MeeMee's Creations

Tara: Homemade Happiness

Tana: A Caffeinated Crafter

Theresa: The Scrapbooking Queen

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Challenge #54 WINNERS!

2011-09-11T08:01:00.006-04:00

Thank you all for playing in our Challenge #54! Here is our LONG list of winners. Congratulations, everyone! Be sure and grab your WINNER button. There was so much creativity in all these projects! WOW!! Be sure and come back tomorrow for the start of a BRAND NEW Challenge!

Lisa of A Mermaid's Crafts has won 3 digi images & a Guest Designer spot on their challenge blog from Ai Factory

http://www.aifgraphics.com/blog/

Candy of Candy's Craft Corner has won a $5 Gift Certificate from BoniBleaux Designs

http://www.dudetimedoodles.com/

Genevieve of Petit Train Va Loin has won 7 digital images from Bugaboo Stamps

http://www.bugaboostamps.com/

Janet of Jan's Crafty Spot has won 4 digi images from Delicious Doodles

http://deliciousdoodles.blogspot.com/

Gale of Playing With Paper has won 1 digi image from Digital Delights By Louby Loo

http://digitaldelightsbyloubyloo.com/

Kate of Small Bits of Paper has won 5 digi images from Di's Digi Downloads

http://disdigidownloads.blogspot.com/

Megan of Saxey Designs has won a $10 Gift Certificate from Doodle Pantry

https://doodlepantry.com/

Kurlygirl of Kurly-Q Designs has won 5 digi images from Pink Cat Studio

http://www.pinkcatstudio.com/Digital/DigiStamps/NewDigiStamps.htm

Mandy of Made By Mandy has won a $10 Gift Certificate from Prairie Fairy

http://www.prairiefairydesigns.com/cart/

Annette of Paper Piecing By Annette has won 5 digital stamps OR 4 digital stamps & 1 digital paper set from Robyn's Fetish Digital Stamps & More

http://robynsfetish.com/shop/

Please email me at Janis@slowar.com within the week to claim your prize. Congrats again!

CH# 54 - STAMPING MONDAY - VACATION PROJECTS

2011-08-29T08:01:00.014-04:00

What are you working on today? Post a picture and a link to your blog on our Facebook wall!!
PAPER PLAYTIME ON FACEBOOK!

Before we get to our current challenge, please note that

Paper Playtime's DIGI MONDAY has MOVED to a NEW Location!

You can now play along with Digi Mondays over at my good friend's blog

THE SCRAPBOOKING QUEEN

who has renamed it accordingly to

THE QUEEN'S ROYAL DIGI CHALLENGE!

The first challenge will be on

Monday, September 26th.

You will still be able to find The Queen's Royal Digi Challenges on the LAST Mondays of every month! Yeah! Mark your calendars to play along!

Welcome to CH# 54! Did you see who won Ch# 53? Scroll down to the previous post and check it out. It may have been you!
Thank you to everyone who played along with our last challenge!
We had 591 Entries
for Ch# 53!!

Today starts another great challenge at PAPER PLAYTIME! We are so glad you are joining us for our AUGUST DIGI / STAMPING MONDAY CHALLENGE! Our theme for this challenge is VACATION.

How to play along: Make a project with the theme of VACATION using a Stamped or Digi Image/Sentiment. Easy Peasy! So for all you Cricut Lovers out there – you can still play along by adding a STAMPED sentiment. And for all you DIGI Lovers out there – use any Digi image or sentiment on your project.

You can enter as many times as you'd like as long as all your entries are NEW projects and NO backlinks to previous blog posts.

How to be Eligible to WIN:
1. Become a follower if you aren't already
2. Submit a new VACATION project with a link back to us inviting others to play along. http://paperplaytime.blogspot.com
3. We'd love it if you would leave a comment on this post, but not required.
4. We'd also LOVE it if you LIKED our Facebook page, but not required.

We have lots of sponsors offering lots of prizes for this challenge. Check it out and see what our Design Team has created to inspire you. We also have a very special Guest Designer, Camilla, using Di's Digis.
Thanks for making such a beautiful card for us, Camilla!

Ai Factory

http://www.aifgraphics.com/blog/

offering 3 digi images & a Guest Designer spot on their challenge blog @ http://aifactorychallenges.blogspot.com/ (which will gain you another 4 images for the month you are a Guest Designer.)

Denise - Lala's World

Zulma - My Little Scrappy Owl

Carley - The Real iCarley

BoniBleaux Designs

http://www.dudetimedoodles.com/

offering a $5 Gift Certificate.

Kathi - Kards By Kathi

Janis - Pause Dream Enjoy

Carley - The Real iCarley

Bugaboo Stamps

http://www.bugaboostamps.com/

offering 7 digital images.

Dawn - Always Crafting

Amy - Papertrails Leaver

Dawn - Always Crafting

Delicious Doodles

http://deliciousdoodles.blogspot.com/

offering 4 digi images.

Celeste - Touched by a Butterfly

Monica - La Papera Gialla

Lorianna - Lorianna's Corner

Digital Delights By Louby Loo

http://digitaldelightsbyloubyloo.com/

offering 1 digi image.

Diane - Diane's Place

Heather - Princess Paper Projects

Celeste - Touched by a Butterfly

Di's Digi Downloads

http://disdigidownloads.blogspot.com/
offering 5 digi images.

Sharon - MeeMees Creations

Jessica - Chick-n-Scrap

Nikki - The Glamorous Side of Scrapping

Sharon - MeeMees Creations

Doodle Pantry

https://doodlepantry.com/

offering a $10 Gift Certificate.

Cheryl - Cards By CG

Maria - Joyful Stamper

Pink Cat Studio

http://www.pinkcatstudio.com/Digital/DigiStamps/NewDigiStamps.htm

offering 5 digi images.

Dawn - Always Crafting

Janis - Pause Dream Enjoy

Prairie Fairy

http://www.prairiefairydesigns.com/cart/

offering a $10 Gift Certificate.

Christine - Crafting Serenity

Michelle - Purple Monkey Moments

Theresa - The Scrapbooking Queen

Robyn's Fetish Digital Stamps & More

http://robynsfetish.com/shop/

offering 5 digital stamps OR 4 digital stamps & 1 digital paper set.

GUEST DESIGNER - “Beach Kitty” was done by Susan at :http://stampingwiththecats.blogspot.com/

Don't forget... to be eligible to win:
1. Become a follower if you aren't already
2. Submit a new VACATION project with a link back to us inviting others to play along. http://paperplaytime.blogspot.com
3. We'd love it if you would leave a comment on this post, but not required.
4. We'd also LOVE it if you LIKED our Facebook page, but not required.

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CH# 53 - WINNER!

2011-08-28T12:01:00.004-04:00

Wasn't Ch# 53 - ANYTHING GOES - fun?!!
We had 591 Entries!!!
Our winner of the Whimsie Doodles $10 Gift Certificate to their online store is

CRAFTY MATH CHIC OF CANINES & CARD DESIGNS

Congratulations! Please shoot me (Janis) an email to Janis@slowar.com. I will forward your contact information to our sponsor who will tell you how to claim your prize!

A brand new challenge starts again tomorrow! Be sure and come back and play with us then!

CH# 53 - ANYTHING GOES!

2011-08-15T00:01:00.030-04:00

Welcome back to Paper Playtime! Did you see who won Ch#52? Scroll down to the previous post and take a look!

For CH# 53 it's ANYTHING GOES!

We are so proud to say this challenge is sponsored by WHIMSIE DOODLES!

Whimsie Doodles is offering a $10 Gift Certificate to their online store to one lucky participant in this challenge!! Woo-Hoo! Challenge ends Saturday, August 27th NOON EST. Check out what our Design Team has created to get you inspired to play along with us:

Amy: Papertrails Leaver

Ashley The Glamorous Side of Scrapping

Carley: The Real iCarley

Dawn: Always Crafting

Denise: Lala's World

Janis: Pause Dream Enjoy

Jessica: Chick-n-Scrap

Lisa: Crop And Create

Lorianna: Lorianna's Corner

Maria: Joyful Stamper

Monica: La Papera Gialla

Michelle: Purple Monkey Moments

Sandra 365 Days of Cricut

Sandra 365 Days of Cricut.

Sandra: 365 Days of Cricut inside

Sharon: MeeMee's Creations

Theresa: The Scrapbooking Queen - OUTSIDE

Theresa: The Scrapbooking Queen - INSIDE

Theresa: The Scrapbooking Queen

Heather: Paper Princess Projects

...

CH# 52 - WINNER!

2011-08-14T00:01:00.008-04:00

WOW! You guys ROCK! Thanks for all the cool projects you entered for CH# 52 - PROJECTS WITH WATER, and ideas to stay cool in this heat! The winner of the MY PINK STAMPER stamp set "MUSIC SPEAKS" is CATZ with SCRAP THIS!

Congratulations! Please email Pam at simply-pam@hotmail.com with your snail mail address. A brand new challenge starts tomorrow! See you then!

CH# 52 - PROJECTS WITH WATER

2011-08-08T00:01:00.063-04:00

Welcome back to Paper Playtime where there is always a fun challenge going on whether you're a die-hard Cricut user, Stamper, Digi Queen, Scrapbooker, Cardmaker, and everything else in-between!

To see winners from our CH# 51, click here or see the previous post.

For CH# 52 - we want to see

PROJECTS WITH WATER!

How do you or the kids & grandkids stay cool in this heat? Show us!

Our sponsor this week is MY PINK STAMPER with her stamp set "MUSIC SPEAKS".

We have a FULL challenge month in August, so be sure and notice the deadline for entering projects for Ch# 52 is this Saturday, Aug 13 @ NOON EST!

Enter early so you won't let time slip away from you!

Here is some COOL inspiration from our Awesome Design Team:

Celeste – Touched By A Butterfly

Cheryl - Cards By CG

Corri - Bug Lover Cards

Deanna - Deanna's Papercrafts

Dawn - Always Crafting

Denise - Lala's World

Glenda - Glenda's Cards

Heather - Princess' Paper Projects

Janis - Pause Dream Enjoy

Kathi - Kards By Kathi

Krista - Krista's Paper Crafts

Lisa - Crop and Create

Lynn - Boots & Bling Time

Mary - Marebear Scraps

Michelle - Purple Monkey Moments

Pam - Simply Pam

Ruthie - September Ninth

Sharon - Meemee's Creations

Tana - A Caffeinated Crafter

Theresa - The Scrapbooking Queen

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CH# 51 DIGI & STAMPING WINNERS!

2011-08-07T00:01:00.059-04:00

Thank you, EVERYONE, who participated in our CH# 51! Here is the list of WINNERS and those projects we'd like to FEATURE. Please grab your WINNER & FEATURE buttons from our sidebar to proudly display on your blog!

Shelby - Color of Happy has won

3 digi images from Ai Factory & a Guest Desginer spot on their challenge blog @http://aifactorychallenges.blogspot.com/ (which will gain you another 4 images for the month you are a Guest Designer.)

Amy - Amy's Crafting Space has won a

$5 Gift Certificate from BoniBleaux Designs.

Pam - Craftycards4u2 has won
7 digital stamps from Bugaboo Stamps.

Ivette - All About Me & My Scrapbook has won
4 digi images from Delicious Doodles.

Lola - Little Card Maker's Paper Creations has won
1 digi image from Digital Delights By Louby Loo.

Sabrina - Sabriolet Designs has won

5 digi images from Di's Digi Downloads.

Mandy - Made by Mandy has won a

Gilli Good Bag from Anary.com.

Carly - Carly's Crafts has won
5 digi images from Pink Cat Studio.

Lisa - A Mermaid's Crafts has won
$10 Gift Certificate from Prairie Fairy Designs.

Yogi - Art With Yogi has won
5 digital stamps OR 4 digital stamps & 1 digital paper set from Robyn's Fetish Digital Stamps & More.

WINNERS: Please contact me, Janis@slowar.com, with your email address. I will forward your email to our sponsor who will contact you with how to claim your prize.

The following projects stood out, and we want to FEATURE them here.

If you see your project featured below, be sure to grab your

'I WAS FEATURED ON

PAPER PLAYTIME'

button in our right sidebar!!

KurylGirl - Kurly-Q

PeggySue - Persnickety Peggy

Come back tomorrow for a brand new challenge!
:) Janis