You're Dreamy! :)

Hi!  It's Lindsey here.  Are you having a blast creating with Challenge Two?  I hope so because we're certainly enjoying seeing your creations! :) I have a super simple card to share today.  My card was inspired by the middle row of Challenge Two: Holiday, 100% Stamped, Die-Cuts.  This row completely had me stumped the first time I saw it.  I'm a pretty literal person, and I just couldn't wrap my brain around creating a 100% stamped project (to me meaning no layers, no embellishments...just stamp and paper) that incorporated die cuts.  

Well, one night it dawned on me...I could still make it 100% stamped and use a die-cut by creating a shaped card.  So that's what I did!  I die cut two stitched circles to create my card base and used a bunch of masking while I stamped away.  I get such satisfaction from creating one-layer cards. :) 

This darling raccoon comes from Mama Elephant's Three Amigos set.  I know it's an older set, but it's new to me, and I can't get enough of it lately.  And I just love how this little raccoon is hiding behind his Valentine...I would be, too, if I could muster enough courage to tell someone I thought they were dreamy. :) That sentiment just makes me giggle.

I hope that you'll take another look at Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge Two.  Play along if you haven't already, and if you have....challenge yourself to tackle a row or column that may have stumped you initially.  And of course, come back and link up, so we all can enjoy seeing how you were inspired! :)  Thanks so much for stopping by today.  Have a fabulous weekend!

Challenge Two

Hello! Welcome back to another Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge! We are so excited to be here with you all! What a great turnout for our first challenge! Thanks to everyone who participated! Your entries are all so BEAUTIFUL! You guys did an amazing job interpreting the three elements that you guys had chosen. We will go through them within the next couple days and will announce the winners on Monday, the 18th.

We also want to make a note about the challenge badge. Please use the Challenge Graphic Badge and not our Blog Badge in your blog post when participating in our challenge. We noticed many of you were posting the Blog Badge instead. If you are playing for the prize and using the Blog Badge, you will be disqualify. The Challenge Graphic Badge is the tic-tac-toe board that you are using as the inspiration like the one below. If you love and are a fan of our challenge, you may upload our Blog Badge onto the sidebar of your blog with a link back to our challenge blog (we hope you do like our challenge!). We're very sorry for any confusion and hopefully we had clarify this.

Now, onto the challenge. Ka took inspiration from the beautiful winter scenes in Door County in Wisconsin, where she and her husband often go for a weekend get-away. Door County is like the Cape Cod, except it's in the mid-west! It is a popular vacation and tourist destination, especially for us Wisconsinite!

For this challenge, we would love for you to take some inspiration from the challenge board above using three elements in a row of your choice! Whatever rows you chose and are inspired by is what we challenge you to create!

You are playing for one of the following 3"x 4" stamp sets. The winner will get to choose the stamp set of their choice. If you already have all three in your stash, why not play to give one of the set as a gift for one of your crafty friend? You can click on the links below to read more about each stamp set.

Avery Elle Seal-Abrate

Clearly Besotted Heartfelt Thanks

Lawn Fawn My Lucky Charm

Now it's time for some amazing design team inspiration... Are you ready??? Here we go...

Lindsey chose the bottom row across: masking, stars and critters.

Shannon chose the middle row across: holiday, 100% stamped and die-cuts.

Olesya chose the third row vertically: trees, die-cuts and critters.

Nora chose the middle row across: holiday, 100% stamped and die-cuts.

Stephanie chose third row down: trees, die-cuts and critters.

Tracie chose second column down: glitters, 100 % stamped and stars. 

Thank you for joining us in our second challenge. Please read the "Challenge Rules" tab at the top of the blog to be eligible for the prize. You have until Sunday, January 31 at 11:55pm CST to submit your entries. We can not wait to see what you create! HAVE FUN!!!!!!

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Challenge One

Happy New Year to all of you! We hope 2016 brings each of you happiness, lots and lots of laughter, good health, big and small successes, and a good healthy dose of creative mojo (hopefully inspired by our challenges). :)  We are so excited to be here with you all because today marks the start of our very first Stamping Smiles Designs Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge! We are super excited and can't wait to jump right in!

For this challenge, Ka was inspired by the decorations from her 2014 New Year's Eve party! Her house was filled with lots of gold, sparkles, fun banners and beautiful, sparkly jumbo letters. She even had a huge fancy gold frame for her guests to take pictures in. She thought it would be fun to incorporate some of the elements from her party to the challenge board. :) So, for this challenge, we would love for you to take some inspiration from the challenge board above using three elements in a row of your choice! Whatever rows you choose and are inspired by is what we challenge you to create!

You are playing for one of the following 3"x 4" stamps sets. The winner will get to choose the stamp set she wants. And, if you already have all three, why not play to give as a gift for one of your crafty friend? You can click on the links below to read more about each stamp set.

Avery Elle "Ellie"

Clearly Besotted "Warm Solutions"

Lawn Fawn "Milk and Cookies"

Now, let's check out the amazing inspiration the design team have in store for you today!!! Click on their names to be taken to their projects postings.

Lindsey chose the top row across: gold, sparkles and acetate.

Shannon chose the first row down: gold, celebrate and background stamping.

Olesya chose the first row across: gold, sparkles and acetate.

Nora chose the middle column down: Sparkles (red glitter tape), Embossing (background) and New (Embossing folder and sentiment stamp).

Stephanie chose the middle row down: sparkles, embossing and new.

Tracie chose the first row down: gold, celebrate and background stamping.

Isn't the inspiration from the design team amazing? Now that you've seen some inspiration from our design team, we hope that you will play along with us!!!!! Check out the "challenge rules" tab above to be eligible for the prize. You have until Friday, January 15 at 11:55pm CST to submit your entries. We can not wait to see what you create! HAVE FUN!!!!!!

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Design Team Member Introduction: Lindsey Larsen

Hello! Today we are excited to be back to introduce our third designer. Please join us as we welcome, Lindsey Larsen to our team.

"Hi! My name is Lindsey. I am a mother of two darling children and a crafter in my spare time--usually at night when I should be sleeping! I've been creative in one way or another my whole life (thanks to my mom!), but the last few years I've fallen in love with card-making. I love being able to express gratitude, send a smile, or share a little piece of my heart in the form of a handmade card. I'm happiest when I create in a clean and simple style."

Welcome to the team, Lindsey! We are so incredibly happy to have you with us! And here is Lindsey's lovely DT entry cards.

Lindsey not only created one entry card, but two darling Clean and Simple cards! We love the sweet and adorable owls on the first card and for her second card; we love that she created such a pretty design with beautiful subtle textures.

Please check back tomorrow for another design team member introduction! Have an awesome day!