Challenge #216

Good Tuesday morning to everyone!  I believe we really have the beginnings of spring here.  Our photo for this week reflects that.  

Our tulips are finally starting to bud and here is a shot from yesterday morning.  Hopefully a sign of spring!

Now on to business.  In case you have not seen, Try Stampin' - Or Not- has started a facebook page, a place for discussions, for you to post your handiwork and an overall friendly crafting community.  You can join our group atTry Stampin' - Or Not- On Tuesday Facebook Group and then you can join in the fun!

Our top 3 for challenge #214 are as follows:

Jan

Patti

Sandra

Great work, ladies!  I just love it when I see such varied projects from our sketch!  Way to go, and hats off to each and every entrant.  Your entries are all top notch.

Now, on to this week's sketch - another from Lynda.  

Isn't this a cool one?  I am sure you will all have some fun with it.

Here are the examples our team came up with.  It looks like they had fun:

Ina

Kaylin

Lynda

Nicole

Sara H.

Shell

Crystal

Wow!  That is all I can think of to say.  Your cards are amazing and I am 100% positive you will inspire some really great creations from our followers.  

Wishing all a great week.

and don't forget to join in the fun on our facebook page.

Hi everyone, I just wanted to let you know that our new facebook group is up and running.  Please jump over to:https://www.facebook.com/groups/1624326894466151/ and request to join.  
The group is open to anyone who is interested in card making and crafts.  It is a place where you can post your cards, comment on our challenges and express any ideas you may have which are craft related.  
TRY STAMPIN' is now a social community and I hope you will join in.  All kinds of good things will happen there!

Have a great day!

Challenge #215

Good Tuesday morning to you!  I hope you are enjoying a better day weather wise than we are.  It is mixed snow and rain for us today (Ugh) but I guess there is nothing we can do about it.
Our photo for this week is another of our Basset, Elli.  Here she is enjoying a stick (which she is not supposed to have).

She even looks like she knows she is doing something forbidden!

Now for the top three from challenge # 213.  Here they are in random order:

Carmen

Diane

Louise

Great job, ladies!  Very cool cards from everyone again this week and it was really hard to choose.  Thanks to all who played along with us.

Our sketch this week is another from Lynda.  This is a really fun one and I am sure you will enjoy creating cards inspired by it.

And here are the designs from the team:

Mary Jo

Sandi Lee

Sara L.

Barb

Great cards, team!  All four are so different from one another.  I know you will give our viewers lots of ideas to go from. Cannot wait to see what everyone comes up with.

Oh, before I go, I just wanted to mention our name change.  We are now "Try Stampin' - or Not - on Tuesday.  Too many of you thought that you have to stamp in order to enter a card.  That is not the case.  ALL FORMS of crafting are encouraged.

Thanks for stopping by this week!

Challenge #214

Good morning, everyone.  It appears spring might actually be here now so my photo of the week is representative of that.  We planted tulips for the first time last fall, and they are starting to come up.  Here is a somewhat abstract image of one sprout.

Now, on to our top three from challenge #212.  In random order, here they are:

BK

Leigh

Jan

All the cards this week were, once again, awesome and each and every entrant deserves a pat on the back.  Congrats to the top three!

Our sketch this week is another courtesy of Lynda.

And from the team, here are your inspirations:

Sara H.

Shell

Crystal

Ina

Kathy

Kaylin

Lynda

Nicole

Beautiful cards, team!  You ladies leave me in awe every week and I am sure that our followers feel the same way.  I know everyone out there has been inspired to create a card of their own.  Please show us what you make!

Have a great week.

Challenge #213

Good Tuesday morning!  I hope you all had a beautiful Easter with lots of family time.  
Our photo this week is of a little owl we saw in our tree the other day.  He was not much bigger than a coffee mug and he let me get a lot closer than I thought he would.

What a cutie!

Now for our top 3 from challenge #211.  Here they are (in no particular order):

LeAnne

Jan

Lynne

Gorgeous cards, ladies!  I love how everyone sees our sketch in a different way and is inspired to create something unique!  A big thank you to you three and to the other talented card makers who entered this week.  Everyone did such a great job and all of the cards are worthy of merit.

On to our challenge.....Our sketch this week is courtesy of Lynda.  

And here are the creations from the team:

Mary Jo

Sandi Lee

Sara L.

Sarah C.

Barb

Hillary

Amazing cards from the team.. and all (once again) so different.  That is what makes us artists -  truly individual vision and imagination!  What is your vision for the sketch?  I cannot wait to see it.  Have a great week, all.