Saturday, March 1, 2008

Just Say No! a micro... {Winners, too!}

First, a few winners!

The winner of the XOXO LOVEFEST Anniversary Card challenge is... Kristin! Take a peek at her beautiful, vibrant card:



The winner of the XOXO LOVEFEST Friendship Card Challenge is... Julia! How precious is this card:



Ladies, please email your addresses to us asap!

Are you ready for a MICRO CHALLENGE? It's been a while... As many of you know, our Micros are fast & furious ONE DAY challenges. You have until midnight tomorrow night (March 2nd) to link your card for this challenge. Oh, I guess it would be helpful to let you know *what* the challenge is all about! JUST SAY NO TO PATTERNED PAPER! Feel free to make your own patterned paper, but we don't wanna see any pp on your card. Resist the urge and go cardstock only. :) We'll add your cards to the Micro Cardstock Gallery as time allows.

You also know by now that prizes are a plenty 'round here. The winner of this challenge will receive a large set of Penguin Pants acrylic stamps. I'm gonna brag on Penguin Pants for a sec...I recently received a bunch of 'em and wow, talk about high quality acrylic. You can't go wrong with these - they stamp perfectly. You'll be seeing a lot more of Penguin Pants in the coming weeks. ;) Here are a few cards using Penguin Pants Stamps - so many fun images!

By Jen & Stef:





Now...onto the DT cards for this challenge... We are honored to have a previous winner, Ivanka, Guest Designing for this challenge. Here are her lovelies!




By Jen:


By Stef:



By Nathalia:



By Sarah:


By Lauren:


By Lisa:


By Natalie:


By Jolene:


By Elisa:

55 comments:

bubblegum said...

WoW I am the first to post for the mirco challenge :) :)

Fab challenge, here is my take on it....

http://bubble-deb.blogspot.com/2008/03/caardvarks.html

Debbie x

Samm said...

Gorgeous cards everyone!!!

Here's mine:

by Samm: Bam Pop Furry Birds!!! Caardvarks card challenge

Samm
x

SmilynStef said...

The first two early birds are now in the gallery ... lovely creations.

Annita said...

Great challange

here is mine
http://www.happyscrappinscrapbooking.net/gallery/showgallery.php?cat=500&ppuser=31

Krista said...

Congats to the winners! This was a fun challenge - I really had to think about this one : )

Here is what I came up with:

http://rustyredrooster.blogspot.com/2008/03/micro-challenge-say-no-to-paper.html

Jolene said...

Big congrats to Kristin and Julia! Two more cards have been added to the micro gallery.

Created by bd said...

What beautiful cards ladies!!! Throwing my hat in for today's challenge.

http://createdbybd.blogspot.com/2008/03/just-say-no.html

Patrizzia mommy to Miabella said...

Micro Challenge Card! :)

http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m214/Patrizziag/cupcake.jpg

CA_Scrappin said...

Another great challenge! Here's my card:

http://creativejourney.typepad.com/creative_journey/2008/03/caardvarks-just.html

Tami said...

Fun challenge :) Mine's done too:

http://tamimayberry.blogspot.com/2008/03/cardvarks-challenge-and-chf-stamps.html

TFL!

Paper Therapy Ponderings said...

Here is my card for the micro challenge.

http://papertherapyponderings.blogspot.com/

Barb

Anonymous said...

Here's my post for the micro challenge. Thanks for the good challenge.

http://www.scrapbook.com/galleries/230753/view/1311753/-1/0/1.html

Thanks!
Heather W.

SmilynStef said...

Another fine group of beautiful creations are now in the gallery.

Elizabeth Wickland said...

Ooooh! This was fun! Here's my card...

http://myinnermartha.blogspot.com/2008/03/hybrid-birthday-card-mim-challenge.html

Martha said...

This is my first submission to your challenges but I love Ivanka's micro challenge so here goes- http://twopeasinabucket.kaboose.com/pg.asp?set=recent&gallery=3&cmd=display&layout_id=1309476

Lyn S said...

Thanks for the great challenge. Here's my card
Micro challenge

Greensleeves said...

here's my entry
http://greensleevesart.blogspot.com/2008/03/wish-upon-star.html

takako said...

Congats to the winners!
splendid card!



I used the masking tape.
Here is mine.

http://takako0710.blog91.fc2.com/

takako

lauren said...

HAVE YOU SEEN THE GALLERY??!

holy moly, even without patterned paper...the creations are AMAZING!!!

(oh yeah, & did i mention that there are some newly updated ones in there, too?!)

Nick said...

Great challenge-its all too easy to reach for the patterns as a basis for the card!
Mine's on my blog
http://paper-penguins.blogspot.com/

Paper Therapy Ponderings said...

Here is another card for the challenge - Think Spring - trying to be positive.

http://papertherapyponderings.blogspot.com/

Barb

Debbieh said...

Heres mine.

http://debbiesdayz.blogspot.com/2008/03/caardvarks-micro-challenge.html

Teza said...

Awesome cards here!!! Wow!!

Here's mine....

http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x203/Photos_2007_album/030208NoPP.jpg

Stephanie said...

I didn't know it was possible to make a card without patterned paper! Here's my card on my new blog--
http://www.stephjacobson.blogspot.com

Thanks for looking!

SmilynStef said...

More gorgeous cards in the gallery ... I'm loving all of the creative designs.

Joani said...

Brill cards everyone :)
Here is my entry into this great challenge...
http://crafty-j.blogspot.com/2008/03/cardvarks.html

She said...

Great challenge! Here is the link to mine http://craftyshe.blogspot.com/2008/03/no-paptterned-paper.html

Fabrizio said...

Eeeeeeeek only few hours to go and I hope I'm just in time for my no patterned papers creation. All the cards are stunning and gave me lots of inspiration. I opted for using a SU stamp set to create the background cardstock and a TAC stamp for the image.

I hope you like it ! It's a bit orange ! LOL

Orange flowers little girl

Tyggereye said...

This was so much fun.

Here's mine on my blog.

microchallenge card

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Torn-Paper Jen said...

Wonderful work! Cards added to here!

Torn-Paper Jen said...

Danemi, your linky's not working.

Alicia said...

wow this was a challenge here is my entry http://www.tallyscrapper.com/scrapbook_gallery_view.php?layout_id=23129

Louise said...

Great challenge! Here is my version (on my blog):

http://www.louisech.blogspot.com

The last contest winners had fabulous cards. Congratulations!

Louise

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danemi1 said...

here is my card - I had so much fund playing - thanks for the challenge

http://danemil.blogspot.com/

Terrie B x said...

Hi Ladies I`ve left a card on my blog...This ones for you..thankyou for looking:)x
Great Challenge cards as always...

Meredith said...

Great Challenge!! Here are two from me (same link)

http://theindividualist.typepad.com/theindividualist75/2008/03/caardvarks-chal.html

Thanks!!

Julia Hammond said...

Thanks for a great chance to experiment...
Here is was I did.

http://scraptasticjh.blogspot.com/2008/03/caardvarks-micro-challenge.html

Julia

SmilynStef said...

More pretty cards are now in the gallery.

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Kathlene said...

[IMG]http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i291/KathyPhx/hellofriend.jpg[/IMG]

hope this works!

Kathlene

Terri said...

Fun challenge! Here's mine:

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y54/tdodd00/IMG_2454.jpg

Terri

CA_Scrappin said...

Here's another one:

http://creativejourney.typepad.com/creative_journey/2008/03/another-card-fo.html

mustangsarah said...

Great challenge;

I did 2 cards for this challenge.
Here's my link:
http://creationsbysarah.blogspot.com/2008/03/caardvarks-micro-challenge.html

Anonymous said...

Great Challenge
Here is my entry

http://www.scrapbook.com/galleries/229451/view/1313857/-1/0/1.html
Thanks
Catherine

CA_Scrappin said...

Okay, here's my last one for this challenge! :-D

This one has no paper used on it at all (unless you count the Prima flower).

http://creativejourney.typepad.com/creative_journey/2008/03/okay-one-last-o.html

Julia said...

Here is my card using a bg stamp by Cornish Heritage farms instead of DP - nice challenge!

I'm thrilled to have been chosen the winner of the Friendship card contest from February

thank you so much!

http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/photo/834513?cat=500&ppuser=93535

also see www.createwithjulia.blogspot.com

Nicole Lund said...

Hope I'm not too late! (my time is 10:46pm) my card is here: http://fromthebottomofmypencilcase.blogspot.com/
(I love Penguin Pants Stamps-great quality and really fabulous artwork, glad they could be featured here.)

CA_Scrappin said...

Here's one more card for this challenge:

http://creativejourney.typepad.com/creative_journey/2008/03/i-lied.html

Stampmouse said...

oh wow just found your blog great challenge and great cards. penguin pants stamps for the winner aren't they great!!! I already own several

LuLu said...

I know it's late but had to join this challenge because it was such a great challenge ! (hope that makes sense - lol).

SmilynStef said...

Terri - it says your album is private and I need a log-in ... please e-mail your picture or provide another link ... thanks.

SmilynStef said...

More gorgeous cards are in the gallery.

Starr said...

OH! So much talent and so little space!!