Perfect Sentiments Challenge

Now that you've been inspired it's time for you to give the challenge a try. We would love for you to play along. You never know; you could be featured as one of our "Perfect 3".

It's easy to play along. Create your card and upload it to your personal blog or online gallery using the keywords PSC20. Be sure to include a link back to our challenge blog. Using the linky tool below add a direct link to your blog post that includes your challenge card. You may combine with other challenges as long as you link back to us in your post. You may enter as many times as you like as long as you create a separate blog post for each entry and link back to us in the post. You will have until 10 p.m. EST Tuesday to link up your card.

Don't forget to come back on Friday to see for if you have been

featured as one of the"Perfect 3".

The Perfect 3 and Winners for Inspired with Love

2012-02-17T00:00:00.001-05:00

Oh my goodness! You ladies did it! You got us our 20 or more participants. So that means I get to give away extra prizes. But, before we get into that I want you to see some of the incredible creations that were submitted.

Let's take a look at The Perfect 3...

lalkygirl

Elizabeth H.

Lena Katrine

Ladies, here is your button please wear it with pride.

You certainly earned it and made it hard for us to choose just three!!

Now, I know you all want to know about winners!!

Our overall winner for the free digi from

is #23. Joann Sassy Raggedy! Joann please click the email me button on the right sidebar to claim your prize.

As promised I agreed to give away one free Christmas Digi for every five entries if we reached 20 or more submissions. And the winners are:

Entries 1-5: #4 Lena Katrine

Entries 6-10: #6 shellshearer

Entries 11-15: #11 stef h.

Entries 16-20: #20 Sherry K.

Ladies please click the email me button on the right sidebar to claim your prize.

This truly was a fun week for us at The Perfect Sentiment and we are looking forward to many more fun-filled ones!! Why don't you come join us this week with our current challenge: Paper-Pierced Holidays & Seasons? We have a fabulous sponsor - Bugaboo Stamps and one lucky winner will receive 7 free digis not to mention that three of you will be featured as one of our Perfect 3. So come join the fun!!

PSC19: Paper-Pierced Holidays and Seasons

2012-02-15T00:01:00.002-05:00

What an amazing week with our highest participation with 23 entries!!!! You know what that means extra prizes come Friday so make sure you stop by to see who the lucky winners are. Well it is time for another fun challenge and this week we have a super fun sponsor.

So this week we have the pleasure of one of their wonderful designers getting crafty with us. Jennifer Zeeb and her blog Stamplified is showcasing this cutie.

In return 2 of our very own designers will have their projects featured on Bugaboo's blog Catch The Bug Challenge Blog

Now I know you are on the edge of your seats so here are the details for this week's challenge.

The Challenge: Create a card with a sentiment that reflects a holiday or season (Be sure to include your sentiment on the front of your card)

The Twist: Use Paper Piercing (Poke holes in your card somewhere- see tutorial below from Splitcoast Stampers Youtube Channel)

So what is the prize you might ask, well Bugaboo is so generously awarding one lucky random winner 7 digital images!!!

Boy do the have some cute images too! Check out some more amazing things our design team did this week.

Well what are you waiting for?? Get busy creating!!! We would love for you to play along. You never know; you could be featured as one of our "Perfect 3". It's easy to play along. Create your card and upload it to your personal blog or online gallery using the keywords PSC19. Be sure to include a link back to our challenge blog. Using the linky tool below add a direct link to your blog post that includes your challenge card. You may combine with other challenges as long as you link back to us in your post. You may enter as many times as you like as long as you create a separate blog post for each entry and link back to us in the post. You will have until 10 p.m. EST Tuesday to link up your card.

Missing a Button "Perfect 3"

2012-02-10T00:01:00.003-05:00

It's Friday and time to announce the "Perfect 3" from our Missing a Button challenge. The top 3 cards that won our hearts last week are.

Rudlis

Sandy

Here is your Perfect 3 badge make sure to display it proudly on your blog.

You could be a winner too! You could be featured as one of our Perfect 3! All you have to do is get creative and play along with our latest challenge. Join us for our Inspired with Love challenge going on now. You have until 10 p.m. EST to get your creations uploaded to our inlinkz collection. Can't wait to see what you come up with!!

PSC18: Inspired with Love

2012-02-08T00:00:00.002-05:00

Happy Wednesday everyone! It's time for a new challenge here at The Perfect Sentiment.

The Challenge: create a card with a sentiment that let's someone know that you love them. This doesn't have to be a Valentine's Day card. (Be sure to include your sentiment on the front of the card. )

The Twist: use the following photo as inspiration for the design of your card.

These week we gladly welcome back our repeat sponsor Shelly's Images!

Shelly will award one lucky random winner with a free digi of their choice!

Wait....keep reading. There is more to win...

We are still a fairly new challenge blog; just in our second term and the team and I would love to see the participation grow. The most participants we have ever had on any one challenge was 15. So this week I am upping the stakes, so to speak! If we get 20 or more participants this week I will give away one free Christmas Digi for every 5 players up to a max of 10 winners. Winners will be chosen via random.org and digis will be from the selection I have linked to. Good luck and tell all your friends!!

Now, it's time for some fabulous inspiration from my Design Team!

Sami

Sassy

Abby

Jessica

Now that you've been inspired it's time for you to give the challenge a try. We would love for you to play along. You never know; you could be featured as one of our "Perfect 3".

It's easy to play along. Create your card and upload it to your personal blog or online gallery using the keywords PSC18. Be sure to include a link back to our challenge blog. Using the linky tool below add a direct link to your blog post that includes your challenge card. You may combine with other challenges as long as you link back to us in your post. You may enter as many times as you like as long as you create a separate blog post for each entry and link back to us in the post. You will have until 10 p.m. EST Tuesday to link up your card.

Don't forget to come back on Friday to see for if you have been

featured as one of the"Perfect 3".

Perfect 3: Friendship Sketch

2012-02-03T00:00:00.001-05:00

It's Friday and time to announce the "Perfect 3" from our Friendship Sketch challenge!

The following three ladies stole our hearts with their creations...

Pam

Kristin

Well done Ladies! Here is your button for your blog. Display it proudly.

The winner of one free digital stamp from Pattie's Creations

is #1 Rudis!!

Congratulations Rudis! Please click the email me button on the right side to claim your prize.

You could be a winner too! You could be featured as one of our Perfect 3! All you have to do is get creative and play along with our latest challenge. Join us for our Missing a Button challenge going on now. You have until 10 p.m. EST to get your creations uploaded to our inlinkz collection. Can't wait to see what you come up with!!

PSC17: Missing a Button

2012-02-01T00:00:00.008-05:00

Happy Wednesday! It's time for another challenge at The Perfect Sentiment!

The Challenge: create a card with a sentiment appropriate for "Missing You". You do not have to use those exact words on your card. Remember to include your sentiment on the front of your card.

The Twist: use a button or buttons on your card.

This week, since we don't have a sponsor we are playing just for fun and the "Perfect 3" award.

We have invited two of our previous guest designers back to join us as part of The Perfect Sentiments Design Team. Congratulations to Ashley and Sam!

Are you ready to see some inspiration?

Sassy

Abby

Wow! Is my Design Team fabulous or what? They each have their own special style and they totally "rock" that style. I'm honored to have them join me. ~Jennipher

Now that you've been inspired it's time for you to give the challenge a try. We would love for you to play along. You never know; you could be featured as one of our "Perfect 3".

It's easy to play along. Create your card and upload it to your personal blog or online gallery using the keywords PSC17. Be sure to include a link back to our challenge blog. Using the linky tool below add a direct link to your blog post that includes your challenge card. You may combine with other challenges as long as you link back to us in your post. You may enter as many times as you like as long as you create a separate blog post for each entry and link back to us in the post. You will have until 10 p.m. EST Tuesday to link up your card.

Don't forget to come back on Friday to see if you are the lucky winner of our prize for "Friendship Sketch" or if you have been featured as one of the "Perfect 3".

The Perfect 3 and Winner for "Birthday Embossing Resist"

2012-01-27T00:00:00.004-05:00

Oh my goodness, you Ladies gave us a run for our money with this technique! Seriously! We always vote on our Perfect 3 submissions and we had a tie and had to pull someone else in to break the tie...my oh my!

So without further ado, let's see those Perfect 3 creations...

Patti

Amy

Here is your badge Ladies. Please display it proudly on your blogs. You earned it!

We also have a fabulous prize to give away thanks to Sarah from My Little Somethings.

The winner of this lovely goody box

is.... #12. Linda B!

Linda, please click on the email me button on the right sidebar to claim your prize.

You could be a winner too! You could be featured as one of our Perfect 3! All you have to do is get creative and play along with our latest challenge. Join us for our Friendship Sketch challenge going on now. You have until 10 p.m. EST to get your creations uploaded to our inlinkz collection. Can't wait to see what you come up with!!

PSC16: Friendship Sketch

2012-01-25T00:00:00.002-05:00

Hi Everyone! It's time for a new challenge at The Perfect Sentiment. We are all loving your submissions for the Embossing Resist challenge. It's going to be hard to narrow it down for the Perfect 3.

We have our repeat sponsor Pattie's Creations again with us this week.

One lucky random winner will receive one digital stamp of their choice from Pattie.

The Challenge: create a card with a sentiment appropriate for "friendship". Sentiment must be on the front.

The Twist: use the following sketch as inspiration for the design of your card. Feel free to flip or rotate the sketch to make it work for you as long as we can see the basic outline of the sketch in your creation.

Get ready to be delighted...The Design Team really did a fabulous job with this challenge.

Jan

Sassy

Abby

Karen

Tabitha

Are you ready to join the fun? We'd love to have you play along with us this week for a chance to be featured as one of the "Perfect 3" and/or win the prize! It's easy to play along. Create your card and upload it to your personal blog or online gallery using the keywords PSC16. Be sure to include a link back to our challenge blog. Using the linky tool below add a direct link to your blog post that includes your challenge card. You may combine with other challenges as long as you link back to us in your post. You may enter as many times as you like as long as you create a separate blog post for each entry and link back to us in the post. You will have until 10 p.m. EST Tuesday to link up your card. Submissions not following our challenge rules listed in the top left sidebar will not be considered for Perfect 3 blog badges or the weekly prize. Thanks for your support and understanding.

Don't forget to come back on Friday to see if you are the lucky winner of our prize for "Birthday Embossing Resist" or if you have been featured as one of the "Perfect 3".

The Perfect 3 and Winner for "Sympathy Inspiration"

2012-01-20T00:01:00.002-05:00

Hello everyone! You all sure did a fabulous job with that inspiration picture for our sympathy challenge. Seeing everyone's different interpretation was a real treat. Makes me want to change the "Perfect 3" to the "Perfect 10" so I could feature you all! But unfortunately I can't do that. Now, if we had more players I might just need to come up with another award or prize. So y'all be sure to tell your friends about us ya hear!

Now let's see the Perfect 3 Winners in no particular order...

Kristin

Amy L.

Joyce

Here is your badge ladies, please wear it with pride!

Now onto the lucky random winner of one digital image from Shelly's Images

Drumroll please....

#10 Maria

Maria please use the "email me" button on the right to claim your prize.

You could be a winner too! You could be featured as one of our Perfect 3! All you have to do is get creative and play along with our latest challenge. Join us for Birthday Embossing Resist. You have until 10 p.m. EST to get your creations uploaded to our inlinkz collection. Can't wait to see what you come up with!!

PSC15: Birthday Embossing Resist

2012-01-18T00:40:00.001-05:00

Hi Everyone! Welcome back to another challenge at The Perfect Sentiment.

We have a fabulous sponsor this week. Sarah, from the DT and her personal blog, My Little Somethings is providing us with another fabulous giveaway.

This fabulous prize package is valued at $15 and is limited to U.S. participants.

Now, on to the challenge...

The Challenge: create a card with a sentiment for a birthday(Make sure your sentiment is on the front of your card)

The Twist: use the embossing resist technique on your card. If you are not familiar with this technique here is a tutorial on SCS: Embossing Resist

I haven't use this technique is years so when Sami suggested it as part of our challenge I cringed. However, I am absolutely blown away by what the team created with it and I think you will be too!

Jan

Sassy

Abby

Karen

Tabitha

Are you ready to join the fun? We'd love to have you play along with us this week for a chance to be featured as one of the "Perfect 3" and/or win the prize! It's easy to play along. Create your card and upload it to your personal blog or online gallery using the keywords PSC15. Be sure to include a link back to our challenge blog. Using the linky tool below add a direct link to your blog post that includes your challenge card. You may combine with other challenges as long as you link back to us in your post. You may enter as many times as you like as long as you create a separate blog post for each entry and link back to us in the post. You will have until 10 p.m. EST Tuesday to link up your card. Submissions not following our challenge rules listed in the top left sidebar will not be considered for Perfect 3 blog badges or the weekly prize. Thanks for your support and understanding.

Don't forget to come back on Friday to see if you are the lucky winner of our prize for "Sympathy Inspiration" or if you have been featured as one of the "Perfect 3".

Vellum Valentine Perfect 3 and Eyelet Etc. Winner!

2012-01-13T00:01:00.001-05:00

Wow, when it comes to love you ladies know how to melt my heart. All the cards for vellum valentine were heart stopping (all pun intended :) But unfortunately there is only 1 winner and three "Perfect 3". So let's get down to business. According to Random.org this week's winner of Eyelets Etc. sheet of vellum stickers is
Melissa (Sunshine HoneyBee). Congratulations Melissa just click the "email me" button to claim your prize. Did you know we give away a prize every week here at the Perfect Sentiment?? Check out this week's prize Inspiration Sympathy Challenge, join us you could be the next winner. Now onto the "Perfect 3" it was soooooooo close this week really so if it wasn't your week this week please join us again. In no particular order (ok it is in alphabetical order)

Darlene

Kristin

Maria B

Congratulations ladies be sure to grab your badge below and wear it proudly.

Thank you again to all our participants as this was our best week yet but as this was just the first challenge of 2012 I know things are only going to get better. So what are you waiting for get busy on those Inspiration Sympathy cards. Have a wonderful winter weekend!

PSC14: Inspiration Sympathy Challenge

2012-01-11T00:01:00.005-05:00

Well you guys have helped us kick off 2012 with a bang with a record breaking number of entries, so THANK YOU!! Now lets beat that record ;) We have a great repeat sponsor this week in Shelly's Images she will be giving one random winner a digital image from her great store. Thank you Shelly for your continued support!

Now on to the juicy details of this week's challenge. We have a beautiful serene photo to inspire you to create a sympathy card to have on hand the next time you need one but don't feel up to making one.

The Challenge: create a card with a sentiment of Sympathy (please make sure the sentiment is on the front of your card)

The Twist: Use the below inspiration photo and please let us know how this photo inspired your project

Now onto some beautiful inspiration by our Design Team and Guest Designers

Guest Designers

Are you ready to join the fun? We'd love to have you play along with us this week for a chance to be featured as one of the "Perfect 3" and/or win the prize! It's easy to play along. Create your card and upload it to your personal blog or online gallery using the keywords PSC14. Be sure to include a link back to our challenge blog. Using the linky tool below add a direct link to your blog post that includes your challenge card. You may combine with other challenges as long as you link back to us in your post. You may enter as many times as you like as long as you create a separate blog post for each entry and link back to us in the post. You will have until 10 p.m. EST Tuesday to link up your card. Submissions not following our challenge rules listed in the top left sidebar will not be considered for Perfect 3 blog badges or the weekly prize. Thanks for your support and understanding.

Don't forget to come back on Friday to see if you are the lucky winner of our prize for "Valentin w/ Vellum" or if you have been featured as one of the "Perfect 3".

Winner and Perfect 3 for Thank you and Sketch Challenge 12

2012-01-06T00:01:00.005-05:00

Our first winner's post of 2012. It is amazing the great pieces of work that is submitted every week and the holidays didn't change that at all. The random winner of our prize this week of Pattie's Creations digital stamp is #1 Paula Bee. Congratulations Paula!! Just click the "email me" to claim your prize. Now on to the "Perfect 3" in no particular order of course

Darlene

Rudlis

Sandra

Congratulations ladies don't forget to grab the "Perfect 3" badge and wear it proudly on your blog. Do you want a chance at being showcased on our blog or win a sheet of vellum stickers provided by this week's Eye-Lets Etc. ? You still have time to play along and submit your Vellum Valentine. So grab your vellum, ink and paper and get crafty because love is in the air and you have until Tuesday at 10pm EST share it with us. Can not wait to see your creations. Happy Stamping!

The Perfect Sentiment Challenge 13: Vellum Valentines

2012-01-04T00:00:00.005-05:00

Hello and Happy New Year! Welcome to The Perfect Sentiment's first challenge of 2012!

The Challenge: create a card with a sentiment for Valentines (please make sure the sentiment is on the front of your card)

The Twist: use vellum somewhere on your card

We are very pleased to have Eyelets Etc. as our sponsor for this week.

One random winner will receive a sheet of vellum stickers!

The new year brings us some new faces here at The Perfect Sentiment. We have three new Guest Designers and we have invited two of our past Guest Designers to become part of the Design Team.

Let's meet our Guest Designers...

My name is Ashley, and I am fairly new to the world of paper crafting. I have always loved making cards and other crafts but began to take it more seriously this past summer when I started my blog. I have grown to love crafting and blogging very much and am so thankful for all the support I have been given so far. I love being inspired by other's creations and learning new tips and techniques along the way.

I am currently studying elementary education with hopes of one day becoming an elementary school teacher. I also work part-time in the children's department at the public library in my town and love to put my creative side to use by creating bulletin boards for display and coordinating weekly storytimes for 3-6 year olds. It's great practice for teaching and I love coming up with crafts for the kids to make!

Besides paper crafting, I love to shop, whether it be for clothes, shoes, and my favorite: craft supplies. You can always find me at a craft store perusing the shelves, even if I don't "need" anything. :) I also love to read and bake when I have the time. Lately my life has been filled with school, work, and blogging, and I wouldn't have it any other way. I am so excited to be a guest designer for The Perfect Sentiment and look forward to the wonderful experience it will bring.

Karen

Hi, I'm Karen Conner & I live in southern Virginia. I am a wife of 32 yrs, mother of a 27 yr old son & soon to be grandma!

I have done some kind of craft as long as I can remember. Making cards & mini albums is my favorite. I am so excited to be a guest designer for The Perfect Sentiment. My goal is make a small difference in someone's life by giving them something handmade.

Tabitha

Hello my name it Tabitha Jones, I am a mother of 4 beautiful children who are my scrapping inspirations. I am married to my wonderful and supporting husband of 19 years. We currently live in the beautiful state of Tennessee. I have been paper crafting since 1996 and just can't seem to get enough of it. I am very excited and honored to be a Guest designer for The Perfect Sentiment.

We welcome back Jessica and Maggie to join us as official Design Team Members. Congratulations ladies!

Now that all the official business is covered are you ready for some inspiration??? The Design Team and Guest Designers have really outdone themselves with vellum...

Sami

Sarah

Sassy

Abby

Ashley~January Guest Designer

Karen~January Guest Designer

Tabitha~January Guest Designer

Are you ready to join the fun? We'd love to have you play along with us this week for a chance to be featured as one of the "Perfect 3" and/or win the prize! It's easy to play along. Create your card and upload it to your personal blog or online gallery using the keywords PSC13. Be sure to include a link back to our challenge blog. Using the linky tool below add a direct link to your blog post that includes your challenge card. You may combine with other challenges as long as you link back to us in your post. You may enter as many times as you like as long as you create a separate blog post for each entry and link back to us in the post. You will have until 10 p.m. EST Tuesday to link up your card. Submissions not following our challenge rules listed in the top left sidebar will not be considered for Perfect 3 blog badges or the weekly prize. Thanks for your support and understanding.

Don't forget to come back on Friday to see if you are the lucky winner of our prize for "Thank You w/Sketch" or if you have been featured as one of the "Perfect 3".

Perfect 3 & Prize Winner for Anniversary Inspiration

2011-12-30T00:01:00.003-05:00

Well hello everyone. Thanks for sticking with us while we took a two-week break from challenges! Are your lives starting to settle down from all the Christmas rush? I sure hope so. I know that we here at The Perfect Sentiment are truly looking forward to a fun-filled year with you participating in our challenges.

Well, lets get on to what we've all been waiting for, shall we?

Our Perfect 3 badge...

is being awarded to the following ladies in no particular order...

Hussena

Now if I could have a drumroll please....

The winner of the $9 Gift Voucher to Shelly's Images

is #5 Jen

Jen, please use the "email me" button on the right sidebar to email us to claim your prize.

A special thanks to all of you lovely ladies who took the time to play along during this Holiday rush. I know I have personally learned my lesson and will be giving the team a much needed and longer break next Christmas.

Don't forget we have a new challenge up that you still have plenty of time to play along in. Come check out Thank You w/Sketch

I also wanted to add that going forward we will be offering Guest Designer positions to some of our regular players. And it's important to remember that Guest Designers can turn into Design Team Members as you will see in January when we bring back two lovely ladies who guest designed for us and our now a part of our team. Here at The Perfect Sentiment we appreciate and reward loyalty, the ability to follow our simple rules, and a passion for creating handmade cards.

We look forward to seeing your creations this week and be sure to tell your friends about us!

The Perfect Sentiment Challenge 12: Thank You w/Sketch

2011-12-28T00:00:00.008-05:00

Hello Perfect Sentiment Fans and Followers! Did you survive the Christmas Holiday with all the hustle and bustle? It's such a crazy yet joyous time of year. We at The Perfect Sentiment hope that you had a happy and blessed holiday. Our last challenge ran for two weeks so hopefully you are all rested up and ready to play!

With all those fabulous gifts you received, I'll bet there is someone out there that you need to say Thank You to. Our challenge this week will help you do just that.

The Challenge: create a card that reflects a sentiment of "Thank You" (remember your sentiment must be on the front of your card)

The Twist: use the following sketch as the inspiration for the design of your card (feel free to flip or rotate the sketch to make it work for you as long as we can see the basic layout of the sketch in your card)

We are honored to have our repeat sponsor Pattie's Creations this week.

Pattie is giving away one digital stamp of your choice to one lucky random winner.

It's time to see the fabulous inspiration from the Design Team and Guest Designers!

Abby

Maggie~December Guest Designer

Sam~December Guest Designer

Are you ready to join the fun? We'd love to have you play along with us this week for a chance to be featured as one of the "Perfect 3" and/or win the prize! It's easy to play along. Create your card and upload it to your personal blog or online gallery using the keywords PSC12. Be sure to include a link back to our challenge blog. Using the linky tool below add a direct link to your blog post that includes your challenge card. You may combine with other challenges as long as you link back to us in your post. You may enter as many times as you like as long as you create a separate blog post for each entry and link back to us in the post. You will have until 10 p.m. EST Tuesday to link up your card. Submissions not following our challenge rules listed in the top left sidebar will not be considered for Perfect 3 blog badges or the weekly prize. Thanks for your support and understanding.

Don't forget to come back on Friday to see if you are the lucky winner of our prize for "Anniversary Inspiration" or if you have been featured as one of the "Perfect 3".

Winner and "Perfect 3" for Sparkly Christmas challenge 10

2011-12-16T12:01:00.001-05:00

Congrats to all our participants and a deep-hearted thank you as we had the MOST participation yet!! All the Sparkly Christmas projects made me heart grow 3 times bigger. (I love the Grinch!!) Well let's get to business our Random winner of the $15 gift Certificate to the Crafty Couple's A Muse Studio Store is.........

True Random Number Generator

Min: 1

Max: 13

Result:
8

Powered by RANDOM.ORG

Congratulations DEE!!!! Click on the "Email Me" icon in the corner to claim your prize. Now for the "Perfect 3" they really were all gorgeous and I wish I could give everyone a gold star. Drum roll please.............................................................................................................................

JoyceAnn

Congratulations ladies, don't forget to grab your badge and wear it proudly. Remember this week's challenge lasts for 2 weeks and with the holidays so you have extra chances at Shelly's Images prize voucher. I hope everyone gets a little extra time to play. I can't wait to see what inspires you from our inspiration photo. Have a wonderful holiday week from our craft room to yours!!

Perfect Sentiments Challenge 11: Anniversary Inspiration

2011-12-14T00:01:00.005-05:00

Welcome back to another challenge at The Perfect Sentiment! We're so glad to have you join us. Thanks to all of you that have been playing along with us. We appreciate your support and love you creations so much we wanted to give you extra time through this holiday season so this challenge will remain open through Tuesday December 27th

The Challenge: Create a card that reflects an "Anniversary" sentiment.

The Twist: Use the following photo as inspiration for your card. You can be inspired by the colors, textures, whatever suits your fancy.

Our wonderful sponsor this week is Shelly of Shelly's Images

Shelly is giving one lucky entry a $9 Gift Voucher from her store equivalent to 3 digital images, so be sure to link your card to the Mr. Linky by 10pm EST Tuesday, December 27th for a chance to win! Now for some lovely inspiration from our amazing Design Team.

Jan

Samantha

Sassy

Abby

Maggie (guest designer)

Sam (Guest Designer)

Tere`

Aren't they amazing each of these designers pull their own unique inspiration from the photo. Are you ready to join the fun , I am sure your interpretations will be just as amazing? We'd love to have you play along with us this week for a chance to be featured as one of the "Perfect 3" and/or win the prize! It's easy to play along. Create your card and upload it to your personal blog or online gallery using the keywords PSC11. Be sure to include a link back to our challenge blog. Using the linky tool below add a direct link to your blog post that includes your challenge card. You may combine with other challenges as long as you link back to us in your post. You may enter as many times as you like as long as you create a separate blog post for each entry and link back to us in the post. You will have until 10 p.m. EST Tuesday, December 27th to link up your card (2 whole weeks!!!).

Don't forget to come back on Friday to see if you are the lucky winner of our prize for "A Sparkly Christmas" or if you have been featured as one of the "Perfect 3".

Did you know we also feature the "Perfect 3" on our Facebook Page? Click the link on the left to check out our Facebook Page. Be sure to "like" us!

Winner and Perfect 3 for "Anything Goes with a CASE"

2011-12-09T14:39:00.002-05:00

TGIF!! Thank you to our troopers for sticking with us through the busy holiday season. I know my schedule is jam packed and a few all-nighters still probably won't get everything crossed off my list. Finding time to craft for fun is almost completely out of the question so we truly appreciate you guys using that little nugget of time to play with our challenge. Our winner for 3 digis from Perfect Expressions: Digital Emporium ,True Random Number Generator Result: 3 Congratulations Erika, just click on the "email me" icon and send us your information. Now on to the Perfect 3 in no particular order of course

Erika

JoyceAnn

Tabitha

Great job ladies grab your blog badge and wear it proudly.

You all still have time to join us with this week's Christmas Sparkles challenge and have a chance at great prize and maybe you will be part of the "Perfect 3". Happy Stamping!

Perfect Sentiments Challenge 10: A Sparkly Christmas

2011-12-07T00:00:00.002-05:00

It's time for another challenge here at The Perfect Sentiment! But first, some introductions have to be made.

This week we are welcoming a new member to our Executive Design Team. Joan "Sassy" Olk will be joining us as our challenge coordinator. Let's learn a little about her:

I am a Minnesota native and have no future plans of leaving this beautiful state. My real name is Joan, but, most call me Sassy. I began with scrapbooking in 2002 and have yet to make one for myself. My introduction to stamping was very limited but it didn't take long for the stamping world to turn me into a kid in a candy shop.

I am married to Jason and I can't imagine a day without him in my life. To our marriage I brought two children, now both adults. One lives in Las Vegas and the other in the bottom level of our house. We also share our home with four fur babies.

I am a shop-a-holic when it comes to stamps, supplies, paper, and more paper. Fortunately, my husband doesn't say too much about my purchases but he does understand why I prefer to craft shop without him. I put my whole heart into making items for others and that makes me smile.

My other interests besides rubber stamping and paper crafting are crocheting, internet games, and reality TV. In addition, I collect antique cookie jars, Penny Black stamps, cookbooks, and dust bunnies. My dream is to own a hobby farm and raise llamas and pygmy goats. Unfortunately, my husband does not share that dream.

I am ecstatic to be part of The Perfect Sentiments and look forward to participating in the weekly challenges with a twist and hope to see you, too.

Since it's a new month, we are also welcoming two new Guest Designers:

Maggie

"Hi, everyone. My name is Margaret “Maggie” Schoener. I am originally from a small town of suburban Philadelphia, but I’ve been in Houston, Texas for over 40 years now. I’m a single mom with 2 grown daughters and 4 awesome grandchildren. I’m also “mom” to 4 furbabies who live in my house, Chancey, Paisley, Reggie, and Maggie Mae who are the inspiration for my Stamp Haven and blog - Maggie’s Cat House. I also have 5 outside kitties that I love just as much and take care of. I’ve been paper crafting for a lot of years starting with scrapbooking and moving on to rubber stamping. I love all things creative, but there’s only time for so much especially with a full time job. I love a challenge and have seen my style evolve over the years and have enjoyed learning so many different techniques. My passion right now are Copic markers and I am a Certified Copic Deisgner. I’m so honored to be invited to be a Guest Designer for the Perfect Sentiments Challenge and look forward to continuing to learn and grow in my craft."

Sam

My name is Sam Pirkle. I have a husband, a full time job, two grown children and two Maltese that pretty much run the house. If that isn't enough, I usually have a foster dog that is staying with me till he goes off to his Furr-ever home and we live on a farm. Really busy, but when I get home in the evenings and supper is on the stove I go down the hall and open the door to my craft room.......ahhh therapy..... Fifteen to thirty minutes to start a project or put the finishing touches on a card. Sometimes cleaning my desk off is all the time I get but I don't complain because it will all be there waiting for me............That just makes life a lot easier for me.

Now on to the challenge...

The Challenge: create a card the reflects a sentiment for Christmas

The Twist: make it sparkle. Use glitter, shimmer sprays, glittered cardstock, stickles etc. You can never have too much sparkle!

Our sponsor this week is our very own Sami! She is generously giving away a $15 Gift Certificate to one lucky U. S. participant. Kania's A|Muse Studio.

(Regretfully, if you are a prize winner who lives outside of the United States, we are unable to award you a physical prize. By the time we have to do the customs paperwork and everything associated with sending parcels out of the United States, it always costs more than what the prize is worth in most cases, and this includes Canada, unless you have a Post Office Box in the United States. APO and PPO box addresses are considered US.) If you live outside of the U.S. we will award you with a digital prize that can be sent electronically. Thanks for your understanding.

Are you ready for some inspiration? Let's see what the Design Team and Guest Designers have cooked up for you!

Sami

Abby

Maggie~December Guest Designer

Sam~December Guest Designer

Stacey

Tere

Have I got a "Rockin" Design Team or what? Thanks ladies for putting your heart into your work. I love it!

Are you ready to join the fun? We'd love to have you play along with us this week for a chance to be featured as one of the "Perfect 3" and/or win the prize! It's easy to play along. Create your card and upload it to your personal blog or online gallery using the keywords PSC10. Be sure to include a link back to our challenge blog. Using the linky tool below add a direct link to your blog post that includes your challenge card. You may combine with other challenges as long as you link back to us in your post. You may enter as many times as you like as long as you create a separate blog post for each entry and link back to us in the post. You will have until 10 p.m. EST Tuesday to link up your card.

Don't forget to come back on Friday to see if you are the lucky winner of our prize for "Anything Goes with a CASE" or if you have been featured as one of the "Perfect 3".

Did you know we also feature the "Perfect 3" on our Facebook Page? Click the link on the left to check out our Facebook Page. Be sure to "like" us!

Winner and "Perfect 3" for the Encouragement Sketch

2011-12-02T15:28:00.002-05:00

Oh me, oh my can you believe it is Friday already and only 23 days until Christmas??? I know everyday there are at least 10 things not crossed off my to do list at the end of it. We have a little bit of reorganizing going on as we approach the end of our first quarter (woohoo!!!!). Jan Farnworth has taken a new position and joined our Executive Design Team as our social media coordinator. You can now follow us on Pinterest.

As well as on Facebook.

"Like" us

Starting next week Joan "Sassy" Olk will be returning to our Executive Design Team as our Challenge Coordinator. She had to step down at the beginning of the term due to some medical issues but we are so excited to have her back and can't wait to see the talents she brings with her.

We had a great sketch last week for our encouragement card and all our entries were amazing. Truly every week I am so inspired by the interpretations of the challenges. If only there was enough time to CASE all the ones I have bookmarked lol. This week's random.org prize winner of the digi from


Pattie's Creations

....is #3 Irene!

Congratulations Irene, just click the "Email Me" button to claim your prize. Now to the "Perfect 3" (drum roll please)...........................................

Paula Bee

Sam

Congratulations ladies and be sure to grab our badge and wear it proudly on your blogs.

Don't forget to check out this week's challenge for your chance to win this week's great prize from Paper Expressions.

Perfect Sentiments Challenge 09: Anything Goes with CASE'ing

2011-11-30T00:00:00.005-05:00

Hello everyone! How was your Thanksgiving? I pray that it was wonderful and you were surrounded by your loved ones. I know that we're thankful to those of you that took time out during this busy time to play in our challenge. We are truly grateful for you. Are you ready for a challenge? It's time for us to challenge you to everyone's favorite kind of challenge...anything goes. Oh, but you know that we will not let you off without adding a twist to it! So here goes...

The Challenge: create a card that reflects a sentiment of...anything goes! That's right. This week the occasion is up to you.

The Twist: you must CASE one of our designs below. Create any type of occasion card that you like just CASE one of our designs or pick a little something from all of them. However, you must identify in your post whose card(s) you cased and what you took from it.

This week our sponsor is the Digital Emporium at Paper Expressions.

The random winner will get to choose three digital images of their choice from a select group of Christmas/Winter images designed by Tracey Malnofski from The Stamping Boutique.

Are you ready for some incredible inspiration? The Design Team really got a chance to express themselves this week as there were no images they had to use or a specific occasion to create for. I love what they designed and I think you will have a hard time deciding who you want to CASE.

Sami

Jan

Abby

Shaunna

Stacey

Tere

Jessica Guest Designer

Rita Guest Designer

Are you ready to join the fun? We'd love to have you play along with us this week for a chance to be featured as one of the "Perfect 3" and/or win the prize! It's easy to play along. Create your card and upload it to your personal blog or online gallery using the keywords PSC09. Be sure to include a link back to our challenge blog. Using the linky tool below add a direct link to your blog post that includes your challenge card. You may combine with other challenges as long as you link back to us in your post. You may enter as many times as you like as long as you create a separate blog post for each entry and link back to us in the post. You will have until 10 p.m. EST Tuesday to link up your card.

Don't forget to come back on Friday to see if you are the lucky winner of our prize for "All Occasion Inspiration" or if you have been featured as one of the "Perfect 3".

Did you know we also feature the "Perfect 3" on our Facebook Page? Click the link on the left to check out our Facebook Page. Be sure to "like" us!

Winner and Perfect 3 for "Stitch it- Baby" is.....

2011-11-25T21:29:00.001-05:00

Sorry about the delay in posting with all the food consumed yesterday and all the shopping done today (did you stimulate the economy today?) I just plum forgot. But hopefully you don't mind because your brain is on holiday too ;) Maggie is our random winner of Cindy's wonderful stamp set. Thank you so much for coming on as a repeat sponsor, Cindy. Maggie, please click on the "email me" button with your shipping information so we can get that out to you. Now to the "Perfect 3" in no particular order of course.

Thank you so much to all our wonderful contestants and congratulations ladies on joining the "Perfect 3" please grab this badge and wear it proudly on your blog.

Don't forget you still have time to join us with a wonderful "Encouragement" card using the provided sketch. You have until Tuesday at 10pm EST and you could be this week's lucky random prize winner or even join the ELITE group of "Perfect 3". Hope you all had a safe and wonderful Thanksgiving.

Perfect Sentiments Challenge 08: Encourage Me with a Sketch

2011-11-23T00:00:00.001-05:00

Hello Everyone! It's Wednesday and not only is it time for another fabulous and fun challenge here at The Perfect Sentiment, it's Thanksgiving Eve here in the United States! So here's wishing you and yours a very happy and blessed Thanksgiving Day.

The Challenge: create a card the reflects a sentiment of encouragement

The Twist: use the following sketch as inspiration for the design of your card. Feel free to flip or rotate the sketch to make it work for you as long as we can still see the sketch in your card somewhere.

This week we welcome back the fabulous Pattie's Creations as our sponsor.

Pattie will award one random winner a digital image of their choice.

Now it's time for inspiration from the Design Team and the Guest Designers...

Abby

Stacey

Tere

Jessica Guest Designer

Rita Guest Designer

Are you ready to join the fun? We'd love to have you play along with us this week for a chance to be featured as one of the "Perfect 3" and/or win the prize! It's easy to play along. Create your card and upload it to your personal blog or online gallery using the keywords PSC08. Be sure to include a link back to our challenge blog. Using the inlinkz tool below add a direct link to your blog post that includes your challenge card. You may combine with other challenges as long as you link back to us in your post. You may enter as many times as you like as long as you create a separate blog post for each entry and link back to us in the post. You will have until 10 p.m. EST Tuesday to link up your card.

Don't forget to come back on Friday to see if you are the lucky winner of our prize for "Stitch-it Baby!" or if you have been featured as one of the "Perfect 3".

Did you know we also feature the "Perfect 3" on our Facebook Page? Click the link on the left to check out our Facebook Page.

Looking forward to seeing what you create...

Perfect 3 and Prize Winner for "All Occasion Inspiration"

2011-11-18T00:01:00.000-05:00

Happy Friday! Hope you all are having a fabulous week! I know many of you are busy getting ready for Thanksgiving and we really appreciate you taking the time out to play along.

How about a winner? Drum roll please....
the winner of the fabulous prize package from Robyn's Fetish Digital Stamps

is #1 Candy!

Candy please click on the "email me" button on the right side bar to claim your prize.

Now it's time to showcase the "Perfect 3" in no particular order...

Lela

Irene

Congratulations Ladies and thanks for playing along at the Perfect Sentiment. Please grab this badge and display it with pride on your blog.

You could be the next "Perfect 3" or random prize winner. Come play along in our latest challenge: Stitch-It Baby!

Perfect Sentiments Challenge 07: Stitch-It Baby!

2011-11-16T00:00:00.001-05:00

Happy Wednesday Everyone! Welcome to another challenge at The Perfect Sentiment. We are so excited to have you join us.

The Challenge: create a card that reflects a sentiment for "baby"

The Twist: use some form of stitching on your card...hand, machine, or faux, the choice is yours.

We are please to have Cindy Coutts Designs sponsoring our challenge this week!

Cindy is giving away a mini-stamp set from Stampin' Up!® called Something for Christmas to one lucky U. S. participant.
If you live outside of the U.S. and you win we will award you with a digital prize that can be sent electronically via email. (Regretfully, if you are a prize winner who lives outside of the United States, we are unable to award you a physical prize. By the time we have to do the customs paperwork and everything associated with sending parcels out of the United States, it always costs more than what the prize is worth in most cases, and this includes Canada, unless you have a Post Office Box in the United States. APO and PPO box addresses are considered US.) Thanks for your understanding.

Be sure to stop by Cindy's blog and check out her 12-days of Christmas video series!

Now let's see what the Design Team and Guest Designers have cooked up for this week's challenge:

Jan

Abby

Stacey

Tere