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MID WAY POST - CHALLENGE #7 - "ADD SUNSHINE TO YOUR DAY" & WINNERS FOR CHALLENGE #6 - "RED HOT"

2012-02-24T00:30:00.002-08:00

Today's marks midway for Challenge #7 "Add Sunshine to Your Day". Lots of very pretty entries but you still have time to add your wonderful entries--REMEMBER YOU CAN HAVE UP TO 3 ENTRIES. Can hardly wait to see them!

Now, for some extra inspirations [and they are very beautiful and creative!] from the Simply Create Too Design Team:

Ike has a couple of very pretty ones, uh?:

Marjo also has another great one:

Erica has a beauty:

Diane has a CAS card, too:

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Now, the winners of Challenge #6 - "RED HOT"are:

#40. Bonnie O'Claire [Sassy Scrapper]:

#2. Marianne V. L. [Marianne Van Lunszen]

#76. Yogi [Art by Yogi]

Congratulations, Bonnie, Marianne and Yogi! We will be honored if you 3 winners would display the Simply Create Too "Favorite 3 Badge" on your blogs:

Also: Thank you all who entered Challenge #6--looking for every one of your entries in our current challenge "Put Sunshine in Your Day"!

CHALLENGE #7 - "ADD SUNSHINE TO YOUR DAY"

2012-02-17T00:30:00.000-08:00

Challenge #7 - "Add Sunshine to your Day" starts now [17 February]
Ends at midnight [U.S. CST] Thursday, March 1st. 2012

The Simply Create Too Design Team Members have really out-done themselves for this challenge. What do you think?

Darling Ho:

Marjo:

Tip Top [Ruth]:

Diane:

We are so excited you are here to enter our Challenge #7, "Add Sunshine to Your Day". The last challenge entries are wonderful--we looked at EVERY one [and hopefully we left you a note also]. Have fun with this challenge--show us what you create!
Thank You from all of us here,

Mid-Way Challenge #6 & Winners of Ch #5

2012-02-10T00:30:00.000-08:00

Since Challenge #6 "RED HOT" is only about half finished, you have prenty of time to get your entries in before 16 February. Here are some great projects from our Design Team:

MARJO:

RUTH:

DIANE:

************************************ Now, on to the winners from Challenge #5 - "Love is in the Air": 218: Clair [Claire's Crafty Creations]:

137: Jill [Jill's Crafts]

199: Silke [Silke Ledlow's Blog]

Now, I wanted to slide this one in. It's ttttoo cute. [You see, I didn't get to post this card in Challenge #5. It's created by Darling Ho on our Design Team--Hope she'll forgive me] Isn't it great and so beautifully made???? Enjoy!

Thanks to all who entered--every entry was beautiful--See you in Challenge #6!

CHALLENGE #6 - "RED HOT" [G-Rated Only Please!]

2012-02-03T00:30:00.000-08:00

Starts now [3 February 2012]
Ends at midnight [U.S. CST] Thursday, 16 February 2012

Here are some of the Simply Create Too Design Team Members' projects to inspire you:

Darling Ho:

Marjo:

Ruth - Tip Top:

Diane:

We thank you all who entered our last challenge. We had over 200 entries and every one of them was beautifully done. We had a ball looking at each one of your projects and commenting on them. We are super excited you are here to enter our Challenge #6 - "Red Hot".

Thank You for visiting!

MIDWAY POST FOR CHALLENGE #5 - "LOVE IS IN THE AIR" & WINNERS OF CH #4 - "LAYERS, ETC."

2012-01-27T01:00:00.000-08:00

We're halfway through our Challenge #5 - "Love is in the Air" Challenge. You still have plenty of time to enter. If you need some extra inspirations, here are a couple creations from the Simply Create Too Design Team for you:
Marjo:

Diane:

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As today is our halfway point of our new challenge, we need to announce the winners of Challenge #4, "Layers, Layers and More Layers". Erica, of our Design Team, graciously provided this great prize package:

AND. . .Winner of this great prize is:
#212. Jo Davies (Handmade Cards by Jo): [Jo: please e-mail me at: dianemoneygoolsby@yahoo.com to claim your delicious candy]

Here are two others who make up the Simply Create Too Design Team's Favorite 3:

301. Tine (Crafting Christine)

16. Martina (Martina's Cards - Martinakaartjes)

To Jo, Tine and Martina,the three winners of these beautiful creations: Congratulations! The Design Team of Simply Create Too would be honored if each of you would display our Winners Badge on your blogs:

To all 300+ entries of our Challenge #4: We thank You. We had loads of fun looking at and commenting on your beautiful entries. Keep crafting--we're already ah-ing over your creations of our on-going Challenge #5, "Love is in the Air".

CHALLENGE #5 - "LOVE IS IN THE AIR"

2012-01-20T01:00:00.000-08:00

Simply Create Too Challenge #5 - "Love Is In The Air" What is your interpretation???--Let us see your projects. Our last challenge [Layers] was a huge success--and thank you all--let us see if you can top it!

Challenge #5 "Love Is In The Air" starts now [20 January]
Ends at midnight [U.S. CST] Thursday, 2 February 2012--A gentle reminder: Maximum 3 entries per person, please

Here are some of the Simply Create Too Design Team Members to inspire you:

Darling Ho:

Ike:

Marjo:

Ruth:

Diane:

We are thrilled you are here to enter our "Love Is In The Air Challenge", Challenge #5, and hope you enter every upcoming challenge of Simply Create Too!

From all of us here on the Simply Create Too Design Team we say, "THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION IN OUR CHALLENGES." And to each visitor--Thank You!.

CORRECTION---WINNERS OF CHALLENGE #3 & MID-WAY POST FOR CHALLENGE #4

2012-01-13T01:37:00.000-08:00

CORRECTION -- Sorry for all My mistakes--Hope this post is correct now??]Our first business is to announce the winners of Challenge #3 "Shape It Up!" The first place winner is: #31Mags.31. Mags:
15. Christi Hicks:

The winners get to display the Simply Create Too Top Three Winners Badge [shown here] on their blogs. Congratulations!

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And, since this is our Mid-Way Post for Challenge #4, "Layers, Layers and More Layers" here are some extra inspirations for you! [Remember, you still have almost a week left to enter Challenge #4.]

Darling Ho:

Marjo:

Diane:

CHALLLENGE #4 - "LAYERS, LAYERS, AND MORE LAYERS"

2012-01-06T01:26:00.000-08:00

Simply Create Too Challenge #4 - "Layers, Layers & More Layers Challenge" [each entry MUST have MORE THAN TWO LAYERS]

Challenge #4 starts now [6 January 2012]
Ends at midnight [U.S. CST] Thursday, 19 January 2012

Here is the wonderful prize package that Erica, Simply Create Too Design Team Member, is offering to our first place winner of this challenge:

Itemized Prize Package:
Recollections: Floral Embellishments, Adhesive Rhinestones (2 pkgs.,
different style), Glitter shapes in black,
Rangers Craft Tags, Rangers Distress Spun Sugar ink pad
EK Success daisy chain edger punch
StazOn Metallic Silver inkpad plus reinker
My Mind's Eye Lost & Found-Market Street 6x6 DSP pad (24 sheets)YUMMY!
Hero Arts "Simple Messages" poly-clear stamp set
Stampin' Up dimensionals (the best!...bar none)
Studio "G" white pigment inkpad spot
Studio "G" dollar wood-mount stamp

Here are some creations of the Simply Create Too Design Team Members:

Darling Ho:

Erica:

Ike:

Marjo:

Ruth:

Diane:

We are excited you are here to enter our fourth challenge, "Layers, Layers, and More Layers Challenge", and hope you enter every challenge of Simply Create Too!

"Thank You" to each of you who visit.

CHALLENGE #3 - HALF-WAY TIME AND CHALLENGE #2 WINNERS

2011-12-30T01:29:00.000-08:00

All of us on the Simply Create Too Design Team love our jobs: We enjoy seeing your beautiful projects and leaving our comments about them. Another part of our job that we love is deciding our favorite entries from all your exciting projects.

Here is our Simply Create Too Winners Badge for you, the 3 winners, to display on your blogs:

And, our WINNERS for Challenge #2 are:

#110 - Glenda Boyd -
Glenda, you also get this unclaimed prize from Challenge #1; so please e-mail me at dianemoneygoolsby@yahoo.com:

#33 - Lanky Girl -

#9 - Chris Olsen -

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Now, our Half-Way Time Post for "Challenge #3 - Shape It Up": The entries so far are beautiful--but, if you haven't got your entry done, you still have almost a week before our Shape It Up Challenge closes; and remember you can post up to 3 Entries. Just use Mr Blue Frog located at the end of our Challenge #3 post.

Some of the Design Team members have a few more projects for you to enjoy for Challenge #3, Shape It Up:

Darling Ho:

Marjo:

Diane:

Enjoy! AND, Get your entries in before Challenge #3 closes!

CHALLLENGE #3 - "SHAPE IT UP"

2011-12-23T00:01:00.000-08:00

Simply Create Too Challenge #3 - "Shape It Up". What does that mean to you? Let us see your projects.

Challenge #3 starts now [23 Dec]
Ends at midnight [U.S. CST] Thursday, 5 January 2012

Here are some of the Simply Create Too Design Team Members to inspire you:

Darling Ho:

Erica:

Janice:

Ike:

Marjo:

Ruth:

Diane:

We are so thrilled you are here to enter our third challenge, Shape It Up, and hope you enter every challenge of Simply Create Too!

Happiest of Holidays from all of us here on the Simply Create Too Design Team to each and every one of you who visit us.

CHALLENGE #2 - HALF-WAY TIME & CHALLENGE #1 WINNERS

2011-12-16T01:59:00.000-08:00

It's time to announce the Design Team's Top Three Favorites for Challenge #1 and the winners' prizes. We REALLY had a job deciding but here goes.......

FIRST PLACE PRIZE:
AND THE FIRST PRIZE WINNER IS.............#22. Wendy Bickford:
Additionally, our First Place Winner gets to display our "Simply Create Too Winner's Badge":

SECOND PLACE PRIZE:
AND THE SECOND PLACE WINNER IS.............#222. Tracey Brossart:

THIRD PLACE PRIZE:AND THE THIRD PLACE WINNER IS.............#26. Liz Marsden:
The Simply Create Too Design Team will love it if the Second and Third Place Winners display our "Top 3 Badge" on their blogs:

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Now, our Half-Time Post about "Challenge #2 - Embossing": The entries so far are wonderful--but, don't stop now--You still have almost a week before our Embossing Challenge closes and remember you can post up to 3 Entries. Just use Mr Blue Frog located at the end of our Challenge #2 post.

To give you some additional ideas and inspirations for Challenge #3, some of the Design Team have a few more projects for you to enjoy!

These are:

Darling's:

Marjo's:

Erica's:

Diane's:

Again, Thank You for your kind words and comments---We're looking for even more of your beautiful "Challenge #2 - Embossing" entries.

CHALLENGE #2 - EMBOSSING

2011-12-09T01:56:00.000-08:00

Today, 9 December 2011 begins "Challenge #2 - Embossing" and ends at midnight [CST] 22 December 2011! Limit of 3 entries, please

We're anxious to see your 300+ entries in our "Challenge #2 - Embossing" [You decide what kind of embossing]. Here goes our inspiration for you - Enjoy:

Darling Ho:

Erica:

Janice:

Ike:

Marjo:

Ruth:

Diane:

Let us say "THANK YOU" for all of [over 300] your entires for our first challenge. We loved looking at and commenting on every entry. If we, by accident, missed your blog, we thank you now! You've made our job very difficult--now we have to choose our favorite three for our Stamps Prizes. We love challenges!

CHALLENGE #1 - MIDWAY EXTRA!!!

2011-12-01T01:19:00.000-08:00

This is our extra post - which means we're half way through our very first challenge "All About Christmas". THANK YOU!!!THANK YOU for all your kind comments and for your ALL your entries--But, don't stop now--You still have almost another week before our Christmas Challenge closes. Just use Mr Blue Frog located at the end of our 25 November Challenge 1 post

To give you some additional ideas and inspirations, the Design Team has dropped by with a few seconds [and thirds] for you to enjoy!

This is Darling's:

Ike's ornament:

Erica's:

Janice's:

Diane's "PopCorn":

Again, Thank You----We're looking for more of your beautiful ". . .Christmas" entries.

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CHALLENGE 1 - ALL ABOUT CHRISTMAS

2011-11-25T01:01:00.000-08:00

NOTE: Don't forget: Our Launch Candy Winners are below this post!!!

Welcome to Simply Create Too! We are glad you got our change of address. Due to a few unfixable blogger problems we've moved our challenge blog to this new site. We all love our new home and hope you like it too. We look forward to seeing your creations in our challenges.

One of our goals here at Simply Create Too is to keep this the same fun crafting place and great challenge blog that the original Simply Create Challenge Blog always was. We just moved and redecorated a bit. Also, most of the Simply Create Design Team Members are here too! Take a look at our blogs over on the right sidebar. Every member of the Design Team wants to be here so you know you'll get only the very best of our creations to inspire you. So, please, sit back and enjoy!

Our first challenge as Simply Create Too starts today, 25 November and will end at midnight [CST] Thursday, 8 December. We have only a few rules, and they are located on the right-hand side bar. For our first challenge, we chose something all of us here love: Christmas. Bet you do too -- let's see your creations!

Since this is our very first challenge here at our new home, we want to do something special: We're offering prizes for the first, second, and third place favorites of the Design Team Members.

First Place Favorite Prize Package:
Second Place Favorite Prize Package:

Third Place Favorite Prize Package:

Here are the projects of the Design Team members for Challenge #1 - "All About Christmas":

Darling Ho:

Erica:

Janice:

Ike:

Marjo:

Ruth:

Sande:

Diane:

We are so thrilled you are here our first challenge, and hope you enter every challenge of Simply Create Too!

AND THE WINNERS ARE. . . . .

2011-11-24T09:56:00.000-08:00

Thank you ALL for leaving your comments and/or becoming one of our Followers. We read each and every one of your comments and tried to leave a comment in return. If we happened to miss getting back to you, "THANK YOU". We tresure each of you, and hope you join us for our challenges.

Without further comments. . . . . .

Here is the first place blog candy package again:
And the 1st Place Winner is: Joan V. who left this comment: "Wow, I am in on a new blog,woohoo. Those flowers look great. I am a new follower, too."

Here is the second place blog candy package:
And the Second Place Winner is: "A Little Bit About Me" who said: "Love the flowers and lace. I'm a new follower!"

And, the Third Place Blog Candy Package:
And the Third Place Winner is: Nancy Parker 55 who became one of our cherished Followers.

Again congratulations to: NancyParker55; A Little Bit About Me and Joan V. Please contact me within one week of this post at DianeMoneyGoolsby@yahoo.com to claim your prizes. Also, you three are the very first winners of our new Simply Create Too Winners Badge to post on your blogs:

We're anxious to see all your wonderful creations for our first challenge, "All about Christmas.

EVEN MORE PRE-LAUNCH BLOG CANDY

2011-11-19T01:14:00.000-08:00

Are you interested in the third package of our Pre-Launch Candy????? This one, or one of the candies pictured below, can be yours! Leave us your comments here or on any of the other postings, and/or become one of our wonderful Followers.

Contents starting at the Top: [green] punch out letters - 1 sheet; 50 self-sticking foam letters; 5 flower shaped journaling tags; 2 sheets of self-sticking letters, corner markers, borders, etc.; 25 tags w/strings; 1 sheet 25+ self-sticking hearts; and pkg of 100+gems [both clear, multi-colored- and silver].

Do you have ideas what you can do with this candy? Will this candy be perfect for our first challenge?? Check out our challenges rules on the right-hand side bar to get ready.

This candy fantastic too, uh? The three winners of our Pre-Launch Blog Candy will be announced by a post below our first challenge announcement on Saturday, 26 November.

MORE "PRE- LAUNCH" BLOG CANDY

2011-11-16T01:00:00.000-08:00

Want to see more of the Pre-Launch Candy????? You can win it by just commenting here and/or becoming one of our loyal Followers? Looks good, uh?

While you're looking a the candy, why not check the right-hand side bar to see our Design Team Members and their blogs.

CONTENTS: Papermania acrylic stamp set, 2 wooden stamps, embroidery thread, 3 wooden angels, 8 sheets of 8x8 Christmas paper

Have Fun! Check back for even more candy and further details about our first challenge beginning on 25 November.

Welcome To Simply Create Too & Pre-Launch Blog Candy

2011-11-14T13:57:00.000-08:00

Hello,Everyone: Welcome to Simply Create Too! Our launch of Simply Create Too's challenges will be Friday, 25 November 2011 at 10 a.m. [U.S.CST]

To celebrate our launch, we are giving away wonderful prizes to THREE lucky people who leave a comment on this post! If you leave a comment and become a Follower, your name will be entered in our drawing twice. Here is a picture of some of the Blog Candy. This part we're calling "Flowers & Lace"! What do you think???-- leave your comments!

NOTE: "Follower" button is having a fun time coming and going at its will! If you don't see it, please check back--Blogger Help says they hope to have the 'problem' fixed.

This is a listing of the candy [Left to Right] Top: 4 yards cream 2" lace; 100 small green filler flowers; Middle: 5 2" navy fabric squares; 10 purple/white Hawaiian flowers; 45 medium pastel flowers and bottom: 45 inches 1" white w/pastel flowers lace.

The deadline to leave your comment is midnight [U.S. CST], Thursday, 24 November 2011

The three winners of the Pre-Launch Blog Candy will be announced by a post here [below our first challenge announcement] on Saturday, 26 November.

Please check back to see if you've a winner of one of these Blog Candies and enter our first challenge [more challenge info to come]! The challenge guidelines are on the sidebar. While you're there, grab our beautiful badge to display on your blog.

Everything here on our Simply Create Too blog was designed by one of our talented Design Team Members, Ruth modified from a free template. Blog badges were made especially for Simply Create Too! Tell her how much you like everything when you leave a comment.

Again, Welcome and Thank You for visiting. Come back soon!