DT Changes, A New Challenge Winner, And DT Thursday

Design Team Changes

I am sad to announce that Julie Koerber, at Out To Impress, is leaving our Design Team.  Julie has been a member of the team since 2007 and her creative and beautiful art speaks for itself.  We will miss you Julie and send you good wishes and hopes you will join us here for fun when you can.

We are pleased to announce Ellen Taylor, of The Serendipitous Stamper, as our newest Design Team member.  Some of you are already familiar with her art from her participation in our challenges.  Welcome, Ellen, and I look forward to seeing more of your wonderful art.

Our Newest Challenge Winner

The winner of our "Colors of Summer" Challenge is Shona, at Dog Fur In My Glue.  Congratulations, Shona, and happy shopping too!!

DT Thursday

Our Design Team member hostessing today's DT Thursday is Jenny Gropp.  She has created a really lovley card (inside and out), and you don't want to miss it.  Take a look at the sneak peek below and then hop on over to her blog, HERE, to check it out!!  When you get back you can move on down to the details of our next challenge below.

Our Next Challenge Shakes It Up!

Our next challenge, "What's Shakin'", starts July 4.  For those of you who aren't familiar with our challenges, the guidelines are below:

• Use all IO dies/stamps in your post. 
• The focal point of the card must be IO stamp(s) or die(s).  If you have a question please email me.
• Taking part in other challenges is allowed if our company is listed first.
• Ending time is this challenge will be the following Wednesday, July 10, at 10 p.m. EST.
• Use the Inlinkz thumbnail format at the end of the challenge post.
• The drawing is for a $25 Gift Certificate, for use in our on-line store, picked by Random.org.
• The players are notified of the winner by email the night it ends.
• The winner's name will be posted with the DT Thursday post on July 11.
• All entries are posted in the Customer Card Gallery under Card Galleries at the top of the page, with a link back to your blog/gallery post.

Here is something you might want to check out, before the challenge.   Instead of building your own, try using one of THESE.  They are so easy to use.  HERE is a great tutorial on how it's done by our leader, Mitra Friant.

Have some fun, invite a friend to create too, have a stamping/die party and/or create your card using all IO dies/stamps, and then post it using the Inlinkz at the bottom of the 05/16 challenge post.  If you have questions please email me.

If you need inspiration you can check out the 2012/13 Card Galleries at the top of the blog.  Also, there are direct links to their DT posts and more card samples in our on-line store too!

Thanks for stopping by to look and share!  Hope your week has been great.  Have a great weekend and thanks for stopping by to look and share.

 

 Shirley

 

Comments

[Craftyfield]

Congratulations to Shona for her win and Ellen for joining the DT! I am green with envy... she'll be able to see all the new stamps long before us!

[Shirley]

Congratulations to Ellen ! She creates beautiful designs and will be a great addition to the team. Cheers, Shirley

[Beth Norman]

Congratulations Shona. I have my image coloured thinking I had another week to finish it. Boo hoo for my lateness. Happy Spending Shona! So sorry to read about Julie leaving. She will be missed.

[Ellen]

Congratulations Shona on your win! I am just completely tickled to join the IO team and will miss Julie's inspiring creation's as well!

[Greta H]

Boy is that a stunning card by Jenny! Probably won't get a shaker card made but I did use all IO stamps for my Merry Monday challenge entry http://ggnursecreations.blogspot.com/2013/07/christmas-in-july.html