Cut It Up: September 2012

Hello and happy Friday!
Thanks to everyone who played along with us for our very first challenge!
We had so much fun stopping by your blogs and seeing what you created!

The winner picked by Random.org for the prize is:

#28. Kim Richardson

Congrats Kim!!!
please e-mail us with your mailing address so we can get your prize out to you.
(Winner has until October 3rd to claim your prize or prize will be used for future challenges.)

Our design team was given the difficult task of picking 3 projects that they felt made the "Top Cut".
It was tough to only pick 3! There were so many great projects!
Here are the top 3 picked by the DT in no particular order:

#15. Linda
#40. Karen
&
#44. Shelly

Congrats ladies!
Please feel free to grab the button below and proudly display it on your blog! :)

Now without further ado, lets get on to challenge #2 ;)

"Fall Photo inspiration"

In honor of the first day of fall tomorrow,
create a project for fall with this photo as your inspiration:

Some things to remember:

must include a Die-cut somewhere on your project.

The project can be a card, layout, 3-D item, altered item, etc.
The challenge will run for two weeks

starting today September 21st until October 3rd.
Only one entry per person.
Please remember when linking up your project to link up to the blog post and not just your blog.

Here is some Design Team Inspiration:
*you can click on each designers name to be taken to their blog*

Janis

Evelyn

Brenda

Anita

Jennifer

Jamie

Karen

Nicole

Stacey

Kimberly

Prize:

Challenge #2 is being sponsored by Trendy Twine and My Thoughts Exactly.

They have put together this cute little bundle for one lucky winner:

Thank you Trendy Twine and My Thoughts Exactly!
All you have to do to be eligible for the prize is enter the challenge.

Random.org will choose the prize winner from ALL the entries.

The Design Team will be picking their favorites for the "Top Cut" and those winners will receive a button to proudly display on their blog.

Challenge is open to any resident of the US and Canada.

Thanks for stopping by!
We look forward to seeing what you create!

Link your project up here:

Welcome to Cut it up Challenge #1-

Wow! We had such a great response to our plea to help spread the word of the opening of Cut It Up!
Thank you all so much!
Before we get onto our very first challenge, we would like to announce the winner of our
grand opening prize pack.
The lucky winner picked by random.org is:

98:Michele from MS who said:

Got your button on my sidebar but have to go to work uggg. Will blog about ya tonight!! http://michelescraftroom.blogspot.com/

Congrats! Michele from MS, please email us at cutitupchallenges @ gmail. com (no spaces) to claim your prize.
Please include grand opening winner in the subject line.

Now onto our very first challenge, which is.....

"Anything Goes"

must include a Die-cut somewhere on your project.

The project can be a card, layout, 3-D item, altered item, etc. with a theme of your choice.
This means it can be any holiday, birthday, thinking of you, etc.
The challenge will run from

September 7th until September 19th, 2012 (12pm EST).

Here is some Design Team Inspiration:

Kimberly