Announcing the First Challenge 2011 Winner!

Written and Created by PaperCraftCentral Susan

Congratulations to the First Challenge 2011 Winner!

It took me a few days to make a picture of the prize, upload it, roll up individual papers with the names of the card topper challenge enterers on them, find a time when my husband could draw out a winning entry (so I could remain impartial about who won of course!) and be ready to announce the news to you all. But now you will be glad to know I am ready to announce the winner.

First I want to sincerely thank each and every one of you who took the time to enter the Creative Challenge. It was so good to get a glimpse of your talents and enjoy your different card topper styles. I appreciated your photos, enthusiasm and comments, to me and to each other, so much.

I hope you also enjoyed taking part and liked seeing everyone else's ideas. I like that we can inspire each other with our crafting. I always learn something from you all during challenges, and I hope the same happens for you!

And there will be more Creative Challenges. I hope you will enter the next one, and the next.

Second, I want to show you the prize I have chosen for the winner. At first I was going to put together a little RAK (Random Act of Kindness package), but in the end I thought you deserved a slightly bigger prize. I finally decided to send the winner a whole new stamp set.

The prize was one of the new Sale-A-Bration limited edition stamp sets released in the year 2011, so it is now retired. This prize is something not everyone was able to earn, so I think it is a special one.

And here it is: Punch Bunch from Stampin' Up!

You can see examples of how this lovely stamp set has been used by others on this Pintrest search page.

It might inspire you to create a new project of your own, but the prize is such a cute set, you probably already have ideas about how to use it.

First Challenge 2011 Winner

Without further ado, I am happy to announce the person who has the honour of being the Winner this time here at PaperCraftCentral.com.

Drum roll please.............................

The winner is........

Jaimie!

Your entries were beautiful, Jaimie, and I love the stamp set you used. You made each card topper look very different and they will look wonderful when made into full cards.

I love the butterfly, heart and flower you made. And the bling just finishes everything off so nicely.

Warm congratulations to you again, Jaimie, for being the first challenge 2011 winner.

Jaimie, please do contact me about how I can send you your prize, using the Contact Me page on PaperCraftCentral.com 

I will get your prize in the mail as soon as I receive your details.

PS: Do stay alert for more Creative Challenges on PaperCraftCentral.com and be sure to submit your own entries to be in the running for future prizes. To find out when a new challenge is announced, subscribe to Paper Twists, my occasional  newsletter.

If you want to see other entries submitted to date, be sure to return to the challenges page.

About Sale-A-Bration and Where Stampin' Up! is Located

In case you are wondering what Sale-A-Bration is, Stampin' Up! runs this amazing  time twice a year. It is a special time of the year where if you make an order in a certain amount, you can earn free products.

The amount varies depending which country and currency you are in.

There are also different levels of prizes for different order amounts.

There are no limits to earning free prizes during a Sale-A-Braion period.Yay! You can earn free products for as many times as you order, as long as you reach the qualifying amount to earn a prize.

Sale-A-Bration happens about every six months, in both January and July of each year. The prizes you can win are not offered as items you can get any other way, and can include stamp sets, bling packs, designer series paper packs, kits and other items.

If you want to check out what promotions are happening and what's on special at any time during the Stampin' Up! year, you can check this information in my online store.

If you live in Australia, you can choose me as your Stampin' Up! Demonstrator if you wish, or talk to your existing Demonstrator about the specials. If you live in other parts of the world, Stampin' Up! also has Demonstrators in the USA, Canada, England, New Zealand, the Netherlands, France, Belgium, Germany, Ireland and Austria.

You can search for a Demonstrator who lives near you online in any of those countries. Just go to the Stampin' Up! site in your country and click 'Find a Demonstrator' at the top of the page.

Now you might like to go find another challenge to try out.

• Card Topper Challenge
• Using dark backgrounds challenge
• Card Sketch Challenge
• Jigsaw Puzzle Challenge