The Cameo Spotlight: October 2012

Saturday, October 20, 2012

The Cameo Spotlight Challenge #6

open to interpretation: could be pumpkins, ghosts, black cats, witches, or black, green, purple & orange abstract patterns etc.

Welcome to another FUN challenge! We have a special Guest Designer with us today, the super sweet and talented Jocelyn Olson! Please stop by her blog, Red Balloon Cards and say hi while you're there. We've had interest from players about being able to submit other kinds of paper crafting projects to our challenge. Jocelyn's home decor project is a GREAT way to introduce this EXCITING new option!

Please feel free to submit any of the following projects:

Cards, Tags, Scrapbook Pages, Home Decor, Gift Boxes and Bags, Party Favors and Ornaments. (We're currently not accepting any vinyl projects.)

Our fantastic prize for the TCS #6 winner is a $25 Gift Certificate from gel-à-tins

gel-à-tins® are clear stamps that are soft and sticky like a gelly candy that come stored in handy metal tin. You'll find a wide assortment of letter and image stamps as well as our build-your-own layering stamps where you can create your own unique designs. Totally Yummy! gel-à-tins® is also one of the original creators of the super popular scented embossing powders! Reminiscent of those great scratch-and-sniff stickers; scented embossing powders adds that extra special and uniqueness to any crafting project! Add some fun today to your heated embossing projects with a wide variety of scents to compliment your crafting project! Take a look around our site where you can find layouts, cards and other paper crafting projects featuring gel-à-tins® stamps, embossing powders, and embellishments. As well as stamping tips and techniques from our very talented design team, the gel-a-tina's on our brand new blog!

Playing her Guest Designer role in The Cameo Spotlight is:

Jocelyn Olson

. . . Now here's our DT Cast Member's fabulous take on the Halloween challenge!
Don't forget to visit the DT's blogs. You'll often find more details about their projects and FREE cutting files!

Now it's your turn to show us what you can create with your Silhouette Cameo or SD. We look forward to seeing your card or tag projects in the SPOTLIGHT!

Important: Before you create and submit your project please read the instructions on the How to Play page.

We have a Cameo Spotlight Facebook Group! We'd love for you to join us to chat about cardmaking and to share some of your projects.

If you missed the winner's announcement for TCS#5 please scroll down to the previous post.

This is a two week long challenge, the InLinkz will close at 12 noon (EDT) on Wednesday, October 31. We'll announce the winners of the challenge on Saturday, November 3 at 9 a.m. (EDT) The new challenge will begin an hour later at 10 a.m. (EDT).

The Cameo Spotlight Challenge #5 Winners

The color in the cards submitted for this challenge are SPECTACULAR! In our opinion every card is a winner this time around!!! We did have to narrow it down to just 5 though.

The winner of a $15 gift certificate from Avery Elle and making her

Cameo Appearance is:

14. Carol S.

Grab your Standing Ovation winner's badge to display on your blog!

(click HERE for the blinkie version)

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Let's also give a round of applause to the Best Supporting winners:

Grab your Best Supporting winner's badge to display on your blog!

(click HERE for the blinkie version)

Thanks so much to everyone that played along! We've enjoyed seeing your creations!!!

We'll be back with challenge #6 at 10 a.m. (EDT) along with two special surprises to share with everyone!

Saturday, October 6, 2012

The Cameo Spotlight Challenge #5

Rich Red • Deep Orange • Harvest Gold

additional neutral colors allowed are: black, white and kraft

Here we are again with an AMAZING prize and a super talented Guest Designer! Please read below about our Sponsor Avery Elle and how they have matching cutting files for their stamp sets. Chrissy Larson has been playing along with us at TCS since the very first challenge. Her cards are always so inspirational, you can check them out on her blog Three In a Nest Creations.

Our fantastic prize for the TCS #5 winner is a $15 Gift Certificate from Avery Elle!

Avery Elle offers fun and fresh clear photopolymer stamps, premium heavy card stock and coordinating grosgrain ribbon. Our entire collection of image stamp sets has matching free .svg and .pdf cut files.Yes, we did say free! If you have an electronic cutting machine, you have the ability to cut shapes for our stamp sets for no added cost. How great is that? All of our products are proudly made in the USA. For our complete line of high quality products, ideas and inspiration go to www.averyelle.com.

Playing her Guest Designer role in The Cameo Spotlight is:

Chrissy Larson

. . . Now here's our DT Cast Member's fabulous take on the color challenge!

Lisa Arana

Daniela Dobson

JJ Bolton

Christina Heeren

Karolyn Loncon

Nina Yang

Jackie Rockwell

Sabrina Friduss

Now it's your turn to show us what you can create with your Silhouette Cameo or SD. We look forward to seeing your card or tag projects in the SPOTLIGHT!

Important: Before you create your card or tag please read the instructions on how to play along. Click HERE to go to the How to Play page.

UPDATE: We now have a Cameo Spotlight Facebook Group! We'd love for you to join us to chat about cardmaking and to share some of your projects.

If you missed the winner's announcement for TCS#4 please scroll down to the previous post.

This is a two week long challenge, the InLinkz will close at 12 noon (EDT) on Wednesday, October 17. We'll announce the winners of the challenge on Saturday, October 20 at 9 a.m. (EDT) The new challenge will begin an hour later at 10 a.m. (EDT).