A break in the challenges: we're moving!

There will be no challenge this week because....
We're moving!

Starting Sunday, October 18, we'll be holding our challenges at the Paper Maniac Deliberations blog. We'll also now be posting our challenges on Sundays and holding a weekly challenge.

Please change your bookmarks to http://papermaniacblog.blogspot.com. Thank you for understanding and for playing along with us!

Paper Maniac Challenge #3: A sketch!

Happy Tuesday! We have another challenge for you here at Paper Maniac Challenges and this time, we would like you to try a sketch. This week, we're not going to be offering a gift certificate, but we do hope that you play along and upload your creations to our gallery.

A new Paper Maniac Newsletter is going out today with some fantastic new sales. Make sure you sign up to receive the weekly newsletters so that you don't miss out on anything!

For this challenge, there is no due date. Feel free to play along and upload your creations anytime you like :) Also, this sketch is just for inspiration - you can interpret it any way you like!

Here's the sketch we would like you to try:

DT creations will be posted a little later in the week.

Please upload your creations to the Paper Maniac Gallery. If you're uploading to SCS, please use the keyword "PM3" We look forward to seeing your creations!

Paper Maniac Challenge #2: Ribbon and our first winner!

I sincerely apologize for not posting this earlier! A bug has bitten me and I've been off these last few days. We have a couple of things in this post that you will be very interested to hear about!

First, we have a few additions to our challenge guidelines:

• All entries must be uploaded to the Paper Maniac Gallery. You can sign up with your current Paper Maniac Forum username and password. If you don't have a username and password yet, you can sign up here. It's very easy and takes only a few minutes! Plus, you get access to the fun forum where you can meet other paper maniacs!
  
• We will be choosing certain creations to feature on the Paper Maniac Newsletter. By sharing your entries on this blog, you are granting us permission to publish your creation in our Paper Maniac Newsletter. If you would prefer not to be published in our newsletter, please mention this in the comments section when posting your entry.
  

Second, we have a winner for our FIRST Paper Maniac Challenge! Among our 29 eligible entries from the last challenge, Random.org has chosen.......

Our 9th challenge entry was from: Deena (acreativeneed) with her lovely card here. Please email Patti at patricia@papermaniac.com for your GC code!

Third, since the product focus this week at the Paper Maniac Deliberations Blog is PATTERNED PAPER and since we love to give you discounts....

All in stock patterned papers at Paper Maniac are 12% off!
(no coupon code necessary)
All in stock Serendipity Stamps are 20% off!
(coupon code can be found in the Paper Maniac Newsletter)

Both sales end September 22.

Whew! I know that's a lot to digest! Now, on to our second challenge and some inspiration from the DT! This time around, we're asking you to use....

RIBBON!

Stephanie Muzzulin


Alma Olhava


Julie Lacey


Dana Grothaus


Latisha Yoast



Please upload your creations to the Paper Maniac Gallery by Monday, September 21 to be entered to win our bi-weekly prize. If you're uploading to SCS, please use the keyword "PM2" We look forward to seeing your creations!

The FIRST Paper Maniac Challenge: Embossing

The Paper Maniac Store is opening today and we've also decided to launch a bi-weekly challenge blog to go along with it! We would love to see your creations and invite you to join us in the fun! All our challenge FAQs are listed on the sidebar to the right, but if you ever have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask. We would also love it if you grabbed our blinkie!

We're excited to begin our store journey as well as our challenge blog journey and hope that you will walk alongside us on the way to creation, inspiration, and appreciation of the art we are all so devoted to: paper crafting.

So, on to the first challenge:
Embossing
(dry or heat)

Some of our DT members have come up with some amazing creations using embossing techniques for your viewing pleasure! Make sure to visit their blogs to learn more about their card.

Stephanie Muzzulin
Amy Hill
Angie Cortes

Ceal Pritchett

Alma Olhava

Denise Lynn

Cindy Coutts

We can't wait to see what you come up with! Just leave a direct link to your blog post in the comments section by 11:59 PM PST Monday, September 13 to be entered to win our bi-weekly prize.

When upload to SCS, please use the keyword "PM1"

Blog Hop with CANDY

Paper Maniac Pre-Opening blog hop:
August 30, 2009

Want a chance to win some AMAZING blog candy and see some fantastic creations? Visit the Paper Maniac Store Blog to find out more! Blog hop ends on September 6 and the winner will be announced on September 7.

Pssst....It's coming!

September 1, 2009

Save the date, folks. There's a new challenge blog in town! Make sure to join us on September 1, 2009 for the grand opening of Paper Maniac Challenges as well as the grand opening of the Paper Maniac Store! What will be our first challenge? You'll just have to wait to find out!