Saturday, March 1, 2008

Shapes and Letters and a Winner...Oh My!

We'd like to start by saying a great big thank you to everyone who participated in our Cigar Box challenge! We received so many different entries and are amazed at how creative everyone got with just a basic box shape. We are also excited to announce that Vicki is the RAK winner - big congrats! If you haven't seen the boxes already, please take a look through the Cigar Box gallery.

On to the March news! We have joined forces with Deb Damboise from Say It With Letters online store for our altered letter or shape challenge. If you haven't heard of this shopping source, get going over there right now! Their shapes are custom cut, hand sanded and unfinished. They are made from sturdy 1/2 inch thick MDF (super smooth surface for painting, decoupaging or embellishing.) There are even keyholes cut in the back for easy hanging on all shapes. Deb has provided some shapes to include in our March prize pack: 3 inch X & O letters and their new mermaid shape (shown below). Thanks so much, Deb!

You can find wooden and paper mache letters and shapes at a variety of discount stores and most of the major craft stores. One additional note about Say It With Letters - they are able to do custom orders for unique items and wholesale orders as well, so just send them an email with any questions you might have.

We will be accepting altered letters and/or shapes throughout the month of March. Just link us to your blog or gallery upload in the comments section of this post or email us your image. Then keep checking back to the Letters & Shapes gallery as we add your projects. Here are the Say It With Letters projects made by our designers:

Patti West

Jan Tatomir (letter on altered canvas)



Jolene Johnston

Happy altering!

31 comments:

Jolene said...

Congrats, Vicki!

SAR girls said...

Your cigar box was fantastic, Vicki! Congrats on being our winner this month! :)

pattiwest said...

Congrats Vicki! Thank you to all who altered a cigar box...they're all unique & special! Now let's have some fun with shapes. :)

Kimmarie Baker said...

Congrats Vicki! The cigar boxes were awesome! Here is a letter "V" that I made for Victoria which is now hanging on her bedroom door. Thanks!

http://www.scrapbookeronline.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=16609&cat=500&page=1

kelli said...

Oh now I can really get into this month challenge. Have fun everyone!

Patrizzia said...

I really like your title ;)!

This was SOOO fun - Thanks!! I did it last night about 1 am. LOL. I really like the way it turned out.

http://www.scrapbookeronline.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=16816&nocache=1

Vicki said...

Thanks, Jolene, Jan, and Patti! I am so excited to have won! Thanks too for your wonderful, inspirational blog! Working on next months challenge!

Kristy said...

How awesome!!! yay Vicki!! LOVE your examples for March ladies.. they are all beautiful!

Adora Concepcion said...

congrats to the winner!!!

I love the next challenge ladies!!!

Jolene said...

New projects have been loaded into the gallery!

Adora Concepcion said...

i'm loving this once a month altered challenge. great job ladies.

http://www.scrapbookeronline.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=16868

Vicki said...

Hey SAR ladies! Thanks so much for the goodies! My prize arrived safely today and I will put it all to good use!

Leanne said...

This was so much FUN!!! Thanks again ladies!!

Here's the link for mine: http://www.scrapbookeronline.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=16893&nocache=1

SAR girls said...

Check out Beth's altered words in the gallery!

Shelley said...

ok ok - i'm finally down! Miss Patti totally inspired me!!! Thanks for looking!

http://www.webscrappin.com/forums/PhotoPost/showphoto.php?photo=2152

SAR girls said...

Is that butterfly ever pretty Shelley! Love how you added the dimension to the wings!

Adora Concepcion said...

WOOHOO i made another one ladies!!
thanks again for the challenge.

http://www.scrapbookeronline.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=17061

Jennifer Hope Longenecker said...

I finally got to this challenge. Here's a link to my pic.

http://www.scrapbookeronline.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=17077

Sorry the pic is so bad.

SAR girls said...

We have added an altered letter and word to the gallery today! Check them out!

SAR girls said...

Check out Tammy's letter in the gallery! This is her first challenge with SAR! Welcome Tammy!

Jolene said...

I just uploaded a shape from another newcomer so SAR, Frances. Welcome!

kelli said...

ok I have done a few altered items this month here is the first one. will post when I up load the others. Loving the challenges girls! http://www.scrapbookeronline.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=17131&cat=513&page=1

kelli said...

here's another: http://www.scrapbookeronline.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=16918&cat=500&page=1

pattiwest said...

Wow! What a creative gallery we have! Thanks everyone!!

SAR girls said...

Woo Hoo Kelli! Thanks so much for doing our challenge this month! :)

kelli said...

http://www.scrapbookeronline.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=17140&cat=500&page=1
another altered item, you know I love them!

Kristy said...

OK.. here is the link to mine... http://ktcraftsmembers.com/gallery/showphoto.php/photo/665

Jolene said...

More letters are in the gallery. Go look!

chinapainter said...

For this month I chose coffee... I made a sign with pot and mug to hang in the kitchen:
http://bp0.blogger.com/_MGIBRk1p6aM/R-z9g_FLQ5I/AAAAAAAAAwY/8_soru1SF-4/s1600-h/IMG_2440.JPG

Elisabeth

Jolene said...

Elisabeth, your sign has been added to our gallery. I like flavored creamer and 2 Splenda, thank you! ;^)

SAR girls said...

Awesome work ladies! The gallery is looking great!