ric#7 - Anna Sui Fall 2012

Good morning, fashion-loving friends!  I'm here today with the first of our challenges inspired by the new Fall 2012 collections, which recently graced runways in NYC, London, Milan, and Paris.  I think you'll love what we have in store for you!

First, our winners from the last challenge:

Our Fabulous Fashionistas are:

Lisa A.
Donelda
Erin T.
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And the Queen of Couture, winner of the gorgeous Hello Luscious Jelly Roll from the Fat Quarter Shop is:

N@!

Congrats, ladies!  N@, please email me (ourchangeofart@gmail.com) with your mailing address to claim your prize!

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source: style.com


Cristina Kowalczyk - My Paper Secret

Jennifer Rzasa - Our Change of Art

Laura Bassen - Doublestick Heaven

Sarah Jay - Criminal Grace

Angeline Yong - The Creation of Creativity

Aga - Just Made From Paper

The design team will select 3 runner-ups (the Fabulous Fashionistas) and one winner (the Queen of Couture) after the challenge closes. They will be posted here on the blog at the start of the next challenge, as well as on our Winners Page. The Queen of Couture will receive an awesome prize!

A $15 Gift Card to Simon Says Stamp!

~You must create a new project for each challenge

~Please include a link back to the Runway Inspired Challenge in your post

~When uploading your project, make sure to link to your entry post, not your entire blog

~When submitting to our challenge, you may combine with only 3 other challenges

~You may enter as many times as you wish!

~If it is not obvious how you were inspired by the runway outfit, please explain it in your post. We don't want to overlook anything!

Your projects for this challenge are due by Friday, March 16th at 11:59pm ET.

ric#6 - Maxime Simoens Spring 2012 Couture

So glad to see you back for another fun challenge!  Our first order of business today- announcing the winners from ric#5!  Here they are:

Our Fabulous Fashionistas are:

Ann Y.
JJ Bolton
Trinh
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And the Queen of Couture, winner of the $15 Gift Card to Simon Says Stamp is:

Sue McRae!

Congrats, ladies!  Sue, please email me (ourchangeofart@gmail.com) to claim your prize!

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source: style.com

This is the last of our Spring 2012 inspiration photos....the recent New York Fashion Week brought in some amazing fall fashions which you will be seeing in our upcoming challenges!  Now onto samples from the always-fabulous DT:

Angeline Yong - The Creation of Creativity

Laura - Doublestick Heaven

Cristina Kowalczyk - My Paper Secret

Jen Rzasa - Our Change of Art

Aga - Just Made From Paper

Sarah Jay - CriminalGrace

The design team will select 3 runner-ups (the Fabulous Fashionistas) and one winner (the Queen of Couture) after the challenge closes. They will be posted here on the blog at the start of the next challenge, as well as on our Winners Page. The Queen of Couture will receive an awesome prize!

A Hello Luscious Jelly Roll from the Fat Quarter Shop!

The Fat Quarter Shop is an online quilt shop with a wide selection of top- quality cotton yardage, fat quarter bundles, specialty cuts, quilt kits and quilt patterns.  They also offer access to many wonderful quilt clubs, block of the month programs and exclusive projects. Most of all, Fat Quarter Shop prides themselves in their top-notch customer service, with friendly, knowledgeable representatives and speedy same day shipping. Their user friendly website makes it easy to find the collection, designer and even the theme you are seeking. Fat Quarter Shop has all you need for your next project, so start shopping with them today!

I was so excited to choose the prize for this challenge- the gorgeous fabrics are from BasicGrey!  Fabric is a great way to add texture and interest to your papercrafted projects.  The girls on the design team each used fabric on their cards above to give you some great ideas!  

You are not required to use fabric on your challenge entry, but feel free to give it a try!

~You must create a new project for each challenge

~Please include a link back to the Runway Inspired Challenge in your post

~When uploading your project, make sure to link to your entry post, not your en

tire blog

~When submitting to our challenge, you may combine with only 3 other challenges

~You may enter as many times as you wish!

~If it is not obvious how you were inspired by the runway outfit, please explain it in your post. We don't want to overlook anything!

Your projects for this challenge are due by Friday, March 2nd at 11:59pm ET

ric#5 - Honor Spring 2012

Hello! Since January had 5 weeks, we actually posted winners for ric#4 last week.  Make sure to visit HERE to check it out!

Now onto this week's challenge....

source: nymag.com

Aga - Just Made From Paper

Laura - Doublestick Heaven

Jen Rzasa - Our Change of Art

Sarah Jay - CriminalGrace

Cristina Kowalczyk - My Paper Secret

Angeline Yong - The Creation of Creativity

The design team will select 3 runner-ups (the Fabulous Fashionistas) and one winner (the Queen of Couture) after the challenge closes. They will be posted here on the blog at the start of the next challenge, as well as on our Winners Page. The Queen of Couture will receive an awesome prize!

A $15 Gift Card to Simon Says Stamp!

~You must create a new project for each challenge

~Please include a link back to the Runway Inspired Challenge in your post

~When uploading your project, make sure to link to your entry post, not your en

tire blog

~When submitting to our challenge, you may combine with only 3 other challenges

~You may enter as many times as you wish!

~If it is not obvious how you were inspired by the runway outfit, please explain it in your post. We don't want to overlook anything!

Your projects for this challenge are due by Friday, February 17th at 11:59pm ET.

ric#4 Winners

Just popping in today to announce the winners of ric#4!  Our challenges run on the first and third Tuesdays of each month, and there is occasionally a month with a fifth Tuesday.  January is one of those months, so today we have no new challenge to share....but make sure to come back on Tuesday, February 7th!

It was fun to see cards with so much color right after our black and white challenge!  Here's who we were inspired by:

Our Fabulous Fashionistas are:

Emily Frasier
Christina MacLaren
Beth M
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And the Queen of Couture, winner of the $25 Gift Card to Clear and Simple Stamps is:

Ange Kelly!

Congrats to the winners!  Ange, please email me (ourchangeofart@gmail.com) to claim your prize!

I'll see you all next week with our next challenge!

ric#4 - Christopher Kane Resort 2012

Wow!  The design team was so impressed with the participation in our last challenge- we had 75 absolutely gorgeous entries.  That made it really tough for us to pick winners, but in the end, here's who we chose:

Our Fabulous Fashionistas are:

Trinh
Lindsay A.
Arlene
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And the Queen of Couture, winner of the $15 Gift Card to Simon Says Stamp is:

Michelle W!

Congrats, ladies!  Michelle, please email me (ourchangeofart@gmail.com) to claim your prize!

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source:  vogue.com

Now, if you are up on your fashion, you would know that Resort Collections for 2012 were shown months ago.   I will usually choose the most recent, fresh off of the runway designs for our challenges, but I couldn't pass this one up.  Rainbow never goes out of style :)

Here's how the DT was inspired, using some fabulous stamps from this week's sponsor, Clear and Simple Stamps- we got to play with the Lucky Charm set!

Angeline Yong - The Creation of Creativity

Cristina Kowalczyk - My Paper Secret

Laura Bassen - Doublestick Heaven

Jennifer Rzasa - Our Change of Art

Sarah Jay - Criminal Grace

The design team will select 3 runner-ups (the Fabulous Fashionistas) and one winner (the Queen of Couture) after the challenge closes. They will be posted here on the blog at the start of the next challenge, as well as on our Winners Page. The Queen of Couture will receive an awesome prize!

A $25 Gift Card to Clear and Simple Stamps!

CLEAR AND SIMPLE STAMPS COMPANY INFO:

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Our concept is clear and simple stamping - each set offers you a variety of options to fit your own personal, creative style. We know all too well the desire to find inspiration. Visit with us every day on your iPhone, iPod Touch, or iPad for a daily boost of creativity by using the CSS Daily App {available in iTunes}. The first ever papercrafting app of its kind with over 500 projects in our archives, and a brand new project shared each and every day.

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~You must create a new project for each challenge

~Please include a link back to the Runway Inspired Challenge in your post

~When uploading your project, make sure to link to your entry post, not your en

tire blog

~When submitting to our challenge, you may combine with only 3 other challenges

~You may enter as many times as you wish!

~If it is not obvious how you were inspired by the runway outfit, please explain it in your post. We don't want to overlook anything!

Your projects for this challenge are due by Friday, January 27th at 11:59pm ET