Tuesday Stampin' Champion Hopefuls

WOW....the gallery is starting to fill up and we had a lot more entries today. Bear with us as we view each and every entry. You might want to visit the gallery and take a peek at the competition. It's not too late to enter the contest either. Click here for all the rules.

If you see your name listed below please email deniseb@justritestampers.com and you will receive your Gift Certificate via email. Yes, if you win mulitple times you can save the gift certificates and redeem multiple gift certificates all at once. Hmmm....you might be able to pay for your new release wish list or get all the current Best Sellers on your wish list before the September 1st price increase.

Below are the links to today's Stampin Champion "hopefuls". Congratulations!

Chelemom $15 Gift Certificate Winner **Multiple Winner**

Melisa Flieg $5 Gift Certificate Winner

Dana $5 Gift Certificate Winner

Kimberly O $5 Gift Certificate Winner

Lisa Somerville $5 Gift Certificate Winner

Gerri Johnnic $5 Gift Certificate Winner

suzannejdean $5 Gift Certificate Winner

Donna Baker $5 Gift Certificate Winner

Armywife $5 Gift Certificate Winner

JustAnsa $5 Gift Certificate Winner

Jackie Kelley $10 Gift Certificate Winner **Multiple Winner**

IrishChristine $5 Gift Certificate Winner



"When it needs to be JustRite"......go for the Gold!

Desk Top Stationery Box

Welcome to day two with Lauren Meader. Today Lauren has created a great desk top set that would make a wonderful holiday gift for a teacher, friend or co-worker. She has also provided some great inspiration for those of you participating in the Stampin' Champion Contest.

Well yesterday I was able to share my own personalized gift set. Today I decided it would be nice to create a desk top set for a family. Many times around the holidays, we may look for a family gift item to give away. Maybe even a nice gift for our family physician or other care professional, such as a teacher. With many people on our gift giving list, this is an affordable option, and is sure to not only be a hit, but one you will want to make for everyone, any time of year!


I created this super fun gift box, that is pretty enough to sit on the desk. Why make something people will need to put away. Keep this notecards handy and out for everyone to see. The note cards tie right in, all nice and pretty! Just untie and you can remove the set of personalized note cards. It is a great way to present this gift set.

I used the Special Occasions set for the last initial if our name. I then used the small letter set to spell out our last name. The "from the desk of" was the perfect border for our gift set. I then colored the floral image with my markers and stamped in into the middle of the monogram.

This note card is designed for the receiver to just jot down whatever little message they like in that white square. Then they can send them off. By doing just a single layer notecard, you are able to create even more in the set to give away. So this upcoming holiday season, get creative with some personalized stationary set for any one on your list.


Keep us in mind....."When it needs to be JustRite".


Supplies:

JustRite Stampers Small Letter Set for the round monogram
JustRite Stampers From the Desk o f/ Kitchen of / Library of Borders
JustRite Stampers Special Occasions Kit

Inque Boutique stamp set French Quarter
Chatterbox Happy Day Collection (happy bloom)
Papertrey Ink Lemon Tart cardstock, Select White cardstock
Stampin Up! Markers Old Olive, Certain celery, barely banana, pumpkin pie and wide grosgrain celery ribbon
Spellbinders Scallop/circle nestabilties
Scor-Pal

Stampin Champion Hopefuls and Rules

The JustRite Stampin' Champion Contest is in full swing! The Splitcoast gallery and blogs are filling up with some wonderful projects and we have some "hopefuls" to announce today. But first let me review the rules.

You must use any JustRite product on your entry.
You must leave a comment here (any day... doesn't matter what post) and link to your entry.
You must use the keyword JustRite....not just listed in your supplies but in the keyword block.....in your Splitcoast entries. (We are searching the gallery but it has to have the keyword for us to find you.)

Yes, you can go back and edit your Splitcoast posts to include the keyword JustRite. Here is a link to instructions on how to post in the Splitcoast gallery.
Yes, you can link to a blog but you have to leave us a comment...we only search the SCS gallery.
Yes, you can enter daily and win multiple times.

**Stampin' Champion Hopefuls** Congratulations to the "hopefuls" listed below. Each person will recieve a JustRite Gift Certificate. Please email deniseb@justritestampers.com to receive your Gift Certificate.

• Lisa Sommerville - $5 Gift Certificate
• Marcie Pie - $5 Gift Certificate
• Pmb1121 - $5 Gift Certificate
• AMY - $5 Gift Certificate
• Dana - $5 Gift Certificate
• KatrinaM - $5 Gift Certificate
• Jackie Kelley - $15 Gift Certificate * mulitple winner*
• Angela Lemmons - $5 Gift Certificate

We are accepting entries every day and will announce the Top Five chosen "hopefuls" for this week on Friday. You will have the chance to vote and choose the three medalists (gold, silver and bronze) for the finals. If you don't make it into the finals this week you will have two more chances in weeks to come.

Keep visiting the blog for more winners announced daily and check out the great inspiration provided by our talented Guest Blogger, Lauren Meader.

"When it needs to be JustRite".....go for the Gold!

Just for Me-Lauren Stationary

Welcome to day one with Lauren Meader. We love how Lauren has focused on one of the very best JustRite qualities....personalization. JustRite Stampers allows you to create customized and personalized stationary for anyone in your life...including yourself! Enjoy today's post and make sure you leave Lauren a comment.

I am so over the moon to be able to share my first project here. I wrote a post on my blog a while back, that as a child my name was very uncommon.Uncommon in the sense that you could not find it pre-printed on all the fun things we love to have as kids.I never got to have anything with my name on it. No license plate for my bicycle, no name on my door, no pens or magnets, and certainly no stationary-nothing.

As I have grown my name is much more common and can be found on many things, but I still don't have any of them. When I was asked to be a Guest Designer for JustRite Stampers I was so excited, since I have loved the entire concept of this line since I first saw it. When deciding what to create I chose to finally indulge my need for things with my own name on it! Something I would keep for myself!

My color scheme came from a set of notecards, memo pads and other $1 yummies from the Target $ spot! For a mere $4.00 and some change I was able to create an entire gift set (for myself! LOL!) that would cost far more if purchased in a specialty Shoppe.

I decorated a pink tin to hold all my goodies
a covered a notebook, with a pen
memo pad cover
and a set of 5 monogrammed notecards with a holder!

Now since my inspiration came from the notecards, I kept with the polka dot theme, and of course the colors.

I used the small letters set to spell out my name, around the stamper. This item in particular is a MUST have! The more you use the little letters, the easier it all becomes.

After my name was in place, I then chose to put my first initial in the center. I really wanted a pop of pink, so I decided to stamp the daisy from Floral Frenzy, in the center of all my name pieces. I love that added touch.

For the polka dots I didn't want to go overkill with all the color, so I stamped the open line dots from Polka Dot Basics and then punched out 1/4 circles in the coordinating colors, and randomly glued them into place! I kept with the theme for the entire collection. I was so happy with how it turned out. Now I have that personalized gift set I always dreamed of having.

What I really love with JustRite Stampers is that now, no matter what the person's name, or initials, you can custom create a fabulous gift, for a small fraction of the cost a custom made one would be. As unusual names become more common, this is the perfect solution!

Thank you for reading! I hope this inspires you to create a gift for that special someone, or even yourself!

Keep us in mind....."When it needs to be JustRite".


SUPPLIES:
Stamps
JustRite Small Letter Set
JustRite Special Occassions Kit
PaperTrey Ink Floral Frenzy
Polka Dot Basics
Cardstock-Black, Positively pink, gable green
Ink-Black, Positively Pink, Gable green, white craft ink
Other-Circle and Scallop Nestabilities, 1/4 circle punch
American Crafts ribbon, Target $1 spot notecards, memo pads, notebook, altered pen, ribbon

Guest Blogger Lauren Meader

We are very excited to introduce the super talented and fabulous Lauren Meader as the JustRite Guest Blogger for the week. Lauren is part of the Dirty Dozen Alumni and concept designer for several companies that include All That Scraps Store, Lizzie Anne Designs, My Favorite Things, Papertrey Ink, Pink Cat Studio, and Scor-Pal.

Join us as we welcome Lauren Meader and get to know her a little better. Make sure you leave her some comments throughout the week. And don't forget to enter the JustRite Stampin' Champion contest. You are going to love the Grand Prize for the all around Gold Medal winner!!!

1. Where do you live? Pittsfield NH

2. Tell us about your family. Well I am happily married to a man who is extremely supportive of my hobby turned obession! He is always very encouraging when I have some BIG dream. Sometimes I need a little push and he is right there to offer it. He also has great respect for the work that goes into being a SAHM and makes sure that I get some time for me!

We have 3 children Alexa (she from my first marriage) who will be 9 in September. She is my oldest, and has challenged me in so many ways, and all these challenges have helped me become the person I am, and look at life in a fresh new light. Alexa has Down Syndrome, and as I'm sure most people know in Feb of "06" was diagnoised with Leukemia. She underwent 2 1/2 years of treatments, and many medical up's & down's. She finished her last treament this past May, and is currently in remission!!

My other 2 children are Noah who is 5, and the little caretaker of everyone. He is just like his dad. Very sensitve kind, and caring. Then there is Amber who just had her 4th birthday. She is the one who is very girly, and likes to be crafty. All the kids really are into Arts & Crafts I think because they see me so into on a daily basis. They also enjoy the fun things we do for their classmates. Life with 3 children keeps me very busy!! I enjoy being able to have them participate in fun activites on a dialy basis that lets them explore their inner artist.

3. How long have you been stamping? Well I began stamping 4 years ago, but only actually stamping for 3 ( I had to minus one due to hopsitalizations with Alexa)

4. Where do you do your stamping? (kitchen table, stuido, basement, spare bedroom) I am very fortunate that my husband created my stamp room, in an unsed room in out basement. Its great! Even has a window! I have photos on my blog. I LOVE my space. It's not as fancy as some, but its all MINE!

5. How long have you been blogging? I began bloggin in March of "07" so a little over a year. I wasn't even going to bother. I felt I wasn't that interesting and who would really care to read it. Well I was so wrong! I have a super amazing group of readers who are just so supportive and encouraging. I think many people can identify with some aspect of my life, as I am so open about everything I do, from creative ideas, to obstales, then onto my mommy drama! LOL!! I am so thankful I did start blogging because I have some to know so many people I otherwise would not have. That is the best part.

6. What is your ulitmate must have "go to' stamping tool? My Scor-Pal!!! I use it on every project. Weather it is to score my card, or create something else. I love to create 3D items and this is always on my desk! I seriously don't know how I lived without it.

Keep us in mind....."When it needs to be JustRite".

JustRite Stampin' Champion Contest

With Olympic fever in the air we thought it would be fun to hold our own competition. How would you like to be a JustRite Stampin' Champion? We have seen the galleries and the blogs and it obvious to us that you have been in training. Here is your opportunity to show the entire stampin' world that you've got what it takes to be a Gold Medal JustRite Stampin' Champion.

**The Rules** It's really simple. For the next four weeks you get to stamp your heart out using ANY JustRite product. Enter as often as you like. Yep, that's it.

Make a card, make a tag, make a scrapbook page, make a stationery set, make a book mark, make a recipe card, make a Christmas gift, make them all. Whatever you want to make but it MUST be made with ANY JustRite product (in case you didn't know...we are more than monograms).

Upload your entry onto Splitcoast using the keyword JustRite (one word) or post it on your blog. Leave us a comment with a link to your JustRite entry and tell us what JustRite product you have used. We will not accept emailed entries (sorry).

**The Vote** Every Friday we will post the top 5 chosen Stampin Champion "hopefuls" and you get to vote for your favorite. That's right....the JustRite Stampin Champion will be chosen by you and announced on Wednesday.

**The Prize** Of course there is a prize! Many prizes! Every day we will be scouring the entries and giving away $5 JustRite Gift Certificates to any entry that we feel is a possible Stampin Champion "hopeful". Anyone that receives a $5 Gift Certificate will also have their card/project published in the JustRite Gallery. There is no limit to how many times you can enter or how many $5 Gift Certificates you can win.

Each week we will give away:
Bronze Medal Winner will receive a $25 JustRite Gift Certificate
Silver Medal Winner will receive a $50 JustRite Gift Certificate
Gold Medal Winner will receive a $100 JustRite Gift Certificate

The last week will consist of the final 9 medal winners competing for the all around Gold Medal and one lucky winner will receive the title of JustRite Stampin Champion along with an awesome prize package! The final prize package will be revealed over the next three weeks.

"When it needs to be JustRite"....go for the Gold!

Getting to Know Your Stamper Part 2

The review is in and....it's JustRite. Thank you so much to the Splitcoaststampers' Product Review Team for taking the time to show everyone how much they love the JustRite Stamper. Click here to see the entire review and make sure you visit each blog of the review team {blog links are located on the left of the review under each person's picture}. They have all shared some incredible projects!

Beate created a great step by step tutorial on how to use the JustRite Stamper. And you must visit Dawn McVey's step by step tutorial as well.

If you have found a helpful review or tutorial please post a link in the comments so I can take take a look.

Come join us as we build a community of education, creativity and inspiration touching on every special moment in your life. Keep us in mind....."When it needs to be JustRite".