Week 11 - MFT Idol TOP TWO - Challenge & Chatter

[texasjodylynn]

Congratulations to our TOP TWO!

They are:

20something (Kathy)
Mrs. Mac (Shannon)

There is NO set theme this week. Choose your own theme and roll with it. This is the FINAL entry in the contest! Show us what you've got! As always you must use only MFT Stamps.

As you know, Kim has made a very exciting announcement!

ONE of the FINAL FOUR will be offered a coveted 6 month term on the MFT design team! The person offered the position may or may not be the actual winner of the Idol competition. The new designer will be joining MFT's SWEET SIXTEEN and will be announced during the MFT new release cocktail party on June 3rd right here in the MFT forum. The release party runs from 8-10 PM Eastern on June 3rd. We hope you'll join us as we reveal our Sweet Sixteen MFT design team!

FINAL TWO: you can upload (On Tuesday, May 26th ONLY by 10:00 PM Eastern) and post a link to your creation on this thread on that day. The week 11 voting will begin at 10 PM Eastern and will run for 24 hours!

The top vote getter will be named MFT Stamping Idol and will walk away with a $250 prize!

The winner will be announced shortly after the voting deadline on May 27th at 10:00 PM Eastern. Join us for the big reveal!

Idol Contestants, when uploading your projects, use keyword MFTIDOLTOPTWO.

Remember, IDOL JUDGES that you too, can play to win! You also have NO theme this week! Choose one for yourself and WOW us! IDOL JUDGES (not final 2) can upload anytime between now and Thursday, May 28th by 10 AM Eastern using the keyword MFTIJ11. In order to be considered for prizes you MUST upload using that keyword AND meet the requirements for the challenge!

Happy Stamping!

*a note on the voting process:

*All votes will be private messaged (PM'd) to the user name MFT Votes starting on May 26th at 10 PM Eastern and ending on May 27th at 10:00 PM Eastern. Any votes received BEFORE OR AFTER that, will NOT count. PLEASE do not vote until that time!
*All votes will be manually tabulated and the winner will be announced shortly after the close of voting. Gather here in the this thread for the big announcement!
*All votes will be stored for a minimum of one week.


Your vote will count IF:
*There is only one vote per SCS User Name. If there is more than 1 vote, only the first vote will count.
*The SCS User Name casting the vote was created BEFORE March 15th, 2009.

There's a lot up for grabs, and we want to make sure that the voting process is fair for everyone. Since the original intent was that the IDOL be selected by our MFT/SCS Family, we are implementing safeguards to make sure the IDOL is selected by fellow stampers!

If you have questions, post them here, and we will answer them as quickly as possible!

Don't know how to send a PM?

*See the little envelope in the upper right hand of your screen next to your orange screen name?
*Click on it!
*over to the left, you will see a list titled "Control Panel", scroll down until you see "send new message"
*click on that
*type in MFT Votes in the recipient user name box
*type in a subject (my vote, vote, etc)
*in the message area of the PM, write your Idol choice.

This week, since we are down to only TWO contestants, you may vote for ONLY ONE person! Your vote will either be for 20something or Mrs. Mac. PLEASE DO NOT VOTE UNTIL May 26th at 10:00 PM EASTERN through May 27th at 10 PM EASTERN. The voting rules can be found above.

[texasjodylynn]

Thank you to all the judges who participated in the Week 10 challenge!

All the submissions can be viewed HERE.

Remember that today the THREE $10 MFT Stamp Bucks will be awarded! The 3 judges picking a winner today are:

Joanne
Carole
Jody

We will at SOME POINT stop by and post our pick. Make sure to check back often!

Thank you for playing along and we hope you'll participate in this week's challenge!

[20something]

Got it! Should be a very interesting week!!!!!!

[Mrs. Mac]

Ugh.....I had a feeling this was going to be completely open ended....gonna put on the thinking cap now.

[texasjodylynn]

We didn't want to stifle your creativity for the final challenge.

You both are more than capable of coming up with drop-dead gorgeous projects! Just be you!

[urscrappymama]

I'm here again until I fall asleep again! Can't wait to get these meds straightened out!

[texasjodylynn]

I am going to SHOCK you all and post my judge pick for this week's entry.

My choice was a STAR that is one in a million!

brbrrbrbrbrbrbrbrbrbrbrbrbrbrbbrbr (drum roll heehee)

My pick is:

stampinjewelsd

Her project that you can view HERE was perfectly coordinated!

The colors were FAB!
The design was awesome!
The details were well-thought out and just SO nice!

Well done, Julie!

I will PM you your code.

[kerryj106]

Woo hoo - found the new thread!!! Can't wait to see the final projects - I had a sneaking suspicion it would be open too!

Congrats Julie!! Love your star box and card!!

[deborahmegan]

Congrats Julie, your project rocked it!

[Bar]

Congrats, Julie, your project was awesome!! Loved EVERYTHING about it!

[20something]

Yay Julie! Congrats! Your box and card were rockin' and definitely one of my favorites too!

[Stampin'NPA]

Congrats Julie! I loved your project!!! Perfect execution!!!

[cveneruso]

Julie, that project was a star. And everytime I look at it I think I need to get that stamp set inked up. AND I love the turquoise, I don't know why I don't use it cause it looks great in what you did. Congrats!

[Mrs. Mac]

Congrats Julie!!! That star box was just amazing!!!

[Mrs. Mac]

Originally Posted by texasjodylynn

We didn't want to stifle your creativity for the final challenge.

You both are more than capable of coming up with drop-dead gorgeous projects! Just be you!

I actually did manage to come up with an idea this morning. It's so hard trying to think of something that hasn't been done yet in this competition.

[cmf1216]

Congrats, Julie!! Awesome project!

I'm so excited for this finale!! You girls are both amazing in my book!

[Mrs. Mac]

Originally Posted by urscrappymama

I'm here again until I fall asleep again! Can't wait to get these meds straightened out!

I hope you can get them squared up too. Are you feeling better today?

[stampinjewelsd]

Good Morning Ladies,

WOW, I go to bed early for once and look at all the fun I miss!!! The final challenge for the MFT Idols is up and Jody has already chosen a judges entry!

I can't wait to see what Kathy and Shannon come up with. I wonder if your projects will be similar or completely different!

I am so excited and thankful that you picked me Jody! What a great way to start the day. Thanks so much!

[celestial_stamper]

Congrats, Julie!! Your project was spot on!

[texasjodylynn]

Originally Posted by stampinjewelsd

Good Morning Ladies,

WOW, I go to bed early for once and look at all the fun I miss!!! The final challenge for the MFT Idols is up and Jody has already chosen a judges entry!

I can't wait to see what Kathy and Shannon come up with. I wonder if your projects will be similar or completely different!

I am so excited and thankful that you picked me Jody! What a great way to start the day. Thanks so much!

You're welcome. I loved your entry!

[texasjodylynn]

My kids are officially out of school as of this moment. Their last day of school was today. It seems CRAZY early, but I love summer break and having them home.

They had to go to school from 8 am-9am. LMAO Why bother, huh?

We went long enough for my 11 year old to be a crying basketcase. heehee. She is starting middle school next year and I don't think she was quite ready to leave elementary school. She was SO sweet and even made me tear up... heehee (sappy sap)

On the agenda for today: celebratory lunch at Applebees with the girls, night at the museum 2 and HOPEFULLY stamping will be in the plan later in the day

[cveneruso]

Originally Posted by texasjodylynn

My kids are officially out of school as of this moment. Their last day of school was today. It seems CRAZY early, but I love summer break and having them home.

They had to go to school from 8 am-9am. LMAO Why bother, huh?

We went long enough for my 11 year old to be a crying basketcase. heehee. She is starting middle school next year and I don't think she was quite ready to leave elementary school. She was SO sweet and even made me tear up... heehee (sappy sap)

On the agenda for today: celebratory lunch at Applebees with the girls, night at the museum 2 and HOPEFULLY stamping will be in the plan later in the day

OOOH, night at the museum looks like fun. I heard some clips of the press conferences from the Smithsonian on the radio yesterday. There are some mighty funny and talented guys at work there.

[texasjodylynn]

Originally Posted by cveneruso

OOOH, night at the museum looks like fun. I heard some clips of the press conferences from the Smithsonian on the radio yesterday. There are some mighty funny and talented guys at work there.

The kids really want to see it, so I figured I would take them today as part of their "out of school" celebration.

[20something]

Originally Posted by texasjodylynn

The kids really want to see it, so I figured I would take them today as part of their "out of school" celebration.

Fun! I'm thinking we might have to go for a date night tonight. My hubby and I have been fighting this morning, and I am so irritated that I know it will just escalate and ruin the whole weekend until he leaves on Sunday for work. So might as well do something to squash it so I can enjoy my weekend

On the other hand, if I stay mad, I have more of an excuse to lock myself in my craft room all weekend... lol

[kerryj106]

Originally Posted by 20something

Fun! I'm thinking we might have to go for a date night tonight. My hubby and I have been fighting this morning, and I am so irritated that I know it will just escalate and ruin the whole weekend until he leaves on Sunday for work. So might as well do something to squash it so I can enjoy my weekend

On the other hand, if I stay mad, I have more of an excuse to lock myself in my craft room all weekend... lol

hmmmmm...what to do...what to do....

[kerryj106]

Originally Posted by texasjodylynn

The kids really want to see it, so I figured I would take them today as part of their "out of school" celebration.

The second one's out already? That seemed fast - or maybe I'm just extraordinarily unobservant!

[20something]

Originally Posted by kerryj106

hmmmmm...what to do...what to do....

It's a tough, tough, choice. On the other hand, he's out of town for 2 weeks this time, then home for a week, then out of town for another week (then home for 2 and out of town for 2)...so I have more than enough "me" time coming up

[KelliJo]

Originally Posted by texasjodylynn

My kids are officially out of school as of this moment. Their last day of school was today. It seems CRAZY early, but I love summer break and having them home.

They had to go to school from 8 am-9am. LMAO Why bother, huh?

We went long enough for my 11 year old to be a crying basketcase. heehee. She is starting middle school next year and I don't think she was quite ready to leave elementary school. She was SO sweet and even made me tear up... heehee (sappy sap)

On the agenda for today: celebratory lunch at Applebees with the girls, night at the museum 2 and HOPEFULLY stamping will be in the plan later in the day

My Kids have NO school today it's a Snow day! LOL I guess we didnt miss enough school to use them all up with all the flooding and snow. SO...no school today AND Monday due to the Holiday, man but those Teachers are smart and can milk it to a 4 day weekend... We are headed out tomorrow to a Fastpitch tournie. I have missed the last 2 due to work, got a partner to work for me Sunday so I could go... YEA!!!!

JULIE~! Congrats my friend!!! I LOVE that color combo and your package was so fun to look at.....

[20something]

Originally Posted by KelliJo

My Kids have NO school today it's a Snow day! LOL I guess we didnt miss enough school to use them all up with all the flooding and snow. SO...no school today AND Monday due to the Holiday, man but those Teachers are smart and can milk it to a 4 day weekend... We are headed out tomorrow to a Fastpitch tournie. I have missed the last 2 due to work, got a partner to work for me Sunday so I could go... YEA!!!!

JULIE~! Congrats my friend!!! I LOVE that color combo and your package was so fun to look at.....

Man when I was in school they never gave us back snow days we didn't use! So lucky!

[stampinjewelsd]

Originally Posted by 20something

Fun! I'm thinking we might have to go for a date night tonight. My hubby and I have been fighting this morning, and I am so irritated that I know it will just escalate and ruin the whole weekend until he leaves on Sunday for work. So might as well do something to squash it so I can enjoy my weekend

On the other hand, if I stay mad, I have more of an excuse to lock myself in my craft room all weekend... lol

Squash it! You are always more creative when you have a happy heart!

[20something]

Originally Posted by stampinjewelsd

Squash it! You are always more creative when you have a happy heart!

probably true...

[KelliJo]

Originally Posted by 20something

Man when I was in school they never gave us back snow days we didn't use! So lucky!

LOL We grew up were it DID snow and a LOT OF IT...we just waited until around February and then we would find out when the last day of school was...it was NEVER planned... OMGOSH!!! We get the school calendar at the beginning of the year and it has snow days printed on it.... HAHAHAHHA USUALLY in conjunction with a Holiday! when they were in Day Care it would TOTALLY irritate me, now they just come home and slug out!

[KelliJo]

Originally Posted by stampinjewelsd

Squash it! You are always more creative when you have a happy heart!

YUP!

[KelliJo]

OK, MUCH to do today to prepare for trip..... LOTS O SWAPS to finish!

Have an excellent day and awesome Holiday......

[deborahmegan]

Have a good day friends! I'm hitting the road for St. Louis, but you know I'll check in once I get there!

[Bar]

Hope everyone has a great weekend with safe travels! I'm going to be at home, with a long weekend. Finally going to get to clean, LOL, and work in the yard. AND stamp, of course

[basilefamily]

Hi everyone, back from a crazy day of shuttling kids around to drs appointments and activities! I'm off to link up my judges pick this week!!

[basilefamily]

I'm feeling particularly summery today and this bright and cheery project totally caught my eye!

Don't you think its just a smashing color combination?

Outstanding excecution, beautiful coloring - and she even tried a technique she hadn't used before, I think with fantastic results!

Clearly, she put a lot of time into creating this adorable little set!

Congratulations to Joycelyn's with this adorable Berry Basket!

[KelliJo]

Originally Posted by basilefamily

I'm feeling particularly summery today and this bright and cheery project totally caught my eye!

Don't you think its just a smashing color combination?

Outstanding excecution, beautiful coloring - and she even tried a technique she hadn't used before, I think with fantastic results!

Clearly, she put a lot of time into creating this adorable little set!

Congratulations to Joycelyn's with this adorable Berry Basket!

Oh man....I LOVED the berry basket too...I dont know HOW people do them..... LOL

[celestial_stamper]

Originally Posted by basilefamily

I'm feeling particularly summery today and this bright and cheery project totally caught my eye!

Don't you think its just a smashing color combination?

Outstanding excecution, beautiful coloring - and she even tried a technique she hadn't used before, I think with fantastic results!

Clearly, she put a lot of time into creating this adorable little set!

Congratulations to Joycelyn's with this adorable Berry Basket!

Definately deserving! It was a great set. Cute & colorful.