<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348029815119416101</id><updated>2011-07-30T13:24:17.193-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Softie Nation Challenges</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://softiechallenges.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3348029815119416101/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://softiechallenges.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>niss</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10537197625551008564</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_3COZwCtsVvw/R6zraNnsRfI/AAAAAAAAA1k/2MNyUzvK_Qs/S220/new+avatar+010.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>5</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348029815119416101.post-6681426484685427538</id><published>2009-08-23T00:57:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-23T01:21:53.103-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Softie nation challenge number 2</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-size:180%;color:#cc0000;"&gt;BUTTONS BUTTONS BUTTONS - &lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;"&gt;is the theme for challenge 2..&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_3COZwCtsVvw/SpD61uzsHGI/AAAAAAAACkI/euxLCRuKaoI/s1600-h/billiecart+012.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373070156457843810" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_3COZwCtsVvw/SpD61uzsHGI/AAAAAAAACkI/euxLCRuKaoI/s400/billiecart+012.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;make a softie/stuffie of your choice, but somewhere on it, there must be buttons....&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;and the prize for this challenge is.............. a thread and button pack...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;here is an example i made for a friend a while ago&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373070868093387074" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_3COZwCtsVvw/SpD7fJ20wUI/AAAAAAAACkQ/k4YZWjCr9Rg/s400/2815790197_e8e9339fe2.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;and...... here are the rules&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Create a softie/stuffie of your choice, making sure you use buttons somewhere on your creation. You may follow one of the many patterns available on the world wide web or use your own original pattern or style.&lt;br /&gt;Please send two low-res (each less than 1 MB) images of your entry (one of the entire piece and one detail) via email by September 30th 2009 to &lt;a href="mailto:softienation@ymail.com"&gt;softienation@ymail.com&lt;/a&gt; , with the words “Stash softie Challenge” in the subject line. Please include your name and email address and a brief explanation of your creation (if you like). Please do not “zip” your files and be sure to send jpegs. We will post your fabulous work on the blog for all to see!&lt;br /&gt;The winner will be posted on this blog on or by the 05 October 2009. and your prize sent out Pronto!&lt;br /&gt;Good luck everyone, and remember this is fun... so dont stress!!!!!!&lt;br /&gt;Niss x &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3348029815119416101-6681426484685427538?l=softiechallenges.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://softiechallenges.blogspot.com/feeds/6681426484685427538/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://softiechallenges.blogspot.com/2009/08/softie-nation-challenge-number-2.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3348029815119416101/posts/default/6681426484685427538'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3348029815119416101/posts/default/6681426484685427538'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://softiechallenges.blogspot.com/2009/08/softie-nation-challenge-number-2.html' title='Softie nation challenge number 2'/><author><name>niss</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10537197625551008564</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_3COZwCtsVvw/R6zraNnsRfI/AAAAAAAAA1k/2MNyUzvK_Qs/S220/new+avatar+010.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_3COZwCtsVvw/SpD61uzsHGI/AAAAAAAACkI/euxLCRuKaoI/s72-c/billiecart+012.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348029815119416101.post-2981415966185924554</id><published>2009-07-21T06:57:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-07-21T06:59:16.638-07:00</updated><title type='text'>question??</title><content type='html'>i posted this on the other main site page, but i will post it here too...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have been asked a question, And its a great question by the way.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;Are we allowed to use purchased patterns, for our challenge entry??&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And the answer to that is yes you may, as long as you are not going to sell your creation after the challenge... you may use anything that inspired you to create.... as long as its for personal use only.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I hope this answers your question  ..............................Ax&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3348029815119416101-2981415966185924554?l=softiechallenges.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://softiechallenges.blogspot.com/feeds/2981415966185924554/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://softiechallenges.blogspot.com/2009/07/question.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3348029815119416101/posts/default/2981415966185924554'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3348029815119416101/posts/default/2981415966185924554'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://softiechallenges.blogspot.com/2009/07/question.html' title='question??'/><author><name>niss</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10537197625551008564</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_3COZwCtsVvw/R6zraNnsRfI/AAAAAAAAA1k/2MNyUzvK_Qs/S220/new+avatar+010.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348029815119416101.post-6374157711632546440</id><published>2009-07-09T06:42:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-07-09T06:44:50.749-07:00</updated><title type='text'>.</title><content type='html'>we have our first few entries.... you can check them out &lt;a href="http://www.softienation.blogspot.com/"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; .. and remember, you can enter as many times as you want, the more you entries have, the more you share!!  and that makes a happy place to be!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3348029815119416101-6374157711632546440?l=softiechallenges.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://softiechallenges.blogspot.com/feeds/6374157711632546440/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://softiechallenges.blogspot.com/2009/07/blog-post.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3348029815119416101/posts/default/6374157711632546440'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3348029815119416101/posts/default/6374157711632546440'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://softiechallenges.blogspot.com/2009/07/blog-post.html' title='.'/><author><name>niss</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10537197625551008564</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_3COZwCtsVvw/R6zraNnsRfI/AAAAAAAAA1k/2MNyUzvK_Qs/S220/new+avatar+010.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348029815119416101.post-2982689249213357897</id><published>2009-07-02T20:50:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-07-02T21:23:52.733-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Challenge 1 is here!!!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Hi Everyone and welcome to our first ever challenge!!!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;This challenge is open to any one who loves to make yummy squishy things!!. Because its out first im going to make it an easy, get to know you challenge!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;Create a Softie/Stuffie from your stash, show us what you do, what you enjoy making, and what you love to create your little friends with the most.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;em&gt;thats it, see i said it was going to be easy&lt;/em&gt;! &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;AND YOUR PRIZE FOR THIS CHALLENGE IS........&lt;em&gt;drdrdrdrdrdrdr&lt;/em&gt; (thats a drumroll)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354084483880401122" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 279px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_3COZwCtsVvw/Sk2HeI8fOOI/AAAAAAAACcs/c7caybn9ies/s400/best-in-show-151.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;Its easy to sign up, just post a comment below. Happy softie-ing!!!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;here are the rules&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Create a softie/stuffie from your existing stash. You may follow one of the many patterns available on the world wide web or use your own original pattern or style. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Please send two low-res (each less than 1 MB) images of your entry (one of the entire piece and one detail) via email by August 15th 2009 to &lt;a href="mailto:softienation@ymail.com"&gt;softienation@ymail.com&lt;/a&gt; , with the words “Stash softie Challenge” in the subject line. Please include your name and email address and a brief explanation of your creation (if you like). Please do not “zip” your files and be sure to send jpegs. We will post your fabulous work on the blog for all to see! &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;The winner will be posted on this blog on or by the 20th August 2009. and your prize sent out Pronto!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Good luck everyone, and remember this is fun... so dont stress!!!!!!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Niss x&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3348029815119416101-2982689249213357897?l=softiechallenges.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://softiechallenges.blogspot.com/feeds/2982689249213357897/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://softiechallenges.blogspot.com/2009/07/challenge-1-is-here.html#comment-form' title='8 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3348029815119416101/posts/default/2982689249213357897'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3348029815119416101/posts/default/2982689249213357897'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://softiechallenges.blogspot.com/2009/07/challenge-1-is-here.html' title='Challenge 1 is here!!!'/><author><name>niss</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10537197625551008564</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_3COZwCtsVvw/R6zraNnsRfI/AAAAAAAAA1k/2MNyUzvK_Qs/S220/new+avatar+010.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_3COZwCtsVvw/Sk2HeI8fOOI/AAAAAAAACcs/c7caybn9ies/s72-c/best-in-show-151.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>8</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348029815119416101.post-5797240902462065095</id><published>2009-07-02T08:49:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-07-02T08:50:49.723-07:00</updated><title type='text'>first challenge</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;color:#cc0000;"&gt;coming soon!!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;color:#cc0000;"&gt;coming soon!!!!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;color:#cc0000;"&gt;coming soon!!!!!!!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;color:#cc0000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;color:#cc0000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;color:#cc0000;"&gt;i promise x&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3348029815119416101-5797240902462065095?l=softiechallenges.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://softiechallenges.blogspot.com/feeds/5797240902462065095/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://softiechallenges.blogspot.com/2009/07/first-challenge.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3348029815119416101/posts/default/5797240902462065095'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3348029815119416101/posts/default/5797240902462065095'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://softiechallenges.blogspot.com/2009/07/first-challenge.html' title='first challenge'/><author><name>niss</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10537197625551008564</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_3COZwCtsVvw/R6zraNnsRfI/AAAAAAAAA1k/2MNyUzvK_Qs/S220/new+avatar+010.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry></feed>
