Challenge #269 - Recipe to Think of You

"Thinking of You" cards are perhaps the most important cards we make!  Letting someone who is struggling or going through a tough time in their life know that we have their back, we're on their side, we're there to listen and support, is one of the best things we can do for another person. Do you agree? Design Team Member Jane has devised a Recipe Challenge with a Thinking of You sentiment and a pastel palette. You have to include all the elements in the recipe on your creation, but how you do that is up to you! Have fun and start your ovens, er...stamp sets!

We are so pleased to welcome our fifth guest designer, Colleen Begley, (who was our Featured Artist on Challenge #267) for this challenge.

Colleen Begley

Let's see how the Design Team has combined their elements:

Heather Cooper

 

Heather Heroldt

Jan Clothier

Jane Knudsen

Joanne James

LeAnne Pugliese

Here are some guidelines for the challenge:

• Create any card, scrapbooking page, 3D project or packaging project that fits the challenge.
• Use every element in the recipe, but the possibilities within those parameters are endless.
• Please include the challenge graphic and link back to the challenge in your blog post. Turn off word verification so we can send you lots of feedback. Make sure you link the post not the whole blog to the Linky. Use AYSI#269 when uploading to a public gallery.
• If you’re unsure about ‘the rules’, check the details under the Challenge Guidelines tab.

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Winners for Challenge #268 - Techniques, Techniques

Oh, my goodness!  Stampers LOVE their techniques! We saw old techniques, we saw new techniques, we saw common techniques, we saw unique techniques! You name it, we saw it! And along with all the techniques were amazing projects! Thank you for all your creative entries! But challenge winners have to be chosen, and it's our job to do it!

Without further ado, I want to introduce you to our winners! Here they are: 

Our first Top Pick is: Stef Perry

Stef combined an old favourite technique, Copic marker colouring, with a new passion, hot foiling, to make this incredible creation! The foiled image, the beautiful colours, the impeccable colouring job would be enough for Top Pick, but check out the beautiful circular frame and die pierced background behind it, as well as the foiled and die cut sentiment! Makes a crafter swoon!!

Our Featured Artist is: Betty Wright

Betty's favourite technique is Layering Stencils and she used them to the greatest visual effect here with the colours she chose to use, in exact accuracy, with the spatters and the embossed sentiment on black, and finally, that beautiful die cut and embossed gold seal, which looks so realistic most of us thought it was wax! This is an exciting technique and well presented by your project, Betty! Congratulations!

                                                      

And we think you may want to check out the following Honorable Mentions on their sites:

 7. Claire

12. Deborah Wheeler

30. Angie McKenzie

Congratulations to our winners and thanks to everyone who played along! Come and check out our new Recipe Challenge tomorrow morning on our blog! Our winners today can pick up their badges on this page and display them with pride on their blogs or sites.    

You Still Have a Few Hours Left to Play Challenge #268 - Techniques, Techniques

You still have a few hours left to play with our Fill In The Blank Challenge #268 at As You See It Challenges! Why don't you give it a try, here?

The Challenge will close on Wednesday, Feb. 23rd, at 11:55 pm Pacific time.  

You Still Have Time to Play Challenge #268 - Techniques, Techniques

You still have time to play with our Fill In The Blank Challenge #268 at As You See It Challenges! Why don't you give it a try, here?

The Challenge will close on Wednesday, Feb. 23rd, at 11:55 pm Pacific time.  

As You See It Challenge #268 - Techniques, Techniques

Design Team member Jan is giving us a chance to share our favourite stamping technique in our next Fill In the Blank Challenge. We all have a special process or skill that we love to use when we make cards or when we scrapbook. How would you fill in the blank: "A Favourite Technique of Mine is: ______________."?

This week's challenge is a fill in the blank challenge. You complete the sentence by filling in the blank, then you make your project based on the words you used to fill in the blank. How would you fill in this blank? Now, take on the challenge of making something amazing with it!

 And make sure to tell us, in your blog post, how you Filled in the Blank!

       

Here's the favourite stamping techniques of our Design Team:

Heather Cooper

Heather likes to do the whitewash technique!

Heather Heroldt

Heather H. loves to fussy cut! Who knew??

Jan Clothier

Jan is known for her masking and ink blending!

Jane Knudsen

Colouring is Jane's technique!

Joanne James

Joanne loves inlaid die cutting!

LeAnne Pugliese
LeAnne's favourite technique is watercolouring.

• Create any card, scrapbooking page, 3D project or packaging project that fits the challenge.
• Fill in the blanks with the words that are right for you and then create your project with those words in mind. Tell us, in your blog or on your site, what words you used.
• Please include the challenge graphic and link back to the challenge in your blog post. Turn off word verification so we can send you lots of feedback. Make sure you link the post not the whole blog to the Linky. Use AYSI#268 when uploading to a public gallery.
• If you’re unsure about ‘the rules’, check the details under the Challenge Guidelines tab.

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Winners for Challenge #267 - Soft & Muted

We're excited to announce the winners of Challenge #267 because the Featured Artist will be our Guest Designer for the next Recipe Challenge in two weeks! We're very keen to work with the winner! The colours in our challenge this time seemed to take a while to catch on, but when they finally did, WOW! The designs you came up with are gorgeous! Such a variety, too, depending on which of the colours were more featured. There was nothing muted about your talent! Such a tough decision, but here are the winners:

Our Top Pick is: Jolanda Johnston

That layered, stenciled, blended ink, die cut floral design alone is enough to give this card Top Pick status, but when you add the scrappy background with all the patterns and textures, plus the die cut sentiment, it adds up to amazing! Thanks for sharing your considerable talents with us, Jolanda!

Our Featured Artist is: Colleen Begley

Colleen used a window die to create the four quadrants and blended the four Challenge colours each into one of the four quadrants. They create a beautiful focal point when various foliage elements are stamped into each quadrant as well. With the addition of the die cut sentiments, the beautiful card is a real masterpiece. Colleen choice of colours to back the card are perfect. The Design Team was very impressed with the whole project and are delighted to be able to work with Colleen as our Guest Designer on our upcoming Recipe Challenge in 2 weeks! Congratulations, Colleen, and we will be in touch with you with the details.

                                                      

And we think you may want to check out the following Honorable Mentions on their sites:

  2. Tammy Fite

  3. Tenia Nelson

  9. Deborah Wheeler

15. Christy Stanford

Congratulations to our winners and thanks to everyone who played along! Come and check out our new Fill in the Blank Challenge tomorrow morning on our blog! Our winners today can pick up their badges on this page and display them with pride on their blogs or sites.  

You Still Have a Few Hours Left To Play Challenge #267 - Soft & Muted

You still have a few hours left to play our Colour Challenge #267 at As You See It Challenges and a chance at being our next guest designer! Why don't you give it a try, here?

The Challenge will close on Wednesday, Feb. 9th, at 11:55 pm Pacific time.   

You Still Have Time To Play Challenge #267 - Soft & Muted

You still have time to play with our Colour Challenge #267 at As You See It Challenges and a chance at being our next guest designer! Why don't you give it a try, here?

The Challenge will close on Wednesday, Feb. 9th, at 11:55 pm Pacific time.