You still have time to play with our Speed Stamping Challenge #295 at As You See It Challenges! Why don't you give it a try, here?
The Challenge will close on Wednesday, Apr. 5th, at 11:55 pm Pacific time.
Friday, March 31, 2023
Friday, March 24, 2023
Challenge #295 - Accelerated Alfresco
For this challenge we are doing a Speed Stamping Challenge and the theme for the challenge, created by Design Team member Jane, is Outdoors! So you are making a card depicting alfresco surroundings in a very accelerated way. To get your adrenaline pumping, create a card or other project, in under 10 minutes, that illustrates the theme of the Great Outdoors! Please let us know how long it took you to make it in your description.
When we do a speed challenge we are not expecting a detailed masterpiece from you. We want you to have fun and see what you can create in under 10 minutes! You can design it in your head or sketch it out first. You can gather all your supplies ahead of time. But once you start the cutting/stamping/die cutting/embossing /etc. process, you must start the timer!
Heather Cooper 10m0s
Heather Heroldt 9m57s
Jan Clothier 7m21s
Here are some guidelines for the challenge:
- Create any card, scrapbooking page, 3D project or packaging project that fits the challenge.
- You can come up with your design and gather materials before you start the clock, but once you start work, you have to complete your design in 10 min. State in your blog or description, how long it took you to make it.
- Use the given theme in your project.
- 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 #AYS295 when uploading to a public gallery.
- If you’re unsure about ‘the rules’, check the details under the Challenge Guidelines.
- You can combine our challenge with up to 3 other compatible challenges.
- We do reserve the right to delete, or not consider, entries that do not comply with these guidelines.
Thursday, March 23, 2023
Winners for Challenge #295 - Spring Clean the Stash
How did it feel to get into your scrap stash and sort it out and have an excuse to use the bits and pieces? Just like any spring cleaning feels good (once it's done!!) I loved looking through my scraps, and I found some jewels among the scraps, too! But how many of you did the extra work and actually sorted everything else out? That would NOT be me, I'm afraid! My excuse is that we were busy picking winners! And here are the winners for As You See It Challenge #294:
Our Top Pick is: Kelly Schirmer
The Design Team loved how Kelly created an amazing quilted background out of scraps of patterned paper! What made it look so authentically quilted was the way the pinked edges fitted together on all sides and had a stitched edge around the perimeter! Also Kelly had some amazing scraps in her stash that worked together so well, like the juicy red strawberries and the violets. That piped sentiment in yellow is gorgeous! Such a beautiful card! Who could tell it was made of scraps??
Our Featured Artist is: Cindi Copeland
Cindi has done all crafters a favour and figured out what to do with those small strips of cardstock you have left over when you trim it! She weaves them into a rainbow pattern inside a hoop. This colourful design looks bright and inviting and gives you an excuse to hoard those pieces you would normally throw away. We love her choice of black for the hoop and the carefree font of the sentiment! Well woven rainbow, Cindi!
And we think you may want to check out the following Honorable Mentions on their sites:
4. Erin T.
6. Maggie H.
Congratulations to our winners and thanks to everyone who played along! Come and check out our new Speed Stamping 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.
Wednesday, March 22, 2023
You Still Have a Few Hours Left To Play Challenge #294 - Spring Clean the Stash
You still have a few hours left to play with our Theme Challenge #294 at As You See It Challenges! Why don't you give it a try, here?
The Challenge will close on Wednesday, Mar. 22nd, at 11:55 pm Pacific time.
Friday, March 17, 2023
You Still Have Time to Play Challenge #294 - Spring Clean the Stash
You still have time to play with our Theme Challenge #294 at As You See It Challenges! Why don't you give it a try, here?
The Challenge will close on Wednesday, Mar. 22nd, at 11:55 pm Pacific time.
Friday, March 10, 2023
Challenge #294 - Spring Clean the Stash
What's your scrap stash like? Is is overflowing with items you were going to use, but didn't? Extra die cuts? Small pieces of that beautiful patterned paper that you just couldn't throw away? We thought we'd give you an excuse to use them! The theme of our challenge is Spring Clean the Stash and we'll let you play that out any way you want as long as you use something from your craft stash in your project and let us know what it was!
What do the Design Team have in their scrap stashes?
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Here are some guidelines for the challenge:
- Create any card, scrapbooking page, 3D project or packaging project that fits the challenge.
- 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 #AYSI294 when uploading to a public gallery.
- If you’re unsure about 'the rules’, check the details under the Challenge Guidelines.
- You can combine our challenge with up to 3 other compatible challenges.
- We do reserve the right to delete, or not consider, entries that do not comply with these guidelines.
Thursday, March 9, 2023
Winners for Challenge #293 - Recipe in Pinks & Pearls
Thanks to all the test craft cooks who tried out our Recipe Challenge last week! The wonderful variety of entries we had was so enjoyable. It was interesting to see everyone's interpretation of the word "distressed", and those blossoms were gorgeous, as were all the shades of pink! We loved every minute! Now, down to business: here are the winners of As You See It Challenge #293:
Our Top Pick is: Jenny Engelke
Ever see two unlikely designs that just work so well together? Jenny has taken the Hues of Happiness floral designs and the Like an Animal animal prints and textures and married them with pops of gold accents to cook up our recipe in a stunning way! And the gold pearls are such an elegant embellishment for the finishing touch! Beautiful work, Jenny!
And our Featured Artist this week:
Our first Featured Artist is: Kelly Schimer
Kelly's beautiful die-cut hollyhocks are featured on her artistically laid out project. The Design Team loved all the shades of pink in both the hollyhocks and in the background paper! And that background paper fulfilled so many of the challenge elements on it's own: shades of pink, embossing folder and distressed paper! The multicoloured little pearls added a beautiful final touch to a project worthy of Featured Artist! Congratulations, Kelly!
And we think you may want to check out the following Honorable Mentions on their sites:
16. Yvon Doensen
Congratulations to our winners and thanks to everyone who played along! Come and check out our new Theme 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.
Wednesday, March 8, 2023
You Still Have a Few Hours Left to Play Challenge #293 - Recipe in Pinks & Pearls
You still have a few hours left to play with our Recipe Challenge #293 at As You See It Challenges! Why don't you give it a try, here?
The Challenge will close on Wednesday, Mar. 8th, at 11:55 pm Pacific time.
Friday, March 3, 2023
You Still Have Time to Play Challenge #293 - Recipe in Pinks & Pearls
You still have time to play with our Recipe Challenge #293 at As You See It Challenges! Why don't you give it a try, here?
The Challenge will close on Wednesday, Mar. 8th, at 11:55 pm Pacific time.
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