Wednesday, May 31, 2023

You Still Have a Few Hours Left to Play Challenge #299 - Recipe for Framed Flowers in Blue

You still have a few hours left to play our Recipe Challenge #299 at As You See It Challenges! Why don't you give it a try, here?




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The Challenge will close on Wednesday, May 31st, at 11:55 pm Pacific time.         

Friday, May 26, 2023

You Still Have Time to Play Challenge #299 - Recipe for Framed Flowers in Blue

You still have time to play our Recipe Challenge #299 at As You See It Challenges! Why don't you give it a try, here?




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The Challenge will close on Wednesday, May 31st, at 11:55 pm Pacific time.        

Friday, May 19, 2023

Challenge #299 - Recipe for Framed Flowers in Blue

Our Design Team member, Deborah Wheeler cooked up this recipe challenge and I'm glad she did! There are so many shades of blue to play with! And the frame is a stroke of genius! I can't wait to see what everyone does with that element! This is going to be such a fun challenge!

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!

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We are so pleased to welcome our tenth guest designer, Christy Stanford, (who was our Featured Artist on Challenge #297) for this challenge.

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And this is her beautiful project for this challenge:



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


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jan clothier





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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.
  • 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#293 when uploading to a public gallery.
  • If you’re unsure about ‘the rules’, check the details under the Challenge Guidelines tab.
  • 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.

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Thursday, May 18, 2023

Winners for Challenge #298 - New Stuff

This must be the crafter's Christmas Season! Everyone has new stuff that they want to share! Or maybe crafters as a group always have new stuff that they want to share. That's probably closer to the truth. Anyway, this past Fill In The Blank Challenge really struck a chord! We all just love to get and try out and share our new products! Anyway, thank you for your entries! We loved seeing all your great stuff! 

Now, I want to introduce you to our winners! Here they are: 

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Our Top Pick is: Kristin Sluhan

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Kristin created this beautiful mosaic piece using a new Starlight Die set. She die cut the die 6 times, including black and black glitter and white, which you can't see. She collected all the tiny pieces, and with the help of spray adhesive, she worked them all back into the framework of the die outline. The painstaking result is stunning, and the white embossed sentiment on black finishes it off to perfection! 



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Our Featured Artist is: Kelly Schirmer


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First of all, look at those yummy colours that Kelly has used! They are so perfect for a birthday cake! The long, slender candles are so distinctive from her new Hip Hip Hooray collection, and, in addition, if you look carefully in the background you'll see sparklers embossed, again from her new products. The Design Team loved the way she added her sentiment on the thin letters to mimic the candles and the way she put the Hooray on vellum so it didn't hide them. This is such an artistically designed card, Kelly! Congratulations!

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





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. 

Wednesday, May 17, 2023

You Still Have a Few Hours Left To Play Challenge #298 - New Stuff

You still have a few hours left to play our Fill in the Blank Stamping Challenge #298 at As You See It Challenges! Why don't you give it a try, here?



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The Challenge will close on Wednesday, May 17th, at 11:55 pm Pacific time.        

Friday, May 12, 2023

You Still Have Time to Play Challenge #298 - New Stuff

You still have time to play our Fill in the Blank Stamping Challenge #298 at As You See It Challenges! Why don't you give it a try, here?



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The Challenge will close on Wednesday, May 17th, at 11:55 pm Pacific time.       

Friday, May 5, 2023

Challenge #298 - New Stuff

What crafter doesn't get chills at the prospect of adding new products to their crafty stash? And it's that time of year when there is a lot of new product to look at and purchase as well! What's the newest thing in your collection? Make us a card or other project with it and show it off here!

For 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!


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What's new in the Design Team's stashes?:




heather cooper

Heather Cooper
Heather C.'s latest additions to her craft stash are the Nested Friends bundle and the Countryside Inn Suite.




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Heather H. just got all the new In Colours!!





Jan Clothier
Not available this week.






Jane's newest products are retiring cardstock Pale Papaya, Pear Pizzazz and Sahara Sand.




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Joanne James

Joanne has added the new In Colours and new Cheerful Daisy stamps and dies!


Deborah Wheeler
away for awhile longer.

  • 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 #298 when uploading to a public gallery.
  • If you’re unsure about ‘the rules’, check the details under the Challenge Guidelines tab.
  • 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.

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Thursday, May 4, 2023

Winners for Challenge #297 - Party Tweet

We're excited to announce the winners of Challenge #297 because the Featured Artist will be our Guest Designer for the next Recipe Challenge in two weeks! We love to work with our winners! Our entries were so bright and beautiful and very hard to choose winners from!

Here are our winners:

We have a tie for Top Pick:

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Our first Top Pick is: Lisa K.


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Lisa found a really unique way of presenting the colours in the challenge and that was by using plaid dies. These dies overlap in different ways creating differing plaid designs. The one Lisa chose really highlights the colours in a way that lets them complement each other! Thanks for sharing this great idea with us all, Lisa!

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Our second Top Pick is: Tenia Nelson


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Tenia has presented us with a great study in colour, composition and texture. We love those giant sequins and the mix of vintage and contemporary patterns and images. Tenia is the master of eclectic designs, and once again, delights us with her entry.

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Our Featured Artist is: Christy Stanford





As Featured Artist this week, Christy will also be invited to be our next Guest Designer! The Design Team loved the attractive way Christy used the four colours, with the yellow, green and blue as the image and the purple for the outline and sentiment. The choice of image was perfect for the layout and the choice of paper in the background really enhanced the whole effect.
Congratulations, Christy, you will be our next Guest Designer for our Recipe Challenge in 2 weeks time. We will be in touch!
                                                      
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And we think you may want to check out the following Honorable Mentions on their sites:



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. 

Wednesday, May 3, 2023

You Still Have a Few Hours Left to Play Challenge #297 - Party Tweet

You still have a few hours left to play our Colour Stamping Challenge #297 at As You See It Challenges! Why don't you give it a try, here?





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The Challenge will close on Wednesday, May 3rd, at 11:55 pm Pacific time.