Challenge #304 - Summertime & the Livin' is Easy

Remember that old song: "Summertime and the livin' is easy, fish are jumpin' and the cotton is high!" Summertime can be easy, although with fires, storms and heat waves, that's getting a little more rare! But still, it's a time when people often take vacations and enjoy a freer lifestyle. What do you love about the summer? Can you make a card that shows it?

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!

  

What are the Design Teams' summertime dreams?

Heather Cooper

Heather C.'s favourite thing about summer is early morning swims when the water is like glass.

Heather Heroldt

Heather H. loves summer travel, especially to the beach!! 

Jan Clothier

Jan's favourite think about summer is going to the beach!.

Jane Knudsen

Jane likes spending time with family and friends and a nice cold drink!

Joanne James

Joanne loves warm sunshine the most about summer!

Deborah Wheeler

Deborah's favourite thing about summer is warm, sunny days & bright flowers! 

• 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 #304 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

Winners for Challenge #303 - Bright 'n Basic

We're excited to announce the winners of Challenge #303 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 unique and artistic and very hard to choose winners from!

But here they are:

Our Top Pick is: Annette Elias

You have to read Annette's blog to fully appreciate her card for this challenge! Her use of the Floating Strip Technique is a unique feature, but so is the way the strips are die cut in order to fit around the most effectively coloured crab I've ever seen other than in real life! Speaking of IRL, I'll bet the Wink of Stella kicks it up another notch if we could see it clearly! Beautiful entry, Annette!

 

Our Featured Artist is: Lee Ann Barrett

As Featured Artist this week, Lee Ann will also be invited to be our next Guest Designer! The Design Team loved the exuberant feel to Lee Ann's card, the starburst background, the strip of grounding red cardstock through the center, the affirming sentiment and the gorgeous copic markers colouring job on the engaging image!

Congratulations, Lee Ann, you will be our next Guest Designer for our Recipe Challenge in 2 weeks time. We will be in touch!

                                                      

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

 4. Amy J.

 7. Bronwyn Eastley

10. Tenia Nelson

11. Suzy Hinton

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 #303 - Bright 'n Basic

You still have a few hours left to play our Colour Challenge #303 at As You See It Challenges! Why don't you give it a try, here.

The Challenge will close on Wednesday, July 26th, at 11:55 pm Pacific time.   

You Still Have Time to Play Challenge #303 - Bright 'n Basic

You still have time to play our Colour Challenge #303 at As You See It Challenges! Why don't you give it a try, here.

The Challenge will close on Wednesday, July 26th, at 11:55 pm Pacific time.  

Challenge #303 - Bright 'N Basic and a Chance to Be Our Guest Designer for a Week

We have a couple of bright colours for you to play with this time, but they are dampened with a couple of neutrals as well, so that takes a bit of the intensity off!  We hope you enjoy playing with these hues. They may be a touch unusual together, but that just makes for unique designs! Have fun with them!

Each time we have a colour challenge, the Featured Artist will have a chance to become a Guest Designer for our next Recipe Challenge 4 weeks from now. So enter with that in mind! We're so excited to work with you for a challenge!!

Remember, if you don't have the Stampin' Up! colours, use the colours you have that are the closest. Your project should use all these colours only and 1 neutral. (Neutrals include black, white, vanilla or Crumb Cake.)

How did the Design Team use these colours this week?

Heather Cooper

Heather Heroldt

Jan Clothier

Jane Knudsen

Joanne James

Deborah Wheeler

Here are some guidelines for the challenge:

• Create any card, scrapbooking page, 3D project or packaging project that fits the challenge.
• Stampin' Up! colours are used for reference but any matching colours are welcome. You can use black/neutral for outlines and sentiments but don’t use any other colours. Make sure you use all the colours in the challenge banner. Neutrals include black, white, vanilla, Crumb Cake.
• 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 303 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

Winners for Challenge #302 - Build with the Basics

Our sketch challenges aim to give you a framework to enhance your creativity! We love seeing what you do with each element of the sketch and how creatively you fill the requirements of the challenge! This week, we had some really unique designs, including Santa on a waterslide!!

Let me introduce you to our winners! Here they are:

Our Top Pick is: Erin T.

Those big, bold, red polka dots were the perfect backdrop for Erin's beautifully blended stencil of fruit for her focal point! The white oval with the unusual border and the torn vellum strip for the vertical element gave a space for the fruit to live in without overburdening the background design and they worked perfectly together. A beautiful card, congratulations, Erin!

Our Featured Artist is: Tenia Nelson

I scream. You scream. We all scream for ice cream! Especially on a CAS card with a gorgeous colour palette! That lovely royal blue strip with the pleats starts by giving a crisp background against the white card base. Then check out the pastel pink circle background accentuated by the paper piercings around its edges. The focal point, the ice cream cone itself, looks good enough to eat, it's so masterfully coloured! Add a few perfectly placed sequins and Tenia's signature staples and it's a Featured Artist's dream indeed!

                                                  

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

 4.  Amanda Mertz 

10. Gayle Chrvala

16. Jennie Maier

17. Carol McFarland

Congratulations to our winners and thanks to everyone who played along! Come and check out our new Colour Challenge tomorrow morning here on our blog with a chance at winning the right to be our new Guest Designer for our Recipe Challenge in two weeks time! 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 #302 - Build with the Basics

You still have a few hours left to play our Sketch Challenge #302 at As You See It Challenges! Why don't you give it a try, here.

The Challenge will close on Wednesday, July 12th, at 11:55 pm Pacific time.