You still have a few hours left to play our Speed Stamping Challenge - An Accelerated Apple a Day at As You See It Challenges! Why don't you give it a try, here.
The Challenge will close on Wednesday, Nov. 26th, at 11:55 pm Pacific time.
Wednesday, November 26, 2025
Friday, November 14, 2025
Challenge #361 - An Accelerated Apple a Day
The next speed stamping challenge is upon us and the theme for this one, thanks to our team mate, Heather Heroldt, is "Apples"! So you are tasked with making a card with the theme of apples in 10 minutes or less!! Can you do it? Here's our Challenge Banner:
For all our Speed Stamping Challenges, you are allowed to plan your card in advance, and get out your tools and materials before hand. But once you add ink to stamp or cut a piece of paper, or die cut or emboss, you must start the timer!
Let's see what you can make in 10 minutes! You might surprise yourself!
Now, let's take a peek at what our Design Team threw together in the allotted time:
7m 27s
9m 24s
9m 02s
7m 45s
10m 00s
6m 32s
Here are some guidelines for the challenges:
- 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 #357 when uploading to a public gallery.
- 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, November 13, 2025
Winners for Challenge #360 - Happy Harvest
We just loved all the entries that came with the Harvest Theme! They were all so beautiful! It was incredibly hard to choose winners! All the produce looked amazing! Wouldn't you be proud if you'd raised those?
Here are the winners of Challenge #360!
Our Top Pick is: Christy Stanford
From the rich diagonal plaid background to the water-colour effect image, Christy's card really was a harvest of blessings! The colouring was skillful, the colour choices were inspired and there was some yummy texture behind the main image too! Congratulations on being awarded Top pick this week, Christy!
Our Featured Artist is: Karen Walker
The Design Team was unanimous in their admiration for Karen's workmanship and creativity. You can see the careful work and the beautiful colour choices, not to mention the beautiful texture represented on Karen's card. Add on the subtlety of shading which really enhanced the reality of the look! Congratulations, Karen, on being this week's Featured Artist!
And we think you may want to check out the following Honourable Mentions on their sites:
5. Jennie Maier
8. Julia Sager
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, November 12, 2025
You Still Have a Few Hours Left to Play Challenge #360 - Happy Harvest
You still have a few hours left to play our Theme Challenge - Happy Harvest at As You See It Challenges! Why don't you give it a try, here.
The Challenge will close on Wednesday, Nov. 12th, at 11:55 pm Pacific time.
Friday, November 7, 2025
You Still Have Time to Play Challenge #360 - Happy Harvest
You still have time left to play our Theme Challenge - Happy Harvest at As You See It Challenges! Why don't you give it a try, here.
The Challenge will close on Wednesday, Nov. 12th, at 11:55 pm Pacific time.
Friday, October 31, 2025
Challenge #360 - Happy Harvest
Happy Halloween! We have a Theme Challenge for you this week and the theme topic is Harvest, thanks to yours truly! Take a look at the Challenge banner:
Because most of us are urbanites these days, harvest has more of a decor meaning than a food meaning, unless we have a backyard garden, but we do like those cozy autumn images!
Let's see how our Design Team interprets the Harvest theme:
Here are some guidelines for the challenges:
- 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 #357 when uploading to a public gallery.
- 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, October 30, 2025
Winners for Challenge #359 - Recipe for Autumn Florals
The fun part of our job as a Design Team is checking out the blogs of every entry in our challenges and especially fun when it's a recipe challenge! Everyone gets exactly the same five elements, but the variety of cards we get is endless AND beautiful! The not-so-fun part of our job is trying to pick winners from amongst those lovely entries, but once again, we bit the bullet and got the job done! Here they are:
Our Top Pick is: Sandra Strobel
Sandra put in so much effort for this Recipe Challenge! She has added surprise after surprise with the five card elements that had to be added, and so much more! The texture and the rich colour just envelope your senses! This card is so skillfully done, it really deserves the Top Pick! Congratulations, Sandra.
And our Featured Artist this week:
Our Featured Artist is: Loopyloo
Loopyloo (Lynda), our Featured Artist this week and winner, used the elements of the recipe with creative style. The Design Team particularly loved the arrangement of the die cut flowers and foliage in the frame and the unique background texture! Also, a strategically chosen "happy" sentiment! Well earned Featured Artist award! Congratulations, Lynda !
And we think you may want to check out the following Honorable Mentions on their sites:
1. Erin T.
5. Deb Horst
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, October 29, 2025
You Still Have a Few Hours Left to Play Challenge #359 - Recipe for Autumn Florals
You still have a few hours left to play our Recipe Challenge - Recipe for Autumn Florals at As You See It Challenges! Why don't you give it a try, here.
The Challenge will close on Wednesday, Oct. 29th, at 11:55 pm Pacific time.
Friday, October 24, 2025
You Still Have Time to Play Challenge #359 - Recipe for Autumn Florals
You still have time left to play our Recipe Challenge - Recipe for Autumn Florals at As You See It Challenges! Why don't you give it a try, here.
Friday, October 17, 2025
Challenge #359 - Recipe for Autumn Florals
There are some varieties of flowers that we associate with fall like asters and chrysanthemums, and colours of flowers like oranges, yellows, and rusts. This next Recipe Challenge puts me in mind of autumn flowers with its colours and elements. It also has one unique element: the frame! What will you use to create that? Remember, you must use all the elements shown here in the banner, in your project, when you do this recipe challenge designed by our team member, Deborah!
Remember our last Colour Challenge? Well, the winner of that challenge, Amanda Mertz, won the right to be a guest designer on today's challenge:
Here's Amanda:
and here's her wonderful card. I love the colours and textures:
How did our Design Team whip up this recipe?
Here are some guidelines for the challenges:
- 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 #357 when uploading to a public gallery.
- 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, October 16, 2025
Winners for Challenge #358 - My Favourite Autumn Things
It was a little predictable, but sometimes surprising to find out what you favourite things about autumn were, after all, it's such a comforting time of year! It's time for a clean slate, as well, as a new school year starts, and work picks up after summer breaks. Let us introduce the winners of Challenge #358 to you!
Our Top Pick is: Kelly Schirmer
Kelly's favourite thing about autumn is Thanksgiving and so she has created a card tribute to the holiday with a lovely fancy fold creation with beautiful oval panels containing beautifully coloured leaves, meaningful sentiments, and glistening highlights! It's a project that really catches the eye! Congratulations on Top Pick, Kelly!
Our Featured Artist is: Sandra Strobel
It's pretty hard to compete with this textural masterpiece by our Featured Artist, Sandra Strobel, whose favourite thing about autumn is pumpkins. Just feast your eyes on all the details, colours and textures she has included in this fantastic entry! The Design Team was blown away by her artistry! Congratulations on being the Featured Artist, Sandra!
And we think you may want to check out the following Honorable Mention on their site:
5. Erin T.
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, October 15, 2025
You Still Have a Few Hours Left to Play Challenge #358 - My Favourite Autumn Things
You still have a few hours left to play our Fill In The Blank Challenge #358 - My Favourite Autumn Things at As You See It Challenges! Why don't you give it a try, here.
Friday, October 10, 2025
You Still Have Time to Play Challenge #358 - My Favourite Autumn Things
You still have time left to play our Fill In The Blank Challenge #358 - My Favourite Autumn Things at As You See It Challenges! Why don't you give it a try, here.
Friday, October 3, 2025
Challenge #358 - My Favourite Autumn Things
It's time for a new Fill In The Blank Challenge and this time, our clever Team Mate Deborah is going "Sound of Music" on you, by asking you what your "Favourite Autumn Things" are. Is it the colourful leaves? Is it jumping in leaf piles? Is it drinking pumpkin spice lattes? Warm fires? Wearing sweaters?
When you have that figured out, let us know on your blog or entry page how you filled in the blank, and make a card or project illustrating those words!
Let's find out what our Design Team's Favourite Autumn Things are:
Deborah loves the autumn colours in the leaves!
Heather's favourite fruit, the juicy Bartlett pear, gets ripe in the autumn!
Heather loves everything pumpkin! Thanks, Trader Joe's!
Jan loves the changing colours of the leaves!
Joanne loves the appearance of Autumn Beauty Sunflowers!
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LeAnne loves PUMPKINS!!
Here are some guidelines for the challenges:
- 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 #357 when uploading to a public gallery.
- 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.*
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