Winners for Challenge #362 - Bits and Pieces

We loved the variety of thought and design our sketch brought to the entries for our Bits and Pieces challenge! We faced the challenge of choosing winners once again.. and we were able to pick winners from among all the beauties entered!

Here they are:

We have a tie for Top Pick:

Our  first Top Pick is: Jolanda Johnstone

Jolanda has created a most whimsical and entertaining take on the sketch. The varied background papers all work so well together on top of the gorgeously embossed card front! The focal point image is humorous and look at that multicoloured sentiment! The Design Team felt that it all adds up to a worthy Top Pick! Congrats, Jolanda!

Our  second Top Pick is: Jaydee

Jaydee has used some compelling DSP for the rectangular elements of the sketch! She deserves a medal just for having the courage to cut into it!  The Design Team loved the way that it formed the main substance of her card! The neutral circle and the vellum square manage to take a back seat and the beautifully embossed sentiment creates a focal point, without detracting from the beautiful paper. Congrats on being a Top Pick, Jaydee!

Our Featured Artist is: Amy Koenders

Our winning entry, Amy Koenders, the Featured Artist, has created a beautiful birthday card featuring gorgeous contrasts. She has also used texture in her background. The kraft and pink, white and dark brown is a stunning palette! Note the die cut sentiment that forms the horizontal element of the sketch! It's so bold and eye catching, but doesn't detract from the delicate nature of the florals! Congratulations on being our Featured Artist, Amy ! 

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

  11. Denise Willerton

 

  15. Karen Ksenzakovic

 

Join us tomorrow for our next challenge, a Colour Challenge with a chance for the winner to be a guest designer for a challenge! 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 #362 - Bits and Pieces

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

The Challenge will close on Wednesday, Dec. 10th, at 11:55 pm Pacific time.   

You Still Have Time to Play Challenge #362 - Bits and Pieces

You still have time left to play our Sketch Challenge - Bits and Pieces at As You See It Challenges! Why don't you give it a try, here.

The Challenge will close on Wednesday, Dec. 10th, at 11:55 pm Pacific time.   

Challenge #362 - Bits and Pieces

Of all of the types of challenges we offer, sketch challenges give you the best basis for constructing your card. You provide the colours and images, but the basic layout is done for you. It might be the most helpful of all our challenges. This week, our team mate, Jan C., has given us a more intricate design for our sketch, but I'm really excited to see the beautiful card designs that will arise from it! Here's the sketch:

Remember, you can turn the sketch on it's side, invert it, or change the shape of the focus shape in the middle, but please keep the integrity of the sketch, so it's recognizable.

Check out the work of our Design Team, using this sketch: 

Deborah Wheeler

Heather Cooper

Heather Heroldt

Jan Clothier

Joanne James

LeAnne Pugliese

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 #362 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.*

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Winners for Challenge #361 - An Accelerated Apple a Day

Apples are a quick and easy snack! Maybe that's why they make a great theme for a quick and easy card! Anyway, some of you had a lot of fun with our apple theme for our Speed Stamping challenge over the past two weeks! You came up with some awesome designs! Once again you made the Design Team's job hard! But here are the results:

Our Top Pick is: Jolanda Johnstone

Wow! Jolanda has reached a new milestone in her speed stamping career. This sweet CAS apple card was completed in 4 minutes and 8 seconds! The mini apples are well coloured, the sentiment is tiny, but touching and the green gingham background makes the perfect backdrop. The Design Team, as always, loves Jolanda's comments in her blog as she describes the great techniques she uses to facilitate her speed stamping! Congratulations on Top Pick, Jolanda!

Our Featured Artist is: Christy Stanford

Christy, our winner, and Featured Artist, made her beautiful card in 8 min. 14 sec.! Her design is not complicated, but the combination of shapes, colours and finishing details really set it apart! Everything is coordinated, down to the embellishments and the sentiment! I love how the focal image panel has the stitched corners rounded and that Christy took the time to do a wonderful colouring job on the pie. Congratulations on the Featured Artist Award, Christy!

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

1. Johanna @ Lavender House Creations

4.  Birgit

5.  Loopyloo

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

You Still Have a Few Hours Left to Play Challenge #361 - An Accelerated Apple a Day

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.   

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:

Deborah Wheeler

7m 27s

Heather Cooper

9m 24s

Heather Heroldt

9m 02s

Jan Clothier

7m 45s

Joanne James

10m 00s

LeAnne Pugliese

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.*

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter