As You See It Challenge

Thursday, June 4, 2026

Winners for Challenge #373 - Full Tilt Tulips

Now, in keeping with my last speed stamping post, I need to explain where the expression "full tilt" comes from! And, believe it or not, it comes from the medieval sport of jousting, also known as tilting. Two knights rode their horses toward one another, each holding a lance aimed at the other, trying to knock the other off his horse. To inflict the maximum damage, they would attempt to ride toward each other at maximum speed ie at full tilt! And now you know!

And you each created your spring bulb cards at full tilt, but you wouldn't know it! They are just lovely! Congratulations to all! Here are your winners:

Our Top Pick is: Loopyloo

Can you believe that this is Loopyloo's Speed Stamping entry?? Look at all those little bitty die cut pieces that had to be put together again with glue to make that beautiful tulip!

Not one's usual choice for a speed stamping challenge! Look at the embossed background! Another step added! And finally - Loopyloo didn't just die cut the sentiment, she also added a shadow for it! What a stunning result! Perfect for Top Pick! Congratulations, Loopyloo!

Our Featured Artist is: Christy Stanford

Christy Stanford, our winner, and Featured Artist, used a tried and true method of speed stamping, DSP! But she used it in such a powerful way that many of the Design Team chose her card as their favourite! Not only did she choose some stunning patterned paper (DSP), she displayed it in an eye-catching way, with well-chosen colours matting the layers of DSP. She made use of dies to create stitching around the edges of the layers and the sentiment tag! Congratulations on earning Featured Artist, Christy!

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

3. Christine

7. Vicki Burdick

8. Jenn Frost

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!

Wednesday, June 3, 2026

You Still Have A Few Hours to Play Challenge #373 - Full Tilt Tulips

You still have a few hours left to play our Speed Stamping Challenge - Full Tilt Tulips at As You See It Challenges! Why don't you give it a try, here!

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

Friday, May 22, 2026

Challenge #373 - Full Tilt Tulips

And away we go with another round of a speed challenge, and this time, we're doing flowers that come from spring bulbs like tulips, daffodils, crocuses, etc. It should be easy to do in a short time frame: You have 10 minutes or less! Check out the Challenge Banner:

This challenge was the creation of our Team member, Heather H., and what a great idea for a speed challenge, because bulb flowers, particularly tulips and crocuses, are particularly easy to make, either stamping, punching or die cutting, which means they should go quickly! What was your experience?

You may plan your project ahead of time, gather your equipment, mount your stamps, etc., but the moment you ink up a stamp, or cut a piece of paper or cardstock, you must start the timer! Good luck and have fun!d

Let's see how our Design Team managed this challenge:

7 min. 6 sec.

8 min. 34 sec.

5 min. 23 sec.

5 min. 22 sec.

8 min 37sec

6 min. 26 sec.

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 #373 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, May 21, 2026

Winners for Challenge #372 - Beach Combing

Our Beach Combing Theme struck a chord apparently! The Design Team loved the heightened feeling of nostalgia they got looking at all the beachy theme designs! Apparently, lots of people love the beach!

Here are the winners of Challenge #372!

Our Top Pick is: Nancy J.

Nancy's creation is a feast for the eyes, with such great use of vellum and texture! She uses it for the waves, dry embossed into the sand, heat embossed on the shells and smooshed onto the background water! The sea-glass embellishments finish it off in the perfect manner! What a great classic for Top Pick this week!

Our Featured Artist is: Sonja Zierer

Sonja created feast for the eyes that's full of wonderful texture everywhere you look! The Design Team was delighted with the colours, distressed areas, specialty items, and so many things that make this card a stand out! Congratulations on being our Featured Artist, Sonja!

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

15. Suzy Hinton

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, May 20, 2026

You Still Have a Few Hours Left to Play Challenge #372 - Beach Combing

You still have a few hours left to play our Theme Challenge - Beach Combing at As You See It Challenges! Why don't you give it a try, here!

The Challenge will close on Wednesday, May 20th, at 11:55 pm Pacific time.

Friday, May 15, 2026

You Still Have Time to Play Challenge #372 - Beach Combing

You still have time to play our Theme Challenge - Beach Combing at As You See It Challenges! Why don't you give it a try, here!

The Challenge will close on Wednesday, May 20th, at 11:55 pm Pacific time.

Friday, May 8, 2026

Challenge #372 - Beach Combing

One of my favourite activities is to go for a walk on a beach by the ocean and look for treasures. Where I live, in British Columbia, Canada, it's not that far to get to the Pacific Ocean and there are some spectacular beaches to walk along. Besides the expected sea shells and seaweed, you can find unusual things like driftwood, buoys, sea glass, and even the odd jellyfish (don't pick that up!)

Years ago, there was a television program called the Beachcombers that highlighted folks that lived on the coast of BC. Molly had a cafe called Molly's Reach; Nick had a boat called the Persephone, that he used to do some heavy duty beachcombing with; Relic was his sometimes sidekick, sometimes nemesis! It was quirky, as only Canadian broadcasting can be, but it ended up being syndicated and broadcast around the world. Let me know if you've ever seen it! Meanwhile, have fun with my Beachcombing theme!

Let's see what our Design Team thinks of when they get the theme of Beach Combing: