You still have time to play with our Speed Challenge #247 at As You See It Challenges! Why don't you give it a try, here?
The Challenge will close on Wednesday, Apr. 14th, at 11:55 pm Pacific time.
Friday, April 9, 2021
Friday, April 2, 2021
Challenge #247 - Blazing Blossoms
For some reason a member of the Design Team (ahem) decided that blossoms would be a great theme for a speed challenge! I don't know what I -er- she was thinking! Blossoms are not that easy to pull off in 10 minutes, but do your best! Find the most undetailed blossoms you can - blazing blossoms!!
When we do a speed challenge we are not expecting a detailed masterpiece from you. We want you to have fun and see what you can create in under 10 minutes! You can design it in your head or sketch it out first. You can gather all your supplies ahead of time. But once you start the cutting/stamping/die cutting/embossing /etc. process, you must start the timer!
Heather Cooper 9m56s
Joanne James 10m0s
Here are some guidelines for the challenge:
- Create any card, scrapbooking page, 3D project or packaging project that fits the challenge.
- You can come up with your design and gather materials before you start the clock, but once you start work, you have to complete your design in 10 min. State in your blog or description, how long it took you to make it.
- Use the given theme in your project.
- 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 #AYS247 when uploading to a public gallery.
- If you’re unsure about ‘the rules’, check the details under the Challenge Guidelines
Thursday, April 1, 2021
Winners for Challenge #246 - Easter Thoughts
Easter is a pretty popular theme right now! We had so many beautiful entries! Thanks for taking part in our Theme Challenge! We didn't have to go on any Easter Egg Hunts to find our winners, although there were so many beauties it was hard to come to a consensus! But we did and here they are:
Our Top Pick is: Jolanda Johnston
Thinking outside the box is something that Jolanda makes a beautiful habit of as she has created an Easter egg with woven, brightly coloured strips of cardstock. They make such a colourful, joyful background for her adorable Easter Bunny, all in the flavour of the season!
We had a tie for Featured Artist this week:
Our first Featured Artist is: Heather Heroldt
The Design Team were so impressed by Heather's beautiful spiritually-themed Easter card. Her striking ombre yellow background is so hopeful! Check out the backing behind the cross when you click on the card to enlarge it. It almost has a golden fleck to it! And the flowering vine softens the whole effect! The whole card is very eye-catching! Congratulations, Heather.
Our second Featured Artist is: Deborah Wheeler
A great deal of detail went into this beautiful, unique Easter card. Stencilling, masking and careful colouring were involved to get this misty vignette with the stained glass focal point! You really need to read about her process on her blog! Well done, Deborah!
And we think you may want to check out the following Honorable Mentions on their sites:
2. Stephanie L.
10. Carol L. 11. Karen Ksenzakovic 14. Claire 15. dj
Congratulations to our winners and thanks to everyone who played along! Come and check out our new Speed 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, March 31, 2021
You Still Have a Few Hours Left to Play Challenge #246 - Easter Thoughts
You still have a few hours left to play with our Theme Challenge #246 at As You See It Challenges! Why don't you give it a try, here?
The Challenge will close on Wednesday, Mar. 31st, at 11:55 pm Pacific time.
Friday, March 26, 2021
You Still Have Time to Play Challenge #246 - Easter Thought
You still have time to play with our Theme Challenge #246 at As You See It Challenges! Why don't you give it a try, here?
The Challenge will close on Wednesday, Mar. 31st, at 11:55 pm Pacific time.
Friday, March 19, 2021
Challenge #246 - Easter Thoughts
I can't believe it's almost Easter time again! I think about what was happening last year at Easter, and what we know know, and I realize we knew nothing then. I remember thinking we would be back to normal by the summer or fall of 2020. But here we are and we are just starting to have some hope of getting back together with loved ones again! So this Easter theme challenge proposed by Design Team member Joanne, could be especially poignant! I'm looking forward to seeing what people come up with. But hey! Bunnies, chicks and eggs are great, too!
What is our Design Team thinking about Easter this year?
Here are some guidelines for the challenge:
- Create any card, scrapbooking page, 3D project or packaging project that fits the challenge.
- 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 #AYSI246 when uploading to a public gallery.
- If you’re unsure about 'the rules’, check the details under the Challenge Guidelines.
Thursday, March 18, 2021
Winners for Challenge #245
We had a cook-off at the As You See It Blog over the last couple of weeks! That's what happens when you have a Recipe Challenge for a masculine design going on! And if you're looking for some great ideas for cards for your guys, you should check out these projects! After sampling all of these delicious dishes, we've come up with some well deserved winners (and it wasn't a piece of cake to choose them either!) Here they are:
Our Top Pick is: Colleen Begley
Colleen has created such an amazing Hawaiian image collage from her collection of retro Hawaiian stamps! And that background - the texture and colour is to die for! The Design Team were in agreement about the visual and textural appeal of this creation for a masculine design and she has included all the elements in the challenge in unique ways!
Our Featured Artist is: Jolanda Johnstone
The Design Team love how Jolanda combined all the elements in the challenge to come up with this design! The neutral palette really packs a punch when teamed up with the gorgeous texture provided by both the embossing folder and the choice of DSP, even when it's muted a bit with the vellum. The focal image, stamped on vellum and enhanced and protected with clear embossing powder, is a striking look! This is a great choice for a masculine design!
And we think you may want to check out the following Honorable Mentions on their sites:
7. dj
10. Angie McKenzie
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.
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