You Still Have Time to Play Challenge #236 - Brisk Butterfli

 You still have time to play with our Speed Stamping Challenge #236 at As You See It Challenges! Why don't you give it a try, here?

The Challenge will close on Wednesday, Oct. 21st, at 11:55 pm Pacific time. 

Challenge #236 - Brisk Butterflies

While butterflies can leisurely flit from flower to flower in search of nectar, we don't want you to flit leisurely at all for this challenge! This is a SPEED STAMPING challenge! You need to complete your project in UNDER 10 MINUTES! You need to be a BRISK butterfly!

Our Design Team member, Joanne, chose a really good theme for speed stamping! I'm sure we all have butterfly stamps and/or butterfly and floral designer paper, and it won't be too hard to come up with something pretty in a short time frame! 

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! 

You have 10 minutes! Let us know, with your entry, how long it took you to complete your card or project! The key is to KISS!! Keep It Simple, Stamper!

Did this speed challenge give the Design Team butterflies? Let's see:

Amy Jasper 9m3s

Heather Cooper 9m59s 

Jan Clothier 9m20s

Jane Knudsen 9m20s

LeAnne Pugliese 4m45s

Joanne James 7m59s

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 #AYSI236 when uploading to a public gallery.
• If you’re unsure about ‘the rules’, check the details under the Challenge Guidelines.

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Winners for Challenge #235 - Sew Good

Well, Challenge #235 is all sewn up now! Thanks to everyone for adding their stitches to the quilt, so to speak! We got some absolutely beautiful projects in our gallery. Doesn't stitching make for the most satisfying addition to a panel or label? Choosing winners was a daunting task, but you always make it tough! Here they are:

We have two top picks this week:

Our first Top Pick is: Eunice S.

Eunice has created some stunning tags for her entry in the challenge, and you really need to expand the image to appreciate all the special details here. The stitching can be seen in the snow, almost like glistening in the moon light. Her paper choices, sentiments and the use of the smooch paint to the deer, and antlers and trees, all add up to make tags almost too beautiful to put on a gift!

Our second Top Pick is: Jen Mitchell

Jen has done what she does so well with CAS cards! This one features a beautiful little tangled wildflower garden, where she made use of silhouette stamps in a different way by using a variety of colours, creating depth with colour intensities! She used stitching in all the panels and matched it up on the sides for a seamless look! Very effective!

Our Featured Artist is: Tenia Nelson

Tenia has let her stitching frame her beautiful watercolour portrayal of roses! For full impact, click on the image to see it enlarged. The design team loved the contrast between the free-flowing pastel watercolouring and the free-form stitching with the bold graphic black and white sentiment! And, just in case those stitches don't hold, we have a couple staples in the mix, as well! Tenia's designs always deliver an element of design surprise!

                                                      

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

2.   Amy Koenders

5. Lindsey Bowe

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 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 #235 - Sew Good!

You still have a few hours left to play with our Theme Challenge #235 at As You See It Challenges! Why don't you give it a try, here?

The Challenge will close on Wednesday, Oct. 7th, at 11:55 pm Pacific time.  

You Still Have Time to Play Challenge #235 - Sew Good

You still have time to play with our Theme Challenge #235 at As You See It Challenges! Why don't you give it a try, here?

The Challenge will close on Wednesday, Oct. 7th, at 11:55 pm Pacific time. 

Challenge #235 - Sew Good

Theme Challenges are my favourites, and this week's theme is a lot of fun! Thank goodness stitched dies are a thing though, because, without needling you, it might have been a lot harder without them. This thread is Sewing and Stitching! I know there is a lot of overlap between the stamping and quilting communities, so I'm looking forward to what you've got in store for us for this theme, but at the very least, I'm sure you've either got at least one stitched die or a sewing machine you can use to add some real zigzags! 

How did our Design Team sew up their projects:

Amy Jasper

Heather Cooper

Jan Clothier 

Jane Knudsen

LeAnne Pugliese

Joanne James

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 #AYSI235 when uploading to a public gallery.
• If you’re unsure about‘the rules’, check the details under the Challenge Guidelines.

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Winners for Challenge #234 - Flying in Circles

Thanks to everyone who got cooking with our recipe challenge over the last two weeks, and included all the recipe ingredients in their projects! Though the ingredients were the same, the results were as varied as soup to nuts!! The Design Team enjoyed sampling each of them, but then we had the tough job of picking the winners. Here they are:

Our Top Pick is: Malina G.

Malina's butterfly (one of the ingredients) is created with a die using the shattered glass technique, which makes it look as though it is breaking off multi-coloured pieces of glass and dropping them as it flies away. It's a stunning effect, especially backed with circles of vellum and patterned paper!

Our Featured Artist is: Tenia Nelson

At first glance, you'd wonder if something so clean has all the recipe elements, but as you look closer you see that everything is there, including the butterfly. Tenia has just kept her design cool and understated in the best possible way. The Design Team fell in love with the urban look of her paper choices and the unique collage effect that ensued. The small pink butterfly was the perfect finishing touch.

                                                      

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

7. Heather Heroldt

9. Shawna

   

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 can pick up their badges on this page and display them with pride on their blogs or sites.