You Still Have Time to Play Challenge #343 - Peppy Punches

You still have time left to play our Speed Challenge #343 - Peppy Punches at As You See It Challenges! Why don't you give it a try, here.

The Challenge will close on Wednesday, Mar. 19th, at 11:55 pm Pacific time.  

Challenge #343 - Peppy Punches

 Our Team member, Joanne, has stirred things up a bit by taking on the Speed Challenge and giving us a bit of an unusual theme. Instead of a season, or a plant or animal, she has given us a tool to use - a punch!! What a cool idea!

For a Speed Challenge, your goal is to make your card or project in under 10 minutes. Now you can have it all figured out in your head previously, you can get out all your materials, put your stamps on blocks, etc. but as soon as you put stamp to ink or cut your paper, you must start your timer.

This time around, our only other requirement is that you use a punch to make something in your project.j

Let's see what the Design Team came up with and how long it took them:

Heather Cooper

9m50s

Heather Haroldt

9m10s

Jan Clothier

6m59s

Jane Knudsen

9m0s

Joanne James

7m51s

Deborah Wheeler

7m42s

 Here are some guidelines for the challenge:

• 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 #342 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 #342 - For the Birds

What are the birds doing in your part of the world? Whether they are just appearing or leaving on their migrations, they are often the early sign of a new season! And the sign of a good theme challenge is lots of entries. We did have a good number of them, and some more new players, so welcome to you all. For new players, we want to alert you to our guideline that you only enter 3 concurrent challenges along with As You See It. That will allow you to read and understand our challenges before you make your project, and keep you eligible for our winners' categories!

Here are the winners of Challenge #336:

Our Top Pick is: Nance Salkeld

The Design Team loved the regal swan die cut and the stenciled floral design Nance included on the card front! The colours she used were so vibrant and appealing, and there were so many small details, either die cut or stenciled, that brought the scene to life! Then there was that swan-tastically punny sentiment! Congratulations, Nance, on being our Top Pick this week. 

Our Featured Artist is: Michele Ferguson

 

Michele's stenciled flower image was already beautiful, but she took it up a notch by using coloured pencils to hand draw some extra shading lines and, suddenly, the image was perfect! In addition, that bird image is so realistic looking, it could fly off the page, and when it is all added to a background of faded script....voila! Chef's kiss! Congratulations, Michele, on being Featured Artist this week!

                                           

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

8. Bobby

9. Leanne S.

13. Teresa S.

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.    

You Still Have a Few Hours Left to Play Challenge #342 - For the Birds

You still have a few hours left to play our Theme Challenge #342 - For the Birds at As You See It Challenges! Why don't you give it a try, here.

The Challenge will close on Wednesday, Mar. 5th, at 11:55 pm Pacific time. 

You Still Have Time to Play Challenge #342 - For the Birds!

You still have time left to play our Theme Challenge #342 - For the Birds at As You See It Challenges! Why don't you give it a try, here.

The Challenge will close on Wednesday, Mar. 5th, at 11:55 pm Pacific time. 

Challenge #342 - For the Birds

 I recently watched a documentary saying that birds are definitely evolved from dinosaurs! They made a convincing case! Whether or not you believe that, birds are certainly a dominant species on Planet Earth! And the varieties are so different from each other in colour and form. So I hope you have a lot of fun with our Theme Challenge this week, where the theme is...you guessed it...Birds!

Let's see how the Design Team treated the subject of birds:

Heather Cooper

Heather Heroldt

Jan Clothier

Jane Knudsen

No card this week.

Joanne James

Deborah Wheeler

Here are some guidelines for the challenge:

• 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 #342 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 #341 - Recipe for a Pastel Celebration

Thanks to all the guest "chefs" who tried out our Recipe Challenge last week! Those pastels were soft and so pretty! And greetings to all the new players! Lovely to welcome you! It was very hard to pick winners, but that's our job, so we did it and here they are:

Our Top Pick is: Sandra Strobel

Sandra's gorgeous project is a 60th birthday card. The Design Team absolutely loved the amazing floral layers that included vellum, watercoloured die cuts, a beautiful wreath and delicious texture in the background. This card is so skillfully done, it really deserves the Top Pick! Congratulations, .

And our Featured Artist this week:

Our Featured Artist is: Suzy Hinton

Suzy Hinton, our Featured Artist this week and winner, used the elements of the recipe very cleanly! We loved her choice of patterned paper and the way she displayed it with the little pocket as the focal point. The pastel flowers with their pastel gem centers were perfect adornments and the touches of gold with the die cut tassels and the gold and white Baker's twine bow, and embossed sentiment were a showy contrast! Well earned Featured Artist award!  Congratulations, Suzy!

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

      3. Bobby

    18. Kim Findlater/Wild Rose & Pearl

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.