Challenge #351 - Tropical Florals

These hot colours and rich green just scream tropical florals and vegetation to me, how about you? I don't use Melon Mambo often, so this gives me a chance to bring it out again, and Garden Green often only sees a lot of action at Christmas, so a new opportunity for it. But some may see something entirely different, so I'm looking forward to seeing what you see in these colours. And don't forget, by entering, there is a chance you might win the opportunity to be a guest designer for a week with us!

Let's find out what was on the Design Team's minds when they used these colours:

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 #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 #350 - Triptych

We loved the variety of thought and design our sketch brought to the entries for our Triptych challenge! It brought about our biweekly Conundrum session: "However are we going to pick winners from all these beauties!" But somehow we managed to swing it once again!

Therefore, let me introduce you to our winners! Here they are:

Our Top Pick is:  Christy Stanford

Christy's design made good use of the sketch to create a habitat for the little crab. The Design Team loved the bubbles and the colours in the triptych that represented the ocean. The orientation of the sketch was perfect for the crab, and Christy picked the perfect colour for him, echoed by the twine she used.  Great fun sentiment and everything adds up to a worthy Top Pick! Congrats, Christy !

Our Featured Artist is: Julia Sager

Our winning entry, Julia Sager, the Featured Artist, has created a card that flips the sketch on it's side and uses some interesting DSP that reminds me of water colour swatches in summer colours. The yellows, blues and greens looks like they could have been mixes of 3 primary colours in differing amounts. The bee and sun images reinforces the summer theme in such a cute way! Congratulations on being our Featured Artist, Julie!

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

  5.  Deb Horst

 

  8.  Jennie Maier

 10. Amanda Mertz

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 #350 - Triptych

You still have a few hours left to play our Sketch Challenge #350 - Triptych at As You See It Challenges! Why don't you give it a try, here.

The Challenge will close on Wednesday, June 25th, at 11:55 pm Pacific time.   

You Still Have Time to Play Challenge #350 - Triptych

You still have time left to play our Sketch Challenge #350 - Triptych at As You See It Challenges! Why don't you give it a try, here.

The Challenge will close on Wednesday, June 25th, at 11:55 pm Pacific time.  

Challenge #350 - Triptych

Are you ready for another sketch challenge? We've got your layout, all you need to do is add paper, colour, stamps and designs! This one is called Triptych because it has 3 panels or cut outs on the top of the card front, like an old art installation in three parts or three panels, often hinged together. This sketch was designed by our clever Team Mate Joanne. You can keep the shapes as is, or change them, but keep the sketch recognizable. You can also change the orientation of the sketch. Let's see what you come up with!

And how did our Design Team use the sketch? Let's check in:

Deborah Wheeler

Heather Cooper

Heather Heroldt

Jan Clothier

Joanne James

LeAnne Pugliese

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 #349 - Rapid Water

Some of you are literally amazing at doing speed challenges! You are learning all the hacks and shortcuts, coming up with designs that make it hard to believe you only took less than 10 minutes to make! And some of you are just experiencing this kind of challenge for the first time, putting your adrenaline on the line! Are we still having fun?

Here are the lovely winners this time, chosen by the Design Team:

Our Top Pick is: Jenny Engelke

Jenny's unique card, which only took her 9 minutes and 45 seconds, uses a fun fold, no less! A double Z fold! The paper used for the construction of the double z folds is very striking in colour and texture as is the die cut sail boat itself. This was an ambitious and exciting project for a speed challenge!  Congratulation, Jenny, on being our Top Pick this week!

Our Featured Artist is: Johanna from LavenderHouseCreations

Johanna, our winner, and Featured Artist, made her comical, whimsical card in 9 min. 57 sec., through no fault of her own. It's the Speed Stamping Principle at work (the Murphy Principle for stampers taking part in a speed stamping challenge. I experience it frequently!) The Design Team just love the yoga-practising frog, (such great stretches and poses) as he bounces from puddle to puddle in the rain! Did you know he was the second prototype? You rock, Johanna, making two of them in the time limit! Congratulations, Johanna, on being our Featured Artist this week!

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

3. Christy Stanford

9. Gayle Chrvala

10. Jolanda Johnstone 

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 #349 - Rapid Water

You still have time left to play our Speed Challenge #349 - Rapid Water at As You See It Challenges! Why don't you give it a try, here.

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