Challenge #377 - Recipe for Happy Yellow Flowers

Cooked up anything tasty lately? Tried any good recipes? Well, today, we've got one for you thanks to our team member, Joanne: a Recipe for Happy Yellow Flowers, and at this point in July, I think we might be talking either sunflowers or cone flowers! Any others that you can think of? Asters or chrysanthemums? Anyway, a Recipe challenge requires you to use all 5 elements given to you in the recipe, but how you do it is up to you! We always get delightful surprises every time we have a recipe challenge! Have fun with it!

Remember our Colour Challenge a couple of weeks ago? Well our Featured Artist from that challenge was given the opportunity to be a guest designer for this challenge. I'd like you to meet Jaydee:

And here is the beautiful card she designed for this challenge! Enjoy!:

Jaydee

 

Let's see how the Design Team put those 5 elements to work!

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 #376 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 #376 - Embossed

It was exciting to find out which are your favourite Embossing Folders! It turns out there were many old favourites, but they all gave beautiful results and you also demonstrated some great techniques using embossing folders as well, so it was educational as well as decorative!

And now... to our winners:

Our Top Pick is: Rosanne Mulhern

Does anyone remember this lovely stamp set and embossing folder? You can create the most beautiful watercolour country home designs and tin roof backgrounds as Rosanne has done here! The Design Team loved her masterful colouring techniques and the choice of background papers matching the crisp texture of the embossed cardstock! Congratulations, Rosanne on Top Pick!

 

Our Featured Artist is: Jaydee

I'd venture to say that most of the Design Team was completely charmed by ombre varieties of pasta! This embossing folder is one of the most engaging we've encountered in a while and the way Jaydee has done the ink blending really highlights the content including the whimsical die cuts and punny sentiment! Most of us want to CASE this one! Congratulations on being the Featured Artist, Jaydee !

                                                      

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

  1. Hilary

  7. Deb Horst - Sendable Sentiments

 

Congratulations to our winners and thanks to everyone who played along! Come and check out our new Recipe Challenge and Guest Designer 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 More Hours to Play Challenge #376 - Embossed

You still have a few hours left to play our Fill in the Blank Challenge - Embossed at As You See It Challenges! Why don't you give it a try, here!

The Challenge will close on Wednesday, July 15th, at 11:55 pm Pacific time.   

You Still Have Time to Play Challenge #376 - Embossed

You still have time to play our Fill in the Blank Challenge - Embossed at As You See It Challenges! Why don't you give it a try, here!

The Challenge will close on Wednesday, July 15th, at 11:55 pm Pacific time.  

Challenge #376 - Embossed

How much fun are our Fill in the Blank Challenges? I mean, we give you some mild guidelines, but you get to write in your own parameters! This time, thanks to our team mate, LeAnne, we're writing about Embossing Folders, those little plastic enclosures of magic! Do you remember the first time you used one and the world of crafting effects they opened up to you? Now we're asking you to choose your current favourite one, or your all time favourite, if you still have it! Let us know the name of it by filling in the blank with it, and then make a card with it and post it in our gallery! Have fun with it, and You're Welcome!

Here's the Challenge Banner:

I can hardly wait to find out what the favourite embossing folders of the Design Team are:

Deborah Wheeler

Because Clarity Crafts doesn't have EFs, Deborah did a magnificent job of mimicking one with the Brick Wall Stencil!

Heather Cooper

Heather is using her fave Exposed Brick 3D Embossing Folder!

Heather Heroldt

Heather's favourite embossing folder is the Seabed EF!

Jan Clothier

Jan is very partial to the Lazy Daisy EF.

Joanne James

Joanne loves the Charming Landscapes Folder 1 of 2!

LeAnne Pugliese

LeAnne is making us guess her favourite EF! Does anyone know this one? Leave guesses in the comments!

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 #376 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 #375 - Jungle Colours

We're excited to announce the winners of Challenge #375 because the Featured Artist will be our Guest Designer for the next Recipe Challenge on July 17th! Those bold colours were great to work with and produced some beautiful final results! Check them out!

Here are the winners for this challenge:

Our Top Pick is: Amanda Mertz

Amanda has used the challenge colours with such a pleasing affect. The background paper, though bright, still remains in the background through the use of that large white, lacy-edged circle, which gives great separation for the flowers. The flowers are white as well, but use the challenge colours as centers and leaves, small but bright pops of colour. And that lacy-looking strip of Coastal Cabana is brilliant giving the whole layout balance and texture. Congrats on winning Top Pick, Amanda!

Our Featured Artist is: Jaydee

As Featured Artist this week, Jaydee will also be invited to be our next Guest Designer! Jaydee's beautifully designed whimsical holiday scene using the challenge colours features great variety and dimension. The Design Team love the distressed backgrounds and the fun Holiday images in our challenge colours, coloured in impeccably. Congratulations, Jaydee, you will be our next Guest Designer for our Recipe Challenge in on . We will be in touch!

                                                      

You might want to visit our Honorable Mentions on their websites:

    2. Johanna from Lavender House Creations

   13. Birgit

   15. Tanya H. 

Join us tomorrow morning for our next challenge, a Fill In the Blank 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 our Colour Challenge - Jungle Colour at As You See It Challenges! Why don't you give it a try, here!

The Challenge will close on Wednesday, July 1st, at 11:55 pm Pacific time.