Challenge #367 - Lickedy Split Lavender

Are you prepared for our next challenge, because it's a Speed Challenge - one of our most exciting challenges! It's one that will get your adrenaline pumping and test your dexterity and have you experiencing all the feels in a very short time period! Here's our Challenge Banner:

So the Theme for this Speed Stamping Challenge is Purple! Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to create a project, using the colour purple, in under 10 minutes!  You may plan your project ahead of time, gather your equipment, mount your stamps, etc., but the moment you ink up a stamp, or cut a piece of paper or cardstock, you must start the timer!  Good luck and have fun!

How fast can our Design Team put a purple card together? Let's see:

Deborah Wheeler

9 min 31 sec

Heather Cooper

5 min 42 sec

Heather Heroldt

5 m 55 s

Jan Clothier

8 min 14 sec

Joanne James

5 min 31 sec

LeAnne Pugliese

9 min 30 sec

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 #367 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 #366 - Candy is Dandy

The Design Team  had so much fun looking at all the entries that came with the Candy Theme! They were all so delicious! It was incredibly hard to choose winners!  And it activated our collective Sweet Tooth!

Here are the winners of Challenge #366!

Our Top Pick is: Deb Horst

Deb's whimsical creation was such a fun depiction of our theme! The twin lollipops with the polka dot designs echoed the delightful background paper and that punny sentiment really tied everything up with a bow! No, wait.....that was the red and white Baker's Twine around the lollipop sticks! You did such a good job with this challenge, Deb, and your project is definitely Top Pick material! Congratulations!!

Our Featured Artist is: Johanna from Lavender House Creation

Johanna created a card that looks just like a beautiful box of top of the line chocolates, from the delicious looking confections themselves, to the luxury look of the "box" they come in, using gold and copper foil! The chocolates even come with sprinkles on them!! More than one of the Design Team had to go on a chocolate hunt after reading about your card!  And how appropriate that it's for a Thank You card for a friend. Congratulations, Johanna, on being this week's Featured Artist!

                     

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

11. Erin T.  

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 #366 - Candy is Dandy

You still have a few hours left to play our Theme Challenge #366 - Candy is Dandy at As You See It Challenges! Why don't you give it a try, here.

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

You Still Have Time to Play Challenge #366 - Candy is Dandy

You still have time left to play our Theme Challenge #366 - Candy is Dandy at As You See It Challenges! Why don't you give it a try, here.

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

Challenge #366 - Candy is Dandy

It's time for a Theme Challenge, and thanks to Team Mate, Heather H., we have a delicious one this week: Candy! And who doesn't love candy (besides dentists)? From chocolate to peppermints, licorice to lollipops, candy makes the world more fun! And adding candy to our papercrafting projects makes them more fun, too! Here's our Challenge Banner:

Let's see what the Design Team had in their Candy Jars:

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 #366 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 #365 - Rhapsody in Red

The fun part of our job as a Design Team is checking out the blogs of every entry in our challenges and it's especially fun when it's a recipe challenge! Everyone gets exactly the same five elements, but the variety of entries we get is endless AND beautiful! The not-so-fun part of our job is trying to choose winners from amongst those lovely entries, but once again, we bit the bullet and got the job done! Here they are:

Our Top Pick is: Christy Stanford

Christy took the five elements, and envisioned an Asian design for the Year of the Horse! The rich reds and golds and her great horse stamp all evoke that wonderful imagery! The inside of a Gold Glimmer wreath, that looked like a sunburst to Christy, is the perfect bit of enhancement and draws the eye to the focal point. The torn layers add interest! Congratulations on being our Top Pick, Christy! 

And our Featured Artist this week:

Our Featured Artist is: Teresa S.

Teresa, our Featured Artist this week and winner, used the elements of the recipe with creative style. The Design Team particularly loved the arrangement of the die cut flowers and foliage with a wrapping of vellum and a congratulatory tag. The texture and detail on the flowers and foliage is beautiful. It was all displayed within an attractive frame.  A well-earned Featured Artist award!  Congratulations, Teresa!

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

     

      4.  Sonja Zierer

      5.  Jennie Maier

      9.  Erin T.

    12.  Jolanda Johnstone

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.      

  

You Still Have a Few Hours Left to Play Challenge #365 - Rhapsody in Red

You still have a few hours left to play our Recipe Challenge #365 - Rhapsody in Red at As You See It Challenges! Why don't you give it a try, here.

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