Challenge #369 - Soft Spring Colours

Although Winter is not leaving without a fuss, we've had some really warm days here and the bulbs are up and blooming, so spring is inevitably on it's way to stay, and with it, all the beautifully soft pastel spring colours. That's what this challenge reminded me of when I saw it:

These colours are really perfect for Easter as well, which will be here in a week. Just a couple of reminders: If you don't have the Stampin' Up! colours, use whatever you have that's closest to them. In a colour challenge, you use only the 3 or 4 colours given (3 in this case) plus outline can be stamped in black, white can be used as a base and you can include a neutral. 

And in case you don't remember, the winner of this challenge, the Featured Artist, will have the opportunity to be our Guest Designer for Challenge #371, the Recipe challenge in a couple of weeks after this one.

Now, let's see how our Design Team used these beautiful 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 #369 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 #368 - Floral Sketch Design

We loved the variety of thought and design our sketch brought to the entries for our Floral Sketch Design challenge! We faced the challenge of choosing winners once again.. and we were able to pick winners from among all the beauties entered!

Here they are:

The Top Pick is: Kathy Schweinfurth

Kathy's lovely layered cone flowers made a perfect shape for the main image in the sketch and her trimmed, mixed font sentiment works so well with the double blooms! The Design Team felt that it all adds up to a worthy Top Pick! Congrats, Kathy !

Our Featured Artist is: Teresa S.

Our winning entry, Teresa S., the Featured Artist, has created a gorgeous tropical bouquet with gold highlights! The flowers are all 3D and the accents and sentiment banner are touches of gold. The Design Team loved the gold accents as well as the jewel centers and the subtle floral background! Congratulations on being our Featured Artist,Teresa! 

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

    6. Christy Stanford

    7. Erin T.

  16. Deb Horst

  17. Suzy Hinton

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 #368 - Floral Sketch Design

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

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

You Still Have Time Left to Play Challenge #368 - Floral Sketch Design

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

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

Challenge #368 - Floral Sketch Design

We begin our new round of Challenges with a Sketch Challenge, AYSI #369, Floral Sketch Design! It's a fun, springy design created by Team Member, Joanne! To play along, just make your project using our sketch as a guide! Feel free to change the shapes you see in the sketch as long as we can tell it's our sketch that you used! Likewise, you can flip or rotate the sketch, but keep the integrity of the sketch! Have fun with this one!

 Let's do the big reveal of our Design Team's Artistry:

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 #368 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 of Challenge #367 - Lickety Split Lavender

"Lickety split" as an expression first appeared in the 1800s, mimicking the sound of a railroad car going over the tracks quickly, and so came to mean rapid movement. And, of course, lavender is a light shade of purple.  So lickety split lavender means speedy purple, just what we needed for our speed challenge with a purple theme! And I think you all had fun with it, at least that's how your blogs made it sound! Your cards were so lovely! We had a heck of a time picking winners! But here they are:

Our Top Pick is: SmilynStef

The Design Team loved that April-like floral paper Stef used for the card base – what a lovely spring feeling she started with! Then she added the purple strips and those gorgeous butterfly stickers to grab our attention and topped it off with that snappy sentiment and embellishments! Congratulations on Top Pick,Stef!

Our Featured Artist is: Jenny Martin

Jenny Martin, our winner, and Featured Artist, chose an orchid as her purple flower for the speed challenge, and what a great choice it turned out to be!  She stamped the bold outlines then added a small amount of purple in the middle and leaves, buds and centers in green. She managed this, plus bold sentiment and die-cutting an elegant frame in the challenge deadline of 10 minutes! Congratulations on earning Featured Artist, Jenny!

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

1.   Johanna of Lavender House Creations

10.  Christy Stanford

11.  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 #367 - Lickety Split Lavender

You still have a few hours left to play our Speed Challenge #367 - Lickedty Split Lavender at As You See It Challenges! Why don't you give it a try, here.

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