Challenge #379 - Hastened Handicrafts

Attention, all you speed demons! It's another challenging, but rewarding Speed Challenge this time around, brought to you by yours truly! I'm sure you're going to love it, because the theme is Crafting, and what do we know more about??

So all you really need to know about this challenge is: it has to be about crafting and you have to make it in 10 minutes or less!! You're allowed to plan your card, get out all your tools and materials, mount your stamps, open your ink pads, but the moment you cut cardstock, ink up a stamp, or die cut, or fussy cut something, you must start your timer.  Enjoy!!

Let's see how long it took the Design Team to make their projects:

Deborah Wheeler

7 min. 38 sec.

Heather Cooper

7 min. 13 sec.

Heather Heroldt

4 min. 29 sec

Jan Clothier

7 min. 28 sec.

Joanne James

4 min. 29 sec.

LeAnne Pugliese

3 min. 29 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 #379 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.*
  

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Winners for Challenge #378 - Summer Days

Everyone loves those lazy Summer Days, the theme for our latest Theme Challenge!  The Design Team loved the heightened feeling of nostalgia they got looking at all the beachy theme designs! Apparently, lots of people love the beach!

Here are the winners of Challenge #378!

Our Top Pick is: Christy Stanford

Simple, but artistic, Christy's creation is a summer feast for the eyes, with a great use of contrast and design! The yellow abstract sun stamp in the background contrasts with the blue and white patterned paper, and blue and white sentiment and shadow that reminds one of an ocean wave! Then those adorable little flip flops really become the focal point and an iconic summer symbol! What a great classic for Top Pick this week!

Our Featured Artist is: Cindy Major

Cindy's wonderful lemonade card is full of wonderful texture and contrasts everywhere you look! The Design Team was delighted with the colours, shaker lemonade pitcher, texturized lemon rind areas, specialty items, and so many things that make this card a stand out! Congratulations on being our Featured Artist, Cindy Major!

                     

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

10.  Jolanda Johnston

12.  Jennie Maier

15.  Jenny Engelke

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 #378 - Summer Days

 You still have a few hours left to play our Theme Challenge - Summer Days at As You See It Challenges! Why don't you give it a try, here:

The Challenge will close on Wednesday, Aug. 12th, at 11:55 pm Pacific time.  

You Still Have Time to Play Challenge #378 - Summer Days

You still have time to play our Theme Challenge - Summer Days at As You See It Challenges! Why don't you give it a try, here:

The Challenge will close on Wednesday, Aug. 12th, at 11:55 pm Pacific time.   

Challenge #378 - Summer Days

Walkin' on Sunshine! Summertime and the livin' is easy! In the summertime, when the weather is hot...! It's our Theme Challenge Weeks! Summer days always bring to me a sense of relaxation, taking a break, growing season, activities that involve lying back, soaking up the sun, and resting or playing! What kind of images come to your mind when you think of summer days? Please show us in a card, or scrapbook layout, or other papercrafting project!

 Let's see how the Design Team views summer days:

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.*

 Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Winners for Challenge #377 - Recipe for Happy Yellow Flowers

The Design Team were stoked with the designs of the entries in our Recipe for Happy Yellow Flowers Challenge! It always amazes me how the same 5 elements can result in such a variety of entries, all of them uniquely beautiful. And that makes being the ones who have to pick the winners a very tough job! Nonetheless...

Here are the winners of Challenge #377!

Our Top Pick is: Cat Craig

Cat's entry shows that all is not lost when that stamp gets the better of you! Cat used a full card stamp and the two of them had words, but she showed incredible creativity in the remediation, by making use of the big, bold sentiment in the recipe challenge and adding drop down shadows to give a couple of smudges more meaning IRL! And look at the adorable result: Happy Yellow Flowers with a big, bold Thanks! Cat, your card embodies Top Pick! Congrats!

Our Featured Artist is: Teresa S.

Teresa has used a masks to make some astounding sunflowers, the iconic  yellow flower of summer. Notice the skilled work of her ink blending as she used the masks. The bold sentiment in gold appears to be layered to make it 3D! And the dark green of the leaves really provide a contrasting backdrop. Congratulations, Teresa, on being this week's Featured Artist!

                     

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

#1. Lilly B. 

#12. Sonja Zierer

# 14. Suzy Hinton

Congratulations to our winners and thanks to everyone who played along! Come and check out our new Theme 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 #377 - Recipe for Happy Yellow Flowers

You still have a few hours left to play our Recipe Challenge - Recipe for Happy Yellow Flowers at As You See It Challenges! Why don't you give it a try, here!

The Challenge will close on Wednesday, July 29th, at 11:55 pm Pacific time.