Friday, February 24, 2023

Challenge #293 - Recipe in Pinks & Pearls

When I came up with this challenge, I was definitely thinking a bit shabby chic, but that is not a limiting factor here. You can use any style you want as long as you include all 5 elements of the recipe that you see on the Challenge Banner below! Please have some fun with it!! 

You have to include all the elements in the recipe on your creation, but how you do that is up to you! Have fun and start your ovens, er...stamp sets!

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We are so pleased to welcome our ninth guest designer, Jen Mitchell, (who was our Featured Artist on Challenge #291) for this challenge.



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And this is her beautiful project for this challenge:



Let's see how the Design Team has subtly combined their elements:




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jan clothier





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Here are some guidelines for the challenge:

  • Create any card, scrapbooking page, 3D project or packaging project that fits the challenge.
  • Use every element in the recipe, but the possibilities within those parameters are endless.
  • 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#293 when uploading to a public gallery.
  • If you’re unsure about ‘the rules’, check the details under the Challenge Guidelines tab.
  • 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

Thursday, February 23, 2023

Winners for Challenge #292 - Raindrops on Roses

Are you awaiting the coming of spring or mourning it's passing? Are you looking forward to your favourite spring things or did you have a chance to really enjoy them while they lasted? What beautiful entries we had this time!! Our design team got to celebrate spring twice - once to experience it on our own and once to see it through your eyes! Thanks for sharing your favourites with us!

Without further ado, I want to introduce you to our winners! Here they are: 

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Our Top Pick is: Lisa K



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Lisa's mirror imaged tulips are beautifully coloured with the beautiful pastels of spring! Doesn't it make your heart long for the start of the season and more colour in your life? Her layout is so pro because the black and white layers give the perfect frame for the images and the white on black sentiment perfectly focuses your attention! Lovely work, Lisa!



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Our Featured Artist is: Vicky Hayes


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You have to get a close up to really appreciate what Vicky has done with these gorgeous daffodils, and you need to read her description in her blog! She used an embossing folder to get the shapes and fussy cut them, then used alcohol markers so skillfully, you could almost swear you were looking at lifelike daffodils!! Then the layout, with the beautiful background paper and the CAS format and simple sentiment, gives you the dream card! Awesome work so worthy of Featured Artist, Vicky!

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






Congratulations to our winners and thanks to everyone who played along! Come and check out our new Recipe 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.

Wednesday, February 22, 2023

You Still Have a Few Hours Left to Challenge #292 - Raindrops on Roses

You still have a few hours left to play with our Fill in the Blank Challenge #292 at As You See It Challenges! Why don't you give it a try, here?


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The Challenge will close on Wednesday, Feb. 22nd, at 11:55 pm Pacific time.   

Friday, February 17, 2023

You Still Have Time to Play As You See It Challenge #292 - Raindrops on Roses

You still have time to play with our Fill in the Blank Challenge #292 at As You See It Challenges! Why don't you give it a try, here?


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The Challenge will close on Wednesday, Feb. 22nd, at 11:55 pm Pacific time.  

Friday, February 10, 2023

Challenge #292 - Raindrops on Roses

...And whiskers on kittens! Wild geese that fly with the moon on their wings! These are a few of my favourite things....about spring! Well, I had to mess around with that one a bit; all that to introduce our new challenge this week! It's a fill in the blank challenge, created by team member Deborah, where you get to tell us what your favourite thing about spring is, and then make a project depicting that thing!

For a Fill in the Blank Challenge, you complete the sentence by filling in the blank, then you make your project based on the words you used to fill in the blank. How would you fill in this blank? Now, take on the challenge of making something amazing with it!

 And make sure to tell us, in your blog post, how you Filled in the Blank!


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What are the Spring Favs of the Design Team?:



heather cooper

Heather Cooper
Heather C. loves seeing all the colourful flowers appear!



heather heroldt

Heather H. is happy to see the return of the birds!




jan clothier

Jan's favourite things about spring are blossoms and butterflies!





Jane's favourite things are the spring flowers she loves!




joanne james

Joanne James
Joanne loves her daffodils in the spring!

Deborah's favourite thing are the daffodils which always remind her of her mom.

  • Create any card, scrapbooking page, 3D project or packaging project that fits the challenge.
  • Fill in the blanks with the words that are right for you and then create your project with those words in mind. Tell us, in your blog or on your site, what words you used.
  • 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#292 when uploading to a public gallery.
  • If you’re unsure about ‘the rules’, check the details under the Challenge Guidelines tab.
  • 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!

Thursday, February 9, 2023

Winners for Challenge #291 - Paint Pour

We're excited to announce the winners of Challenge #291 because the Featured Artist will be our Guest Designer for the next Recipe Challenge in two weeks! We're very keen to work with the winner! Our entries certainly did the colour challenge justice! So beautiful and very hard to choose!

Here are our winners:


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Our Top Pick is: Suzanne from Stamp n' Sip

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Using the darkest colour as the background panel really allowed the collage of brighter coloured hearts to shine! The design was well balanced for colour and shape and the design team loved the addition of the darker coloured matte dots, which added some extra whimsy to Suzanne's delightful Valentine's display! It was a great way to present the challenge colours!


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Our Featured Artist is: Jen Mitchell

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As Featured Artist this week, Jen will also be invited to be our next Guest Designer! We loved that she used a CAS format to really highlight the Challenge Colours in her design without them taking over. She did an amazing job stamping the dahlias with those layered stamps, and we loved the way she used the ombre glimmer paper to represent the red and pink colours! It was so effective. Die cutting the leaves in the delicate vellum made them look so elegant, and really helped maintain the clean look of the design! Just stunning, Jen!

Congratulations, Jen, you will be our next Guest Designer for our Recipe Challenge in 2 weeks time. We will be in touch!
                                                      
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And we think you may want to check out the following Honorable Mentions on their sites:



Congratulations to our winners and thanks to everyone who played along! Come and check out our new Fill in the Blank 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.

Wednesday, February 8, 2023

You Still Have a Few Hours Left to Play Challenge #291 - Paint Pour

You still have a few hours left to play with our Colour Challenge #291 at As You See It Challenges! Why don't you give it a try, here?


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The Challenge will close on Wednesday, Feb. 8th, at 11:55 pm Pacific time.   

Friday, February 3, 2023

You Still Have Time to Play Challenge #291 - Paint Pour

You still have time to play with our Colour Challenge #291 at As You See It Challenges! Why don't you give it a try, here?


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The Challenge will close on Wednesday, Feb. 8th, at 11:55 pm Pacific time.