Challenge #302 - Build with the Basics

This next sketch challenge is a beauty! I've titled it Build with the Basics because it's simple but there's so much you can do with it. A circle in the center and a rectangle or stripe down the middle: that's the basics, right? This was designed by Team Member Jan, who is really good at coming up with sketches that allow the maximum freedom and creativity.

Feel free to rotate or flip the sketch, just keep the integrity of it, so we can recognize it. 

And how did the Design Team build with the basics? Check out their projects:

Heather Cooper

Heather Heroldt

Jan Clothier

Jane Knudsen

Joanne James

Deborah Wheeler

Here are some guidelines for the challenge:

• Create any card, scrapbooking page, 3D project or packaging project that fits the challenge.
• Feel free to flip or rotate the sketch and to substitute one shape for another but we must still be able to see the sketch in your finished submission.
• 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 #AYSI302 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

Winners for Challenge #301 - Swift Seashells

What is it about seashells that is so appealing? Whatever it is, it seemed to attract many of you to get your adrenaline flowing for our Speed Stamping challenge over the last two weeks. As a member of the Design Team, besides being able to admire your beautiful cards, I really love reading your blog posts, especially for the speed stamping challenges! I can just feel the tension as you work to finish your timed masterpieces, and I am in awe! Well done! Also, a warm welcome to the many new crafters who have found our challenge in recent weeks!

Now on to our winners for this challenge! 

Our Top Pick is: Christine from Scrapacrolles

Christine used some beautiful designer paper to form her background for this speed stamping challenge - which is a great technique for a challenge of this kind! Then she found some pre-die cut seashells from her scrap pile and other nautical symbols to add to her feature panel that are so cute and whimsical they immediately grab your attention! When you add to that a couple of bold, cute sentiments and some eye-catching embellishments and you have a really cute seashell card completed in 7 minutes and 30 seconds! Perfect!

Our Featured Artist is:  Stephanie L.

Stunning simplicity are the words I would use to describe Stephanie's entry! The focal point is one embossed image in white on a kraft background and it is so effective, it was a near unanimous choice for the Design Team, which almost never happens! The sentiment is embossed in navy and with the red and white striped baker's twine adorning the top, it creates a real nautical feel for the whole card! The depth of the white embossed image is what creates that spectacular look and it is perfect to use for a speed challenge, so Stephanie could create her project in 8 minutes and 27 seconds, well within the 10 minute limit. Congratulations!

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

7.  LeAnne Pugliese

11. Jennie Maier

                                                 

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. Join us tomorrow morning for a new sketch challenge on our page at  As You See It Challenge.  

You Still Have a Few Hours Left to Play Challenge #301 - Swift Seashells

You still have a few hours left to play our Speed Challenge #301 at As You See It Challenges! Why don't you give it a try, here.

The Challenge will close on Wednesday, June 28th, at 11:55 pm Pacific time.     

There is Still Time to Play Challenge #301 - Swift Seashells

You still have time to play our Speed Challenge #301 at As You See It Challenges! Why don't you give it a try, here.

The Challenge will close on Wednesday, June 28th, at 11:55 pm Pacific time.    

Challenge #301 - Swift Seashells

For this challenge we are doing a Speed Stamping Challenge and the theme for the challenge, created by Design Team member Heather H, is Seashells! So you are making a card depicting seashells in some way, very swiftly. To get your adrenaline pumping, create a card or other project, in under 10 minutes, that illustrates the theme of the shells! Please let us know how long it took you to make it in your description.

When we do a speed challenge we are not expecting a detailed masterpiece from you. We want you to have fun and see what you can create in under 10 minutes! You can design it in your head or sketch it out first. You can gather all your supplies ahead of time. But once you start the cutting/stamping/die cutting/embossing /etc. process, you must start the timer!

You have 10 minutes! Let us know, with your entry, how long it took you to complete your card or project! The key is to KISS!! Keep It Simple, Stamper!

Now we'll see what our Design Team did with the theme in under 10 min.:

Heather Cooper 5m57s 

Heather Heroldt 8m15s

Jan Clothier 8m08s

Jane Knudsen 10m

Joanne James 7m59s

                                    Deborah Wheeler 9m50s                                        

Here are some guidelines for the challenge:

• Create any card, scrapbooking page, 3D project or packaging project that fits the challenge.
• You can come up with your design and gather materials before you start the clock, but once you start work, you have to complete your design in 10 min. State in your blog or description, how long it took you to make it.
• Use the given theme in your project.
• 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 #AYSI301 when uploading to a public gallery.
• If you’re unsure about ‘the rules’, check the details under the Challenge Guidelines.
• 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 our 300th Challenge - Celebrate the 300th Adventure

Thank you, everyone for all your kind words and congratulations! We were and continue to be so grateful for your participation in our challenges! In order to add an element of gratitude to our challenge this time, we wanted to give back by donating prizes to our winners, and we wanted to have more winners than usual! 

So, breaking with routine, this time each of our Design Team Members will be picking a winner, and we will see that each winner receives a prize! So without further ado, here are our 6 Featured Artists:

Heather C's Choice:

Johanna 

I love Johanna's layout and the dreamy blue of her palette. The stencilling in the ocean waves is a beautiful effect here. So, ahoy, Johanna, you are my pick for our 300th Adventure!

Heather H's Choice:

Kelly Schirmer

I LOVE Kelly's car adventures, so much fun ahead, and in the perfect vehicle! Such gorgeous background colors, too!

Jan C's Choice:

        

Bronwyn Eastley

  

  

 

Bronwyn's 3D wonder makes the great outdoors seem even more expansive while the silhouetted camper van and outdoor chairs conjure up the essence of adventurous road trips to wild and remote places. Great card!

Jane K's Choice:

Sherri Thacker

 Ooo la la! I am loving the quick trip to Paris! Sherri set the scene and I feel a bit like ratatouille is there to travel with me! A beautiful clean and simple card that packs a punch! Or a suitcase! 😉



Joanne J's Choice:

Carol McFarland

Carol's glamourous scuba diver is ready for an underwater adventure of her very own and is definitely dressed to impress in her chic wetsuit!

Deborah W's Choice:

Erin T.

 I love the CAS design, and the retro caravan takes me right back to childhood holidays in our little towed caravan! Fab card!

We will be in contact with each of you to get your details in order to receive your prize! 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 #300 - Celebrate the 300th Adventure!

You still have a few hours to play our Recipe Challenge #300 at As You See It Challenges! Why don't you give it a try, here.

The Challenge will close on Wednesday, June 14th, at 11:55 pm Pacific time.    

You Still Have Time to Play Challenge #300 - Celebrate the 300th Adventure!

You still have time to play our Recipe Challenge #300 at As You See It Challenges! Why don't you give it a try, here.

The Challenge will close on Wednesday, June 14th, at 11:55 pm Pacific time.   

Challenge #300 - Celebrate the 300th Adventure!!

Wow! We've reached 300 Challenges! What a milestone that is! We've had a lot of fun in 300 challenges, but also a few trials including a stretch where our original website was hacked and destroyed and we were without our site and graphics for a period of many months. We almost didn't start up again, but the fun won out and here we are! We really want to celebrate this adventure, and that means that YOU have a chance at winning some prizes! 

For this Challenge only, Challenge #300, each of our 6 Design Team members will choose a winner, which makes 6 winners altogether. Then each winner will be shipped a stamp set from Stampin' Up! or Clarity, depending on the market they are in, and donated by the Design Team. While we have a set in mind, if the winner already owns that set, they may choose an alternative of equal value. To be eligible, all conditions and rules of the challenge must be adhered to. Watch how many challenges you enter with the same card. You are only allowed 3 other compatible challenges! 

What adventures do the Design Team have in mind?

Heather Cooper

Heather Heroldt

Jan Clothier 

Joanne James

Deborah Wheeler

Here are some guidelines for the challenge:

• Create any card, scrapbooking page, 3D project or packaging project that fits the challenge.
• 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 #AYSI300 when uploading to a public gallery.
• If you’re unsure about 'the rules’, check the details under the Challenge Guidelines.
• 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 #299 - Recipe for Framed Flowers in Blue

Thanks to all the testers who tried out our Recipe Challenge last week! The wonderful variety of entries we had was incredible. It was interesting to see everyone's interpretation of the word "frame", and those blossoms were gorgeous, as were all the shades of blue! We loved every minute, but we had to duke it out to choose the winners! Now, here are the winners of As You See It Challenge #299:

We had a tie for Top Pick!

Our first Top Pick is: JoAnn B.

JoAnn's lovely textured oval frame caught our eye as did her beautiful blue two-step stamped blooms! She used an embossed background for interest, and that sweet little twine bow at the top of the frame just adds the perfect finishing touch. Beautiful work, JoAnn.

Our second Top Pick is: Sandy C. at carsan_cards21

Sandy's beautiful blooms are stunning and really grab the attention. She's used ink blending to vary the intensity of the colour on her monochromatic bouquet with amazing results. We loved her paper pierced die cut background as well as that sweet little bow on her tag. Sandy, it's a feast for the eyes!

And our Featured Artist this week:

Our first Featured Artist is: Bronwyn Eastly

First of all, the Design Team was intrigued by Bronwyn's double z fold design with a floating window! What an incredible fun fold card that is! Secondly, that frame is so cool and it's mirrored on the sentiment behind it in the window! Last, but not least, those daisy die cuts are embossed and layered and look incredible. We also loved Bronwyn's choice of patterned paper and ribbon! What a gorgeous card and definitely worthy of Featured Artist!

                                                

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

   1.  Erin T.

   5.  Gayle Chrvala

 

 11.  Jaydee

 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! It's our 300th Challenge and there will be PRIZES!! Our winners today can pick up their badges on this page and display them with pride on their blogs or sites.