Challenge #353 - Recipe for the Gala

What is it about black, white and gold that increases the elegance factor by so much? After all, except for the gold, it is pretty basic! But somehow the contrast elevates the value so much. Today as part of our Recipe Challenge, cooked up by yours truly, we're asking you to include the colours black, white & gold, sequins or rhinestone or both, die cuts, glimmer paper or foil, and heat embossing. I'm expecting some pretty ritzy cards, but who knows what will transpire? I'm always ready to be surprised by "A Recipe for the Gala!"

Remember our last Colour Challenge? Well, the winner of that challenge, Jenny  Engelke, won the right to be a guest designer on today's challenge:

Here's Jenny:

and here's her wonderful card. I love the elegance and texture: 

Jenny Engelke

And let's see how the Design Team's card designs clean up?

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 #342 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 #352 - The Shape of Things to Come

 It was so much fun, and informative, too, reading about everyone's favourite shape.  And here are your winners for Challenge #352!

Our Top Pick is: Deb Horst

Deb's sense  of  humour is shining through here as she has used her favourite circle shape as coffee rings, highlighting a frazzled bird with bad morning vibes. I can just hear the poor thing saying, "Don't talk to me until I've had my first cup of coffee!" The sentiment is hilarious: Caffeinate and hope for the best!  and the coffee beans and coffee splatters add to the stressed atmosphere! Congratulations on Top Pick, Deb!

 

Our Featured Artist is: Birgit

Our Featured Artist, Birgit, has used her favourite shape, the oval to create a beautiful background display for her florals. The variation of colours for the lavender plants, the butterflies flitting around, and the background texture all contribute to a rich and pleasing design. Note how the embossing flattens out for a place to add the sentiment, another great usage of shapes in this layout. Congratulations on being the Featured Artist, Birgit!

                                                      

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

  1. Johanna@LavenderHouseCreations

  3. Sandra Strobel

  9. Wild Rose & Pearl

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.       

You Still Have A Few Hours Left to Play Challenge #352 - The Shape of Things to Come

You still have a few hours left to play our Fill in the Blank Challenge Challenge #352 - The Shape of Things to Come at As You See It Challenges! Why don't you give it a try, here.

The Challenge will close on Wednesday, July 23rd, at 11:55 pm Pacific time.   

You Still Have Time to Play Challenge #352 - The Shape of Things to Come

You still have time left to play our Fill in the Blank Challenge Challenge #352 - The Shape of Things to Come at As You See It Challenges! Why don't you give it a try, here.

The Challenge will close on Wednesday, July 23rd, at 11:55 pm Pacific time.   

Challenge #352 - The Shape of Things to Come

Do you have a favourite shape that you use on your cards? What if there was an alien invasion and they only allowed you to take along 1 shape of die on the spaceship when they abducted you? Which one would you choose? Which shape could you not craft without? Our creative team member, Joanne, needs to know!

With a Fill In the Blank Challenge, you answer those questions, fill in the blank, then make a card with the answer in mind! How much fun is that? 

 Let's see what shapes our Design Team can't live without:

Deborah Wheeler

Deborah's favourite shape is a square.

Heather Cooper

Heather really couldn't do without the boring old rectangle!

Heather Heroldt

Heather can't go with using circles on her cards.

Jan Clothier

Jan has captured the market on swoopy circles!

Joanne James

Joanne cornered her share of the market in swoopy circles, but specialized in red!

LeAnne Pugliese

LeAnne is going for circles as her favourite shape here although one could make a case for hearts!

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 #342 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 #351 - Tropical Florals

We're excited to announce the winners of Challenge #351 because the Featured Artist will be our Guest Designer for the next Recipe Challenge in two weeks! Those Tropical Floral colours were so bold to play with! Your entries were unique  and very hard to choose winners from!

Here are the winners for this challenge:

Our Top Pick is: Sandra Strobel

Sandra created a beautifully detailed floral card using the challenge colours! The Design Team loved the different values of the challenge hues used on the flowers, while the background has pure white die cuts. The choice of the peach background sheet with the small polka dots, gives a fragile look to the card, reinforced by the twine bow and the clear embellishments. Congratulations on Top Pick, Sandra!

Our Featured Artist is: Jenny Engelke

As Featured Artist this week, Jenny Engelke will also be invited to be our next Guest Designer! Jenny's delicate yet elegant card uses a beautifully stamped and expertly water-coloured floral focal image in foreground.  She enhances that with lots of textures, gold embossing, ink blending and a beautiful gold edged ribbon in a bow!  Congratulations,Jenny, you will be our next Guest Designer for our Recipe Challenge in 2 weeks time. We will be in touch!

                                                      

You might want to visit our Honorable Mentions on their web sites:

    6. Angel Shaver 

  11. Kim Findlater

Join us tomorrow morning for our next challenge, a Fill In the Blank 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 More Hours to Play Challenge #351 - Tropical Florals

You still have a few hours left to play our Colour Challenge #351 - Tropical Florals at As You See It Challenges! Why don't you give it a try, here.

The Challenge will close on Wednesday, July 9th, at 11:55 pm Pacific time.  

You Still Have Time to Play Challenge #351 - Tropical Florals

You still have time left to play our Colour Challenge #351 - Tropical Florals at As You See It Challenges! Why don't you give it a try, here.

The Challenge will close on Wednesday, July 9th, at 11:55 pm Pacific time.