You still have time left to play our Fill In The Blank Challenge #358 - My Favourite Autumn Things at As You See It Challenges! Why don't you give it a try, here.
Friday, October 10, 2025
You Still Have Time to Play Challenge #358 - My Favourite Autumn Things
Friday, October 3, 2025
Challenge #358 - My Favourite Autumn Things
It's time for a new Fill In The Blank Challenge and this time, our clever Team Mate Deborah is going "Sound of Music" on you, by asking you what your "Favourite Autumn Things" are. Is it the colourful leaves? Is it jumping in leaf piles? Is it drinking pumpkin spice lattes? Warm fires? Wearing sweaters?
When you have that figured out, let us know on your blog or entry page how you filled in the blank, and make a card or project illustrating those words!
Let's find out what our Design Team's Favourite Autumn Things are:
Deborah loves the autumn colours in the leaves!
Heather's favourite fruit, the juicy Bartlett pear, gets ripe in the autumn!
Heather loves everything pumpkin! Thanks, Trader Joe's!
Jan loves the changing colours of the leaves!
Joanne loves the appearance of Autumn Beauty Sunflowers!
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LeAnne loves PUMPKINS!!
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 #357 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.*
Thursday, October 2, 2025
Winners for Challenge #357 - Gentle Sunset
We're excited to announce the winners of Challenge #357 because the Featured Artist will be our Guest Designer for the next Recipe Challenge in two weeks! Those Gentle Sunset colours were so delicate and beautiful to experiment with! Your entries reflected that!
Here are the winners for this challenge:
Jolanda created a clean and simple card using the challenge colours even though the main colour was the dark Secret Sea! The Design Team loved the small focal scene using the Challenge colours perfectly and the Cloud Cover matte, which really set it apart! The snowfall texture in the background was the perfect touch. Congrats on winning Top Pick, Jolanda!
Our Featured Artist is: Amanda Mertz
As Featured Artist this week, Amanda will also be invited to be our next Guest Designer! Amanda's beautifully designed vista using the challenge colours features such depth and variety. It makes me want to go camping there! She uses colour to indicate perspective and depth. Congratulations, Amanda, 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:
9. Jaydee
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.
Wednesday, October 1, 2025
You Still Have A Few Hours Left To Play Challenge #357 - Gentle Sunset
You still have a few hours left to play our Sketch Challenge #357 - Gentle Sunset at As You See It Challenges! Why don't you give it a try, here.
The Challenge will close on Wednesday, Oct. 1st, at 11:55 pm Pacific time.
Monday, September 29, 2025
There is Still Time to Play Challenge #357 - Gentle Sunset
You still have time left to play our Sketch Challenge #357 - Gentle Sunset at As You See It Challenges! Why don't you give it a try, here.
The Challenge will close on Wednesday, Oct. 1st, at 11:55 pm Pacific time.
Friday, September 19, 2025
Challenge #357 - Gentle Sunset
What inspires your card making the most? Is it themes, sketches, or colours? Colours are a big influence for me, so I always look forward to our colour challenges! And even more so, since every colour challenge, we get to pick a guest designer for our next recipe challenge! So when you enter this challenge, keep in mind that our Featured Artist will have an opportunity to be our next guest designer! This colour palette is a beautiful combination, designed by team mate Joanne, using 3 of the 5 new In Colours.
And just as a reminder, for our Colour Challenges, you must use all four colours only, except you may also use a neutral plus white. If you don't have the specified Stampin' Up! colours, use the inks you have that are the closest in colour.
Let's see how the Design Team interpreted this:
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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 #357 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.*
Thursday, September 18, 2025
Winners for Challenge #356 - Rectangles & Circles
We loved the variety of thought and design our sketch brought to the entries for our Rectangles & Circles 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:
Our Top Pick is: DJ from Sendable Sentiments
DJ paired autumn leaves with weathered wood and textured ribbon in her Fall design! The colours are wonderful, the texture is delicious and everything combines in a way that made good use of the sketch! The Design Team felt that it all adds up to a worthy Top Pick! Congrats, DJ !
Our Featured Artist is: Jennie Maier
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Our winning entry, Jennie, the Featured Artist, has created a sympathy card uses a very soft blue and green plaid in the background that gives such a calming, comforting effect, that it is perfect for a sympathy card. She topped that by using such sweet flower shapes for her circle shapes in coordinating colours of yellows, blues and greens. And the sentiment sets just the right tone. Congratulations on being our Featured Artist, Jennie!
And we think you may want to check out the following Honorable Mentions on their site:
2. Erin T.
4. Deb Horst
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.
Wednesday, September 17, 2025
You Still Have a Few Hours Left To Play Challenge #356 - Rectangles & Circles
You still have a few hours left to play our Sketch Challenge #356 - Rectangles & Circles at As You See It Challenges! Why don't you give it a try, here.
The Challenge will close on Wednesday, Sept. 17th, at 11:55 pm Pacific time.
Monday, September 15, 2025
There Is Still Time To Play Challenge #356 - Rectangles & Circles
You still have time left to play our Sketch Challenge #356 - Rectangles & Circles at As You See It Challenges! Why don't you give it a try, here.
The Challenge will close on Wednesday, Sept. 17th, at 11:55 pm Pacific time.
Friday, September 5, 2025
Challenge #356 - Rectangles & Circles
My creativity is at a new low today, hence the brilliant title for this week's sketch challenge! Well, it does the job, doesn't it? Thanks to our former teammate, Jane, we have this interesting sketch combining the two shapes, and it's easier to just show you the challenge banner, isn't it?
As with past sketch challenges, you can flip the sketch on it's side or reverse it, as long as you keep the integrity of the sketch! Feel free to change the shape of the circles as well.
Let's see what the Design Team did with this sketch:
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 #356 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.*
Thursday, September 4, 2025
Winners for Challenge #355 - Lively Leaves
Who says you need hours to come up with a beautiful card design? Our entries this week all took less than 10 minutes to make and I bet it's hard to tell! Which is your favourite? The Design Team loved them all, but had to pick the winners, because, well, that's our job, so like, here they are:
We had two Top Picks this week, because the entries were that good:
Our first Top Pick is: Wild Rose & Pearl/Kim F.
Kim's amazing card, which took her 8 min 45 sec to make uses a very unique technique to create a dense, ferny undergrowth area. She used an embossing folder and ink to create the highlighted areas and dark green ink swiped on straight from the ink pad to black out the shadowed areas. The added fern fronds from diecuts and the rich gold sentiment and backings, really add to the beauty of this lovely card! Congratulations, Kim on being one of our Top Picks this week.
Our second Top Pick is: Jolanda Johnston
Whenever there is a speed stamping contest, you're pretty sure to find Jolanda somewhere on the winner's page. She has speed stamping down to a fine art. You will learn how to do it, too, when you read her various posts on the subject! The Design Team loved her background and her lovely colouring on the leaf! Congrats on being our second Top Pick, Jolanda!
Our Featured Artist is: Gayle Chrvala
Gayle, our winner, and Featured Artist, made her beautiful card in only 5 min. 7 sec.! She is demonstrating an important concept of speed stamping - simple can be beautiful, and good composition makes a big difference. The Design Team loved the variation in greens for your line of leaves, the way you matted the front panel, the amazing sentiment that underscored your main image! Congratulations, Gayle , on being our Featured Artist this week!
And we think you may want to check out the following Honorable Mentions on their sites:
8. Liz Williams
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!
Wednesday, September 3, 2025
You Still Have A Few Hours Left To Play Challenge #355 - Lively Leaves
You still have a few hours left to play our Speed Challenge Challenge #355 - Lively Leaves at As You See It Challenges! Why don't you give it a try, here.
The Challenge will close on Wednesday, Sept. 3rd, at 11:55 pm Pacific time.
Friday, August 29, 2025
You Still Have Time to Play Challenge #355 - Lively Leaves
You still have time left to play our Speed Challenge Challenge #355 - Lively Leaves at As You See It Challenges! Why don't you give it a try, here.
The Challenge will close on Wednesday, Sept. 3rd, at 11:55 pm Pacific time.
Friday, August 22, 2025
Challenge #355 - Lively Leaves
It's time to speed stamp again, and this time the theme is Leaves, so the title of this challenge is Lively Leaves! Let's see how pumped you can get them! Of course, we're not in a hurry to see those lovely Fall Leaves go but we do love the colour they bring to Autumn, so let's just say we're in a hurry to see the change! Here's our challenge banner:
Remember, it's a SPEED challenge, so you are trying to complete your card in 10 minutes or less, so you'll need to set a timer. You can plan your project and gather all your materials before you start, but the moment you cut a piece of cardstock, or ink up a stamp, or emboss some paper, you must start your timer!
And when you enter, make sure you tell us your time somewhere in your blog or entry.
Let's see how lively our Design Team's leaves were:
7m 39s
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9m 8s
8m 39s
6m 55s
6m 48s
4m 50s
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 #355 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.*