Challenge #374 - Sphere of Influence

It's sketch time, and this week's sketch, by teammate Jan, is magical! Spheres do seem to have special qualities: the moon, the sun, unity, containment, infinity & complete symmetry! You can have a lot of fun with this one. As always, you can change the shapes, flip it, turn it, but make sure we can recognize our sketch!

 Let's see what our Design Team did with the sketch:

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 #373 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 #373 - Full Tilt Tulips

Now, in keeping with my last speed stamping post, I need to explain where the expression "full tilt" comes from! And, believe it or not, it comes from the medieval sport of jousting, also known as tilting. Two knights rode their horses toward one another, each holding a lance aimed at the other, trying to knock the other off his horse. To inflict the maximum damage, they would attempt to ride toward each other at maximum speed ie at full tilt! And now you know!

And you each created your spring bulb cards at full tilt, but you wouldn't know it! They are just lovely! Congratulations to all!  Here are your winners:

Our Top Pick is: Loopyloo 

Can you believe that this is Loopyloo's Speed Stamping entry?? Look at all those little bitty die cut pieces that had to be put together again with glue to make that beautiful tulip!

Not one's usual choice for a speed stamping challenge! Look at the embossed background! Another step added! And finally - Loopyloo didn't just die cut the sentiment, she also added a shadow for it! What a stunning result! Perfect for Top Pick! Congratulations, Loopyloo!

Our Featured Artist is: Christy Stanford

Christy Stanford, our winner, and Featured Artist, used a tried and true method of speed stamping, DSP! But she used it in such a powerful way that many of the Design Team chose her card as their favourite! Not only did she choose some stunning patterned paper (DSP), she displayed it in an eye-catching way, with well-chosen colours matting the layers of DSP. She made use of dies to create stitching around the edges of the layers and the sentiment tag! Congratulations on earning Featured Artist, Christy!

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

3. Christine  

7. Vicki Burdick 

8. Jenn Frost

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!       

You Still Have A Few Hours to Play Challenge #373 - Full Tilt Tulips

You still have a few hours left to play our Speed Stamping Challenge - Full Tilt Tulips at As You See It Challenges! Why don't you give it a try, here!

The Challenge will close on Wednesday, June 3rd, at 11:55 pm Pacific time.