Challenge #373 - Full Tilt Tulips

And away we go with another round of a speed challenge, and this time, we're doing flowers that come from spring bulbs like tulips, daffodils, crocuses, etc. It should be easy to do in a short time frame: You have 10 minutes or less! Check out the Challenge Banner:

This challenge was the creation of our Team member, Heather H., and what a great idea for a speed challenge, because bulb flowers, particularly tulips and crocuses, are particularly easy to make, either stamping, punching or die cutting, which means they should go quickly! What was your experience?

You may plan your project ahead of time, gather your equipment, mount your stamps, etc., but the moment you ink up a stamp, or cut a piece of paper or cardstock, you must start the timer!  Good luck and have fun!d

Let's see how our Design Team managed this challenge:

Deborah Wheeler

7 min. 6 sec.

Heather Cooper

8 min. 34 sec.

Heather Heroldt

5 min. 23 sec.

Jan Clothier

5 min. 22 sec.

Joanne James

8 min 37sec

LeAnne Pugliese

6 min. 26 sec.

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.*

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Winners for Challenge #372 - Beach Combing

Our Beach Combing Theme struck a chord apparently! The Design Team loved the heightened feeling of nostalgia they got looking at all the beachy theme designs! Apparently, lots of people love the beach!

Here are the winners of Challenge #372!

Our Top Pick is: Nancy J.

Nancy's creation is a feast for the eyes, with such great use of vellum and texture! She uses it for the waves, dry embossed into the sand, heat embossed on the shells and smooshed onto the background water! The sea-glass embellishments finish it off in the perfect manner! What a great classic for Top Pick this week!

Our Featured Artist is: Sonja Zierer

Sonja created feast for the eyes that's full of wonderful texture everywhere you look! The Design Team was delighted with the colours, distressed areas, specialty items, and so many things that make this card a stand out! Congratulations on being our Featured Artist, Sonja!

                     

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

15. Suzy Hinton

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 #372 - Beach Combing

You still have a few hours left to play our Theme Challenge - Beach Combing at As You See It Challenges! Why don't you give it a try, here!

The Challenge will close on Wednesday, May 20th, at 11:55 pm Pacific time.  

You Still Have Time to Play Challenge #372 - Beach Combing

You still have time to play our Theme Challenge - Beach Combing at As You See It Challenges! Why don't you give it a try, here!

The Challenge will close on Wednesday, May 20th, at 11:55 pm Pacific time.  

Challenge #372 - Beach Combing

One of my favourite activities is to go for a walk on a beach by the ocean and look for treasures. Where I live, in British Columbia, Canada, it's not that far to get to the Pacific Ocean and there are some spectacular beaches to walk along. Besides the expected sea shells and seaweed, you can find unusual things like driftwood, buoys, sea glass, and even the odd jellyfish (don't pick that up!) 

Years ago, there was a television program called the Beachcombers that highlighted folks that lived on the coast of BC. Molly had a cafe called Molly's Reach; Nick had a boat called the Persephone, that he used to do some heavy duty beachcombing with; Relic was his sometimes sidekick, sometimes nemesis! It was quirky, as only Canadian broadcasting can be, but it ended up being syndicated and broadcast around the world. Let me know if you've ever seen it!  Meanwhile, have fun with my Beachcombing theme!

Let's see what our Design Team thinks of when they get the theme of Beach Combing:

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 #371 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 #371 - Recipe for Framed Floral Success

The Design Team were overcome with the beauty of the designs of the entries in our Recipe for Framed Floral Success Challenge! It always amazes me how the same 5 elements can result in such a variety of entries, all of them uniquely beautiful. And that makes being the ones who have to pick the winners a very tough job! Nonetheless...

Here are the winners of Challenge #371!

Our Top Pick is: Loopyloo

What an elegant design we were treated to with the card Loopyloo entered in this recipe challenge! To start with, just look at the frame! It looks like something from Top Edwardian Designed Frames! The die cut florals are beautiful shades of pink with some foliage for contrast and the layers create incredible depth! Finally, that lovely understated sentiment banner adds the one word finish! Top Pick material! Congratulations, Loopyloo!!

Our Featured Artist is: Vicki Burdick

Vicki has made a card that also uses techniques to create a lot of depth in her design. She has the tulips growing up and out of the frame, which is a great way of indicating height, as well as being able to spot the background papers through the foreground! The Design Team loved the choice of striped DSP in pastels and the skillful colouring of the tulips. Congratulations, Vicki, on being this week's Featured Artist!

                     

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

#10. Chisty Stanford

#  9. Nora

#  4. Erin T.

Congratulations to our winners and thanks to everyone who played along! Come and check out our new Theme 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 #371 - Recipe for Framed Floral Success

You still have a few hours left to play our Recipe Challenge - Recipe for Framed Floral Success at As You See It Challenges! Why don't you give it a try, here!

The Challenge will close on Wednesday, May 6, at 11:55 pm Pacific time.