Winners for Challenge #264 - Fur & Feathers

Everyone loves their pets and there are some adorable stamps out there to prove it!  We had so much fun checking out all your blog posts with not only your amazing pet projects, but also with your stories and photos of your own pets, especially around Christmas time! Thank you for sharing all that with us! It was a definite festive uplift! But then we had to choose winners! How do you do that when they are all so cute? But that's our job as a Design Team, so here are the winners for Challenge #264:

Our Top Pick is: Nancy J.

How adorable is this gob-smacked kitty?!! We loved the "deer in the headlights" expression and the sparkly Santa hat! The stencilled background kind of looks like he was busy playing with a ball of wool, getting into some mischief, so with that awesome sentiment, which box would you tick: Nice, naughty, cute or all of the above? We're thinking the last one and Nancy's workmanship and creativity should earn her a place on Santa's team without a doubt!!

Our Featured Artist is: Valérie

Valérie's perturbed pup gave us all a laugh!  The look on his face as he wonders how that star got on his tail! Valérie's colouring skills and her beautiful CAS design with the offset green and red frames create the most eye-pleasing Christmas pet card you could wish for, a great candidate for Featured Artist this week! Congratulations, Valérie! 

                                                      

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

4. Christy Stanford

5. Melanie H.

12. Deborah Wheeler

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 #264 - Fur & Feathers

You still have a few hours to play with our Theme Challenge #264 at As You See It Challenges! Why don't you give it a try, here?

The Challenge will close on Wednesday, Dec. 8th, at 11:55 pm Pacific time.  

You Still Have Time to Play Challenge #264 - Fur & Feathers

You still have time to play with our Theme Challenge #264 at As You See It Challenges! Why don't you give it a try, here?

The Challenge will close on Wednesday, Dec. 8th, at 11:55 pm Pacific time. 

Challenge #264 - Fur & Feathers and Design Team Changes

Before I introduce today's Theme Challenge, we have a sad farewell and an exciting introduction to make!

This will be the last challenge on which Amy Jasper will be with our Design Team. Amy is so sad to say good-bye to As You See It, having been with us since the start of the Challenge Blog way back in 2013!! But she feels it is time for her to move on. I know we will all miss her amazing creativity. We can attribute our beautiful new graphics and also those gorgeous card samples every week to her outstanding design skills!!! Thank you for all you have done for As You See It Challenges, Amy, and we wish you the best for your future! Please check in with us from time to time!

But we also have some exciting news! We have a new Design Team member joining our team starting with this challenge! This new member has been a devoted follower of the As You See It Challenge blog for years and a great designer in her own right. We are excited to introduce you to the newest As You See It Design Team member, Heather Heroldt! 

Please leave both Amy and Heather some love in the comments!

Now on to our Theme Challenge! What makes more of a mark in our hearts than our pets? They are loyal, loving and always there for us. So as we head into the holiday season, we thought they deserved a shout out! How would you make a project honoring pets?

Let's see what kind of pets the Design Team are honouring today:

Amy Jasper

Heather Cooper

Heather Heroldt

Jan Clothier 

Jane Knudsen

Joanne James

LeAnne Pugliese

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 #AYSI264 when uploading to a public gallery.
• If you’re unsure about 'the rules’, check the details under the Challenge Guidelines.

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