Winners for Challenge #291 - Paint Pour

We're excited to announce the winners of Challenge #291 because the Featured Artist will be our Guest Designer for the next Recipe Challenge in two weeks! We're very keen to work with the winner! Our entries certainly did the colour challenge justice! So beautiful and very hard to choose!

Here are our winners:

Our Top Pick is: Suzanne from Stamp n' Sip

Using the darkest colour as the background panel really allowed the collage of brighter coloured hearts to shine! The design was well balanced for colour and shape and the design team loved the addition of the darker coloured matte dots, which added some extra whimsy to Suzanne's delightful Valentine's display! It was a great way to present the challenge colours!

Our Featured Artist is: Jen Mitchell

As Featured Artist this week, Jen will also be invited to be our next Guest Designer! We loved that she used a CAS format to really highlight the Challenge Colours in her design without them taking over. She did an amazing job stamping the dahlias with those layered stamps, and we loved the way she used the ombre glimmer paper to represent the red and pink colours! It was so effective. Die cutting the leaves in the delicate vellum made them look so elegant, and really helped maintain the clean look of the design! Just stunning, Jen!

Congratulations, Jen, you will be our next Guest Designer for our Recipe Challenge in 2 weeks time. We will be in touch!

                                                      

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

 3. Yvon of Blue Heart Stamping

Congratulations to our winners and thanks to everyone who played along! Come and check out our new Fill in the Blank 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 #291 - Paint Pour

You still have a few hours left to play with our Colour Challenge #291 at As You See It Challenges! Why don't you give it a try, here?

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

You Still Have Time to Play Challenge #291 - Paint Pour

You still have time to play with our Colour Challenge #291 at As You See It Challenges! Why don't you give it a try, here?

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

Challenge #291 - Paint Pour

January and February can be so blah in the Northern Hemisphere and really need an infusion of colour to add some life into the grey world. This colour challenge is a little pick-me-up designed to do just that! Imagine a paint pour featuring these colours, dark colours opening up to light, blues and pinks contrasting! Let's see how that stokes your imagination! (Note: You don't have to create a paint pour for this challenge!)

Each time we have a colour challenge, the Featured Artist will have a chance to become a Guest Designer for our next Recipe Challenge 4 weeks from now. So enter with that in mind! We're so excited to work with you for a challenge!!

Remember, if you don't have the Stampin' Up! colours, use the colours you have that are the closest. Your project should use all these colours only and 1 neutral. (Neutrals include black, white, vanilla or Crumb Cake.)

How did the Design Team use these colours this week?

Heather Cooper

Heather Heroldt

Jan Clothier

Jane Knudsen

Joanne James

Deborah Wheeler

Here are some guidelines for the challenge:

• 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 #AYSI291 when uploading to a public gallery.
• If you’re unsure about ‘the rules’, check the details under the Challenge Guidelines tab.
• 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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