Winners of Challenge #184 - Back to Basics

Who knew you could create such winning designs with such basic tools. With just stamps, ink, paper, scissors and the odd ribbon or sequin or button, we had some beautiful cards on display in our gallery. Sometimes, it does us all good to get back to our roots! And here are the winners of this latest challenge:

Our Top Pick is: Marina

Marina's cool card was based on a book about Jazz pianist, Oscar Peterson! Her stamp is perfect for the subject and we loved the configuration of it in concentric circles. She has chosen cool colours to present it and has trimmed it out in a cool way as well. In fact, it's just cool all over!

And our Featured Artist is: Joanne James 

                                                          

Joanne's lovely dandelion creation is the epitome of back to basics, the proof that you can make a beautiful card with just stamps, ink, paper, trimmer and a small embellishment. The Design Team was unanimous in their admiration of the colours and the background details and the soft bokeh effect! Well done, Joanne!

Congratulations to our winners and thanks to everyone who played along! I hope you'll come back and check out our new colour challenge tomorrow! Our winners 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 As You See It Challenge #184 - Back to Basics

You still have a few hours left to play with our theme challenge #184 at As You See It Challenges! Why don't you give it a try, here?

The Challenge will close on Wednesday, Sept. 19th, at 11:55 pm Pacific time.

You Still Have Time to Play Challenge #184 - Back to Basics

You still have time to play with our theme challenge #184 at As You See It Challenges! Why don't you give it a try, here?

The Challenge will close on Wednesday, Sept. 19th, at 11:55 pm Pacific time.

Challenge #184 - Back to Basics

In my part of the world, it was Back to School week, so this theme challenge is perfect timing here, but where ever you are at in terms of the school year, we can all get Back to Basics in our crafting! What does that mean? Well, we're talking real basics: paper, stamps, inks, maybe a touch of ribbon, scissors and paper trimmer - the bare minimum. What can you do with that? Let's see what you do when you get back to your roots!

See the Design Team tackle the basics:

Amy Jasper 

Heather Cooper 

Jan Clothier 

Jane Knudsen

LeAnne Pugliese 

Tara Angus 

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 #AYSI178 when uploading to a public gallery.
• If you’re unsure about‘the rules’, check the details under the Challenge Guidelines.

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