Challenge #363 - Neutral Night

Well, can you believe it? Our last challenge of 2025! Where has the year gone?? It seems like just yesterday we were starting the year fresh! And we're ending it the same way we started it - with a colour challenge! This one is a Neutral Colour Challenge and it was designed by our former team mate, Jane. Take a look at the challenge banner:

Some of you may not agree that Mossy Meadow and Night of Navy be classed as neutrals, but they are in the Neutral family of colours at Stampin' Up! For our Colour Challenges, we ask that you use all three of the challenge colours ONLY, except for a neutral (black, white, vanilla, beige) as an outline or for a sentiment. (See guidelines below.) 

The exciting news is that the Featured Artist and Winner of this Challenge will have the opportunity to be our Guest Designer in the new year at our next Recipe Challenge, so keep that in mind when you enter!

Let's take a look at the way the Design Team used these colours:

Deborah Walker

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 #363 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

You Still Have Time to Play Challenge #351 - Tropical Florals

You still have time left to play our Colour Challenge #351 - Tropical Florals at As You See It Challenges! Why don't you give it a try, here.

The Challenge will close on Wednesday, July 9th, at 11:55 pm Pacific time.  

Challenge #333 - Almost Analogous

I think you could call our colour triad for this week's colour challenge, Analogous Colours. If you check the colour wheel in the Stampin' Up! Annual Catalogue, they only skipped blue green in the side by side categories, Azure Afternoon being categorized as a pure blue, but they are close enough that we could call them Almost Analogous! I'm sure you'll agree that this trio, chosen by Team Member Deborah, work beautifully together!

Each time we post a colour challenge, the Featured Artist will have a chance to become a Guest Designer for a Recipe Challenge in four weeks from the day the colour challenge posts, 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 of your choice. Neutrals include black, white, vanilla, Crumb Cake.

Let's see how our Design Team handle Almost Analogous:

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 AYSI #333 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

You Still Have a Few Hours Left to play Challenge #327 - Primary Intensity

You still have a few hours left to play our Colour Challenge #327 at As You See It Challenges with a chance to become our next guest designer for a day! Why don't you give it a try, here.

The Challenge will close on Wednesday, July 17, at 11:55 pm Pacific time.         

You Still Have Time to Play Challenge #327 - Primary Intensity

You still have time to play our Colour Challenge #327 at As You See It Challenges with a chance to become our next guest designer for a day! Why don't you give it a try, here.

The Challenge will close on Wednesday, July 17, at 11:55 pm Pacific time.            

Winners for Challenge #297 - Party Tweet

We're excited to announce the winners of Challenge #297 because the Featured Artist will be our Guest Designer for the next Recipe Challenge in two weeks! We love to work with our winners! Our entries were so bright and beautiful and very hard to choose winners from!

Here are our winners:

We have a tie for Top Pick:

Our first Top Pick is: Lisa K.

Lisa found a really unique way of presenting the colours in the challenge and that was by using plaid dies. These dies overlap in different ways creating differing plaid designs. The one Lisa chose really highlights the colours in a way that lets them complement each other! Thanks for sharing this great idea with us all, Lisa!

Our second Top Pick is: Tenia Nelson

Tenia has presented us with a great study in colour, composition and texture. We love those giant sequins and the mix of vintage and contemporary patterns and images. Tenia is the master of eclectic designs, and once again, delights us with her entry.

Our Featured Artist is: Christy Stanford

As Featured Artist this week, Christy will also be invited to be our next Guest Designer! The Design Team loved the attractive way Christy used the four colours, with the yellow, green and blue as the image and the purple for the outline and sentiment. The choice of image was perfect for the layout and the choice of paper in the background really enhanced the whole effect.

Congratulations, Christy, 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:

 4. Johanna @ LHC

12. Jolanda Johnstone

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 #267 - Soft & Muted

You still have a few hours left to play our Colour Challenge #267 at As You See It Challenges and a chance at being our next guest designer! Why don't you give it a try, here?

The Challenge will close on Wednesday, Feb. 9th, at 11:55 pm Pacific time.   

You Still Have a Few Hours Left to Play Challenge #261 - Clean and Fresh

You still have a few hours left to play with our Colour Challenge #261 at As You See It Challenges! Why don't you give it a try, here?

The Challenge will close on Wednesday, Oct.27th, at 11:55 pm Pacific time.

Winners for Challenge #255 - Autumn Warmth and Our Next Guest Designer

We're excited to announce the winners of Challenge #255 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! It was a such a warm colour palette, and we got some beautiful creations from so many of you. Thank you for entering! The Design Team got all toasty inside just trying to narrow down our winners. And here they are:

Our Top Pick is: Christy Stanford

From her enticing background design, to the masterful stamping job of that sweet peach with it's two-toned design, Christy has created a card with warm sweet tones, tempered with the strip of green to cut the sweetness, making it perfectly palatable! Whether or not you like peaches, you're sure to love this eye-catching delight!

Our Featured Artist is: Jenny Engelke

Jenny used the neutral black & white background to allow the focal point of the song birds to pop! The birds themselves are beautifully coloured with our challenge colours which are blended to perfection! We noted the layered scalloped black backgrounds, one with clear embossed images, the white embossed sentiment that really shows up against the black and the attention to detail. All these factors are exciting to see in our next Guest Designer for our upcoming Recipe Challenge in two weeks.

Congratulations, Jenny, and we will be in touch with you with the details.

                                                      

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

  6. Tenia Nelson

13. Jennifer Weide

14. Jolanda Johnstone

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 #255 - Autumn Warmth

   You still have a few hours left to play with our Sketch Challenge #255 at As You See It Challenges! Why don't you give it a try, here?

The Challenge will close on Wednesday, Aug.4th, at 11:55 pm Pacific time.

You Still Have Time to Play Challenge #255 - Autumn Warmth

  You still have time to play with our Sketch Challenge #255 at As You See It Challenges! Why don't you give it a try, here?

The Challenge will close on Wednesday, Aug.4th, at 11:55 pm Pacific time.

Challenge #255 - Autumn Warmth

I love Colour Challenges and our Design Team member Jane came up with this gorgeous combination that embodies the warmth of autumn colours. Enjoy using all your new autumn stamps for this one!

If you remember, we announced back in January that each time we have a colour challenge, the Featured Artist would 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.)

Here's what the Design Team were warming up on the burner this week:

Amy Jasper

Heather Cooper

Jan Clothier

Taking a break this week.

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.
• 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 #AYSI255 when uploading to a public gallery.
• If you’re unsure about ‘the rules’, check the details under the Challenge Guidelines tab.

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Winners for Challenge #249 - Sweet Tooth and Our Next Guest Designer

We're excited to announce the winners of Challenge #249 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! It was a such a yummy colour palette, and we got some beautiful creations from so many of you. Thank you for entering! It was fun, looking over all your tasty creations to pick our sweet winners. And here they are:

Our Top Pick is: Jolanda Johnstone

Jolanda has used texture to maximum effect to create an adorable baby card with these colours! That baby bear as her focal image is a real charmer and the vertical cardstock stripes behind the main panel have a fine texture that is just right for a welcome baby greeting. We loved the random stitched border which just finished off the card perfectly!

Our Featured Artist is: Maria Helena

Maria Helena made such great use of the Challenge colours in her entry. The multi-flavoured ice cream looks good enough to eat, as the focal point, but then she added a strip of varying striped panels in between the two white backgrounds, using different combinations of the Challenge colours. She also added spritzes of the colours on the top white panel and sequins in similar colours as well! And the other details, like the silver spoon and dish, the twine bow, the droplets on the ice cream and the dry embossed bottom panel all add up to incredible attention to detail and someone we would love to have as our guest artist for our next Recipe Challenge. 

Congratulations, Maria, and we will be in touch with you with the details.

                                                      

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

1. Elizabeth Gross

3. Jules

10. Deborah Wheeler

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.   

Winners for Challenge #243 - Neutral Pops and a Chance to Be a Guest Designer

We're excited to announce the winners of Challenge #243 because the Featured Artist will be our first ever Guest Designer for our next Recipe Challenge in two weeks! We're excited to work with the winner! It was a challenging colour palette, but we got some beautiful creations from so many of you. Thank you for entering! It was equally challenging picking our winners. And here they are:

Our Top Pick is: Vicky Hayes

Vicky has created a CAS masterpiece using our colours, by creating this rustic background with the wood planks stamp and adding a simple wreath with our brightest colours. She's used great design principles to make this a really eye-pleasing format, proving that less is more, once again!

Our Featured Artist is: Anita Trippi

Although Anita's take on our colour challenge is clean and simple (CAS) as well, there is a lot happening here. The main panels are both stitched and the image panel is mounted slightly askew! The inked background is a tricky set of gradually fading polka dots. The typewriter itself is confined to a corner, leaving lots of white space (hence CAS designation), but it is so beautifully coloured with tons of contrast and detail. Then there's the "punny" sentiment and the splash of colour in the little 3D flower, all combined to make a winning entry. Congratulations, Anita. You will be our Guest Designer in our up-coming Recipe Challenge in two weeks. You will be contacted by email with the details.

                                                      

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

2. Malina G.

5. Ingen

9. The Grand Stampede

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.