You Still Have Time to Play Challenge #289 - Breakneck Baubles

You still have time to play with our Theme Challenge #289 at As You See It Challenges! Why don't you give it a try, here?

The Challenge will close on Wednesday, Dec. 14th, at 11:55 pm Pacific time.    

Challenge #289 - Breakneck Baubles

For this challenge we are doing a Speed Stamping Challenge and the theme for the challenge created by Design Team member Jan is Christmas Baubles! So you are making some pretty brisk ornaments here - Breakneck Baubles!  To get your adrenaline pumping in the most enjoyable way, create a card or other stamped project in under 10 minutes that illustrates the theme of Christmas Baubles or Ornaments! Please let us know how long it took you to make it in your description.

When we do a speed challenge we are not expecting a detailed masterpiece from you. We want you to have fun and see what you can create in under 10 minutes! You can design it in your head or sketch it out first. You can gather all your supplies ahead of time. But once you start the cutting/stamping/die cutting/embossing /etc. process, you must start the timer!

You have 10 minutes! Let us know, with your entry, how long it took you to complete your card or project! The key is to KISS!! Keep It Simple, Stamper!

Now we'll see what our Design Team did with the theme in under 10 min.:

Heather Cooper 9m55s 

Heather Heroldt 9m10s

Jan Clothier 8m25s

Jane Knudsen 10m0s

Joanne James 10m0s

                                    Deborah Wheeler 7m13s                                        

Here are some guidelines for the challenge:

• Create any card, scrapbooking page, 3D project or packaging project that fits the challenge.
• You can come up with your design and gather materials before you start the clock, but once you start work, you have to complete your design in 10 min. State in your blog or description, how long it took you to make it.
• Use the given theme in your project.
• 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 #AYS289 when uploading to a public gallery.
• If you’re unsure about ‘the rules’, check the details under the Challenge Guidelines.
• 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!

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You Still Have a Few Hours to Play Challenge #271 - Flash Dry

You still have a few hours left to play with our Speed Challenge #271 at As You See It Challenges! Why don't you give it a try, here?

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

You Still Have Time to Play Challenge #271 - Flash Dry

You still have time to play with our Speed Challenge #271 at As You See It Challenges! Why don't you give it a try, here?

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

Challenge #241 - Speedy Scraps & a New Look

Welcome to 2021 and a brand new look for our blog! Big thanks are due to Design Team member Amy Jasper for the update of all of our graphics! Leave her a little love for all her hard work!! 

Not only do we have a different look, we are planning an exciting new feature for 2021 and that is the addition of a guest designer once in every cycle of challenges. Every time we have a Colour Challenge, the Featured Artist winner will be asked to join us for the next Recipe Challenge as our Guest Designer!

Now our first Challenge of the new year is a Speed Challenge, and our Design Team Member, Joanne, has a great idea. It's a chance to clean out that scrap bin a bit and use up some of those bits that have been lying around forever! But you have to arrange them and add anything extra you want to add, all within 10 minutes! That should get the adrenaline pumping!

When we do a speed challenge we are not expecting a detailed masterpiece from you. We want you to have fun and see what you can create in under 10 minutes! You can design it in your head or sketch it out first. You can gather all your supplies ahead of time. But once you start the cutting/stamping/die cutting/embossing /etc. process, you must start the timer! 

You have 10 minutes! Let us know, with your entry, how long it took you to complete your card or project! The key is to KISS!! Keep It Simple, Stamper!

Let's see how our scrappy Design Team members did:

Amy Jasper 9m28s

Heather Cooper 8m50s 

Jan Clothier 7m56s

Jane Knudsen 9m58s

LeAnne Pugliese 5m51s

Joanne James   3m19s

Here are some guidelines for the challenge:

• Create any card, scrapbooking page, 3D project or packaging   project that fits the challenge.
• You can come up with your design and gather materials before you start the clock, but once you start work, you have to complete your design in 10 min. State in your blog or description, how long it took you to make it.
• Use the given theme in your project.
• 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 #AYS241 when uploading to a public gallery.
• If you’re unsure about ‘the rules’, check the details under the Challenge Guidelines

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Winners for Challenge #236 - Brisk Butterflies

Only a few of you were up for a speed challenge last time, or the thought of brisk butterflies was too much of an oxymoron to work with! But we salute those of you who picked up the gauntlet and ran with it...er, fluttered fleetly! Here are our winners:

Our Top Pick is: Gayle Chrvala 7m5s

Gayle has used some really stunning background paper to create a beautifully clean seven minute card! We loved the confetti circle die that lets that gorgeous paper show through and we also loved that the butterfly is stamped on the same paper before cutting it out. The lovely expanse of white gives the clean, crisp look! 

Our Featured Artist is: Heather Heroldt 9m15s

It's all rainbows and butterflies for Heather's creation! The Design Team loved her choice of paper and the way the butterflies echoed the colours on the DSP! And when she threw in the decorated envelope in under 10 minutes, well, our collective mind was blown! Awesome job, Heather!

                                                      

And we think you may want to check out the following Honorable Mention on her site:

3.   dj at Sendable Sentiments  6m9s

Congratulations to our winners and thanks to everyone who played along! Come and check out our new Sketch Challenge tomorrow morning on our blog! Our winners can pick up their badges on this page and display them with pride on their blogs or sites. 

Challenge #236 - Brisk Butterflies

While butterflies can leisurely flit from flower to flower in search of nectar, we don't want you to flit leisurely at all for this challenge! This is a SPEED STAMPING challenge! You need to complete your project in UNDER 10 MINUTES! You need to be a BRISK butterfly!

Our Design Team member, Joanne, chose a really good theme for speed stamping! I'm sure we all have butterfly stamps and/or butterfly and floral designer paper, and it won't be too hard to come up with something pretty in a short time frame! 

When we do a speed challenge we are not expecting a detailed masterpiece from you. We want you to have fun and see what you can create in under 10 minutes! You can design it in your head or sketch it out first. You can gather all your supplies ahead of time. But once you start the cutting/stamping/die cutting/embossing /etc. process, you must start the timer! 

You have 10 minutes! Let us know, with your entry, how long it took you to complete your card or project! The key is to KISS!! Keep It Simple, Stamper!

Did this speed challenge give the Design Team butterflies? Let's see:

Amy Jasper 9m3s

Heather Cooper 9m59s 

Jan Clothier 9m20s

Jane Knudsen 9m20s

LeAnne Pugliese 4m45s

Joanne James 7m59s

Here are some guidelines for the challenge:

• Create any card, scrapbooking page, 3D project or packaging   project that fits the challenge.
• You can come up with your design and gather materials before you start the clock, but once you start work, you have to complete your design in 10 min. State in your blog or description, how long it took you to make it.
• Use the given theme in your project.
• 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 #AYSI236 when uploading to a public gallery.
• If you’re unsure about ‘the rules’, check the details under the Challenge Guidelines.

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

You Still Have a Few Hours Left to Play Challenge #230 - Race in Triplicate

You still have a few hours left to play with our Speed Stamping Challenge #230 at As You See It Challenges! Why don't you give it a try, here?

The Challenge will close on Wednesday, July 29th, at 11:55 pm Pacific time. 

You Still Have Time to Play Challenge #230 - Race in Triplicate

You still have time to play with our Speed Stamping Challenge #230 at As You See It Challenges! Why don't you give it a try, here?

The Challenge will close on Wednesday, July 29th, at 11:55 pm Pacific time. 

Challenge #230 - Race in Triplicate

Remember the 3 legged race from your childhood? You roped your right leg together with your friend's left leg, creating a 3 legged creature with 2 heads and 2 wills that was then expected to run a race against similar creatures down a racecourse and act as one being instead of two! If you both did not create some kind of synergy, total chaos ensued, resulting usually in a fall and defeat! 

I suspect Design Team member, LeAnne, was looking to create some kind of synergy as well, when she designed our newest Speed Stamping Challenge #230 with the theme Elements of Three! 

When we do a speed challenge we are not expecting a detailed masterpiece from you. We want you to have fun and see what you can create in under 10 minutes! You can design it in your head or sketch it out first. You can gather all your supplies ahead of time. But once you start the cutting/stamping/die cutting/embossing /etc. process, you must start the timer! You have 10 minutes! Let us know, with your entry, how long it took you to complete your card or project! The key is to KISS!! Keep It Simple, Stamper!

What kind of triplicates did the Design Team come up with in under 10 minutes? Let's see:

Amy Jasper 8m23s 

Heather Cooper 9m54s 

Jan Clothier 9m54s

Jane Knudsen 9m58s

LeAnne Pugliese 2m15s

Joanne James 9m24s

Here are some guidelines for the challenge:

• Create any card, scrapbooking page, 3D project or packaging   project that fits the challenge.
• You can come up with your design and gather materials before you start the clock, but once you start work, you have to complete your design in 10 min. State in your blog or description, how long it took you to make it.
• Use the given theme in your project.
• 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 #AYSI230 when uploading to a public gallery.
• If you’re unsure about ‘the rules’, check the details under the Challenge Guidelines.

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Winners for Challenge #224 - Fleet Florals

Wow! Lots of adrenaline junkies out there! We're glad that so many of you are enjoying the Speed Stamping Challenges! And we're humbled by what you manage to put together in under 10 minutes! You have quick minds and nimble fingers! Bravo!
Last week, we enjoyed adding Honorable Mentions to our winners' roster and thought we'd continue that this week! We just like honouring more of you!

Our Top Pick is: Malina G.

Malina had a lot of great details to show off her stamped floral images. There was the great layout, the gorgeous striped background, the precise border, and all the embellishments! Her project looks fresh, fun and well put together, and all well within the 10 minute deadline!

Our Featured Artist is: Lisa Babitz

The stamp set that Lisa used was a perfect one for speed stamping, but that didn't mean that it didn't take some skill on Lisa part to select, skillfully line up images, choose great colours, spritz some splatters and pick a great sentiment in order to have a bold, eye-catching card in just under 5 minutes! A great choice for her, and a great choice for us as Featured Artist! The Design Team is in awe!

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

6.  Vicky Hayes

7.  Teresa

16. Heather Heroldt 

17. Gayle Chrvala 

Congratulations to our winners and thanks to everyone who played along! Come and check out our new Sketch Challenge tomorrow morning on our blog! Our winners can pick up their badges on this page and display them with pride on their blogs or sites.

You Still Have Time to Play Challenge #218 - Espresso Pront

You still have time to play with our Speed Challenge #218 at As You See It Challenges! Why don't you give it a try, here?

The Challenge will close on Wednesday, February 12th, at 11:55 pm Pacific time.