Winners for Challenge #355 - Lively Leaves

Who says you need hours to come up with a beautiful card design? Our entries this week all took less than 10 minutes to make and I bet it's hard to tell! Which is your favourite? The Design Team loved them all, but had to pick the winners, because, well, that's our job, so like, here they are:

We had two Top Picks this week, because the entries were that good:

Our first Top Pick is: Wild Rose & Pearl/Kim F.

Kim's amazing card, which took her 8 min 45 sec to make uses a very unique technique to create a dense, ferny undergrowth area. She used an embossing folder and ink to create the highlighted areas and dark green ink swiped on straight from the ink pad to black out the shadowed areas. The added fern fronds from diecuts and the rich gold sentiment and backings, really add to the beauty of this lovely card! Congratulations, Kim on being one of our Top Picks this week.

Our second Top Pick is: Jolanda Johnston

Whenever there is a speed stamping contest, you're pretty sure to find Jolanda somewhere on the winner's page. She has speed stamping down to a fine art. You will learn how to do it, too, when you read her various posts on the subject! The Design Team loved her background and her lovely colouring on the leaf! Congrats on being our second Top Pick, Jolanda!

Our Featured Artist is: Gayle Chrvala

Gayle, our winner, and Featured Artist, made her beautiful card in only 5 min. 7 sec.! She is demonstrating an important concept of speed stamping - simple can be beautiful, and good composition makes a big difference. The Design Team loved the variation in greens for your line of leaves, the way you matted the front panel, the amazing sentiment that underscored your main image! Congratulations, Gayle , on being our Featured Artist this week!

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

3. Johanna @Lavender House Creations

8. Liz Williams

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

You Still Have A Few Hours Left To Play Challenge #355 - Lively Leaves

You still have a few hours left to play our Speed Challenge Challenge #355 - Lively Leaves at As You See It Challenges! Why don't you give it a try, here.

The Challenge will close on Wednesday, Sept. 3rd, at 11:55 pm Pacific time.   

You Still Have Time to Play Challenge #355 - Lively Leaves

You still have time left to play our Speed Challenge Challenge #355 - Lively Leaves at As You See It Challenges! Why don't you give it a try, here.

The Challenge will close on Wednesday, Sept. 3rd, at 11:55 pm Pacific time.    

Challenge #355 - Lively Leaves

 It's time to speed stamp again, and this time the theme is Leaves, so the title of this challenge is Lively Leaves! Let's see how pumped you can get them!  Of course, we're not in a hurry to see those lovely Fall Leaves go but we do love the colour they bring to Autumn, so let's just say we're in a hurry to see the change! Here's our challenge banner:

Remember, it's a SPEED challenge, so you are trying to complete your card in 10 minutes or less, so you'll need to set a timer. You can plan your project and gather all your materials before you start, but the moment you cut a piece of cardstock, or ink up a stamp, or emboss some paper, you must start your timer!

And when you enter, make sure you tell us your time somewhere in your blog or entry.

Let's see how lively our Design Team's leaves were:

Deborah Wheeler

7m 39s

Heather Cooper

9m 8s

Heather Heroldt

8m 39s

Jan Clothier

6m 55s

Joanne James

6m 48s

LeAnne Pugliese

4m 50s

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 #355 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

Winners for Challenge #349 - Rapid Water

Some of you are literally amazing at doing speed challenges! You are learning all the hacks and shortcuts, coming up with designs that make it hard to believe you only took less than 10 minutes to make! And some of you are just experiencing this kind of challenge for the first time, putting your adrenaline on the line! Are we still having fun?

Here are the lovely winners this time, chosen by the Design Team:

Our Top Pick is: Jenny Engelke

Jenny's unique card, which only took her 9 minutes and 45 seconds, uses a fun fold, no less! A double Z fold! The paper used for the construction of the double z folds is very striking in colour and texture as is the die cut sail boat itself. This was an ambitious and exciting project for a speed challenge!  Congratulation, Jenny, on being our Top Pick this week!

Our Featured Artist is: Johanna from LavenderHouseCreations

Johanna, our winner, and Featured Artist, made her comical, whimsical card in 9 min. 57 sec., through no fault of her own. It's the Speed Stamping Principle at work (the Murphy Principle for stampers taking part in a speed stamping challenge. I experience it frequently!) The Design Team just love the yoga-practising frog, (such great stretches and poses) as he bounces from puddle to puddle in the rain! Did you know he was the second prototype? You rock, Johanna, making two of them in the time limit! Congratulations, Johanna, on being our Featured Artist this week!

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

3. Christy Stanford

9. Gayle Chrvala

10. Jolanda Johnstone 

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

You Still Have a Few Hours Left to Play Challenge #349 - Rapid Water

You still have time left to play our Speed Challenge #349 - Rapid Water at As You See It Challenges! Why don't you give it a try, here.

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

You Still Have Time to Play Challenge #349 - Rapid Water

You still have time left to play our Speed Challenge #349 - Rapid Water at As You See It Challenges! Why don't you give it a try, here.

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

Challenge #349 - Rapid Water

Time to get out your stopwatch again...it's a Speed Challenge, and this speed challenge has the theme of Water, thanks to former team member, Jane! What kind of water, you ask? Any kind you want! Be creative, but also, be quick! You want to create your card in 10 minutes or less from the time you start cutting or stamping. Feel free to gather all your materials, and plan your project ahead of time, but as soon as you cut or fold a piece of paper, or ink up a stamp, or emboss something you have to start the timer! Then it's full speed ahead!

It is possible to create some amazing projects in under 10 minutes. Just check out our previous Speed Challenges. Read how people managed it. Then give it a try. We think you'll be pleasantly surprised!

Let's see how quickly our Design Team were able to create a Water Themed card:

Deborah Wheeler

9m 33s

Heather Cooper

9m 51s

Heather Heroldt

6m45s

Jan Clothier

5m17s

Joanne James

9m 36s

LeAnne Pugliese

8m 30s

 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 #342 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

Winners for Challenge #343 - Peppy Punches

Some of you are literally amazing at doing speed challenges! You are learning all the hacks and shortcuts and using your strengths to come up with designs that do not look at all like you only took 10 minutes or less to make! Is it still fun to do these challenges? 

Here are the lovely winners this time, chosen by the Design Team:

Our Top Pick is: LeAnne Pugliese

LeAnne's unique card, which only took her 4 minutes and 16 seconds, has a great display of different blue plaids punched with one of the Pick a Punch set! But what the Design Team had their collective eye on, was the sweet sentiment, stamped in Lost Lagoon in around the top right corner of the card! It's so effective! The little star, again made using two coordinating star punches really packed a - you guessed it - PUNCH!   Congratulation, LeAnne , on being our Top Pick this week!

Our Featured Artist is: Jolanda Johnstone

Jolanda, our winner, and Featured Artist, made her bold and beautiful speed stamping creation in an incredible 2 minutes and 8 seconds!! If that is hard to believe, then you must go to her blog and read how she tackles a speed stamping challenge! She is the ultimate authority on it! Take lessons, if you want to get faster! I know I could learn a lot from her! The Design Team loved how she based her design colours on the piece of DSP she used for her background! They looked even more fabulous in jumbo size! Congratulations on being our Featured Artist this week, Jolanda!

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

4. Suzy Hinton

9. Deb Horst 

14. Erin T. 

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

You Still Have a Few Hours Left to Play Challenge #343 - Peppy Punches

You still have a few hours left to play our Speed Challenge #343 - Peppy Punches at As You See It Challenges! Why don't you give it a try, here.

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

You Still Have Time to Play Challenge #343 - Peppy Punches

You still have time left to play our Speed Challenge #343 - Peppy Punches at As You See It Challenges! Why don't you give it a try, here.

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

Challenge #343 - Peppy Punches

 Our Team member, Joanne, has stirred things up a bit by taking on the Speed Challenge and giving us a bit of an unusual theme. Instead of a season, or a plant or animal, she has given us a tool to use - a punch!! What a cool idea!

For a Speed Challenge, your goal is to make your card or project in under 10 minutes. Now you can have it all figured out in your head previously, you can get out all your materials, put your stamps on blocks, etc. but as soon as you put stamp to ink or cut your paper, you must start your timer.

This time around, our only other requirement is that you use a punch to make something in your project.j

Let's see what the Design Team came up with and how long it took them:

Heather Cooper

9m50s

Heather Haroldt

9m10s

Jan Clothier

6m59s

Jane Knudsen

9m0s

Joanne James

7m51s

Deborah Wheeler

7m42s

 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 #342 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

Winners for Challenge #337 - Turbo Trees

You are all getting so adept at Speed Stamping challenges! You are learning all the hacks and shortcuts and using your strengths to come up with designs that do not look at all like you only took 10 minutes or less to make! But, the question is, do you still get that rush of adrenaline when you start your timer?

Here are the lovely winners this time, chosen by the Design Team:

Our Top Pick is: Alma Heijenk

Alma's pretty card, which only took her 3 minutes and 25 seconds, is a great testament to second generation stamping, which is a super technique for speed stamping. Alma created a little forest of trees with depth and dimension, using one stamp and one ink simply using this technique twice and adding an attractive sentiment! You don't have a die cutting machine, embossing machine, or something to heat emboss with? No worries! You can create wonderful things with stamps, ink and paper! Congratulation, Alma, on being our Top Pick this week!

Our Featured Artist is: Toni Maddox

Toni, our winner, and Featured Artist, took that same concept and added another stamp, some heat embossing and ink blending and at least another colour and created a real eye-popper! The Design Team loved the stag focal image and the softly shaded oval in the background. The tree image was perfect for the style of the deer as well. You can see how the darker colour of the stag drew your eyes to him. Congratulations on being our Featured Artist this week, Toni!

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

8. Erin T.

14. Toni Maddox

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

You Still Have a Few Hours Left to Play As You See It Challenge #337 - Turbo Trees

You still have a few hours left to play our Speed Stamping Challenge #337 - Turbo Trees, at As You See It Challenges! Why don't you give it a try, here.

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

You Still Have Time to Play Challenge #337 - Turbo Trees

You still have time to play our Speed Stamping Challenge #337 - Turbo Trees, at As You See It Challenges! Why don't you give it a try, here.

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

 

Challenge #337 - Turbo Trees

What do you call a fast evergreen? Why, a Turbo Tree, of course, and it turns out that it's the perfect title for our latest Speed Stamping Challenge, created by the queen of speed stamping, our team member, Jan! And since the holiday season is here, that makes it even more appropriate for this time. Check out the Challenge Banner for this one:

Now those of you who are familiar with our Speed Challenges know that basically you have to create a card to fit the theme in under 10 minutes. But you can plan your card first and get out all your materials first. However, the moment you cut paper, or add ink to a stamp, or begin to use a tool, you must start the timer! 

In your post, make sure you tell us how long it took you to create your card.

Let's see how long it took our Design Team to make their projects:

Heather Cooper

9m6s

Heather Heroldt

8m26s

Jan Clothier

8m14s

Jane Knudsen

10m0s

Joanne James

6m0s

Deborah Wheeler

7m18s

Here are some guidelines for the challenge:

• Create any card, scrapbooking page, 3D project or packaging project that fits the challenge.
• Use every element in the recipe, but the possibilities within those parameters are endless.
• 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#337 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.

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter