Winners for Challenge #315 - Vibrant Hues in Nature

We're excited to announce the winners of Challenge #315 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 unique and artistic and very hard to choose winners from!

But here they are:

Our Top Pick is: Hermien

Hermien's card is a feast for the eyes, it is so richly designed. The Design Team especially loved that fern background and the collage stamping on the notebook page. The limited use of Melon Mambo for narrow frames and for the focal point rose was particularly effective! Congratulations, Hermien! A beautiful card!

 

Our Featured Artist is: Amanda Mertz

As Featured Artist this week, Amanda will also be invited to be our next Guest Designer! This is an example of a perfectly balanced colour design! Although there is plenty of each vibrant colour of the challenge in Amanda's design, she has used a couple of techniques to keep them from competing too strongly against each other, First there is enough white space to maintain balance, and secondly, the layer of vellum between the background and the focal area allows the focal florals to stand out, focusing your eyes in one spot. Beautifully done!

Congratulations, Amanda, 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:

 1. Kim Singdahlsen

 2. Bronwyn Eastley

 6. Deb Horst 

 9. 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 #315 - Vibrant Hues in Nature

You still have a few hours left to play our Colour Challenge #315 at As You See It Challenges! Why don't you give it a try, here.

The Challenge will close on Wednesday, Jan. 31st, at 11:55 pm Pacific time.     

You Still Have Time to Play Challenge #315 - Vibrant Hues in Nature

You still have time to play our Colour Challenge #315 at As You See It Challenges! Why don't you give it a try, here.

The Challenge will close on Wednesday, Jan. 31st, at 11:55 pm Pacific time.    

Challenge #315 - Vibrant Hues in Nature

Nature has a penchant for vibrant colours. They are all around us and they are used with perfect balance! While using vibrant colours in our stamping projects can be problematic, if we copy nature and use them with balance we will find the key! Thanks to Team member, Heather H. for this beautiful 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 one 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. 

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 #AYSI 315 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

Winners for Challenge #314 - Heart Arc

Our sketch challenges aim to give you a framework to enhance your creativity! We love seeing what you do with each element of the sketch and how creatively you fill the requirements of the challenge! This week, we had some lovely designs, with lots of shapes filling in for the hearts in the sketch! From honey pots to lanterns to pretzels, they were all inspired!

Let me introduce you to our winners! Here they are:

Our Top Pick is: Amanda Mertz

Who would have thought, but those juicy little watermelon slices make a perfect shape for the challenge arc! The slices themselves look icy cold and refreshing, while the backgrounds are great colours to show off the main focal point. Check out the actual texture and implied texture in the background and the lovely font and colour of the sentiment! Even the red and white baker's twine bow speaks to the theme! Congratulations, Amanda!

Our Featured Artist is: Jolanda Johnstone

Oh, the woolen texture Jolanda has created as a background for the cozy mittens she has chosen as the shape for her arc in the sketch! And the white panel in the middle helps to continue that knitted panel. The mittens are coloured so precisely, and the colour choice helps to promote that crisp, clear look of Jolanda's project! The white embossed on brown for the sentiment is the perfect look to continue the professional appeal of Jolanda's Featured Artist-worthy card! Congratulations!

                                                  

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

 4. Jennie Maier

 8. Christy Stanford

14. Yvon Doensen

Congratulations to our winners and thanks to everyone who played along! Come and check out our new Colour Challenge tomorrow morning here on our blog with a chance at winning the right to be our new Guest Designer for our Recipe Challenge in two weeks time! 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 #314 - Heart Arc

You still have a few hours left to play our Sketch Stamping Challenge #314 at As You See It Challenges! Why don't you give it a try, here.

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

You Still Have Time to Play Challenge #314 - Heart Arc

You still have time to play our Sketch Stamping Challenge #314 at As You See It Challenges! Why don't you give it a try, here.

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