As You See It Challenge

Friday, June 23, 2023

There is Still Time to Play Challenge #301 - Swift Seashells

You still have time to play our Speed Challenge #301 at As You See It Challenges! Why don't you give it a try, here.

The Challenge will close on Wednesday, June 28th, at 11:55 pm Pacific time.

Friday, June 16, 2023

Challenge #301 - Swift Seashells

For this challenge we are doing a Speed Stamping Challenge and the theme for the challenge, created by Design Team member Heather H, is Seashells! So you are making a card depicting seashells in some way, very swiftly. To get your adrenaline pumping, create a card or other project, in under 10 minutes, that illustrates the theme of the shells! 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 5m57s

Heather Heroldt 8m15s

Jan Clothier 8m08s

Jane Knudsen 10m

Joanne James 7m59s

Deborah Wheeler 9m50s

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 #AYSI301 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.

Thursday, June 15, 2023

Winners for our 300th Challenge - Celebrate the 300th Adventure

Thank you, everyone for all your kind words and congratulations! We were and continue to be so grateful for your participation in our challenges! In order to add an element of gratitude to our challenge this time, we wanted to give back by donating prizes to our winners, and we wanted to have more winners than usual!

So, breaking with routine, this time each of our Design Team Members will be picking a winner, and we will see that each winner receives a prize! So without further ado, here are our 6 Featured Artists:

Heather C's Choice:

Johanna

I love Johanna's layout and the dreamy blue of her palette. The stencilling in the ocean waves is a beautiful effect here. So, ahoy, Johanna, you are my pick for our 300th Adventure!

Heather H's Choice:

Kelly Schirmer

I LOVE Kelly's car adventures, so much fun ahead, and in the perfect vehicle! Such gorgeous background colors, too!

Jan C's Choice:

Bronwyn Eastley

Bronwyn's 3D wonder makes the great outdoors seem even more expansive while the silhouetted camper van and outdoor chairs conjure up the essence of adventurous road trips to wild and remote places. Great card!

Jane K's Choice:

Sherri Thacker

Ooo la la! I am loving the quick trip to Paris! Sherri set the scene and I feel a bit like ratatouille is there to travel with me! A beautiful clean and simple card that packs a punch! Or a suitcase! 😉

Joanne J's Choice:

Carol McFarland

Carol's glamourous scuba diver is ready for an underwater adventure of her very own and is definitely dressed to impress in her chic wetsuit!

Deborah W's Choice:

Erin T.

I love the CAS design, and the retro caravan takes me right back to childhood holidays in our little towed caravan! Fab card!

We will be in contact with each of you to get your details in order to receive your prize! Congratulations to our winners and thanks to everyone who played along! Come and check out our new Speed Stamping 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.

Wednesday, June 14, 2023

You Still have a Few Hours Left to Play Challenge #300 - Celebrate the 300th Adventure!

You still have a few hours to play our Recipe Challenge #300 at As You See It Challenges! Why don't you give it a try, here.

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

Friday, June 9, 2023

You Still Have Time to Play Challenge #300 - Celebrate the 300th Adventure!

You still have time to play our Recipe Challenge #300 at As You See It Challenges! Why don't you give it a try, here.

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

Friday, June 2, 2023

Challenge #300 - Celebrate the 300th Adventure!!

Wow! We've reached 300 Challenges! What a milestone that is! We've had a lot of fun in 300 challenges, but also a few trials including a stretch where our original website was hacked and destroyed and we were without our site and graphics for a period of many months. We almost didn't start up again, but the fun won out and here we are! We really want to celebrate this adventure, and that means that YOU have a chance at winning some prizes!

For this Challenge only, Challenge #300, each of our 6 Design Team members will choose a winner, which makes 6 winners altogether. Then each winner will be shipped a stamp set from Stampin' Up! or Clarity, depending on the market they are in, and donated by the Design Team. While we have a set in mind, if the winner already owns that set, they may choose an alternative of equal value. To be eligible, all conditions and rules of the challenge must be adhered to. Watch how many challenges you enter with the same card. You are only allowed 3 other compatible challenges!

What adventures do the Design Team have in mind?

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 #AYSI300 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.

Thursday, June 1, 2023

Winners for Challenge #299 - Recipe for Framed Flowers in Blue

Thanks to all the testers who tried out our Recipe Challenge last week! The wonderful variety of entries we had was incredible. It was interesting to see everyone's interpretation of the word "frame", and those blossoms were gorgeous, as were all the shades of blue! We loved every minute, but we had to duke it out to choose the winners! Now, here are the winners of As You See It Challenge #299:

We had a tie for Top Pick!

Our first Top Pick is: JoAnn B.

JoAnn's lovely textured oval frame caught our eye as did her beautiful blue two-step stamped blooms! She used an embossed background for interest, and that sweet little twine bow at the top of the frame just adds the perfect finishing touch. Beautiful work, JoAnn.

Our second Top Pick is: Sandy C. at carsan_cards21

Sandy's beautiful blooms are stunning and really grab the attention. She's used ink blending to vary the intensity of the colour on her monochromatic bouquet with amazing results. We loved her paper pierced die cut background as well as that sweet little bow on her tag. Sandy, it's a feast for the eyes!

And our Featured Artist this week:

Our first Featured Artist is: Bronwyn Eastly

First of all, the Design Team was intrigued by Bronwyn's double z fold design with a floating window! What an incredible fun fold card that is! Secondly, that frame is so cool and it's mirrored on the sentiment behind it in the window! Last, but not least, those daisy die cuts are embossed and layered and look incredible. We also loved Bronwyn's choice of patterned paper and ribbon! What a gorgeous card and definitely worthy of Featured Artist!

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

1. Erin T.

5. Gayle Chrvala

11. Jaydee

12. Jolanda Johnstone

Congratulations to our winners and thanks to everyone who played along! Come and check out our new Theme Challenge tomorrow morning on our blog! It's our 300th Challenge and there will be PRIZES!! Our winners today can pick up their badges on this page and display them with pride on their blogs or sites.