Merry Christmas and Happy 2019!

As You See It Challenge is taking a two week break over Christmas and New Years and we will return in January with more exciting challenges to keep you stamping! Have a wonderful holiday with your family and friends and take some time for yourself in your craft room to CREATE!!

Winners for Challenge #190 - Wreaths

'Tis the season - for wreaths! And we had all kinds in our gallery over these past two weeks! It's been wondrous. But who takes home the laurels? It was a difficult decision. In fact we couldn't decide completely and we have a tie for Top Pick this time! Here are our winners:

Our first Top Pick is: Tara Cox

With Tara's soft winter colours on the distressed Kraft base along with the charming bird image and the pop of the Noel sentiment made her design stand out among the others. The distressed bow was the perfect touch!

Our second Top Pick is: Ingen

Ingen's simple, but effective card uses completely traditional Christmas colours and basic designs to create a stunning look that just says, "Merry Christmas!" Without a wreath stamp, she used a swirly circle die and with a bow and a bright, hand-trimmed sentiment, along with a Christmassy background to speak "Yuletide" to us!

And our Featured Artist is: dj

               

                                     

The Design Team loved the subtle antiquity of dj's beautiful wreath. The simple twine base and the plain background served as the perfect display case for the mini fir boughs and pine cones, pearls and holly berries. The antique ticket was just right as the sentiment. Overall a very warm and festive feel to a lovely design. 

Congratulations to our winners and thanks to everyone who played along! As You See It Challenge is going to be taking a Christmas break for two weeks and we will be back in January with new and exciting challenges for you! Our winners 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 #190 - Wreaths

You still have a few hours left to play with our sketch challenge #190 at As You See It Challenges! Why don't you give it a try, here?

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

You Still Have Time to Play Challenge #190 - Wreaths

You still have time to play with our sketch challenge #190 at As You See It Challenges! Why don't you give it a try, here?

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

Challenge #190 - Wreaths

We see wreaths everywhere at this time of year - wreaths on peoples doors, advent wreaths on tables, surrounding candles. But where did the wreath originate. There are conflicting stories. One claims that it is from an old English word meaning to twist. Another account claims that the Romans placed them on doors to signify victory. The Greeks used laurel wreaths to award the victors in the Olympic games. And Christians used it to symbolize Christ. Whatever the meaning, they are lovely to look at and we have a sketch of one for you this time. So here it is:

What did the Design Team include in their wreaths?:

Amy Jasper

Heather Cooper

Jan Clothier

Jane Knudson

LeAnne Pugliese

Tara Angus

Here are some guidelines for the challenge:

• Create any card, scrapbooking page, 3D project or packaging   project that fits the challenge.
• Feel free to flip or rotate the sketch and to substitute one   shape for another but we must still be able to see the sketch   in your finished submission.
• 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 #AYSI189 when uploading to a public gallery.
• If you’re unsure about ‘the rules’, check the details under the Challenge Guidelines tab.

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Winners for Challenge #189 - Quadriptych

There is something so satisfying about sets of four! Four quarters in a dollar; four seasons in a year; four quarters in a football game! And we got some very satisfying results from our sketch Challenge #189 last time! The Quadriptyches you shared with us were beautiful! I wish we could choose 4 winners, too, but two in particular caught our collective eye:

Our Top Pick is: Heather Heroldt

Beautiful paper choices can really make a sketch like this come to life and Heather chose a particularly beautiful Designer Paper matched with some plain cardstock to create her four panels. Her coordinating stamps, with their gorgeous watercolour look, give a quadriptych that is elegant and artistic! Well played, Heather.

And our Featured Artist is: Sona D.

                 

                                       

Sona's mixed media masterpiece features soft neutral tones and a variety of materials in layered perfection. The Design Team loved the kneeling angel silhouette as the focal point, but so many other details around her including the lace, stick pins, snowflake and sequins. There's even some stitching involved in the gorgeous project! 

Congratulations to our winners and thanks to everyone who played along! I hope you'll come back and check out our new sketch challenge tomorrow! Our winners 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 #189 - Quadriptych!

You still have a few hours left to play with our sketch challenge #189 at As You See It Challenges! Why don't you give it a try, here?

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