Thursday 7 March 2024

Favourite: Monochrome or Colourful (and why)

Welcome to As You Like It Challenge

Our fortnightly challenge is a home for you to create something 
which gives you a warm "inner glow" of pride, without lots of entry rules.




CHALLENGE RULES:

Usually we provide 2 contrasting options for you to choose from. 
Join us by using your favourite option in your creation. 

To be eligible to win our prize, or top-3 spot, 
you must explain why you've made your choice,
so we can understand why you like it so much!

eg, if the theme is 'favourite animal' and you decide on 'rabbits', tell us why.
eg, you love Thumper, the bunny from Bambi !

So get crafting and remember the main requirement in creating is 
to have fun and enjoy your crafting time!





Thank you to everyone who entered our last challenge. 
Our winner is:


Please email us at AsYouLikeItChallenge@hotmail.co.uk to claim your prize, 
and don't forget to grab your *winners* badge below:



and our Top 3 are






Congratulations and please grab our *Top 3* badge to display on your blog:








So, onto our next challenge





The sponsor of this challenge is:



This fortnight's challenge theme is to showcase a project using 
Your Favourite: Monochrome or Colourful (& why).
You MUST explain WHY it is your favourite.

Here are the beautiful creations made by our Design Team to get your mojo flowing:



I do prefer to restrict myself to a small number of colours on my images, rather than a whole rainbow, and I carry those colour themes through as accents on my papers, matting layers and any embelishments.  I've concentrated on Spring lemons with accents in orange and green. I've added a small hint of bronze (to match the bear's fur) in the form of a narrow strip of satin ribbon on the base matt (mainly to cover where I'd joined two smaller pieces of yellow card together beneath the image panel).





 
I usually like to do monochrome colours with flowers, but I felt these cute little pigs from our sponsor just had to be done in full colour.  Colours just make it look so fun and happy.




I love to colour cute animals especially on children's cards,
 happy bright colours.





I have made 3 mini colourful cards. I love cheerful colours as they can brighten any day. 








I love both colourful as monochrome cards. Colourful rainbow cards are so much fun to make, but I also think it really satisfying to use just one colour and try to make something special with it.





I do like to see colourful cards rather than monochrome.  They are so much more cheery.




I am really trying hard to challenge myself this year and make more male cards. A stamp bought to make a special card for our youngest son cried out for heat embossing so I made a mono card. I have added a touch of colour though!!





Colour!  Colours make me happy. Although I really love a white on white card too.





It's over to you.

We hope you will join in our challenge and show us your style.
Don't forget, you MUST explain WHY it is your favourite to be eligible to win.

Good luck, and happy crafting.
Hugs from the AYLI girls.

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Thursday 22 February 2024

Favourite: Feminine or Masculine (and why)

Welcome to As You Like It Challenge

Our fortnightly challenge is a home for you to create something 
which gives you a warm "inner glow" of pride, without lots of entry rules.




CHALLENGE RULES:

Usually we provide 2 contrasting options for you to choose from. 
Join us by using your favourite option in your creation. 

To be eligible to win our prize, or top-3 spot, 
you must explain why you've made your choice,
so we can understand why you like it so much!

eg, if the theme is 'favourite animal' and you decide on 'rabbits', tell us why.
eg, you love Thumper, the bunny from Bambi !

So get crafting and remember the main requirement in creating is 
to have fun and enjoy your crafting time!





Thank you to everyone who entered our last challenge. 
Our winner is:



A beautiful card and I love the squirrels!
Congratulations, and please 
grab your *winners* badge below:



and our Top 3 are







Congratulations and please grab our *Top 3* badge to display on your blog:








So, onto our next challenge





The sponsor of this challenge is:



This fortnight's challenge theme is to showcase a project using 
Your Favourite Masculine or Feminine (& why).
You MUST explain WHY it is your favourite.

Here are the beautiful creations made by our Design Team to get your mojo flowing:




I very much favour the cute, fussy, floral style and I find the more traditionally masculine / minimalist cards much more of a challenge!





Today I am picking masculine.  When I have the right supplies and the right inspiration, I love making masculine because it challenges me.  


  

Masculine projects are my absolute favourite with a very large masculine family
it sort of has to be, but I love making them..


 


I just love making cards. Male cards are a good challenge, so I have chosen feminine today as I love creating with pretty flowers. 






Most of the times my cards are made for women, but I also love making cards for my nephews. They are still young, so I don't have to make a very masculine card, which makes everything a bit easier. Both boys can speak english now, so extra bonus that I can use this fun sentiment on a card that I have made for them!






Definitely feminine for me.  I like adding embellishments such as flowers, pearls etc and you can't really do that so much with a masculine card.


Well, usually I would say Feminine BUT this year I have challenged myself to make more masculine cards. These designa are a pretty good start, I think!!




I love them equally although masculine cards are a bit more challenging. With the right papers and colours it isn't hard. Lately I am making more masculine cards to build up a stash.  






It's over to you.

We hope you will join in our challenge and show us your style.
Don't forget, you MUST explain WHY it is your favourite to be eligible to win.

Good luck, and happy crafting.
Hugs from the AYLI girls.

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Thursday 8 February 2024

Favourite: Digi or Physical Stamps (and why)

Welcome to As You Like It Challenge

Our fortnightly challenge is a home for you to create something 
which gives you a warm "inner glow" of pride, without lots of entry rules.




CHALLENGE RULES:

Usually we provide 2 contrasting options for you to choose from. 
Join us by using your favourite option in your creation. 

To be eligible to win our prize, or top-3 spot, 
you must explain why you've made your choice,
so we can understand why you like it so much!

eg, if the theme is 'favourite animal' and you decide on 'rabbits', tell us why.
eg, you love Thumper, the bunny from Bambi !

So get crafting and remember the main requirement in creating is 
to have fun and enjoy your crafting time!





Thank you to everyone who entered our last challenge. 
Our winner is:



 

#44 Craftyhairlady 





Please email us at AsYouLikeItChallenge@hotmail.co.uk to claim your prize, 
and don't forget to grab your *winners* badge below:




and our Top 3 are












Congratulations and please grab our *Top 3* badge to display on your blog:








So, onto our next challenge





There's no sponsor fof this challenge, 
so we're playing for the pure enjoyment of crafting this week.




This fortnight's challenge theme is to showcase a project using 
Your Favourite: Stamps or Digis (& why).
You MUST explain WHY it is your favourite.

Here are the beautiful creations made by our Design Team to get your mojo flowing:



I confess that I do love the benefits of a digital stamp, including storage, re-sizing, masking and merging and the confidence that there's a reduced chance of wasting watercolour card on a mis-print, but I also still love my physical stamps. There's something special about peeling back the rubber and seeing a perfectly inked image on the card!  I must admit this image was a particular challenge in that respect, and I had several increasingly frustating attempts before I got a fully stamped image becuase it's such a big stamp.





Once again I am torn.  I love that digis are easy to store and you can size them as needed, but there is just something about a good ole red rubber-stamp that makes me happy.  I love the clarity of the image when you get a good press and it's just so much fun to do.



Digi's for me, you can make them as big as you want or as small as you want..




I have used a digi image for my card. I love how I can get a suitable image for card without having to buy stamps I would possibly only use once or twice. 






 I really love working with digital stamps, because they have a lot of advantages. You can print in every size you want, you are able to mirror your image and if you know how, you can easily combine more images at once without having to mask your images. I also love it that these images don't take up any space in your craft room. But I also love using real stamps, because they have their own advantages, but most of the times I use digital stamps.






I do love both, but digis win on being able to resize them and I love to use the odd pre-coloured digi when I don't have so much time to colour as with this card.



Stamps for me. I have rekindled my love affair with rubber/clear stamps this year and have had great fun trawling through my collection.






Stamps for me. I have a lot and I mean a LOT of stamps. In many shapes, sizes and images. So I have a lot of choice when making a card. I really love this snail.






It's over to you.

We hope you will join in our challenge and show us your style.
Don't forget, you MUST explain WHY it is your favourite to be eligible to win.

Good luck, and happy crafting.
Hugs from the AYLI girls.

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter