As You Like It #97 Favorite Flower and a Fond Farewell

Welcome back to my blog everyone - this week marks my last challenge with this wonderful group of ladies. I have had an amazing time here at As You Like It and I would like to just say a huge, heart-felt THANK YOU to all my team mates and the sponsors that I've had the privilege to design with using their products. I will still pop in and play along when I can! HUGS!!!

The sponsor of this challenge is

Wild Orchid Crafts
£12 gift voucher

This fortnight's challenge theme is to showcase a project using 
Your Favourite Flower and (& why).

You MUST explain WHY it is your favourite.

I don't really have one particular pin-pointed favorite flower as I LOVE all flowers - however, bouquets of roses just melt my heart...they are so beautiful and smell heavenly!

STAMPS: PolkaDoodles Digis
PAPER: Whisper White, Basic Black, Cherry Cobbler, Xpress It Copic Paper
INK: none
EXTRAS: PolkaDoodles dies (image frame and flowers), pearls, Copic Markers

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Classic Design Team Open Challenge - Anything Goes
Crafts Galore Encore - Anything Goes
Creative Craft Cottage - Must Use Flowers
Inspiration Destination - Anything Goes
Crafty Sentiments Designs - Use Dies
Digi Choosday - Anything Goes
Through the Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

Thank yo so much for popping in again to see what I've been up to - please be sure to hop on over to the As You Like It challenge blog and play along with us this week, we'd love to have you! Again, to my awesome DT ladies, thanks for everything, I will miss you girls tons! xoxoxoxoo

AYLI #96 - favorite hair color

Welcome back to our first challenge of 2017 with As You Like It - the design team has had a nice break to enjoy the holidays and we are back in full swing. 

This fortnight's challenge theme is to showcase a project using 

Your favourite hair colour combo (in whatever colouring medium you use...)

You MUST explain WHY it is your favourite.

The sponsor of this challenge is

Paper Nest Dolls

Prize is 3 images of winners choice.

The Paper Nest Dolls Blog

For my favorite hair combination, I colored up this cute image, Some Bunny Loves You, with my Copic markers E50, E31 and E25. I enjoy this brownish/blonde combination because you can make gorgeous highlights and do some neat shading with these colors....

Here's a close up of my image:

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Paper Nest Dolls - Anything Goes
Crafty Challenges - Anything Goes
Creative Moments - Anything Goes
Inspiration Destination - Anything Goes
Love to Scrap - Anything Goes

Thank you so much, Paper Nest Dolls, for sponsoring our challenge! It was so fun coloring her and bringing her to life! Be sure to hop on over to the As You Like It challenge blog HERE and link up your images showing us your favorite hair combination! Happy crafting! xoxoxo

AYLI #95 {Favorite Carol or Song}

Welcome back to my blog everyone! The challenge for the next 2 weeks at As You Like It is as follows:

The sponsor of this challenge is

Crafty Ribbons

£10 voucher

This fortnight's challenge theme is to showcase a project using 
your Favourite Christmas Carol or Christmas Song (& why).

You MUST explain WHY it is your favourite.

As a kid growing up, my Dad used to always play us Bing Cosby and the original Christmas carols...my favorite is Let It Snow....whenever I hear it now, it takes me back to when I was young - decorating and getting things ready for Christmas! 

My card was a CASE from Mary Fish - I fell in love with this card the instant I saw it so I reproduced it as our cards to give to family and friends this year. Thank you very much for the awesome inspiration, Mary! 

All products are Stampin' Up!

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Tuesday Throwdown - Anything Goes

Sunny Day Crafting - Anything Goes

Cardz 4 Guys - CAS Christmas

Send a Smile 4 Kids - Winter Fun

Please hop on over to the AYLI challenge blog HERE and link up your project made with your favorite carol or song in mind! Happy crafting!

AYLI #94 {Gold or Silver}

For the next 2 weeks over at As You Like It challenge blog, the challenge is whether Silver or Gold are your favorite - and why....check it out:

The sponsor of this challenge is
Sweet n Sassy Stamps

$10.00

This fortnight's challenge theme is to showcase a project using 
your Favourite Gold or Silver (& why).

You MUST explain WHY it is your favourite.

I think you figured it out that SILVER is my favorite out of the two choices. I find silver to be more versatile and goes with more colors and I think it is a bit more sparkly and shiny than gold :)

All products used: Stampin' Up!

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Crafty Girls Creations - Anything Goes
Perfectly Created Chaos! - Christmas
TIME OUT Challenges - Christmas with sparkle
Christmas at Sweet Stampin' - Christmas
Crafty Creations - Christmas

Thanks for stopping in again to see what I've been up to - be sure to click HERE to go to the As You Like It challenge blog and link up your favorite - silver or gold - creation! We'd love to have you!! 

AYLI #93 Favorite Christmas Colors

Welcome back to my blog! 

This week at As You Like It, the challenge is "Your Favorite Christmas Colors" and we've been given the awesome opportunity to have Digi Stamp Boutique give us some super cute images to use for our cards! Thank you, Digi Stamp! Here's a bit more info of what's up for grabs:

Prize - £10.00 Voucher

digistampboutique.co.uk catalog

digistampboutique blogspot

I was able to pick these cuties as my image - Sketchy Penguins! I do love ALL colors at Christmas but I really do love the non-traditional colors that come alive during the holiday season! So bright and cheery!! xoxoxoo

Stamps: Digi Stamp Boutique - Sketchy Penguins (and sentiment)

Paper: Whisper White, Basic Black, Doodlebug DSP

Accessories: Stitched Rectangle die, gum drops, Copic Markers, foam squares 

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

ABC Christmas Challenge - Christmas wishes
Christmas at Sweet Stampin - Anything Christmas
Crafty Gals Corner - Any holiday
Inspiration Destination - Anything Goes
Simon Says Stamp - Christmas Critters
Addicted to Stamps and More - Christmas photo

Please hop on over to the As You Like It challenge blog HERE for your chance to link up your card with YOUR favorite Christmas colors! We can't wait to see what you create :) Cheers!!

As You Like It #92 {Fairies or Teddies}

Welcome back to my blog - the challenge for the next 2 weeks over at As You Like It is "Fairies or Teddies." You need to pick one, show us a project using your favorite and tell us why it's your favorite. Here is a word about our sponsor:

The sponsor of this challenge is

Dies to Die for

£15 voucher

This fortnight's challenge theme is to showcase a project using 
your Favourite Teddies or Fairies (& why).

You MUST explain WHY it is your favourite.

For me, I like both, but I find myself usually picking a fairy. They are usually so adorable and cute and fun to bring to life! This one is a pre-colored digi from Mo Manning....here is my card:

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Addicted to Stamps - Holiday
Crafting by Designs - Anything Goes
Inspiration Destination - Anything Goes
Deep Ocean challenges - Die Cuts or Punches
Paper Minutes - Circles
Sunny Day Crafting - Anything Goes
Through the Craft Room Door - Anything Goes
Merry Christmas Challenge - Anything Christmas

Thanks so much for stopping in again today to see what I've been busy creating! Hop on over to the As You Like It challenge blog and see what the rest of my super talented friends have created for you! Happy crafting! 

Trick or Treat!! AYLI #91

Welcome back to my blog everyone! 

The girls over at As You Like It would like to know what your favorite is - NEW STASH or OLD STASH??! Here's the details on the challenge and our sponsor: 

The sponsor of this challenge is

Prize - £10.00 Voucher

Click HERE for their website

I had the honor of being able to use this cutie patootie image, Halloween Merlin, for my card this week - thanks, DigiStamp Boutique!!

The papers and sentiment are from a Halloween 6 x 6 paper pad from Recollections and I just cut out the sentiment from one of the paper pieces and popped it up with foam squares for added dimension :) 

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Digi Stamp Boutique - Customer Competition

Cute Card Thursday - Halloween

Crafting by Designs - Halloween 
Crafty Gals Corner - Fab-BOO-lous
Inspiration Destination - Anything Goes
The House that Stamps Built - Halloween
Cardz 4 Guys - Halloween
Crafty Sentiments Designs - Anything Goes
Sunny Days - Anything Goes

Thank you very much for stopping in again today - be sure to hop on over to the As You Like It Challenge Blog HERE and link up a project! We'd love to have you! xoxoxo

4 CC #319 {Die Cuts} and AYLI #90

Happy "4 Crafty Chicks" Thursday and I am combining challenges with As You Like It #90 this week too. Over at 4 Crafty Chicks, miss Leanne is looking for some DIE CUTS on our projects and over at As You Like It, the challenge is to show us your favorite between die cut flowers or bought flowers...

4 CC #319 {DIE CUTS}

AYLI #90 {DIE CUT or BOUGHT FLOWERS}

The sponsor of the challenge over at As You Like It is

All Dressed Up.

2 digital images of winners choice

from Wendy’s Etsy shop

All Dressed Up Challenge Blog.

I used die cut flowers on my card this week. This card is from the Paper Sweeties summer kit and it's OH SO CUTE!!! I do like bought flowers too, but I tend to use die cut flowers wayyy more....I guess to me, they are easier to use and quick - cut and glue. 

Be sure to come on over to both challenge blogs - 4 Crafty Chicks (where we are welcome our October Guest Designer, Karen) and AYLI to enter your projects and see what the amazing design teams have created for you! Happy crafting! 

Favorite Color Combo at As You Like It

Welcome back to my blog :) It's time for another 2-week challenge over at As You Like It. This week, we are looking for your favorite color combo....

The sponsor of this challenge is

Wild Orchid Crafts

£12 gift voucher

This fortnight's challenge theme is to showcase a project using 
your Favourite Colour Combo (& why).

You MUST explain WHY it is your favourite.

I have always loved black, teal and fuschia (hot pink) together - or 2 of them on their own ... they are bright and bold and the black finishes them off perfectly! Stamps, paper and embellies all from Stampin' Up!

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - Anything Goes
Crafting with an Attitude - Anything Goes
Crafty Girls Creations - Anything Goes
Inspiration Destination - Anything Goes

Come on over to the challenge blog HERE to see what favorite color combos the rest of my talented team mates have made for you...

Favorite Song at AYLI #88

Welcome back to my blog! This fortnight's challenge theme is to showcase a project using 

your Favorite Film or Song (& why).

You MUST explain WHY it is your favourite.

Our sponsor for this challenge:

Sweet n Sassy Stamps

who are offering a $10 gift certificate to our winner

I wonder how many of you can guess what song I am showcasing here....LOL...yep you guessed it - HELLO, from Adele. I belt this song out each and every time I hear it..love her voice, love her strength in her voice and the lyrics are awesome (and she's is beautiful! :) 

Be sure to come on over to the As You Like It challenge blog to see what the rest of the girls have created using their favorite songs/films...such neat and interesting projects to go along with them! Cheers!