Favourite item to Recycle and WHY (and some news)

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

Donna Ellis
What a gorgeous creation, I love the wonky shape of the panels!


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

Julie Gleeson 
Julie's amazing creation just blew me away.



Lucy Patrick  
Lucy's fab punched and woven stitching was really different.



Emma Sheppard Card Therapy
I loved Emma's hand stitched banner.



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So, onto our 26th challenge

WOW - we're one year old next week so this is our 'anniversary' challenge.
We hope you'll join us to make it a memorable one!!

To celebrate we're offering a surprise parcel to someone who plays along with us this week. You don't have to do anything other than join in with us. We hope you'll play along and celebrate our 1 year anniversary!

Yippee!!!





No onto the challenge

The sponsor of this challenge is 
Crafty Sentiments
who are offering a prize of 3 digis from their shop.

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

You MUST explain WHY it is your favourite item.

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

Annette

My favourite item to recycle is ribbon.  The piece I've used on this card was taken out of the shoulder of a purple top. You know those thin little straps they put inside the shoulders, supposedly to help them stay on a hanger, but all they seem to do is poke out the neckline so you spend all day poking them back inside!  So I cut them out and recycle them of course!  Although it's not come out too well in the photo, it's actually a lovely deep satin purple.

Samantha using Day Dreaming

My Favourite item to recycle is cereal boxes.
It's great free Kraft card and you can colour it just the same as real kraft.
I have also recycled a toilet roll tube to use as a stamp; this is a fun way of adding some grunge.

Mojca using Little Friends

I really like to make these cute pots for tools from toilet paper rolls. 
They're really handy and so pretty at the same time :)

 



Sarah using Friendship

Containers for me!! 
After all we crafters need plenty of places to store our pens, pencils and so on!!

Before...

...after

Suzette

I like altering chip board shapes.  This is a door tag I covered with Maja papers.  I used lace ribbons and the pretty image is from Crafty Sentiments, called Looking Up.

So now it's over to you.
We hope you will join in our challenge, show us your style and 
showcase your Favourite Recycled Item (& why).

You MUST explain WHY it is your favourite.

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

Favourite Style of Stitching (faux or real) and WHY

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

Arty Andrea
With her cute Giraffe card


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 4 are:
(I really shouldn't be left in charge as I always struggle to knock it down to just 3!)

Lucy Patrick
I couldn't resist Lucy's adorable chick card, those little bundles of fluff and feathers are just so cute and Lucy's bright colours are very spring-like:



Julye B
I not only loved Julye's monochrome card with red accents, but also really loved her lovely reason for choosing kitties as her favourite animal (they're mine too hun!)


Deonna 
I also love chickens (I used to have some, but after they sadly passed away we didn't replace them), and I loved her pretty card.  Gorgeous colours and love the little egg embellies.



Jenny H 
I just loved this card as soon as I saw it, both the gorgeous papers and the cute owl.  
It's a simple design, but just spot on perfect!  Love the wood-grain paper too.




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

So, onto our 25th challenge

The sponsor of this challenge is 
Stamp & Create:

Stamp and Create is an online store based in the US with shipping worldwide. We offer free shipping on orders over $65. We carry a wide range of Rubber Stamps including: Magnolia, Make it Crafty, Saturated Canary, High Hopes Rubber Stamps, Wild Rose Studio and more. We also carry embellishments such as: Paper packs, Wild Orchid Crafts Flowers, Ribbon, Charms, and more. We host aMonthly Challenge on the first Monday of each month and we often have giveaways on our Facebook Page!

This fortnight's challenge theme is to showcase a project using 
your Favourite stitching, faux or real (& why).

You MUST explain WHY it is your favourite.

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

Annette

Image - Tilda with Cute Lamb
For me it has to be the real McCoy when it comes to stitching.  I love the texture and the fact that it's a little bit rebellious, because it's not something that you'd usually find on a shop bought card.

Samantha
Real Stitching for me as I LOVE the extra texture without the extra colour.

Mojca

I must admit that I have a sewing machine at home, but just can't find the time to learn how to use it :( So I had to satisfy myself with faux stitching.

Sarah

I have been doing some patchwork so my sewing machine was sat there raring to go so there was no excuse for me to use the old fineliner as usual....real stitching for me this time and it actually feels really nice!!

Suzette

I have not done much stitching on cards for a while now....but here I've tried some faux stitching. Not bad!!

So now it's over to you.
We hope you will join in our challenge, show us your style and 
showcase your Favourite stitching, faux or real (& why).

You MUST explain WHY it is your favourite.

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