As You Like It Challenge: June 2020

Thursday, 18 June 2020

Digi or Rubber (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.

Usually we provide some options for you to choose from

from which you can select your favourite to join in.

For a change to win our prize or a top-3 spot,

please remember tell us why you've made your choice

so that our team and readers can understand the reason it's your favourite.

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

So get crafting and remember to have fun

and enjoy your crafting time.

Thank you to everyone who entered our last challenge.

Our winner is:

#2 Jules

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

#50 Maryann Scrapbooking

#25 Esther

#33 Sonja

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 Preference: Digi or Stamped (& why).

You MUST explain WHY it is your favourite.

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

Anne
I use and love both, I've been stamping for over 20 years and have a huge stash. I like that with digital you can get them pre-coloured and if I don't have the time or motivation for colouring they're great for a quick card

Annette

I like the flexibility of being able to use both.
While I appreciate the versatility of digis,
there is something special about inking up a rubber stamp.

Brenda
I love both digis and stamps so it's a toss up for me. I do like being able to
resize the digital images to fit my projects and storage is much simpler.

Elaine
I like both digis and stamps, but my first love is stamps.
This is how I got into card-making many years ago.

Larissa

I love both digital and rubber/clear stamps. Both have their own positives and negatives. I love that you can change the size of digital stamps. Rubber/ clear stamps take up a lot of space but I love that you can emboss stamps. I especially love it when I want to watercolour an image, like I did today.

Lorraine

I love both digital and rubber stamps for different reasons. My collection started with rubber stamps and I love being able to do something without turning on the computer!

Lynne

I do love both for different reasons, but because I have been playing with my Zig Clean Colour Brush pens, which are water based and because I wanted to heat emboss my image, I have chosen stamped.

Sarah

I can't decide!! I have vast amounts of both but am still a sucker for a happy mail delivery so have gone with a stamped image this time and heat embossed the sparkly sentiment, which you can't do with a digi. The wintry scene is also a stamp too.

Squirrel

For me, it's a simple choice - stamps every time! I have tried digis but, for me, and I know it is such a personal thing, digis take away something of the creativity for me. Maybe it's to do with spending so much time with a computer for work, but I love the whole stamping process, the rummaging, the choosing, the inking......

Wilma

I also love both digi and stamps. I have a lot of stamps and they take up a lot of space. Digi stamps have the advantage that they can be printed in any size.

So now 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.

Thursday, 4 June 2020

Scenes or not (& 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.

Usually we provide some options for you to choose from

from which you can select your favourite to join in.

For a change to win our prize or a top-3 spot,

please remember tell us why you've made your choice

so that our team and readers can understand the reason it's your favourite.

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

So get crafting and remember to have fun

and enjoy your crafting time.

Thank you to everyone who entered our last challenge.

Our winner is:

#62 Elin

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

#3 Deanne

#38 Karen Brown

#54 Gloria Shirr

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

So, onto our next challenge

The winner of this challenge will be
invited to join us as a Guest Designer for July

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

Your Favourite Create a Scene or Not (& why).

You MUST explain WHY it is your favourite.

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

Anne

I don't often create scenes with stamps but I love to use small dies on my cards such as clouds, sun or trees. They give the effect of a scene with minimum effort and I think they look cute!

Annette

I actually thought that I preferred larger, simple images rather than having to plan out a scene using multiple stamps from a set, but I've actually then added an inky background, trees and a star in the sky, so perhaps I like creating scenes after all!

Brenda

Though I do enjoy making scenes for certain images, I really love colouring and would much rather spend my time doing that.

Elaine
I don't normally create a scene. So when I bought this hedgehog die a while ago, it went into my stash. I finally got inspiration from the other dies I have and made this small scene. I must admit I did have fun creating this.

Larissa

I don't make scene cards very often, but when I do make one, I really like doing it. It is a lot of work, but when your scene card is finished the result is very satisfying. I love colouring, so it was real fun to create this card.

Lorraine
I really enjoy making scenes on my cards although I don't always find it easy - I'm no good at colouring sky! Sometimes you come across a stamp that is crying out to be out in it's own little scene and I love using lots of different dies to create that background.