As You Like It Challenge: December 2021

Thursday, 16 December 2021

Favourite Christmas Sentiment (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 a few options for you to choose from.

You just need to select and use your favourite option in order to join in.

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

you need to tell us why you've made your choice.

That way our team and readers can appreciate why 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:

Paperesse

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

CathyC

Shuly

Cari

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 Christmas Sentiment (& why).

You MUST explain WHY it is your favourite.

Our first Challenge of 2022 be the first Thursday in January, as the team are having a week's break over Christmas. We wish you all a lovely Christmas and hope you join us again in 2022!

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

Annette

Using Dragon Holding Mistletoe from Lee Holland

I often forget to add sentiments to many of my cards (festive or otherwise), but when it comes to Christmas a simple and traditional 'Merry Christmas' is my favourite option. I'm not a huge fan of the shortened 'Xmas' version, and 'Happy Holidays' is a little too modern for my taste.

Brenda

Noel wins for me. I love the way it looks when it is written in calligraphy and it is short and sweet and just a little different.

Chrissy
Sentiment that I love the most for Christmas is good old, Merry Christmas, I have several really good dies for this..

Elaine

I love these Tim Holtz festive dies. They are elegant and a good size for cardmaking.

Larissa

I don't have a favourite Christmas sentiment. most of the times I pick a sentiment that has the perfect size or font for my card. But I think I use merry Christmas most of the times, so I decided to use that sentiment on my card today.

Lynne

I am a bit of traditionalist and like to use Merry Christmas. This one on my card is lovely for embossing and comes out perfect every time.

Sarah

I mostly switch between Happy Christmas and Merry Christmas which I have in stamp and digi form in a variety of sizes and fonts to suit the style and size of the card.

Squirrel

So long as it mentions Christmas then it's good with me!

Wilma

I have a lot of Christmas text stamps. And I mean a lot!!! But I like to use this one because it is quite large and almost fills an entire card. Together with beautiful paper the card doesn't need many extras. (embellishments)

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.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from the AYLI girls.

Thursday, 2 December 2021

Favourite Christmas Embellishment & 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 a few options for you to choose from.

You just need to select and use your favourite option in order to join in.

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

you need to tell us why you've made your choice.

That way our team and readers can appreciate why 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:

Karen Decknick - Tap Thump Art

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

Sarah R

Irene M

Creature Comfort Cards

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 Christmas Embellishment (& 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

I love any excuse to add a little sparkle to my cards so for me it's got to be Glamour Dust which I sprinkle on some Glossy Accents underneath my Christmas critter.

Brenda

I find myself going back to red and white baker's twine year after year. It is perfect for tags and to give that sweet but not too bumpy bow and you can't beat the colors for Christmas.

Chrissy

Gosh, I love everything so much as far as Christmas goes, but for my projects I will have to say snowflakes...and gems...

Elaine

I love poinsettia flowers, although in fact bracts. They just speak Christmas to me. They brighten up the house during the long winter months when very few other flowers are around.

Larissa

I love using shimmer on my Christmas cards and that is what I did for my project today. I love adding shimmer/glitter on an image with a clear glitter pen. It gives a nice subtle shimmer and I love that look. But I also added shimmer on my tag. I have coloured the frame from this tag with Distress ink mixed with Iridescerent medium, which gives a really nice shimmer. So pretty!

Lynne

It's glitter and anything sparkly for me. Christmas is a good excuse to make anything sparkle! I have used white glitter here on my snow, but it doesn't show too well in the photo.

Sarah

It's bells and snowflakes for me. The sound of jingly bells conjures up childhood days when the local Fire Brigade used to transport Father Christmas around the village. There is also nothing more festive than snowflakes on cards or decorations.

Squirrel

Snowflakes! They are just magical, so pretty, and they make me feel festive (especially if I am snug indoors by the fire while they are falling outside).