As You Like It Challenge: February 2023

Thursday 23 February 2023

Favourite Stencil or Freestyle Background (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 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:

#37 JanR

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

#27 Pauline C

#55 Shacks papercrafts

#3 Meghan

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

So, onto our next challenge

The sponsor of this challenge is

Lawn Fawn

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

Your Favourite Stencil or Freestyle background (& why).

You MUST explain WHY it is your favourite.

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

Brenda

I really like using stencils. There are so many wonderful designs available and they are so versatile.

Chrissy

I love to make my own freestyle backgrounds, that would be my favourite.

Elaine

My go to stencil is clouds. I love how they can be added to any image to create depth and interest.

Larissa

I have lots of stencils and love using them. Most of the times I use them to make clouds on a card, but for these images I had to use stencils to make ink splotches. They are so perfect combined with the stamps I used.

Lynne

I very rarely make inky backgrounds as, when I do have an attempt, I am never happy with the final result so I have gone with a stencil for this challenge. I have used paste through the stencil and then used green and yellow inks when dry.

Sarah

I am probably not alone when I say this, I do have stencils in my crafty arsenal but just don't ever get the inspiration to use them so this theme was a kick up the butt!! On closer inspection I have rather more than I thought but played safe with an Echo Park 6x6 festive stencil. Once I got going it was actually a lot of fun and I was really pleased with the result!!

Squirrel

My stencil collection has been slowly growing over the past couple of years, and now, get me, I'm stencilling through stencils!!

Wilma

Stencils for me. I have a lot a stencils and when I went through them I found this gorgeous 'cow spots' stencil and I knew I had the perfect stamp to match. I love cows.

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 9 February 2023

Favourite Love or Friendship (& 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 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:

DONNA T

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

DEE'S CARDS

CRAFTYHAIRLADY

CATHY'S CREATIVE CORNER

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

So, onto our next challenge

The winner of this challenge will receive a digi prize from:

Amanda Jayne Designs

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

Your Favourite Love or Friendship (& 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

using Flowers for you Quokka from Amanda Jayne Designs

I much rather make cards for friends.

I don't find that hubby appreciates the time I spend on making a card!

When he asks me to make one for him to send to someone, he has been known to say 'just give me a quick card, it doesn't need to be very good!'.

So yes, I prefer making cards for a friend anytime!

Brenda

I am a friendship card fan. I love surprising my friends with cards I have created especially for them.

Chrissy

I like friendship cards best, they can be sent to many friends as a

just because or hello.

Elaine

I like to make cards for friends who are feeling a bit down. It's nice to receive a card 'just because' to make you feel better.

Larissa

I made something for my mother, I love her very much and wanted to surprise her with a little gift that is in the bottom part of this birdhouse. I love making cards and other projects for people that I love, because they always appreciate the project I made for them.

Lynne

The nearest I come to making Love cards would be to a family member. I have gone with Friendship for this one. There are 4 of us who meet about once a month for coffee or lunch and this will go to one of them.

Sarah

It's a Friendship card from me. They are such a lovely thing to send just as an "I am thinking of you" or as in this case an invite for a coffee date.