Favourite Gingham or Florals (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:

#14 Sarah R.

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

#7 Jinny

#26 Bunny

#9 Karen C

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

So, onto our next challenge

The sponsor of this challenge is

Lili of the Valley

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

Your Favourite Gingham or Floral (& 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   The Happy Couple by Lili of the Valley

For me, ginghams remind me of a school uniform, and I'm not a huge fan of checked patterns, but I do love pretty floral papers, in particular Nitwit collections who seem to be most common in my collection! 

Brenda

I had 5 of these paper dolls cut and paper pieced, 2 had gingham dresses and 3 had floral.  I guess itʻs floral for me.  I love all the gorgeous floral/botanical papers that are available and I think they give these little girls a nice feminine look.

Chrissy

My favourite is Gingham...and floral, well, gingham, okay I used both again, I love them both, both papers from same paper pad..[ floral is on the inside]..

Elaine

I love both gingham and floral, so I have used a little of both. I like to use gingham for baby cards. This card is for a more senior lady from her Great grandchildren so a bit of floral seemed appropriate. 

Larissa

I really love using gingham paper, although I don't use it very often, but this challenge was the perfect occasion to use it on my card. I think gingham paper is easier to use than the busier looking floral patterns. 

Lynne

I use gingham now and again, but am definitely more of a floral person.  There are so many different pretty papers about and, as I send the majority of my cards to the female gender, they are much more suitable for my needs.

Sarah

Tricky this was...gingham, floral, gingham, floral...in the end I went with floral papers as I appear to have more of those than anything else in my stash. Every colour imaginable!! I love to colour match and in this case everything came from the same paper pad.

Squirrel

It wasn't an easy choice as I do like using both, but for this one I have gone

with gingham as it worked well for paper piecing the ribbon and framing 

the image

Wilma

Flowers for me. I love flowers, I like the colours and the variety of them. A vase of beautiful flowers makes me happy.

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.

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Favourite thing to do on holiday (beach or not) 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:

That's Diane H with this card which could be just as good for this week's theme too!!!

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

Karen #37

Natasha # 49

Megan # 61

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

So, onto our next challenge

The sponsor of this challenge is

Dies to Die For

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

Your Favourite Beach or not Beach (holiday) & 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

Although I'm not much of a sunbather, I do enjoy spending my time off relaxing so I've used this adorable gnomie snoozing in his garden hammock!

Brenda

Itʻs definitely a beach holiday for me.  Iʻm not a big sand fan, but the beautiful ocean seems to wash all my stress away.

Chrissy

I love holidays at the beach, I love the sand, and waves and the wind off the sea..and I fry like a potato chip I'm so fair..

Elaine

I just love holidays of any sort, but my favourite is the mountains of Austria. The beautiful scenery and the pretty wild flowers and the clean air. So peaceful. 

Larissa

I love going to the beach during a holiday, but not for swimming or sunbathing. I love it when the wind is strong and the sea gets very wild. One day I would love to see a tropical sea with really blue water.

Lynne

I'm more of a poolside person rather than beach.  I don't like the sand getting everywhere.  Just put me on a sun lounger under an umbrella with a good book.

Sarah

My parents had a static caravan at West Bay when I was a child so most weekends and all of the summer holidays were spent "down the van". Once I became a farmers Wife Summer seaside holidays  gave way to milking, silage making and combining. We are making up for it now though and spend as much time as we can on the Dorset coastline.

 

Squirrel 

I only live about 8 miles from the coast, so spent most of my childhood on beaches.  Our beaches though aren't beautiful soft, golden, sand, they're hard and lumpy pebbles!  I do like a day-trip to the beach, for a picnic or a paddle, but I couldn't spend a week there, I'd be bored rigid after one day.

Wilma

 Although I live near the coast I don't like to go to the beach but I do love the beach on a sunny/tropical island. There where the water is blue and transparant. 

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.

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter