As You Like It Challenge: August 2024

Thursday, 22 August 2024

Favourite Colouring Medium (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.

CHALLENGE RULES:

Usually we provide 2 contrasting options for you to choose from.

Join us by using your favourite option in your creation.

To be eligible to win our prize, or top-3 spot,

you must explain why you've made your choice,

so we can understand why you like it so much!

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

So get crafting and remember the main requirement in creating is

to have fun and enjoy your crafting time!

Thank you to everyone who entered our last challenge.

Our winner is:

#12 Wendy Batchen 1

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

Jenn Borjeson

Pauline C

Valerija

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

So, onto our next challenge

The sponsor of this challenge is:

Last Minute Manda

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

your Favourite: Colouring Medium eg markers, inks, pencils etc (& 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 my Distress Ink Reinkers, which I decant into a palette and use as watercolours with a paintbrush. I tried watercolour pencils but I keep returning to the reinkers, although they are quite messy, especially with kittens jumping on my desk! I have previously used Copics, but they were very expensive and once I'd dabbled with watercolouring, I was hooked!

Brenda

My favorite coloring medium is Copic markers. I love them because they come in such a wide variety of colors and blend so beautifully even for a relative beginner. That being said, they are expensive and have been hard for me to find since 2020 so I am trying to improve my color pencil skills.

Chrissy

My favourite used to be pencils but have turned to markers now..

I find colouring a lot quicker.

Elaine

I like alcohol markers to colour my images. I love the way they can be blended and the variety of colours available.

Larissa

My favourite colouring medium is my big set of Polychromos pencils. I love the soft look of pencils and I am the most experienced with them. I do love colouring with other mediums, but most of the cards I make are coloured with my pencils.

Lynne

Copics are my go to markers. They are the ones I started with so am more experienced with them, but I do used Zigs sometimes, mainly on flowers.

Sarah

I've had a longstanding love of Promarkers. They blend beautifully and last forever. I've only had to replace one or two of my most used colours in fifteen plus years.

Wilma

I love my Copic markers, I have almost all colours. Sometimes I use my Derwent coloursoft pencils but the result is not always as I wanted. I have the best results with Copic markers.

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, 8 August 2024

Favourite Bugs, Feathers or Fur (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.

CHALLENGE RULES:

Usually we provide 2 contrasting options for you to choose from.

Join us by using your favourite option in your creation.

To be eligible to win our prize, or top-3 spot,

you must explain why you've made your choice,

so we can understand why you like it so much!

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

So get crafting and remember the main requirement in creating is

to have fun and enjoy your crafting time!

Thank you to everyone who entered our last challenge.

Our winner is:

#1 Meghan

Don't forget to grab your *winners* badge below:

and our Top 3 are

#2 Helen

#3 Helen

#9 Carol G

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: Bugs, Feathers or Fur (& 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

This was another easy choice for me because I love most things cute and fluffy!

I am also not keen on any kind of creepy crawly and I don't like things that flutter around so that discounts most birds and bugs! Today's furry critter is looking particularly cute which her little snowman sledge.

Brenda

Recently I have been having a bunch of fun using bugs. I love butterflies. Monarchs lay their eggs on crown flowers here and we planted some in our yard for that reason. We have watched a number of Monarch caterpillars grow up and even watched one "hatch".

Chrissy

I love my animals for sure, but Bees are my bugs of choice and always have them in my garden..

Elaine

I like both feathers and fur, not so keen in bugs. I have chosen feathers for this challenge. My hubby is a keen birdwatcher, so this is an appropriate card for his birthday.

Larissa

I really love making cards with animals and on most of my cards you can find an animal. I love all the cute stamped versions, but since my absolute favourite animal is the mouse, I went with fur for this challenge. I just love their cute look with the big ears.

Lynne

I use animals far more than bugs or birds. They are much cuter and there are so many different ones to choose from.