As You Like It Challenge: September 2024

Thursday, 19 September 2024

Favourite Die (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.

So much beautiful projects. It was hard to choose.

Our winner is:

Becca

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

Debbie

Esther

Natasha

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: Cutting Die (or paper punch if you don't have any dies) & 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 circle dies, and have them in vairous styles, including double stitched, pierced and deckled, but the simple stitch is my favourite. I love the subtle texture without taking the focus away from the image or embelishments.

Brenda

I had to have this swirling star die set last year...and never used it, but I pulled it out this year and love it. It can be used for Christmas as shown here and I plan to use it on some Halloween cards too.

Chrissy

This Sentiment Merry Christmas die is my most favourite, I use it every Christmas and it is the best size.

Elaine

I love using dies and have a few favourites. These Moonstone flowers and Marianne circle dies are used for many of my cards. They are pretty and look different each time with various colour combos.

Larissa

My favourite die is a tag die with a unusual shape for a tag. Most tags are long and not very wide and this one is wide and not so long and I love it! It is so perfect for creating a little scene like I did today.

Lynne

I love my mini scalloped dies. I have circles, squares and these edgers which come in a variety of shapes. I love how they add a bit of interest but without being too overpowering.

Sarah

I have found so many unused dies during the course of this year and have made a real effort to use them instead of regular circle or square dies. I shamefully have several complete crafting suites that I've never used. This die set came with stamps and the shakey thingy too so I used all the things to make this and, I have to say that sets with the whole kit and caboodle are definitely my new favourites!!

Wilma

Lately I bought several flower/leaf dies and I love them. At this moment these are my favorite dies and I used them a lot. This is one of the cards I made with these dies.

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, 5 September 2024

Favourite: To Layer, 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.

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:

Eve

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

CraftiCarrie

The Crafty Den

Bernadet

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

So, onto our next challenge

The sponsor of this challenge is:

Rachelle Anne Miller

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

your Favourite: Layered or Flat (& 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've used my favourite layout on today's card, which is 2 different patterned papers with a ribbon covering the join, and some pretty flowers framing my watercoloured image. It seems to be my default layout so I'm going to opt for layered as my favourite!

Brenda

I am all mixed up when it comes to layers or flat. It all depends on the image and my mood. I tend a little more toward layers, I think, because I love paper and mixing pretty patterns.

Chrissy

I LOVE my layers, the more layers the better, my favourite thing to do..

Elaine

I make both layered and flat cards. I make layered cards if I am hand delivering. This one is for posting so it is a flatter card.

Larissa

I love making clean and simple cards and I almost never use many layers on my card. so this was an easy choice. Ink blending is the perfect way for me to add a little something extra on my card without using an extra layer.

Lynne

Nearly all my cards have layers on them even if, like this one, they are flat enough to be normal letter size. If I try to make a totally flat card I feel as though something is missing!