Favourite Embellishment (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:

#16 Paper Whims

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

#12 Caroline - KISS

#26 Karen Letchworth

#43 Natascha

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: 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 keep returning to this card layout time and time again because I love the soft ribbon tied in a double bow and pretty paper flowers framing my watercoloured image.

Brenda

I really like using some type of thin thread of twine to embellish my cards.  I love the rustic feel this jute gives this cute little scarecrow.

Chrissy

My favourite embellishments requires a season, so this season it is my pumpkins,

 Halloween or just cute, I love my pumpkins dies...

Elaine

I don't have a very favourite way to embellish my cards. It always depends on the image or recipient. I like using these stars especially for male cards. 

Larissa

I have a pretty clean and simple card making style, so I don't like to use bulky embellishments. I do love using my hotfix gems. They are available in many colours, sizes and even shapes and are really easy to use on a card.

Lynne

I love lace and pearls to embellish my cards.  I use pearls quite a lot but styles change and lace seems to be out of favour in general at the moment.  I do like to add it to this type of card though as it makes it extra special.

Sarah

I seem to have a bit of an obsession with hidden papervlips at the moment. They are brilliant for using up scraps of paper, fabric, fussy cuts and all sorts of bits and bobs. They are functional too and can be added to cards, tags, journals and folios. Here are some festive ones I've made using scraps.

Wilma

I have a lot of favorite embellishments. I love to use thin twine with a charm. It gives something special to a card and it's not too bulky.

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 Critter (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:

Sue B

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

#1 Ella

#7 Esther

#19 Inke

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: Critter (& 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

Bob-tailed bunnies are one of my favourite cute and fluffy critters, but I also like cuddly teddy bears, so this image which features both is perfect for this theme!

Brenda

I like all kinds of critters, give me critters over people any day.  I really love this cute little Halloween mouse because he is so cute and not scary at all.  He will be perfect for one of my very small neighbors.

Chrissy

It has to be my beautiful girl and cats in general, love their attitude.

Elaine

I have a soft spot for rabbits. We used to keep them as pets when my children were young, so many happy hour playing with them. 

Larissa

My favourite animal is a mouse. Love how cute they are with their big ears. I really enjoy using them on a card when I have a cute mouse image.

Lynne

Dogs are my favourite domestic animal and pandas my favourite wild animal, so I have chosen to use pandas this time.  I think they are such soft gentle giants and always look so sad with their black eyes.

Sarah

I have many, many favourite critters but the one that I love (and miss) the most is Barry who was a lovely character from The Stamp Fairy. He is a really versatile bear and gets up to all sorts of mischief. Added to which he is really lovely to colour too!! I am fortunate enough to have quite a few in my digi stash and this one is perfect for today!!

Wilma

I love all the Penny Black critters but a cat is my favourite. I like cats very much. When I was little we had several cats. A black cat, black and white cat and a tabby. Later we had two persian cats: a grey one and a brown one. Nowadays we don't have cats anymore.

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: Ribbon or Twine (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:

#25 Maryann Scrapbooking

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

#16 Elin

#39 Jackie

#55 Vicki

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

So, onto our next challenge

No sponsor this week - just for fun!

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

your Favourite: Ribbon or Twine (& 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 is an easy choice for me as I have a huge box of ribbon rolls, in various colours, textures and widths. My favourite is a lovely 15mm satin ribbon tied in a double bow, which beautifully frames the festive image that I've watercoloured for today's card.  I love the softness of the ribbon and the beautiful range of colours to accent my card.

Brenda

I love ribbon and have a very nice stash of it, but I seem to use twine more often.  I love the rustic, grungy look of it and the fact that it isn't so thick.

 

Chrissy

Not a big ribbon user but I do love my twine, be it, leather, string or whatever

to tie up my booklets...

Elaine

I don't use ribbon or twine too often, but I do have lots in my stash. I am not the best at making bows so a simple knot looks better on my cards. 

Larissa

I love using twine, because it is thin and easy to use. I love the look of it.

Lynne

I do use both but, with this style of card, I think ribbon with a little bow is more suitable.

Sarah

Since I have branched out into journalling and other forms of papercrafting, twine has been my favourite. Here I have used it as fastenings for this folio.

              

Wilma

Twine for me. I like this twine very much it's versatile and thin. And my ribbon bows are horrible. 

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