Favourite: Floral or Cute (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:

Helen Liu

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

#8 Meghan Kennihan

#15 Lynne in NI

#40 Helen

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: Floral or Cute (& 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 love to use floral papers and embellishments, the image has to be cute! I love anything cuddly and fluffy so I've chosen this adorable teddy who's holding his paws out for a cuddle.

Brenda

I have to agree, this one is too tough.  I try to personalize my cards, so that has a lot to do with what image I choose.  I'm going with flowers for this challenge because I love coloring pretty floral images.

Chrissy

For me it is floral all the way..I can die cut and colour flowers everyday,

all day.

Elaine

Floral, cute, decisions. A hard choice, I love cute and flowers so I have kind of sat on the fence with this one a little bit. It always depends on the recipient which one I choose. I think for this challenge cute wins with this adorable character.

Larissa

I do love both cute and floral and I enjoy them both very much to make, but for this challenge I decided to go for cute. I really wanted to make an easter card with a sweet bunny and chick so I had no other choice than to go for cute. ;)

Lynne

I do love both and send cute when appropriate, but I love colouring flowers with my Zig markers and they can appeal to many different ages too.

Sarah

Cute, Cute, Cute all  the way for me!! I love colouring cute images, animals probably being my favourite (because I am rubbish at colouring hair!!). Cute images go together so well with my vast collection of contemporary paper pads too.

Squirrel 

I do like colouring floral images, but tend to gravitate towards the cute 8 times out of 10.  There are just so many adorable characters out there, for every season, and I cannot resist a little critter.

Wilma

This one isn't hard. Definitely flowers. I love flowers. They make me happy. I love the fields with tulips, daffodils and hyacinths with their bright colours and the smell. But I also love to have some flowers in my house.Pure enjoyment.

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

To Recycle or Buy New (and why is that your choice)?

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:

Yvonne 3D

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

#14 Lia

#13 Sarah R

#2 Meghan Kennihan

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

So, onto our next challenge

The sponsor of this challenge is

Polkadoodles

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

Your Favourite New or Recycled (& 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 Spring Plants Gnome

I do try to recycle things as much as I can so on this card there are a few things that I've reclaimed and re-used.

Firstly, I reused some watercolour card that had another image on the reverse.

Secondly, I have to encourage my printer to pull the thick watercolour paper through, by firstly printing my image on the bottom half of some plain white copy paper, covering it with my thick card, and running it through again. Rather than throw the copy-paper away, I fussy-cut its image out to use as a stenciling mask.  

Finally, even the plant pot cardbase was left over from another project.

Brenda

Using Spring Hedgehog Gnome

I really like recycling leftovers from other projects.  For this card, all the paper used  was from my scrap bin.  Even the image has an unused image on the backside.

Chrissy

Gosh, I love new stuff but I really love to recycle too, gold butter foil papers

 and shoulder strap ribbons.

Elaine

Using Gnometastic Birthday Gift

A hard choice. It is always good to recycle but I think we all like to use new stash. There is always an excitement about colouring a new image. I do love this cute Gnome, it has been used several times of late. The little pieces of paper are from my scraps drawer.

Larissa

on a break

Lynne

I much prefer to use new stash.  When you haven't used something before it makes you wonder how it's going to turn out - it's more exciting to use new stuff.

Sarah

So here's the thing, I couldn't make up my mind so I used new stamps that were a challenge prize and I recycled a pretty box that contained some bath products...win,win!!

Squirrel 

So, I'm really keen on recycling at home - our blue bin is always packed, and if I can use something again for a new purpose then that's a win BUT for crafting, I admit it, I do love using new stuff - everything fresh and shiny new.

Wilma

Recycle for this challenge. Some time ago I saw a free glossy magazine with this beautiful cover. I kept it because I wanted to make a card with it. The colours and the flowers are so beautiful. It's a clean and simple card because I didn't want to cover the paper. 

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 non-traditional Easter Character (& 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:

Kathy

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

#45 Irene

This cute little cow and his googly eyes..

#1 Pauline

Beautiful sunflowers..

#6 Esther

Gorgeous colours and floating wings..

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 non-traditional Easter character (no bunnies or chicks!) (& 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 visiting the donkeys at our local donkey sanctuary in Sidmouth and would love to foster a rescue donkey (or three) if I had the land.  So why not have them featured on an Easter card!

Brenda

My favourite non traditional Easter character is definitely the cute penguins from The Catʻs Pajamas.  I love that they are all ready for Easter and they just make me smile.

Chrissy

I think my fave non traditional character has to be this dog..I've used him before and he is perfect for carrying the egg on his nose..

Elaine

What better than a teddy dressed as a lamb. So cute and are a firm favourite for my Easter cards

Larissa

With bunny ears on, every animal can be used on an easter card, so that is why I had to use this adorable penguin. 

Lynne

I've chosen one of these cute dragons from Lee Holland.  I think they are fun and suitable for a girl or a boy.

Sarah

I have never thought of a non-traditonal Easter character so decided upon a dragon of course!! Who doesn't love an dragon on an Easter card!!?

Squirrel 

I've kinda gone a bit off piste, but what else would you expect, as I have fallen in love with these Dustin Pike gargoyles and am using them for as many occasions as possible!

Wilma

Since I discovered the cute dragons at Lee Holland I fell in love with them.
So for this challenge I choose the cute dragon coming out of his egg with giant rabbit ears. 

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