Favourite Land or Sea (and WHY)

Good morning and welcome 
Stamping and Creative friends to another fun As You Like It Challenge.

We hope that you enjoyed our challenge last time.
We had a great time looking at all of the fabulous entries and it was very difficult to choose a winner and top 3.

So, without further ado ...

our winner is:

Elena
Gorgeous layout and I love the bright colours. Stunning heat embossed butterflies.
Great details too. 



Congratulations!

Please email us at AsYouLikeItChallenge@hotmail.co.uk to claim your prize, 
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and our Top 3 are

Carol Gill
The image is very cute and I love the colours and colouring.

MaxiBelle Studio
Fabulous colouring and colours and that image is absolutely adorable.

an English Lady
I love the colourcombination and all the details. 

Congratulations!
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So, onto our 53rd challenge

The sponsor of this challenge is

Sweet n Sassy Stamps

This fortnight's challenge theme is to showcase a project using 
your Favourite Land or Sea (& 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 live by the sea and love the beauty of the coastal views, I'm actually not very fond of boats and can't remember the last time I ever went in the sea.  I'm more of a country girl!  I love the changing seasons represented in the fields, trees and animals. I like the romance of country farmhouses and open gardens. And despite the aching limbs which I end up with, I do actually quite like tending the land in my own garden, growing veggies and flowers amongst the mass of weeds.  So today's card for me represents land, with a spot of gardening.

Samantha

For my Favourite I have to choose land,
I think all of my loves are on land, I love the way the field look in the summer farmers working the land, I love the animals the land is home too and love gardening and growing fruit and veg too! I have several chickens, ducks, Geese, 2 rabbits and a guinea pig
So you see I just can not do sea!
Plus I don't like Sharks! ARRRGH!

Carol

I love the Sea, find it very relaxing. Nothing better than a stroll along the beach at Cullen after a fish supper and finished off with their yummy Ice-cream lol! I am very lucky to live on the NE coast of Scotland where we have many to pick from. 

Mojca

I just have to pick the sea. Fresh air, relaxing and of course swimming in the sea is something I love and I hope I'll be lucky enough this year (after a long time) to managed to get to shore and afford a little bit of summer pleasure.

Sarah

As a girl my Dad, Mum, little Sis and I spent every weekend and school holiday staying at our static caravan at West Bay on the Dorset coast, so although a country girl at heart a part of me belongs to the sea and I hope that we will retire to the coast some day.

Suzette
I love mermaids they are so sweet...So I choose sea as my pick for this challenge. The shell is from my little daughter's collection of shells from our last holiday.

Wilma
My favorite is the sea. On vacation, we like to go to a place on the coast and lie on the beach and swim in the sea. I love to take a walk along the coast and feel the sand  between my toes.  I also like boat trips at sea when the weather is good.

So now it's over to you.
We hope you will join in our challenge, show us your style and 
showcase your Favourite Land or Sea (& why).

You MUST explain WHY it is your favourite.

Good luck, and happy crafting.
Hugs from the AYLI girls.

Favourite style of embossing (and WHY)

Thank you to everyone who entered our last challenge. 
Our winner is:

Pamellia



Please email us at AsYouLikeItChallenge@hotmail.co.uk to claim your prize, 
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and our Top 3 4 are



Sanja Grdinić 


and 





Delphine



Squirrel



Kat




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

So, onto our 52nd challenge

The sponsor of this challenge is

Crafty Sentiment Designs

Crafty Sentiments Designs is an online based family company owned and run by Suzette.  The images are cute, fun and make any cards and projects look amazing. Suzette and Justyna are the main artists.  All images are exclusive to Crafty Sentiments Designs and there are lots of digital stamps available, sentiments, rubber stamps, crafting CDs, exclusive Crafty Sentiments Designs dies and much more at www.craftysentimentsdesigns.co.uk. You can also find us on Facebook, Pinterest and Twitter.

This fortnight's challenge theme is to showcase a project using 
your Favourite Embossing Technique (heat or dry) (& 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 admit that I have done wet embossing, and actually really like the effect, but it's just so messy and extremely prone to flufifng it up with straying embossing powder.  Plus I love the appearance of the dry embossing, so that's what I've chosen.

Samantha
My: favourite has to be Heat embossing at the moment
Why? : I love that it gives me the lines I need for this water colour technique. 

Carol

If I want a card in a hurry dry embossing is the way to go for me, quick and love how embossing folders and especially how I can use my dies as embossed images on a card.

Mojca

I chose heat embossing, because I just love how it looks like on a card and also because I haven't used it for quite a long time. Well, I know now why I don't use it as much, because it's really difficult to get a good result ...

Sarah

My favourite has to be dry embossing. It amazes me that by using a folded piece of plastic  you can turn a boring piece of card into something tactile and add interest to a card in seconds.

Suzette

**coming soon**


Wilma

My favourite is heat embossing. I know it's a bit messy but I like the result.
I love the sharp and clear lines. 

So now it's over to you.
We hope you will join in our challenge, show us your style and 
showcase your Favourite Embossing Technique (heat or dry) (& why).

You MUST explain WHY it is your favourite.

Good luck, and happy crafting.
Hugs from the AYLI girls.

Favourite Alcohol markers or Distress inks (and why)

Good Morning!
Samantha here... Thank you to everyone who entered our last challenge. I really enjoyed looking at every single entry!

Our winner is:
~ 36 Cebelica
She chose - Lines. Here's why:
lines for me, because I prefer the look

Isn't her card super cute!  I love the way you
have coloured him with Distress inks too!



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and My Top 3 opps 4 are...

~ 3 Sanja Grdinić
She chose - Lines: Here's why :
lines, definitely - too scared to try an image without ones. :) 

I love this card.I love that the lines are so defined and also your shading the hair looks so real too! All the little details you have added makes this card so special.


21 ~ Stephanie Hester
She chose - No Lines. Here's why :
no lines because I love the dimension it creates

WOW I wish I could be somewhere near this good at NO lines.
Your shading, dimension and colouring is just perfect.


31 ~ Coops
She chose - Lines.  Here's why :
absolutely has to be lines, I have tried the no lines technique a few times but I can't get to grips
with it, I like the definition you get from the lines, it seems to make the image stand out more and seem more defined. high praise to those who rock the no lines colouring but give me lines any day 

Firstly I love the colour, love how you have got the shading and colouring or all their clothes and the balloons are brilliant. I also love the shading of the background and the image just pops with those lines.

So I have been very naughty and picked another card for my Top 3
but I just have to share this one too!

43 ~ Jan R
She chose - Lines. Here's why:
Lines - maybe one of these days I'll try no lines but I'm not sure it'll work with my style.

WOW!
Awesome colouring method and so much texture,
Your card and colouring method is just fabulous and lines 
definitely ring out for this card 


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So, onto our 51st challenge

The sponsor of this challenge is

Sweet Pea Stamps

This fortnight's challenge theme is to showcase a project using 
your Favourite Colouring medium Alcohol Markers or DI inks (& why).

You MUST explain WHY it is your favourite.

Here are the beautiful creations made by our Design Team to get your mojo flowing:

Guest Designer:

Jane using Happy Himalayan
(there is a tutorial on how she makes her candles on her blog)

Annette

Although I love my markers, my favourite colouring medium is definitely watercolouring with DI reinkers - I love the soft tones you can get with the contrasting dark shadows, but most of all I find using the paintbrush really therapeutic!

Samantha
Hmmm Alcohol or Distress inks now that is a hard choose for me
But! I have used markers a lot of recent I think I have to say that markers seem to be my favourite for colouring images, I love the way I can blend them and I love that they blend quite quickly too, when my Mojo is working that is...

Carol
Love Alcohol markers, great for my colouring but also use them to match up ribbons and card when I need to

Mojca
I am in love with Copic Markers (alcohol)!!! they blend so beautifully and you can use them on all sorts of materials. 




Sarah
Alcohol markers for me...no contest. I just LOVE a bit of "grown up" colouring in!! That's not to say I haven't dabbled with painting, I just don't have the patience!!



Suzette
I love copics (Alcohol markers) and recently was sent by C&C the chameleon pens that gives you a watercolour effect as well. I have combined both.

Wilma
For me it is Alcohol Markers. I like colouring with alcohol markers, because they blend so well and mostly I am satisfied with the result.  

So now it's over to you.
We hope you will join in our challenge, show us your style and 
showcase your Favourite Alcohol markers or DI inks (& why).

You MUST explain WHY it is your favourite.

Good luck, and happy crafting.
Hugs from the AYLI girls.