Thursday, 24 July 2025

Favourite: Cats or Dogs (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:



#7 Becca S




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


#17 Betta Scrap






#25 Carol Gill



#1 Esther








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So, onto our next challenge





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This fortnight's challenge theme is to showcase a project using 
Your Favourite Cats or Dogs (& why).
You MUST explain WHY it is your favourite.

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



 It's no question for me, as I've always had cats, currently two 2-year olds who are extremely efficient at keeping me on my toes.  One's a baby angel and her brother is, well, let's just tactfully say he's 'a handful'!  One moment he's rocketting around the house stripping the silicone out of our window frames, and the next moment he's demanding snuggles and is the sweetest cuddlepants possible.  It's a good thing I'm a cat person, because he's landed on his furry paws with us!





I have to choose dogs. I don't have many cat images. This is one of my Grandson's pocket money packets, he has two dogs. I make a different one every month which he tells me he keeps.







Although I’m more of a dog lover in real life, I actually enjoy using cat images more when it comes to cardmaking. I think they look cuter and their mischievous personality often shines through in the images — although that’s not really the case with the image I’ve used today.




I've never owned a cat so it has to be dogs for me. I think they are great companions and such loving pets.





It's dogs in our house. We've had dogs since before our eldest Son was born so that's a very long time now!! Our current "twins" are nine years old and have Martin just where they want him. Every word on the card I made for his Birthday is true!!






My favorite are cats. I got my first cat when I was 8. A pitch black cat that lived to be almost 20 years old. After that I had 3 more cats and that was it. Because we worked full time we didn't get any more cats.
As a child of 6 I was once bitten by a dog and since then I've been afraid of (stray) dogs.



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

Thursday, 10 July 2025

Favourite kind of non-card crafting project (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:






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










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








So, onto our next challenge





The sponsor of this challenge is:




This fortnight's challenge theme is to showcase a project using 
Your Favourite Non Card Project (& why).
You MUST explain WHY it is your favourite.

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



using an image from Lili of the Valley
I really like making oversized tags which make gifting presents even more fun.  I enjoy wrapping and making the present look pretty with my tag tied on with ribbons and bows.






I enjoy making boxes to make a gift extra special. 





During the last couple of years I have started drawing and painting again after drawing a lot when I was a little child. I love trying different colouring mediums, although I still have a lot to learn! Today I made a tulip drawing. I followed a tutorial that I found on instagram and then I coloured them with Neocolor 2 crayons.  





Our local church has put a request out for knitted poppies so this is my go to project at night while watching tv.



I have rekindled my love for cross stitching this year. This particular project was lovely as the little motifs stitched up quickly and was small enough to do out in the garden. 




I recently got a Cricut cutting machine. I got a few rolls of vinyl foil with it. I watched several YouTube videos and came across key chains. I got started on the key chains and then I came up with the idea to make these as a farewell gift for my colleagues. I'm going to give these when I retire on August 1st.





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