Thursday 18 April 2024

Favourite: Clean or Fussy (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:


#71 Rachael





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

#44 



#24 Katrina



#92 Kath





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So, onto our next challenge






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

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



I personally enjoy making both styles, although I find the clean and simple theme far more challenging because mine seem to feel 'unfinished'. I've tasked myself to make a clean and simple card that I'm happy with. This one's for a dad who's keen on fishing, so the masculine theme tends to lend itself more to clean and simple.





I have to say fussy for now.  This card doesn't have a lot going on at first glance, but it did take several steps to complete it and I loved the process it took and all the texture that was achieved.




Oh, I'm full on fussy, I love the keep adding stuff, layering and building
just makes me happy...




I am not to good at adding too many embellishments, I end up with a mess! So it is clean for me. I love this black and white with a pop of red.







I have always been a more clean card maker. I don't like adding lots of stuff on my cards. When I use patterned paper, I only use 1 sheet and I also often make cards without any patterned paper. I don't like to add lots of embellishments, and often I don't use any at all.





My cards are a lot cleaner than they used to be, mainly because of the cost of posting.  I still like to add a few pearls though and seeing as this one wasn't being posted I added a little bobtail too.



I am a cleaner kind of crafter these days and tend to make flatter cards. I have a love of symmetry and paper pads so the two generally make for a clean design. A white border always adds to a clean look I always think.






I love them both. But nowadays I go for the clean cards. It also depends on the type of card or for female or male. 



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.

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Thursday 4 April 2024

Favourite: Cute or Floral (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:




Katrina Bufton


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


#4 Meghan


#5 Jane Savage




#16 Carol Gill



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: Cute or Floral (& why).
You MUST explain WHY it is your favourite.

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



I'm definitely a fan of anything cute and I'm not overkeen on purely floral images (the singel flower held by my cute critter is the closest I'll get to floral images!). I do like floral papers though, but in the main my image will usually include some kind of critter!





I would usually say cute, but I seem to be doing more floral of late. I think it is because of all the beautiful floral stamps and dies that are currently available.


 

I love cute but my favourite has to be floral, I love the colours
and textures and of course the smell...






This is always a difficult choice. I love both. So I have used very cute bunnies and a little patch of flowers. so I am sitting on the fence with this challenge. I think the cuteness of this card gives it the awe factor. 







I love both floral and cute cards, or even better a cute animal with a big flower. Today I went for a floral card. I love the simple but elegant look of just the black lines combines with the stenciled background.





I tend to make more floral cards nowadays, although I do make cute for children.  I love all the layering dies you can buy nowadays.






No contest, it's most definitely cute for me!! Such a plethora of cute stamps and images out there to go with my patterned papers.







For me that is floral. I love flowers, their fragrance and colours. I can't wait for the fields with blooming tulips and hyacinths. That's what make me very happy.



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 21 March 2024

Favourite Fancy Fold (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 Fun Fold (& why).
You MUST explain WHY it is your favourite.

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



My (current) favourite fancy fold is technically a fold-flat pop-up cardbase which is really versatile in terms of how you can decorate it. It all slots together and folds flat for easy mailing.






This is a fold I saw recently and couldn't wait to use it.  
I like it because it has such texture, yet folds flat for posting.




Now I have learnt this fold, which is easy, I cannot stop making it,
and I will say it is my favourite..






These packets are easy to make and are great for filling with goodies for a gift. 







**coming soon**





The only fun fold I ever make is the Z-fold because it's nice and easy and a little bit different to a normal card.






A LOVE trawling You Tube and Pinterest for unusual makes. My current favourite fun fold is a box that stores flat and pops up to be a really sturdy gift box.

Flat...


Fully formed box...amazing!!




This one is my new favorite fun fold card. Not to hard to make.



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