Favourite Gift Wrapping and WHY

Hi and good morning, everyone. It's Wilma hosting this challenge.

Wow, we had a lot of entries for our last challenge and 
we had a great time looking at all of them!
Thank you so much!  

Our winner is:

KT Fit Kitty
I love the colours, the image and the lay out! 

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

Simone
An elegant and clean and simple card. I very much like the silver accents and butterflies.

JanR
This image is very cute and beautifully coloured. Great lay out too.

Kat W
Both cards are very elegant and I love the colours.

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

So, onto our 40th challenge

The sponsor of this challenge is
Shape EZ


Shape EZ is a product originating from the desire to be different. The templates were inspired by one unforgettable template and has become an opportunity to share specialty shaped cards with everyone. Every template is offered in 300 dpi in SVG,JPEG,PNG and PDF files so no matter your preference, they are perfect for everyone. No cutter needed, instructions included and are only limited by your imagination.

This fortnight's challenge theme is to showcase a project using 
your Favourite Gift Wrapping eg box, bag (& 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 super-sized cracker is one of my favourites because it is really simple to make and it's quite large so great for popping odd shaped gifts into.  Plus it's also a template that I created myself from a bit of trial and error which is always a bit more satisfying!  If you want to know how I made it, have a look on my tutorials page.

Samantha
Bag's are my favourite because you can dress them up or down

Carol

Gift boxes/bags, quick, simple and can design them just how you want.

Mojca

Oh I love to do all kinds of boxes, they are always such a challenge for me...and this exploding box was really a pleasure to do.

Sarah

It's a box for me and why? There's no squeezing and squishing to guess what's inside!!

The big reveal happens when you take off the lid!!

Suzette

**coming soon**


Wilma
I am totally in love with this triangle shaped box. It's easy to make in different sizes. And you can put all sorts of little presents or sweets in it.  This time I decorated both sides.

So now it's over to you.
We hope you will join in our challenge, show us your style and 
showcase your Favourite Gift Wrapping, eg box, bag, (& why).

You MUST explain WHY it is your favourite.

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

Favourite Papers ( and Why?)

Hello hello hello! oh how exciting I get to post a challenge this time, and I want to say thank you to all of you that entered the last challenge we had lots of lovely entries, I loved looking at every single one! It was a real birthday treat!

I have a Top 3 to share, But first we have a winner of the awesome prize of 2 digis from the lovely Lee Holland Illustrations

Our winner is: 9 - Kuni

Haha Great card don't you just love this image hehehee :)
and a fabby all round sentiment too.

Please email us at AsYouLikeItChallenge@hotmail.co.uk to claim your prize, and don't forget to grab your *winners* badge below:

My Top 3 are as follows in numerical order

7 - Coops
I just love this sentiment,
think I might have to buy this one too!
I LOVE this colour combo too.

15 - Eve
I love that the focus is on the sentiment and
love the little bunting flags too!

39 - Crafty Kiwi Mama
This is so pretty and I love the sentiment and that its the focus
also love the pretty doily and the pearls and flowers.

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

Oh goodness me, it's the end of July already and we have now reached our 33rd challenge

Our sponsor of this challenge is
Shape EZ

This fortnight's challenge theme is to showcase a project using 
your Favourite Papers? Please remember
to explain WHY they are your favourites!

Our fabulous Guest Designers is 
Tammy Louise from Shape EZ

My favorite Authentique papers
It's my favorite because of the huge amount of color coordinated two sided 12 x 12 sheets of greens and blues with that lovely Paisley print it's the Loyal Collection by Authentique.

Here are the fabulous design team creations to get you thinking.
We are looking forward to seeing what are your favourites
 and what you will make with them.

Annette

I have been in love with these Papermania papers since my first pad (I've now been through a few pads in various sizes!).  It is full of my favourite colours: pinks, purples and aquas. Some are glittered and others not, but there is not one design in the pad that I don't love, which is sometimes quite rare.

Samantha
I don't have to think very hard about which papers are my favourites; I LOVE Echo Park there are others I love, but Echo Park are at the top of the pile, there are so many different designs and I have never yet found a page in the blocks that I do not like!

Carol

I've made quite a few things of late with my favourite papers, it has to be the Papermania Parisienne Blues papers. My favourite colour and so love the different patterns. So pretty.

Mojca

I just love Prima papers; the variety of patterns and colours always impresses me.

Sarah

I had a difficult choice, My Mind's Eye or Nitwits? I love them equally for the diverse range of papers available but on this occasion Nitwits suited the template and style I was aiming for.

Wilma

I am totally in love with these Doodlebug papers. Green is my favourite colour and there is plenty of green in it. The colours are so bright and beautiful and make me feel happy. 

Ok so now it's your turn!
We hope you will join in our challenge,
show us your style and showcase your Favourite Papers (& why).

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

Favourite Fur or Feathers (and WHY)

Thank you to everyone who entered our recycle challenge. 

Our winner is:

#5 Jac
Jac's project was just AMAZING.  
She recycled one of her favourite shoes that had been a wee bit doggie-chewed, 
from this:



to this:


It's just beautiful Jac.  Well done honey.
Please email us at AsYouLikeItChallenge@hotmail.co.uk to claim your prize, 
and don't forget to grab your *winners* badge below:




And before we get onto our top 3, I have one other
surprize prize to announce.
Because last week was our 1 year anniversary, 
we also had a second prize, which goes to:

#20 Rocky
who created this beautiful bottle:


Again Rocky, congrats.
Please email us at AsYouLikeItChallenge@hotmail.co.uk to claim your prize.


So, onto our amazing Top 3:

#13 Amy A



#14 Carol Gill



#22 Crafty Kiwi Mama


Congratulations ladies. 
Please grab our *Top 3* badge to display on your blog:

So, onto our 27th challenge


AND I have some more fantastic NEWS.
We have a wonderful new DT member joining us this week, 
Please join me in welcoming :
Wilma

She has a wonderful style and creates some truly beautiful projects.
We're so delighted to welcome her to the team.
Please check out her blog as it's full of papercraft loveliness.

The sponsor of this challenge is 
Shape EZ

Shape EZ templates will enable you to create unique projects for every day use or use the templates to create special one of a kind projects.

These templates and cut files make your projects quick and "EZ" depending on your choice of embellishments.

These templates come with options, empowering you to choose to include extras such as windows, pockets, or even inserts of designer paper that will perfectly fit inside the base form.

This fortnight's challenge theme is to showcase a project using 
your Favourite Fur or Feathers (& 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

Definitely it has to be fur for me.  I admit that I'm not keen on things that flutter, definitely obvious nasties like flies and wasps, but even birds and butterflies.  I don't mind the birds and butterflies at a distance, but I don't like getting too close to them, nor having them fly close to my head. 
So, my choice is definitely fur.  
Plus I'm a sucker for anything cute and fluffy!  :0)

Samantha
My Favourite definitely has to be fur!
I have many pets of the fur and feather variety but the ones I can cuddle are the fur ones
I have many stamps that are animals of the fluffy fur covered kind you have seen many of my pets before but I have a new fur baby so you will have to pop over to my blog to see her! 

Carol

I went for feather on this challenge, love seeing and hearing them chattering away in my garden, just don't let one in the house! My all time favourite has to be the Owl, beautiful birds and love hearing them hoot on a misty night where I live. 

Mojca

I decided for fur, since I love all furry animals like teddy bears, rabbits and cute mice ... and this Sugar Nellie image came really handy for the occasion. The card is slightly larger in format so the cute animal image stands out.

Sarah

Fur for me every time, anything furry will do!! Like Annette I don't like the flapping that feathery things bring. It's my Grandma's fault...her budgie was always loose in her sitting room and scared the living daylights out of me as a child!! Added to which you can't cuddle a bird!!

Suzette

I really love teddy bears and I am a collector as well, so I have added some texture of fur to the bunny.  You can see it mostly on his floppy ears. Plus I have a cat as well, so it is fur all the way.

Wilma

For me it is 'fur'. I love cats. Unfortunately I have no cats anymore.  My first cat was a gift for my 8th birthday.  She was pitch black and died at the age of 19.  If you look deep into my heart, I would like to have a cat again, but we both work and we are too often from home.

For this slider card I used a Penny Black stamp. 
They are so cute and they always make me smile.

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

You MUST explain WHY it is your favourite.

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