Your Trademark Style (and why)

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This fortnight's challenge theme is to showcase a project using 
Your "trademark" style - what defines your style (& 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'm not really sure what mine is anymore actually.  It used to be fussy and fancy, with lots of fluff, but I'm also loving the CAS look.  I guess the things that I think I do a lot, and therefore might suggest I'd be recognised in a line up are; (1) Cute critters, (2) Chalked sky, (3) My "go-to" CAS layout.  I've also managed to sneak in some penguins, glitter and ribbon, as well as purple which is one of my 3 favourite colours.
I've used Cute Penguin set from DSB

Samantha

My favourite trademark is definitely C&S
I love the image to speak for itself and also I don't like a lot of frill and fuss.
using Jolly Garlands

Brenda
I have no real style. I love trying different techniques and my style can vary from CAS to grungy, to shabby chic. It just depends on how I feel that particular day.Using Millie Mouse All Occasions

Elaine
It's hard to define my trademark. I love different styles but I do incorporate dots and spots often on my projects. Using Winston All Seasons

Kat
My trademark has to be my stitching, which is all done by hand!
No matter what style of card I am doing it is very rare for it to have no stitching on it as I love the subtle detail it adds and the way it seems to 'finish' the edges of the papers. 
It's also quite therapeutic doing it!



Lori
My *trademark or style* is hard to define...I like to make CAS cards but I also like cards with layers and crisp, clean lines.... using Dinky and Flowers

 Lorraine
Using Billy Turtle

Although I have tried and loved many styles whilst creating cards for a multitude of customers with differing tastes and requirements my favourite and therefore trademark style is definitely CUTE!

I just love cute images and whether the card ends up clean and simple or full of frills and details it's always the cute images that draw my eye.

Mojca
Using Valentine Nell


Those of you who have been following me for a longer period certainly know that I almost always use an image on my cards and this is basically my main trademark :) Why? Well I just love the colour, it really relaxes me ... I just regret that I can't draw myself :) And my trademark would also beads and glitter which I just can't refuse using on my cards :)))

Sarah
Using Pip so Special

My "trademark" is somewhere in the middle. Not quite CAS because of my love for patterned paper and not quite fussy and fancy because usually my decoration is subtle!!

Squirrel 

I think everyone knows by now that my trademark is my CAS designs, I love being able to see the image I have spent an age colouring up, it still feels like magic turning it from a line drawing into an almost living thing.

Wilma
My trademark or style is Clean and Simple. I love cards with a minimum of frills and embellishments. It is not always easy to make CAS card because I am always tempted to add embellishments. Using Sketchy flowers

So now it's over to you.
We hope you will join in our challenge, show us your style and 
showcase
Your "trademark" style - what defines your style
(& why).

You MUST explain WHY it is your favourite.

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

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Favourite Markers Inks or Pencils and WHY

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#57 Jana K
Jana actually entered a couple of these box cards, but she's the winner with this fabulous creation.   Simply gorgeous.


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51.  Kristina's Art Corner

71.  Tindaloo

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

your Favourite Markers, Inks or Pencils (& 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 Bently & Bunny
My favourite is definitely my reinkers which I was introduced to by our very own Squirrel. I find it so therapeutic when I have a paintbrush in my hand blending out the ink to shade the images.  The only downside is when I confuse my little water bottle with my cuppa and dunk my brush in the wrong one.

Samantha
Using Rosie Collection 1
My favourite medium is Ohhh this is difficult because I LOVE distress inks but I also love spectrum noir pens too! I guess for speed I have to choose the Spectrum Noir pens.

Brenda
using Merlin and Binky

I love coloring with Copic markers.  I love the wonderful color blends and shading you can get with them.

Elaine

Elvis hedgehog set

My favourite medium is Promarkers. I love colouring and blending and find it very relaxing.

Kat

Copics are my favourite because I love the detail and depth I can get in the shading...on a good day!

Lori
using Snoozing Ralph

My favorite coloring medium is Copic markers because I love to blend and muck with all the different combinations you can create :) 

Lorraine

 Gardening Alf

I love my Promarkers, they were my first colouring medium and I have always stuck with them. I like to experiment with colour combos and shading.

Mojca

Graduation Winston

All of you that know me the answer is obvious ... COPIC MARKERs ♥ I just love them! They blend so beautiful and this cute little owl was a joy to colours :)

Sarah

Rosie and ice cream

I have tried lots of other colouring mediums but always go back to my Promarkers, they just "work" for me. I like the solid tips, how they lay down colour and their blendability.

Squirrel 

I've tried the markers but when I discovered the DI ReInkers for watercolouring I knew I had found MY happy medium.  Occasionally supplemented with pencils for fine detail because I'm not that clever, or patient, with a brush.

Suzette

**coming soon**

Wilma

Cute farm set

My favorite is Copic markers. I love the way they blend.

So now it's over to you.

We hope you will join in our challenge, show us your style and 

showcase your Favourite Markers, Inks or Pencils (& why).

You MUST explain WHY it is your favourite.

Good luck, and happy crafting.

Hugs from the AYLI girls.

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Favourite Die and WHY

Thank you to everyone who entered our last challenge. 

Our winner is:

Kristina

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and our Top 3 in random order are

Kathryn

Ekaterina

Kuni

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So, onto our next challenge

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Bunny Zoe
£10.00

This fortnight's challenge theme is to showcase a project using 
your Favourite Die (& 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 Nottingham border die has been my favourite for a while.  I love the pretty flowers and it's my 'go-to' die for clean and simple feminine designs.

Samantha

Well I agree with my teamies this challenge was a challenge of Which die is my favourite,
OUCH! ermmmm think think think... THERE ARE LOADS! that are my favourite...
I have to say though Tattered Florals is one of my go to dies so it is definitely one of my favorites.




Brenda

This challenge is impossible for me.  I LOVE DIES!  If I were backed into a corner and threatened for an answer, I would say my stitched or pierced circle dies.  I find I seldom my a card without them, I love their finished look.

Elaine

I love my flower dies, but especially the Chrysanthamum set from Britannia dies. I think they enhance so many of my projects either as a single flower or a cluster.

Kat

My favourite die changes all the time depending on what mood I'm in!
This is my current fave because I had my eye on it for ages and finally snapped it up at a craft show for a very bargain price :-)

Lori

My favorite "go-to" dies are the stitched rectangles, squares and circles from Lil' Inker Designs....they work amazing to frame an image and give it that extra little detail it needs

 
Lorraine

My all time favourite die is the Floral Oval by Spellbinders. I love it because it fits all of my coloured images beautifully and sits nicely on a 6 x 6 card but equally doesn't get lost on a larger card either.

Mojca

I just love Spellbinder dies and the circle ones and scalloped ones are my favourite, they give such lovely touch to the cards.

Sarah

My favourite ( most used ) dies  are my Spellbinders large circles which, I have recently discovered, fit perfectly into my NEW favourite Stitched Circle Scallop Frames!!
Why? I just think that a circle frames most images really nicely and it appeals to my need for symmetry.

Squirrel 

I wanted to rename this challenge as "Mission Impossible" - it has been so DIFFICULT to choose a favourite die (or two).  In the end I chose my favourite matting dies and a couple of my favourite (that is, most used) embellishment dies.  I could have chosen far more than three though!

Suzette

**coming soon**


Wilma

I love the butterfly dies of Memory box, but Pippi and Isabella Butterfly are my favorite dies. I love butterflies and use those dies a lot.

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

You MUST explain WHY it is your favourite.

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

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