Tuesday, October 31, 2017

WWC142 - The Winners

It's Tuesday and that means it's time to announce the Rock Star and Rockers for Charlotte's "All About Christmas" Challenge.  But first, we'd like to thank everyone who played along with with us.  Your entries were wonderful and as a result it made our choices harder.

Charlotte's choice for our Watercooler Rock Star is Cornelia's lovely noel snowflake card.  Following the winner are the Watercooler Artists choices for the Watercooler Rockers.


Charlotte's Rock Star:  I really love the emboss resist snowflakes on the gorgeous ombre background. The vellum strip is perfect for adding the sentiment and the silver tape finishes it off beautifully.

Congratulations, Cornelia!  Here is your badge to proudly display on your blog designating you as our Watercooler Rock Star!


Now on to the Watercooler Artists choices for our Watercooler Rockers.

Marsha's Choice:  Pat's "Snowman Selfie" easel card is such fun!  I love all the smiling snowmen and the wonderful colors.  Bright, cheerful and sure to make you smile!

Kath's Choice:  I love the view through the blinds!

Judy's Choice:  I love all the various techniques that went into this card!

Penny's Choice:  I loved the Cardinal in the birch tree and how Ina put this together with left overs.

Gail's Choice:  I love the colouring on the candles, paired with the metallic DSP against the black background.

Libby's Choice:  Love the whimsy of the card. It's neat, simple and clean. The font is really cute, too.

Heidi's Choice:  I love the white heat embossing and smooshing of inks. The result is an elegant and unusual look at a Poinsettia.

Congratulations to Pat, Faith, Essie Cards, Ina, Angel, Pam and Tinstar Designs.  Here is your badge to proudly display on your blog designating you as our Watercooler Rockers.


There you have our Rock Star and Watercooler Rockers lineup for this week!  Be sure to come back tomorrow, November 1st, for our next Watercooler Wednesday Challenge.  You won't want to miss out on all the wonderful designs by our Watercooler Artists.

Wednesday, October 25, 2017

WWC142 - Charlotte's "All About Christmas" Challenge

Woo Hoo!  This week's challenge is all about Christmas and is hosted by Charlotte Ehrukainen, our newest Watercooler Artist.  With Christmas looming closer and closer, it's definitely time to be thinking about getting our Christmas cards and tags done.



We have some terrific samples to get you excited and inspired.  For details on how Charlotte and the other Watercooler Artists created their projects, just click on the name underneath and you will be taken to that blog post.  We begin with Charlotte's elegant snowflake card:











And now it's your turn.  You can join us by linking up your creation with the InLinkz at the bottom of this challenge.  

Remember:
          1.  This must be a new project---no back-linking to a previous post.
          2.  You must link your project back to our challenge (details at top of                     page).
          3.  You must link directly to your post, not simply your general blog.
          4.  Please link to no more than 8 challenges, including ours.
          5.  Have fun!

Please use the link-up below to share your project.  This Linky will close on Monday, October 30th at 5 p.m. Mountain Daylight Time.


Tuesday, October 24, 2017

WWC141 - The Winners

It's Tuesday and that means it's time to announce the Rock Star and Rockers for Heidi's Masculine "Anything Goes" Challenge.  But first, we'd like to thank everyone who played along with with us.  Your entries were wonderful and as a result it made our choices harder.

Heidi's choice for the Watercooler Rock Star is Diane Hover's wonderful Gus the fish whisperer card.  Following the winner are the Watercooler Artists choices for the Watercooler Rockers.

Heidi's Rock Star:  The colouring is spot on as is the wonderful stenciled background.  I love the special fold.

Congratulations, Diane!  Here is your badge to proudly display on your blog designating you as our Watercooler Rock Star!


Now on to the Watercooler Artists choices for our Watercooler Rockers.

Marsha's Choice:  I like all the different elements Crystal brought into her card.  The pinstripes and the team colors make it look like it came right off of one of their uniforms. 

Judy's Choice:  This scene really speaks to the masculine prompt! Great job!

Gail's Choice:  The images and the colours just make a really fun design that I think would appeal to a fun guy.

Libby's Choice:  Can’t go wrong with black and white. Simple and clean. Great design.

Penny's Choice:  I love the idea of the Hole In One Book and the real masculine flavour of this card.

Kath's Choice:  I really like how strongly masculine this card is. It is a card I'd be willing to CASE!

Charlotte's Choice:  Beautiful colouring and a great clean and simple look. A very fun masculine card.

Congratulations to Crystal, Darlene, Kathy, Jane, Margreet, Louise and Magic Flying Boots.  Here is your badge to proudly display on your blog designating you as our Watercooler Rockers.


There you have our Rock Star and Watercooler Rockers lineup for this week!  Be sure to come back tomorrow, October 25th, for our next Watercooler Wednesday Challenge.  You won't want to miss out on all the wonderful designs by our Watercooler Artists.

Wednesday, October 18, 2017

WWC141 - Heidi's Masculine "Anything Goes" Challenge

Woo Hoo!  It's one of our terrific Masculine "Anything Goes" challenges, this week hosted by Heidi Weaver.  We're always needing more cards for all those men in our lives, right?  



We have some terrific samples created by the Watercooler Artists to get you excited.  For details on how Heidi and the other Watercooler Artists created their projects, just click on the name underneath and you will be taken to that blog post.  We begin with Heidi's eclipse-style birthday card.










And now it's your turn.  You can join us by linking up your creation with the InLinkz at the bottom of this challenge.  

Remember:
          1.  This must be a new project---no back-linking to a previous post.
          2.  You must link your project back to our challenge (details at top of                     page).
          3.  You must link directly to your post, not simply your general blog.
          4.  Please link to no more than 8 challenges, including ours.
          5.  Have fun!

Please use the link-up below to share your project.  This Linky will close on Monday, October 23rd at noon Mountain Daylight Time.


Tuesday, October 17, 2017

WWC140 - The Winners

It's Tuesday and that means it's time to announce the Rock Star and Rockers for Libby's "All About Birthday" Challenge.  But first, we'd like to thank everyone who played along with with us.  Your entries were wonderful and as a result it made our choices harder.

Libby's choice for the Watercooler Rock Star is Tenia Nelson's wonderful mythical unicorn birthday card. Following the winner are the Watercooler Artists choices for the Watercooler Rockers.

Libby's Rock Star:  Who doesn't love a unicorn?? Really? This was just adorable and made me smile!

Congratulation, Tenia!  Here is your badge to proudly display on your blog designating you as our Watercooler Rock Star!


Now on to the Watercooler Artists choices for our Watercooler Rockers.

Heidi's Choice:  This is a perfect birthday card for a hiker. The map, those boots, the road signs are wonderful choices for a well-crafted card. Great colours as well.

Marsha's Choice:  I love the stenciled background and those beautiful stenciled flowers.  The addition of the crystal lacquer and glitter glue made them pop.

Penny's Choice:  I like how unique this teepee card is and the beautiful coloured owl imagery.

Charlotte's Choice:  It's beautifully coloured and I love the camouflaged portion of the sentiment. Very fun birthday card!

Kath's Choice:  The background piece is beautiful.

Judy's Choice:  The coloring on this is amazing and I love all the elements used on this!

Gail's Choice:  The sentiment on this just made me laugh.

Congratulations to Diny, Sue, Sheryl, Natasa, Magic Flying Boots, Chris and Darlene.  Here is your badge to proudly display on your blog designating you as our Watercooler Rockers.


And, there you have our Rock Star and Watercooler Rockers for this week!  Be sure to come back tomorrow, October 18th, for our next Watercooler Wednesday Challenge.  You won't want to miss out on all the wonderful designs by our Watercooler Artists.

Wednesday, October 11, 2017

WWC140 - Libby's "All About Birthdays" Challenge

Woo Hoo!  Libby Fens is hosting the popular "All About Birthdays" Challenge this week.  This includes cards for all ages, of course.  And since those birthdays keep coming, it's one of the cards we all make most often.


You can get some terrific ideas for those birthday cards you need all year long by checking out the wonderful samples created by our Watercooler Artists.  Remember, you just have to click on the name under the card to get to the appropriate blog post for all the details.  We begin with Libby's wonderful Fall birthday card featuring the Colorful Seasons bundle.









And now it's your turn.  You can join us by linking up your creation with the InLinkz at the bottom of this challenge.  

Remember:
          1.  This must be a new project---no back-linking to a previous post.
          2.  You must link your project back to our challenge (details at top of page).
          3.  You must link directly to your post, not simply your general blog.
          4.  Please link to no more than 8 challenges, including ours.
          5.  Have fun!

Simply use the link-up below to share your project.  This Linky will close on Monday, October 16th at 5:00 p.m. Mountain Daylight Time.  Winners will be posted on Tuesday, October 17th at 5:00 p.m. MDT.