WWC201 - Marsha's Special Two Week Year-End "Anything Goes" Challenge

Merry Christmas everyone and may you have a safe, happy New Year!

We're having a special two-week challenge for the year-end, hosted by Marsha Reed.  It's your favourite type of challenge, too.  We're featuring an "Anything Goes" challenge, so let's see those wonderful cards you've made and celebrate our continued creativity.

And now on to the terrific projects by the Watercooler Artists to get your creative juices flowing.  I love how wonderfully diverse all our creations are this week, don't you?   For details on how Marsha 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 Marsha's lovely "Grateful for you":

Marsha Reed

Heidi Weaver

Kath Ricks

Tristan Dawes

Donna Scholz 

Dawn Turley

Karen Brown

Gail Allen

Helen Finlay

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 two weeks from now, on Monday, December 31st,  at 5:00 p.m. Mountain Standard Time.

An InLinkz Link-up

WWC200 - The Watercooler Rock Star and Rockers

Drum roll, please!  It's Tuesday and time to announce our Watercooler Rock Star and Watercooler Rockers for Helen's "All About Occasions" challenge.  But first, we'd like to thank all those who played along with us.  Wonderful entries that make our choices so much harder, but we think you are all stars.  Well done!
 
Helen's choice for our Watercooler Rock Star and January Guest Designer is Sandie's beautiful golden feathers card.  Following the winner are the Watercooler Artists choices for the Watercooler Rockers.

#20 Sandie

Helen's Winner:  Sandie's wonderfully elegant gold feathers are a stunning feature of this gorgeous gold and white card.

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

Now on to the other wonderful designs that caught the eyes of the other Watercooler Artists for our Watercooler Rockers.  They are shown in no particular order.

#19 Lynda Pleckan ( PaperArts Cafe)

Tristan's Choice:  Lynda has created a stunning card. The layering of colour with her MISTI has given the image so much depth and the ribbon and beads finished the card off beautifully.

#29 Angie Cimbalo (Cimbacreativefun)

Marsha's Choice:  Angie's monochrome design is gorgeous.  The colors and layers all come together nicely.  Well done!

#21 Kylie

Gail's Choice:  Kylie has used a really fun image. The bright colours of the polka-dot dress are a great pop of colour against the white background. I'd love to sit with this happy lady and help her celebrate!

#5 Darlene Pavlick

Heidi's Choice:  I love the vivid colours which Darlene has used. The combination of images and die-cuts makes this a striking creation.

#32 Nisha

Dawn's Choice:  Love the combination of pink and yellow. So soothing to look at plus an eye catching CAS design.

#25 Trina P.

Kath's Choice:  Trina's card is a celebration in gold! The gold and black are beautiful together!

#15 Cathymac

Donna's Choice:  I love the silver embossed winter scene with the delicate trees and spattered embossed snowflakes. The navy background is perfect for setting off this beautiful scene. Cathymac did a great job composing her scene to create a quiet winter evening.

#28 Linda (looploocards)

Charlotte's Choice:  A very cute, clean and simple Christmas scene. The adorable penguin's and snowman stand out well against the white scene elements, and the pops of red add interest to the otherwise neutral card.

#23 Karen

Karen's Choice:  I love the inviting scene in Karen's card. The gorgeous lavender wisteria combined with the hanging and potted plants, the sweet little door and scattered brick background is just beautiful. Karen's card perfectly illustrates an idyllic spring soon to come.

Congratulations, Lynda, Angie, Kylie, Darlene, Nisha, Trina, Cathymac  Linda and Karen.  Here is your badge to proudly display on your blog designating you as one of our Watercooler Rockers.

That's our lineup for this weeks' Watercooler Rock Star and Watercooler Rockers.  Be sure to come back tomorrow, December 19th, for our next Watercooler Wednesday Challenge.  You won't want to miss all the wonderful designs by our Watercooler Artists. 

WWC200 - Helen's "All About Occasions" Challenge

Happy 200th everyone!  What a milestone!  And we're still going stronger than ever.  Thank you so much for your support and participation.  For our "All About Occasions" Challenge, Helen is the host and will be choosing the winner, of course.  Helen's winner will be our Guest Designer in January.  Good luck everyone!

And now on to the terrific projects by the Watercooler Artists to get your creative juices flowing.  I love how wonderfully diverse all our creations are this week, don't you?   For details on how Helen 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 Helen's wonderfully designed, fussy-cut and coloured Christmas card:

Helen Finlay

Kath Ricks

Donna Scholz

Marsha Reed

Karen Brown

Dawn Turley

Tristan Dawes

Charlotte Ehrukainen

Gail Allen

Heidi Weaver

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, December 17th,  at 5:00 p.m. Mountain Standard Time.

An InLinkz Link-up

WWC199 - The Watercooler Rock Star and Rockers

Drum roll, please!  It's Tuesday time to announce our Watercooler Rock Star and Watercooler Rockers for Tristan's Feminine "Anything Goes" challenge.  But first, we'd like to thank all those who played along with us.  Wonderful entries that make our choices so much harder, but we think you are all stars.  Well done!

Gail's choice for our Watercooler Rock Star is Natasa's gorgeous flower girl card.  Following the winner are the Watercooler Artists choices for the Watercooler Rockers.

#12 Natasa (NatsPaperWorld)

Tristan's Winner:  Natasa has created a very sweet card with her flower fairy. I love the soft colouring and colour she chose and the enbossed striped background provide perfect balance for her focal image. She certainly is a gorgeous girl.

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

Now on to the other wonderful designs that caught the eyes of the other Watercooler Artists for our Watercooler Rockers.  They are shown in no particular order.

#19 Sharon (Glittertastic)

Marsha's Choice:  I love the clean and simple design of Sharon's card.  And, of course, the bling.  A very pretty card.

#21 Ma-Mi

Gail's Choice:  I love the pillow box! Ma-Mi has combined a lot of little details and it doesn't look crowded. This package is as much of a gift as whatever would be inside.

#8 Rosi

Karen's Choice:   This card just speaks to me. I LOVE the water coloring on the card and the end result is uncluttered and very effective. Nicely executed.

#25 Lynda Pleckan (PaperArts Cafe)

Dawn's Choice:  I really like the pink and grey colour combination. The colouring on the rabbit is amazing and the die hearts finish the card beautifully.

#18 KathyK

Helen's Choice:  Kathy's CAS card is very elegant with it's subtle stencil colour in the background. Great matching envelope!

#1 Raga

Donna's Choice:   Raga's card is so gorgeous with it's graphite stenciled background and beautifully colored flowers. Her card is elegant in its simplicity, yet clever in its creation!

#22 Kate (Rijacki)

Heidi's Choice:   Kate's wedding card is gorgeous. The soft pinks and the white embossing are absolutely stunning, especially with those added tiny pearls.

#24 Robyn Oliver

Kath's Choice:  Robyn has made a nice simple card pairing White and lovely pink DSP.

#2 Beverly Sizemore

Charlotte's Choice:  Beverley has made a great coffee themed feminine card. The flamingo is so fun as is the sentiment. I also like the pops of black and white alongside the pink.

Congratulations, Sharon, Ma-Mi, Rosi, Lynda, Kathy, Raga, Kate, Robyn and Beverly.  Here is your badge to proudly display on your blog designating you as one of our Watercooler Rockers.

That's our lineup for this weeks' Watercooler Rock Star and Watercooler Rockers.  Be sure to come back tomorrow, December 12th, for our next Watercooler Wednesday Challenge.  You won't want to miss all the wonderful designs by our Watercooler Artists.

WWC199 - Tristan's Feminine "Anything Goes" Challenge & New Watercooler Artists

Woo Hoo!  We have Tristan hosting our ever-popular Feminine "Anything Goes" challenge this week.  Basically this is an "anything goes" challenge with a feminine twist.  The type of card most of us love to create.

Before I go on, it's time to introduce our new team members.  We've chosen to change from our eight-person team to a ten-person team.  With that in mind, allow me to introduce our three new Watercooler Artists, Dawn Turley, Donna Scholtz and Karen Brown.  For a short bio on each, just click HERE.

And now on to the terrific projects by the Watercooler Artists to get your creative juices flowing.  I love how wonderfully diverse all our creations are this week, don't you?   For details on how Tristan 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 Tristan's beautifully designed and coloured "Thank You" card:

Tristan Dawes

Dawn Turley

Donna Scholz

Karen Brown

Marsha Reed

Charlotte Ehrukainen

Heidi Weaver

Kath Ricks

Gail Allen

Helen Finlay

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, December 10th,  at 5:00 p.m. Mountain Standard Time.

An InLinkz Link-up