WWC214 - Marsha's "All About Occasions" Challenge

Woo Hoo!  Time for our awesome "All About Occasions" Challenge which is being hosted by Marsha this week.  Just think of all the occasions for which we are constantly making cards.  Want some inspiration?  Wait till you see the terrific cards created by our Watercooler Artists this week!

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 rainbow assortment of birthday balloons:

Marsha Reed

Kath Ricks

Tristan Dawes

Donna Scholz

Karen Brown

Dawn Turley

Michelle Wallace

Helen Finlay

Heidi Weaver

You'll have noticed that Gail Allen isn't part of our line-up.  Due to personal circumstances, Gail decided to leave the challenge.  We wish her well and hope she will share some of her wonderfully creative projects with us from time to time.

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 one week from now, on Monday, April 1st, at 5:00 p.m. Mountain Daylight Time.

WWC213 - The Watercooler Rock Star and Rockers!

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

Karen's choice for our Watercooler Rock Star is Cathy's terrific retirement card. Following the winner are the Watercooler Artists choices for the Watercooler Rockers.

#18 Cathy

Karen's Winner:  Cathy has created a really fun retirement card.  She is a master with Inktense pencils and I love her fresh CAS layout and creative sentiments.

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

Next we have the designs which caught the eye of our other Watercooler Artists.  This is the lineup for our Watercooler Rockers (in no particular order).

#3 - Cornelia

Tristan's choice:  I love Cornelia's colouring of the adorable little monster.  Nice touch with the side striped panel and splatters.

#2 - Kanda

Dawn's choice:  Kanda's graffiti background looks superb in the rainbow colours and the puppy is so beautifully coloured.  All in all a cool masculine card.

#24 - Debi 

Donna's choice:  Debi created a great guy birthday card!  I like how the offset gold foil highlights the car.  The "raggedy" foil diecut gives a definite clever masculine highlight to the card.

#10 - Allisa 

Heidi's choice:  I love Allisa's video boy, concentrating on either saving or destroying the universe with his snacks behind him in case he needs quick energy.  Great colours and papers.

# 5 - Janice

Helen's choice:  Janice has created a striking black and white card.  The use of three different designer papers suits the strong, simple, masculine design!

#13 - Mac Mable 

Kath's choice:  Mac's muted browns make for a great masculine card.  The saying is perfect.

# 21 -  Vicki

Marsha's choice:  Vicki has created the cutest little penguin card.  It can't help but cheer up the one who receives it.  She did a nice job of colouring.

#11 - Marina 

Michelle's choice:  I love Marina's soft, stenciled cloud background using a handmade stencil!  Those little animals are adorable and the colouring is so beautiful.  A gorgeous CAS card.

Congratulations, Cornelia, Kanda, Debi, Allisa, Janice, Mac, Vicki and Marina.  Here is your badge to proudly display on your blogs, designating you as our Watercooler Rockers.

That's our lineup for this week's Rock Star and Rockers.  We hope you'll join us tomorrow, Wednesday, March 27th, as our new Challenge begins.  You won't wish to miss all the wonderful designs by our Watercooler Artists.

WWC213 - Karen's Masculine "Anything Goes" Challenge

Woo Hoo!  This week Karen is hosting our popular Masculine "Anything Goes" Challenge.  This is an awesome opportunity to check out some great designs and ideas for those men (of all ages) in our lives.

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 Karen 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 Karen's wonderful truck-load of Birthday greetings:

Karen Brown

Kath Ricks

Dawn Turley

Tristan Dawes

Donna Scholz

Marsha Reed

Heidi Weaver

Michelle Wallace

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 one week from now, on Monday, March 25th,  at 5:00 p.m. Mountain Daylight Time.

WWC212 - The Watercooler Rock Star and Rockers

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

Tristan's choice for our Watercooler Rock Star is Trina's cute reindeer Christmas card design.  Following the winner are the Watercooler Artists choices for the Watercooler Rockers.

#45  Trina P

Tristan's Rock Star:   Trina has created a fab Christmas card. I love the ink smooshed background behind the sentiment and how she's used the adorable reindeer antlers as the 'Y' in merry. Great colouring with her copics.

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

 
Next up are all the wonderful designs that caught the eyes of the other Watercooler Artists for our Watercooler Rockers.  They are shown in no particular order.

#10  Marlene

Marsha's Rocker:  I love these sweet snowmen that Marlene has so beautifully colored. The combination of patterned work so well together.

#32  Marina

Donna's Rocker:   I love Marina's succulent card! Her many shades of green are beautiful - such expert coloring!!! The contrast between the pink pots and greenery is really eye catching, too! I appreciate how Marina included instructions and step-by-step photos.

#34  Sue

Heidi's Rocker:   Sue has created a wonderful birthday card with those gorgeous die-cut and watercoloured Azaleas. I love the CAS design as well. A stunning creation.

#20  Rahmat

Dawn's Rocker:   The beautiful blending on the lilies is amazing. I’m in awe of Rahmat’s colouring abilities. I love the sentiment which finishes the card perfectly.

#39  Robyn

Karen's Rocker:   I love the watercolored framed flower with the coordinating watercolored background. Robyn has created a lovely floral card.

#3  Marianne

Michelle's Rocker:   I love the tissue paper background and how it has been stamped with the music note background stamp. The reindeer is so cute in his little jumper and it just pops against that die cut frame.

#25  Mac Mable

Helen's Rocker:   Mac's card is so eye-catching with it's striking shiny red poppies against the black and white flowers. Love all the clever design elements.

#2  Mia

Kath's Rocker:   The silhouette of the father and child makes for a feel-good card! Great Father's Day Card.

Congratulations Marlene, Marina, Sue, Rahmat, Robyn, Marianne, Mac and Mia!  Here is your badge to proudly display on your blog designating you as one of our Watercooler Rockers.

That's our lineup for this week's Watercooler Rock Star and Watercooler Rockers.  Be sure to come back tomorrow, March 20th, for our next Watercooler Wednesday Challenge.  You won't want to miss all the wonderful designs by our Watercooler Artists.

WWC212 - Tristan's "All About Occasions" Challenge

Woo Hoo!  Tristan is hosting our awesome "All About Occasions" Challenge this week.  This time of the year there are so many special occasions coming up as well as all those day-by-day special occasions which we celebrate or acknowledge.  Check out our samples for some great ideas.

Before we begin, we're happy to announce that Michelle Wallace has joined our team of Watercooler Artists.

Michelle Wallace

You'll be able to find Michelle's bio on our "About Us" page.

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 unique and magical unicorn creation:

Tristan Dawes

Donna Scholz

Dawn Turley

Karen Brown

Heidi Weaver

Helen Finlay

Kath Ricks

Marsha Reed

Michelle Wallace

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 one week from now, on Monday, March 18th,  at 5:00 p.m. Mountain Daylight Time.