WWC71 - Heidi's Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge

This week Heidi Weaver is bringing you a fun Tic-Tac-Toe challenge.  We hope you're inspired by the choices in the Tic-Tac-Toe boxes.  Those who love techniques will find one or two that could be included.  Those who enjoy special event cards will find choices for those, too.  We've tried to include a little something for everyone.  Just remember, this is like the tic-tac-toe game:  you can pick three boxes in a row, going horizontally, vertically or diagonally.  Your choices are what you will use in creating your card.  We hope you'll have fun playing along.

For details on how the Watercooler Artists created their projects, just click on the name underneath and you will be taken directly to that blog post.  We look forward to visiting your blog posts to see what you have come up with.

Heidi Weaver

Marsha Reed

Libby Fens

Kath Ricks

Deborah Smart

Jean Fitch

Penny Hanuszak

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 4 challenges, including ours.

          5.  Have fun!

Please use the link-up below to share your project.  This Linky will close on Monday, June 13th at noon Mountain Daylight Time.

An InLinkz Link-up

WWC70 - Marsha's Sketch Challenge

We have a great challenge this week.  Marsha Reed is hosting a sketch challenge.  There are some terrific samples created by the Watercooler Artists to get you excited, but first, we have a surprise for you.

Introducing a new Temporary Watercooler Artist

We have chosen a very creative lady to join our team for the next three months.  You've seen her name among the participants and winners of our challenges.  Now you'll see her creations week after week and, of course, she will also have the opportunity to host her own challenge during her time with us.  Please welcome Penny Hanuszak.

Penny Hanuszak

For a short bio on Penny or any of the other Watercooler Artists, please click HERE.

And now on to Marsha's sketch challenge.   It's a great sketch and we had a lot of fun creating our cards just as we're certain you will, as well.

You will see that every card created by the Watercooler Artists is different.  It's not just the colours and stamps that are different but even the shapes have their own interpretations.  You don't have to use the flower shapes or even keep the sketch shape square as it's shown.  As long as your interpretation is recognizably this sketch, we encourage you to link it up.  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 wonderful use of the retiring In-Colors:

Marsha Reed

Heidi Weaver

Libby Fens

Penny Hanuszak

Deborah Smart

Jean Fitch

Kath Ricks

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 4 challenges, including ours.

          5.  Have fun!

Please use the link-up below to share your project.  This Linky will close on Monday, June 6th at noon Mountain Daylight Time.

An InLinkz Link-up

WWC69 - Kath's Masculine CAS Challenge

Welcome to our new Watercooler Wednesday challenge.  This week we feature a challenge that's perfect for this time of year, and that's Kath's Masculine CAS challenge.  What is CAS?  CAS is an acronym for "clean and simple".  Generally speaking that would mean keeping layers to a minimum, leaving a great deal of white space, and having a minimal amount of embellishing or none at all. White space does not have to be white.  It can be whatever colour the main layer of the card happens to be.  Is that as clear as mud?  Well, with Father's Day coming soon, we hope to inspire you with some terrific samples by the Watercooler Artists.

But first we are happy to announce that we have a Guest Designer for this week, Kathe Deck.    In her words, "I'm part of a generations-long family of do-it-yourselfers, so I've been crafting since I could hold a pair of scissors.  I've dabbled in most crafts but always came back to paper crafting.  Card making is my particular favorite--I love sending a little happiness in the mail to family and friends, and it doesn't create any more things to dust at home.  Ive been a participant at the Watercooler since its beginning (even when it was just a place to chat at the Stampin' Connection), and I'm thrilled and honored to have been asked to be a guest designer."  You can see Kathe's card is a perfect example of CAS: a card with clean lines, minimal elements, large areas of white space and no embellishments.

Kathe Deck

And now it's the Watercooler Artists' turn.  As usual, if you click on the name under each card, you can visit the blog post to see details on how the card was created.  We begin with our hostess, Kath Ricks, who has used the Guy Greetings set simply and beautifully.

Kath Ricks

Jean Fitch

Gail Allen 

Libby Fens

Deborah Smart

Heidi Weaver

Marsha Reed

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 4 challenges, including ours.

          5.  Have fun!

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

An InLinkz Link-up

WWC68 - Libby's Colour Challenge

Woo Hoo!  It's a color challenge and I know everyone loves those.  This week Libby Fens has decided to feature all five of the retiring 2014-16 In-Colors.  But don't let that scare you away.  You can use 3 or more of those wonderful colours to create your card.  Are you up for the challenge?

Colour challenges force one to use just the colours in the challenge, plus a neutral which is "free".  It's not always easy to stay within the palette, but that's why we have challenges---to force ourselves to work outside our comfortable "boxes".

This week we're changing things up just a bit.  Before we show off all the wonderful cards created by the Watercooler Artists, we're going to introduce this week's Guest Designer, Fiona Whitehead, and her lovely card.  "I've been crafting for over 20 years and started with scrap booking. I lived in Houston Texas from 2002 to 2005 and that's where I found my love for Stampin Up! When I returned to the UK in 2005 I was so excited when in 2008 SU came here and I signed up as a demo - one of the very few at that time. Sadly I had to leave after a year and I had to stop crafting. I returned to it this year both my crafting and SU. I still have and use some of those original inks I purchased in the US in 2002 - just shows what a great product it is. Outside of crafting I am an amateur opera singer, I have two dogs and two cats, two grown up kids and have been married to my husband for 31 years this year!" Fiona lives in Andover, Hampshire, the United Kingdom (but the internet shrinks the distance).

Fiona Whitehead

And now it's the Watercooler Artists' turn.  As usual, if you click on the name under each card, you can visit the blog post to see details on how the card was created.  We begin with Libby's wonderful use of the colours.

Libby Fens

Marsha Reed

Heidi Weaver

Gail Allen

Deborah Smart

Kath Ricks

Jean Fitch

Guest Designer Possibilities:  Participation "adds up".  With regular participation, we may invite you to become a guest designer.  And don't forget, participating increases your exposure to so many other people.  To be eligible, participation in 4 out of 6 challenges is necessary.

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 4 challenges, including ours.

          5.  Have fun!

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

An InLinkz Link-up