WWC218 - Marsha's "All About Occasions" Challenge

Woo Hoo!  Marsha is our host this week for the awesome "All About Occasions" Challenge.  Just think of all the Occasions we celebrate in our lives.  Big or small, happy or sad, occasions are the bookmarks of our lives.  Just wait until you see the wonderful samples which our Watercooler Artists have for you 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 lovely and very versatile "bird" card:

Marsha Reed

Kath Ricks

Dawn Turley

Tristan Dawes

Karen Brown

Donna Scholz

Michelle Wallace

Heidi Weaver

Helen Finlay

And now it's your turn.  You can join us by linking up your creation with the Linky 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 29th at 5:00 p.m. Mountain Daylight Time.

WWC217 - The Watercooler Rock Star and Rockers

Drum roll, please!  It's Tuesday and time to announce our Watercooler Rock Star and Watercooler Rockers for Michelle'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!

Michelle's choice for our Watercooler Rock Star is Heather's galloping horse card design.  Following the winner are the Watercooler Artists choices for the Watercooler Rockers.

#15  Heather

Michelle's Rock Star:   I love how Heather has stamped the beautiful horse like he really is bolting out that gate with those trees perfectly placed in the background. I love that sentiment and all those layers makes for a great masculine card.

Congratulations Heather!  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.

#13  Cathy R

Marsha's Rocker:   I really like this rustic masculine card that Cathy has created. The colors and gears make for a perfect guy card.

#4  Gerrina

Heidi's Rocker:   Gerrina has used that lovely new owl stamp beautifully in her card. The combination of colours in the background stenciling compliments the colours in the owl, making it "pop". I love the addition of the ribbons and twine along the left side. Nicely done.

#12  Nandini

Tristan's Rocker:  I love the monochrome look of Nandini's card and the popped up layers really adds texture and I love that pop of colour with the sentiment.

#8  Janet

Donna's Rocker:   Janet has created a great guy card! Wonderful job of coloring, and layering with pattern paper! Vic is certainly a handsome guy!

#5  Rijacki

Kath's Rocker:   I'm so impressed with Rijacki's one layer card! It is so well done that I didn't notice it was one layer. She even added a detailed tutorial for the card.

#6  Joy

Dawn's Rocker:   Joy has made a fabulous card.  Her colouring is superb and the graduate pops on his pile of books. The embossed hats background adds the perfect amount of texture.

#2  Nisha

Helen's Rocker:   Nisha created a perfect masculine CAS card with this eye-catching sporty collection and this super sentiment! Love it!

#18 Ma-Mi

Karen's Rocker:  This scene of a plane in flight is just wonderful!  I love the bold primary blue, yellow and red color scheme that is fun and masculine.

Congratulations Cathy, Gerrina, Nandini, Janet, Rijacki, Joy, Nisha and Ma-Mi!  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, April 24th, for our next Watercooler Wednesday Challenge.  You won't want to miss all the wonderful designs by our Watercooler Artists.

WWC217 - Michelle's Masculine "Anything Goes" Challenge

Woo Hoo!  Time for Michelle to host her first challenge.  What a terrific line-up of samples we have for our awesome Masculine "Anything Goes" Challenge, too.  We hope to inspire you to link up your own take on a masculine card.

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 Michelle 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 Michelle's striking CAS Father's Day card:

Michelle Wallace

Karen Brown

Marsha Reed

Dawn Turley

Donna Scholz

Kath Ricks

Tristan Dawes

Helen Finlay

Heidi Weaver

And now it's your turn.  You can join us by linking up your creation with the Link Up 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 15th at 5:00 p.m. Mountain Daylight Time.

WWC216 - The Watercooler Rock Star and Rockers

Drum roll, please!  It's Tuesday and time to announce our Watercooler Rock Star and Watercooler Rockers for Dawn'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!

Dawn's choice for our Watercooler Rock Star is Claire's colorful balloons card design.  Following the winner are the Watercooler Artists choices for the Watercooler Rockers.

#13  Claire

Dawn's Rock Star:   Claire’s card certainly envisioned a party. All those pretty balloons done in plastic is inspirational. Love the added texture of the embossing at the bottom part of the card.

Congratulations Claire!  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. 

#15  Margaret (Granmargaret)

Marsha's Rocker:   I love this pretty Santa and reindeer silhouette that Margaret has created. All of the elements come together so nicely.  It's a great Christmas card.

#8  Heather

Tristan's Rocker:   Heather has created a super cute Easter card. I love the peek-a-boo window feature with that adorable bunny and that she has recycled the sushi grass!

#22  Nisha

Michelle's Rocker:  Nisha has created an adorable card with that sweet image and the soft pretty colours give it a magical look to match the sentiment. 

#14  Trina P

Karen's Rocker:  Trina's floral card is beautiful. I especially love her plank embossed background which was then distressed with ink.

#27  Cathy R

Heidi's Rocker:   Cathy has created a wonderful encouragement card, and aren't there so many occasions when people need some encouragement? The die-cut goldfish simply "jumps out" at you, against that pretty circle. Beautiful use of the oxide inks.

#9  Lee Ann Barrett

Donna's Rocker:   Lee Ann used the Colorburst water coloring to make the roses so soft and glowing! The spatters really add depth to her card... I can't imagine it without them! She created a birthday card that anyone would love to receive!!!

#18  Lynda (Loopyloocards)

Kath's Rocker:   love all the delicate die cutting on this lovely white and cream card. It makes a stunning card.

#5  Mac Mable

Helen's Rocker:  Mac's colouring of embossing paste, combined with embossing enamel through stencils has resulted in a stunning CAS card with a gorgeous shine! I just love this special card!

Congratulations Margaret, Heather, Nisha, Trina, Cathy, Lee Ann, Lynda and Mac!  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, April 16th, for our next Watercooler Wednesday Challenge.  You won't want to miss all the wonderful designs by our Watercooler Artists.