WWC195 - Charlotte's Feminine "Anything Goes" Challenge

Woo Hoo!  This week Charlotte is hosting our very popular Feminine "Anything Goes" Challenge.  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,  I'm sure many are wondering about the Design Team Call.  That has now officially closed and we are sifting through the many blog posts involved, in an attempt to reduce the numbers.  The new team member will be starting with the New Year so, luckily, there is time.

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 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 wonderfully elegant Birthday Card:

Charlotte Ehrukainen

Gail Allen

Marsha Reed

Heidi Weaver

Tristan Dawes

Helen Finlay

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 8 challenges, including ours.

          5.  Have fun!

Please use the link-up below to share your project.  This Linky will close on Monday, November 12th,  at 5:00 p.m. Mountain Standard Time.

An InLinkz Link-up

WWC194 - The Watercooler Rock Star and Rockers

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

Heidi's choice for our Watercooler Rock Star is Lynda's gorgeous poinsettia framed art.  Following the winner are the Watercooler Artists choices for the Watercooler Rockers.

#53 - Lynda Pleckan (PaperArts Cafe)

Heidi's Winner:  I love the Penny Black images and the way Lynda added the watercolour look after stamping. It has softened the images and made them magical. The frame shows them off wonderfully well.

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

Next up are the awesome creations that caught the eye of the other Watercooler Artists for our Watercooler Rockers.  They are shown in no particular order.

#21 Gwendolyn Goh

Marsha's Choice:  Magnolias are a favorite and Gwen water-colored these beautifully.  I love the sentiment centered among all those flowers.

#65 Dawn Turley

Tristan's Choice: Dawn has created a beautiful vibrant card. the purple and green of her flowers and leaves just pop of her card. The soft stenciled background is a perfect foil for the flowers.

#15 Jan

Gail's Choice:   First reason is it is just such a cheerful, happy colour! Next, the sentiment could cover any number of things. And finally, there are just so many details to look at in the background that don't really appear at first as the whole design is so cohesive.

#58 Trina P

Helen's Choice:  Trina has used her stamps to create a very clever and wonderfully fun Christmas card. Her super ink blended background really sets off this fun CAS card.

#69 Toni (Toni at FHC)

Charlotte's Choice:   Toni has made such a fun and colourful Christmas card. I love the blended background, and the Santa is a beautifully coloured addition.

#17 Darlene Pavlick

Kath's Choice:  Darlene's Triptych Village Card Panel is wonderful to base a card on. The black and white make a perfect night scene. Adding the touch gold behind the church was a great addition.

Congratulations, Gwendolyn, Dawn, Jan, Trina, Toni and Darlene.  Here is your badge to proudly display on your blog designating you one of our Watercooler Rockers.

That's our lineup for this weeks' Watercooler Rock Star and Watercooler Rockers.  Be sure to come back tomorrow, November 7th, for our next Watercooler Wednesday Challenge.  You won't want to miss all the wonderful designs by our Watercooler Artists.

WWC194 - "Anything Goes" Challenge

Woo Hoo!  It's the fifth Wednesday of the month and we all know what that means.  We're having an "Anything Goes" challenge.  We mean that quite literally.  This project does not have to be a card.  Show us your amazing creation.  We can't wait to see what you choose to link up this week.

But first, let's talk about our Design Team call.

This is the last challenge for which we will be accepting applications for our Design Team.  If you're interested and think you can keep up with a growing weekly challenge, just put DT behind your name when you link up your card.

NOTE:  All applicants must have an active Facebook page since our team runs everything through our private Facebook page.

All applicants must also have an English blog or a bi-lingual blog, one of which languages must be English.  Since all our planning and discussion is done in English, the applicant must be able to understand what is going on.

For an idea of how our challenge works, check out previous challenges HERE.

And now...

Let's have a look at  the terrific projects by the Watercooler Artists to get your creative juices flowing.  You can see how many ways an "Anything Goes" challenge can be covered, from a framed Christmas decor piece to an incredibly complex special fold and an absolutely gorgeous variety of cards.   For details on how the 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 Christmas decor piece:

Heidi Weaver

Tristan Dawes

Helen Finlay

Marsha Reed

Kath Ricks

Gail Allen

Charlotte Ehrukainen

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

An InLinkz Link-up

WWC193 - 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 "All About Holidays" 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 Isabelle's lovely foliage design.   Following the winner are the Watercooler Artists choices for the Watercooler Rockers.

#41 Isabelle (Izzy Scrap)

Tristan's Winner:   I love Isabelle's monochrome Christmas card. The gold embossing of the foliage on the vellum is very elegant and is CAS perfection.

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

Next up are the awesome creations that caught the eye of the other Watercooler Artists for our Watercooler Rockers.  They are shown in no particular order.

#45 Karen Dunsbrook

Marsha's Choice:  I love Karen's clean and simple design.  Her doodled plaid makes me think of curling up in front of the fireplace with a good book.

#47 Lynda Pleckan (PaperArts Cafe)

Heidi's Choice:  Lynda's use of non-traditional colours for this Christmas card simply feels right. Perfect to showcase that adorable Dachshund/sentiment combination. I love the shimmery background, the snowflakes and that awesome ribbon, too. Great card.

#19 Stephanie Severin (Ingenius Inking)

Gail's Choice:  It is a really fun card with all the different deer images. Even with all that's going on in the background, the red and white deer - Rudolph - stands out as the star of the show.

#7 AndreaBastelmaus

Kath's Choice:  The scene that Andrea made is beautiful! The scene is so lifelike. This card was made as a Christmas card but lends itself to any occasion!

#10 Natasa (NatsPaperWorld)

Charlotte's Choice:  A gorgeous Christmas design. I love the texture of the reindeer and 

the pops of red.

#29 Trina P

Helen's Choice:  Trina has created a super cute, bright, happy Christmas scene with those lovely little penguins. A wonderful interactive card!

Congratulations, Karen, Lynda, Stephanie, Andrea, Natasa and Trina.  Here is your badge to proudly display on your blog designating you one of our Watercooler Rockers.

That's our lineup for this weeks' Watercooler Rock Star and Watercooler Rockers.  Be sure to come back tomorrow, October 31st, for our next Watercooler Wednesday Challenge.  You won't want to miss all the wonderful designs by our Watercooler Artists.

WWC193 - Tristan's "All About Holidays" Challenge PLUS Design Team Call (Week Two)

Woo Hoo!  It's time for Tristan to host our "All About Holidays" challenge this week.  People are beginning to think about all those holidays which take place only weeks from now.  It's time to make those special cards and projects and show them off.

But first, let's talk about our Design Team call.

For the next two challenges we will be accepting applications for our Design Team.  If you're interested and think you can keep up with a growing weekly challenge, just put DT behind your name when you link up your card.  

NOTE:  All applicants must have an active Facebook page since our team runs everything through our private Facebook page.

All applicants must also have an English blog or a bi-lingual blog, one of which languages must be English.  Since all our planning and discussion is done in English, the applicant must be able to understand what is going on.

For an idea of how our challenge works, check out previous challenges HERE.

And now...

Let's have a look at  the terrific projects by the Watercooler Artists to get your creative juices flowing.  You can see how many ways Holidays can be covered, from the cute to the masculine to the elegant.   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 absolutely awesome Hallowe'en card:

Tristan Dawes

Kath Ricks

Marsha Reed

Heidi Weaver

Helen Finlay

Charlotte Ehrukainen

Gail Allen

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 29th,  at 5:00 p.m. Mountain Daylight Time.

An InLinkz Link-up

WWC192 - The Watercooler Rock Star and Rockers!

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

Marsha's choice for our Watercooler Rock Star is Diane's wonderful acoustic guitar design.   Following the winner are the Watercooler Artists choices for the Watercooler Rockers.

#19 Diane Hover

Marsha's Winner:   Diane has created a wonderful birthday card. All of the different elements she has used come together to make a great masculine design. Love that acoustic guitar die-cut.

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

Next up are the awesome creations that caught the eye of the other Watercooler Artists for our Watercooler Rockers.  They are shown in no particular order.

#18 Nancy Hoetker

Gail's Choice:  The multi-coloured background is perfect to highlight the silhouette. And the sentiment is great for a male-themed card.

 

#6 Mia (Craftartista)

Heidi's Choice:  Mia has created an awesome gift bag which is perfect for a little boy. Nice vivid coloured bag and colouring of that cute little cowboy image. Great idea.

#11 Toni at FHC

Tristan's Choice:  Toni has created a stunning embossed/water coloured background piece for those deers. Great colour scheme.

#2 Donna Scholz

Kath's Choice:  Donna made a wonderful card! I like a nice Masculine Christmas Card! I love the moose in the window.

#4 Cornelia (fun stamping)

Charlotte's Choice:  Cornelia has achieved such fabulous dimension with her stenciling and I love the shimmery background. The diagonal sentiment strip is a great touch with the white heat embossed sentiment standing out perfectly. Great design.

#10 Robyn Oliver

Helen's Choice:  Robyn has created a great card with its wonderfully peaceful watercolour panel offset with that eye-catching faux metal piece.

Congratulations, Nancy, Mia, Toni, Donna, Cornelia and Robyn..  Here is your badge to proudly display on your blog designating you one of our Watercooler Rockers.

That's our lineup for this weeks' Watercooler Rock Star and Watercooler Rockers.  Be sure to come back tomorrow, October 24th, for our next Watercooler Wednesday Challenge.  You won't want to miss all the wonderful designs by our Watercooler Artists.