Week 261: Weekly Winners!

It's time to announce our Weekly Winner and Honorable Mentions!
 

Melissa had the honor of selecting the Winner for Week #261 and here is her selection:

Shona used a simple color scheme, dimension and abundant white space to create her winning design!

Congratulations, Shona!

Please contact Melissa at gimmeink@gmail.com to claim your prize! 

Below is a winner's badge to proudly display on your blog:

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Here are the Honorable Mentions chosen by the rest of the design team:

1. Anna's choice: White space doesn't have to be white! This is so eye catching and perfectly CAS, Lucie.	2. Joyce's Choice: Pip's card is so very well done, and really made me laugh.	3. Janet's choice: Ant's warm African sun, bold silhouette and touches of nature are so striking & CAS.	4. Rachel's Choice: Shelly's gorgeous coloring really stands out on this clean and simple card!
5. Jen's Choice: Cat's fabulous card cracked me up! Great layout and sentiment on this CAS beauty!	6. Sherrie's Choice: Christel's cluster of elephants, enamel dots, & white space are perfectly CAS.	7. Jacquie's Choice: Donna's giraffe silhouette is perfectly placed against the sun! Beautiful design!	8. Kymona's Choice: Toni's giraffe is amazing. Super cute, funny and beautifully colored. Congrats!
9. Judy's Choice: Pink Unicorns safari scene is rich in color and fun! A great mix of art & cuteness!	10. Deidre's Choice: Pip used her negative die cuts in an awesome way to create another card! Love it :)

Congratulations to all of you!

Here is a badge to proudly display on your blogs:

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Be sure to stop back in an hour for challenge #262!

Week 261: SAFARI

We're going on a safari this week!  Come join us!

As always, remember the following CAS guidelines when creating your design:

1. One main image
2. Lots of open space, uncluttered
3. Limited layers & embellishments
4. Quick & easy to recreate (Note: It may take a while to create a design you like, but once you have that design, making more should be a piece of cake!)

Your Next Stamp is returning as our wonderful sponsor this week and this week's winner will receive a $25 gift certificate to their online store!  If you've been thinking about adding some YNS products to your stash, you'll want to shop this week!  Your Next Stamp is offering you a 20% discount on your order during this week's challenge!  Use code YNSCAS during checkout!  Thank you, Your Next Stamp!

Now let's take a look at what the design team and this week's guest designer created for inspiration!

Guest Designer:  Kevin B.

 design defined:

Using vellum helps to soften a patterned design.


Anna

design defined:

Use the rule of threes to balance your CAS design. 


Deidre

design defined:
A bold sentiment over your focal image keeps it CAS.


Hannelie

design defined:
Go off the edge to create more white space.

Jacquie

design defined:
Black & white with a simple pop of color works well in CAS designs.

Janet

design defined:

Offset your image to create interest.

Jen

design defined:
An upper centrally placed image makes for a classic CAS layout. 


Joyce

design defined:

Keep your design to 1/3 of the card front.

Kymona

design defined:

Monotone keeps your card CAS!

Rachel

design defined:

Use your sentiment to help ground your image.

Sherrie

design defined:

An embossed background adds interest to white space.

Go have fun creating your CAS design and don't forget to link up here on the challenge blog by Monday at NOON (CDT)!