Week 260: Weekly Winners!

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

Anna had the honor of selecting the Winner for Week #260 and here is her selection:

I just love Jen's lovely juicy lemons. Eye catching and bold but still clean and simple, perfect!

Congratulations, Jen!

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:

Honorable Mentions

1. Janet's Choice : I love Barb's luscious, juicy fruit with the sunbeams giving more depth and shine.	2. Jen's Choice:  I couldn't resist the brilliant pun and pop of green on Annie's fab one layer card!	3. Joyce's Choice: I love Sazzle's adorable curve of fruit juicy bears, and matching sentiment.	4. Judy's Choice: PJ's framed and masked lemons are a perfect backdrop to a lovely sentiment!
5. Sherrie's Choice: Jane's bright colors and expert masking created one perfect CAS card.	6. Jacquie's Choice: I've been craving a juicy burger since seeing Elizabeth's perfect summer card!	7. Rachel's Choice: Asa's gorgeous bold sentiment and trio of pineapples is wonderfully CAS!	8. Hannelie's choice: Wow, crisp and fresh and JUICY! Amazing card, Ami, congratulations!
9. Kymona's Choice: Ksenija's card is so cute. The placement of the watermelon was creative! Congrats!	10. Deidre's Choice: Conil's dry embossing and bright citrus fruit are CAS-licious! Sweet card.

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 #261!

Week 260: JUICY

It's time for a new cue word and you may want to grab a napkin because the gallery will be dripping with inspiration this week!

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!)

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

Guest Designer:  Michele

design defined:
Even big, graphic die cuts can be CAS if just a touch of color is added to lots of white! 


 Anna

design defined:
Add dimension to create interest on a CAS design.


Deidre

design defined:
Push your design elements into one corner of your card for a CAS design.


Hannelie

design defined:  
Keep your layout very simple when using a bold focal point.


 Jacquie

design defined:

White space doesn't have to be white.


  Janet

 design defined:

One bold image is all you need for a CAS card.


Joyce

 design defined:
Confine your design to 1/3 of the card.


Judy 

design defined:
One colorfully paper pieced image is fun on a CAS design!


Kymona 

design defined:
Simple detail will keep your card CAS!


Rachel

design defined:
Contain a blended background in a specific space to keep your card clean and simple!


Sherrie 

design defined:
Patterned paper can be used in small doses in a CAS design. 
 

 


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

Blog Hop Winners!

!WINNERS!

A great big THANK YOU to everyone who helped us celebrate our 5-year anniversary during the blog hop!  The time and effort you put into the hop was absolutely amazing!  Below are the winners chosen via random.org!  Congratulations!

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

CASology - $50 gift certificate to the online craft store of winner's choice

Betty Keefe (#78 in gallery)

Altenew - $30 gift certificate to the online store

Sue LD (Blogger ID)

Sprinkle Berry - $30 voucher to the online store

Laurie (Blogger ID)

Avery Elle - $20 gift certificate to the online store

Riette

Cindy B Designs - $25 gift certificate to online craft store of winner's choice

Fiki (Blogger ID)

Concord & 9th - $25 gift certificate to the online store

Kathy Schweinfurth

DeNami Designs - $20 gift certificate to the online store
Carol Godfrey

Lawn Fawn - $35 gift certificate to the online store
k ostgard (Blogger ID)

Neat & Tangled - $25 gift certificate to the online store
Debbie Bonczek

Poppystamps - $20 gift certificate to the online store
Vinita Jain

Precious Remembrance Shop - stamp set of winner's choice
Aggie O.

7 Kids College Fund - $20 store credit
Purple Princess (Blogger ID)

STAMPlorations - $15 gift certificate to the online store
ionabunny (Gail)

Sunny Studio - Color Me Happy set + matching Color Word Die
Julye B.

The Ton - $20 gift certificate (for The Ton brand stamps, dies, inks & gilding products)
Francine D

Uniko Studio - and in stock clear stamp set of winner's choice
Colleen M

Waffle Flower - $25 gift certificate to the online store
Monica Maier

Your Next Stamp - $20 gift certificate to the online store
Tracie Clary

**Be sure and stop back in an hour for the beginning of Challenge #260!**