Aurora Wings Challenge Blog: June 2016

Monday, June 20, 2016

Challenge #31 Black and White with One Other Color

Welcome to our 31st Challenge here at Aurora Wings with the new theme of Black & White with One Other Color. As you can see in our inspiration pieces, we want to see shades of gray in place of normal skin and hair colors as well. This is a somewhat challenging way to color, but the effect is quite striking, don't you think?

PLEASE REMEMBER OUR RULES. It breaks my heart when I have to delete a gorgeous creation for lack of compliance, but because we have random winners, that's the only fair thing to do. Those using an AURORA WINGS IMAGE may enter up to THREE times, but those using a stamp from another company may only enter ONCE. ALL creations must have a hand colored digital or rubber stamp to be eligible.

Our prizes THIS month will include:

1 (one) Artist's Choice Award Winner to be selected from entries using Aurora Wings digis ($20 GC and Badge)

1 (one) Random Winner ($20 GC)

TOP 3 Winners to be chosen by the DT ($10 GC and Badge)

The Aurora team is thrilled to have Ann-Marie Johansson joining us as Guest Designer for this challenge.

Ann-Marie using Heartstrings

So on to more fabulous inspiration from the Aurora Team.

Laila using Star Dancer

Laila using Spirit of Diamonds

Gloria using Crimson Wings Indian Moth Fairy

Silvia using Hydrangea Sprite

Debbie using Anima Sola

Kevin using Pierrot Sprite

Karola using Masked Woman with Barn Owl

Donna using Chrysanthemum Festival

The challenge will be open at 9:00 am EDT Monday June 20th and close at 11:55 pm Saturday July 2nd 2016. Entries posted prior to June 20th will be deleted. All entries must have a hand colored digital or rubber stamp on their completed project to be eligible. Please follow the chosen theme. ONE entry per person if not using an Aurora Wings image. You may enter your project in as many other challenges as desired. Please link to your POST address, NOT your BLOG address and link back to the Aurora Wings Challenge Blog. We would greatly appreciate you removing word verification and switching to comment moderation if you fear spam. In fairness to all, those not following the rules will be deleted. Thank you for your understanding and please have fun. We look forward to your fabulous creations.

Also, because of the difficulties we have experienced with Facebook entries, I regret that we will no longer be accepting them on the Challenge Blog. Thank you for your understanding.

However, if you do not have a blog and would still like to enter this challenge, please email me at donnamundinger(at)gmail(dot)com with your name, a picture of your entry and Aurora Wings Challenge #31 in the subject line, and I will add it to the Linky so you can participate. Hopefully this will accommodate everyone. xx

Challenge #30 Winners

Mitzi and the team wants to thank all of you who joined us for our "A Touch of Class" challenge. The entries were lovely, and very classy indeed, so without further ado we give you the winners.

The ARTIST'S CHOICE AWARD ($20 GC and Badge) chosen by Mitzi from among the entrants using Aurora Wings images goes to

#29 Annemis

In Mitzi's own words, "This is such a captivating, stunning card with red and green on a stark white. The intense colors used sparsely give such a distinct look to the project. Very graphic and bold, but most definitely elegant and classy."

The RANDOM WINNER ($20 GC) goes to

# 4 Wendy Batchen

And the Top 3 ($10 GC and Badge) in numerical order as they appeared in the challenge, chosen by the Design Team from ALL the entries goes to

#7 Billie A

#11 Andrea Norris

#28 Kartenstempeltina

A huge Congratulations to our fabulous winners! Please e-mail Mitzi at

studiomiyabi (at) aol (dot) com, with subject line "AW challenge blog ACA winner/top 3/ random winner (*select one that applies to you)" with your list of LINKS (not the titles of the digis) to the digis you wish to receive up to the total amount of your prize. (all values are in USD, and PLEASE no overages) to receive your prize.

PLEASE NOTE: PRIZES NOT CLAIMED WITHIN A TWO WEEK PERIOD WILL BE FORFEITED.

Hope to see you all back for our 31st challenge, hosted by the Aurora Team, which goes live at 9:00am EDT today.

Monday, June 6, 2016

Challenge #30 "A Touch of Class"

Welcome to our 30th challenge here at Aurora Wings, hosted by the Stella Team, with the new theme of "A Touch of Class". We're expecting a rather broad interpretation of this theme, but in general, we'd like to see projects have been "done in good taste with a touch of elegance and beauty added to what is normally there," so have fun with it. We can't wait to see what you create.

Our prizes THIS month will include:

1 (one) Artist's Choice Award Winner to be selected from entries using Aurora Wings digis ($20 GC and Badge)

1 (one) Random Winner ($20 GC)

TOP 3 Winners to be chosen by the DT ($10 GC and Badge)

So on to the fabulous inspiration by the Stella Team.

Cristena using Sakura Fubuki Urei-

Japanese Woman in a Storm of Cherry Petals

Marion using Pumpkin Pie Kitten

Julie using Orchid Corner

Sara using Lady of the Forest

RoRa using Miyabi Full Version

Wendy using Yukionna - Snow Woman

Donna using Woman with Gardenia and Pearls

The challenge will be open at 9:00 am EDT Monday June 6th and close at 11:55 pm Saturday June 18th 2016. Entries posted prior to June 6th will be deleted. All entries must have a hand colored digital or rubber stamp on their completed project to be eligible. Please follow the chosen theme. ONE entry per person if not using an Aurora Wings image. You may enter your project in as many other challenges as desired. Please link to your POST address, NOT your BLOG address and link back to the Aurora Wings Challenge Blog. We would greatly appreciate you removing word verification and switching to comment moderation if you fear spam. In fairness to all, those not following the rules will be deleted. Thank you for your understanding and please have fun. We look forward to your fabulous creations.

Also, because of the difficulties we have experienced with Facebook entries, I regret that we will no longer be accepting them on the Challenge Blog. Thank you for your understanding.

However, if you do not have a blog and would still like to enter this challenge, please email me at donnamundinger(at)gmail(dot)com with your name, a picture of your entry and Aurora Wings Challenge #30 in the subject line, and I will add it to the Linky so you can participate. Hopefully this will accommodate everyone. xx

Challenge #29 Winners

Mitzi and the team wants to thank all of you who managed to ignore your embellishment stash and focused on your main objective, to create a beautifully designed, but clean and simple creation. The entries were lovely, so without further ado we give you the winners.

The ARTIST'S CHOICE AWARD ($20 GC and Badge) chosen by Mitzi from among the entrants using Aurora Wings images goes to

#4 Olesya

In Mitzi's own words, "I love the saturated purple on this Sprite with bright yellow pants. Other details are visually clean and simple, but subtle details from the patterns on the paper to layering make for a beautiful card."

The RANDOM WINNER ($20 GC) goes to