Challenge #46 A Sketch Challenge

Welcome to our 46th challenge here at Aurora Wings.   We have something a bit different for you this time, a Sketch for you to follow.

Here is the sketch, and for those of you who are not familiar with using one, the sketch is offered as a design guide.  You may rotate or flip the design, or even change the shape of some of the elements.  It is for inspiration, with some room for creativity.  Just be sure we can recognize the basic sketch in your creation.  Hope you have fun with it.

In any case, don't forget our rules:

No Back Linking
Must be a finished project with a hand colored image following the set theme
ONE ENTRY LIMIT if using an image other than Aurora Wings
THREE ENTRY LIMIT if ALL are Aurora Wings images
Link to specific post, not entire Blog
Link back to Aurora Wings Challenge

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)

Now, let's see some fabulous inspiration!

We're thrilled to have Jan Thompson, from the Aurora Wings Showcase Team joining us as Guest Designer this time.

  

Jan using Dark Princess (on Etsy), (on AW.com)

And from the Aurora Team

Teresa using Spiderwort Sprite (on Etsy), ( on AW.com)

Laila using Weeping Rose (on Etsy), (on AW.com)

Silvia using Butterfly Sprite (fancy wings) (on Etsy), (on AW.com)

Debbie using Cherry Sprite (on Etsy), (on AW.com)

Donna using Crimson Blossoms (on Etsy), (on AW.com)

Gloria using Pierrot Sprite (on Etsy), (on AW.com)

Coupon Still good through Monday March 20th at BOTH AW Etsy and AW Digi Shop.

Check out the new Exclusives at AW.com HERE.

The challenge will be open at 9:00 am EST Monday March 20th and close at 11:55 pm Saturday April 1st 2017. Entries posted prior to March 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.  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.  Feel free, however, to enter your Blog challenge entries in the AW FB Group contest if the theme fits there as well.

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 #46 in the subject line, and I will add it to our Aurora Wings Submissions Blog, where it can be viewed and commented on, and the Linky so you can participate here. Hopefully this will accommodate everyone.  xx

Challenge #45 Winners

Mitzi and the team want to thank all of you who joined us for our Sprite Delight IV challenge.  It was so much fun seeing the all beautiful coloring of Mitzi's adorable gift for the challenge, as well as those who chose some of her other magical creatures to play with.  Each and every entry was a treasure, making our choices very difficult, but choose we must, so here are the winners.

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

#15 Nicola


In Mitzi's own words,  "I adore Nicola's beautifully rich coloring in naturalistic colors on the Pansy Sprite. The royal purple is so rich and blended beautifully into the yellow towards the center of the flower. The background and embellishments all work together for a stunning project."

The RANDOM WINNER ($20 GC) goes to

#27 Kleri

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

#11 Annica Kusnik

#17 Susan Sudbury

#18 Engelchen

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 46th challenge, hosted by the Aurora Team, which goes live at 9:00am EST today.

Challenge #45 Sprite Delight IV

Welcome to our 45th Challenge here at Aurora Wings and we know you will be especially excited about our theme this time because we have a surprise for you.  

Meet the adorable new Pansy Sprite, Mitzi's gift to you for the duration of the challenge. Left click on the image, then right click and save to your computer.  Feel free to copy and save Pansy Sprite to use in this challenge and future projects.  You are not required to use Pansy Sprite in this challenge but we would love to see him.  Regular copyright rules apply.  Do not post this image on your Blog, Pinterest, etc. or share with friends.  Please refer them to the AW Challenge Blog so they may download their own copy.

PLEASE DON'T FORGET OUR RULES  

 WE ARE ONLY ACCEPTING AURORA WINGS SPRITES for this challenge. You may enter up to 3 times as always, when using AW images.  Please avoid using the AW big eyed doll face images with Sprite in the title for this challenge. Entries using other company's images will be removed without warning.

NO BACKLINKING

PLEASE LINK TO YOUR BLOG POST, NOT YOUR ENTIRE BLOG

PLEASE LINK BACK TO THE AW CHALLENGE BLOG

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)

Here's some adorable inspiration from the Stella Team,

first using the adorable Pansy Sprite freebie available above.

Marion

RoRa

Sara

Donna (+ Pansy Border)

And using a variety of Mitzi's Whimsical Sprites

RoRa using Autumn Sprite

Ann-Marie using Pierrot Sprite

Julie using Raspberry Sprite

Myndi using Butterfly Sprite (fancy wings version)

Cristena using Hyacinth Sprite

Sara using LOTS of SPRITES!

The challenge will be open at 9:00 am EST Monday March 6th and close at 11:55 pm Saturday March 18th 2017. Entries posted prior to March 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.  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.  Feel free, however, to enter your Blog challenge entries in the AW FB Group contest if the theme fits there as well.

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 #45 in the subject line, and I will add it to our Aurora Wings Submissions Blog, where it can be viewed and commented on, and the Linky so you can participate here. Hopefully this will accommodate everyone.  xx

Challenge #44 Winners

Mitzi and the team want to thank all of you who joined us for our Anything Goes Challenge.  Such fabulous entries and we love seeing the images you choose when you have free reign.  This week it was a particularly hard decision, but choose we must, so here are the winners.

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

#46 Olesya 

In Mitzi's own words,  "Olesya's beautiful coloring with wonderful shading on the Raspberry Sprite brings dimension and life to the image. The background of cut papers adds just a perfect contrast and backdrop for the colored image."

The RANDOM WINNER ($20 GC) goes to

#50 Cheryl Ogilvy

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

#16 Lori Podolsky

#18 Scraplyan

#45 Lynsey

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 45th challenge, hosted by the Stella Team, which goes live at 9:00am EST today.