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Vintage Glamour Metallic Wallpaper

Spoonflower recently started offering two new metallic substrates for their wallpaper, so it is no surprise that we now have a challenge specifically gears to one of those. First up is the gold version, I am sure a silver challenge is in the works too.

So the prompt for the challenge is Vintage Glamour and with that in mind I was instantly transported back to the 1920’s and the fashions it conjured up

Art Deco Sepia Glamour

So part of the challenge her is to design to make the most of the metallic effect.

Here is my design

and this is what it will look like printed on metallic gold stock paper

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Crustaceancore Spoonflower Challenge

I created a whole collection around lobsters and tidepool friends last year, so when the theme of this week’s Spoonflower challenge was announced, I was not particularly thrilled. It was a subject I had already explored and here I was trying to approach it from a different angle again. And boy did I come up with some completely different concepts which then left me with the tricky decision on which to enter.

My first go came up with these delft inspired crabs… my love of blue and white lies deep.

It was a design concept I love but as I started seeing other designer share their take, I thought my design would not stand out enough.

So then I went the Bauhaus approach

but wasn’t totally in love with that but I really liked some of the geometry of the shapes, so was spurred on to explore that a little further.

After fiddling around with just basic circles, Happy Round Crabs popped out!

and it is this design I finally decided to go with but it was really down to the last minute whether to switch it out with one of my delft designs. Too lates to change my mind now, the deadline has just past.

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Party Wall Spoonflower Challenge

I wish Spoonflower would go back to weekly challenges, with this two week thing, one of these days I am going to totally forget to submit my entry!

This week the prompt is party wall and I started off designing with lots of color and energy.

The design I came up with was this

and while it pops and really convey a party mood I felt it was much more suitable for party linens that a party wallpaper!

So I went back to the drawing board an created something much simpler but far more elegant!

Golden Twinkle star Garland

golden twinkle stars
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Treat Yourself Spoonflower Design Challenge

Is it wrong to salivate as you design? Hahahah! That was the case as I created my entry for this week’s Spoonflower challenge “Treat Yourself”

I went for some decadent waffles with all the topping… strawberries, blueberries, cream and of course maple syrup. Top it off with a cup of coffee and an extra plate of waffles and I am in heaven! And if I can’t play off my last name here something is wrong.

Waffle Feast

waffle feast
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A Trip to the Beach

Hurray for a fun prompt for this week’s Spoonflower challenge . Out with blah neutrals and in with a prompt which welcomes color, A trip to the beach.

With the extra time we get for challenges now I am tending to play around with all sorts of designs and end up building a whole collection around the theme. If I am perfectly honest I prefer the tighter timeframe and lets face it, it results in less entries. I think one recent challenge had 24 pages of stuff to wade through. That is a big ask for anyone… I can hardly be bothered to even vote for myself let alone subject anyone else to the task.

Anyway, here is my entry

Beach Hut Beach Days

beach huts

And here is the rest of the collection
Beach Trip Nantucket Bliss

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Warm Minimal Wallpaper Challenge

Gosh I found warm minimal such a dull design prompt. why not just call it beige and be done with. Never the less I cracked on and produced so many designs I went design blind. I consulted my better half on which one to enter and let’s just put that baby to bed and move on. It will probably bomb but I am at the point of who cares.

Fleur Minimal

minimal fleur

And these were the other contenders, they now make up a new collection Warm Abstracts in my Spoonflower shop

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leap year king frog

Leap Year Frog Challenge

Gosh I have created quite a few frog themed designs over the years but it is the topic of this week’s Spoonflower challenge so I have dug deep and come up with a new froggy design. Actually I came up with three, the switch to a challenge every two weeks has given me a lot more time to play around. I prefer the time constraint of a challenge every week. It focuses the mind more and there are less entries per challenge. Having to wade through a staggering 20 pages this last challenge to find my design is no fun for me and anyone else voting. Ai generated designs are still prevalent too.

But let’s stop the moaning and get one with the design I have gone with!

King Frog

king frog

these were the other contenders

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