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Announcing the Winners of the Whimsical Watercolor Abstract Design Challenge

May 11, 2017

Abstract deep blue by selmacardoso is the winner of the Whimsical Watercolor Abstract design challenge!

Big bold strokes of watercolor genius took center stage this week during the Whimsical Watercolor Abstract design challenge! Please put your hands together for first time design challenge winner, Selma Cardoso (selmacardoso), who took first place with her design, Abstract deep blue! Selma will be receiving the grand-prize of $200 in Spoonflower credit and a 1-year Skillshare Premium subscription. The 2nd place winner, appaloosa_designs, will receive $100 in Spoondollars and a 6 month Skillshare Premium subscription. The 3rd place winner, ceciliamok, will receive $50 in Spoondollars and a 6 month Skillshare Premium subscription. The rest of the top 10 winners will receive $20 in Spoonflower credit. See all the top 10 winners.

1. 219 votes for Abstract deep blue by selmacardoso
2. 216 votes for Whimsical Orchard by appaloosa_designs
3. 215 votes for Daydreaming by ceciliamok
4. 214 votes for cosmic radiance abstract watercolor by mimipinto
5. 203 votes for Abstract watercolor waves by elena_naylor
6. 195 votes for abstract watercolour floral by cjldesigns
7. 185 votes for watercolour_voronoi by catashtrophe
8. 177 votes for Dreamy_Blue_Abstract by ed_designs
9. 172 votes for Abstract Watercolour (pastels) by cerigwen
10. 171 votes for Abstract Watercolor by minikuosi [Read more…] about Announcing the Winners of the Whimsical Watercolor Abstract Design Challenge

Announcing the Winners of the Whimsical Watercolor Fantasy Creatures Design Challenge

May 4, 2017

watercolor mermaids by mintedtulips is the grand prize winner!

While we can’t guarantee we’ll be seeing mermaids, yetis and dragons co-existing outside of the Spoonflower design challenge world, we can promise the winning designs will brighten your day with whimsy and fun! A round of applause is in order for FIRST TIME WINNER, Lindsey Marsh ( aka mintedtulip) for her design, Watercolor Mermaid! Lindsey will be receiving the grand-prize of $200 in Spoonflower credit and a 1-year Skillshare Premium subscription. The 2nd place winner, nouveau_bohemian will receive $100 in Spoondollars and a 6 month Skillshare Premium subscription. The 3rd place winner, heatherdutton will receive $50 in Spoondollars and a 6 month Skillshare Premium subscription. The rest of the top 10 winners will receive $20 in Spoonflower credit. See all the top 10 winners.

Don’t forget, for the first time ever, all submissions into May’s design challenges are automatically entered to win the grand prize full of design goodies worth over $1000!

1. 351 votes for watercolor mermaids by mintedtulip
2. 324 votes for Mythica (sea foam) by nouveau_bohemian
3. 313 votes for Under The Sea – Nautical Mermaid Watercolor Blue by heatherdutton
4. 267 votes for WatercolorFairies by blairfully_made
5. 263 votes for In the Garden by susan_polston
6. 255 votes for Fire dragons in orange and blue watercolors by heleen_vd_thillart
7. 252 votes for Merry Mermaids in Watercolor by micklyn
8. 250 votes for sea unicorn by bruxamagica
9. 234 votes for sweet mermaids by cjldesigns
10. 219 votes for Nessie by artfully_minded [Read more…] about Announcing the Winners of the Whimsical Watercolor Fantasy Creatures Design Challenge

Announcing the Winners of the Birds and Blooms Design Challenge

April 27, 2017

Nesting in Blooms by Susan Polston is the winner of the Birds & Blooms design challenge!

It’s been raining all week at the Spoonflower HQ but it stopped just in time to crown a winner of the Birds and Blooms design challenge! While the extra rain may have helped the blooms in the employee garden, no rain was necessary for the blooms featured in Susan Polston’s winning design challenge entry, Nesting in Blooms! This is Susan’s third time winning a design challenge – our hats are off to her! Susan will be receiving the grand-prize of $200 in Spoonflower credit. The 2nd place winner, ottomanbrim will receive $100 in Spoondollars. The 3rd place winner, laurenthomasdesigns will receive $50 in Spoondollars. The rest of the top 10 winners will receive $20 in Spoonflower credit. See all the top 10 winners.

1. 279 votes for Nesting in Blooms by susan_polston
2. 278 votes for Blue blooms and black birds by ottomanbrim
3. 272 votes for Blossom_and_Birds by laurenthomasdesigns
4. 264 votes for Poppy_Perch by divadeba
5. 255 votes for Lake Alexandra by melarmstrongdesign
6. 252 votes for birds, flowers and strawberries by mirabelleprint
7. 248 votes for Folk Art Birds and Blooms by j9design
8. 247 votes for Gracie’s Garden – Bird Floral by heatherdutton
9. 246 votes for Springtime Birds by sarah_knight
10. 245 votes for Spring Magpie by nicofennec

Announcing the Winners of the Limited Color Palette Succulents Design Challenge!

April 20, 2017

Succulents and Roses by Tory Sevas is the winner of the Limited Color Palette Succulents design challenge!

From prickly to pruned and terrariums to teacups, this week’s designers brought their best green (design) thumb for the Limited Color Palette Succulents design challenge. A big brava to Viktoria Sevastyanova for her winning design, succulents and roses! Tory will be receiving the grand-prize of $200 in Spoonflower credit. The 2nd place winner, beesocks will receive $100 in Spoondollars. The 3rd place winner, vo_aka_virginia will receive $50 in Spoondollars. The rest of the top 10 winners will receive $20 in Spoonflower credit. See all the top 10 winners.

1. 273 votes for succulents and roses by torysevas
2. 259 votes for Soothing succulents by beesocks
3. 242 votes for Sunset succulents by vo_aka_virginiao
4. 241 votes for succulent_garden by nadja_petremand
5. 225 votes for Tea Cups & Succulents by honoluludesign
6. 191 votes for Succulent Garden – Black by heatherdutton
7. 178 votes for Spiky Succulents by samalah
8. 176 votes for Paisley succulents by camcreative
9. 171 votes for Lime Zinger Sedum Too by lindiart
10. 165 votes for Succulent Waltz – Peach by ceciliamok

Announcing the Winners of the Paper Cut Florals Design Challenge

April 13, 2017

Cut Flowers – Floral Collage design by Heather Dutton is the winner of this week’s Design Challenge

The flowers must have been in full bloom this week for designer Heather Dutton, who took first place with her colorful paper-cut floral design! While we’d love to send her a bouquet of fresh flowers, Heather will be receiving the grand-prize of $200 in Spoonflower credit. The 2nd place winner, Rocsanne Putri will receive $100 in Spoondollars. The 3rd place winner, Jody Mcmullen will receive $50 in Spoondollars. The rest of the top 10 winners will receive $20 in Spoonflower credit. See all the top 10 winners.

1. 266 votes for Cut Flowers – Floral Collage by heatherdutton
2. 251 votes for Spoonflower_PaperCut_RocsannePutri by rocsanne_putri
3. 240 votes for Paper Florals by jody_mcmullen
4. 238 votes for Paper Meadow by mariaspeyer
5. 222 votes for Purple Paper Anemone Collage by micklyn
6. 220 votes for cutflower_poppy by torysevas
7. 217 votes for Spring Paper-Cut Bouquet by cherishedminky
8. 216 votes for paper florals by marta_strausa
9. 201 votes for Matisse’s Garden by gracedesign
10. 198 votes for ranunculas by wingmade
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It’s time for the 2017 Employee Design Challenge!

March 31, 2017

Every week, Spoonflower employees watch from the sidelines as you, our creative community, participate in the weekly design challenges. For one week out of the year, the roles are reversed and employees step off the sidelines and onto the design field to create a design for the annual employee design challenge. This year, employees were tasked with creating a design inspired by the theme Opposites Attract. From organic to geometric and sea to sky, our talented staff got right to work creating their design challenge entries. Want to learn more about the designs for this year’s challenge? Read on to see how four team members created their designs and don’t forget to vote for your favorite designs by Tuesday at 3pm EDT!

Announcing the Winners of our Hexagon Design Challenge

March 30, 2017

Honey Bee Hexagon by Tiffany Heiger is this week’s grand prize winner!

Honey Bee Hexagon by Tiffany Heiger

Everybody’s been buzzing about Tiffany Heiger’s winning design: Honey Bee Hexagon! Tiffany hails from Delaware, USA, and this is her second Design Challenge win. Tiffany will receive $200 in Spoonflower credit. The 2nd place winner, Groovity, will receive $100 in Spoondollars. The 3rd place winner, Scrummy, will receive $50 in Spoondollars. The rest of the top 10 winners will receive $20 in Spoonflower credit. The top 25 popularly voted designs (provided the designers are already verified sellers) will be automatically made available for sale in the Marketplace where they will receive 10% commission on every sale — no $5.00 swatch required! Next week, designers get to take a break as we run our annual tradition of a Spoonflower Employee Design Challenge! Vote now. [Read more…] about Announcing the Winners of our Hexagon Design Challenge

Announcing the Winners of our Tangram Design Challenge!

March 23, 2017

Calliope – Geometric Floral Aqua Pink & Gold by heatherdutton is the winner of this week’s Design Challenge

A big round of applause is in order for Heather Dutton who earned first place this week with her gorgeous springtime tangram design. Heather gets to take home the grand-prize of $200 in Spoonflower credit. The 2nd place winner, Sarah Treu will receive $100 in Spoondollars. The 3rd place winner, Elena Naylor will receive $50 in Spoondollars. The rest of the top 10 winners will receive $20 in Spoonflower credit. See all the top 10 winners.

1. 278 votes for Calliope – Geometric Floral Aqua Pink & Gold by heatherdutton
2. 252 votes for Tangram Kites and Puppies by sarah_treu
3. 239 votes for Tangram goldfish and water lillies by elena_naylor
4. 237 votes for Modernist Owls Warm Tones Large by pinkowlet
5. 233 votes for Tropical Tangrams by designs_by_lisa_k
6. 231 votes for A shoal of tangram fish by ebygomm
7. 210 votes for Boxy Foxy by jenimp
8. 167 votes for Tangram Geishas by juliesfabrics
9. 165 votes for people puzzled by abstracthands
10. 161 votes for tangram town by scrummy [Read more…] about Announcing the Winners of our Tangram Design Challenge!

Announcing April’s Fresh New Design Challenges

March 17, 2017

April showers bring floral design challenges! After you take a short break during the Annual Employee Design Challenge, that is. That’s right folks, for the first week of April the tables will turn and Spoonflower staff members get to put on our designer-hats to face off in a beloved annual tradition. Inspired by the constant strive for balance, this year’s theme is Opposites Attract. Employees submit designs, and the community votes on a favorite. Take that week to visit some gardens and gather inspiration, because the rest of the month is dedicated to floral designs with a twist. Read on to find out more.

Employee Design Challenge: “Opposites” | Results Announced April 6

It would be an understatement to say the team working behind the scenes at the Spoonflower HQ is a creative bunch. Whether we’re sewing up sample projects to test new fabrics or creating designs for our personal Spoonflower or Etsy shops, the creative juices are always flowing! However, as many of you may already know, Spoonflower employees must hang up our weekly Design Challenge hat once we start working here, as employees are not eligible to enter contests. Enter the annual Staff Challenge! The tables will turn, as designers get to sit back and take a week off while Spoonflower employees go head to head in a creative battle! The theme of our Staff Challenge this year is “Opposites Attract.” The twist is that each employee submits a theme inspired by opposites, then the themes will get scrambled up and distributed out, so each participant is given an Opposites theme that was submitted by someone else. Employees will be given a week to create our designs, then the community (that’s you!) gets to vote as normal. We’re super excited about our grand prize this year, the employee with the most votes will get to have their design printed and turned into a Unicorn bust from Near&Deer! Submissions close March 28, 2017 at 3 p.m. Eastern. Voting begins March 30, 2017. See official rules. [Read more…] about Announcing April’s Fresh New Design Challenges

Announcing the Winners of our Mandalas Design Challenge

March 16, 2017

Mandala Daze by Julistyle is the winner of our Design Challenge this week!

Mandala Daze by Julistyle, printed on Silky Faille

In Sanskrit, the word “mandala” simply means circle. It is known as a spiritual symbol in Hinduism and Buddhism, representing the universe. One of the most well known examples is the sand Mandala – a Tibetan Buddhist tradition involving the creation and destruction of mandalas made from colored sand. This week’s winner, Julie Goonan of Julistyle captured the colorful joy and spirit of mandalas beautifully with her Mandala Daze design, which took home first place! Julie will receive $200 in Spoonflower credit. The 2nd place winner, Svetlana Prikhenko will receive $100 in Spoondollars, and the 3rd place winner, thirdhalfstudios will receive $50 in Spoondollars. The rest of the top 10 winners will receive $20 in Spoonflower credit, and all of the top 25 have been made for sale automatically. See and shop all of the top 10 here.

1. 283 votes for mandala-daze by julistyle
2. 277 votes for Lion Mandala by svetlana_prikhnenko
3. 260 votes for Ani-mandala by thirdhalfstudios
4. 256 votes for Mandala color by camcreative
5. 252 votes for Folk_Art_Mandala by j9design
6. 250 votes for moon and sung (blue) by analinea
7. 245 votes for mandala cirque indigo cream by scrummy
8. 234 votes for Zen Garden by robyriker
9. 216 votes for springtime mandala by vo_aka_virginiao
10. 212 votes for Granny’s Crazy Patchwork Quilt by groovity [Read more…] about Announcing the Winners of our Mandalas Design Challenge