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Announcing the Whimsical Watercolor Cityscapes Design Challenge Winners

June 1, 2017

“Holland in royal Delft blue watercolors” by heleen_vd_thillart is the winner in the Whimsical Watercolor Cityscapes design challenge!

After seeing all of the entries in this week’s design challenge sponsored by our friends at Skillshare, we had to call in a friend to help with judging because we caught the travel bug! Luckily, our special guest judge, Samarra Khaja, best known as SammyK in the Spoonflower community and city motif expert, was ready to help!

A big congratulations goes out to this week’s challenge winner, Heleen van den Thillart (aka heleen_vd_thillart) for her winning design, Holland in royal Delft blue watercolors! Inspired by the 9 years she spent in Delft, Holland, Heleen’s design has won her the grand-prize of $200 in Spoonflower credit and a 1-year Skillshare Premium subscription. The 2nd place winner, sarah_treu, will receive $100 in Spoondollars and a 6 month Skillshare Premium subscription. The 3rd place winner, torysevas, 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. 376 votes for Holland in royal Delft blue watercolors by heleen_vd_thillart
2. 361 votes for Salt Lake City by sarah_treu
3. 358 votes for norden_city by torysevas
4. 356 votes for New York watercolor by scrummy
5. 315 votes for CITY by j9design
6. 292 votes for Pastel City by miranema
7. 242 votes for in the Spanish South coast by analinea
8. 239 votes for Once Upon A Time by ceciliamok
9. 227 votes for La Nuit Parisienne by susan_polston
10. 223 votes for City Life by Friztin by friztin

Announcing the Whimsical Watercolor Insects Design Challenge Winners

May 25, 2017

“Butterflies_and_bugs” by flyinglizard is the grand prize winner in the Whimsical Watercolor Insect design challenge!

This week’s challenge transformed some of our favorite ( and not so favorite!) creepy crawlies into beautiful watercolor renditions fit for any habitat! Three cheers for our FIRST-TIME design challenge winner, Cas Smirthwaite Walker ( aka Flyinglizard)! She fluttered into the winners circle with her design, Butterflies_and_bugs, and will be taking home the grand-prize of $200 in Spoonflower credit and a 1-year Skillshare Premium subscription. The 2nd place winner, thestorysmith, will receive $100 in Spoondollars and a 6 month Skillshare Premium subscription. The 3rd place winner, sarah_treu, 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. 292 votes for Butterflies_and_bugs by flyinglizard
2. 290 votes for Catching Fireflies by thestorysmith
3. 261 votes for Sweet Dreams Caterpillars & Fireflies by sarah_treu
4. 255 votes for Insecta_Nocturnus by j9design
5. 242 votes for Dragonflies and tea roses by laurawrightstudio
6. 206 votes for Whimsical Watercolour Butterfly Whirl by stitchyrichie
7. 205 votes for Busy Bees – Watercolor by heatherdutton
8. 199 votes for Dragonflies in My Garden – Large Size by y_me_it’s_me
9. 198 votes for colorful butterflies by camcreative
10. 197 votes for watercolour bees on white by bethramsden [Read more…] about Announcing the Whimsical Watercolor Insects Design Challenge Winners

Announcing the Winners of the Whimsical Watercolor Fruit Design Challenge

May 18, 2017

“watercolor pomegranate” by nadja_petremand is the grand prize winner of the Whimsical Watercolor Fruits design challenge!

Nothing says spring better than a big bowl of fresh fruit and beautiful textile designs to match! This week, we’re celebrating the sunny weather and our Whimsical Watercolor Fruits design challenge winner, Nadja Petremand (nadja_petremand), who took home first place with her delicious design, watercolor pomegranate! The fruits of her labor really paid off. Nadja will be taking home the grand-prize of $200 in Spoonflower credit and a 1-year Skillshare Premium subscription. The 2nd place winner, alenkakarabanova, will receive $100 in Spoondollars and a 6 month Skillshare Premium subscription. The 3rd place winner, holaholga, 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. 361 votes for watercolor pomegranate by nadja_petremand
2. 360 votes for Fragrant peaches by alenkakarabanova
3. 331 votes for lemon by holaholga
4. 325 votes for Summer fruit by adenaj
5. 315 votes for blueberrybushes by ldpapers
6. 314 votes for vijgenblad by hanneke_binnen
7. 300 votes for _TK-Blueberry_Bird_Whimsical_Watercolor by doodledoer-teresakelly
8. 292 votes for watery watermelons by karismithdesigns
9. 272 votes for Watercolor plums by peachbloom
10. 258 votes for Summer Slices by digidivagraphics [Read more…] about Announcing the Winners of the Whimsical Watercolor Fruit Design Challenge

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

Skillshare + Spoonflower Present: Designing Patterns that Work – Creating Motifs for Products

February 14, 2017

We’re so excited to announce that we’ve teamed up with Skillshare, an online learning community for creatives, to bring you a new class on pattern design! Taught by designer, patternmaker and Spoonflower community favorite Samarra Khaja aka SammyK (creator of the adorable Hungry Monster Laundry Bags and so much more), this class is great for pattern makers and designers who want to explore their style and theme further- or just create a set of souvenirs representing their city!

Join Samarra as she walks you through her process of creating a souvenir set for New York City using a consistent motif to create a repeating pattern. Then, using Spoonflower, she’ll print out the design and turn it into a tote bag and a pillow that support the motif. We’ve taken the course, and can confidently say that it’s sure to get your creativity flowing and inspire you to make things that are fun and functional.

We can’t speak highly enough about this course, Samarra, or how excited we are to partner with Skillshare. So click the link below to get started and get your first three months of Skillshare Premium for FREE to access this class and 14,000 others: