Bi-Weekly Sketch Challenge #8

Welcome to our 7th bi-weekly sketch challenge! Here’s the sketch for this challenge. It’s open to interpretation. Feel free to change the orientation of the sketch, use different shapes, add other elements to suit the type of paper craft you’re making, and so on — just make sure the sketch is recognizable in your submission(s). You can use stamps by other companies to create projects that you enter to our challenges, although if you have STAMPlorations stamps in your stash, we'd be tickled if you use them!

PRIZE
The sketch challenges are sponsored by our sister shop, All About Scrapping. The winner gets to pick 3 DIGITAL products from the shop — any combination of printable sheets, Photoshop templates, and digital paper packs. The winner will also be invited to be a Guest Designer in next month's sketch challenge.

A TWIST IN OUR CHALLENGES
Participate in all 3 challenges we host this month and you'll be in the running to win this prize package courtesy of All About Scrapping. Love washi tapes? We've got 6 rolls (10 meters per roll) of washi tape goodness this month. You know what to do! :o)

INSPIRATION PROJECTS
Our guest designer is Deepti, who was our sketch challenge #5 winner.

Guest Designer

DEEPTI

"Hi my dear friends! I am Deepti and I am from Cleveland, Ohio. Sketching and painting has been my hobby since childhood but card making is a newly acquired passion. I made a few cards for the new year in 2013 and I have been hooked ever since. I have come a long way and learnt at every step. Besides being a creative outlet, card-making has introduced me to a lot of amazing and talented people like you, who I can proudly call as my friends. Being on a few design teams keep me all the more busy and and I am enjoying every bit of this. I hope I can inspire you as much as you inspire me!"

And here are projects that the STAMPlorations design team created based on the sketch. We hope our projects inspire you and we're excited to see your interpretations!

SANDIE

using MOM Subway Art Builders #4

NONNI

using PATCHWORK FRENZY: Graphic Squares and VIGNETTE: Chevron and Arrows (sentiment)

MONIKA

using MOM Subway Art Builders #2 and VIGNETTE: Eclectic Florals + Love and Lipstick Tricks digital paper from All About Scrapping

DEBRA

using MOM Subway Art Builders #4 and VIGNETTE: Retro Mod Shapes

MARIA F.

using MOM Subway Art Builders #2

SHIRLEY

using VIGNETTE: Eclectic Florals, VIGNETTE: Chevron and Arrows, and VIGNETTE: Live Love Laugh

VICKI

using MOM Subway Art Builders #3, VIGNETTE: Trendy Feathers, and VIGNETTE: Chevron and Arrows

CORNELIA

using VIGNETTE: Artful Flutters, MOM Subway Art Builders #1, MOM Subway Art Builders #2, and Distressed Damask Background

KYLIE

using MOM Subway Art Builders #5, MOM Subway Art Builders #4, and MOM Subway Art Builders #1

SHERY

using MOM Subway Art Builders #2 and VIGNETTE: Eclectic Florals

(Watch the video tutorial for this one layer mixed media card here.)

READY TO PLAY?

• Create a card, tag, mini album/scrapbook cover, layout, home decor item, or any paper craft on ANY THEME using the sketch as your guide. Any style is welcome — CAS, shabby chic, vintage, grunge, and so on. Post your creation on your blog and submit it by 11:55 p.m. PDT on Monday, March 31. Don’t have a blog? You can post a photo of your project on your Pinterest page, Flickr, or any public online gallery.

• You must use stamps (rubber, cling, clear, digi — from any company) in your creation(s).

• Copy the link of your blog entry where you have your project posted and enter it to the linky found at the end of this post. Remember to link directly to your blog post, not just your blog URL. (This will make it easy for us to find your submission and leave a comment. Please turn off word verification as well.)

• Please include a text link back to this post in your blog post, as well as display the sketch, to encourage other paper crafters to participate.

• You can submit up to 3 entries for this challenge.

• You can submit your creation(s) to other challenges — as many as you want — except to other sketch challenges for obvious reasons!

• Be a follower of our blog to qualify for the prize.

• And lastly, have a great time creating your project! :-)

We’ll announce the winner and top picks on Wednesday, April 2, here on the STAMPlorations™ blog and on the All About Scrapping page on Facebook. That’s it…we look forward to seeing what you create!

~ The STAMPlorations™ design team