Bi-Weekly Sketch Challenge #11

Welcome to our 11th 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.

INSPIRATION PROJECTS
Our guest designer is Mynnette, who was our sketch challenge #8 winner.

Guest Designer

MYNNETTE

using VIGNETTE: Chevron and Arrows

"Hi! I'm Mynn xx and I live in Kansas with my hubby of 10 years and our little fur girl--Hundie (HOON-dee). I've been paper crafting for almost 10 years now and blogging for four. I LOVE working with new things and learning something every day, so paper crafting is the perfect hobby for me! I'm so excited to be a guest here at STAMPlorations and I hope you all have as much fun with the sketch as I did! HUGS and happy stamping, friends!"

And here are the inspiration projects by the STAMPlorations design team.

DEBRA

using VIGNETTE: Trendy Feathers

MARIA F.

using VIGNETTE: Art Deco Border Builders and MOM Subway Art Builders

VICKI

using SENTIMENT BUILDERS: Happy

SANDIE

using VIGNETTE: Grunge Floral Strips

SHIRLEY

using SENTIMENT BUILDERS: Happy and VIGNETTE:: Grunge Floral Strips

CORNELIA

using SENTIMENT BUILDERS: Happy

MONIKA

using SENTIMENT BUILDERS: Happy

using SENTIMENT BUILDERS: Thank You, Holiday Artsy and It's All About You

plus Vintage Ice Cream Social DSP from All About Scrapping

using SUBWAY ART BUILDERS: Dare and VIGNETTE: Chevron and Arrows

NONNI

using VIGNETTE: Grunge Floral Strips, PATCHWORK FRENZY: Graphic Squares and SUBWAY ART BUILDERS: Dare

SHERY

using VIGNETTE: Grunge Floral Strips, SENTIMENT BUILDERS: Thank You, and MOM Subway Art Builders

[Watch the video tutorial for this mixed media card here.]

READY TO PLAY?

• Create a new project -- 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 Friday, May 16. 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 Sunday, May 18, 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™ girls