Bi-Weekly Sketch Challenge #17

Welcome to our 17th bi-weekly sketch challenge! Here’s the sketch for the next couple of weeks. 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 a prize package courtesy of All About Scrapping. This month's prize will be announced this Friday when the August Challenge begins.

INSPIRATION PROJECTS
Our guest designer is no stranger to our challenge blog: Kimberley Makortoff, who was our sketch challenge #14 winner. We're so glad to have her again!

Guest Designer

KIMBERLEY

using Vignette: Eclectic Florals

"Hi there!  My name is Kim Makortoff and I'm a stay-at-home-mom who stays sane by any means possible!  That's how the name of my blog, Art Keeps Me Sane, came about.  Arts and crafts have always been my go-to method of relaxing.  If left to my own devices I'd probably go into my craft room and never come out!  LOL!  I lived and breathed art for four wonderful years getting my Fine Arts degree where I specialized in painting.  When I worked I had a tendency to take a job that had a creative side.  Then I was sucked into the card making world and have never looked backed.  I've been lucky and honored to win some great challenges and be published in a paper crafting magazine.  I'm so honored and happy to have been invited by STAMPlorations to guest design.  Thank you STAMPlorations!  :-)" 

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

CORNELIA

using Boxed Blooms and Bold Sentiments

DEBRA

using SKETCHED: Cupcake, VIGNETTE: Retro Mod Shapes, and

 VIGNETTE: Eclectic Florals

VICKI

using VIGNETTE: Trendy Feathers

MARIA F.

using VIGNETTE: Celebrate Artsy and VIGNETTE: It's Your Day

SHIRLEY

using Sentiment Builders: Celebrate

DEEPTI

using Holiday Artsy, VIGNETTE: Retro Mod Shapes, 

and Subway Art Builders: Dare

KYLIE

using SKETCHED: Cupcake

MONIKA

using Oh, Christmas Tree! and PATCHWORK FRENZY: Graphic Squares

NONNI

using VIGNETTE: Retro Mod Shapes and Sentiment Builders: Happy

SHERY

using Sentiment Builders: Celebrate and Bloom Sketches

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, August 15. 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, August 17, 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