Bi-Weekly Sketch Challenge #21

Welcome to our 21st 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 this month's prize: a pack of 12 assorted rub-ons.

INSPIRATION PROJECTS

Our guest designer is one of my favorite CAS card-makers: Elaine of Craft-E-Place! She was our sketch challenge #18 winner. Check out how she rocked those poppies from Bloom Sketches in her card!

Guest Designer

ELAINE

"I've been making cards for what seems like a lifetime but have only been blogging for a couple of years and it is during this time that I have developed a love of stamping. My style tends to be Clean and Simple but I am developing a love of mixed media. I like to incorporate colour and texture into my cards but still end up clean and simple. In addition to papercrafts, I also love knitting, sewing and embroidery; in fact, I'll have a go at most crafts - some more successful than others!!"

And here are the inspiration projects by the STAMPlorations design team. We'd love it if you'd visit our blogs and say hi!

MONIKA

using Holiday Sketches: Christmas Flower and Sentiment Builders: Christmas & New Year

CORNELIA

using Sentiment Builders: Christmas & New Year and PATCHWORK FRENZY: Graphic Pentagons

KYLIE

using Bloom Sketches: Sunflower Artsy

MARIA F.

using Bloom Sketches: Daisy 1 & 2

VICKI

using Vignette: Trendy Feathers

DEEPTI

using Vignette: Trendy Feathers and Subway Art Builders: Dare

SHIRLEY

using Bloom Sketches, Patchwork Frenzy: Graphic Pentagons and Sentiment Builders: Happy

SHERY

using Holiday Sketches: Christmas Flower and Sentiment Builders: Christmas & New Year

DEBRA

using Holiday Sketches: Christmas Flower

NONNI

using 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, October 17. 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, October 19, 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