June Challenge: Stamps & Washi

Welcome to the June Challenge, crafty stampers! For June, our theme is STAMPS & WASHI.

PRIZES

Winner

(voted by the design team)

Prize: 2 stamp sets (3" by 5" / $14 value) of her choice if her project has STAMPlorations stamps in it; 1 stamp set if her entry doesn't have STAMPlorations stamps

+ Guest Designer spot in the August 2015 Challenge

(Visit the shop to see the available stamp sets.)

Top Picks

(voted by the design team)

Prize: 3 digi stamps

+ Guest Designer spot in the August 2015 Challenge should they decide to use STAMPlorations images (digis or clear stamps) in their projects.

Winner and top picks will receive a personalized STAMPlorations guest designer watermark and a personalized guest designer badge to display on their blogs.

FREQUENT PLAYERS

We're doing away with the Frequent Players Spotlight. Instead, those who play in either or both of the two (monthly and sketch) challenges we host this month AND use a STAMPlorations product (stamp or stencil) will be highlighted, as well as get an entry to the random prize drawing. So play in the Sketch Challenge or Monthly Challenge or both -- your choice! When you enter projects using our products, you'll be in the running to win a STAMPlorations stamp and stencil pack valued at $10. The winner can also opt for a $10 gift certificate.

INSPIRATION PROJECTS
This month, three talented cardmakers are joining us: Rahmat Gouse, Carol Dunham, and Greta Hess. Rahmat was the April Challenge winner while Carol and Greta were the top picks. Do check out their stamps-and-washi-inspired creations! We're thrilled to have them this month! Please stop by their blogs to say hello and leave them some love :o)

Guest Designer RAHMAT

using Vignette: Trendy Feathers and ARTplorations Shutters stencil

Guest Designer CAROL

using Mixed Media Grunge, Celebrate Artsy, Trendy Butterflies, Mini Mixed Media Backgrounds, and ARTplorations Confetti Circles stencil

Guest Designer GRETA

using Sketched: Rose and Trendy Butterflies

And here are the projects that the STAMPlorations girls created. Clicking on our names will take you to our personal blogs where you can read more about how we created our projects. We hope they'll inspire you and we're excited to see what you create!

SARI

using Vignette: Trendy Feathers and SmallBirds - The Bee's Knees

LAURAJANE

using ARTplorations Floral Mania stencil, VIGNETTE: Eclectic Florals, Distressed Floral Swirls, and BOLD SENTIMENTS: Hello

WEI WEI

using ARTplorations Shutters stencil and Vignette: Old Type

NONNI

using Hashtag Authentic and Trendy Leaves

BECCA

using SmallBirds - The Bee's Knees and Mixed Media Grunge

JULIE

using ARTplorations Shower of Flutters stencil and Trendy Butterflies

READY TO PLAY?

• Create any paper craft that features STAMPS & WAshi. Any style is welcome. Link up your project from your blog (or Pinterest board, Flickr account, Splitcoast Stampers gallery) to our gallery by 11:55 p.m. PDT (GMT-7) on Monday, June 29.

• You must use stamps in your project(s) -- rubber, clear, or digi from any company. You do not need to use STAMPlorations stamps to enter this challenge, but please keep this one important rule in mind: if you are on the design team of another stamp company, please don't use our challenges to link up projects that you make for the sole purpose of promoting or advertising your company. Such entries will be deleted. You are welcome to play as long as your project/post is not solely promotional in nature. If you are on the DT of a regular challenge blog (not affiliated with a stamp company), please feel free to link up your projects, including those where you use images provided by whoever is sponsoring your current challenge, if they fit our challenge.

• 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.)

• Include a text link back to this challenge post (instead of linking simply to the main blog) in your post to encourage other paper crafters to play too. Entries not linking back to our challenge will be deleted.

• You can submit a maximum of 3 entries for this challenge, and link up to as many other challenges as you want.

• Follow our blog.

• And lastly, have a great time creating your project (s)!

We'll announce the winner and top picks on Thursday, July 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™ girls

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