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Showing posts with label sketch challenge. Show all posts

Friday, May 06, 2016

May Challenge - Theme and Sketch

Hey there, STAMPlorations friends! It's a new month, which means a new challenge here on the blog! But first, we'd like to thank everyone who linked up their beautiful creations last month. We saw lots of splatters and projects that were based on the sketch. We will announce the April winner and top picks later today on Sunday so check back again.

Now onto this month's challenge. We'd love for you to create and link up your projects based on this month's themesketch, or both -- you've got the whole month of May to play :o)

For May, our theme is STAMPS & ANYTHING GOES. That's one tough theme, isn't it? ;o)


And here's our fun sketch to get inspired by as well:




Friday, April 01, 2016

April Challenge - Theme and Sketch

{For the April CASEplorations post, click here}

Hey there, STAMPlorations friends! It's a new month, which means a new challenge here on the blog! But first, we'd like to thank everyone who linked up their beautiful creations last month. There were many gorgeous textures creations, as well as projects that were based on the sketch. We will announce the March winner and top picks on April 6.

Now onto this month's challenge. We'd love for you to create and link up your projects based on this month's theme, sketch, or both -- you've got the whole month of April to play :o)

For April, our theme is STAMPS & SPLATTERS. Is that an invitation to get messy or what? ;o)


And here's our fun sketch to get inspired by as well:


We've got prizes for the winner and top picks as voted by the design team. See them here.

Friday, March 04, 2016

March Challenge - Theme and Sketch

Hello, STAMPlorations friends! Can you believe it's March already? We had many beautiful projects last month and we hope you'll link up your creations again this month. We'll announce the February winner and top picks on Sunday.

Now onto this month's challenge. We'd love for you to create and link up your projects based on this month's themesketch, or both -- you've got the whole month of March to play :o)

For March, our theme is STAMPS & TEXTURE (real or faux). And if your project happens to be CAS, be sure to link it up to the March CAS Card Challenge as well.


And here's our fun sketch to get inspired by as well:



Friday, February 05, 2016

February Challenge - Theme and Sketch

Hello, STAMPlorations friends! January whooshed by and here we are with our second challenge of the year. We had many gorgeous projects last month and we hope you'll link up your creations again this month. We'll announce the January winner and top picks on Sunday.

Now onto this month's challenge. We'd love for you to create and link up your projects based on this month's themesketch, or both -- you've got the whole month of February to play :o)

For February, our theme is STAMPS & TRIPLETS (3 of anything). And if your project happens to be CAS, be sure to link it up to the February CAS Card Challenge as well.


And here's our fun sketch to get inspired by as well:



We've got prizes for the winner and top picks as voted by the design team. See them here.


Friday, January 08, 2016

January Challenge - Theme and Sketch

Hello, fellow creatives! Welcome to 2016 and the very first challenge of the year! Our talented design team is starting the year off with a BANG and we can't wait to see how you impress us! Firstly, we'd like to thank those who played in last month's challenge. 

Now onto this month's challenge. We'd love for you to create and link up your projects based on this month's themesketch, or both -- you've got the whole month of December to play :o)

For January, our theme is STAMPS & CLEAN AND SIMPLE. If you do go with this month's theme, you can also enter your card(s) to our brand new CAS Card Challenge here -- more chances for the prizes we have up for grabs :o)


And here's our fun sketch to get inspired by as well:




Friday, December 04, 2015

December Challenge - Theme and Sketch!

Hello, fellow creatives! It's the last month of 2015 and we've got one last fun challenge before we say goodbye to 2015. First, we'd like to thank those who played in last month's challenge. We'll announce the winner and top picks in a couple of days.

Now onto this month's challenge. We'd love for you to create and link up your projects based on this month's themesketch, or both -- you've got the whole month of December to play :o)

For December, our theme is STAMPS & A HOLIDAY.


And here's our fun sketch to get inspired by as well:


Friday, November 06, 2015

November Challenge - Theme and Sketch!

Hello, fellow stampers! It's a new month which means it's time for a new challenge. First, we'd like to thank those who played in last month's challenge. We'll announce the winner and top picks in a couple of days.

Now onto this month's challenge -- we'd love for you to create and link up your projects based on this month's theme,sketch, or both -- you've got the whole month of November to play :o)

For October, our theme is STAMPS  & NEWSPRINT.


And here's our fun sketch to get inspired by as well:



Friday, October 02, 2015

October Challenge - Theme and Sketch!

For the HOLIDAY EXPRESSIONS: YULETIDE CHEER Special Stamp Release + Comment to Win post, click here. (ends 10/2)
For the Fall Coffee Lovers blog hop, click here. (ends 10/3)

Hello, fellow creatives! It's a new month which means it's time for a new challenge. We'd love for you to create and link up your projects based on this month's theme, sketch, or both -- you've got the whole month of October to play :o)

For October, our theme is STAMPS  & YOUR FAVORITE COLOR COMBINATION.


And here's our fun sketch to get inspired by as well:




Friday, September 04, 2015

September Challenge - Theme and Sketch!

Hey, STAMPlorations friends! It's time for a new challenge. You can create and link up projects based on the theme, the sketch, or both -- and you've got the whole month of September to play.

For September, our theme is STAMPS & MUSIC.


And we've got a fun sketch below for you to get inspired by as well.




***PRIZES***

Winner
(voted by the design team)
Prize: $15 gift certificate or choice of two (2) standard-size (5x7) ARTplorations stencils if the winning project has STAMPlorations products; $10 gift certificate or choice of one (1) standard-size (5x7) ARTplorations stencil if the winning project doesn't have STAMPlorations products
+ Guest Designer spot in the October 2015 Challenge
(Visit the shop to see our stamps and stencils.)

Top Picks
(voted by the design team)
Prize: $5 gift certificate or choice of two (2) digi stamps
+ Guest Designer spot in the October 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.

Random Draw Winner
We'll randomly draw a winner from projects that have STAMPlorations products (clear stamps, digi stamps, and/or ARTplorations stencils). Winner receives a stamp & stencil pack or $10 gift certificate to the shop.


***INSPIRATION PROJECTS***

This month, we have four (4) talented cardmakers guest designing. For this post, we're showcasing the first three: Karen DunbrookKathy Schweinfurth, and Karen Petitt. You'll meet our fourth guest designer, Keia Shipp, when we feature her in our mid-month challenge post on September 16. I hope you can check out the blogs of our guest designers. They've each created gorgeous cards for the challenge and we're excited to have them here on the blog this month! :o)



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READY TO PLAY?

Please keep in mind our simple guidelines:
  • Link up any type of project(s) based on the theme, the sketch, or both.
  • You must use stamps in your project(s) -- rubber, clear, or digi from any company. Non-STAMPlorations stamps  are OK (although please don't link up a project you've created for the sole purpose of promoting another company; those projects will be deleted.)
  • Link up to 6 entries and link up to as many other challenges as you want.
  • Link directly to your blog post, not to your main blog. (This makes it easy for us to find and comment on your entry.)
  • If you have word verification turned on, our design team may not be able to leave a comment, so please consider turning it off.
  • Link back to this challenge post (not just our main blog) to encourage others to play too. Entries not linking back to our challenge will be deleted.
  • Link up by Wednesday, September 30, 11:55 p.m. Pacific (GMT-7).
  • Have fun creating your project(s)!

~ The STAMPlorations™ girls

Friday, August 07, 2015

August Challenge - Theme and Sketch!

Hey, STAMPlorations friends! We are changing things up a bit here on the blog when it comes to our challenges. Beginning this month, we're combining the Theme and Sketch challenges. You can create and link up projects based on the theme, the sketch, or both -- and you've got the whole month of August to play.

For August, our theme is STAMPS & WATERCOLOR -- easy peasy!


And we've got a fun sketch below for you to get inspired by as well.



Monday, July 06, 2015

Monthly Sketch Challenge #36

Hey, STAMPlorations friends! We have new sketch for the month of July.

Before showing you the sketch, however, I want to take the opportunity to thank Nonni for everything she has done here at STAMPlorations. This is her last month in the design team, as she has decided it's time for her to move on. She was the very first member of the STAMPlorations design team and  she has been a huge help to me in getting this blog off to a wonderful start back in 2013. In fact, the STAMPlorations design team consisted of just her and me in STAMPlorations' first monthly challenge back in November 2013. Nonni, I'll miss you here at STAMPlorations, but I know where to find you ;o) 

For this month's sketch, the STAMPlorations girls just plain floored me with their projects. And our guest designers certainly rocked the sketch!

Here's the sketch you get to play with for the whole month of July. 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 we will be able to recognize the sketch in your submission(s).



Monday, June 01, 2015

Monthly Sketch Challenge #35

Hello, STAMPlorations friends! Notice the title of this post? Yep, we're switching from bi-weekly to a monthly sketch challenge, as part of some of the changes we're doing here on the blog. Starting this month, you get to play with the sketch until June 30. You'll also want to read further down below our revised Prizes and Frequent Players Spotlight, as they're meant to even more encourage those of you who have STAMPlorations products (stamps and stencils) to play, and give those who don't have our products yet a chance to win some :o)

So for this month's sketch, the STAMPlorations girls are back with awesomely smashing projects, and joining us are two talented guest designers.

Here's the sketch you get to play with for the whole month of June. 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 we will be able to recognize the sketch in your submission(s).


Monday, May 18, 2015

Bi-weekly Sketch Challenge #34

Welcome to our 34th bi-weekly sketch challenge! The STAMPlorations girls are back with wonderful inspiration projects and joining us is a wonderful guest designer!

Below is 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 we will be able to recognize the sketch in your submission(s).




Monday, May 04, 2015

Bi-Weekly Sketch Challenge #33

Welcome to our 33rd bi-weekly sketch challenge! The STAMPlorations girls are back with wonderful inspiration projects and joining us is one talented guest designer!

Below is 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 we will be able to recognize the sketch in your submission(s).


Monday, April 20, 2015

Bi-Weekly Sketch Challenge #32

Welcome to our 32nd bi-weekly sketch challenge! The STAMPlorations girls are back with wonderful inspiration projects and joining us are 3 talented guest designers!

Below is 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 we will be able to recognize the sketch in your submission(s).


Monday, April 06, 2015

Bi-Weekly Sketch Challenge #31

Welcome to our 31st bi-weekly sketch challenge! The STAMPlorations girls are back with wonderful inspiration projects and joining us are 2 incredibly creative guest designers!

Below is 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).




Monday, March 16, 2015

Bi-Weekly Sketch Challenge #30

Welcome to our 30th bi-weekly sketch challenge! The STAMPlorations girls are back with wonderful inspiration projects and joining us are 3 super talented guest designers!

Below is 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 but please do not use our challenges for the sole purpose of promoting another stamp company. If you have our stamps in your stash, we'd be tickled if you use them -- and we've tweaked the prize a bit to encourage you to use our stamps if you have them!



Monday, March 02, 2015

Bi-Weekly Sketch Challenge #29

Welcome to our 29th bi-weekly sketch challenge! The STAMPlorations girls are back with wonderful inspiration projects and joining us are 3 super talented guest designers!

Below is 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 but please do not use our challenges for the sole purpose of promoting another stamp company. If you have our stamps in your stash, we'd be tickled if you use them -- and we've tweaked the prize a bit to encourage you to use our stamps if you have them!



Monday, February 16, 2015

Bi-Weekly Sketch Challenge #28

Welcome to our 28th bi-weekly sketch challenge! The STAMPlorations girls are back with wonderful inspiration projects and we're joined by 3 uber talented guest designers!

Below is 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 but please do not use our challenges for the sole purpose of promoting another stamp company. If you have our stamps in your stash, we'd be tickled if you use them -- and we've tweaked the prize a bit to encourage you to use our stamps if you have them!




Monday, February 02, 2015

Bi-Weekly Sketch Challenge #27

Welcome to our 27th bi-weekly sketch challenge! This challenge is a super special one because we have the STAMPlorations girls in our brand-spankin' new fabulous Challenge Design Team taking over the challenges starting today! Can we have some fist-pumps and cheers going for these ladies? Their projects will blow you away -- and already I'm excited to see what they'll create for future sketch and monthly challenges!

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 but please do not use our challenges for the sole purpose of promoting another stamp company. If you have our stamps in your stash, we'd be tickled if you use them -- and we've tweaked the prize a bit to encourage you to use our stamps if you have them!