Seize The Birthday - Make A Spring Garden

Hello!  Our latest challenge is up on the Seize The Birthday blog.  Linda is hosting, and she's challenging us to Make A Spring Garden.

I went a bit impressionist with this one, because I had a mop-up panel that was calling to me.

All I could see were flowers and leaves.  I used the Altenew Sketchy floral oversized stamp, and to be honest, it looked a complete mess, because there was no depth.  So I added shading around the flowers and leaves with coloured pencils, and kept going till I got more definition around the edges.

You can see where I used it in a similar way to make this card.  I do love it when I can make use of a mop-up panel!

Pop on over to the Seize The Birthday blog to see what sort of spring garden the rest of the design team and our Surprise Party Guests have created, and join in the fun.  You can always play along with our Anything Goes theme if you prefer.

See you in the gallery!

STAMPlorations Anything Goes April Challenge

It's a new month, and a new challenge, at STAMPlorations!  As usual it's Anything Goes, and there are prizes to be won - see below.

For my card I've used the Circles All Over Texture Cover Plate  and a colourable from a new range that will be in the store soon.  The sentiment is from Birthday Bash.

We do hope you'll play along with us - there are prizes!

- winner of $25 prize code chosen by a STAMPgirl from entries that use STAMPlorations products

- winner of $10 prize code randomly chosen from entries (need not feature a STAMP product)

Simple rules:

- Anything goes, any type of project, any style

- use of STAMPlorations products not a requirement

- link back to the challenge post (if blog entry) or tag @stamplorations if joining via IG

- multiple entries per crafter allowed

- challenge ends 30 April.

Please do check the updated full challenge rules, particularly in relation to what images can and can't be used, and we hope to see you in the gallery!

When you're shopping in the store, you can get 20% off by using my code STAMPGIRLSHIRLEY (doesn't apply to subscriptions).

Happy stamping!