April Challenge at Crafty Bloggers Network

Welcome to April and a new challenge, but first the winner from last month:

Chosen by Random.org the winner of 3 digital images from Imagine That is:

5. carolineshideout: mary mary

Please send an email to craftybn @ gmail.com (without the spaces) to claim your prize within the next 14 days.

and our top 3 are

2. Papersniffer

40. Claire C

83. She Stamps: Catered Crop Recipe Swap–Spring Fever

Well done girls, please feel free to grab our top 3 badge down below on the right

Now on to this month's challenge which is kindly sponsored by Rick St Dennis

A friend, Dee Moran, suggested the idea of Rick doing digital stamps to donate to OPERATION WRITE HOME which he did-they were so popular that he decided to post some of his more iconic designs on ETSY just on a lark-which he did in 2009.

Gaining exposure and by doing sponsorships for challenge blogs and other online events he expanded from about 50 designs in 2009 to over 400 in 2012.

2013 will see the addition of archive discs featuring designs which have been retired and the addition of work by friends who are also designers and artists.

The idea of digital stamps which at first seemed sort of silly and frivolous has become a product which Rick really believes in-the images are widely diverse, relatively inexpensive, easy to store and certainly more conducive to manipulation than hard stamps, HOWEVER-digis won't replace rubber-there are things a talented stamper can do with rubber stamps that can't be done with a digital image. 

The theme for this month is:

Die Cuts or Embossing

so break out those cutting dies and embossing folders and show us what you got :)
The winner will receive 2 digital images of their Joice from Rick's store

Here is a little inspiration from our Design Team

Geraldine M

Supplies:

Image - Rick St Dennis - Flower Cart

Copics, Spectrum Noirs

Embossing Folder - Cuttlebug

Dies - Tim Holtz, Spellbinders Labels 18, Simon Says Stamp

Papers - My Mind's Eye - Remarkable

Kay

Supplies

Digi Image by Rick St Dennis

Pro Markers
Wink of Stellas
Tim Holtz Distress Inks In Spun Sugar and Shaded Lilac
Embossing Folder
Flowers and Ladybird from my stash.

Ang

 Supplies:
Image by Rick St Dennis coloured with Spectrum Noir pencils
Spellbinders, Sizzix and Tonic Dies
Paper from stash

Kaz

Supplies:

Image by Rick St Dennis 

Promakers

Embossing folder small spots

Happer Easter cut with scanNcut

Ribbon & paper from stash

GDT

Karen

GDT

Kirsty Lee

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