Texture and "You used WHAT!?"

The theme for the current Created by Hand challenge is to use texture.

These blog challenges are all about flowers:

Simply Create

Stamp Something

One Stop Crafts

Crazy Amigo has a spring challenge

The Paper Play challenge is to add a quote.

I am SO looking forward to this snow melting, and getting out in my gardens again!

For these cards, I crumpled up paper napkins, painted my cardstock with a thin coating of PVA glue, patted the napkins down, and coated them again with the glue. Stamps are from Quietfire Design.

I'm sending these cards in for Operation Write Home, which is Wee Memories Challenge # 46 this week.

Now Jo set a wonderful theme for the new Art Journey challenge this month..."You used what!?"
It was FUN trying to come up with something different. For this card, I used the underdside of bark sliced from a birch tree in my back yard, with this beautiful recently released stamp.

The alphabet challenge this week is "Q for quotes and sayings."

The Etsy inspired challenge is to use something from a delightful shop called the Hidden Alphabet. I used this photograph.

Hope you can take the time to stop by the other designers' blogs for some artsy inspiration (links are on the right sidebar). If you'd like to play in the challenge too, one participant will be randomly selected for a 10 euro’s gift certificate to shop at Art Journey! To win this gift certificate you are required to use primarily Art Journey stamps. Post your new creation on your blog or Flickr (with a link to the challenge post on this blog) and leave a direct link right here.

Thanks for taking the time to visit today.

I wish you a creative week, doing whatever feeds your artsy heart!