JOIN US FOR OUR JULY CHALLENGE: STAMPS!
We don't know who came up with the phrase “lazy days of summer” because our days are anything but lazy around here! :) We're gearing up for HSN's Craft Day on July 14th (which means brand new Kingston Craft goodies) and can't wait to share what we've been working on!
Speaking of working on, we love seeing all the great projects you have been working on this Summer! We had lots of entries for the June challenge and can't wait to see what you create this month's challenge: stamps! We're talking background stamps, paper doll stamps, seasonal stamps, we've made so many fun stamp sets over the years - so break out those ink pads and let's get stamping!
Scheduling note: If you are in our Facebook group you know we had to cancel our June EDS crop (Don Kingston had to travel for his real job) and we had a scheduled break for July. Our next crop is scheduled for August 23rd so we'll see you then!
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THE USE YOUR STASH PRODUCT CHALLENGE
This year, we're encouraging you to use your stash with a monthly product challenge! Each month, we'll challenge you to use a particular Kingston Crafts item you probably already have in your stash. No rules on how you use it or what kind of project you make. However you get creative, we want to celebrate it!
Two winners will be chosen randomly, and each will receive $25 in Kingston Crafts goodies. The winners will be announced when the next month's challenge is posted (scroll down for our May winners). Can't wait to see what you create!
This year, we're giving you a head start on creating your projects by sharing our monthly themes in advance! Here are our June-December themes so you can get your creative juices flowing for the last half of the year.
JULY - create a project using our stamps. Our high quality oversized background stamps have been a crowd favorite for years and are an easy way to add color and pattern to your projects. If you are a long time Kingston Crafts friend we also had paper doll stamps back in the day (and there are a few left on our site)!
AUGUST - the theme is alpha stickers - from Everyday Stories to our original Sticker Binders and more, our alphabet stickers make it easy to customize your cards and layouts.
SEPTEMBER - is all about patterned paper - and you know Kingston Crafts has hundreds of patterns and colors to choose from!
OCTOBER - let's talk puffies! From holidays to seasons to everyday shapes and colors, puffies make every project better!
NOVEMBER - everything that sparkles is glitter! Glitter glues, glitter cardstock, let's see those projects shine!
DECEMBER - with the holidays coming, adding a little vellum or acetate brings easy pops of color and depth to any project. Whether you use our embellishments or our vellum papers you are sure to make something fabulous!
HOW TO PARTICIPATE
You can enter in a variety of ways (but only need to enter each project once):
- Post a photo to the Kingston Crafts Facebook Group
- Post a photo to Instagram and tag Kingston Crafts
- Email a photo to info@kingstoncrafts.com
You must use the current month's Kingston Crafts product element in your project (so in July it is any of our products that are stamps) but otherwise any other company's products are welcome! We've got SO many products to choose from (that you may already have in your stash):
The project must be YOUR creation.
By entering your project you give us permission to share it on socials (and we are happy to tag you).
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE WINNERS OF OUR JUNE WORDS CHALLENGE!
Using a stamp set and our alphabet stickers to create a custom “punny” (you know how we feel about those) card is SUCH a great way to get more use out of your stamp sets. Heather Rardon made it colorful and cute and we love everything about this!
Gingham is always the answer and these alphabet stickers were the PERFECT addition to these darling cards from Patricia Galyen!
Want to check out all our entries for June? Head on over to the Kingston Crafts Group media page on FB!