Bloom Where You're Planted

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This month on the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity we're celebrating children! I invite you to look through  your stamps that contain a child's image and create something to submit to the May Challenge. Since I only have one stamp with the image of a child, I thought I'd try to use it in a new and different way:

For this card I used the Princess of Everything stamp and one stamp from the Pieces of Calligraphy set. Follow along with this photo tutorial to see how I put it together:
Now it's YOUR turn! Stamp out something with a child's image and submit to the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity by the end of May for your chance to win a prize. Go for it!


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