Stamp a Story 2026

 

Above: Jessica Corkran

Above: Gertie Jaquet

Some of the stamped stories that I admired from last weeks #stampastory2026 challenge by Monty Lee (below). 

Above and Below: Maya Jönsson

Below: Eszter Racz

Above: Die Buchbloggerin Below: Kübra Gültepe

Above: Arina Kuchkova Below: Andy Lanham

Above: Zeynep Bihter Yıldız Below: Christiane Fürtges

Stamp a story

Tomorrow '#Stampastory2026' starts, Monty Lee's (below) new challenge for which you make a stamp(s) and then use it (above) @ritazima_art (them) to create art and stories using prompts provided.  Already Monty's co-hosts have been working away to announce the challenge. 

The shape as illustrated by @sudden.strangeness is a wiggle.

It runs all week as illustrated by @marinahenina 

Above are the prompts by @mark_timmins77 

 There is a wonderful supportive team including @elena_tsaprounisillustration (above)

 and @zeke.draw (above) who will share different techniques and support.

and kind words (above) @zeynebihteryildiz 

and inspiration (above) @raczeszteranna and the whole creative community that always rises to the fun and excitement of Monty's challenges.

Grand Scribbly Game Day 6

 

Day six of the scribble challenge organised by Monty Lee with the support of her wonderful co-hosts.

Above: Monty Lee Below: Carol Law 

Above: Zeke Nguyen, Below: Ksenia Topaz

Scribble

Monty Lee has a new challenge this week and I am just going to be a by stander this time, as life has been overwhelming this month and I am heart sore and tired. 

However I can't resist sharing some of the magic. Above is Polina's response to day one's wiggly scribble; a Caterpillar Express! Below: Louise Tate has continued the insect transportation with a motorcycling scorpion fly.

While below we have Monty's own butterfly.

Final day of Imagined Book Cover

Above: Sudden Strangeness

Above: Marina Henina

It’s a last day of #theimaginedbookcover2025 and the prompt is Becky Pinkerton's Bicycle'. What is wonderful about Monty's challenges is that you find so many wonderful illustrators and that it is an incredible supportive welcoming community. Please check out all of the artists links on their names and see what joy you can find in these marvellous portfolios. 

Above: Sarah Cathcart Anderson Below: Monty Lee

Above: Hazel Terry Below Nella Gatica

Above: Emilia Wharfe Below Mia Sedding

'Dodo's don't Eat Donuts'

Above: Ehud Neuhaus

Above: Kate Jenkins, Below: Monty Lee

Day 6 has dawned of 'The Imagined Book Cover 2025', with dodo's refusing their donuts, let us see the joys that emerge!

Above: Katya Tabakh Below: Sudden Strangeness, 

Above: Lisa Hagspiel Below: Sanne Duffet

Below: Mia Sedding

Day 5 of the Imagined Book Cover 2025

 

Above: Jacquie Hughes

Above: Monty Lee.

Starting the day with the host Monty Lee on the title 'Lillylou and Larry'. 

Above: a stillness in the whizz of life with Julie Zhang's tender cover, "“But darling, we are scattered and dim: dust too fine for planets to pull, raindrops dissolving into the crowd. All we have is us.”

Above and Below: Emilia Whafe

Above: Isobel Ross. Below Janneke Kelderman

Above: Hemapriya Chellappan Below: Anna Gkoutzouri

Above: Susanne Vosgerau