Friday, June 20, 2014

Card sketch #28

Another month has flown by! Time for our last sketch of the month brought to you by Lisa:

Here is some wonderful inspiration from Guest Designer Sara

More eye candy by our amazing DT:
Brandi:

 Hillary:

Heather:

Rachelle:

Solange:

Lisa:


As June draws to a close, we would like to say a huge THANK YOU to our retiring DT, they have inspired us with their creativity these past six months and they will definitely be missed!  We welcome our new DT beginning July 1st so don't worry Sketch N Scrap will continue to inspire you with new sketches as well as lots of  inspiring projects based on our sketches by our awesome new DT!  Don't forget you still have time to play along to win our amazing prize for June from our generous sponsor CHIC TAGS:

Chic Tags is a delightful Mom and Pop shop located in central California. They specialize in paper tags for all your craft needs!  Chic Tags will be offering up this BEAUTIFUL prize package of their new line Cloud 9 to one randomly selected winner (open to US participants only)
But remember you can't win if you don't play! 

Here are the details:
1. Make sure and link back to Sketch N Scrap in your blog post when sharing our sketch OR a layout or card based on our sketch.
2. Link your layout or card up by clicking on the Froggy link in the sidebar
NOTE: Don't forget to link to the direct post of this weeks challenge on your blog.  

Remember each submission will give you ONE entry into our monthly random draw for a chance to win our June prize!  Have fun, we can't wait to see what you create :o) So get  those layouts and cards started! This month's prize package is open to US participants only, thank you for understanding. 
Link up your layout by June 30th at midnight CST!

Sunday, June 15, 2014

Sketch N Scrap #59

Happy Sunday and welcome to the mid month sketch challenge. This 2 photo sketch is brought to you by Kelly:




and here is what our fabulous design team created:

Heather


Darcy


Kerry


Lissa


Evie

Surama



Kelly

Jennifer




Wow! Can you believe all the variety? LOVE the inspiration!

We are glad to welcome Chic Tags as a Sketch N Scrap sponsor!!!!
Chic Tags is a delightful Mom and Pop shop located in central California. They specialize in paper tags for all your craft needs!  Chic Tags will be offering up this BEAUTIFUL prize package of their new line Cloud 9 to one randomly selected winner (open to US participants only)
But remember you can't win if you don't play! 

Here are the details:
1. Make sure and link back to Sketch N Scrap in your blog post when sharing our sketch OR a layout or card based on our sketch.
2. Link your layout or card up by clicking on the Froggy link in the sidebar
NOTE: Don't forget to link to the direct post of this weeks challenge on your blog.  

Remember each submission will give you ONE entry into our monthly random draw for a chance to win our June prize!  Have fun, we can't wait to see what you create :o) So get  those layouts and cards started! This month's prize package is open to US participants only, thank you for understanding. 
Link up your layout by June 30th at midnight CST!

Wednesday, June 11, 2014

Please welcome our new design team!

We were so humbled by all the wonderful applicants we had for our design team call!  While we wished we could have picked each and everyone of you it just wasn't possible, however, we want to encourage those who did not make the team this go round to submit your application for upcoming calls that we will have in the future. So without further adieu we are pleased to announce our 2014 Summer/Fall Design team, these creative and talented ladies will be rockin' the house soon with their awesome work!

Layout Design Team: 
I'm a French woman who lives in Brittany, married and mother to teenager boy. When I'm not working, I love to scrap.  I have always been creative, but I really started scrapbooking a few years ago when two friends of mine showed me their scrapbooking work. I love to work with plenty of papers and sometimes I used inks and masks on my layouts. I don't have my own style, I like to do different things. I'm so happy now, to join "Sketch N Scrap" Design Team!!!!  To see more of Marie-Christine's work visit her blog, Ink and Scrap.

I'm Katia Cris, as I am called here in Brazil. I am a teacher and scrapping is a hobby where I can relax after work.  I have no children or animals.  I have always loved papers, pencils, scissors ... and have fun with it. 
I found scrapbooking while looking at a magazine in 2006. It was not very easy because in my town there are not many options. I like clean and colorful layouts. To see more of Katia's work visit her blog: Scrap Memories.


Let me introduce myself, my name is Wendy and I live in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.  I have been married for almost 22 years (gasp) and we have two children, Evan (12) and Elizabeth (10).  I love trying new techniques and therefore I really do not stick to one particular style of scrapbooking.  I am on a mission to get caught up on my photo albums (a girl can dream – right?) so I have challenged myself to try to complete a layout a day!  I find tons of inspiration online, especially at Sketch N Scrap!  Feel free to check in on my progress at my blog: W2   I am very much looking forward to being part of the talented Sketch N Scrap Design Team!   

Hi everyone!  I am very excited to join the Sketch-N-Scrap design team!  My name is Cathy and I live in Prince Edward Island, Canada.  I have been married to the peanut butter to my jelly Steve, for 10 years and together we have two silly monkeys, Seth and Lilith (a.k.a Lily).  I am a graphic designer and illustrator by trade, though I am currently working as a floral designer, which I'm loving!  I love anything artsy and crafty and have to have at least 5 projects on the go at any one time.  I have been drawing my whole life and even though art is my first love I am completely obsessed with all things scrappy!  I started scrapping in 2009 when my son was born and I am seriously addicted to it!  I love the freedom of it and the ability to combine my design knowledge with my love of crafting all while recording family memories. To see more of Cathy's work visit her blog : Nerd Girl in the Craft World

Hey scrappy friends! I got my start in scrapping over 15 years ago and ever since then, I have been hooked! I turned that passion into a business and started an online store & community about three years. I recently sold that to spend more time with my husband who retired in February. I have three kids who are the main subjects on my layouts! I am so excited to be a part of Sketch & Scrap's team and being inspired by all of the work shared here!!  For more of Tammi's work visit her blog: TJS Memories

My name is Michelle but most call me Chelle. I live in Ontario,Canada near the Honeymoon Capital. I live with my husband of 20 years and our 3 children, 2 boys ages 17 & 15 and a daughter age 8. I have been scrapbooking since 2001 when I was given my first pair of fancy scissors and some scrapbook paper. I love following sketches and have been on several  card sketch design teams. I have worked in a LSS and now help out for a friends online kit club (mostly with design and teaching at conventions). I recently have decided that I need to get back into scrapbooking (instead of just cards) and into art journaling and mixed media. I like to get MESSY when creating.  Check out Michelle's blog, Maybe Creative, to see more of her work.

Also please welcome back our returning layout designers:



Card Design Team:

I live in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada with my two amazing girls and have been married to my high school sweetheart for 16 years. I hae been scrapbooking/paper crafter for over 11 years.  I have been a Stampin' Up! Demo in Canada (http://kidscollage.stampinup.net) for  the past 5 years and love teaching card classes. I love both traditional and digital scrapbooking and card making but create more traditionally.  My style is whatever is inspiring me at the moment. I can't say that there is any one product that I use on every project I create but that I love patterned paper, dies and stamps!  I'm very excited to be part of this great group of talented ladies as a Card Design Team Member.  My blog  is http://mandyreedyk.blogspot.ca   

I have been a ‘crafty lady’ all my life, enjoying all sorts of handicrafts - but my current passion is paper crafting. I am fortunate enough to have a room set aside for crafting - and I love to play! Give me a new technique and I am in my element! Most of my creations are cards, ATCs or tags…and I love a challenge! I am originally from the UK but have been an expat for the last 16 years, living in Australia, Hong Kong, Abu Dhabi and now India. I am a mother of 4 and grandmother of 3 and all but my daughter live in Australia.   For more of Susan's work check out her blog: Calling all crafters

My name is Lydia, I am a married Mom of 2 busy kids.  I have been paper crafting since 1998. I enjoy both the solitude and social aspect of scrapbooking and card making.  Like most of you I am an avid collector of papercrafting supplies.  Colorful supplies, designs and pretty things inspire me. Check out Lydia's blog, Stampin' with Lydia, to see more of her work!

Returning card designers:
Brandi:

Hillary:

Rachelle:

We would also like to wish a fond farewell to our "retiring" design team members who have inspired us over the past six months! All of our Senior Design Team here at Sketch N Scrap wishes them a fond farewell and best of luck in their future endeavors as they continue to inspire us all with their amazing talent and creativity!  

Tuesday, June 10, 2014

Inspired By Sketch #6

It's time again for another one of our fun Inspired By Sketches! This month our Senior Design Team member, Kerry, was asked to submit a layout for the sketch and what a beauty it is! Here is the gorgeous layout she submitted:

Take A Dive by Senior Design Team Member Kerry:

And here is the Inspired By Sketch I created from her layout:

And the beautiful reveals from our design team (who have never seen Kerry's layout):

Heather

Lissa


Darcy






What an amazing variety of layouts by our design team! We would love to see your version of the Inspired By Sketch and it will also give you an extra chance at the fabulous prize we have up for grabs this month from Chic Tags!

Chic Tags is a delightful Mom and Pop shop located in central California. They specialize in paper tags for all your craft needs!  Chic Tags will be offering up this BEAUTIFUL prize package of their new line Cloud 9 to one randomly selected winner (open to US participants only)
But remember you can't win if you don't play! 

Here are the details:
1. Make sure and link back to Sketch N Scrap in your blog post when sharing our sketch OR a layout or card based on our sketch.
2. Link your layout or card up by clicking on the Froggy link in the sidebar

NOTE: Don't forget to link to the direct post of this weeks challenge on your blog.  

Remember each submission will give you ONE entry into our monthly random draw for a chance to win our June prize!  Have fun, we can't wait to see what you create :o)

So get  those layouts and cards started! This month's prize package is open to US participants only, thank you for understanding. 
Link up your layout by June 30th at midnight CST!

Friday, June 6, 2014

June Card Guest Designer

Please join me in welcoming our June Card Guest Designer Sara!
Hi my name is Sara I was born in the late 70s, married and mother of two sons who are the light of my eyes ... The taste for art remote generations old family ... but were the numbers they gave me the job.  Motherhood made ​​me rethink the designs of my existence and behold I could give life to my childhood dreams ...
I love crafts in general and I experienced everything that fascinates me .... But when I discovered Scrapbooking, I met a veritable explosion of information ... to adopt to improve, to create within my true passion ... the Cardmaking.  Besides the possibility of creating something, Cardmaking allows me to highlight my personality of person who enjoys a certain nostalgia for the tastes and traditional worshiping and remembering the past and worry about memorizing moments to remember in the future of mother that wants to transmit moments passed on to future generations, particularly their children. That's where the magic of Cardmaking ...  With full awareness of my limitations in this wide world, I thirst for learning and creating always with great affection and dedication, carving my papers, giving meaning to my soul ...
I consider myself a restless creature that constantly seeks perfection ....
I love paper, I love the vintage and shabby chic style and the colors that fascinate me are the pink, blue and brown, though I love all the colors in general . My favorite papers are Papermania, Authentique and Prima. I love charms, doilies and lace.
I love embossing and I'm starting with mix media!!! 
I love create, and bring to the paper my love, my thoughts, and my style!

Here is the wonderful card Sara did for us based off of yesterday's sketch. I'm loving the blue and white paper she used and the buttons are a fabulous touch!
Thanks for sharing Sara!