Card Sketch #283

 Happy March!!! We hope your month is off to a great start! Today we have our first card sketch of the month for you!  

Today's sketch is brought to us by sketch artist Lisa.

Here is the fun sketch she created for us: 

Our theme for March is OVER THE RAINBOW! 

Now for the fun color board twist to go along with this sketch challenge:

To play along with this challenge create a card using the sketch that follows the color scheme using this color board for inspiration! 

Inspiration from our amazing DT:

Deanna:

Jan:

Chris:

We hope these cards have inspired you to play along with us this month! 

We can't wait to see what you create! To play along:

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.

  (DO NOT USE THE DIRECT LINK, use http://sketchnscrap.blogspot.com)

2. Link your layout or card up by clicking on the Froggy link in the sidebar.  Make sure and link up a DIRECT link to your blog post to allow us to easily locate your entry on your blog.

  Have fun, we can't wait to see what you create!

Deadline to link up is March 31st at 9:55 pm CST

February's featured artists

  Happy March! Thank you to everyone who joined us last month!  I think we can say it was an awesome month!!!  The DT was inspired by all the amazing entries shared both on the blog and in our Facebook group in February!!  What creative projects everyone shared!

It's time to announce our featured artists for February!  First up is our featured scrapper!  It was a hard choice again this month but the DT selected this amazing layout created by Cynthia using throwback sketch #236 for our February 15th sketch challenge!

The DT loved Cynthia's take on the sketch and how she used this large shield as the focal point of this beautifully embellished layout!  

Congratulations Cynthia!!!

Next up is our featured card maker. Congratulations goes to Marilyn!  Marilyn used the February 5th card sketch to create her card. 

The DT loved the vintage feel of this card as well as the fun mix of patterns that Marilyn used on it!  

Congratulations Marilyn!!!

Ladies make sure and grab your badge on the right sidebar and display it proudly on your blogs or social media profiles! Thanks to all our readers for sharing your lovely work with us and inspiring us and others with your creativity!!   Make sure and check out our Facebook challenge group for much more inspiration and to join in our monthly virtual crop!! We hope you will play along again this month!!!!    

Sketch N Scrap #314

 Happy March! We are kicking off a new month and a fun new theme here at Sketch N Scrap!!  This year we are changing things up a bit, we are offering a new sketch twice a month on the 1st and 5th, then on the 15th and 20th we will be challenging you to create a layout or card using a throwback sketch!  We are also adding a "TWIST" challenge to our sketches this year!  Each month we will have a "THEME" and each sketch will feature a "TWIST" based on that theme.

 This month's theme is: OVER THE RAINBOW

Since it's a new month that means it's time for another fun sketch!  We are kicking March off with a fun 2-photo sketch for you to try.  Today's sketch was created by sketch artist Lisa.

Here is the sketch:

OUR TWIST FOR THIS SKETCH IS A RECIPE CHALLENGE- using the sketch create a layout that follows the recipe below: 

Now for inspiration from our amazing DT:

Chris:

Chris used the sketch, green paper, a rainbow, polka dot paper, a tag and a butterfly as her recipe items.

Deanna:

Deanna used the sketch, a green tag, a sun & airplane, polka dot paper, a gold tag and flowers for her recipe items.

We hope these layouts have inspired you to play along with us this month! 

We can't wait to see what you create! To play along:

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.

  (DO NOT USE THE DIRECT LINK, use http://sketchnscrap.blogspot.com)

2. Link your layout or card up by clicking on the Froggy link in the sidebar.  Make sure and link up a DIRECT link to your blog post to allow us to easily locate your entry on your blog.

  Have fun, we can't wait to see what you create!

Deadline to link up is March 31st at 9:55 pm CST

January 20th 2025 card sketch challenge

 Happy Thursday! The month is flying by and it's time for our last sketch of the month challenge!  As you know this year we are changing things up a bit and we kicked off 2025 with a new format!  We are now offering a new sketch just twice a month on the 1st and 5th, then on the 15th and 20th we are challenging you to create a layout or card using a throwback sketch!  We are also adding a "TWIST" challenge to all our sketches this year!  Each month we will have a "THEME" and each sketch will feature a "TWIST" based on that theme.

 This month's theme is: QUEEN OF HEARTS

We have four fun throwback card sketches for you to choose from for today's challenge.  

Here are the sketches:

To participate in this challenge select one of the sketches and combine it with our TWIST which is to create a card using black and white and one other color.

Here is inspiration from our amazing DT:

Jan:

For her card Jan used throwback card sketch #92 and black, white and red.

Tina:

For her card Tina used throwback card sketch #86 and black, white and blue

.

Stephanie:

For her card Stephanie used throwback card sketch #92 and black, white and pink.

We hope these cards have inspired you to play along with us this month! 

We can't wait to see what you create! To play along:

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.

  (DO NOT USE THE DIRECT LINK, use http://sketchnscrap.blogspot.com)

2. Link your layout or card up by clicking on the Froggy link in the sidebar.  Make sure and link up a DIRECT link to your blog post to allow us to easily locate your entry on your blog.

  Have fun, we can't wait to see what you create!

Deadline to link up is February 28th at 9:55 pm CST

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

February 15th 2025 sketch challenge

  Happy Saturday! The month is flying by and it's time for our mid-month sketch challenge!  As you know this year we are changing things up a bit and we kicked off 2025 with a new format!  We are now offering a new sketch just twice a month on the 1st and 5th, then on the 15th and 20th we are challenging you to create a layout or card using a throwback sketch!  We are also adding a "TWIST" challenge to all our sketches this year!  Each month we will have a "THEME" and each sketch will feature a "TWIST" based on that theme.

 This month's theme is: QUEEN OF HEARTS

We have four fun throwback sketches for you to choose from for today's challenge.  

Here are the sketches:

Our twist for this challenge is a HEART acrostic challenge: select one of the four sketches from the collage and use a scrappy item, technique, or theme for each letter in the word HEART.   Examples: H= heart or hexagon, E= edge distressing or embossing; A= anniversary, American Crafts, or aqua; R= red, rub ons or roller skating; T= tags, travel or turquoise.  You may use other things as well but at least one thing for each letter on your layout!

Here is inspiration from our amazing DT:

Tina:

Tina used sketch #236 and the following items to spell out the word heart:  H - hearts, E - enamel dots, A - arrows, R - ribbon, T - Tan

Lori:

For her layout Lori used sketch #260 and the following items to spell out the word heart:  H - hearts, E - enamel dots, A - acrylic pieces, R - red paper, T - Tags

We hope these layouts have inspired you to play along with us this month! 

We can't wait to see what you create! To play along:

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.

  (DO NOT USE THE DIRECT LINK, use http://sketchnscrap.blogspot.com)

2. Link your layout or card up by clicking on the Froggy link in the sidebar.  Make sure and link up a DIRECT link to your blog post to allow us to easily locate your entry on your blog.

  Have fun, we can't wait to see what you create!

Deadline to link up is February 28th at 9:55 pm CST

Card Sketch #282

 Happy February!!! We hope your month is off to a great start! Today we have our first card sketch of the month for you!  

Today's sketch is brought to us by sketch artist Lisa.

Here is the fun sketch she created for us: 

To keep with our fun theme of QUEEN OF HEARTS this month we have a fun twist to go along with this sketch challenge!!

TWIST FOR THIS CHALLENGE:  create a card based on this sketch and the following mood board:

Now for inspiration from our amazing DT:

Deanna:

Deanna was inspired by the hearts and the color scheme when creating her card.

Chris:

Chris was inspired by the color scheme as well as the hearts and XOXO in the mood board.

Jan:

Jan was also inspired by the color scheme, hearts and XOXO in the mood board.

We hope these cards have inspired you to play along with us this month! 

We can't wait to see what you create! To play along:

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.

  (DO NOT USE THE DIRECT LINK, use http://sketchnscrap.blogspot.com)

2. Link your layout or card up by clicking on the Froggy link in the sidebar.  Make sure and link up a DIRECT link to your blog post to allow us to easily locate your entry on your blog.

  Have fun, we can't wait to see what you create!

Deadline to link up is February 28th at 9:55 pm CST

January's Featured artists

 Happy February! Thank you to everyone who joined us last month!  I think we can say it was an awesome month!!!  The DT was inspired by all the amazing entries shared both on the blog and in our Facebook group in January!!  What creative projects everyone shared!

It's time to announce our featured artists for January!  First up is our featured scrapper!  It was a hard choice again this month but the DT selected this amazing layout created by Jamie using throwback sketch #48 for our January 15th sketch challenge!

The DT just loved Jamie's take on the sketch and how she added an extra photo and creatively made the sketch fit her needs!  

Congratulations Jamie!!! 

Next up is our featured card maker. Congratulations goes to Julia!  Julia used the January 5th card sketch to create her card. 

The DT loved the beautiful floral paper and that lovely green glitter paper Julia used on her amazing card! 

Congratulations Julia!!

Ladies make sure and grab your badge on the right sidebar and display it proudly on your blogs or social media profiles! Thanks to all our readers for sharing your lovely work with us and inspiring us and others with your creativity!!   Make sure and check out our Facebook challenge group for much more inspiration and to join in our monthly virtual crop!! We hope you will play along again this month!!!!    

Sketch N Scrap #313

  Happy February! We are kicking off a new month and a fun new theme here at Sketch N Scrap!!  This year we are changing things up a bit, we are offering a new sketch twice a month on the 1st and 5th, then on the 15th and 20th we will be challenging you to create a layout or card using a throwback sketch!  We are also adding a "TWIST" challenge to our sketches this year!  Each month we will have a "THEME" and each sketch will feature a "TWIST" based on that theme.

 This month's theme is: QUEEN OF HEARTS 

Since it's a new month that means it's time for another fun sketch!  We are kicking February off with a fun 2-photo sketch for you to try.  Today's sketch was created by sketch artist Lisa.

Here is the sketch:

OUR TWIST FOR THIS SKETCH: 3 IN A ROW- using the sketch create a layout that includes things from one of the following diaganol, horizontal or vertical rows below:

Now for inspiration from our amazing DT:

Chris:

Chris used the top horizontal row to create her fun layout: rhinestones, pink paper and the word LOVE in her title. 

Deanna:

Deanna used the middle row vertically: pink paper, free space and heart cluster to create her fun Christmas themed layout. 

We hope these layouts have inspired you to play along with us this month! 

We can't wait to see what you create! To play along:

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.

  (DO NOT USE THE DIRECT LINK, use http://sketchnscrap.blogspot.com)

2. Link your layout or card up by clicking on the Froggy link in the sidebar.  Make sure and link up a DIRECT link to your blog post to allow us to easily locate your entry on your blog.

  Have fun, we can't wait to see what you create!

Deadline to link up is February 28th at 9:55 pm CST

January 20th 2025 card sketch challenge

  Happy Monday! The month is flying by and it's time for our last sketch of the month challenge!  As you know this year we are changing things up a bit and we kicked off 2025 with a new format!  We are now offering a new sketch just twice a month on the 1st and 5th, then on the 15th and 20th we are challenging you to create a layout or card using a throwback sketch!  We are also adding a "TWIST" challenge to all our sketches this year!  Each month we will have a "THEME" and each sketch will feature a "TWIST" based on that theme.

 This month's theme is: OUT WITH THE OLD AND IN WITH THE NEW 

We have four fun throwback card sketches for you to choose from for today's challenge.  

Here are the sketches:

 

To participate in this challenge select one of the sketches and combine it with our TWIST which is to create a card with a "Hello" or "Thinking of You" theme!

Here is inspiration from our amazing DT:

Tina:

For her card Tina used sketch #114 and for her twist Tina created a "Hello" themed card

We hope these cards have inspired you to play along with us this month! 

We can't wait to see what you create! To play along:

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.

  (DO NOT USE THE DIRECT LINK, use http://sketchnscrap.blogspot.com)

2. Link your layout or card up by clicking on the Froggy link in the sidebar.  Make sure and link up a DIRECT link to your blog post to allow us to easily locate your entry on your blog.

  Have fun, we can't wait to see what you create!

Deadline to link up is January 31st at 9:55 pm CST

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

January 15th 2025 sketch challenge

  Happy Hump Day! The month is flying by and it's time for our mid-month challenge!  As you know this year we are changing things up a bit and we kicked off 2025 with a new format!  We are now offering a new sketch just twice a month on the 1st and 5th, then on the 15th and 20th we are challenging you to create a layout or card using a throwback sketch!  We are also adding a "TWIST" challenge to all our sketches this year!  Each month we will have a "THEME" and each sketch will feature a "TWIST" based on that theme.

 This month's theme is: OUT WITH THE OLD AND IN WITH THE NEW 

We have four fun throwback sketches for you to choose from for today's challenge.  

Here are the sketches:

To participate in this challenge select one of the sketches and combine it with our TWIST which is to use papers that are over a year old on your layout!

Here is inspiration from our amazing DT:

Deanna:

For her layout Deanna used throwback sketch #96 with papers that are over a year old

Tina:

For her layout Tina used throwback sketch #240 with papers that are over a year old

We hope these layouts have inspired you to play along with us this month! 

We can't wait to see what you create! To play along:

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.

  (DO NOT USE THE DIRECT LINK, use http://sketchnscrap.blogspot.com)

2. Link your layout or card up by clicking on the Froggy link in the sidebar.  Make sure and link up a DIRECT link to your blog post to allow us to easily locate your entry on your blog.

  Have fun, we can't wait to see what you create!

Deadline to link up is January 31st at 9:55 pm CST

Card sketch #281

  Happy January!!! We hope your month is off to a great start! Today we have our first card sketch of the month for you!  

Today's sketch is brought to us by sketch artist Lisa.

Here is the fun sketch she created for us: 

To keep with our fun theme of OUT WITH THE OLD AND IN WITH THE NEW we have a fun twist to go along with this sketch challenge!!

TWIST FOR THIS CHALLENGE:  add something shiny or sparkly to your card such as sequins, glitter paper, bling etc!! 

Now for inspiration from our amazing DT:

Deanna:

For the twist Deanna used a glitter frame and sequins to make her card shine! 

Jan:

For the twist Jan added a shiny gold hexagon and some shiny gold sequins! 

Chris:

For the twist Chris added shiny gold stars and a leaf! 

We hope these cards have inspired you to play along with us this month! 

We can't wait to see what you create! To play along:

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.

  (DO NOT USE THE DIRECT LINK, use http://sketchnscrap.blogspot.com)

2. Link your layout or card up by clicking on the Froggy link in the sidebar.  Make sure and link up a DIRECT link to your blog post to allow us to easily locate your entry on your blog.

  Have fun, we can't wait to see what you create!

Deadline to link up is January 31st at 9:55 pm CST