Friday, August 15, 2025

August 15th throwback sketch challenge

  Happy Friday! The month is flying by and it's time for our mid-month sketch challenge!  Our challenge for you today is a throwback sketch challenge!  We have four amazing throwback sketches for you to choose from when creating your layout!  If you feel inspired by more than one you are welcome to create a layout or two or even FOUR using these throwback sketches! 

Here are the sketches:


Inspiration from our amazing DT:
Deanna:
Deanna used throwback sketch #256 to create her beautiful layout! 

Tina used throwback sketch #62 and rotated it for her lovely layout.

Lori used throwback sketch #102 to create her sweet 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 August 31st at 9:55 pm CST

Tuesday, August 5, 2025

Card Sketch #288

  Happy Augustl!!! 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: 


Inspiration from our amazing DT:

Jan:


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 August 31st at 9:55 pm CST






Sunday, August 3, 2025

July's featured artists

 Happy August! 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 July!!  What creative projects everyone shared!

It's time to announce our featured artists for July!  First up is our featured scrapper!  It was a hard choice again this month but the DT selected this amazing layout created by Jackie using the throwback National Scrapbooking Day sketch from 2021!


The DT loved this fun layout with the whimsical background paper and awesome embellishment clusters!! 
Congratulations Jackie!!! 

Next up is our featured card maker. Congratulations goes to Suzanne!!  Suzanne used the July 5th card sketch to create her fun card.

The DT loved the cute little girl image and the beautiful pink color palette of Suzanne's adorable card!
Congratulations Suzanne!!!

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!!!!    




Friday, August 1, 2025

Sketch N Scrap #319

  Happy August!!! July was a fun month here at Sketch N Scrap!  The DT was blown away by all the creativity everyone shared with us!  It's a new month,which means it's time for another fun sketch!  We are kicking August off with a fun 3-photo sketch for you to try. 

 Today's sketch was created by sketch artist Lisa.

Here is the fun sketch:


Inspiration from our amazing design team:


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 August 31st at 9:55 pm CST






Sunday, July 20, 2025

July 20th throwback card sketches

 Happy Sunday! The month is flying by and it's time for our last sketch challenge of the month!!  Our challenge for you today is a throwback card sketch challenge!  We have four amazing throwback card sketches for you to choose from today!!  If you feel inspired by more than one you are welcome to create a card or two or even FOUR using these throwback card sketches! Here are the sketches:

Here are the sketches:


Inspiration from our amazing DT:
Stephanie:
Stephanie used throwback card sketch #122 to create this amazing card! 

Tina:

Tina used throwback card sketch #122 to create this fun Christmas 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 July 31st at 9:55 pm CST





You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Tuesday, July 15, 2025

July 15th sketch challenge

 Happy Tuesday! The month is flying by and it's time for our mid-month sketch challenge!  Our challenge for you today is a throwback sketch challenge!  We have four amazing throwback sketches for you to choose from when creating your layout!  If you feel inspired by more than one you are welcome to create a layout or two or even FOUR using these throwback sketches! 

Here are the sketches:


Inspiration from our amazing DT:

Tina:

Tina used the National Scrapbooking Day sketch from 2019 to create her amazing layout.

Deanna:

Deanna used the National Scrapbooking Day sketch from 2021 to create this stunning layout.

Lori used throwback sketch #264 to create her awesome 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 July 31st at 9:55 pm CST




Saturday, July 5, 2025

Card Sketch #287

 Happy Julyl!!! 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: 


Inspiration from our amazing DT:
Deanna:



Jan:


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 July 31st at 9:55 pm CST



Thursday, July 3, 2025

June's featured artists

  Happy July! 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 June!!  What creative projects everyone shared!

It's time to announce our featured artists for June!  First up is our featured scrapper!  It was a hard choice again this month but the DT selected this amazing layout created by Wendy using the June 1st sketch!

The DT loved the fun cut apart card filled with summer icons, what creativity!! 
Congratulations Wendy!!! 

Next up is our featured card maker. Congratulations goes to Treva!! Treva used the June 5th card sketch to create her fun card.

The DT loved the adorable bee & fun sentiment on Treva's amazing card!
Congratulations Treva!!

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!!!!    



Tuesday, July 1, 2025

Sketch N Scrap #318

 Happy July!!! June was a great month here at Sketch N Scrap!  The DT was blown away by all the creativity everyone shared with us!  It's a new month,which means it's time for another fun sketch!  We are kicking July off with a fun 2-photo sketch for you to try. 

 Today's sketch was created by sketch artist Lisa.

Here is the fun sketch:


Inspiration from our amazing DT:


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 July 31st at 9:55 pm CST











Friday, June 20, 2025

June 20th throwback card sketch challenge

 Happy Friday! The month is flying by and it's time for our last sketch of the month!!  Our challenge for you today is a throwback card sketch challenge!  We have four amazing throwback card sketches for you to choose from today!!  If you feel inspired by more than one you are welcome to create a card or two or even FOUR using these throwback card sketches! Here are the sketches:

Here are the sketches:

Inspiration from our amazing DT:
Jan:
Jan used WCMD 2018 sketch #1 to create her beautiful card.

Tina used WCMD 2018 sketch #1 to create her gorgeous Christmas card.

Stephanie:
Stephanie used throwback card sketch #126 to create her fun patriotic 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 June 30th at 9:55 pm CST







You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Sunday, June 15, 2025

June 15th sketch challenge

 Happy Sunday! The month is flying by and it's time for our mid-month sketch challenge!  Our challenge for you today is a throwback sketch challenge!  We have four amazing throwback sketches for you to choose from when creating your layout!  If you feel inspired by more than one you are welcome to create a layout or two or even FOUR using these throwback sketches! 

Here are the sketches:


Inspiration from our amazing DT:
Tina used throwback sketch #107 to create her layout.


Lori used throwback sketch #209 to create her 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 May 31st at 9:55 pm CST







Thursday, June 5, 2025

Card Sketch #286

   Happy Junel!!! 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: 


Inspiration from our amazing DT:


Jan:

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 June 30th at 9:55 pm CST








Tuesday, June 3, 2025

May's $25 Gift Certificate Winner!!!

 Hello, everyone! Lori here to announce our May Birthday Bash Winner! We had a total of 86 beautiful entries - 14 here on the blog and 72 entries added in the albums over in our private Facebook group. I've said it before, and I'll say it again - we have the most talented scrapbookers and card makers join in our challenges! 

To pick the winner, I added those 86 names to the Wheel of Names for the random draw. Here is the wheel with all of the names:


And the winner is:


Cheryl Even!!

Congratulations, Cheryl! You can message me on Facebook letting me know where you would like your gift certificate from, or email me at  loristroup@yahoo.com.

Thanks so much to everyone who played along with us last month! Be sure to check out Sketch N Scrap's Monthly Challenges Facebook group, because you never know when we'll have an RAK or giveaway!


May's Featured artists

 Happy June! Thank you to everyone who joined us last month to celebrate our 13th birthday!  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 May!!  What creative projects everyone shared!

It's time to announce our featured artists for May!  First up is our featured scrapper!  It was a hard choice again this month but the DT selected this amazing layout created by Lolis using the May 1st sketch!


The DT lovedthese fun papers as well as the gorgeous embellishment clusters Lolis created on this beautiful layout!  
Congratulations Lolis!!! 

Next up is our featured card maker. Congratulations goes to Lucy!  Lucy used the May 5th card sketch to create her card.
The DT loved the pretty lace and gorgeous dogwood flowers on Lucy's amazing card!
Congratulations Lucy!!

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!!!!    



Sunday, June 1, 2025

Sketch N Scrap #317

 Happy June!!! May was a great month here at Sketch N Scrap!  The DT was blown away by all the creativity everyone shared with us!  It's a new month,which means it's time for another fun sketch!  We are kicking June off with a fun 3-photo sketch for you to try. 

 Today's sketch was created by sketch artist Lisa.

Here is the fun sketch:


Inspiration from our amazing DT:

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 June 30th at 9:55 pm CST