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







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







Saturday, May 31, 2025

13th Birthday Bash Sketch #4

Happy Saturday!! May has been a great month here at Sketch N Scrap!  May is our birthday month, so we are celebrating 13 years of sharing inspiring sketches with you!  Each and every Saturday in May we have been sharing an exclusive birthday bash sketch with you!  Sadly, this is our last sketch of the month, but it has been a super fun month long celebration!!! And what is a celebration without a prize?  We are giving away a $25 gift certificate to one lucky randomly selected participant!!   The winner will be able to select the online craft store of their choice for the gift certificate!! You will get one entry for each project you upload here on the blog OR in our Facebook challenge group!  No double dipping allowed- one entry per sketch anyone uploading their projects to both the blog and Facebook will be disqualified and their entry will not count  Now for the sketch!  Our fourth 13th Birthday Bash sketch was created by sketch artist Lisa.

Here is the fun sketch she created for us: 


Now for 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 May 31st at 9:55 pm CST




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Saturday, May 24, 2025

13th Birthday Bash sketch #3

  Happy weekend!! May is a great month here at Sketch N Scrap!  May is our birthday month, so we are celebrating 13 years of sharing inspiring sketches with you!  Each and every Saturday in May we will be sharing an exclusive birthday bash sketch with you! And what is a celebration without a prize?  We will be giving away a $25 gift certificate to one lucky randomly selected participant!!   The winner will be able to select the online craft store of their choice for the gift certificate!! You will get one entry for each project you upload here on the blog OR in our Facebook challenge group!  No double dipping allowed- one entry per sketch anyone uploading their projects to both the blog and Facebook will be disqualified and their entry will not count.  Now for the sketch!  Our third 13th Birthday Bash sketch was created by sketch artist Lisa.

Here is the fun sketch she created for us:


Inspiration from our amazing DT:


We hope this layout  has 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






Tuesday, May 20, 2025

May 20th throwback card sketch challenge!

 Happy Tuesday! The month is flying by and it's time for our last card sketch of the month!!  Remember this month we are celebrating our 13th birthday, so we have extra sketches each and every Saturday in May for you to enjoy!  We are also giving away a prize in honor of our 13th birthday bash!  The prize is a $25 gift certificate which will be awarded to one lucky randomly selected participant!!   The winner will be able to select the online craft store of their choice for the gift certificate!! You will get one entry for each project you upload here on the blog OR in our Facebook challenge group!  No double dipping allowed- one entry per sketch anyone uploading their projects to both the blog and Facebook will be disqualified and the entry will not count.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:


Inspiration from our amazing DT:
Tina used throwback card sketch #219 to create her card! 

Jan:
Jan used throwback card sketch #219 to create this fun slimline card! 

Stephanie:
Stephanie used throwback card sketch #219 to create her 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 May 31st at 9:55 pm CST









Saturday, May 17, 2025

13th Birthday Bash Sketch #2

  Happy weekend!! May is a great month here at Sketch N Scrap!  May is our birthday month, so we are celebrating 13 years of sharing inspiring sketches with you!  Each and every Saturday in May we will be sharing an exclusive birthday bash sketch with you! And what is a celebration without a prize?  We will be giving away a $25 gift certificate to one lucky randomly selected participant!!   The winner will be able to select the online craft store of their choice for the gift certificate!! You will get one entry for each project you upload here on the blog OR in our Facebook challenge group!  No double dipping allowed- one entry per sketch anyone uploading their projects to both the blog and Facebook will be disqualified and their entry will not count.  Our second 13th Birthday Bash sketch was created by sketch artist Lisa.

Here is the fun sketch she created for us:


Inspiration from our amazing DT:


We hope this layout  has 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, May 15, 2025

May 15th sketch challenge

 Happy Thursday! 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:

Now for inspiration from our amazing DT:

Tina:

Tina used throwback sketch #282 to create her layout! 

Lori used throwback sketch #106 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





Saturday, May 10, 2025

13th Birthday Bash sketch #1

 Happy weekend!! May is a great month here at Sketch N Scrap!  May is our birthday month, so we are celebrating 13 years of sharing inspiring sketches with you!  Each and every Saturday in May we will be sharing an exclusive birthday bash sketch with you! And what is a celebration without a prize?  We will be giving away a $25 gift certificate to one lucky randomly selected participant!!   The winner will be able to select the online craft store of their choice for the gift certificate!! You will get one entry for each project you upload here on the blog OR in our Facebook challenge group!  No double dipping allowed- one entry per sketch anyone uploading their projects to both the blog and Facebook will be disqualified and their entry will not count.  Our first13th Birthday Bash sketch was created by sketch artist Lisa.

Here is the fun sketch she created for us:


Inspiration from our amazing DT:
Lori:

We hope this layout  has 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


Monday, May 5, 2025

Card Sketch #285

 Happy Monday!!! We hope your month is off to a great start! Today we have our first card sketch of the month for you!  It's a busy month here at Sketch N Scrap as we celebrate 13 years of sharing inspiring sketches with you as well as National Scrapbook Day! As part of the celebration we are giving away a $25 gift certificate to one lucky randomly selected participant!!   The winner will be able to select the online craft store of their choice for the gift certificate!! You will get one entry for each project you upload here on the blog OR in our Facebook challenge group!  No double dipping allowed- one entry per sketch anyone uploading their projects to both the blog and Facebook will be disqualified and their entry will not count. 

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 May 31st at 9:55 pm CST






Saturday, May 3, 2025

Happy National Scrapbooking Day 2025!!

  Happy National Scrapbooking Day!!! It's a busy month here at Sketch N Scrap as we celebrate 13 years of sharing inspiring sketches with you as well as National Scrapbook Day! As part of the celebration we are giving away a $25 gift certificate to one lucky randomly selected participant!!   The winner will be able to select the online craft store of their choice for the gift certificate!! You will get one entry for each project you upload here on the blog OR in our Facebook challenge group!  No double dipping allowed- one entry per sketch anyone uploading their projects to both the blog and Facebook will be disqualified and their entry will not count.  Now without further adieu, here is the fun sketch that Lisa created for us for National Scrapbooking Day 2025!! 


Inspiration from our amazing DT:


We hope this layout  has 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



Friday, May 2, 2025

April's featured artists

 Happy May! 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 April!!  What creative projects everyone shared!

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


The DT loved the fun bold and bright color palette of Neyla's layout and her lovely hearts!   Congratulations Neyla!! 


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

The DT loved the adorable fair and shabby chic feel of Jackie's amazing card!
Congratulations Jackie!!

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!!!!