A little bubbly with a dash of glitter!

Let's add a little bubbly to this celebration!  

And while we are at it while not add a dash of glitter and shimmer?  I know how crafters love to shine, so what kind of scrapbook party wouldn't have something shiny in it?  Kerry's challenge is up on her blog today and is to incorporate glitter into your project!  So hop on over to her blog and see what she has up her shimmery sleeve!!!!  Don't forget to check back tomorrow when Tamika will host another fun challenge, that will have you adding some numbers to your projects!!!
  DETAILS OF HOW THE BIRTHDAY BASH WORKS:
1) All challenges will be posted in full on the DT member's blog that is hostessing that day's challenge
2) Link ups for all DT member hosted challenges will be on that DT member's blog
3) Link up for our regular 5 monthly sketches will be on the sidebar as normal
  If you get lost along the way just check out the sidebar for a link to all our current challenges!

Celebrate SNS Sketches Birthday Challenge

Yay it is the weekend so who is ready for another Challenge? This party is non-stop and we hope that you are enjoying the inspiration and all of the chances to win. Today our super talented Lissa is bringing you a sketch challenge that I am sure will get your creative juices flowing. And as a tease here is a sneak peek of her project -

So what are you waiting for, head right over to Lissa's blog to see her full challenge that will have you in sketchy mood! Make sure and join us again tomorrow as Kerry pops a little bubbly to keep the celebration going.

A FEW DETAILS OF HOW THE BIRTHDAY BASH WORKS:

1) All challenges will be posted in full on the DT member's blog that is hostessing that day's challenge

2) Link ups for all DT member hosted challenges will be on that DT member's blog

3) Link up for our regular 5 monthly sketches will be on the sidebar as normal

  If you get lost along the way just check out the sidebar for a link to all our current challenges! 

Finish it off with a bow!

Lisa here to share another birthday bash challenge with you today!  What's a birthday without a present and what's a present without a bow?  Certainly not a very pretty present right?  Today Solange is up with her fun challenge for us and here is a little sneak of her lovely project:

Doesn't that bow look lovely?  Hop on over to Solange's blog to see the full reveal and learn how you can play along!  Join us again tomorrow when Lissa shares another sketchy challenge with us!
 FEW DETAILS OF HOW THE BIRTHDAY BASH WORKS:
1) All challenges will be posted in full on the DT member's blog that is hostessing that day's challenge
2) Link ups for all DT member hosted challenges will be on that DT member's blog
3) Link up for our regular 5 monthly sketches will be on the sidebar as normal
  If you get lost along the way just check out the sidebar for a link to all our current challenges!

Party Poppers!

Happy Hump Day and welcome to another Birthday Bash Challenge! Today it is all about Party Poppers which means you will have to head over to Kelly's blog to see what is in store for you at Creating with Paper & More. Here is a little sneak for you to get you on your way:

A FEW DETAILS OF HOW THE BIRTHDAY BASH WORKS:
1) All challenges will be posted in full on the DT member's blog that is hostessing that day's challenge
2) Link ups for all DT member hosted challenges will be on that DT member's blog
3) Link up for our regular 5 monthly sketches will be on the sidebar as normal
  If you get lost along the way just check out the sidebar for a link to all our current challenges!

And don't forget to come back tomorrow for our regularly scheduled sketch layout reveal! Some amazing inspiration for you! :)

Birthday Card!

Today's birthday challenge is a scrapbooking challenge with a card twist!  Lisa is challenging us to use "cards" on our layouts!  Here is a sneak peek at her layout:

Visit Lisa's blog to see her full challenge that will have us using up some of the many Project Life type cards we all have in our stash!   Make sure and join us again tomorrow as Kelly gets things poppin' with her Party Popper challenge!
A FEW DETAILS OF HOW THE BIRTHDAY BASH WORKS:
1) All challenges will be posted in full on the DT member's blog that is hostessing that day's challenge
2) Link ups for all DT member hosted challenges will be on that DT member's blog
3) Link up for our regular 5 monthly sketches will be on the sidebar as normal
  If you get lost along the way just check out the sidebar for a link to all our current challenges! 

Birthday Decorations!

Wow, what great challenges so far huh?  Today's challenge is a fun one!  We all love party decorations especially colorful crepe paper. Today Heather is challenging us to use crepe paper on our cards, layouts or altered items!  Here is a sneak of her layout:

How fun is this?  I can't wait to try it myself!  Hop on over to Heather's blog to check out her beautiful layout and the awesome prize she has for one lucky winner!  Join us again tomorrow as Lisa challenges us to use up some of our stash, you won't want to miss this!

Get Sketchy!

Happy Mother's Day to all the mother's out there, we hope you day is filled with lots of crafty time! Today Hillary is up with another birthday bash challenge for you and it's spectacular one! It's sure to inspire even someone with totally missing mojo!  Here is a sneak of her fun challenge:

Hop on over to Hillary's blog to see her challenge and get your sketch on!!!!  Make sure and check back tomorrow to see how Heather challenges us to use a well know party decoration on your card or layout, you are going to love her inspiring example!
A FEW DETAILS OF HOW THE BIRTHDAY BASH WORKS:
1) All challenges will be posted in full on the DT member's blog that is hostessing that day's challenge
2) Link ups for all DT member hosted challenges will be on that DT member's blog
3) Link up for our regular 5 monthly sketches will be on the sidebar as normal
  If you get lost along the way just check out the sidebar for a link to all our current challenges! 

Round and Round

Welcome back to another fun challenge for today!  Today's challenge is brought to you by Darcy. Remember playing all those fun games at birthday parties when you were younger where you had to sit in a circle?  Like Spin the bottle, Duck, duck, goose, pass it on etc?  In the spirit of these fun circle party games Darcy is going to be challenging us to use CIRCLES on your project.   Here is a sneak of her fun project:

Aren't these hand stitched circles lovely?  Make sure and hop on over to Darcy's blog to see the whole shebang and take part in her fun challenge!!!!  Check back tomorrow when Hillary will get her sketch on!  Don't forget to sign up to follow our blog OR follow us on Facebook, we don't want you to miss out on any of our fun birthday bash challenges!
A FEW DETAILS OF HOW THE BIRTHDAY BASH WILL WORK:
1) All challenges will be posted in full on the DT member's blog that is hostessing that day's challenge
2) Link ups for all DT member hosted challenges will be on that DT member's blog
3) Link up for our regular 5 monthly sketches will be on the sidebar as normal
  If you get lost along the way just check out the sidebar for a link to all our current challenges! 

Turning Two & A Surprise Birthday Sponsor!

Happy second birthday to us!!!  Sketch N Scrap is turning two this month so DT member Surama has a fun challenge involving the number two for you today!  Here is a sneak of her fun challenge:

Doesn't this look yummy?  Hop on over to Surama's blog to find out how to play along with her challenge for a chance to win a fun prize!  Tomorrow Darcy is up with a challenge that will have you running in circles!

A FEW DETAILS OF HOW THE BIRTHDAY BASH WILL WORK:
1) All challenges will be posted in full on the DT member's blog that is hostessing that day's challenge
2) Link ups for all DT member hosted challenges will be on that DT member's blog
3) Link up for our regular 5 monthly sketches will be on the sidebar as normal
  If you get lost along the way just check out the sidebar for a link to all our current challenges!

And now to add some more excitement to the Birthday party!!! We have a surprise birthday sponsor, Paper Secrets!!!  

Paper Secrets is an online scrapbook store located in Southern California.We do our best to offer the product you love most & always welcome special requests.  Be sure to check out our blog for our monthly challenges, prizes & inspiration for our talented team of designers.

Paper Secrets has offered us another great prize for our celebration this month:

Cloud 9 by Chic Tags 
(7 sheets of paper, acetate tidbits, cardstock clips, gold label stickers, wood veneers)

Are you feeling the birthday love yet? We sure hope so because there is more to come every day!!!

Lift it!

Are you ready for our second DT hosted birthday bash challenge?  I hope you are in the mood to party with us all month long as we celebrate turning TWO!  Today's challenge is brought to us by Jennifer who has created a wonderful layout that she is challenging us to scraplift!  Here is a little sneak:

Now hop on over to Jennifer's blog to see her whole challenge and make sure and play along with her for a chance to win a very cool prize!  Check back tomorrow when Surama has us pairing things up to celebrate Sketch N Scrap turning TWO!!!!  
A FEW DETAILS OF HOW THE BIRTHDAY BASH WILL WORK:
1) All challenges will be posted in full on the DT member's blog that is hostessing that day's challenge
2) Link ups for all DT member hosted challenges will be on that DT member's blog
3) Link up for our regular 5 monthly sketches will be on the sidebar as normal
  If you get lost along the way just check out the sidebar for a link to all our current challenges! 

Bingo anyone?

WELCOME to our SECOND birthday celebration!!!!!!!!  We are so excited to be kicking off a fun filled month full of wonderful inspiration, challenges, prizes, sketches and did I say prizes???????  We are kicking off our birthday bash with a fun scrapbook bingo challenge by Senior DT member Kerry:

Make sure & head on over to Kerry's blog to check out her fun challenge & see the wonderful example she created!! Remember besides our 5 usual challenges this month we will have another 23 more challenges hosted by our DT members this month! Make sure & become a follower of our blog if you aren't already so you won't miss a thing!
A FEW DETAILS OF HOW THE BIRTHDAY BASH WILL WORK:
1) All challenges will be posted in full on the DT member's blog that is hostessing that day's challenge
2) Link ups for all DT member hosted challenges will be on that DT member's blog
3) Link up for our regular 5 monthly sketches will be on the sidebar as normal
  If you get lost along the way just check out the sidebar for a link to all our current challenges!
 Join us again tomorrow for our first card sketch of the month by Kelly! 

Lisa's Sketch with a Twist challenge!

Didn't you just love what Mandi did with the twine on her page yesterday?  If you missed it you can find it HERE.  Today's challenge is brought to you by co-owner Lisa.  Lisa's challenge is to use one of her sketches but with a twist.  Here the sketch for her challenge:

To find out what the TWIST is and to enter for a chance to win a cool set of washi tapes visit Lisa's blog

MY CREATIVE ENDEAVORS
This concludes our birthday bash challenges.  I hope you enjoyed them.  We would love your feedback on what you liked or even didn't like about our birthday bash.  Don't worry though we are still going to be bringing you FOUR sketches each month and great prizes!  Tune in tomorrow for the reveal of Sketch #34.  *HINT*  It is another multi photo sketch!  Thanks to all who joined in our challenges this month.  While many end tonight at midnight some of our challenges will go on into June, so you still have time to play along. All challenges can be found in the sidebar, plus don't forget about our DT call going on until June 4th.  More details on that can be found HERE

Many of you know that one of our birthday bash challenges was for a chance to be our July Layout Guest Designer.  Thanks to all who participated! Our readers are picking our winner, so please vote for your FAVORITE artist below!  One vote per person please.  Our winner will be announced on June 3rd, poll closes at 10 pm CST on June 2nd, so don't delay vote today!
Here are the entries:

 Leah:                                                              Ashley:

Libby:                                                        Jennifer

Christine:                                                  Stacia:

Rita:                                                    Rainy:

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Birthday Bash Twine Challenge by Mandi!

Are you as excited as I am about Lisa's Get Organized challenge she posted yesterday? I may actually get something in order now! :)

Today our Design Team member, Mandi, is challenging us to get out our stash of twine and put it to good use! Here is a creative sneak of her challenge:

Come along and check out the challenge on her blog, Kraze of MJ. You will surely be inspired to grab your twine and go to work!

Thanks so much for stopping by and don't forget our very last day of Birthday Bash challenges tomorrow when Lisa brings us a real twist on one of her fun sketches!!!

Don't forget that all of our Birthday Bash challenges are on the right side of our blog and many of them have different due dates. Please be sure to check each challenge for the specific rules and end dates! 

Thanks so much for playing along in our Birthday Bash this month and have a great day!

Lisa's get organized challenge !

I hope you enjoyed Inna's super creative challenge inspiring us to use our embossing folders!  If you missed it you can find it HERE.  Today it's Lisa here bringing you some fun and fast ways to organize your hoard stash.  Let's admit it, we would all like to be more organized in all aspects of our lives, but especially in when it comes to our hoard   I mean, stash of scrapbook supplies!  I am always looking for a great tip to organize my supplies.  Here is a sneak of just SOME of my favorite ways to organize my supplies:

HANG IT UP

I have kits I have bought in the past and ones I have made out of my stash hung on pants hangers to allow me easy access to supplies and keep them from getting crushed in bins. My stamps and other supplies store UNDER the kits so there is really little wasted space.

USE BASKETS 

 My mini albums are neatly stored in a basket in my entryway so that guests can easily flip through the books & enjoy them while visiting.  My niece & nephews love to look at them when they stop by!

USE JARS

 Large glass jars make great storage for foam stamps and chipboard pieces, freeing them up so you can easily view and locate them when needed. I found when my chipboard was not punched out and hidden in a drawer I would not use it as it was out of sight and out of mind!

PUT A SPIN ON IT

Add a lazy Susan under your cropping bag, this allows you to easily spin it around and access supplies from all sides!  These can be purchased at any store for a reasonable price.  I got mine for under $3.  It is not only great when you are away at a crop but also when cropping at home!  I keep all my most used tools and adhesives etc in my crop bag, just in case I get invited to a crop at the last minute, no need to spend extra time packing and then forgetting basic supplies!

I hope these little tips will inspire you to organize your supplies to allow you more time to scrap!  For more GREAT ideas on organizing your scrapbook supplies visit our Pinterest board on getting organized!  You can find it HERE .  We would love to hear your tips on how you organize your scrappy stuff as well!  For today's challenge we are entering all participants who share their favorite organization tip in the comment section into the drawing for our 30 spools of American Crafts ribbon!!!!

  Here are the rules:
1) Share your favorite organizing tip in the comment section on this post (one tip comment per person max)
2) For an extra entry into the drawing follow us on Pinterest HERE 
If you are already a follower then leave that in the comments to let us know.
3) Deadline to enter is June 5th at midnight CST
4) We will draw a winner for the American Crafts 30 spools of ribbon from all entries into this challenge and our Birthday Bash Blog Treasure Hunt challenge.  You have until May 31st at midnight CST to play along with the Treasure Hunt challenge for more ways to win!!!
5) Random drawing for the ribbon will take place on June 6th

Have fun and come back tomorrow to see what  Designer Mandi  has up her sleeve with her fun and creative twine challenge!

Birthday Bash Embossing Challenge by Inna!

What a beautiful two page layout challenge by designer Lynette yesterday! If you missed out on her fun challenge, click HERE.  Today we are bringing you a superb challenge by Design Team member Inna! 

To see more about her fun challenge, check out her blog, Scrap-Kotyawka. I am sure you will be very inspired!! :)  Don't forget to check our sidebar to the right for all of our Birthday Bash challenges this month and each Design Team member's blogs for the individual challenge rules and due dates for all the PRIZES being offered!! We hope you are enjoying our first big birthday party! :) 

I don't know about you, but I find myself always needing to organize or reorganize! Be sure to stop back by tomorrow when Lisa has a creative challenge to help us all get organized!

Thanks for stopping by and have a fabulous Tuesday! 

Double Page Layout Challenge by Lynette!

So did you get a chance to use up some of those buttons in your stash yesterday with Kelly's fun challenge?  If you missed it you can find it HERE or in our sidebar where we have ALL our birthday bash challenges listed.   Today's challenge is brought to us by Design Team Member Lynette who is challenging us to create a double page layout.  Here is a sneak of her challenge:

To learn more about Lynette's challenge stop by her blog:
A WORK IN PROGRESS
Even though May is winding down there is still plenty of time to play along with us!  Many challenges end on May 31st, but some that were posted recently end in June.  Stop back tomorrow for a fun challenge by DT member Inna!   We hope everyone has a wonderful Memorial Day!  Thank you to all who have served or are serving this great nation in our Armed Forces!

Birthday Bash Button Challenge by Kelly!

Wasn't that an awesome ink challenge by Senior Design Team member Heather yesterday? If you missed it, be sure to click HERE to check it out or you can find all of our Birthday Bash challenges on the right side of our main page. Today it's my turn (Kelly) to bring you a challenge to use up those buttons in your stash! Here's a peek at the challenge:

Come on over to my blog, Creating with Paper and More and play along with the Birthday Bash Button Challenge! I have a PRIZE posted that I will draw at the end of the challenge to one random winner so head over now and use up some of those buttons! :)

Be sure to stop back by tomorrow for another awesome challenge by our Design Team member Lynette! 

Also, please note that several of the games and challenges we have posted during our birthday month may continue on into the month of June. Check each Design Team members rules for their challenges posted on their blogs and our regular May layout sketches and May card sketches will be due by May 31st.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! :)

Ink and Stains challenge with Senior Designer Heather!

I know everyone was inspired by Hillary's photo inspiration challenge yesterday! If you missed it you can find it HERE.  Today one of our Senior Designers, Heather is bringing you a messy but fun challenge to use your inks and stains!  Here is a sneak of her challenge:

I know you have mists and inks that are sitting neglected on your shelf, why not join in the fun at Heather's blog for a chance to win a fun prize?  You can find all the details on her blog:

THE OLDE SALTBOX

There is still plenty of fun left in the month, join us tomorrow for another fun challenge by co-owner Kelly who is challenging us to reduce our button stash!  Remember you can find all our challenges for the month in our sidebar, we hope you will find some time to join in the fun!

Birthday Bash Photo Inspiration Challenge by Hillary

Wasn't that a super cool sequel to Lisa's kit challenge posted at the beginning of the month? If you missed out, click the link HERE to see her Use Your Kit Challenge! Yesterday's Sequel Challenge is an awesome way to use up that fun kit and win a chance at Lisa's fun PRIZE!  And now for today's brand new Photo Inspiration Challenge brought to us by Design Team member Hillary! 

This is just one part to a super fun Photo Inspiration challenge. 

Head over to Hillary's blog, Ink and Paper Cards, to see the full challenge and the PRIZE she is offering up by Verve Stamps!!! :)

Thanks so much for stopping by today for our exciting celebration and be sure to stop back by tomorrow for Senior Design Team member Heather's challenge! :)

Have a great day!!

Birthday Bash Name That Manufacturer Game by Tamika

Another super fun day here at Sketch-N-Scrap while we celebrate our First ever Birthday with daily challenges, prizes and games! Yesterday we had an awesome technique challenge by our Design Team member Brandi. If you missed it, click on this LINK to check it out. Today Senior Design Team member Tamika brings us a "Name That Manufacturer" game that offers a fantastic PRIZE of My Minds Eye Miss Caroline!

WOW!!! Another exciting day here at Sketch-N-Scrap during our Birthday Bash month! Head over to Tamika's blog Making Today Better Than Yesterday and play along in her fun game to win a chance at this awesome PRIZE!

Thanks for stopping by today and be sure to come back tomorrow for a fun sequel to Lisa's Kit Challenge! :)