Our Senior Team and Sketch Artists

We wanted to give a big shout out to our new sketch artist Brenshevia Baker!   Brenshevia will join Lisa in bringing you monthly inspiration in the form of sketches.  We hope that the two different styles will get you  creating outside of your comfort zone and bring you endless inspiration as you preserve your memories.

Brenshevia

Here's a little background about Brenshevia:

I have be scrapbooking for about 5 years now.  I started back in 2007 when I went home for my 20th class reunion.  My godsister started telling me about how she scrapped and how fun it was. I became so interested that I came home and tried my hand at it and loved it!  The rest as they say is history. I don’t really have a style, I pretty much scrap the moment so my page could be clean and simple or elegant and elaborate.  I am the mother of two and grandmother of three.  As you will see, my grand babies are the
 primary subject of my pages, I LOVE scrapping those faces! Please allow me to share my life's journey in pictures with you.    For more inspiration and sketchy goodness from Brenshevia please visit her blog:

Paper Memories by Brenshevia.

While we have added a new sketch artist and six new DT members our founding team is still an integral part of Sketch N Scrap.  Site owner and founder Jewels Price and Sketch artist and site co-owner Lisa Hidy are excited at all the growth Sketch N Scrap has seen since we started with our first sketch just this past May.  We are happy that our original three DT members have decided to stay on as Senior DT members.  Kelly Holifield, Amy Edwards, and Heather Hall will continue to offer us monthly inspiration.  Kelly is also going to be assisting us as blog coordinator as well, so be looking for upcoming blog posts from her.  We hope you will join us on the 1st and 15th of each month when our sketches are revealed.  We have a little "bonus" holiday surprise planned for you in December and lots of other fun little "projects" are in the works to bring you even more scrappy inspiration and sketchy goodness, so please sign up to follow our blog so you won't miss out on the fun things in store in the upcoming month as well as new year!   There is still time to play along with our sketches for November...it's easy, just use our sketch as inspiration for your layout and link up in the sidebar by November 30th for a chance to win our November prize from A Flair for Buttons!

Design Team Intros - Part two

I am so excited to share with our followers the rest of our new design team members!  Please welcome:



Crystal

Hi! My name is Crystal. I live in central Pennsylvania. I am a mom to one boy, a wife, and a full time counselor/advocate. I love to create and have always crafted in some form or another throughout my entire life. I have been scrapbooking in the form we think of it today since about 2002. I do a mix of paper, hybrid, and digital scrapping with a little bit of art journal influence thrown in sometimes. I love to use sketches as my starting points—although sometimes I go off in my very own direction and my final result has little in common with the sketch inspiration. I am an online scrap class junkie. I’m always on the lookout for new techniques to try, ways to approach scrapping, or just new forms of inspiration.

For more of Crystal's work please visit her blog, Crystal's Garden.

Mandi

My name is Mandi. I am twenty-three years old and live in Michigan with my parents, brother and a spoiled dog. I have been crafting for as long as I can remember but really got into it when I was teen.That is when my dad was getting me more into paper crafting. I am sure he didn't realize what a large stash accumulating over the years. I was thirteen when I put together my first scrapbook together and the subject was a tiny, little, fur ball, name Buster. I love to make scrapbook pages, cards and altered items. Besides crafting, I love to spend time cooking and spending time with my family.

Please visit Mandi's blog, The Kraze of MJ, for loads of inspiration.

Lynette

Hello, my name is Lynette Jacobs. I live in Port Elizabeth on the east coast of South Africa.  I have been married to Kobus for the past 33 years and we have three grown children.  We have been blessed with six beautiful grandchildren who are also the subject of most of my scrapping. My husband and I founded a non-profit organization that provides for the needs of nearly 600 homeless and poor people whom we house at the Mission.  This work is very stressful and emotional and scrapbooking provides me with much needed stress-relief.  I started scrapbooking in 2005 and was instantly hooked.  I love that my hobby can give me so much pleasure and at the same time create a legacy for my children and grandchildren. Until recently I preferred doing only layouts that can be slipped into my albums.  I have now developed a love for mini albums as gifts to my love ones and also love making handmade cards.  To see more of Lynette's work visit her blog, A Work in Progress.

DT intros - Part one

Now that things are slowing down a bit after our big holiday week last week we would like to take the opportunity to introduce more formally our new DT members!  We are thrilled to welcome

Monica

My name is Monica Moore and I'm from the midwest state of Indiana.  I'm recently married so you will find that a lot of my pages are of my husband and I (new and old).  I also have two little kittens that my husband and I added to our little family over the summer.  I've always been a crafty and artistic person and scrapbooking has been a fun way for me to be crafty without having to over think things.  I've been scrapbooking since I was in middle school, but I've really gotten into it in the past two years.  I had the opportunity to work at a scrapbook store for a year, which really helped my stash GROW! My stash has gotten a little out of hand, but who's isn't?!?!?!  I love to scrapbook anything that happens in my life, the big things and small things.  My favorite scrapbook brands are October Afternoon, Simple Stoires and My Mind's Eye just to name a few.  You'll find in my pages that I'm not afraid to mix and match brands, I just use what I think looks good together.  Monica recently started her own blog, called Document Moore Memories so be sure to check it out if you would like to see more of Monica's lovely work.

Kerry

I am a wife and mother to 3 girls and we live in a very small village in Essex, United Kingdom. I have been scrapbooking for about 7 years and I run a local scrapbooking club. I have tried my hand at several crafts but I think scrapbooking is my ultimate favourite by far, I just love the diversity in the industry where no matter what your style or skill there is always a product to enhance or help in your creativity. My favourite product has to be paper (can you have too much paper?) and my favourite tool is my Bigshot.

My other hobbies include reading, gardening (including growing my own veg) and I have just learnt how to switch from auto to manual on my DSLR!  I love nothing better than doing scrappy challenges sas it makes
 me think out side my little square box and I enjoy blogging to get inspiration and new ideas (there is just so much out there).  Please visit Kerry's blog, Scrapbooking for the love of paper, for more inspiration!

Tamika

Hi my name is Tamika and just like Will Smith I am Philadelphia born and raised. My husband and I have two sons, two daughters and two dogs between the two of us. My daughters are growing up so quickly but I am far enough behind in my scrapping that they will stay young forever in my heart, lol. I have been a crafter all of my life in some shape or form. It started with drawings, then home-made paper dolls, sewing, cooking, fabric painting, latch-hooking, jewelry making, nail art & designs, crocheting and finally my true love scrapbooking. I started scrapbooking after receiving a mail order kit and my passion for this art form has grown over the years. Besides layouts I enjoy creating hand made gift items, cards, notepads, etc. and I teach crafting classes at an Assisted Living Facility twice a month. I find creating pages therapeutic and my own private escape from life's hustles and bustles. I love using sketches and I look forward to sharing and learning from you. You can find more of Tamika's work on her blog, Phillyscraps.

I hope you will join me in welcoming these lovely ladies to our team!  We have three more DT members, one sketch artist and THREE senior DT members to introduce in the next few days, so join me again tomorrow for more introductions! 

Lisa

Announcing our newest DT members!

First off I would like to thank everyone who applied to be part of our DT!  We were so impressed with everyone who applied.  We would have loved to pick each and everyone of you, you are all so talented and inspiring and thank you from the bottom of our hearts for sharing your work with us.  We will be having another DT call in June and hope everyone who didn't get a chance this round will give it another go round in June.  Without further ado I would like to welcome these ladies to team Sketch N Scrap!   We are so glad you are joining us !

Sketch Artist

Brenshevia Baker

DT members:

Lynette Jacobs

Kerry Bruce

Monica Moore

Tamika Jefferson

Crystal Snook Fishbein

Mandi Holmes

Don't forget there is still time left to play along with this month's sketches!  You have until November 30th at midnight PST to link up your layouts in the sidebar for a chance to win our awesome November prize from A Flair for Buttons!  Good luck and happy scrapping!

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Here is our last sketch for the month of November!  I hope you enjoy and hope you can find some scrappy time before the month ends!   Don't forget our DT call going on right now, there are still 3 days left to apply! You can find the details HERE.   We hope you will consider joining our fun team here at Sketch N Scrap!

Here are the Design Team's take on the sketch!  A big thank you to this month's guest designer Jennifer for her lovely inspiration!   Don't forget to leave her some love!  For more detailed info on each DT member's layout please visit their blogs and don't forget to comment, compliments are greatly appreciated!

Jennifer (November Guest Designer)

 Heather

Amy

Kelly

Lisa

Don't you love all the different layouts? This month we are offering up a wonderful set of flair buttons from the funtastic etsy shop called A Flair for Buttons!  These wonderful chevron buttons will look fantastic on your layouts!  To be eligible for a chance to win this awesome prize:

1. Visit someone else's link and leave a comment on their blog

2. Link your layout 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!
Have fun! We can't wait to see what you create! :) 

Remember each submission will give you ONE entry into our monthly random draw for a chance to win the  November prize!

So get those layouts started! International players are welcome, but  they will be asked to pay shipping on their prize should they win.

Link up your layout by Friday November 30th at midnight PST!

We would love you to GRAB OUR BUTTON!

Thanks so much for coming by! 

Design Team Call!

Sketch N Scrap is pleased to announce we are having a design team call!  We are looking for 4-6 new layout design team members and one sketch artist.  If you are interested in applying for either position now is your chance!  The Design team call will be open until November 17th at midnight CST.  To apply for a layout designer position please complete a layout based on this sketch and link up below.  Secondly, send us an email at sketchnscrap@gmail.com with the following information:  Full name, city & state you are from (or country if an international applicant), previous if any DT experience, a link to your blog, and why you would like to be on our DT, also attach one to two recent samples of your work.  To apply for the Sketch Artist position you do not need to create a layout based on the sketch, just send us an email with the following information: Full name, city & state (or country), previous sketch artist experience (if any), link to your blog,why you would like to be our sketch artist and attach two sketches you have made.

Design Team members term will run from December 1st until June 30th 2013.  DT members will be responsible for creating two layouts per month base on the sketches which will be provided at least 2 weeks ahead of time to you.   Sketch Artist will be responsible for one to two sketches per month.  Sketch Artists are welcome to play along with the sketches if they so choose each month but this is not mandatory.  Please email us with any questions!  We can't wait to see your work as we are looking for all styles and  skill levels of scrappers, so please apply even if you haven't been on a team before!

October winner and featured scrapper!

Wow!  What a fun set of entries for October!  Lots of inspiration using last month's sketches!  Our winner of the $25 gift certificate from our awesome sponsor The Olde Saltbox is.............................Crystal!

Congratulations Crystal!  Please email me at sketchnscrap@gmail.com and I will send you your gift certificate. 

Random Integer Generator

Here are your random numbers:

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I am also excited to announce our featured scrapper for October!  This month we have picked Miki as our featured scrapper!  We loved the way she was able to showcase multiple photos on her layout using her own take on the sketch! Very fun and creative!  Please stop by Miki's blog to see the other wonderful creations there! 

Stop back by tomorrow morning for another fun announcement!  Sketch N Scrap is having a DT call!  I hope many of you will be able to apply!  We have so many talented scrappers here we want to see your work, so stop back by for further details tomorrow!  And don't forget to play along with us in November for a chance to win a set of flair buttons from A Flair for Buttons!

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Welcome to another great month here at Sketch N Scrap!  So happy to have you join us for another fun sketchy reveal!  We have a fun sketch, great inspiration as well as a great prize! Hope you will play along!

Jennifer (November Guest Designer)

Heather

Kelly

Lisa

Amy

Don't you love all the different layouts? This month we are offering up a wonderful set of flair buttons from the funtastic etsy shop called A Flair for Buttons!  These wonderful chevron buttons will look fantastic on your layouts!  To be eligible for a chance to win this awesome prize:

1. Visit someone else's link and leave a comment on their blog

2. Link your layout 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!
Have fun! We can't wait to see what you create! :) 

Remember each submission will give you ONE entry into our monthly random draw for a chance to win the  November prize!

So get those layouts started! International players are welcome, but  they will be asked to pay shipping on their prize should they win.

Link up your layout by Friday November 30th at midnight PST!

We would love you to GRAB OUR BUTTON!

Thanks so much for coming by!