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Friday, December 6, 2013

Welcome to our new Card Designers!

I know you were all inspired by our wonderful card examples yesterday. Today we would like to welcome our new card design team for the first term of 2014! These designers will be inspiring us all from January until June of 2013. Please welcome:

Isbaha:

Hello, I am Isbaha, a 35 year old stay-at-home mother to three little kids. I discovered papercrating five years ago: how exciting even grown-ups can play with papers! I love everything with paper and crafts, especially embellishments. I'm thrilled to be on this creative team: sketches can be a wonderful jump start for creativity! For more of Isbaha's work make sure and stop by her BLOG

Ro:

Hi, my name is Ro, and I'm a craftaholic! I have been crafting for as many years as I can remember. I don't think I've ever met a craft (or crafter) I didn't like. But my favorite, by far, is working with paper! And I am SO happy to be a part of Sketch N Scrap! I am sort of an empty nester in that all three of my kids have all moved out (two of them bought houses in my neighborhood, which is awesome!). But this past May, my handicapped mom moved in. We also have six dogs. So I guess empty-nester doesn't really apply after all. My hubby of 26 years and I enjoy traveling, camping, golfing, and hanging with the grandkids. But I am the most centered when I am crafting. In addition to paper crafting, I also create jewelry and home dec projects, and I do a little sewing and crocheting. I am also learning to paint with watercolor. And I'm hoping to find some time to get back to scrapbooking all the wonderful photos of my grandkids. I look forward to sharing all my projects with you at SNS and hope I can inspire others to create along with me! For more of Ro's work check out her blog: Toodle Noodle Creative!

And welcome back returning members:

Make sure and visit these ladies' blogs for TONS of inspiration and to leave them a little bit of love! Tune in tomorrow when we announce some fun upcoming challenges at Sketch N Scrap! We hope to continue to inspire you throughout the holidays and into the new year!

December Card Guest Designer

Today I have our December Card Guest Designer Sandi:

My name is Sandi Pressley and I have been paper crafting for about 6 years or so. I create weekly pocket page spreads documenting our life, traditional 12x12 pages, altered and off the page projects like banners and cards...lots and lots of cards. I am the mother of two grown sons and Jake, Cole, Abby and Isabelle Grace call me Grandma.....it is the greatest role I have ever had. Unfortunately they live in the midwest and I live 1000 miles away in coastal Florida. Scrapping their accomplishments and fun times helps me not miss them quite so much. My husband Dave and I work together and are with each other 24/7 and I can truly say he is my best friend and totally supports my addiction....eh hobby of playing with paper. I am thrilled to be a guest designer here at Sketch N Scrap. I love the sketches and play along every chance I get.

Check out this beautiful card that Sandi did for us. I love the rocking horse and that layered sentiment is wonderful!

Thanks so much Sandi!

Thursday, December 5, 2013

Card Sketch #15

Hello and welcome to our first card sketch for December! There is a winter storm moving across the United States to make it feel more like we are moving closer into winter and only a few more weeks before the holidays! You might like to make a few more cards for the holidays or get a head start on the new year! We loved all the fantastic cards last month and can't wait to see what you do with this sketch by Kelly!

We have some amazing inspiration by our very talented design team that will surely inspire you:

Heather

Ria

Hillary

Rachelle

Stephanie

Brandi

Kelly

Wow, so many fantastic and unique cards from the sketch! We can't wait to see what you create! :)

This month our prize sponsor is Sketch N Scrap! One lucky randomly selected participant will win this awesome set of mini bags by Webster's Pages! I hope this gives you even more inspiration to play along with us during this busy month!

I know you can think of a lot of great use for these cute little bags! It's easy to play along with us:

Here are the details:

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.

2. Link your layout or card 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 December prize!

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

Link up your layout by December 31st at midnight CST!

Wednesday, December 4, 2013

Welcome to our newest DT members!

We are so excited to announce our new layout design team for the January-June 2014 term! It was so nice to see how many of you applied and the level of creativity was just outstanding! And while we wish we could pick everyone, we had only a limited number of spots available, so if you did not make it this time around make sure and apply on our next call. A big Sketch N Scrap welcome to our new layout design team for the first term of 2014:

Surama :

My name is Surama and I live in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, with my mom, my sister and two cute cats. I'm single, no children. I work in publicity at my own company: an agency of events and promotional marketing. I've been scrapping since 2006 and never stopped. I love colorful papers, inks, stamps and now I'm really enjoying my Silhouette machine. For me, scrapbooking is fun, it is my pleasure and my joy. Good memories and special moments of my life with my family and friends are the main theme of my layouts. In addition to scrapbooking, I love listening to music, making cookies and candies, watching movies and going out with friends. I'm so excited to be a part of the Sketch ~N~ Scrap design team! For more of Surama's work visit her blog.

Lissa:

Hello! My name is Lissa Mitchell, and I'm so excited to be a member of the Sketch 'N Scrap design team! I'm a work-at-home mom of twin boys, age 10. My husband and I are kept very busy by these boys' sports and activities galore. We love getting outdoors to hike, ski, and explore Colorado, being recent transplants here from Kansas City. I'm an avid scrapbooker and sketch addict, and I've been scrapbooking for more than 16 years. Scrapbooking is a big part of my daily life - whether I'm taking photos of our adventures or creating pages that I'm proud to showcase in our family scrapbook albums. I love to create - scrapbooking is my relaxation outlet. I can't wait to get to know all of you better! View more of Lissa's work on her blog MIGHTY CRAFTY.

Monique:

Hi my name is Monique scrapbooker of layouts that are cute and unique. I am a 44 y/o mother of a son named Christian and a cat named Angel who are both so sweet. I love Facebook and Pinterest but I don't tweet. I love sketches, shopping, going to the movies, weekend getaways, and concerts. These things make my life so neat. I love God, family and friends. They make my life complete. Lastly I am thankful for being selected for the SNS DT. I am sure it will be a real treat. To see more of Monique's work visit her blog.

Darcy:

My name is Darcy and I have been scrapping for 6.5 years. I started out not really knowing anything, and not that I know much more now, but I enjoy learning and trying new things! I discovered sketches about a year ago and that changed my scrappy life. I am a very clean and simple scrapper and the focus of my pages is almost always my girls and their adventures. For more of Darcy's work visit her blog, OUR HOUSE OF E

Evie:

Hello, my name is Evie (pronounced Eve-e). I am a wife an mother to one son and one kooky dog. I am an artist with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Painting and Drawing. I finished out my schooling by working in collage and mixed-media, which I continued. I discovered scrapbooking in 2002 shortly after my son was born. I took the time to learn the basics of scrapbooking, slowly infusing my sensibilites towards collage and mixed-media. Now I think of myself as a mixed-media scrapbooker letting all my creativity come through this wonderful artform. I love sharing my layouts and other scrappy projects on my blog Artful Scrapbooking.

We will also have one returning member on our 2014 term one team, please welcome Jennifer Haggerty back!

We are happy to have Jennifer return for another term with us to share her creativity! You can view more of Jennifer's work on her blog LIVE THE MOMENT

Join us tomorrow for another awesome card sketch! We will be announcing our new card design team on December 6th and then on December 7th we will be sharing some fun new and exciting upcoming events for this month and the new year, so stay tuned! There is always something fun here at Sketch N Scrap!

Tuesday, December 3, 2013

November Winner and Featured Scrappers

WOW! For the first time I am speechless! This month we hit 59 submissions, proof positive that Sketch~n~Scrap is an awesome challenge blog thanks to your support. First things first, we would like to give a big round of applause of appreciation to all of our followers and participants. With a new year on the horizon we look forward to continuing to bring you great sketches and tons of inspiration and of course great prizes and blog hops. Now on to the announcements for this month, drum roll please...............first our prize winner.

This month's winner by random integer is: #41......................................Congrats to Susan Renshaw! Here is her fabulous entry:

Susan make sure and contact us at sketchnscrap@gmail.com for details on how to claim your prizes! Congrats and thanks for playing along with us!

Now let's keep the celebration going by announcing our Featured Layout and Card designers for the month of November. First, the November Featured Layout designer! This month our DT picked Steffanie! Here is the layout she submitted -

We love Steffanie's use of the sketch, especially the fantastic photos,the contrast she created with the colors - especially by using the white background, the way she use the pattern papers together and way that she incorporated the embellishments into the sketch! Great work Steffanie, Congrats and thanks a bunch for joining us!

Next we have our Featured card designer and our design team picked Maria K!

Awesome use of the sketch and we were not only blown away by the special attention to detail but by her use of the hot air balloon embellishments! The sentiment is a nice touch and the colors are so warm and comforting! Congratulations Maria K and thanks so much for joining us!

Keep playing along each month for your chance to be picked as our featured layout designer or card designer and don't forget to visit their blogs to see more of our featured designers Steffanie and Maria K's awesome work! Thanks again to all who participated! Happy Scrapping!

Monday, December 2, 2013

December Guest Layout Designer

Join me in welcoming our December Layout Guest Designer Dana!

I am a wife to an amazing man of 17 years. He is my support, my best friend and the love of my life. We have been blessed with a child, whom God gave us when we were told we could not have any. God is so good! So documenting his birth and every moment since is what most of my layouts are about. I still love the whole process of how a page layout comes together. After having hand surgery I had to find another creative outlet and the answer was in cardmaking. Though the two are so different, they do have a lot of similarities. The biggest being that they both help to keep the stress levels down. Lol Scrapbooking was always my first love and no matter how long I have a break from it, I can always jump right back into it again and feel like I never gave it up. This is due to the fact that there are so many sketches to help you get the job done. And that is pretty cool!! I have had my own scrapbooking business, been on staff with a local store teaching classes, been on other Design Teams and loved every minute of it. This love of scrapbooking has been going on since 1999 and it never grows old for me.With opportunities to scrapbook about my faith, my family, and all the fun times in between, this love of creativity will continue to grow into much, much more. Any craft that helps you to remember yesterday and helps bringa smile to someone’s face surely must be a great thing. This has been a fun journey and it isn't over yet! If you would like to see more of my work, come visit me at my blog at www.relivingtomorrow.blogspot.com I am so excited and happy to be Guest Designing for Sketch-N-Scrap! Thanks so much for having me!!

Dana put together a wonderful layout for us. I absolutely love how the colors pop on that black background.

And check out the details, with the rub-ons, embossed tag and stars!

Thanks so much Dana!

Sunday, December 1, 2013

Sketch #46

Happy December! Is everyone in the holiday spirit yet? Well if you aren't we will help spread some Christmas cheer with all the fun holiday activities we have to share with you this month! To get us started here is our first sketch of the month by Lisa:

Here is what our talented design team did with the sketch:

Kerry:

I hope our design team has inspired you with their amazing layouts this time around! This our prize sponsor is Sketch N Scrap! One lucky randomly selected participant will win this awesome set of mini bags by Webster's Pages! I hope this gives you even more inspiration to play along with us during this busy month!