Monday, January 20, 2014

Card Sketch #18

Hope everyone is still sticking to their New Year's resolutions!  It seems hard to believe we are already for our last sketch of January already!  So without further ado, here is our last sketch by Lisa:


And more inspiration from our design team:




Ro: 





What great inspiration!!! We can't wait to see what you do with the sketch! Join us for your chance to win one entry into the random drawing for this month's awesome prize.  Our sponsor this month is Skyline Paperie, a wonderful shop owned by our very talented design team member Stephanie Ho! 
Here is a little bit about Stephanie:
I am a quintessential city girl. I love the hustle and bustle of life among the skyscrapers. I don’t mind our tiny apartment because I believe love grows best in small places. I love the fact that no matter where I am, I'm never more than 5 minutes from a coffee shop. City life inspires me and has played a huge role in my shaping my creative philosophy. I'm living proof that you don't need a spacious studio to create meaningful works of art.  In addition to being an avid scrapbooker, card maker and crafter, I am also a wannabe chef, a book hoarder, an aspiring world traveler, a nail polish collector, a latte drinker and a cupcake connoisseur. I'm constantly singing and I'm confident I could easily bring home the million dollar prize on Don't Forget the Lyrics. I have a deep faith in God and am continually amazed at His unfailing love and abounding grace. I believe everyone has a story worth telling and I’m excited to help you share yours! So go ahead and grab your photos, a pen, a glue stick and a handful of glitter and let’s get busy!
Here is the prize you are playing for this month:
But you can't win if you don't play!  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 January prize! 
 So get  those layouts and cards started! International players are welcome to participate but are only eligible to win our prize should our sponsor choose to absorb the cost of overseas shipping.  Thank you for understanding. 
Link up your layout by January 30th at midnight CST!

Wednesday, January 15, 2014

Sketch #49

Happy Hump Day everyone! We hope you all are having a super scrappy week and have been enjoying our sketches so far this month. It has been exciting to include the Inspired By Sketch each month and we hope you enjoy the extra sketch and extra chance for you to win the monthly prize! 

Today is our third layout sketch reveal for January and boy do we have some creative inspiration for you! This time we have a 3 photo sketch by Kelly to get your mojo flowing:


And now for the fantastic inspiration from the design team:


Guest Designer Ashley:

Kerry


Lissa


Heather


Monique


Jennifer


Darcy


Evie


Surama


Kelly




Now that is some inspiration!!! WOW! Love all the diversity from the sketch! We can't wait to see what you do with it! Join us and upload to give yourself a chance at the awesome prize this month!

We have an amazing sponsor to kick off the New Year!  January's sponsor is Skyline Paperie!  Stephanie Ho is the owner and one of our very own Design Team members!  Stephanie opened Skyline Paperie this past December and is offering up a wonderful prize full of crafty goodies to one randomly selected winner!  
Here is a little bit about Stephanie:
I am a quintessential city girl. I love the hustle and bustle of life among the skyscrapers. I don’t mind our tiny apartment because I believe love grows best in small places. I love the fact that no matter where I am, I'm never more than 5 minutes from a coffee shop. City life inspires me and has played a huge role in my shaping my creative philosophy. I'm living proof that you don't need a spacious studio to create meaningful works of art.  In addition to being an avid scrapbooker, card maker and crafter, I am also a wannabe chef, a book hoarder, an aspiring world traveler, a nail polish collector, a latte drinker and a cupcake connoisseur. I'm constantly singing and I'm confident I could easily bring home the million dollar prize on Don't Forget the Lyrics. I have a deep faith in God and am continually amazed at His unfailing love and abounding grace. I believe everyone has a story worth telling and I’m excited to help you share yours! So go ahead and grab your photos, a pen, a glue stick and a handful of glitter and let’s get busy!
How amazing is this????  Stop by Skyline Paperie and grab a bunch of these wonderful goodies to use on your next project today! 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 January prize! 
 So get  those layouts and cards started! International players are welcome to participate but are only eligible to win our prize should our sponsor choose to absorb the cost of overseas shipping.  Thank you for understanding. 
Link up your layout by January 30th at midnight CST!

Friday, January 10, 2014

New challenge! Inspired by......

Welcome to our new challenge for 2014!  We are going to give this new challenge a try for the first few months of the year and if we get favorable response to this challenge we plan on continuing it for the rest of the year, so please let us know if you are "inspired by" our new challenge!  Here is how it works...each month on the 10th we will feature a new sketch by our sketch artists Lisa or Kelly.   This will be a sketch that was "inspired by" a layout created by one of our design team members. Here is our first "Inspired by" sketch:

And here is the original layout that the sketch was based on:
Layout by DT member Stephanie Ho:
Isn't this just amazing????  Some layouts are just bound to inspire others and beg to have a sketch created based on them!  Here is what our design team members came up with, remember they only saw the sketch, NOT the layout before creating their layout:








Aren't these all so awesome?!!!  The fun part is that they all turned out so different despite being based on the same layout!  That is the beauty of sketches, they allow you to interpret them to fit your personal style! Now it's your turn, everyone who creates a layout based on our INSPIRED BY sketch is eligible to link it up for a chance to win our awesome prize package by this month's sponsor SKYLINE PAPERIE!  Just link up your layout or card inspired by this sketch in the sidebar for another entry into this month's randomly drawn prize!  Here is the awesome prize: 
Here are the details to play along with us:
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 January prize! 
 So get  those layouts and cards started! International players are welcome to participate but are only eligible to win our prize should our sponsor choose to absorb the cost of overseas shipping.  Thank you for understanding. 
Link up your layout by January 30th at midnight CST!

Monday, January 6, 2014

January Card Guest Designer

Please welcome with me the first Card Guest Designer of 2014, Wendi Robinson!


I'm wifey to my hot hubby, Jeremy for over 14 years, and mom to wonderful, 3 cute kids who keep me super busy (all 3 kids are named after cities in different countries). We live in sunny So Cali, and I am a beach lover!!! Scrapbooking has become my creative outlet which I LOVE to do in my spare time. I enjoy making layouts, cards, creating home decor items for our house, and altering!!! I LOVE it all. I LOVE my ipod and itunes, I'm a HUGE Depeche Mode fan, love to walk & do zumba, relax at the beach, and hang out in the backyard with my kids. You can find my work on my blog: http://scrappydayinparadise.blogspot.com/.
I am very grateful for Sketch-N-Scrapfor having me as a GDT for this month.
And check out the beautiful job Wendi did on her card. I love the stitching detail along with the rough edges of the paper. Not to mention the brads give such a great touch!


I'm looking forward to what Wendi does with our next sketch!

Sunday, January 5, 2014

Card Sketch #17

Hello scrappy friends! We hope you are enjoying your brand new year of 2014! Now it is time to reveal our very first card sketch of the new year! Looks like many of us can relate to the cold and snowy feel of this sketch by Kelly:



And here are the amazing cards by our very talented Design Team:







Wow!!! So many beautiful takes on the card sketch! Now it is your turn to create one and upload for a chance at this months amazing prize!

We have an amazing sponsor to kick off the New Year!  January's sponsor is Skyline Paperie!  Stephanie Ho is the owner and one of our very own Design Team members!  Stephanie opened Skyline Paperie this past December and is offering up a wonderful prize full of crafty goodies to one randomly selected winner!  

Here is a little bit about Stephanie:
I am a quintessential city girl. I love the hustle and bustle of life among the skyscrapers. I don’t mind our tiny apartment because I believe love grows best in small places. I love the fact that no matter where I am, I'm never more than 5 minutes from a coffee shop. City life inspires me and has played a huge role in my shaping my creative philosophy. I'm living proof that you don't need a spacious studio to create meaningful works of art.  In addition to being an avid scrapbooker, card maker and crafter, I am also a wannabe chef, a book hoarder, an aspiring world traveler, a nail polish collector, a latte drinker and a cupcake connoisseur. I'm constantly singing and I'm confident I could easily bring home the million dollar prize on Don't Forget the Lyrics. I have a deep faith in God and am continually amazed at His unfailing love and abounding grace. I believe everyone has a story worth telling and I’m excited to help you share yours! So go ahead and grab your photos, a pen, a glue stick and a handful of glitter and let’s get busy!
How amazing is this????  Stop by Skyline Paperie and grab a bunch of these wonderful goodies to use on your next project today! 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 January prize! 
 So get  those layouts and cards started! International players are welcome to participate but are only eligible to win our prize should our sponsor choose to absorb the cost of overseas shipping.  Thank you for understanding. 
Link up your layout by January 30th at midnight CST!

Friday, January 3, 2014

December Winner and Featured Designers

Happy New Years! I hope your year is off to a crafty start! We would like to give a big round of applause of appreciation to all of our followers and participants in 2013. Here at Sketch~n~Scrap we plan on providing you with a lot of inspiration and motivation to make 2014 the craftiest ever! In 2014 you can  look forward to us bringing 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: #31......................................Congrats to Jennifer E ! Here is her fabulous entry:

Jennifer 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 December . First, the December Featured Layout designer!  This month our DT picked  Sandi Pressley! Here is the layout she submitted -

We love Sandy's use of the sketch, especially the festive photos,the contrast she created with the colors - especially by pulling the colors directly from her photos, the way she use the pattern papers together and way that she incorporated the embellishments into the sketch!  Great work Sandy, Congrats and thanks a bunch for joining us!

Next we have our Featured card designer and our design team picked Susan Renshaw!


 Awesome use of the sketch and we were not only blown away by the special attention to detail but by her use of coloring and stamping work! Perfect for the holiday season! Congratulations Susan 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 Sandi and Susan awesome work!   Thanks again to all who participated! Happy Scrapping!