Saturday, February 4, 2012

Sketch 151

Here's a simple little sketch for you to use this week- so many possibilities with this one! We hope you enjoy it.



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The prize this week to one lucky random participant is a $20.00 gift certificate to use at DRS Designs!


Christine Penaflor: Creative Journey

I love creating with paper and embellishments! I have enjoyed this type of creative outlet for the past seven years which began when I was first introduced to stamping by a relative. When I discovered patterned papers and scrapbooking, I began a new journey creating with paper! However, card making will always be my first love because it takes a lot less time finishing a card than a scrapbooking layout for me! I have served on different DT’s in the past three years and have had some of my work published in CARDS, Scrapbook Trends, and Paper Crafts.

I have been married to my high-school sweetheart for twenty-one lovely years and am blessed to be a full-time mom to five children whom I love with all my heart. Our family also has the privilege of owning and managing a scrapbooking retreat house in Southern California called The Scrap Retreat House. If any of you ever want to spend a weekend away with your friends to focus on creating scrapbooking pages, albums, or paper crafting projects, consider being our guests for a 3-day weekend retreat!

I am so honored to be a Guest Designer for CardPatterns this week, and I hope you enjoy creating a project with this week’s sketch as much as I did!


And here is Christine's gorgeous take on the sketch:




We would love to see you participate! Simply link up your creation using the inlinkz box below. Please post a direct link only. Non-direct links may be deleted. To be eligible for the prize and for chance at being a guest designer, please link up your new creation by
Friday, February 10th at 11:59pm EST
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Monday, January 30, 2012

Sketch 149 Super 6

Wow, another week flew by quick! We've been flooded by gorgeous submission from last week's sketch! Thank you to everyone who participated, from the bottom of our hearts!

 Here's our Super 6:

 # 27 Joanna
 Inspired by Stamping

 #40 Lianne
Lianne's Platinum

 # 51 Shehal
Indian Stamper 

#63 Janet 
More Than Just Color  

 #88 Lena

# 101 Christine
Creative Journey 

And the card that swooned us over is........


 #40 Lianne
Lianne's Platinum



Congratulations Lianne! Please email us with "Sketch 149 Super Six Winner" in the subject line of your email for details on being our guest designer for sketch #152. Thank you!   

And the winner of grab bag from Unity Stamps is.....

Savory Stamping 


Congratulations Nerdette! Please send us an e-mail with Sketch 149 Prize winner on the subject heading with your full name and mailing address to claim your prize! 

Thank you all for visiting! 

Saturday, January 28, 2012

Sketch 150

Here's another sketch with lots of layers for you- perfect for using up some scraps! Feel free to rotate it any way you like, just as long as all of the pieces are there.



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One lucky random participant this week will win a $25 gift voucher to My Favorite Things!


Tina Boyden: Sparklygirl Tina
My main passion is cardmaking, which I have been doing for the last 8 years or so. I love anything that sparkles and if I can add some sparkle to my cards then I'm very happy! I’m happily married and lucky enough to be at home full time and am kept company by my lovely little dog Tilly. She has a chair by the window next to me in my craft room and will patiently sit (or sleep!) whilst I’m cardmaking and blogging. I’m currently on the DT at Kaboodle Doodles. I’ve also had a card published in the “Best of British” which comes with Simply Cards and Papercraft magazine. I’m so delighted to have been picked as Guest Designer for Card Patterns challenge and really enjoyed making my card for this week’s sketch.

And here is Tina's fun take on the sketch:



We would love to see you participate! Simply link up your creation using the inlinkz box below. Please post a direct link only. Non-direct links may be deleted. To be eligible for the prize and for chance at being a guest designer, please link up your new creation by
Friday, February 3rd at 11:59pm EST
Also, just a note to our dear readers...We want to visit your blogs to see your gorgeous takes on the sketches. We would greatly appreciate it if you would consider turning off (disabling) word verification on your blog to help ensure we leave a comment for you! Thank you!