Sketch #4

February is almost over! Are you all ready and wishing for spring?

It was another successful week with 74 participants! Yay!!! We are all overjoyed by this! Again, there were a lot of talents we discovered, and talents who have participated since our first sketch and still stands out, crafters who stood out and presented their unique take on the sketch. A BIG thank you to everyone!

We would also like to thank Kate from I {Heart} Papers for her generous giveaway and the rest of her design team for taking time to do their takes on the sketch as well. Everything is very much appreciated.

Winners for the Guest Design Team Spot and the fabulous giveaway will be announced on Monday, March 2. So don't forget to check back!

Today we present to you our sponsor for the week, Sweet N Sassy Stamps. Not only Korin is giving away a prize, she has also generously sponsored the Design Team! Thanks Korin!

Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps started in November 2007 and is owned by Korin Sutherland. Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps JUST released new stamps by Korin Sutherland, Chris Dickinson and Courtney Fowler. Click here for the newest from Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps. They also had a fabulous BLOG HOP that featured these beautiful stamp sets. They have also added NEW DIGI-STAMPS to our line. These are a great way to add to your collection without a lot of expense or wait. If you have a printer, you will have your image IMMEDIATELY! SNSS look forward to serving you with your stamping needs and can not wait to show you the versatility you will have with Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps!


THIS WEEKEND ONLY! When you spend $50 at SNSS you'll get a never before seen stamp set being released in April for FREE!!

And for their generous giveaway, 1 winner will receive 2 digital stamps of their choice from the 7 images below.



On for our 4th sketch. We're all excited to see your own interpretation of this sketch. Move the shapes below, flip it, add a few more details at your heart's desire.


We'd like to introduce to you our winner for Sketch #2 Guest Design Team Spot. Please join us in welcoming Vicky Gina.


"Hi! I’ve been crafting pretty much as long as I can remember, but I found card making and paper crafts about 5 years ago and it’s become my true love of expressing creativity. I love the challenge of sketches and and find it fascinating to see all the different interpretations from everyone else's designs!"

Here's Vicky's take on our 4th sketch.



These stamps are too cute! Check what our talented designers came up with these adorable cutie pies!

TRACY

INGRID

SONYA


FIONA


MARIE


RAE


KRIS


MICHELLE

Don't forget, you have until Friday, March 3 (11:59PM EST) to submit your take on this week's sketch. Simply enter the direct link of your card take and your name in Mr. Linky Box below this post.

We will pick 1 winner for the Guest Design Team spot and 1 winner for our giveaway from Sweet N Sassy Stamps.

Hop in and join us for some fun!

Card Patterns Design Team

Winning Guest Designer for Sketch #4

And our winner from previous sketch (Sketch #2) and an opportunity to have a Guest Design Team spot for next week's sketch (Sketch #4) is......

Vicky Gina!

We love Vicky's clean style, her combination of colors and her polished hand stamping. If you noticed, she only used cardstock and hand stamped the background.


Vicky, kindly send me an e-mail so I could send you Sketch #4 to work with.

Sketch #3 participants are looking great!
Don't forget to play along this week's sketch!
You still have until Friday 11:59PM EST (Feb 27) to provide a link on your card take using Mr. Linky below Sketch #3 post for a chance to win a Guest Design Team spot for Sketch #5 and a fabulous giveaway from I {Heart} Papers!

Enjoy the rest of your week ladies!

CP Design Team

CP Sketch #3 and a Giveaway!

All CP Design Team would like to thank each & everyone who participated for our Sketch #2. We are all "oooh's" and "aaah's" with your creations and we all appreciate your time and your hardwork.

Today we present to you not only our Sketch #3, our Guest Designer from Sketch #1 and also our first sponsor, I {Heart} Papers. Excited yet?!


Not only do they {heart} papers, they also {heart} fast shipping, reasonable rates, and most definitely {heart} quality supplies to offer to their customers! They offer FREE shipping to United States for orders over $40 and to Canada for orders over $100. Check their store HERE. You're going to {heart} all the goodies!

We would like to thank Kate for her generosity. She is not giving 1, not 2, not 3 but 6 products! The winning card will receive:

• (1) 6x6 Paper Pad from Memory Box (Sugardrop collection)
• 60 yards of I{heart}Paper's very own line of double-sided adhesive tape - WOW! This adhesive is the same tape that is used by car manufacturers to hold parts together. It is super heat resistant and super strong.
• 1 yard 1/4" Glimmer Pink Ribbon
• 1 yard of 3/8" Velvet Ric Rac Pink
• 1 yard of 5/8" Ivory Double Faced Faux Suede
• 1 yard Olive Leafy Vine

To be eligible for the sponsorship prize, please create a card based on Sketch #3 and typed the direct link to your card in the Mr. Linky Box provided below. Any link that does not have a take on the sketch will be removed.

*** There will be 1 winner for the sponsorship giveaway and
1 winner for the guest design team spot for Sketch #5 ***
(Please refer to the sidebar Guest Designer info for details on how to be a guest designer)

On for our Guest Designer for this week from our first sketch. There were many ladies who stood out on our first sketch. It was even hard enough to choose Top 10 let alone 1! We wish we could choose more than 1! Please join us in welcoming Hanneke from Netherlands. Here's a little info about Hanneke.


"My name is Hanneke and I'm 25 years young. I started scrapbooking over 2 years ago. I love to make cards using sketches". You can check out Hanneke's Blog HERE.

Here is our 3rd Sketch and our designers' interpretation of it.

Hanneke (Guest Designer)

Tracy


Fiona



Michelle


Sonya


Marie


Kristen


Rae


Ingrid

Didn't the team do a great job interpreting the sketch?! They are great! We are looking forward that you join us again this week. We can't wait to see all your talents!

Enjoy your weekend!
Card Patterns Design Team

CP Sketch # 2♦

Happy Valentine's Day everyone! I hope all you ladies get spoiled by your special someone today!

The Card Patterns Design Team would like to thank all of you who took time to play along with our first sketch. It was a great success and we are all humbled with all your lovely comments and e-mails. It was truly heart warming!

So now on for our Sketch #2. Another simple card with basic shapes. Flip the images around, turn it upside down, design the edges, add more details and elements to it and for sure it will look truly adorable!

Today, we would like to introduce to you a Guest Design Team member for this week. Please join me in welcoming Liz Webber from Australia. Here's a little info about Liz.


I am a SAHM scrapbooker who loves to scrap, chat, read, listen to music and take photos and enjoy time with my 2 beautiful kids. I have been scrapbooking for just over 4 years and creating digital sketches for 1 year. I have been making my own cards for almost 7 years.

We will be featuring one (1) guest designer each week starting today! Please see details on the right sidebar.

Do you want to be a guest designer for Card Patterns?
Guest Design Team Spot for Sketch #4!

How to Join:

1. Provide us with your take on the Sketch# 2 by typing your name and the direct link to your take in the Mr. Linky box. Please do not provide your general blog address. Links without the interpretation of the card will be deleted.
2. You have until Friday, Feb 20 at 12:00noon (EST) to submit your work.
   
3. I will pick top 3 choices and the DT will pick their most favorite card.
4. Winner will be announced on Monday, Feb 23 along with the photo of your card.

Sounds fun?! Grab those scrap supplies & start creating!

We would also like to take this opportunity to greet our fellow design team members Tracy & Kris who recently celebrated their birthdays. Happy Birthday!!!

Now, for the fun part! Wanna see what our Design Team came up with their fantastic ideas? Click on their name to go to their blog or click on the photo to enlarge it.

LIZ (Guest Designer)

KRISTEN

FIONA

MARIE

TRACY



SONYA



INGRID



MICHELLE


RAE

Have a lovely weekend everyone!

Card Patterns Design Team

CP Sketch # 1

Today we'll share with you our very first sketch here at Card Patterns. Standard shapes were provided for the sketch - eye for an imagination is yours! Turn it, flip it, move the icon/image on the bottom or on the top, change its shape - possibilities are endless!

Do you want to be a guest designer for Card Patterns?
Guest Design Team Spot for Sketch #3!

How to Join:

1. Provide us with your take on the Sketch# 1 by typing your name and the direct link to your take in the Mr. Linky box. Please do not provide your general blog address.
   
2. You have until Friday, Feb 13 at 12:00noon (EST) to submit your work.
   
3. I will pick top 3 choices and the DT will pick their most favorite card.
4. Winner will be announced on Monday, Feb 16 along with the photo of your card.
   

Sounds fun?! Grab those scrap supplies & start creating!

Finally, here are the marvelous creations from our design team. Click on their card to enlarge the image. Click on their name to go to their blog.

Fiona


Marie



Kristen

Rae

Tracy

Sonya


Ingrid


Michelle

We're so glad that you stopped by! We hope you're excited as we are and we can't wait to see your creations!

Thank you!
Card Patterns Design Team

Meet Our New Design Team

As we mentioned in our previous post, it was a tough call choosing designers for our blog. There were so many talented ladies who submitted their work and how we wish we can take you all! We hope that this won't stop you from trying out again for our next call in May 2009.

We are very excited to introduce to you our first Design Team! To get to know them better, here's a little bio of these lovely ladies.

INGRID DANVERS

Hi! I am Ingrid, a 40 year old mom to 2 gorgeous girls, living in the Netherlands and happily together with Eric for more than 12 years. I discovered scrapbooking in 2005, but didn't 'officially' start until April 2006. I have been addicted ever since. While I love to create scrapbook pages I think my heart lies with mini albums and cards. My favorite techniques are layering and stitching. I have been published in the Dutch magazines Cards Only and Scrapbook Magazine.
Ingrid's Blog

TRACY SCHULTZ

My name is Tracy Schultz and I'm a soon-to-be 28 year old tech geek. I've been making cards and paper crafting for just about a year. And, well, I'm addicted! I'm married to a wonderful man named Mike and together we have one noisy cockatiel named Kiwi and a horde of angry Cichlids.

I'm proud to be a senior staff reporter for Craft Critique and a design team member for i {heart} papers. When I'm not paper crafting you can usually find me making jewelry, gardening, or taking photos. I'm honored and excited to be a member of the first design team for Card Patterns and can't wait to share my work with you all!
Tracy's Blog


SONYA PICKLES
I'm a 42 year old mother to 3 and happily married to my partner of 19 years. We live in a small rural district in the south island of New Zealand. Four years ago, my husband fell off his motor bike and broke his neck. He has been left paralized from the neck down. During our 6 month stay at the Spinal Hospital, I was introduced to card making by a kind nurse. Once back home, I branched into scrapbooking and more recently altered arts. I am a member of Scrapbook Studios Design Team here in New Zealand. I have just had my first submitted scrapbook page accepted for the NZ Up2Scrap magazine.
Sonya's Blog


MICHELLE BERTUZZI
Turning 34 this year, I am married to my happily ever after Rick. We have 2 hyperactive young boys and we are residing in Alberta, Canada. I am the administrator of Card Patterns. From painting, fashion sketching and paper crafting (origami) came my passion for card making & scrapbooking. I'm a big fan of Photoshop and Illustrator. What I find challenging with crafts? I can't cut or draw a straight line longer than 5" so rulers and cutters are my best friend! What's yours?
Michelle's Blog


FIONA YEOH
I'm 27 young this year & share my life with my boyfriend and my shihtzu Teddy in sunny Singapore. I first started out with scrapbooking & later on fell in love with cardmaking. One day when I looked back, I realized that I've always been in love with all things paper [collecting stationery sets, stickers etc] hence my blog "Fetish for Papers"
I am truly honored to be a part of Card Patterns & look forward to having fun with everyone! :)
Fiona's Blog


KRISTEN SWAIN
I am a work at home Mom to two girls - Alizabeth(10) and Annalise(7) both vibrant, outgoing children. My hubby and I have been married for going on 14 years this year. I have been scrapping since I was 6 months pregnant with my oldest daughter. Card making was not a craft I did until just about 2 years ago, and now they are one of my favorite things to create. I have been published in many leading scrapbook magazines and also work for several manufacturers. I love being inspired by crafters and hope to inspire others as well.
Kristen's Blog


RAECHELLE BELLUS
I'm Raechelle (pronounced Rachel) and I am excited to be a part of this team! I have been making cards for about 4 years now and have been using sketches as a guide for a little over a year. I first began making cards as a way to use up all the scraps from my layouts and that has stuck with me since. I am a wife and a mom to 4 beautiful girls, 2 dogs and 4 cats. I enjoy reading and hanging out with my family in my spare time.
Raechelle's Blog

MARIE MC CLELLAN

I am married to the greatest man in the world, and I am so blessed to be able to stay at home to raise my three young children. In between all of the craziness of being a mom, wife, and single-parent when my husband is on missions for the Air Force as a pilot, I relax through stamping and paper-crafting. I found my love for stamping via Stampin' Up! and nothing makes me happier than giving cards and gifts to those I love and care about or teaching others how to stamp and paper-craft too. I also have really enjoyed my blogging endeavor and strive to provide inspiration and good tips and advice to my readers. In whatever spare time I have left (yeah right!), I enjoy reading, being outdoors and doing active things with my family, I love animals and I relish the time that my family does have together. I am so excited to begin this creative journey with the Card Patterns Design Team!!
Marie's Blog

We hope you'll join us with our first sketch live on Feb 7 (Saturday). CP team are looking forward to seeing all your creations! Don't miss out the fun!

Hugs,
CP Design Team