Happy Monday

Hope everyone's starting their week great!

We truly appreciate and thank each and every one of you who joined us last week. It's always a pleasure to see how many talent there are in the card making world!

We're so excited to feature our Top 5 from Sketch 24.

Anthea
(Live Life Beautifully)

Beverley
(Little Shop of Crafts)

Brenda
(Sweet Paper Treats)

Claudia
(Scrapclaud)

Giovana
(A Planet to Praise and Craft)

For those of you who are new here at Card Patterns and might be wondering.. How do we pick our Guest Designer?
Each week, 1 of our team picks her top 5. Everyone vote for their favorite and second most favorite. There are 8 designers and 5 picks so our ratio is 8:5. Sometimes, if 1 or 2 is on vacation, we do get a tie. Whoever had the most second vote gets the spot. Picking top 5 is bitter sweet experience. There's always more than great 5 cards to pick.

Having said this... from next week (August), we will be picking 6 cards instead of 5. This should be more exciting!

On to our winner for the Guest Designer spot.... please join us and congratulate

Anthea
(Live Life Beautifully)


Aside from the little details, we love how she used different patterns of paper yet they all coordinated beautifully. From a simple sketch, she turned it to a sweet stunning card.

Anthea, kindly send us an e-mail so we could send you the sketch for next week.

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And to our winner of Odd Bird Planet's Fairy Tale Kit. This kit has lots to offer. Not just stamps, or cardstock or patterned paper but a lot of trinkets too! Such a treat! The lucky lady is:

Janice Webb
Sunnyside of Crafting

Janice, kindly send us an e-mail so we could get these goodies to you.

Don't forget to check us every Monday! Who knows, you might be our Guest Designer or the winner of our weekly sponsored prize!

Sketch 25 is due on Friday, July 31. Hope you could join us when you have a chance!

Wishing a great week ahead of you.

Going on to Sketch 25

It's such a nice day to start the week. We're almost in the month of August so we should enjoy the best days of summer!

We are once again being sponsored by Odd Bird Planet. A great company that offers not only mounted and unmounted stamps but also monthly kits.

A big thank you to our sponsor Odd Bird Planet for their generosity. The team had privilege of playing with their Fairy Tale Kit.

One lucky winner will receive the following supplies from Odd Bird Planet:

*3 sheets of 8.5x11 white Bazzill cardstock
* 1 sheet of 8.5x11 color or pattern cardstock
* 6 sheets of 6x6 paper (some pattern paper, some cardstock)
* 1 paper flower bunch
* 1 approx 4x6 piece of fabric (either suede, velvet, or linen texture)
* 1 wooden spool
* 1 apple shape die cut
* 1 apple shape post-it note
* 1 painted wooden goose (note: some kits have another unpainted wooden shape or a chipboard shape instead)
* 6 pearl finish buttons
* 1 yard gold cord
* 2 12" lengths of vintage lace or ribbon
* 6 inches of faux pearls
* 1 section of vintage pattern tissue paper
* 6 tiny speckled eggs
* 1 gold color heart charm
* 1 vintage hand-made fabric yo-yo
* 2 unpainted wooden goose shapes
* 1 color cardstock sheet of fairytale themed clip art
* 1 2.5x4 sheet of unmounted rubber stamp set: Fairytale collection
Our sketch today doesn't seem as complicated as it look.

Today, we're so excited to feature our card winner last week. Please join us in congratulating:

Karen Maldonaldo

Here's a little info about Karen:

I live in Southern California along with my husband and two
wonderful teens. Card-making and scrapbooking are two of
my passions, and I love to create & share with others!!

You can click on Karen's name above to go to her blog. Here's Karen's wonderful take on the sketch and how she transformed and rocked it. We're a big fan of her hand stitch. Her interpretation of the vine, the dimension and layers on her card is truly adorable.


And here's the sketch for this week:

Scroll down below and you'll see that it's not as complicated as it looks! Look how the rest of the team interpreted it.

Renée Van Stralen


Kris Swain


Laurel Seabrook


Fiona Yeoh


Peter Van Tilburg


Michelle Bertuzzi


Carla Peicheff

We hope the Karen and the team inspired you this week to join us once again.

Here's how to join:
1. Link your card using Mr. Linky Box below. Click HERE on how to link your card using Mr. Linky.
2. Deadline: Friday, July 31 at 11:59pm Eastern Standard Time (EST).

We look forward to how you interpret this week's sketch.
Thank you for dropping by and always wishing you bright cheery sunny days!

Monday Triple Winners

We know weekends always seem so short but we hope you had a fabulous one!
We're so happy that many of you joined us last week and we're always thankful for your time and participation, whether you made a card or left a comment.

We were astounded once again and it was tough choosing which 5 cards to feature today. However, we're proud to showcase these beautiful cards:

Truskawka
(Truskawkam)

Lea L
(Lea's Cupcake and Sunshine):

Ann
(Creative Antics)

Julie Le Blanc
(Kewl Stamps n More)

Karen
(Real Life in Pictures)

And our Guest Designer for next week would be:

Karen
(Real Life in Pictures)
Karen's card was well put together. We love the hand stitching and all the elements that she added to coordinate with her pattern and colors.

Please join us and congratulate Karen! You can check her blog HERE.
Karen, please e-mail us so we could send you next week's sketch.

We had extra supplies given by our generous sponsor Shortcuts last week so we thought to include an extra sketch. It's not our main feature but as a token of appreciation to those of you who joined us, we would like to feature our Top 5 pick as well.

Kindly note that there were no voting for this category therefore, we will still have only 1 Guest Designer next week.

Marix
(Scrappalific)

Kelly Becker
(La Maison de Papier)

Anthea
(Live Life Beautifully)

Anja
(Scrappietoo)

Jeri
(Bug N Me)

Click on the names of our Bonus Sketch Spotlighters to go to their blog
for more inspiration or just simply leave them some sweetness!


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And the winner for Shortcuts' $15.00 gift certificate is:

Big congratulations to:

Dana Gustafson
(Paper Daydream)

Dana, kindly send us an e-mail so we could provide you instructions on how to claim your gift certificate.

We sure are happy that you have checked us out today! Don't forget to click on the sidebar for our current week's sketch.

Have a fabulous week!

Sketch 24 and Some Great News!

We're so excited!
Not only we will feature great sponsor and a talented designer for you this week, we have some great news!

Before anything else, one of our funky, artistic family member has celebrated his birthday last July 13.

Belated Happy Birthday Peter!!!!

We wish you all the happiness your loving heart deserves and great success in your career.

We were once again being sponsored by Odd Bird Planet. We are indeed grateful for their generous heart.


One lucky randomly picked winner will win these awesome products from them.

*3 sheets of 8.5x11 white Bazzill cardstock
* 1 sheet of 8.5x11 color or pattern cardstock
* 6 sheets of 6x6 paper (some pattern paper, some cardstock)
* 1 paper flower bunch
* 1 approx 4x6 piece of fabric (either suede, velvet, or linen texture)
* 1 wooden spool
* 1 apple shape die cut
* 1 apple shape post-it note
* 1 painted wooden goose (note: some kits have another unpainted wooden shape or a chipboard shape instead)
* 6 pearl finish buttons
* 1 yard gold cord
* 2 12" lengths of vintage lace or ribbon
* 6 inches of faux pearls
* 1 section of vintage pattern tissue paper
* 6 tiny speckled eggs
* 1 gold color heart charm
* 1 vintage hand-made fabric yo-yo
* 2 unpainted wooden goose shapes
* 1 color cardstock sheet of fairytale themed clip art
* 1 2.5x4 sheet of unmounted rubber stamp set: Fairytale collection

We have a very very simple sketch for you this week. We hope you'll like it! This will be easy peasy sketch to do if you have a little one napping or just simply managed to squeeze in a few minutes. Sometimes, simplicity is the best!


Do you remember the lovely card last week? You'll see the gifted woman behind it. We take pleasure welcoming:

Heidi Downey

Here's a short info about Heidi:

My name is Heidi Downey and I was so excited to hear my card has been chosen. I started cardmaking about a year ago, which I guess is ironic as I always declared that I “don’t do cards…” And now I regularly participate in card challenge blogs, own an online stamp shop and am a guest DT. I love challenge blogs, they really inspire/motivate me to create and Card Patterns certainly tops the list. Thanks so much for letting me be a part of the team this week, I certainly had a blast with the sketch this week (with a little pressure thrown in for good measure).

And another gorgeous card from Heidi. You can visit her blog HERE for more inspiration.


I would like the world to know how proud I am of these designers. They keep on surprising me, not only with their keen eye for creating but also their 110% support and help. I'm fortunate to be surrounded with great people like these guy and gals.

Here are the artistic expressions of our team.

Kristen Swain


Peter Van Tilburg


FionaYeoh


Renée Van Stralen


Michelle Bertuzzi


Carla Peicheff


Tracy Schultz


Laurel Seabrook

So you may ask, what's the news?! The team is working on something great, something better... to help and hopefully inspire many of you . We're all excited about this. We're hoping to be able to finish it this week {I know, what a bummer to keep you in suspense}!
So here are some hints. Tabs, pictures and more pictures and a [+1]! Excited yet?

Please don't forget to join us and link up your card to Mr. Linky Box provided below by July 24 at 11:59PM EST . HERE's a simple tutorial on how to use Mr. Linky.

Can't wait to see what you all come up with!
So glad you stopped by.

Guest Design Spotlight Winner

Thank you to the 84 talented ladies who joined us last week! We know that many of you are busy either planning or getting ready for vacation & taking your time to join us is always appreciated!

And for those who didn't make it, you can still join us this week for our Sketch 23 and bonus sketch!

Here are the top cards who stood out with their amazing creations are (no particular order):

Krista B Cardin
(Rusty Red Rooster)

Rae Barthel
(Simply Rae)

Regan D' Agostino
(Stamp McStamperson)

Heidi Downey
(More Scrap Stuff)

Vanessa
(Wings of a Butterfly)

Although all these 5 cards are stunning, however, this rusty looking yet sophisticated and perfectly polished card won a place in our hearts! We loved how she interpreted the sketch and totally made it her own.



Please join us in congratulating

Heidi Downey
(More Scrap Stuff)

to our Guest Design Spotlight on Saturday for Sketch 25.
Heidi, kindly contact me so I could send you the details!

The winner of $15 Shortcuts Gift Certificate will be announced next Monday, June 20.

Don't forget, just for Card Patterns, Shortcuts is offering
15% off your order!
Just visit their online store
and enter the discount code CardPatterns15 during checkout

Wishing you all a bright week filled with cheer and great weather!

CP#23 and a Bonus Sketch

What a super week we had! Sketch 22 was indeed filled with fabulous eye candy! You never fail to astound us with your creations!

We're pretty excited this week! Still currently being sponsored by generous Shortcuts! If you haven't tried it yet, you'll love this product!

Their ready-to-assemble-and-decorate products will help you create stunning creations in minutes. Make sure you drop by their blog for lots of inspiration from their design team.

The latest ShortCuts product, Clear & Frosted Card Blanks, will help you to make fabulous clear and frosted cards. Each of the stocks is made of a thick vinyl material. Think clear/frosted cardstock- none of that flimsy transparency material. Best of all, the clear cards are fingerprint resistant. No more wearing white gloves while making your cards. You can also purchase the Clear & Frosted material in Full Sheets (8.5" x 11").

Can't wait to be picked a winner?!
Just visit their online store and enter the discount code CardPatterns15 during checkout and receive 15% off your order!
(15% will be taken off package price only, not S/H charges. Orders must contain at least $5.00 in product and be placed before August 31, 2009)

Earlier this week, we announced our Guest Designer Spotlight winner. Give it up for Eva Dobilas!

Getting to know Eva:

"My name is Eva Dobilas and I live in Southern California. I have been
scrapping/making cards for a little over 10 years and I love sketches, so I
was naturally drawn to CardPatterns. I love the inspiration here and was so
happy my card was chosen, so I get to play along with the very talented DT.
Thank you again and sure hope you like my card as much as I loved making
it."

Look how Eva transformed this sketch into such an adorable work of art!

Personally, summer is the best time to create Christmas/holiday cards. Especially if you have tons to give or mail to relatives and friends.
Let's do the math, if you create 1 Christmas card from our sketches from today until December 12 (just nice to mail out those cards), you'd make about 27 Christmas cards!
So do you need more than 27 cards? If yes, you should start now! :)


Eva Doblias

and of course.... not to mention our witty and talented team! Let's start with:

Laurel

Kris


Carla




Fiona


Renée


Tracy


Peter


Michelle


And now, for our bonus sketch designed by ubber talented Kris Swain!


And here's an adorable card created by Kris.

We look forward you joining us for another great week! Get a chance to win the gift certificate from Shortcuts and a Guest Designer spotlight!

It's super easy to join!

1. Submit your take on the sketch above by typing your name and the direct link to your card on Mr. Linky box provided below.
2. Deadline: July 17, 2009 at 11:59PM EST
   

Thank you all for stopping by! Have a fabulous weekend everyone! Let's start creating!!