Sketch 42 Super Six

Seems like the year flew by, would you agree? Although this is the last day of this month, it's always great to see houses light up at night, snow covering the ground and trees on some areas of the world and just perfect time to have some hot cocoa even with marshmallows, yum!

So who's our Super Six this week?

Pam Varnell
The Stamping Addict

Deanna Woodland
Dee's Paper Tree

Lola
Little Card Maker's Paper Creation

Ellen
Scraps and More

Robbie
Inked2x

Julia Moss
Scraphappy

And our guest designer for Sketch 44 is.............

Julia Moss
Scraphappy

Congratulations Julia! Kindly send us an e-mail at cardpatterns@gmail.com so we could discuss Sketch 44.

Thanks for checking back on us ladies!
We'll announce the blog candy winner next Monday!

Have an enjoyable week ahead of you.

Card Patterns Team

Sketch 43

Thank once again to everyone who took the time and participated with us last week.

We'd like to take this opportunity hoping all our friends in United States had a great Thanksgiving and wish our Muslim friends "Eid Mubarak".

Sherrod has once again sponsored the team this week. We're one lucky gals! Don't forget, we'll add the participants from last week & this week's sketch to draw the winner this Monday (Nov 30) to receive:

FREE Sherrod Studio Stamp
($15.00 value or less)

Look who's our Guest Designer for this week? Please welcome....

Laural Lee - Bonato

(Laural's Passion for Paper)

Here's a little info about Laural:

I'm a 30 year old SAHM of 3 beautiful children who enjoys paper crafting as a creative outlet and who has also enjoyed socializing with the ladies in the blogging/crafting community during the last 4 months. This is my first guest designer submission and to celebrate I'll be giving away Blog Candy so please head over to my blog once you downloaded this fabulous sketch. I never imagined being a guest designer for anything so you'll just have to excuse my simple picture taking abilities without a light box.

IMO the appeal of this sketch is actually the idea of having different yet cohesive paper patterns on the 3 vertical panels. The paper had to be fun and I wanted to make a Christmas card to send out for the holidays. What better solution than Eskimo Kisses complemented by SU! card stock, ink and rub-ons? I hope my take of the sketch has inspired you to create your own and thanks so much ladies for this exciting opportunity.

Click on Laural's Name or photo to go to her blog and leave her some sweet love!

Lots of ideas to work around this sketch. Have a look at how our team did it and hope you'll join the fun!

Laural Lee

Kris Swain

Nina Brackett

Tracy Schultz

Laurel Seabrook

Renee Van Stralen

Fiona Yeoh

Michelle Bertuzzi

Thanks again ladies! How to join us? Easy peasy!
1. Submit your take on the sketch by typing in the direct link of your card to Mr. Linky box provided below.
2. We'll pick the Guest Design and winner of our sponsored prize by Monday, Nov 30.

Have a woooonnnnderful weekend!

New Talents

Happy Monday!!

Short post for today. Here's our talented Super Six for week 41.....

Georgia
(Grams Place)

Ellen R
(Scraps & More)

Ria
(Ria's Scrap Cards)

Riky Janssen
(Riky's Scrap Site)

Laura Lee
(Laura's Passion 4 Paper)

Kimberly Trevino
(Kimberly's Krafts)

And the card that won our hearts is.....

Laura Lee
(Laura's Passion 4 Paper)

Big Congratulations to your Laura! We'll e-mail you shortly with regards to Sketch 43. Otherwise, you can also send us an e-mail HERE.

Our Gina K winner (your stamp choice worth $24.95 or less) is..........

Karla Kroese
(Life is Good)

Congratulations Carla! Please send us your mailing address and your stamp set choice of $24.95 or less so you can get your goodies!

Thanks for checking back!
Card Patterns Team

Sketch 42

We're always looking forward to see what you ladies have created! Last week was no exception and never cease to amaze us all. Many times, you leave a comment thanking us for inspiring you but we are the one who should thank you for the inspiration and the time you ladies take to join us.

Brand new week, brand new sketch.

A tip for this sketch. Cut out 2 circles of same size, divide the other one into half and use the other circle to be in the center. Easy peasy!

We're fortunately sponsored again by Sherrod Studio. Images are drawn by talented Kim Sherrod. From today until Nov 27, we will compile all the particpants and draw them to a

FREE STAMP OF THEIR CHOICE worth $15.00 or less.
Isn't that great or what?!

This week, we're here to introduce you to another talent.

Faith Skrdla
(Delightful Insipiration)

Here's a little info about Faith.

Hello, my name is Faith and I live near Lake Superior in Michigan's upper peninsula. I started making cards in the fall of 2006 when I borrowed some stamps and ink to make handmade Thanksgiving cards. I purchased my own stamps to use in scrapbook pages, but I ended up making many more cards instead. I have three amazing children (8, almost 5, and 2) and a wonderful husband. Together we love to take advantage of all the U.P.'s beautiful outdoors offer--fishing, hiking, skiing, snowmobiling, dirt bike riding, snowshoeing, camping, boating. I love all kinds of art, and I'm just as passionate about photography as I am about cards. I am so honored to be selected to appear next to the fabulous designers of Card Patterns! Thank you!!

Head on over to Faith's blog by clicking on her photo or her name above to be further inspired!

And hoping once again to inspire you on how to work on our sketch this week.

Faith Skrdla

Laurel Seabrook

Fiona Yeoh

Renee Van Stralen

Michelle Bertuzzi

Carla Peicheff

Tracy Schultz

Nina Brackett

Kris Swain

You too could win a Guest Designer spot or stamp set of your choice from Sherrod Studio.

It's easy peasy to join:

1. Type in the direct link of your card to Mr. Linky box provided below this post.

2. Deadline for submitting your entries is Nov. 27 (Friday) 11:59PM Eastern Standard Time.

Have a fun filled weekend!

Card Patterns Team

MI-40

What's up with MI-40? That's Mission Impossible Sketch 40! Ha!

With all the GORGEOUS 117 cards we had last week, it was almost impossible to narrow it down to 6! Great thing, our agent MI-40 spent countless time to keep on looking back at the participants' blogs to compare, compare, compare.

To make our mission short, here's our Super Six for Sketch 40.

Deanne
Just Wasting Time

Faith
Delightful Inspiration

Finja
Bastelschwester

Gwen
My Craft Days Off

Sylvia
Sylvia's Stamping Place

Wendi
Scrappy Day In Paradise

Drum roll for our winner!

Faith

Delightful Inspiration

Congratulations Faith! Please send us an e-mail to discuss Sketch 41. And our lucky winner of a yummy stamp set from Chris Franco (Angel Company) is.....

Agustina Yornet
Made With Love

We actually discovered that Agustina is our youngest participant! She just turned 15 years old but is one creative teen!

Agustina, please send us an e-mail with your mailing address so you can get your free stamp set.

Have a great great week ahead of you ladies!

Card Patterns Team

WOW!

Work of wonders! We were soooo inspired with all your work from our recent sketch (#40)! You don't realize how many talents there are not until you look at each and every creation. Everything is unique and special and no matter how simple it is, there's always that extra little touch of detail that mirror the soul's creator to it. Thank you!

Guess who's our sponsor for this week?

GinaK Designs is known for its elegant, classic and versatile stamp sets, which are made from deeply etched red rubber mounted on cling foam. Answering to customers' requests for higher quality paper than what was then available in the market, it introduced the Pure Luxury Cardstock collection with coordinating inks, buttons and ribbons.

With its wide selection of stamp designs, topnotch GinaK Designs exclusive coordinating assortments of papers and embellishments, and other must-have supplies, it is a one-stop shop for all your paper crafting needs.

Earlier this year, GinaK Designs began the fast growing StampTV site, where Gina shows weekly video tutorials of different stamping techniques. This forum now boasts almost 8,000 members and 20,000 uploaded projects in its short life. It also recently launched the new StampTV Idea Center that features all the GinaK Designs stamps in one place that is easy to navigate. Visit the GinaK Designs store, StampTV and Idea Center and prepare to be inspired!!!

And guess what will one of our lucky participants will receive!



All you have to do is join us for this week's sketch to be entitled to win and have a chance to be our Guest Designer for Sketch 43 as well!

Here's another easy peasy sketch that you can use up your leftover scraps. Cut up a perfect square or use some die cuts too if you wish. Hope you'll join us!



But before we show you the team's interpretation of this sketch, we'd love to introduce you to our Guest Designer. Please welcome

Carly Robertson

A little something about Carly:

Hello, my name is Carly Robertson and I am a mother to beautiful 2 ½ year old twin girls, wife to a very supportive husband and passionate about all things paper. I live in Canada near the Rocky Mountains and when I am not spending time with my family and friends, I am crafting and being inspired by other amazing crafters in this wonderful blogging world. I am so excited and honored to be part of the Card Patterns DT this week. Thank you for the incredible opportunity!

Please don't forget to visit Carly's blog for further inspiration. Click on her name or her photo to get directed to her blog.

Here's hoping to give you an idea of what you can work around with the sketch.

Carly Robertson



Nina Brackett



Tracy Schultz



Laurel Seabrook



Fiona Yeoh



Michelle Bertuzzi


Renee Van Stralen

We are very much looking forward to yet, another week of fun fun times discovering new talents and getting inspired by all your creations!

To join:
Type the direct link of your card to Mr. Linky box provided below by Friday, Nov 20 by 11:59PM EST.

Have a fabulous weekend everyone!

Make it a Lovely Monday!

Most of you probably dread Mondays, starting another week of work or school. How about we try and make a better start of your Monday?

Here's our Super Six for Sketch 39

Trish D
Tah Dah

Lisa Foster
Stampin for Sanity

Virginia Lu
Yes, Virginia

Heidi
(Verslaafdaanscrappen)

Carly Robertson
Paper Bloom

Amy Duff
Papertrails by a Paper Lover

Please congratulate our Guest Designer winner for Sketch 41......

Carly Robertson
Paper Bloom

Congratulations Carly! We're looking forward to working with you!!!

Thank you to everyone who participated in our Sherrod Studio 2 week sponsorship. We've added Sketch 38 and will continuously count from there to Sketch 39. That's be a total of 134 participants. And our random winner of her FREE Stamp Choice of Sherrod Studio (worth $15.00) is.......



A happy dance congratulations to....

Chris Wooten
Turned Gypsy

Chris, please send us an e-mail with your choice of stamp set from Sherrod Studio. You can view your choices HERE.

Thanks for checking back on us!

Expanding Horizons

Hope your day is as beautiful as you ladies are!

Card Patterns is now on ever growing Facebook!
If you have an account, feel free to join us! Have a fun idea or just wanna chat? Start up a discussion or upload your Card Patterns card! Maybe we'll even have a sneak peek for you once in a while!

We all love our sponsors and they're not just sponsors, they've become a part of our family. This week, we're spoiled once again by Chris Franco who is also giving away a wonderful stamp set prize below to 1 lucky random winner! Yes, all you have to do is participate!



Chris Franco is an Independent Demonstrator with The Angel Company (TAC). TAC offers rubber stamps in a variety of styles, unique papers, fantastic tools and accessories. The Angel Company’s Creative Cling™ stamping system combined with their deeply etched vulcanized stamps make these the most affordable and versatile rubber stamps available on the market today. Chris is happy to ship anywhere around the world so browse her online catalog and then send her an email if you would like to place an order. Be sure to check back each month because there are surprise sales and specials stamp offering.

And be sure to stop by her website where you can be further inspired. . .and SHOP!

And while you're shopping .. . Chris would like to offer a “tax free” special to anyone who places an order. Email her your order and mention Card Patterns to take advantage of this sweet deal!*

You won’t want to miss Chris’ take on
This week’s sketch...see all of that and more of her creations on her blog, Blessings

Ink.

We're glad that many of you liked our sketch last week. Hope you'll like this week as well! How about something simpler and something you can use your scraps with? Make it as busy looking as you want by adding additional embellishments!




One thing we like doing aside from creating sketches of course is featuring talented new artists week after week, getting to know them a little better and even seeing those lovely faces behind the artsy crafty cards they create! This week is no exception of course. Many of you have known her as Chupa in the blogging world. Today, we'd like to welcome....

Iwona Palamountain
(a.k.a. Chupa)

(Random Acts of Creativity)

Getting to know Chupa a little better!

Hello from Down Under!! My name is Iwona, but they call me Chupa. I'm a wife to the most wonderful man, and a mum to a six weeks old cutie called Zuzia. I've been cardmaking since July this year, and from the very beginning I could call myself an addict - if only I had unlimited time and money to spend on supplies :) I'm overjoyed and honoured to join the super talented team for this week, I wish you all fun with this lovely sketch!

Thank you for this wonderful opportunity, wish you all a great week!

Click on Chupa's photo or name to go to her blog and be more inspired.

And together with Chupa, here's the team's wonderful minds & creative hearts interpreting the sketch.

Iwona Palamountain



Michelle Bertuzzi



Carla Peicheff


Laurel Seabrook



Fiona Yeoh



Renee Van Stralen



Kris Swain



Nina Brackett



Tracy Schultz

We hope you'll come join us again this week! Always excited to see what's brewing on your heads and the outcome of that crafty mind!

Deadline to link your cards using Mr. Linky Box provided below this post: Friday, Nov 13 at 11:59PM EST.

Have a lovely lovely weekend!