Sketch 62

Well good morning and happy Saturday! So glad you could join us for another sketch here on Card Patterns. Let's cut right to the chase and get down to business.

The Sponsor:
Can you believe we're being sponsored again by the wonderful and oh-so-generous Hero Arts again this week??!!?

Hero Arts is a premium design company that has manufactured and produced stamps and stamping supplies for the cardmaking, scrapbooking and craft industries for 37 years. All of our stamps are original and exclusive, and made with only the best craftsmanship and care. All Hero Arts stamps are made in the US by hand, our woodblocks come from sustainability managed forests, and our facility is solar powered and family owned. Maybe most of all, Hero Arts is dedicated to our customers, passionate about our community, and grateful to be a part of the wonderful and thriving craft of stamping.You can join in the discussion by visiting http://www.heroarts.com/ and commenting on our daily blog, viewing our complete line of stamps and stamping supplies, learning through our techniques and video library, getting inspired with daily ideas, taking part in our monthly contests, and participating in the vibrant Hero Arts stamping community. Come and find creative inspiration everyday!

Blog: http://heroarts.com/blogs/club/
Store: http://shop.heroarts.com/home/index.html/1571.0
Flickr (over 30,000 member submitted ideas!): http://www.flickr.com/groups/heroarts/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Hero-Arts/149795132607
Twitter: http://twitter.com/myheroarts

The Prize:
One random participant this week will win this fantastic assortment of clings from Hero Arts. That's a $30 retail value! How amazing is that!?

The Sketch:
Here is this week's wonderful sketch for you to play with. Remember, feel free to move the pieces around, rotate the sketch, etc. Just be sure to have fun with it!

The Guest Designer:
We're lucky to have the wonderful Anna (Mlada) joining us this week. Here's a bit more about her:

"My name is Anna. I live in Siberia in the city of Tomsk. I'm an economist by education. But now I''m engaged in raising a child. I found out about scrapbooking a half year ago and fell in love with it."

And here is Anna's take on this week's sketch. Gorgeous Anna!

Design Team Inspiration:
And now, here's what our very own design team has cooked up for you using this week's sketch.

Iwona Palamountain

Tracey Kuzniak

Lizaveta Danenkova

Debbie Standard

Michelle Bertuzzi

Yvonne Yam

Julia Stainton

Nina Brackett

Tracy Schultz

We hope you enjoy using this week's sketch! Be sure to come back here and post a direct link to your project using the Mr. Linky box below. You have until Friday, May 7th at 11:59pm to post your link to qualify for this week's prize and a chance to be a guest designer.

Have a wonderful weekend!

Sketch 60 Super Six

Happy Monday ladies!
Here's our Super Six from Sketch 60.

Chriss

{Botanical Cafe}

Gosias: 

{Poprotsu}

Mlada

{Mlada Scrap}

Christina

{Seaglass & Sentiments}

Cheryl

{She Stamps}

Nicky

{Craft~Coffee~Cat} 

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

Mlada

{Mlada Scrap}

Congratulations!
Please send us an e-mail so we could discuss Sketch 62 with you.

And the lucky winner of 3 stamp blocks from Julia Stainton is............. (drumroll please!)

Sheree

(Just the Two Of Us) 

Sheree, please send us an e-mail with your complete name and mailing address so we can have the goodies sent to you.

Enjoy the rest of the week and thanks for checking back!

Sketch 61

Good day to you talented crafters!
We have a very simple sketch for you today, probably the simplest of all the sketches we did so far. If you're a beginner in card making, this is perfect for you! For those advanced card makers, embellish it as much as you want!

This week, we are thankful to be sponsored by Limelight Papercrafts.

Limelight Papercrafts is owned and operated by the husband-and-wife-team of Drew and Mandy. We are committed to bringing you the best the stamping and scrapbooking world has to offer at a great price. We are constantly seeking out exciting new products, perhaps even some you haven't seen before! For example, some of the papers that we carry in our store are made with recycled papers. Please look around! We are sure you will find what you need to inspire your creativity and create beautiful projects!

Courtesy of Limelight Papercrafts, one randomly picked winner will receive........

1. Basic Grey 12x12 Designer Cardstock in Optimistic AND
2. Basic Grey Pretty Bird Clear Stamp Set

Sketch 59 Super 6

Well, let me just tell you how completely blown away and impressed we were with all of your cards from sketch 59. We had a really hard time narrowing it down to just our top six!

But we couldn't just leave you hanging and NOT post a Super 6, could we? So without further adieu, your Super Six is:

Carly Robertson
Jennie
Maureen
Maylee
Rae Barthel
Tanis Giesbrecht

And the designer who captured our hearts with her creative card is:

Rae Barthel: Simply Rae

Congratulations Rae! Please email us for information on being our guest designer.

The random winner of the fabulous Have a Donut 4x6" Hero Arts clear stamp set is:

#21 Sylvia/ Little Treasures

Congrats Sylvia! Please email us with your mailing address so we can get your goodies in the mail to you. [Our email address can be found on the top right sidebar.] Thanks to everyone who played along. Don't forget you have until Friday the 23rd at 11:59pm to link a card in order to be eligible for this week's prize!

Sketch 60

Good morning friends! It's Tracy here, happy to be bringing you our next sketch. We're so happy that you continue to drop in with us and play along each and every week!

The Prize:
This week, our very own Julia Stainton is offering up the prize for one random participant- three scrapblocks valued at $48 US!! The just released Life scrapblock, Newspaper Ads scrapblock, and Calendar Year scrapblock. These are 6x6 inch rubber stamps perfect for cardmaking, scrapbooking, and any paper crafting.


The Sketch:
Michelle has cooked up another great sketch for you. Flip it, switch out some of the shapes, but most importantly- have fun with it!


The Guest Designer:
Our guest designer this week is Yuliya. Here's a little more about her.


"My name is Yuliya. I live in Russia, Moscow. I am 33 years old and have been married for 4 years. We have a daughter aged 2. I am a stay at home mom. Scrapbooking and cardmaking is my passion for a little over 1 year now."

And here is Yuliya's gorgeous take on our sketch this week:


The Design Team Inspiration:
Here is our design team's take on the sketch. We hope it inspires you!

Yvonne Yam

Julia Stainton

Tracy Schultz

Nina Brackett

Tracey Kuszniak

Debbie Standard

Michelle Bertuzzi

Lizaveta Danekova

Iwona Palamountain

You know the rules! You have until Friday, April 23rd at 11:59pm to link your card in the Mr. Linky box below in order to qualify for the prize and a chance at being our guest designer. Only direct links will be eligible. So get creating!! And have a wonderful weekend.

Sketch 58 Super Six

Good Monday to you all!

You ladies never fail to amaze us with your creativity, especially with our sketch last week!
Here's our Super Six for Sketch 58.

Yuliya

(Учусь творить и наслаждаться)

Lisa F

(Sending Smiles with Paper & Ink) 

Nicky Hsu 

(Craft-Coffee-Cat)

Quirky

(A Little Bit of Everything)

Berdien

(Scrap from Bemmel)

Anthea

(Live Life Beautifully)

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

Yuliya

(Учусь творить и наслаждаться)

Congratulations Yuliya! Please send us an e-mail at cardpatterns@yahoo.com so we could discuss Sketch 60. 

And our lucky random winner of prize from Prairie Fairy Design is.....

Chriss Balgrave

(Botanical Cafe) 

Congratulations Chriss! Please send us an e-mail and let us know your choice of 5 digital images from Prairie Fairy Design. 

Wishing you all beautiful week!

Sketch 59

Good day to all of you! We're thankful to be once again sponsored by Hero Arts this week.

Hero Arts is a premium design company that has manufactured and produced stamps and stamping supplies for the cardmaking, scrapbooking and craft industries for 37 years. All of our stamps are original and exclusive, and made with only the best craftsmanship and care. All Hero Arts stamps are made in the US by hand, our woodblocks come from sustainability managed forests, and our facility is solar powered and family owned. Maybe most of all, Hero Arts is dedicated to our customers, passionate about our community, and grateful to be a part of the wonderful and thriving craft of stamping.

You can join in the discussion by visiting http://www.heroarts.com/ and commenting on our daily blog, viewing our complete line of stamps and stamping supplies, learning through our techniques and video library, getting inspired with daily ideas, taking part in our monthly contests, and participating in the vibrant Hero Arts stamping community. Come and find creative inspiration everyday!

Blog: http://heroarts.com/blogs/club/
Store: http://shop.heroarts.com/home/index.html/1571.0
Flickr (over 30,000 member submitted ideas!): http://www.flickr.com/groups/heroarts/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Hero-Arts/149795132607
Twitter: http://twitter.com/myheroarts

Some of you may have had some difficulty with last week's sketch, so here's a simple one for you. Very very easy pattern start up.

We're excited to be joined by our Guest Designer this week. Please welcome.....

Marjan Kuppers

Getting to know Marjan:

"Hi, my name is Marjan Küppers. I live in the Netherlands, in a city near The Hague with my family. My husband and I have a grown daughter and son, the daughter lives in her own home. I have been a part-time teacher in a primary school in the centre of The Hague for many years.

Like many other scrappers, I have had many creative interests in the past years, but when I discovered scrapping I knew this was it for me. Until last year, when I started making cards…. Now I am truly hooked!! And I’m not the only one, so I discovered! Cardmaking has two other advantages for me: no bulky albums to store and making someone happy with a handmade card is very nice too! I love to Photoshop and try to integrate it in my cardmaking whenever possible. My style… well, I like many styles, but most I like a clean, not too cluttered layout. I always try to make my projects well balanced and with colors that compliment each other. I was very happy to be a guestdesigner this week and loved working with the sketch!"

And here's Marjan's gorgeous card:

Here's our team's take on the sketch. Hope you all like it!

Michelle Bertuzzi

Lizaveta Danenkova

Julia Stainton

Tracy Schultz

Iwona Palamountain

Tracey Kuzniak

Debbie Standard

Yvonne Yam

We hope you like our sample cards & hop in and join the fun! Hero Arts will be giving away one Have a Donut 4x6 clear set to one lucky random winner! And as always, one of you will be chosen as our guest designer, too.


Be sure to post your direct link to your creation by 11:59pm EST Friday April 16th in the Mr. Linky box below to qualify. Links that are not directly to your creation will be deleted. Have a bee-utiful weekend!

Card Patterns Sketch 57 Super Six

Wow, I think we've had a record number of participants for Sketch 57, at least since I joined Card Patterns. Thank you for joining us. And your creations are just getting more fabulous every week as well. You are making it more challenging to pick the Super Six - a good problem to have :-). We do enjoy seeing your take on our sketch.

So, here are the Super Six this week:

Please visit their links for a closer look of their stunning cards:

Ellen
Nowalinka
PapierGirl
Patty
TesaB
Marjan

And the Guest DT spot goes to MARJAN with this beautiful vintage card. That flower is perfect to take center stage with the text background, lace and bling. Great job, Marjan.


And the winner of the (2) two 4x6 Hero Arts Stamp Sets, via random.org. is:

ANIKA

Marjan and Anika, please email us at cardpatterns at yahoo dot com to get your info.

Note to all our prize random winners:
We will only hold the prize for you for a maximum of 2 weeks. If we have not heard from you, we will draw another winner. So please don't forget to check back on Mondays!

Did you know that we have an icon for Super Six winners? Right click on the image to save it to your computer and post it in your blog. This image is also located on the lower right column of our blog. Feel free to use it if you were picked in one of our Super Six before.