Sketch 82 Super Six

We hope this is a good start of the week for everyone!
Happy Monday beautiful ladies!

A big thank you to everyone who participated with us last week. It was awesome to see all your creations! As  usual, we've tried to beat the impossible - which is to pick just 6 from all the gorgeous submissions. Anyways, here they are. Feel free to click on their names to go directly to their blogs and start spreading the love.

#35 Regan

Stampy Mc Stamperson

#18 Dolly 

Blush-Dolly

# 59 Wendy

Scrappy Day in Paradise

# 60 Mona

Cupcakes Creations

#70 Anna Karin

#24 Geri 

Geri's Paper Wishes 

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

#24 Geri 

Geri's Paper Wishes

Congratulations Geri! Please send us an e-mail with Sketch 82 Super Six Sketch Winner on the subject.
The lucky random winner of this cute stamp set from our sponsor last week "Creative Clear Stamps" is....

#44 Miesje

Craft Room with a View

Congratulations Miesje. Please send us an e-mail with subject Sketch 82 Prize winner.

So, do you guys think we could have 1500 followers by the end of the week? :)

For those of you who missed joining us last week, we have a simple sketch this week and hope you can participate. You have until Friday, October 1st at 11:59pm EST to link up your creation to win a gift certificate from DRS Design and for chance at being a guest designer.

Thanks for checking back!  Have a beautiful week!

Sketch 83

Happy Saturday to all of you!

After several weeks of rain and overcast weather here in Alberta, Canada, we are finally seeing the silver lining. It's a beautiful high of 20C/68F here in Alberta, Canada and for the rest of the week. I hope the weather is great at your side of the world too!

Let's get on to our 83rd Sketch. Hope you'll like it!

This week, we are sponsored by once again DRS Design.

DRS Designs - is a family owned company since 1950 boasts hundreds of original rubber stamp designs. All images are available fully mounted, completely unmounted or mounted on cling cushion and are proudly hand crafted in the USA. Our rubber stamp collection includes a wide assortment of images including tons of sentiments, easy background designs and fun technique stamps such as our stained glass and plaid designs.

The DRS Designs website features a huge card sample gallery, online demos and tips, a secure shopping area and information on our free club, Rubber Mania Monthly. Be sure to visit our daily blog with posts from our
fantastic design team for inspiration and ideas.

Only for Card Patterns' participants, DRS is giving away $15.00 gift certificate to one lucky random winner. 

And to share our sketch today is our Guest Designer for this week. Please join us in welcoming  Semsee. You can click on her name below and spread the love!

SemSee

(SemSee's)

Getting to know Semsee:

Hello! My name is Simonne, but I'm more commonly known as Sem or SemSee in the blogging world.  I'm a SAHM to our wonderful 9 yr old daughter.  I bought my very first stamp in December 2008 and since then I've become hooked! I am currently on the DT for 4 different rubber stamp companies, and feel truly honoured and blessed to be able to create for them. Making cards is my main focus, although I love to dabble in gift boxes and altered items from time to time.  I love my Copics, my favourite technique is paper piecing, and I just couldn't craft without my flatback pearls!  I am so excited to be a guest designer for Card Patterns - thank you for having me!



Here are the team's interpretation of the sketch. Remember, you don't have to be tied up to a shape that is in the sketch. You ca always flip it or rotate it.

Semsee

Anthea McConachy

Tracy Schultz

Agata Pfister

Nina Brackett

Michelle Bertuzzi

Heather Jensen

 

Don't forget, to participate simply link up your creation using the Mr. Linky box below. Please post a direct link only. Non-direct links may be deleted. [Click here for a tutorial on how to link using the Mr. Linky box.] You have until Friday, October 1st at 11:59pm EST to link up your creation to win a gift certificate from DRS Design and for chance at being a guest designer.

Thanks for visiting!

Sketch 81 Super Six

What a creative group you are. I know we say it often, but it is really getting harder and harder to pick the Super Six every week. Your beautiful creations continue to bless and inspire us. But we had to narrow the choices down from all the submissions for Sketch 81 to these talented ladies:

Check out their blogs for more details:
1. Jean Martin 2. Jessica 3. Juhi 4. Sasya 5. Semsee 6. Karen

And the Guest DT spot goes to Semsee with this gorgeous card. She did a phenomenal job with this beauty with her paper piecing, layering and all the fun embellishments and that sweet image.

Congratulations, Semsee! Please email us with "Sketch 81 Super 6 Winner" in the subject for details on being our guest designer for next week.

And the winner of this generous prize from Prickly Pear Stamps, via random.org, is....#51 TULIPANKA!
Congratulations! Please email us at cardpatterns(at)yahoo.com with the subject "Sketch 81 Prize Winner" to claim your prize!

I hope you are working on your submission for the current Sketch 82. We can't wait to see what you make. Have a good rest of the week!

Sketch #82

A happy Saturday to you all, our lovely readers and participants. I just noticed that our followers have surpassed the 1400 mark!!! Thank you for your support and participation every week. We may have to have a blog candy when we hit 1500 followers. What do you think?

In the meantime, I hope you will have a lovely weekend planned with some crafting involved. Here's our latest sketch to jump start your creativity.

Our sponsor this week is Creative Clear Stamps with this adorable stamp set:
Here's a bit of info about Creative Clear Stamps' Owner, Laura Bastian:

Hi everyone! I am Laura Bastian, owner and designer for Creative Vision and the Creative Clear Stamps Store. About 3 years ago I told my friends (over cocktails of course) that I was going to start making my own line of clear stamps. They assumed it was the alcohol talking, but a year later my website was open for business! The past 2 years have been a blessing for me, honestly. I have met a ton of wonderful new friends and have learned so much more than I ever thought possible. With a lot of hard work, I am finally living my dream. I invite you all to visit my blog for inspiration, and my store to browse through my original line of cute, silly, and sassy stamps.

And we are pleased to have our guest DT, Greta Hess, join us this week.

My name is Greta Hess. I live in beautiful Oregon, USA, with my husband of 31 years and our 2 Standard Schnauzers. I'm definitely a "dog person"! We all love taking the travel trailer to campgrounds. I'm a full-time Registered Nurse and making cards (and shopping for supplies!) is how I like to use my spare time! I took over the dining room years ago, so you can tell I have a supportive spouse! I'm so honored and thrilled to be this week's CardPatterns Guest Designer!

And here's her take on the sketch:

I hope you like the Card Patterns crew's interpretation of the sketch below.

Tracy

Heather

Agata

Nina

Michelle

Anthea

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!

Don't forget, to participate simply link up your creation using the Mr. Linky box below. Please post a direct link only. Non-direct links may be deleted. [Click here for a tutorial on how to link using the Mr. Linky box.] You have until Friday, September 17th at 11:59pm EST to link up your creation for a chance at the prize and to be a guest designer.

Sketch 80 Super 6

Hi crafters! Today I'm happy to bring you the super 6 for Sketch 80. It was a tough decision, for sure. But we were able to narrow it down to these six wonderful card-makers.

Edna
Greta
Rhonda
Sheena
Sue
Uleczka

Please stop by their blogs and leave them a little love! And remember you can click the above photo to enlarge it and see their cards in more detail.

And the crafter who really wowed us with this clean and elegant card is...

Greta

Congratulations! Please email us with "Sketch 80 Super 6 Winner" in the subject for details on being our guest designer.



And now onto the winner of the {ippity} set Totally Happy from our sponsor Taylor~Made by JenMarie.

The random number generator selected...

18. CT19720

Congratulations! Please email us at cardpatterns(at)yahoo.com with the subject "Sketch 80 Prize Winner" to claim your prize!

Have a wonderful week and we'll see you back here on Saturday with another new sketch. Don't forget you have until Friday to play along for this week's fabulous prize and chance to be our guest designer.

Sketch 81

Happy Saturday friends! So glad you could join us here on Card Patterns again. Let's get right down to business because my husband and I are going apple picking today- fall is almost here in New York and it's going to be a beautiful day.

The Sponsor:
We're delighted this week to be sponsored by Prickley Pear Rubber Stamps. Here's more about them:

"Prickley Pear Rubber Stamps - a two woman company comprised by Nicole La Cour, Founder and Creative Director and Mary Boesel, COO. Established in 2002, PPRS boasts hundreds of original red rubber stamp designs and has just recently started to manufacture clear stamps and coordinating dies. Our stamp collection includes a wide variety of sentiments, collage and background images and beautiful, whimsy stamps.

Be sure to visit the PPRS blog which features weekly projects, techniques and tutorials blog hops and more!"

The Prize:
One random participant this week will win a $25 gift certificate to Prickley Pear Rubber Stamps.

The Sketch:

Another wonderful sketch this week cooked up by the talented Michelle! We hope it'll get you jump-started on making some fall cards or whatever theme you like.

The Guest Designer:
This week we're proud to introduce the talented Petra as our guest designer. Here's more about her:
"Hello, my name is Petra. I´m from Germany, mom of two boys (4 and 5 years old) and married with my best friend. I am so happy to be chosen for guest designing for the Card Patterns blog this week. I started scrapbooking in 2005 for all the cute baby photos and since march this year I do cardmaking. It makes so much fun to try all the different techniques. And now I want to say thank you for chosing me and my work this week."

Here is Petra's card using this week's sketch:


Design Team Inspiration:
Lastly, here is our design team's take on the sketch this week, using Prickly Pear Rubber Stamps.

Leslie Rodriguez (PPRS Design Team)

Therese Broman (PPRS Design Team)

Michelle Bertuzzi

Heather Jensen

Nina Brackett

Anthea McConachy

Tracy Schultz

Agata Pfister

Also, just a note to our dear readers. All of our DT members lead busy lives, just like you. But we want to visit your blogs to see your gorgeous takes on the sketches. However, with word verification enabled on some blogs that makes it extremely time-consuming for us to leave comments. Please consider turning off (disabling) word verification on your blog to help ensure we leave a comment for you!

Don't forget, to participate simply link up your creation using the Mr. Linky box below. Please post a direct link only. Non-direct links may be deleted. [Click here for a tutorial on how to link using the Mr. Linky box.] You have until Friday, September 17th at 11:59pm EST to link up your creation for a chance at the prize and to be a guest designer.

Sketch 79 Super 6

Happy Monday and happy Labor Day to all my fellow Americans.

It was especially difficult to choose just six cards for sketch 79 as there were so many wonderful entries! But we managed to narrow it down to these wonderful crafters. Please leave some love on their blogs and congratulate them!

Bonnie Sharp
Christina
Mlada
Nicky Hsu
percreativ
Torico

And the crafter whose card stole our hearts and who will be our next guest designer is...

percreativ

Congratulations! Please email us with "Sketch 79 Super 6 Winner" in the subject line for details on being a guest designer.


And now for the winner of the $10.00 gift certificate to DRS Designs. The random number generator chose...

74. Dorothy S /etsdas

Congratulations Dorothy! Please email us at cardpatterns(at)yahoo.com with "Sketch 79 prize winner" in the subject to claim your prize.

Have a wonderful week and remember there's plenty of time to play along with this week's sketch!

Sketch 80

Happy Saturday friends! So glad to have you along with us again. We're getting a touch of fall here today with cooler temperatures and a bit of much-needed rain our way. A good day for some crafting- don't you think?

The Sponsor:
We are thrilled to have ippity girl Taylor~Made by JenMarie as our sponsor this week. Don't know what ippity is? Well, let's fill you in!

"What is {ippity}? ippity is a FRESH, NEW, TRENDY, FUN way to enjoy a discount on high quality stamps and crafting products. Ippity also offers women the opportunity to make some money by sharing their ippity products with others at retreats, stamping, and scrapbooking events, church events, creative get-togethers, and fundraisers.

When {ippity} was announced in November of last year I knew in an INSTANT I wanted to be a part of this from the BEGINNING! I love being able to share such quality stamps that are made in the USA...not to mention an incredible value! I'm having so much fun!"

The Prize:
Up for grabs this week to one random participant is this absolutely adorable {ippity} rubber stamp set Totally Happy.

The Sketch:

Another fun sketch this week courtesy of our oh-so-talented Michelle! Feel free to rotate the sketch any way you like. Just have fun!

The Guest Designer:
We couldn't let this sketch pass by without introducing you to this talented crafter, our guest for this week, Clare Buswell. Here's more about her:


"Hi, my name is Clare Buswell. I live in Ireland. I only discovered the joys of card-making in the past year but have always loved arts and crafts. I studied graphic design at college. Before my daughter Isabelle was born I worked as a full-time artist."

And here is Clare's gorgeous creation using the sketch.

Design Team Inspiration:
Last but not least, our design team's take on this week's sketch, using {ippity} stamps.

Taylor~Made by JenMarie (our sponsor)

Agata Pfister

Nina Brackett

Heather Jensen

Michelle Bertuzzi

Tracy Schultz

Also, just a note to our dear readers. All of our DT members lead busy lives, just like you. But we want to visit your blogs to see your gorgeous takes on the sketches. However, with word verification enabled on some blogs that makes it extremely time-consuming for us to leave comments. Please consider turning off (disabling) word verification on your blog to help ensure we leave a comment for you!

Don't forget, to participate simply link up your creation using the Mr. Linky box below. Please post a direct link only. Non-direct links may be deleted. [Click here for a tutorial on how to link using the Mr. Linky box.] You have until Friday, September 10th at 11:59pm EST to link up your creation for a chance at the prize and to be a guest designer.

Have a wonderful weekend.