Sketch 131

Happy Saturday! I'm back from a shortened vacation, thanks to hurricane Irene. I hope my American friends that were affected have recovered already. You're in our thoughts!

A big thank you to our very own Elise & Tesa for holding down the fort while we were away and arranging the posts- we really appreciate it!!





I have loved papercrafting for as long as I can remember (since preschool, really!) My Craft Spot started out as a place to share my ideas through pictures and video tutorials. Then I discovered Scrunched Seam Binding! I started hand dyeing the seam binding and now I have over 30 beautiful colors in my store! (I think I am addicted! LOL!) I also have 28 yummy colors of Bakers Twine, including a great new Halloween twist, Twinery Twine, Trendy Twine (3 colors twisted together!), Traditional twine and my own hand dyed Vintage Twine! A few months ago I started my own line of High Quality Photopolymer Stamps! I now have 8 sets including a Fall set and 2 cute Halloween sets just released in August. Come visit My Craft Spot for lots of ideas and inspiration, videos and weekly challenges with prizes!

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The prize for one random participant this week is a Halloween Twine Set and Candy Corn Kisses Stamp Set!!

Silke Ledlow: My Life

Hi, my name is Silke Ledlow, I live in the beautiful State of Georgia. I'm originally from Germany and moved to the United States almost 13 years ago. My husband Jerry and I celebrated our 17th Anniversary this past June. We have three beautiful girls named Sarah (13), Rebecca (10) and Miriam (6) plus a boxer boy named Luke. I started making cards about 5 years ago and it became a great hobby for me...it definitely keeps me sane...LOL. I have the pleasure of designing for a few fabulous stamp companies and made some wonderful friends along the way.

I want to *thank* the awesome Card Patterns Team for inviting me to be their Guest Designer this week and I hope you all come out and play along with us! Have fun! Hugs, ~Silke~

And here is Silke's stunning take on this week's sketch...

Kimberly- My Craft Spot

Kristii Lockart


Elise Durenberger


Carla Suto


Tesa Broman


Nina Brackett


Tracy Schultz


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