Sketch 113

It's the last Saturday of the month and we're welcoming May! Hope you all had a wonderful April!
Hope you like our sketch this week!

This week, we are being sponsored once again by Layers of Colors.

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One lucky randomly picked participant will receive the following stamp/s from Layers of Colors.

Embroidered Butterfly Cling Set

Warbler Cling Rubber Art Set

 

 
We're introducing 2 Guest Designers this week!

Esther Porter

(For The Joy of Creating)

Getting to know Esther:

I am Esther Porter and I love crafting, I have been creating in one form or another since I was a very little girl painting rocks to look like ladybugs. While I enjoy almost all forms of crafting, paper crafting has become my passion ! I love crafting so much my husband remodeled a room in my house into a craft room, complete with cabinets, counters, peg board, etc.  It is where you will find me whenever I have free time. I have been married almost 25 years and have 2 beautiful daughters and 2 precious grandchildren. The only child living at home (other than my husband) is my 9 year old poodle, Jacquette, whom I love dearly.  I enjoy hiking, camping and waterskiing; but most of all I like to create!

I want to thank the gals at Card Patterns for giving me the honor of being a guest designer for this weeks challenge! I had a ball creating a card from this sketch and hope I share a little inspiration with you!

And this is Esther's beautiful take on the sketch:

Next up is........

Tracy MacDonald

I Wanna Build a Memory 

Getting to know Tracy:
My name is Tracy MacDonald and I've been making cards for about a year now.  I have always done some kind of crafting, but got involved in the online crafty world about a year and a half ago as a mini scrapbook album maker.  I share those on my YouTube channel along with several tutorials.  I've become addicted to Copic Markers and my kitchen table always looks like a craft store has exploded on it--just ask my indulging sweet hubby of 25 years and my 20 year old daughter.  I am honored to have been asked to Guest Design for Card Patterns and I hope you like my take on this week's sketch.


This is Tracy's fabulous take on the sketch:

And here our the team rockin' the sketch!

Linda Lucas (Layers of Colors DT)

Anja Curvers

Tracy Schultz

Vanessa Menhorn

Amy Tsuruta

Lindsay Amrheim

 Nina Brackett

Michelle Bertuzzi

We would love to see you participate! Simply link up your creation using the inlinkz box below. Please post a direct link only. Non-direct links may be deleted. To be eligible for the prize and for chance at being a guest designer, please link up your new creation by

Friday, May 6th at 11:59pm EST

 

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!

Sketch 111 Super 6

Hope you all had a wonderful weekend!

Here's our Super 6:

Chari
Little Miss Littleness

Heather Greenwood
Scrap Happy Hippie

Peggy McCurry
Artfull Journey

Keva Brown
How Know Brown Kow

Donna
Craftdee Donna

Jessica
Jessica's Paper Petals


And the winner is..........


Chari
Little Miss Littleness


Congratulations Chari! Please send us an e-mail with subject heading "Sketch 111 Super 6 winner" to talk about Sketch 114 with you.


And the winner of Craft's Meow Little Frieda's set is....

#67 Catherine Dizon

Congratulations Catherine! Please send us an e-mail with "Sketch 111 Prize Winner" in your subject heading with your mailing address and full name.

Thank you so much for coming back to visit! Don't forget you have until 11:59pm EST to link up your card using this week's sketch.

Sketch 112

Good morning ladies! Brand new week, brand new sketch created by our very talented Nina Brackett! Hope you all like it because the team had a blast creating this one!

We have a brand new sponsor this week.

Paper Makeup Stamps is a little company started by professional make-up artist Katie Cotton. An endeavor to bring her love of beauty, paper and card making together resulted in a company that prides itself on offering un-mounted deeply etched red rubber stamps and accessories!

Paper Makeup Stamps offers various styles of stamps from numerous artists to suit your taste. They also offer a wide array of unique quotes and sentiments in various sizes. Not a rubber girl? Almost all of their images can be purchased in digital format. And just like any great beauty bag, Paper Makeup Stamps carries lots of essentials and accessories to simplify and beautify your card-making! So browse around and do a one stop shop!

Just for you, our lovely participants, one lucky random winner this week will receive:

We're so excited to introduce you to

Anna-Karin: Anna-Karin on Flickr

My name is Anna-Karin and I have been doing arts and crafts my whole life, but papercrafting is the one that has totally captured my heart and mind. I have been making cards since 2002, when I got the idea of making my own Christmas cards. It turned out to be a brilliant idea and cardmaking has given me numerous hours of fun since then. I also scrapbook and enjoy switching between the differently sized spaces of a card and a scrapbooking layout. Stamps are my absolute favorite tools and I love creating something using only white paper, stamps, and ink. I especially enjoy trying out new and old techniques, to experiment and try different products and tools. The possibilities are truly endless.

My husband is always willing to give suggestions and pick out cards to send to family and friends. We have a little boy who is just over a year and already knows what you are supposed to do with a stamp. None of his toys can beat a wood-mounted stamp. I am very happy to be a guest designer at Card Patterns!


And here's what our cool team came up with the sketch.

Vanessa Menhorn

Anja Curvers

Michelle Bertuzzi

Lindsay Amrheim

Nina Brackett

Tracy Schultz

Amy Tsuruta

We would love to see you participate! Simply link up your creation using the inlinkz box below. Please post a direct link only. Non-direct links may be deleted. To be eligible for the prize and for chance at being a guest designer, please link up your new creation by

Friday, April 29th at 11:59pm EST

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!

Thank you for visiting & to those who celebrate Easter, may you have a wonderful one!

Sketch 110 Super Six

A huge thank you to everyone who participated with us last week and for those who did but didn't quite made it to the deadline to submit their card! :) We always, always appreciate your time and effort & grateful that you do share you talent with us.

Here's our Super Six from last week's sketch:

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Veronica Z

(So many Stamps So Little Time) 

Tracy MacDonald

(I Wanna Build a Memory) 

Marisa

(Rosemary Reflections) 

Monique

(Stamping with Monique) 

Anna-Karin

(Anna-Karin from Flickr Gallery) 

Esther

(For the Joy of Creating)

And the winner/s are.............

Tracy MacDonald

(I Wanna Build a Memory)

and

Esther

(For the Joy of Creating)

Congratulations! Please send us an e-mail with subject heading "Card Patterns Sketch 110 Super 6" so we can discuss Sketch 113 with you.

NOTE: Please ensure for future Guest Designers that you send us an e-mail and not just comment on the Super 6 posts. It is important for us to identify from the subject that you won the Guest Design spot and to ensure that you receive your GDT sketch in advance. Thank You!

And the winner of our  SRM Stickers package is

Andrea Munro 

(Hiding Out In My Craft Room)

Congratulations Andrea! Please send us an e-mail with a subject of "Sketch 110 Prize Winner" with your mailing address so we can get these wonderful stickers to you!

Thank you so much for coming to visit us! You still have until Friday, April 22, Friday at 11:59PM EST to submit your entries for our Sketch 111. 

Sketch 111

Hello there, beautiful ladies!
Hope this day brings you lots of good vibes and creative inspiration!
Our sketch for the next few weeks will be brought to you by our talented Nina Brackett. You're going to love them!

We have a brand new sponsor this week & we're so excited!


My name is Lisa Hjulberg and I'm the owner of the brand new store, The Craft's Meow. Opening this store is a dream come true for me... I'm following Henry David Thoreau's advice to Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined. I've imagined this for a very long time! We offer an array of stamps and paper crafting kits with coordinating bits and bobs that will make your paper crafting easier and more fun! We will also offer from time to time limited edition grab bags where everything old becomes new again!


You can follow us on The Craft's Meow's blog for inspiration and upcoming events. We are getting ready for a big release on May 1st. Become a fan on our The Craft's Meow Facebook page. We're giving away a set of 4 soon-to-be-released stamp sets for every 100 fans who like us.

Just for our Card Patterns participants, The Craft's Meow is giving away not 1, not 2 but 3 stamps to one lucky randomly picked winner!

We're so excited to welcome our Guest Designer,

Vicky Sheridan

(Blush)

Getting to know Vicky:

Colour, pattern and texture inspire me to design the cards I’ve struggled to find in the shops. As an escapee from the world of software development, I enjoy having the time to create and contribute to design teams and challenge blogs.

I love experimenting with new techniques and adding texture and depth to cards and projects, using ribbon, lace and stitching.

I live in the UK with my husband and our teenage son. My other pastimes include gardening, dressmaking and home décor.

Vicky's take on the sketch.

And here are the team's version of the sketch:

Nina Brackett

Vanessa Menhorn

Lindsay Amrheim

Amy Tsuruta

Anja Curves

Michelle Bertuzzi

We would love to see you participate! Simply link up your creation using the inlinkz box below. Please post a direct link only. Non-direct links may be deleted. To be eligible for the prize and for chance at being a guest designer, please link up your new creation by

Friday, April 22th at 11:59pm EST

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!