Sketch 151

Here's a simple little sketch for you to use this week- so many possibilities with this one! We hope you enjoy it.

DRS Designs - 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 sentiments for all occasions, 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 more. Be sure to visit our daily blog with posts from our fantastic design team for inspiration and ideas.

The prize this week to one lucky random participant is a $20.00 gift certificate to use at DRS Designs!

Christine Penaflor: Creative Journey

I love creating with paper and embellishments! I have enjoyed this type of creative outlet for the past seven years which began when I was first introduced to stamping by a relative. When I discovered patterned papers and scrapbooking, I began a new journey creating with paper! However, card making will always be my first love because it takes a lot less time finishing a card than a scrapbooking layout for me! I have served on different DT’s in the past three years and have had some of my work published in CARDS, Scrapbook Trends, and Paper Crafts.

I have been married to my high-school sweetheart for twenty-one lovely years and am blessed to be a full-time mom to five children whom I love with all my heart. Our family also has the privilege of owning and managing a scrapbooking retreat house in Southern California called The Scrap Retreat House. If any of you ever want to spend a weekend away with your friends to focus on creating scrapbooking pages, albums, or paper crafting projects, consider being our guests for a 3-day weekend retreat!

I am so honored to be a Guest Designer for CardPatterns this week, and I hope you enjoy creating a project with this week’s sketch as much as I did!


And here is Christine's gorgeous take on the sketch:

Lenet Mos

Michelle Bertuzzi

Christina MacLaren

Anna-Karin Evaldsson

Clare Buswell

Tracy Schultz

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, February 10th at 11:59pm EST

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