Sketch N Scrap Card Challenge

Here is the card I made based on the latest Sketch-N-Scrap card sketch:

 It's a beautiful sketch and I fun digging through my various elements and stamps to come up with the pieces I used on my card.

 Make sure you head on over to the SNS Blog for more card and layout sketches. Upload your take to the site for chances to win prizes!

WIPS

Yes! You are seeing correctly!

I have not forgotten how to sew! I know I've been all paper lately, but I dug out my sewing machine recently to get back to my primitive crafting. I have some new designs I'm working on at the moment. Here is a box of items just waiting to be painted...

And a tray of items waiting to be sanded and finished...

Stay tuned for some finished photos!

Sketch N Scrap Challenge #37

Here we go again to day with another wonderful sketch from Sketch-N-Scrap. I just love this one and I had a lot of fun putting my layout together. As I did in the July 1st layout, I dug through my Christmas photos. I even used the same main paper for my layout. Make sure you upload your layout to the SNS site!

For this layout I chose 3 photos of Brileigh opening her Christmas presents. She is such a little diva and was excited to get some new princess things! There are a handful of different companies represented in this layout just like the July 1st.

My title piece, (okay are you tired of hearing this?) was cut out with my cricut. Once I typed the words out in Adobe Illustrator, I tweaked them a bit so it came on in one piece. I covered the letters with Glossy Accents to give it shine.

Products I used in this layout:

Echo Park • Seasons Greetings • Ornaments

Fancy Pants • Saint Nick • Tinsel

Fancy Pants • Saint Nick • Sugar Plum

Fancy Pants • Saint Nick • Noel

Crate Paper • Peppermint • Chipboard Accents

Cosmo Cricut • Jolly by Golly • Elements

Bo Bunny • Blitzen • Noteworthy

Ranger • Stickles • Diamond

Ranger • Glossy Accents

Sketch-N-Scrap Card Sketch Challenge

I hope everyone had a wonderful 4th of July! We had a couple parties and the kids did pretty well. The first party they were a little scared of the fireworks but the second one they were pro's!

I had some time to get a card done for the Sketch-N-Scrap card challenge today. Stop over at the SNS blog to check out the card and layout sketches for July and upload your take on them for a chance to win great prizes!

Don't forget we also have a search going on for Guest Designers and you have until July 10 to get that info to me. Check down a couple posts for that information or get a hold of me.

Here is the Card Sketch for today. How fun does that look with all of the pennants?

 Here is the card I made based on the sketch:

My nephew had a birthday so this is just perfect for him!

Just for fun I made a pocket in the middle with the little car tag. Head on over to SNS to upload your take! Have Fun!

Sketch N Scrap Challenge #36

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas... Well, at least in my craft room! What better way to cool off on a July afternoon, than to dig out some Christmas photos that need scraping?  I used this awesome sketch from Sketch-N-Scrap to base my layout on. Make sure you head over to the SNS blog to upload your take on the sketch and get in on the chance to win prizes!

The kids really got the hang of the present thing this last Christmas and it was fun to watch their reactions as they opened their presents. I used a lot of different brands to put this layout together, it's always fun to dig through a stash and mix and match papers and elements.

For my journal spot I used a Noteworthy die cut from Bo Bunny and added a little bakers twine for dimension.

My title piece was cut out with my cricut and I kept it small and simple as the rest of the layout has a lot of layers and color.

Last, I added some stickles to a snowflake chipboard piece to give it some extra pazazz. When using your embellishments don't be afraid to change them up a bit with glitter and inks!

Products I used in this layout:

Echo Park • Seasons Greetings • Ornaments

Echo Park • Seasons Greetings • Chipboard Accents

Crate Paper • Peppermint Collection • Candy Cane

Crate Paper • Snow Day Collection • Festive

Bo Bunny • Blitzen • Noteworthy

Glitz • Teeny Alpha • Rose Grunge

Ranger • Stickles • Diamond

Guest Designer Call!

Are you a fan of Sketch-N-Scrap? Would you like to be a guest designer?

We are looking for a Guest Designer for both Layout & Card Sketches. Your requirements will be to send a photo and short biography of yourself and complete two layouts or cards using provided sketches within a time frame. 

Sound like fun? 

To apply for the job of being a Guest Designer with Sketch-N-Scrap, please send the following to snsguestdesigners@yahoo.com :

1. 3 Examples of your work either cards or layout

2. Your name & email address

3. Your Blog address

Deadline for this Guest Designer call is July 10

Thanks in advance for your entries! ~Heather

Sketch-N-Scrap Card Sketch Challenges

I hope you all have been having fun with Sketch-N-Scraps new card sketches! I know I have! I've always wanted to make all of my cards, and these sketches have really helped me get it in gear.

Here is the sketch for the June 5th challenge:

And here is the card I did for the challenge. I played around with some fun elements and stamped out the title piece. The butterfly on the top was covered in crackle accents to give it fun effect. 

And here is the June 20th challenge sketch:

You'll noticed I used the same stamp for the title piece as the other card. Cards can have the same sentiment but be so different. This card features a large dimensional flower on the front, and was fun to put together.

I hope you are all having fun with the different sketches! Make sure you post your finished cards to the Sketch-N-Scrap site for a chance to win some great prizes!

Sketch N Scrap Challenge #35

Welcome to another challenge by Sketch N Scrap! We have a wonderful sketch for you today. I had fun with this one! Don't forget to head over to the SNS site and show us what you did with the sketch!

My daughter... She has taken after her mama in the crafty department. She is always begging to "help". She loves to color, and she recently found my stash of stickles! These photos are from Valentines Day when she decorated some hearts for her friends.

I didn't plan it, but the overall look on my layout has a "Made in the USA" feel to it, doesn't it? When pulling the paper I was going to use I was going predominately red and decided to throw the blue stars in to give a little more color.

I layered some elements from Elles Studio that work as embellishments and a way to date the photos.

My title piece was cut out using my cricut as per my typical M.O. I use Adobe Illustrator to draw it up, that way I can make it to any size using tons of different fonts and styles.

Products I used in this layout:

October Afternoon • Sidewalks • Red Rover

October Afternoon • Schoolhouse • Shape Stickers

Fancy Pants • Childish Things • Imagination

Elles Studio • Handmade Layer Circles

Elles Studio • Leger Calendar Tags

New Paper Cone Wreath Kits

I have 3 new paper cone wreath kits available for you! Right now I have them for sale on my Ebay site & Website. I'll be adding them to Etsy soon!

Classic

Summer Fields

Sunshine

Sketch N Scrap Challenge #34

I'm back today with another challenge from Sketch-N-Scrap! This fun sketch is full of possibilities. Don't forget to upload your take on this sketch to the website for a chance to win some awesome prizes!

For my layout, I used a collection from Simple Stories. The bright colors worked with the fun summer theme. It's so much fun to watch the kids interact with each other as they get older. They are starting to figure out it can be fun playing together!

For my title piece I cut out the words with my cricut. I also covered them in Glossy Accents to give them a shiny, epoxy look. Underneath the title at the top of the picture I used my craft knife to cut out the swirl on the photo mat card. I wanted it to lay on top of the photo rather than be covered by it.

Simple stories has so many neat elements that go along with each line. For the journaling spot I used some of their Expression Stickers. I used my Ranger blending tool to ink the edges of all of the papers as well to get rid of the white cut lines.

Products I used in this layout:

Simple Stories • 100 Days of Summer • 6x12 Page Elements

Simple Stories • 100 Days of Summer • Hello Sunshine

Simple Stories • 100 Days of Summer • 4x4 Quote & 6x8 Photo Mat Elements

Simple Stories • 100 Days of Summer • Expressions Cardstock Stickers

Cardstock • Bright Red

Ranger • Distress Ink • Walnut Stain

Ranger • Glossy Accents