Celebrating Five years!

Hello friends!  Just wanted to pop in quickly and share an upcoming event with you that I know you won't want to miss!!!  Sketch N Scrap is turning FIVE years old in May!!!  WOOT!  We are so excited and want to celebrate all month long with our readers, so we are having a month long online crop as well as blog party!!! 



The month long celebration will kick off on the blog on May 1st with our first sketch of the month....then the crop kicks off on our Facebook page on May 2nd and will run until June 2nd to give  you lots of time to submit your entries!!  We will be debuting an exclusive sketch each Tuesday starting May 2nd on both the blog AND the Facebook page!!  We will have FIVE exclusive birthday bash sketches to celebrate each of our FIVE years and we will also have an exclusive NSD sketch on May 6th to celebrate NSD with our readers!  Besides six EXTRA sketches for the month we will also have prizes and of course TONS of amazing inspiration from our awesome DT!  Make sure and like us on Facebook so you won't miss out on any of the announcements!  You can go ahead and sign up to crop at our EVENTS PAGE on Facebook now....you never know when a sneak peek might be shared!  Looking forward to cropping with you!

Celebrating 4 years of sketches!

I can't believe it is almost May!  Spring is in full swing here in Texas with rain, floods, tornadoes, hail and all that not so fun stuff.  I hope you will find lots of time to get your craft on in the upcoming month because Sketch N Scrap is having a BIG PARTY!!! 



Not only are we celebrating with extra sketches this month as we re-visit select sketches from our "birth" year 2012, but we are also celebrating National Scrapbook Day!!!  Make sure and check in often, you won't want to miss this fun, all the inspiration as well as this awesome prize

A $20 gift certificate to Scrapbook.com!!!  So hop on over and check out our challenges at Sketch N Scrap, you will be glad you did!

Last birthday bash challenge!

Wow, didn't May just fly by?  It is hard for me to believe there is only one week of school left and June starts tomorrow!!!  I am up on the Sketch N Scrap blog today for our final third birthday bash challenge!  I wish we could keep celebrating all year long instead of all month long because this has been an awesome month!  Here is my challenge layout:



Supplies Used: Patterned Paper: October Afternoon, Scenic Route; cardstock: Stampin Up;

tags: Elle's Studio, October afternoon; bakers twine: American Crafts; Alphabets: October Afternoon;

enamel dots: My Mind's Eye; stickers: October Afternoon; ink: Memento; date stamp: Heidi Swapp;
based on a sketch by my friend Natalia.

 

Now for my challenge (should you choose to accept it!).  To mark Sketch N Scrap's third birthday I am making this a THREE challenges in one challenge!!  For this challenge you must use : THREE TAGS, THREE different alphabets, AND THREE photos!!!  And what is a challenge without a prize?  I will randomly draw one winner out of all submitted entries that follow the challenge guidelines to receive a pack of enamel dots as shown below

But remember you can't win if you don't play! Just follow these simple rules:

1) Create a LAYOUT based on the recipe above
2) Your card must include THREE alphabets, THREE photos & THREE tags
3) Your layout must be new as of today (no backlinking)
4) You may link up with other sites but you may not enter your card in other Sketch N Scrap challenges (including DT's birthday bash challenges- no double dipping!)

5) Due to high shipping costs and the length of time to receive international packages only those with US addresses are eligible (but you can still link up we would love to see what you create!)

6) Link up in the sidebar by June 15th at midnight CST

I hope you will find time to play along, I can't wait to see what you create!!

Third Birthday Bash challenge!

It's my turn to host a Third Birthday Bash challenge over at Sketch N Scrap!  Today's challenge is to create a birthday card that uses THREE COLORS & THREE PUNCHES.
Here is a peek at my card:



Supplies Used:  Cardstock: Stampin Up- Red Riding Hood, Whisper White & Chocolate Chip; Patterned Paper:

Stampin Up Bella Rose; punches: Martha Stewart butterfly; Stampin Up circle & scallop; Ink: Stampin Up-

Red Riding Hood & Chocolate Chip; stamps: Stampin Up Gorgeous Grunge, All Holidays & Lovely Amazing You;
 

I hope you can play along with my birthday bash challenge! 
Here are the rules to play:
1) Create a BIRTHDAY card
2) Your card must include THREE colors (I used pink, red & brown) & THREE punches (I used a butterfly, circle & scallop punch)
3) Your card must be new as of today (no backlinking)
4) You may link up with other sites but you may not enter your card in other Sketch N Scrap challenges (including DT's birthday bash challenges- no double dipping!)
5) Link up in the sidebar by May 31st at midnight CST
I will randomly draw ONE winner to win this awesome Basic Grey Hello stamp set!!!

Sorry but due to high cost of shipping prize is eligible only to residents of the US, however, I hope all my international friends will still play along and link up!  Winner will have 7 days to claim the prize or it will be forfeited.  Let's get creative crafty pals, I can't wait to see what you create!

Sketch N Scrap is turning three!!!

Sketch N Scrap is so excited to announce our THIRD annual Birthday Bash beginning May 1st! It is hard to believe we will have been offering monthly sketches and challenges for 3 years this upcoming May!  We feel blessed to have such awesome followers and participants! To thank you our readers who inspire us each and every month with their awesome entries we are celebrating as we have in years past with DAILY challenges in May courtesy of our wonderful design team members!  We will have lot so fun, lots of inspiration and best of all LOTS of prizes!!!!  

So make sure and join us here everyday in May and be ready to be inspired!!!

Winners!

First off thanks to all who played along with my first two birthday bash challenges!  I was very impressed by all the creativity using the 3 x 4 and larger cards on your layouts and the varied uses of washi tape on cards and layouts!  Now it's time to announce the winners!  The winner of my  WRAP IT UP- washi tape challenge is.................................................. #9  Tina's Scrap Corner!!!!!

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Here are your random numbers:

9

Timestamp: 2014-06-18 03:04:02 UTC

 

Now, we had 14 entries...so that is close enough for me to the 15 I said we needed for the extra sampler packs I said I would send 2 winners...so without further ado we have our 2 sampler packs going to .......................

Sherri and Snazzjj!!!

Now for the winner of the CARD CHALLENGE- Echo Park Paradise Beach collection.................................

#1  LOUiSE!!!!!

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Here are your random numbers:

1

Timestamp: 2014-06-18 03:17:46 UTC

 

Don't forget I still have ONE more challenge going on, my Clean it up challenge is to use scraps on your card or layout and doesn't close until June 21st at midnight, so there is still plenty of time to win a fun surprise pack of embellishments from me!  More details can be found HERE!  I hope you will play along! 

Ladies please email your addresses to sketchnscrap@gmail.com so I can get your prizes in the mail to you! If you live outside the US then I will ask that you pay the difference in shipping costs for your prize or you can let me know if you prefer I draw another winner! 

 Thanks again for playing along with me for our Sketch N Scrap 2nd birthday bash!

Clean up time!

Oh no, it's time for Sketch N Scrap's second birthday bash to come to an end!!!  I hope you have been as inspired as I have with all the fun challenges!  Don't worry while some of the challenges close today many are open well into June, so there is still plenty of time to play along!  Make sure and go HERE and check the sidebar to see all our birthday bash challenges!  Today it's time to clean up..the parties over and yes, my scrappy desk looks like a tornado hit it...does yours?  Well, if it does then play along with me as we use up those scraps!  My challenge for you is to create a layout or card using ONLY SCRAPS (pieces not to exceed 6 x 6 inches).  Here is my layout using my last scraps of my Echo Park For the Record 2 collection:

Supplies Used: Patterned paper: Echo Park For the Record 2; cardstock: Stampin' Up' stickers:

Echo Park For the Record 2, Fancy Pants Park Bench; wood word: American Crafts; letter stickers:

Making Memories; cat journal card: October Afternoon, bling: Queen & Co.

I love this picture of me and my sister holding one of many sweet litter of kittens we had growing up. We loved cats and kittens and growing up on a farm we were lucky to get to have LOTS of cats and thus lots of kittens!  It is fun to scrapbook my childhood pictures!  This picture is from 1983!!!  Wow!  I hope you are inspired to play along with Sketch N Scrap's last birthday challenge with me, and what fun is a challenge without a prize? I will be giving away a grab bag of embellishments to one lucky winner!  Grab bags are always fun and full of surprises...so no picture of this prize but it guaranteed to add lots of  loveliness to your crafty projects! 

DETAILS OF HOW TO PLAY ALONG:

Create a layout or card using only scraps (no larger then 6 x 6)
Layout or card must be newly created for this challenge (no back linking)
You may combine this with ONE other challenge but not another one of my personal challenges
You must be a follower of Sketch N Scrap and my blog
You must post a link BACK TO MY blog or the linky will not allow you to link up
All participants are welcome to play along but international participants must pay for shipping on the prize should they win.
Link up below by June 21st at midnight CST

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Wrap it Up!

Welcome to my second birthday bash challenge!  I am so happy you are celebrating with me today! One of my favorite parts of birthdays is not only getting gifts but giving them as well!  I love seeing the look on my loved one's face as they open that gift I selected just for them and loving wrapped up in beautiful paper tied with a lovely bow or ribbon!  So today I am challenging you to "WRAP IT UP" and use 2 different washi tapes on your layout or card!  Here is my example:

Supplies used: Patterned Paper: Echo Park; background: Elle's Studio; washi: My Mind's

Eye, Queen & Co, Paper Studio; letter stickers: Doodlebug (orange) & Fancy Pants (small);

stickers: Echo Park; die cut sun: Pink Paislee; jewels: Queen & Co; wood veneers: Studio

Calico; ink: chalk ink by Quick Quotes.

I loved this picture of my son and nephew trying to carry this big raft up to the top of a waterslide way back in 2009! My nephew is so small you can barely see him inside of the raft!  He is much bigger now!  I loved this quote by Helen Keller...I ran out of stickers so I could give her credit for the quote, but I plan to try and stamp it under there at a later date (my black ink pad is dry!). I was inspired to add a quote to my layout by a wonderful challenge hosted by Daiva at Inspired to Scrap! I love using quotes on my layouts! For my washi tape I used strips of washi along the right side and then again in the upper left corner to balance out my design.  I hope you will play along with me for a chance to win yourself two rolls of washi tape!  I have two rolls of washi tape for one lucky winner

PLUS if I get more then 15 participants I will draw two more names for a chance to win a washi tape sampler pack of 18 inches of four of the washi tapes I used on this layout!!!! Plus how about a SIDE contest, whoever uses the most washi tape will get a sampler pack as well!!!  Let's see how many different tapes you can get on one card or layout, I used 6 can you beat that?
Here are the details of how to play along

1) Layout or card must be new as of May 21st (no back linking)
2) You must use TWO different washi tapes on your project in some way shape or form...as an border, strip or embellishment you punch or make into a flower...anything goes!
3) You must be a follower of my blog and the Sketch N Scrap blog
4) You must post a link back to my blog
5) You may combine this challenge with a challenge from another site but not with another of my birthday bash challenges

6) Only US participants are eligible to win the prize due to high cost of shipping internationally, but you are still welcome to play along with us so we can admire your lovely work!

7) Please only link up with the direct link to your entry or else I will not consider you for the prize draw.

8) Deadline to enter is June 15th at midnight CST

If you have any questions pleas feel to email me or leave a comment!  Have fun and I can't wait to see what you create!  

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Birthday Bash card challenge!

Who doesn't love to get a bunch of cards in the mail for their birthday?  Every year on my birthday I get a beautiful handmade card from a dear friend and I must say I look forward to that every year! It seems in this digital age getting an actual card in the mail is a rare occurrence!  Today's challenge is a scrapbooking challenge with a card twist...my challenge for you is to create a layout using at least TWO project life type cards on it!  Here is my example to give you an idea:

Supplies: Patterned paper- Echo Park Note to Self; 3x4 cards: Echo Park Note to Self;

stickers: Echo Park Note to Self; garland: Teresa Collins; felt hears: unknown; date stamp:

Making Memories; Ink: StazOn Jet Black.

 If you are anything like me you have TONS of these 3 x 4 cards in your stash.  My challenge for you is to put them to good use!  I used 3 premade 3 x 4 cards on my layout and since I couldn't find  a fourth one that went well with my photo, I made my own (far right edge) using a punch and stickers from the Note to Self collection by Echo Park. So if you don't have any of these premade cards go ahead and make your own like I did for the 4th one on my layout! You can use any size of Project Life type card that is 3 x 4 or larger premade or made by you.  I hope you will find time to play along not only with my challenge but all the other challenges that we have for you on the Sketch N Scrap blog! But what is a challenge without a prize? Here is my prize for ONE randomly selected winner of my card challenge:

I will be giving away this Paradise Beach collection by Echo Park to ONE lucky randomly drawn winner of my card challenge!!!!  This collection is awesome, I love the colors and it has its own cards in it to use on your projects! Just create a layout using at least TWO project life type cards on your layout!  But you can't win if you don't play.

Here are the rules to play along:

1) You must be a follower of my blog and the Sketch N Scrap blog to win

2) Your project must be new and created just for this challenge (no back linking)

3) You may combine this challenge with a challenge from another site but not with another of my birthday bash challenges

4) Only US participants are eligible to win the prize due to high cost of shipping internationally, but you are still welcome to play along with us so we can admire your lovely work!

5) You must post a link back to my blog and this challenge 

6) Please only link up with the direct link to your entry or else I will not consider you for the prize draw.

7) Deadline to enter is June 12th at midnight CST

If you have any questions pleas feel to email me or leave a comment!  Have fun and I can't wait to see your entries! 

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Birthday Bash Kit Challenge ~ The Sequel!

I know a few of you joined me in our frst Birthday Bash challenge at Sketch N Scrap which was to create a kit out of your stash. I enjoyed seeing everyone's lovely kits & have been inspired to create even more kits from my stash since then, it is getting addictive! If you haven't joined us yet there is still time! You have until May 31st to participate, you can find out all the details HERE  Now how about we stop drooling over these lovely kits & put them to good use? Today's challenge is to create a layout or card using the kit you made from our previous challenge.

Here it the layout I created from my kit:

Supplies Used: PatternPaper: My Mind's Eye Collectable, Boy Crazy, Echo Park About a Boy & Pebbles Seen & Noted; Enamel Dots: My Mind's Eye;  washi tape: Bella Blvd; Alpha stickers: Basic Grey & Thickers by American Crafts: Sticker: Pebbles Seen & Noted; flower: Little Yellow Bicycle; twine: unknown

Now for the rules:

1) Layout or card must be NEW as of May 7th, 2013

2) Entry cannot be combined with any other Sketch N Scrap challenges (but other site challenges are fine)

3) Entry MUST be created from the create your stash kit (details HERE ~ if you haven't created one do that first)

4) 90% of your project must be from your kit ~ here I used everything from my kit but the Thickers, twine and enamel dots.

5) Link up your entry below~ entries not linking back to my blog will be disqualified.

6) You may enter more then once for more chances to win

7) Deadline to enter is June 14th at 11:59 pm CST

8) I will draw a prize winner on June 6th  EDIT: please note I have extended this challenge to June 14th at 11:59 pm CST!!!  Another change of note: I am also combining entries for this prize draw with my Sketch with a Twist challenge, so for another chance to win an entry into the washi tape drawing please play along with that challenge as well!

I loved the bright colors in this kit plus I also enjoyed playing with the red dotted washi tape by Bella Blvd that I included as an embellishment with my kit...so the prize you are playing for is a set of two lovely rolls of washi tape by Websters pages!  I love the cameras and the bright yellow, yellow is hot this season and I am really diggin' it!

Wouldn't these tapes look great on your pages?!!!!  You can't win if you don't play, so get busy creating and link up below! Remember you can enter as many projects as you like and each entry gets you ONE entry into the prize draw!  Good luck and don't forget to stop by Sketch N Scrap each day in May for a new challenge!  Also don't forget the Guest Designer challenges going on right now! You can find more info on these calls HERE and HERE

Good luck and Happy Scrapping!