April Guest Design Team Member

If you've been following our heated April Guest Design Team battle, you know that

Angela

has secured the position! 

Jess put up an AWESOME fight!  Thank you so much Jess!!!!  You're a trooper!! I hope you play along with us for the May position. 

And thank you to all who supported THEM!!!!  I love our Sketchy friends!

Congratulations Angela!!  I'll be sending you the April sketches asap and I'll need to get your addy so you can get your Pink Ninja Addicts "Three Little Birds" kit!  Lucky girl!!!

Thank you so much to the Ninja Addicts for supporting Sketchy Thursdays!!!

Be sure, everyone, to tune in here this Thursday for the first sketch reveal by our new Design Team!! 

Have a great weekend!!

Heidi

3.25 sketchy thursdays challenge

Hello! It's time for another weekly sketch challenge for you! And (so sad), it is the last challenge for our current DT: Tessa, Amanda and Jennifer. Make sure to visit their blogs, follow them if you haven't yet, and leave them love for their last week with ST!!

Let's see what they came up with, shall we?!

Diana

Heidi

Tessa

Jennifer

March GDT - Melissa
(And thanks to Melissa, too. It is also her last sketch as GDT)

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This week's fabulous sponsor is Scribble Scrabble. Let's learn a bit more about them! Scribble Scrabble is a family owned scrapbook product manufacturer out of Springville, UT. We started our company in 2006 and have been steadily growing the business since then. We pride ourselves in providing quality, U.S.A. manufactured paper and embellishments to independent retailers world-wide. The main staple of our products is, of course, paper. You can see all our products and view a gallery full of creative ideas at our website: http://www.scribblescrabble.net/ Scribble Scrabble has generously donated a packet of each of their three newest paper collections: Sweet Shoppe, Nana's Trunk, and Bric-a-Brac, to one lucky winner. And wow, these papers look so good!! Such great colors and patterns!


So whatcha waitin' for... get to scrappin'! Link up your entry by 10 p.m. (EST) in the Mr. Linky in the left sidebar to be eligible for the great prize pack from Scribble Scrabble. Looking forward to seeing everyone's pages!

a winner and our faves for the week

Thank you to everyone who played along this week!! As always, I am thrilled to see the range of talent we have playing each week... so much inspiration out there!!

This week's random winner is Heather L. Congrats Heather! Send me an e-mail to dianadesigns@rochester.rr.com so that I can send your e-mail address to Tracy and she'll send you your $15 gift code to her shop.

Thanks again, Tracy for sponsoring! Remember to check out Tracy Ann Digital Art when you are in the market for some cool, new digital elements!!

Heather

Here are the faves for the week!

Lauren

Jeanet


Isolde


Frances Sylvia

Thanks again for playing! A new sketch will be posted shortly!

April Guest Design Team Challenge RUN-OFF!!

Wow!  That was a nail-biter!!!  For those of you not glued to the action, our poll for the April Guest Design Team Challenge resulted in a dead tie between Jess and Angela! 

First, I want to thank everyone else who was in the running!!!!  Gina, Miwako, and Laura, each of you had an equally awesome entry and we hope to see you try out again next month!!

And thank you everyone for voting...we need your help again.  We're having a run-off vote to choose the April GDT member!  Each gal has submitted an additional favorite layout. 

Jess (Euphoria)

 

Angela

The poll will be up in the sidebar until Friday 3/26 at 11:59pm EST. 

Thank you for all your support!!!

Heidi

April Guest Design Team Voting Begins NOW!

Wow!  We had a GREAT response to the April Guest Design Team Challenge!!! 

We at Sketchy Thursdays have narrowed the field down to 5...now it's your turn to vote. 

(In no particular order...)

Miwako (Misya)

Jess (Euphoria)

Gina (Tyggereye)

Angela

Laura

You have until Tuesday evening, 3/23, at 11:59pm EST to cast your vote in the sidebar for your favorite.  The winner will be announced on Wednesday 3/24.

Thank you so much to everyone for your participation!!!!  Hope to see you all back here again around April 10th (Ooh!  My birthday!) for the next Guest Design Team Challenge!!!

- Heidi

3.18 sketch challenge

It's another Thursday and time for a new sketch for you. Wow, these weeks just fly by! Until April 1, we are still enjoying the wonderful work of our current DT, so let's see what the girls have come up with for us!

Diana

Heidi

Amanda

Jennifer

Tessa

Melissa

This week's challenge is sponsored by tada digital art!

HI, my name is Tracy of TADA (Tracy Ann Digital Art). I have been in love with scapbooking since 2001 and some of my early paper work was seen in publications such as Creating Keepsakes, Simple Scrapbooks and others. With a background in art direction, my love of computer and my first digital camera, digital scrapbooking was a natural progression. I have been marketing my designs on line now for over 4 years. I love colour, pattern, simplicity and FUN and my designs reflect that.

With my own site being redesigned I am marketing at Etsy designing photography resources, unique clip art, digital elements and of course digital scrapbooking kits. I am also increasing my range of printables to include journal cards, pillow boxes, cards, collage squares and collage circles. How easy it is to be able to print and create at home when the mood takes you! I hope you will come visit Tracy Ann Digital Art and see what I have to offer!

Take a peek at her Etsy shop because one lucky winner is going to get to go shopping! Tracy is offering up a $15 gift certificate for one player to choose their own prize! Yahoo!!! Thanks, Tracy!!

So that's it for today. Go on now, browse Tracy's store, get to planning your pages... have a nice Thursday!!!

the winner and our faves

Thank you for everyone's sweet comments yesterday for the new DT. I know they really appreciated the feedback and support, as do Heidi and I!!

This week's random winner is Tina.

Congrats Tina! Send me your shipping address to dianadesigns@rochester.rr.com, and I will get your address to Elke at Sweet Twee! I hope you all visited her shop... bookmark it! Lots of goodies there! And thanks again Elke!!

Tina

Here are this week's faves. Apparently, we were all really hungry or in the mood for something sweet when we each chose our favorites. It was funny, as I downloaded everyone's choices, I was laughing at how we all picked food pages, except for the kitty one. We don't want to eat the kitty! :)

Wendi

Laurie

Erica

Amanda P.

Faves, don't forget to pick up the Faves Banner in the left sidebar for your blogs! And see you back here in a bit for the next challenge!

say hello to the new DT!

Thank you to everyone who applied! Many of you know that this was really tough for Heidi and I to choose only a handful of you. For two girls who find inspiration in everything and run a challenge where the winner is cast by a random number generator, having to pick from all of you is agonizing.

But, in the end, we did have to choose. And here is your new DT!

Lisa

I'm Lisa and I'm from the UK. I run a wedding business from home which fits perfectly around my 2 Kids, Hollie 10 and Louis 8. I get to create most days and love to bake and read too. I love messy scrapping, paints, mists anything that gets my fingers grubby.

Julie

My name is Julie Tucker-Wolek and I am way excited to be a part of Sketchy Thursdays! :) I have been seriously scrapping for the past 3 years, but recently found out that I made my first scrapbook for my Aunt back in 1985! lol! It was filled with a bunch of stamped "thumb" people! lol! I guess even back then, scrappin' was in my blood!! I am honored to be apart of this amazing team! :):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):)

Beverley

Hi my name is Beverley Cunningham and I have been scrapbooking for almost four years. I live in New Zealand with my husband and three children. My favourite styles of scrapping are Shabby Chic and Grunge. I am really excited and honoured to be chosen to be on the Sketchy Thursdays Design Team. I look forward to being able to inspire and meet you all along with the rest of the design team.

Adora

Hi, I’m Adora Concepcion. I am so thrilled and honored to be a part of this creative team. I hope that my work inspired by the wonderful sketches, will provide some inspirations to my fellow scappers out there. Scrapbooking is one of my passions. I love the fun and the artistic way of preserving once in lifetime and just everyday memories. My style of scrapbooking is somewhat clean and eclectic. I love combining different products and using a lot of colors. I put a lot of thoughts into creating my pages but at the same time with ease and fun. I also love photography which I think comes hand in hand with scrapbooking. Most importantly I am married, with three children, grandson and our pet, Lucy. They are my scrapbook subjects and inspiration.

Antonia

Hi - I'm Antonia. I reside in sunny, Scottsdale , AZ with my boyfriend Nate and our three “furkids”. By day I work as an Instructional Media Designer for an airline, by night I am a grad student majoring in Aeronautical Science. During the times in between, I am a creative machine – I paint, scrapbook, craft and run a small Etsy shop. I’m all about handmade goodness :)

Nely
Hi! I'm Nely. Just turned 30 but still feel like I'm 13!! I love to create...anything really and I love the beautiful friends I have made through this craft!! So honored to be a part of this team...love, nely

Shannon

My name is Shannon and I live in Texas with my husband, daughter, and two dogs. I'm a stay-at-home mom who loves scrappin', craftin', photography, home decor, and junkin'. I am so inspired by sketches (and very honored to be here on the Sketchy Thursdays DT) and consider myself biscraptual (I love to scrap paper and digi).

WELCOME, LADIES!!

Leave them some love here, and visit their blogs. These ladies have so much talent and so much to offer!

You may be counting and saying... wait, there are 7 new DT members! Those crazy girls said 6! Well, we did say 6. Here's how we restructured the team. Heidi and I will be playing each week. Then, Julie, Lisa and Adora will make up Team A. Beverley, Nely and Antonia are on Team B.

And Shannon... we love that Shannon does digi! We have big plans for Shannon that we'll reveal after we hash them out a bit more. See... we always keep you guessing!

And here's Heidi with a few words for ya'll...

Hey there! This is Heidi. Diana has pretty much said it all but I just had to get in there and reiterate... Thank you again to everyone who applied! It truly was an agonizing decision. We love every one of our Sketchy Players!! You are all so inspiring and it's such a cool feeling to know that what we do inspires you.

And while we are very sad to see our inaugural Design Team off in a few weeks, we are very excited to see what this "new blood" will do for you. We've tried to pick a diversely-talented team and think you will love them, too! So, stay tuned for the new DT debut reveals on April 1. You're gonna love it, no foolin'!

Thanks again! And don't forget to play along with the GDT challenge until 3/20 and today is the last day to enter your projects for the weekly challenge.

Thank you everyone for the huge response to our DT call!!!  We are no longer accepting applications. 

 

Announcements will (hopefully) be made tomorrow, Wednesday 3/17!!

3.11 sketch challenge

Hello, and here we are with another week of Sketchy Thursdays for you. Your entry for this latest sketch should be posted to the Mr. Linky in the left sidebar no later than 10 p.m. (EST), Wed. 3/17.

Here is what the DT has made for you this week to get you in the mood to create!

Diana

Heidi
Psssttt... Heidi's page is made 99.9% from the Ninja Addicts' Three Little Birds kit. Wanna win one of your own? Check out this post for the GDT challenge, sponsored by the Ninja Addicts' kit club!!

Tessa

Jennifer

Amanda

March GDT - Melissa

And what, you may ask, are you playing for this week? This week's sponsor is Sweet Twee Etsy shop! Elke has generously donated this cool kit!

Little Known Project Album Papercrafting Kit

At sweet twee lab we like to mix a bit of cuteness with little fun and hope the end result is a smile. I have been a kit club lover for years, and have found that unique vintage goodies are hard to come by. In my kits, I focus on providing you the cutest vintage goodies along with awesome current papercrafting products. If you love things that are unique and live outside the box, than these kits are for you!

The focus of my work is to find new uses for forgotten items: to make something fresh out of something old. I specialize in handmade modern vintage paper art with a hint of the old school bookworm. My art celebrates the juxtaposition of unique vintage literature with modern graphic design, creating art to tickle your brain.

I am the daughter of a talented Texan carpenter and a beautifully brilliant Dutch pharmacist technician. This history infuses my work with culture, science, and ingenuity. My degrees in environmental science and mathematical biology help to create an environment where science and art can merge into something new.

Using a variety of media I create papercrafting kits, handmade journals, embellishments, mixed media art, stuffies, and photographs. I also enjoy sharing some of my unique vintage discoveries to supply other artists with the foundations for their own projects.

My future work will continue to expand on science based art, provide unique assemblies of vintage and modern paper supplies, and create something meaningful to reflect life as we imagine it could be.

Thanks, Sweet Twee!!!! I love this shop, you have to check it out! Can't wait to see all of the entries this week.

And don't forget... you have until 3/15 to apply for the new Design Team!! We are choosing 6 new members! You could be one of them!! But you won't know if you don't apply! (details here on this post)