8.26 sketch challenge

Some inspiration from our amazingly talented Design Team:

Shannon

Lisa

Adora

Antonia

Beverley

Julie

Jennifer (August GDT)

Thank you so much to Jennifer for being our August Guest Design Team Member. We hope her time playing along with us was as much fun as her layouts always are!

This week's sponsor is Your Memories Here.

Your Memories Here is a paper craft supply store owned and operated by Kristina Byers, a full time mom and lifelong crafter.

"We specialize in products to enhance your creativity. In our store you will find luxurious papers, embellishments that have glamorous sparkle, natural inspiration or whimsical fun. Whether you are looking for shabby or chic, modern or vintage we have something for you.

We also have a blog for inspiration and a YouTube channel with video tutorials. We are dedicated to providing you with fast, friendly service. We ship our products all over the world.

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This week's lucky winner will receive:

What an awesome Halloween prize pack, just in time for scrapping those pages!

This prize includes the "Spooky" Halloween themed scrapbook kit from Pebbles Inc.which includes 6 sheets of double sided patterned paper, 2 sticker sheets, a journaling and a title die cut, 1 yard of ribbon. Plus there're also 2 Imaginisce Hallowhimsy stamps and a bottle of Pomegranate Glimmer Mist from the fall 2010 collection.

Plus, Kristina is generously offering all Sketchy Thursday's readers a coupon for 20% off their order from Your Memories Here, good until the end of September. Just enter the coupon code SketchyThursdays (no spaces).

You have until next Wednesday, September 1 at 10:00pm EST to submit a direct link to your layout to Mr. Linky in the sidebar for your chance to win this awesome prize!

a winner and some faves

So many adorable cards this week! And I love the brave ones who turned the card sketch into layouts.

So, without further ado, this week's winner is...

~drumroll please~

Margie C! She made this super adorable card for an excited little boy turning the big 3!!!!

Margie, contact me at artiql8(dot)heidi(at)gmail(dot)com so we can get you set up with your lovely digi prize from Robyn's Fetish Digital Stamps!

Here's the adorable card...

And some faves...(If you see your awesome creation here, please be sure to grab a Sketchy Fave blinkie off the sidebar to display on your blog!)

Katie

Piali

Hanneke

Tesa B

Lisa

Savannah

And...Savannah loved the sketch so much she used it twice!

Amanda

Thanks everyone for playing along with our departure from the layout sketch last week! Stay tuned for this week's sketch to debut in just a few short hours.

September Guest Design Team Member is...

Lynne1!!!

Wow!  Over 450 votes!  Awesome!!

Great job to all our Top 5!

Lynne1, email me at artiql8(dot)heidi(at)gmail(dot)com so we can work out all the details for September and get you your fabulous prize from Snobby Walrus!!!!

Thank you again to Snobby Walrus for your generous sponsorship!!!!



p.s.  Don't forget - we also have a Design Team Call out right now for our next DT term.  C'mon!  You know you wanna!!

September Guest Design Team Member - Voting Poll

Wow!  Great response to the September Guest Design Team Challenge!!  Almost 80 entries!!!! 

Thank you to everyone who entered!  So much good stuff.  Needless to say, our Design Team had a really hard time narrowing the field down to only 5.

(In no particular order...)

Lynne1

harbourgal

ann-katrin

bdj

tomomi

Huge thanks to the GDT sponsor Snobby Walrus!!!! 

The voting poll will be up in the sidebar until 5pm EST Wednesday, 8/25.  

(Hopefully the blogger poll works this time!)

September GDT Challenge ENDS TODAY!

** The challenge is now closed. Voting poll will go up on Monday 8/23. Thank you to almost 80 players! **

Just a few more hours to get your September Guest Design Team Challenge submission in!!

You have until tonight (Saturday 9/21) at 11:59pm EST to post the direct link to your layout in the comments on THE ORIGINAL GDT POST.

Be sure to check out the amazing prize being offered by Snobby Walrus.


Pop on over to the Snobby Walrus website to check out all they have to offer.  This is one awesome store!

Thanks to everyone (and that's A LOT) who have submitted so far.  Our DT has their work cut out for them deciding a Top 5.  The voting poll with the Top 5 will go up sometime on Monday.

Good Luck!

- Heidi

8.19 sketch challenge

Oh my, what is this?! Is that...? Could it be...? A card sketch?! Why, yes it is!!

Sketchy Thursdays has given you card sketches in the past, but mostly with the Second Chance challenges (which we haven't done is quite a few months, but they could make a comeback...).

We hope that rather than scare you off, this sketch can get you thinking about a simple page layout or a card. Here is what the DT has done for you:

(Some of the DT has used images provided by Robyn's Fetish Digital Stamps. More about that below.)

Diana

Heidi

Lisa

Adora

Julie

Antonia

Beverley

August GDT - Jennifer

This week is brought to you by Robyn's Fetish Digital Stamps.

Robyn's Fetish Digital Stamps is proud to sponsor Sketchy Thursdays. We offer images in a wide variety of styles and themes for all occasions.

Robyn's Fetish Digital Stamps is a division of I Did It Creations. Created and owned by Robyn Weinrib, I Did It Creations is a paper craft shop with its own forum, designed for all paper addicts.

The shop includes many talented designers of digital stamps, digital scrapbook products, custom made cards and cutting files.

The mission of I Did It Creations is to bring all women together in order to showcase their talents and sell their creations.

We are happy to offer the winner of this challenge 3 Robyn's Fetish digital stamps of their choice.

So there you have it! Get to working on your creations and link back here to the Mr. Linky in the side bar by 10 p.m. on Wed., 8/25 in order to be eligible for this week's random prize drawing. Can't wait to see what you create!!!!! :)

our lucky winner and the faves

Hi there! Another week has come and gone, and here we are again!

This week's winner of the random drawing is Lisa F. YAY, Lisa!! Congrats, you won the $30 gift card to Lucky Girl Crafts!

Send an e-mail to dianadesigns [at] rochester.rr.com, and I'll pass along your e-mail to the people at Lucky Girl Crafts who will contact you about your prize.

If you all haven't stopped by there yet, you need to check them out now. Such great people over there and awesome kits!

Lisa F.

Here are this week's faves. Grab the DT Faves badge in the sidebar for your blogs!

Michelle

Nancy

Suzy

Sue

Kumiko

Angela

Congrats again to the winner and the faves! See ya again really soon for the next challenge. It's gonna be a total change from this week's double-page sketch. :)

the "Share the Etsy love" winner

As promised, I have drawn a winner from those of you who commented that you shared the Etsy promotion with your friends and family on your blog or Facebook.

The winner is.....
Alison Richardson

Alison, send your shipping address to me at dianadesigns [at] rochester.rr.com and I'll send some scrappy treats your way!

Thanks again to those who helped pass the word along! Our Etsy appreciation weeks will be in September, see you then!

8.12 sketch challenge

It's another double-pager!!! I hope you're inspired to create, and here is what the DT made to get you rockin'! As you'll see, this sketch can also be the inspiration for a single-page sketch, so go for it... whatever your little heart desires.

Diana

Heidi

Adora

Antonia

Beverley

Julie

Lisa

Shannon

August GDT - Jennifer

And there you have it! So, what are you playing for? This week is sponsored by the awesome Lucky Girl Crafts. (I have to say that they have been a joy to work with for this sponsorship. Just so nice!!)

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So what are you waiting for? Hurry up and check out Lucky Girl Crafts! And... start work on that layout. You have until 10 p.m. (EST) on Wed., Aug 18 to link up your creation to the Mr. Linky in the sidebar to be eligible to win.