September 2015 Winners and GDT announcement

Hello!

Wow, what a month!  We had such an incredible amount of entries and talent link up using our  September 1st and 15th sketches, so THANK YOU for that!  As always we have used Random.org to choose our prize winners And this month I hand picked the Guest spot winners, looking for two different styles to help inspire our readers..

So let's give away some prizes, we are drawing for 4 winners today and 2 GDT spots!

A big thank you goes out to Wycinanka for sponsoring our September 1st challenge, they are offering a gorgeous prize pack to one lucky participant!

In a small factory at the foot of the Izera Mounains,
with passion and involvement, we create unusual products to handicraft.
In Wycinanka's offer you will find chipboards, stencils, stamps and ... just look at www.wycinanka.net

sample prize pack!

Our randomly drawn winner is...

... which means 55. AnnaU is our winner!

...and...

Thank you to Lawn Fawn, who are also sponsoring this challenge, offering a 6x6 pad and stamp set of the winners choice to a second lucky participant!

We’re a small company from Southern California that specializes in crafting products that are fun and lively. Since beginning in March 2010 with four stamp sets, we have grown our collection to more than 130 sets! We have also introduced lots of new products along the way... paper, twine, and dies, just to name a few. 
Our products feature original designs that range from versatile basics (we love alphabets and polka dots) to fun and quirky (yay for yetis!) and everything in between. And of course, we use the highest quality photo-polymer for our stamps, FSC certified paper, and 100% steel for our dies.
Visit us anytime to browse our latest products or simply find inspiration! And don't forget to check out our Flickr and Facebook pages, follow us on Twitter and read our blog. We love to feature our customers and give away free stuff!  We hope our products make you smile! 

Our randomly drawn winner is...

... which means 66. Scrap'N Good Times is our winner!

For our September 15th challenge, a big thank you goes out to  Lindy's Stamp Gang, for sponsoring this challenge, they are offering a $25.00 gift certificate to one lucky participant!

Lindy's luscious luster is all uniquely two-toned! With vibrant shimmery sprays, flat sprays, vintage sprays, embossing powder and lots more! Lindy’s Stamp Gang is the creative” baby” of Lindy Plakinger. She passed away in 2008 after bravely battling illness. She was a self-made cartoonist, loved drawing, crafting, designing new products, and creating her funny cartoon characters! One of her greatest joys was traveling to stamping and scrapbooking conventions across the US, demo-ing to her heart’s content with her sister, and giggle partner, Vicki! Lindy’s Stamp Gang will continue, as was her hope, and dream. Her husband and daughter have taken over the company keeping her creativity alive. Tracey, (her daughter), has always been a “jar filler” in the background of Lindy’s Stamp Gang, but is now trying to fill some incredible shoes! 

For more Lindy’s Stamp Gang please visit: 

Website: http://www.lindystampgang.com 

Blog: http://blog.lindystampgang.com 

 YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/lindysgang 

Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/lindysgang 

Pinterest: http://www.pinterest.com/lindysgang 

Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/lindystampgang 

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/lindystampgang

         

Our randomly drawn winner is...

... which means 42. sajciastyczna is our winner!

AND thank you to Evalicious, who is also sponsoring this challenge, offering $20.00 gift certificate to the online store, to a second lucky participant!

Evalicious is a small home based company in Canada that offers scrapbooking paper tags, puffy stickers, wood veneer, clear/rubber stamps and more.

...and...

Our randomly drawn winner is...

(insert random . org image here) 

... which means 38. Lisa's Scrappy Hideaway: ABC123 is our winner!

Congratulations to all of our winners!  Grab your winner badge and display it proudly on your blog!

  

ALSO, we want to show you how much we appreciate that you play along with us and share your designs and talent with us so we will be choosing one scrapbooker from each challenge to guest with us!  

Our chosen scrapbooker from our September 1st challenge, who will be guesting for our November 1st challenge is 5. Scrapsels van Scrapsylz: You make me smile! This is her layout.

Our chosen scrapbooker from our September 15th challenge, who will be guesting for our November 15th challenge is 17. kjkareen (Canada)!  This is her layout...

Please contact me put STUCK?! WINNER or Stuck?! GDT in the subject line, to claim your prize.  You have 7 days to claim your prize or it will be forfeited.

Thanks for visiting, our new challenge will be posted on the 1st of the month.  We hope you play along with us again this month.

Laura
xoxo

Meet our New DT Members!

Hello!

I would like to take a few minutes today to introduce your to our new Design Team, these scrappers will begin sharing their designs with you on October 1st!

I was so humbled by the overwhelming response that we had to our latest DT call, thank you to everyone that applied!  It is always difficult decision to choose one scrapper over another, super stressful actually - I am not an art critic nor do I want anyone to feel that their talent is less than that of anyone else, because of course it isn't.  I typically look to fit as many different styles of scrappers as I can onto our team of 12, to hopefully provide inspiration to as many of our wonderful readers as possible.

So without further ado, please meat our new members:

Cassie Wiscarson

Documenting my family’s stories and adventures is a huge passion of mine. I have been married to my husband for 12 years now and we have one smart and funny 8 year old daughter and two fluffy, furry dogs. I started scrapbooking back in 2005 after my husband joined the Army.  My hobby has traveled with me throughout the world.  I think about scrapbooking every single day, I might be slightly obsessed, but this hobby brings such joy to my life and I love sharing my passion with others. There isn’t a day that goes by that I don’t do something scrapbooking related. I love being able to combine my photographs with fun and beautiful supplies to tell the story of my life and my family.

Cassie's blog.

Dana Tatar

I am a stay-at-home mom currently living in Virginia with my husband and two daughters. I started paper crafting about 8 years ago and have expanded from scrapbooking and now create a little of everything, including cards, tags, ATCs, arches and small gift and home decor items. I frequently find inspiration in music, poetry and pop culture. I’m an active blogger and I like to share my tips and ideas. When I’m not creating art, I enjoy cooking and baking, reading, listening to music and spending time outdoors with my family. 

Dana's blog.

Devra Hunt

I live in the Seattle, WA area and am the COO of my two teenage boys, husband, and our dog, a yellow lab named Snickers. When I'm not scrapping, I like to read, enjoy long walks with my dog, and a night out with friends. I live for baseball season, and am always dreaming of the beach. Oh, and when I retire, I want to be Snow White in the Disneyland Parade. I have been scrapping since I received my first scrapbook as a birthday gift in 1998. I love how the hobby continues to evolve and gives me reason to try new things, and evolve as well.  If I had to describe my style, I’d say it’s humorous and colorful.  There is usually a pun on my pages somewhere. I enjoy trying new trends and techniques (some more than others) and seeing how I can make them work for me.  I scrap it all, the good, the bad, the funny, and yes, the ugly.  And with my family as my primary subjects, I am never a loss for new material.

 Devra's blog.

Elisabetta Colavero

Elisabetta Colavero (Eli) and I'm italian: I love sun,  pizza and ice cream!  Born on the 3rd of March, 1973, I  have a daughter Noemi, 12 years old, who is the favorite subject of my projects.  We live in a nice cottage in a little city with 2 old cats. I'm graduated in Agriculture, and I work for the Province of Cremona, Agricultural department. But I'm very lucky! I can work at home, so I have time to devote to my hobbies: reading, sporting, gardening, and of course, scrapbooking. I started
about 10 years ago, and I prefer to make layouts and sometimes  mini albums. The cards, instead, simply hate me!  I have no defined style, because I like changes and I try always new techniques. Scrapbooking for me it's like a drug... It allows me to express the artistic side of me and, at the same time, to create something that preserves forever my fondest memories. My slogan is: "Do not throw anything away" , both in scrapbooking and in cooking. Yes, I'm a good cook too!

Elisabetta's blog.

Kumiko Kimura

Nice meet you. My name is Kumiko,kimura. I live in Japan. I'm married and have three daughters. I started scrapbooking 9 years ago. I like to make layouts from sketches. I am good at making layouts that pop.Let's enjoy creating together!

 Kumiko's blog.

Sarah Wilkins

I'm Sarah, married to Pete for 22 years. Mum to Jack (age 17) and Sam (age 14), Mumma also to two furbabies Sandi and Dara (Burmese cats).  I have been scrapbooking for over 8 years, I dabble a bit in card making, but scrapbooking is my true love.  I love taking photos, my boys and cats are my main subjects, I take my camera everywhere with me!  I have a very busy life as I work part-time in our local hospital laboratory as a Biomedical Scientist, (this includes night shifts too).  I am also a trustee for a local charity which supports families with children who have special needs, this is a charity we use as Jack has ADHD and Sam is Autistic, without this charity our life would be very different.  I love to cook and I dabble in a bit of cupcake baking!  I am very busy, life isn't dull and crafting is my time. Crafting is how I relax, how I switch off from the everyday life and stresses.  I love scrapbooking as I love to record every treasured moment of my growing family.

Sarah's blog.

Valerie Andrieux

I'm a French mom of 2 daughters who lives in France, for now. I started scrapbooking with my first newborn but also because I discovered it within my first expatriation in Houston, Texas. My inspiration came mostly from the people I love and care about, and sometimes I create only for the fun to play with a new toy. I like to scrapbook, make cards and altered projects, and create almost everyday.

Valerie's' blog.

We also have a few returning members, the following ladies will be continuing on with us for another term.

Janice Daquila-Pardo - blog coordinator

Kerryn Fry

Mandy Melville

Sandy Ross

 

and Me (Laura Whitaker)

 

Thanks for visiting today! Please don't forget that you still have a few more days to play along with our September 1st and 15th challenges, be sure to link up Tuesday by midnight EST for your change at our prizes or guest spot. Winners will be announced some time on Wednesday and our new challenge will be live on Thursday morning!

September 15 2015 Challenge Featured Layout #2

I'm happy to be sharing another beautiful page that has been submitted based on our September 15th sketch.

But first a bit about our sponsors for this challenge:

A big thank you goes out to  Lindy's Stamp Gang for sponsoring this challenge with a $25.00 gift certificate for one lucky participant!

Lindy's luscious luster is all uniquely two-toned! With vibrant shimmery sprays, flat sprays, vintage sprays, embossing powder and lots more! Lindy’s Stamp Gang is the creative” baby” of Lindy Plakinger. She passed away in 2008 after bravely battling illness. She was a self-made cartoonist, loved drawing, crafting, designing new products, and creating her funny cartoon characters! One of her greatest joys was traveling to stamping and scrapbooking conventions across the US, demo-ing to her heart’s content with her sister, and giggle partner, Vicki! Lindy’s Stamp Gang will continue, as was her hope, and dream. Her husband and daughter have taken over the company keeping her creativity alive. Tracey, (her daughter), has always been a “jar filler” in the background of Lindy’s Stamp Gang, but is now trying to fill some incredible shoes! 

For more Lindy’s Stamp Gang please visit: 

Website: http://www.lindystampgang.com 

Blog: http://blog.lindystampgang.com 

 YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/lindysgang 

Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/lindysgang 

Pinterest: http://www.pinterest.com/lindysgang 

Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/lindystampgang 

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/lindystampgang

AND thank you to Evalicious, who is also sponsoring this challenge with $20.00 gift certificate to their online store!

Evalicious is a small home based company in Canada that offers scrapbooking paper tags, puffy stickers, wood veneer, clear/rubber stamps and more.

Sako is our featured artist today. Her layers of patterned papers, die cuts and glittery gold title really make her photos shine.

We are so glad that you joined us, Sako. Please grab our "featured" button below and wear it on your blog.

Here's another look at the sketch:

Please link up your layouts over in the sidebar by September 29th at midnight EST to be in the running for one of our prizes. All prizes will be drawn randomly using Random.org to pick a number.

When linking your layouts, please make sure it is linked to the specific post your layout is in, not your blog as a whole as it can be hard for our team to find your layout, especially if you blog often. You can also link from any gallery including Facebook and Flickr (though we may not be able to comment in all forums).

Feel free to combine this sketch challenge with other non-sketch challenges, such as colour challenges.

Please post a link back to Stuck?! Sketches on your blog entry for our challenge. We would also love for you to share the sketch, too!

Thanks so much for dropping by! If you haven't yet tried your hand at creating with this sketch, please do and then let us see what you've made. :-)
Janice
xoxo

September 15 2015 Challenge Featured Layout

Today's featured layout is really doggone cute. ;-)

But first a bit about our sponsors for this challenge:

A big thank you goes out to  Lindy's Stamp Gang for sponsoring this challenge with a $25.00 gift certificate for one lucky participant!

Lindy's luscious luster is all uniquely two-toned! With vibrant shimmery sprays, flat sprays, vintage sprays, embossing powder and lots more! Lindy’s Stamp Gang is the creative” baby” of Lindy Plakinger. She passed away in 2008 after bravely battling illness. She was a self-made cartoonist, loved drawing, crafting, designing new products, and creating her funny cartoon characters! One of her greatest joys was traveling to stamping and scrapbooking conventions across the US, demo-ing to her heart’s content with her sister, and giggle partner, Vicki! Lindy’s Stamp Gang will continue, as was her hope, and dream. Her husband and daughter have taken over the company keeping her creativity alive. Tracey, (her daughter), has always been a “jar filler” in the background of Lindy’s Stamp Gang, but is now trying to fill some incredible shoes! 

For more Lindy’s Stamp Gang please visit: 

Website: http://www.lindystampgang.com 

Blog: http://blog.lindystampgang.com 

 YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/lindysgang 

Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/lindysgang 

Pinterest: http://www.pinterest.com/lindysgang 

Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/lindystampgang 

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/lindystampgang

AND thank you to Evalicious, who is also sponsoring this challenge with $20.00 gift certificate to their online store!

Evalicious is a small home based company in Canada that offers scrapbooking paper tags, puffy stickers, wood veneer, clear/rubber stamps and more.

Julie is our featured artist today. Don't you just love the happy photo, bright colors and the way those vellum circles add to the feeling that the pup is in motion?

We are so glad that you joined us, Julie. Please grab our "featured" button below and wear it on your blog.

Here's another look at the sketch:

Please link up your layouts over in the sidebar by September 29th at midnight EST to be in the running for one of our prizes. All prizes will be drawn randomly using Random.org to pick a number.

When linking your layouts, please make sure it is linked to the specific post your layout is in, not your blog as a whole as it can be hard for our team to find your layout, especially if you blog often. You can also link from any gallery including Facebook and Flickr (though we may not be able to comment in all forums).

Feel free to combine this sketch challenge with other non-sketch challenges, such as colour challenges.

Please post a link back to Stuck?! Sketches on your blog entry for our challenge. We would also love for you to share the sketch, too!

Thanks so much for dropping by! If you haven't yet tried your hand at creating with this sketch, please do and then let us see what you've made. :-)
Janice
xoxo

September 15 2015 Reveal and Guest Designer!

Hello there!

It's time for our second sketch challenge of the month!  But first let me tell you about the sponsors for this challenge.

A big thank you goes out to  Lindy's Stamp Gang, for sponsoring this challenge, they are offering a $25.00 gift certificate to one lucky participant!

Lindy's luscious luster is all uniquely two-toned! With vibrant shimmery sprays, flat sprays, vintage sprays, embossing powder and lots more! Lindy’s Stamp Gang is the creative” baby” of Lindy Plakinger. She passed away in 2008 after bravely battling illness. She was a self-made cartoonist, loved drawing, crafting, designing new products, and creating her funny cartoon characters! One of her greatest joys was traveling to stamping and scrapbooking conventions across the US, demo-ing to her heart’s content with her sister, and giggle partner, Vicki! Lindy’s Stamp Gang will continue, as was her hope, and dream. Her husband and daughter have taken over the company keeping her creativity alive. Tracey, (her daughter), has always been a “jar filler” in the background of Lindy’s Stamp Gang, but is now trying to fill some incredible shoes! 

For more Lindy’s Stamp Gang please visit: 

Website: http://www.lindystampgang.com 

Blog: http://blog.lindystampgang.com 

 YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/lindysgang 

Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/lindysgang 

Pinterest: http://www.pinterest.com/lindysgang 

Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/lindystampgang 

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/lindystampgang

AND thank you to Evalicious, who is also sponsoring this challenge, offering $20.00 gift certificate to the online store, to a second lucky participant!

Evalicious is a small home based company in Canada that offers scrapbooking paper tags, puffy stickers, wood veneer, clear/rubber stamps and more.

ALSO, we want to show you how much we appreciate that you play along with us and share your designs and talent with us so we will be choosing one scrapbooker from each challenge to guest with us at a later date!  For example, our chosen scrapbooker from our September 1st challenge will guest for our November 1st challenge! 

Now let's get started with the challenge, here is your sketch....

This week we have another guest designer joining us. Please join me in welcoming Åsa Johansson!!

I will let Åsa tell you a bit about herself....

"Hi! My name is Åsa Johansson and I´m from Sweden. I live in the middle of Sweden with my partner and our three kids and a dog. I work as a teacher and I´m 39 years old. I´ve loved scrapbooking and cardmaking since 2007. It´s an addiction, a lovely one. It´s my way to relax. I do layouts or cards most of the time but I even try to do some project life now and then. My style is to have much white space, layering, mists and I just love the colour pink. I like to have a sketch to follow and I sometimes draw my own. I visit a lot of blogs to get inspiration. I started my own blog back in 2012. At first I always wrote in Swedish but now I´m trying my best to write in english. It isn´t always the correct spelling or the right words but I hope you can understand it at least. The world of blogging is wonderful I think, you get to know so many new friends out there in different countries. I hope you will visit my blog to say hi! http://scrapatheltenkelt.blogspot.se/ I´m so proud that Laura asked me if I wanted to be a guest designer here at Stuck?! I use to interpret the lovely sketches here each month and this sketch is just stunning! I hope you´ll get inspired of my work."

Here is Åsa's layout based on our sketch.

Thank you for joining us Åsa!  Now lets have a look at our gorgeous DT reveals (in alphabetical order!)....

Aurélie 

Carmen

 Janice

 Jinny

Joefil

Kerryn

Mandy

Sandy

Tomomi

 Vasso

Laura

Please link up your layouts over in the sidebar by September 29that midnight EST to be in the running for one of our prizes!   All prizes will be drawn randomly using Random.org to pick a number.

When linking your layouts, please make sure it is linked to the specific post your layout is in, not your blog as a whole as it can be hard for our team to find your layout, especially if you blog often. You can also link from any gallery including Facebook and Flickr. (Though we may not be able to comment in all forums.)

Feel free to combine this sketch challenge with other non-sketch challenges, such as colour challenges.

Please post a link back to Stuck?! Sketches on your blog entry for our challenge.  We would also love for you to share the sketch, too!

Thank you for visiting, we are looking forward to seeing your creations!!
Laura
xoxo