September 1 2016 Challenge Featured Layout #1

Today's featured layout is based on our September 1st sketch, and I'll just say that I hope you aren't allergic to color. ;-) But before we show you today's inspiration, we want to recognize our sponsors for this challenge.

We are fortunate to be able to offer extra prizes for both of our challenges this month. Read below to learn about our sponsors for our September 1st challenge.

Later this month we will have a blog hop with some of our design team and the Clique Kits team, and a free September kit will go to one of our lucky hoppers! Watch for details on our joint hop later this month!

Crafters on the Memory Works forum observing losses of numerous pillars of the scrapbooking world both online and in brick and mortar, led us to believe that other scrapbookers would welcome a chance to continue to pursue their hobby if there was a way to acquire a variety of new, trendy products conveniently and economically! As a result of much brainstorming (still ongoing) with a focus on less consumerism, more sharing, supporting others in creative small businesses, and preserving not just our memories but our planet for the next generation, Clique Kits was born! 

Currently, Clique Kits spans from Europe to Australia and across the U.S.A. and has grown into this business from "our basements". The name Clique Kits is a play on the word "Click" for the sound our cameras make recording memories, and is also a tongue in cheek metaphor for our ever-widening circle of friends who are anything BUT clique-y. This outlet lets us share our passion for memory keeping through our kits, blog, and social media community and is always friendly and supportive. Together with our design team, we strive to inspire our members and friends with tutorials, creative inspiration, articles, videos, inspirational blog shares, and much more! In our first year we have quadrupled our membership and sold hundreds of limited edition kits in addition to our often unique school store products sourced from the indie, handmade, and fair trade markets. We now have over 4000 Facebook fans and our interactive community online continues growing. Read more about our mission and philosophy here. You can also read more about the current Clique Kits Leadership Team and we welcome you to contact us with questions or feedback at any time!

Accent Scrapbooking is sponsoring our September 1st challenge. Kareen was so generous in sending some of her gorgeous flair to our Design Team, and she is providing a $50.00 gift certificate to her online store to one of our lucky challenge entrants! 

Accent Scrapbooking by kjkareen is a small business in Quebec, Canada. We offer flairs for all projects. Visit our site : www.etsy.com/shop/kjkareen to see all our products!

 Kareen of Accent Scrapbooking  is also generously offering our readers 20% off in her Etsy shop. For the month of September use code STUCK20 to get your discount!

We are also thrilled to be able to offer you prizes from two of our regular sponsors!

 A2Z Scraplets is sponsoring this challenge, offering a themed chipboard prize pack valued at $25.00 to one lucky participant!

A2Z Scraplets and Scrapbooking Supplies stocks a growing range of products as well as manufacturing Chipboard Laser Cut products You can paint them, ink them, emboss them, glitter them - the possibilities are endless! You'll find a selection of budget priced papers and embellishments on our website ... Head over www.a2zscraplets.com.au to see our great range of products.

AND Lawn Fawn, is offering a 6x6 paper pad and stamp set of the winner's choice to a another 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!

Violette is our featured artist today. Just look at that explosion of color and detail! I encourage you to visit her blog to see the closeup photos.

We are so glad you joined us, Violette. 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!

Thank you for visiting us today. Please stop back often this month because we have lots going on that you won't want to miss. We hope our sketch inspires you. Be sure to show us what you've made because we love to see your work and hand out prizes.

Janice :-)