March 1 Challenge Reveal

Hello there!

Happy March, finally Spring is just around the corner! Do you find yourself using different products and mediums as the weather changes? Today we have a brand new sketch to share with you and we are so fortunate to be able to offer you the opportunity to win one of three prizes,  as we have three fabulous sponsors supporting this challenge.


A big thank you goes out to Wycinanka, for sponsoring this challenge, they are offering a beautiful themed chipboard 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 only, prize image

AND thank you to SpiegelMom Scraps, who are also sponsoring this challenge, offering three of the newly revealed sequin mixes for the month, to a second lucky participant!

Hi everyone! I'm Jody Spiegelhoff, the proud owner of SpiegelMom Scrap (SMS). I live in Wisconsin, USA with my busy and crazy blended family. I’ve been crafting since childhood, and began stamping and scrapbooking in 2002. Creating has always been my quiet time and firmly believe that taking a little time each day to be creative is so important and good for our souls. I started SMS officially in 2010 and have loved growing my business ever since. I totally love creating unique sequin mixes which are inspired by a variety of things around me; nature, new scrapbook collections, artwork, my daughters and more. You can find SMS on Instagram @Spiegelmom_Scraps, on Facebook, YouTube and the website www.spiegelmomscraps.com. We'd love for you to stop by and check us out! The Sparklers Design Team and I love to read your sweet comments.

We would also like to thank Paper Issues for being our third sponsor for this challenge and offering a $20.00 gift certificate to their online shop, to a third lucky participant! Be sure to watch for our post next week as we will be featuring gorgeous creations by some of the Paper Issues DT, using his sketch!

Paper Issues is an online scrapbooking store that carries all of the major brands along with hundreds of FREE Cut Files. Paper Issues has an amazing online community with monthly challenges and give aways. You can use the code STUCK to save 20% off in the Paper Issues shop all month long.
www.paperissues.com - Main Page
www.paperissues.blogspot.com - Blog
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1499810043590964/ - Our Facebook Group.

Be sure to join the Paper Issues Facebook Group, where our March 1st sketch will be offered as a challenge. You can link up there for a chance to win another prize from Paper Issues!!

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

As always we have a guest designer joining us. Please help us welcome Laura Rumble to our challenge!!

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

"Hi, I’m Laura from Sussex, UK and I love to create! I’m happiest when I’m surrounded by scrapbooking supplies, sequins and sparkly things! I’d describe my style as lots of white with pops of bright colours, lots of texture and sequins."

You can find  Laura on social media via the following links:
http://instagram.com/beadsbuttonsandbirds
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7Go-gzAUPMZD6b8IPHPo8g
http://beadsbuttonsandbirds.blogspot.co.uk

Here is Laura's amazing layout based on our sketch.

 Be sure to check out Laura's You-Tube channel to watch her process video for this layout!

Thank you for joining us Laura, your style caught our eye and we are happy to have you as our guest!

Now lets have a look at our gorgeous DT reveals (in alphabetical order!)....

Anne

Debbi

Fiona

Helen

Kelly

Libeeti

Lizzy

Megan

Rachel

Ronda

Simone- please check out her blog to see a process video for this layout

Yvette

Laura

Please link up your layouts over in the sidebar by March 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.

Thank you for visiting, we cannot wait to see what you create!
Laura
xo

November 15th Challenge

Hello there!

We are back with our mid month challenge and two more fantastic sponsors!

A big thank you goes out to 7 Dots Studio, who are sponsoring this challenge, offering a $20.00 store gift certificate to one lucky participant!

7 Dots Studio was born from dreams and for dreams. We are a European scrapbooking company. Quality of our products is our top priority. Our collections are created by very talented artists - from clean, graphic designs to mixed-media, grungy collage look. But what you can always be sure are high quality and thickness of our papers, which make them work perfectly with all kinds of media. Among our products you will find scrapbooking papers, alpha stickers, die-cut elements, collage sheets, 6x6 paper pads, element stickers and tags. We are amazingly happy and feel very blessed to see that so many crafters and artists love our designs! Please visit our blog to see awesome inspirations from our design team and our facebook profile or flickr gallery to share your projects.

AND thank you to Freckled Fawn, who are also sponsoring this challenge, offering a $15.00 gift certificate to their site, to a second lucky participant!

Freckled Fawn is a delightful online craft boutique that carrying hundreds of projects perfect for all your crafty needs--washi tape, wood veneer, stickers, etc. In September they launched their OHDEERME Embellishment Kit Club where each month you can receive a lovely tin filled with exclusive embellishments that will help you use up your personal paper stash.

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 incredible guest designer joining us. Please join me in welcoming Kareen Dion to our challenge site!!

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

"Hello! I'm Kareen or kjkareen on the "scraposphere". I'm a stay-at-home mom of two beautiful (of course) children. I'm from Quebec, Canada. I scrap since 2007 and never stop since. I don't think I have any particular style, but I can say I love watercolor. I'm a scrapaddict for sure, I love paper & badges (flair). Thanks Stuck?! Sketches for the invitation!"

 

Here is Kareen's layout based on our sketch
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Thank you for joining us  Kareen, your layout is gorgeous!

For this challenge we are once again partnering up with Scrap it with a Song,  they have chosen "Stairway to Heaven" by Led Zeppelin as their inspiration song, you can find out all of the details about how to play along with their challenge over o their blog.  Some of our team has chosen to play along, too!  So lets have a look at our gorgeous DT reveals (in alphabetical order!)....

Cassie 
I found this photo of myself when I was young with my grandmother. We lost her several years ago and I feel so lucky that I have this photo of us from a long time ago.

Dana
 I was inspired by the song lyrics "And the new day will dawn for those who stand long
And the forests will echo with laughter."

 Devra 
 I was inspired by the first line of the song: "There's a lady who's sure all that glitters is gold". I used gold glitter, and a photo of my Grandma, who always wore gold.

Elisabetta

 Janice
 I used a line straight from the lyrics to "Stairway to Heaven" as my page title.

Kerryn

 Kumiko

Mandy
 I was inspired by the song title "Stairway to Heaven"... It made me think of my beautiful mother-in-law who is no longer with us and is now in Heaven. I was also inspired by the song lyrics "all that glitters is gold"... so I included a glittery gold title on my layout.

Sandy
 Molly took the Stairway to Heaven.

Sarah 
 Used the song title as inspiration

Valerie

Laura
I did a little research to try to discern a little more about the meaning of the song so that I could use it for inspiration.  I read that Robert Plant said the song was about hope.  Although I did also read that he interprets it differently depending on his mood, hehe!  But for the purpose of this exercise we will go with hope. With a side of glittery gold!

Please link up your layouts over in the sidebar by November 29th 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 cannot wait to see what you create!
Laura
xoxo

September 1 2015 Challenge and Reveal

Hello there!

It's time for a new sketch challenge, plus we have a bit of a surprise! But first let's chat about the sponsors for this challenge.

A big thank you goes out to Wycinanka for sponsoring our this 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!

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! 

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

For this challenge we are partnering with the DT from Scrap Our Stash, who are using the letters in the word L-A-Y-E-R-S, to de-stash! Our DT had fun with this one!

Feel free to play along with one or both components of the challenge. If you use both components you can link up at both challenge sites!

We are also starting something new! 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!

This week I invited a guest designer to join  us. Please join me in welcoming Shelby Marks!!

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

"Hi, my name is Shelby. I live in Northern California with my husband and 2 kids, a 12 year old son and 2 year old daughter. I started scrapbooking about 12 years ago after my son was born, but I was not able to make it a full time hobby until 2 years ago when I left my full time job and became a stay-at-home mom. My layouts are mostly based around my family and our everyday moments. I get most of my style inspiration from scrapbooking sites I follow and love to use sketches. My favorite elements to use on my layouts are enamel dots, doilies, spray ink and wood veneers.  I love American Crafts, Crate Paper and Simple Stories. I am very grateful for being invited to be the feature here at Stuck?! Sketches this month!"

Here is Shelby's layout based on our sketch.

Thank you for joining us Shelby and sharing your talent with us!

Now let's have a look at our gorgeous DT reveals (in alphabetical order!)...

Carmen

L - love word
A - acrylic paint
Y - yarn, "YES" die cut
E - epoxy sticker
R - ribbon
S - sticker, stitches

 Janice

L - label
A - arrows
Y - yellow cardstock and crochet thread
E - enamel dots
R - rubber charms
S - Silhouette, stamp, staples, stickers, stitches

Jinny

L - lace & "LOVE THIS" puffy sticker

A - arrows, "ADVENTURE" word bubble, & stamped airplane

Y - yellow throughout

E - enamel dots

R - ribbon & clear rhinestones

S - stamping, stitching, stars, string, & silver throughout

Joefil

 L - Leaves
A - Arrows
Y -Yellow colors
E - Enamel dots
R - Rub-ons
S - Stitching

Kerryn

L - leaves, letters
A - Arrows
Y - Yellow
E - Epoxy stickers
R - Rhinestones, ribbon banner
S - Stars, stitching, stickers, spots

Mandy

L - Leaves, Lime Green
A - American Crafts Patterned paper
Y - Yellow
E - Enamel Dots
R - 'Recorded' (title)
S - Splatters

Sandy

L-leaves, lace 
A-arrow 
Y-yarn 
E-enamel dots 
R-rhinestones 
S-stitching, stickers, stick pin

Tomomi

L - Love word
A - Acetate die cuts
Y - Yellow color
E - Eyelets
R - Ribbon felt embellishment
S - Summer word

 Vasso

Laura

 

L – life preserver

A - arrows

Y – yellow embellishments

E – epoxy brads

R – “riding”

S – stencil, sun, Silhouette, stars, stickers

Please link up your layouts over in the sidebar by September 29th 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 cannot wait to see what you create!
Laura
xoxo