November 1 2015 Challenge Featured Layout

It's time to share our first featured layout based on our November 1 2015 sketch. But first we'd like to acknowledge our sponsors for this challenge:

A big thank you goes out to Wycinanka for sponsoring this challenge. They are offering a beautiful 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 Boys Rule Scrapbooking Kits, who are also sponsoring this challenge, offering a prize pack to a second lucky participant.

Boys Rule is a kit club that creates scrapbook kits with masculine elements and products so you can easily scrapbook/craft for your boy subjects. Here you will find a great bunch of gals who love to create and share. Boys Rule also has challenges each month, and we hope you join in with your creations!

Lesli is our featured artist today. Her Halloween page is so cute it's scary. ;-)

We are so glad that you joined us, Lesli. 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 November 29th, 2015 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 (although 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!

Thank you for visiting us today. 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 :-)

Scrap It With a Song DT | Featured Team

Hi there!

As you know, for our November 1st challenge, we are partnering up with Scrap it with a Song,  they have chosen "Octopus Garden" by the Beatles as their inspiration song, you can find out all of the details about how to play along with their challenge over on their blog. On our reveal date we share some of our team members playing along with their inspiration song.  And some of their team is playing along with our sketch, so today we would like to feature them!

Here is a reminder of what our sketch looks like:

Now lets take a look at their DT pages!

ASTRID http://bearfamilysscraps.blogspot.nl/

BRITTANY  https://www.facebook.com/Brittanys-Creations-423462481102338/

GIORGIA http://joyblonde.blogspot.it/

MARIE-CHRISTINE http://mchscrap.blogspot.fr/

SHARON http://sksgranny.blogspot.it/

TYNKE http://tinklestars-creablog.blogspot.it/

Aren;t their pages so awesome! We hope that you too decide to play along with both of our challenges!  Don't forget that we have two amazing prizes to give away!  You can read all about them here.

Thank you for visiting today!
Laura
xo

November 1 2015 Challenge Reveal

Hello there!

It's time for a new sketch challenge!  But first let's chat about the sponsors for this challenge.

A big thank you goes out to Wycinanka, for sponsoring this challenge, they are offering a beautiful 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 Boys Rule Scrapbooking Kits, who are also sponsoring this challenge, offering a prize pack to a second lucky participant!

Boys Rule is a kit club that creates scrapbook kits with masculine elements and products so you can easily scrapbook/craft for your boy subjects. Here you will find a great bunch of gals who love to create and share. Boys Rule also has challenges each month, and we hope you join in with your creations!

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 Sylvia!!

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

"Hi, My name is Sylvia van der Steen (nickname Scrapsylz), I live in the Netherlands with my DH of 32 years. I am addicted to scrapbooking ever since I stepped into a craftstore some 10 years ago, when I was looking for a Christmas gift. I prefer to make layouts at 12x12 inch, occasionally I do some cards or mini albums. The vintage/shabby chique style is what I love most, but I also love to try new techniques. My style has shifted over the years and at the moment I’m more into using inks, paste and stencils or masks on my layouts. I have a go-to brand that I use all the time and am addicted to distress products. I am blessed to have my own craftroom, where I can make a mess every day and I have my own blogspot, where I can showcase my work!
Apart from scrapbooking I love to travel a lot and take photos. Being a GDT here at Stuck?! Sketches is quite an honour for me and I would like to thank Laura and the DT for having me. I hope I can inspire you to create your own art!"

Here is Sylvia's layout based on our sketch.

Thank you for joining us Sylvia and sharing your stunning layout with us!

For this challenge we are partnering up with Scrap it with a Song,  they have chosen "Octopus Garden" by the Beatles 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 listened to the song and looked up the lyrics and then flipped through my printed photos. When I found these pictures from our trip to a water park this last summer, I knew they would be perfect. We didn’t encounter any wildlife, but it was impossible to get my daughter out of the water during our visit!

Dana
 I was inspired by some of the song lyrics from "Octopus Garden" and used them as my journaling.

 Devra 
 My inspiration is that it is a Beatles song, the photo is from the Paul McCartney concert. The small photo is the set list which includes many Beatles songs

Elisabetta

 Janice
I took a lot of inspiration from the song challenge on this page! My photos are from a Caribbean cruise we took in 2005. The products are water and beach themed. And my title is a variation on the first line of the song to "out to sea" rather than "under the sea." This was fun! 

Kerryn

 Kumiko

Mandy
 I was inspired by the underwater theme of the song "Octopus Garden".

Sandy
 I went with the Happy theme of the song and used lots of bright colours - And an alligator garden is close to an Octopus Garden....don't you think???

Sarah

Valerie

Laura
I had to do a little research to learn a little more about the song so that I could use it for inspiration.  I found out the song contains the lyrics "Oh what joy for every girl and boy/Knowing they're happy and they're safe," So that and the title became inspiration for me.  These photos were taken at a fish sanctuary not far from our home - not quite the same as an Octopus Garden, but it works.  And the lyrics about happy safe children, also speaks to these photos, as our youngest son is loving tossing sticks into the water and watching them float downstream.  There is something magical about watching children play, explore and be adventurous when they know they are safe with their parents nearby.

 

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 our 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

October 2015 Winners!!

Hello and Happy Halloween!

We had so many wonderful entries this month using our October 1st and 15th sketches,  and we want to thank you for sharing your time and your pages with us! As always we have used Random.org to choose our winners.  So let's give away some prizes, we are drawing for 4 winners and two Guest Designer spots today!

For our October 1st challenge, a big thank you goes out to Heartfelt Creations, for offering a $25.00 gift certificate to one lucky participant!

Heartfelt Creations is a family owned company started in 1997. We exist to dynamically inspire, uplift, and add value to each person that comes in contact with our creative inspiration and crafts. We do this with a unique line of coordinating artistic stamps, detailed dies and designer papers. Our products create timeless and elegant handmade cards, scrapbook layouts and altered art projects. We invite you to join our mission.

Our randomly drawn number is...

... which means 48. Valerka is our winner!

AND thank you to our second sponsor,  Scrapbook & Cards Today Magazine, who are offering afree one year subscription to a second lucky participant!

Having just celebrated it's sixth anniversary, Scrapbook & Cards Today is a beautiful publication distributed in over 200 independent scrapbook stores across North America and digitally on our website…..and its FREE! Scrapbook & Cards Today provides its readers with the ability to either take the content with them in the form of a magazine, or view content online at their convenience.  Home delivery subscriptions are also available for a nominal fee.

By providing our retailers with an exciting publication focused on product that is currently on their shelves and by offering it for free to their customers, 100% of our 25,000 printed copies are read – by very excited scrapbookers!  Scrapbook & Cards Today is read in over 110 countries and readership each issue exceeds 80,000 worldwide.

Our randomly drawn number is...

... which means 55. Lisa's Scrappy Hideaway is our winner!

For our October 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 their online store 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 number is...

... which means 18. Sharon is our winner!

AND thank you to ScrapMatts, who are also sponsoring this challenge, offering 2 large pieces of chipboard to a second lucky participant!

ScrapMatts is a place to learn, share ideas and view some great design concepts, while offering Australian Made, Laser Cut Chipboard, original shapes and designs, made to compliment your scrapbooking pages or your card making projects

Our randomly drawn number is...

... which means 16. Giorgia Rossini 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 October 1st challenge, who will be guesting for our December 1st challenge is 44. Anne Gerd (Norway)! This is her layout.

Our chosen scrapbooker from our October 15th challenge, who will be guesting for our December 15th  challenge is 22. SaraK!  This is her layout...

Please contact me at  , 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

xo

October 15 2015 Second Featured Challenge Layout

Today's featured layout based on our October 15 2015 sketch uses a black-and-white photo and high-octane colors that truly fit the theme. But before we show you the featured layout, let's first acknowledge our two 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 their online store 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 ScrapMatts, who are offering two large pieces of chipboard to a second lucky challenge participant.

 ScrapMatts is a place to learn, share ideas and view some great design concepts, while offering Australian Made, Laser Cut Chipboard, original shapes and designs, made to compliment your scrapbooking pages or your card making projects

Essie is our featured artist today. Her action photo just jumps off this energetic and fun page!

We are so glad that you joined us, Essie. 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 October 29th, 2015 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 (although 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. 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 :-)