October 15 2016 Challenge Featured Layout #1

Today's featured layout is based on our October 15th sketch, and it's FULL of colorful details. But before we show you today's inspiration, we want to recognize our sponsors for this challenge.

A big thank you goes out to 7 Dots Studio, who is sponsoring this challenge with a $20.00 gift certificate to their online store!

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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 ScrapMatts, who is sponsoring this challenge with 2 large pieces of chipboard for 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

Yvonne is our featured artist today. The birthday boy in her colorful photos may be a bit shy, but there's nothing bashful about his gang of party friends. And get a look at all the fun details sprinkled around this page.

We are so glad you joined us, Yvonne. 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 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.

Thank you for visiting us today. 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 :-)

October 15 2016 Challenge Reveal

Hello there!

It's mid month already and that always means it is time for a new sketch challenge! But first let's chat about the sponsors for this challenge.

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

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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 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

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 October 15th challenge will guest for our December 15th challenge!

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 Gilhuly  to our April 1st challenge!!

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

"I am Laura. I am a stay at home mom to 2 fantastic and fun loving young men – Cody is 15 and Ty is 14.  I am happily married for 16 years to my best friend and awesome husband, Jon. He is hardworking, ambitious, determined and loving...I am creative, enthusiastic, emotional and passionate – together we make a great team! We own our own transport truck and he is a long haul driver so during the week, It is me and our boys and my scrappy stuff!!! I started scrapping years ago when my sister took me to a beginner class.... I found a few very helpful and friendly sites on the web and have been trying new things and learning ever since. I really enjoy trying new things and creating projects! I create mostly 12x12 layouts but I do really enjoy creating off the page projects, cards and canvases...anything were I can ink and paint and play and get my hands messy!
With my husband on the road, and two boys to keep me busy, I don't have a lot of time to myself to scrap so I make time! My family is the focus of my life, my inspiration, and my motivation to scrapbook.

I am exciting to be guest designing this this week and hope you enjoy my interpretation of the sketch!"

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

Thank you for joining us Laura!

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

Asa

 Debbi

 Helen

Janice

Kelly

Mandy

Monique

Morag

Natsuko

Raechelle

Sandra

Laura

Please link up your layouts over in the sidebar by October 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, we cannot wait to see what you create!
Laura
xoxo

October 1 2016 Challenge Featured Layout #2

I promise that today's featured layout based on our October 1st sketch is a treat. But before we show you today's inspiration, we want to recognize our sponsors for this challenge.

A big thank you goes out to May Arts Ribbon for sponsoring this challenge with a $25.00 gift certificate to their online store!

ay Arts was founded in the early 1980’s in Riverside, Connecticut. The original products were high-end silk flowers imported from Taiwan, which were decorated using quality ribbons. The decorative ribbons proved so popular among customers that the business gradually evolved into a dedicated ribbon wholesaler.
As a family-owned and operated business, May Arts began a long-standing tradition of quality, affordability and exceptional customer service. We are dedicated to carrying on this same tradition by offering high quality products at competitive prices. Our friendly, knowledgeable staff is always happy to answer your questions or to assist you in placing your order.

And thank you to Heartfelt Creations, who is also offering a $25.00 gift certificate to their online store.

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.  

Reina is our featured artist today. Her darling photos of kids in costumes and fun/spooky party foods are set off perfectly with just the right Halloween papers and embellies. What a treat!

We are so glad you joined us, Reina. 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 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.

Thank you for visiting us today. 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 :-)

October 1 2016 Challenge Featured Layout #1

Today's featured layout is based on our October 1st sketch, and it's rich with the colors and textures of fall. But before we show you today's inspiration, we want to recognize our sponsors for this challenge.

A big thank you goes out to May Arts Ribbon for sponsoring this challenge with a $25.00 gift certificate to their online store!

ay Arts was founded in the early 1980’s in Riverside, Connecticut. The original products were high-end silk flowers imported from Taiwan, which were decorated using quality ribbons. The decorative ribbons proved so popular among customers that the business gradually evolved into a dedicated ribbon wholesaler.
As a family-owned and operated business, May Arts began a long-standing tradition of quality, affordability and exceptional customer service. We are dedicated to carrying on this same tradition by offering high quality products at competitive prices. Our friendly, knowledgeable staff is always happy to answer your questions or to assist you in placing your order.

And thank you to Heartfelt Creations, who is also offering a $25.00 gift certificate to their online store.

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.  

Joefil is our featured artist today. Her use of the colors and foliage of autumn, along with her sweet little pumpkin among the gourds, makes us feel like heading out for a walk in the crisp air.

We are so glad you joined us, Joefil. 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 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.

Thank you for visiting us today. 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 :-)

October 1st 2016 Challenge Reveal

Hello there!

We are launching a brand new sketch challenge today with our new team! But first a word about our generous sponsors for this challenge.

A big thank you goes out to May Arts Ribbon, for sponsoring this challenge, they are offering a $25.00 gift certificate to their online store to one lucky participant!

ay Arts was founded in the early 1980’s in Riverside, Connecticut. The original products were high-end silk flowers imported from Taiwan, which were decorated using quality ribbons. The decorative ribbons proved so popular among customers that the business gradually evolved into a dedicated ribbon wholesaler.
As a family-owned and operated business, May Arts began a long-standing tradition of quality, affordability and exceptional customer service. We are dedicated to carrying on this same tradition by offering high quality products at competitive prices. Our friendly, knowledgeable staff is always happy to answer your questions or to assist you in placing your order.

AND thank you to Heartfelt Creations, who are also sponsoring this challenge, offering a $25.00 gift certificate to their online store to a second 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.  

  

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....

As always we have a guest designer joining us. Please help us welcome Alison Calicott to our April 1st challenge!!

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

"Hi! My name is Alison, although my friends call me Alz. I live in Melbourne Australia with my husband GB, and our two fur bags, Bear and Harry. Lately, life has been all about Harry. Hmm, that's not a bad layout title, "All about Harry" LOL! But I digress. Harry is seven months old and was rescued from a puppy farm. He came to us in very poor health and with severe behavioural issues. That was four months ago. His health and condition have improved and we are continuing to work with a behavioural specialist to manage his behaviour. He's doing very well at the dog club though and has progressed from puppy school to Class 2. He was only in Class 1 for two weeks. Aargh! See what I mean? I digressed! Life has become all about Harry!! About me .. I've been paper crafting since forever and scrapping for over ten years. I love, love, love going to a nearby dog beach when its sunny. Our local dog beach is spectacular and we can walk with the dogs for miles in peace and quiet. I enjoy reading, love going to the cinema, love cooking and baking with GB, and am studying mental health to work in the community sector. Oh and I really, really love taking scrapping, mixed media, and art classes with girlfriends. So that's me (and Harry LOL). Thanks Stuck?! Sketches for the opportunity to be a guest designer this month. Cheers!"

Here is Alison's layout based on our sketch.

Thank you for joining us Alison we love your page!

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

Asa

 Debbi

 Helen

Janice

Kelly

Mandy

Monique

Morag

Natsuko

Raechelle

Sandra

Laura

Please link up your layouts over in the sidebar by October 29th 2016 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, we cannot wait to see what you create!
Laura
xoxo