Tuesday, May 30, 2017

Fifth Birthday Bash sketch #5

Wow!  What a month this has been!  It is hard to believe May is drawing to an end but we still have ONE MORE fun challenge for you today!    Our last and final challenge for our amazing 5th birthday bash is to create a layout based on this sketch by Lisa:

And now for some inspiring layouts made by our creative DT:

Wendy:

Lori:

Brandy: 

Lisa:

To play along with our crop please see our event page on Facebook!!  We will be cropping the rest of the month of May in fact, all challenges FOR THE CROP are due on June 2nd, so there is plenty of time to play along with all SIX CROP CHALLENGES.  The regular blog challenges will be like they are every month and will cut off on May 31st!   We are offering an amazing crop prize to one lucky cropper! We will draw ONE name randomly from all entries!  To enter all you need to do is complete each challenge and then leave a photo of your completed layout or card for each challenge in the comments section under that challenge on our Facebook event page!  Super Simple!   But make sure and "join" our crop HERE so you will be notified when the winner is posted!   Did I mention how amazing the prize is?  Thanks to Lori, Senior DT member for sponsoring this awesome Elle's Studio prize package for our crop!
 Thanks to all who have joined us this month for our fifth birthday bash crop!  We hope you have enjoyed it as much as we have and we hope to have another crop again real soon!  If you have enjoyed the crop and would like to see more crops make sure and let us know, we would love your feedback!  Happy creating, we can't wait to see what you create!

Tuesday, May 23, 2017

Fifth birthday bash sketch #4

Welcome to week #4 of our 5th birthday bash!  We hope you are enjoying our month long crop and exclusive sketches!  Today we have a card sketch for you to try by Heather: 

Here is some inspiration courtesy of our lovely DT:




To play along with our crop please see our event page on Facebook!!  We will be cropping all month long in May in fact, all challenges FOR THE CROP are due on June 2nd, so there is plenty of time to play along with all SIX CROP CHALLENGES.  The regular blog challenges will be like they are every month and will cut off on May 31st!   We are offering an amazing crop prize to one lucky cropper- we will draw ONE name randomly from all entries!  To enter all you need to do is complete each challenge and then leave a photo of your completed layout or card for each challenge in the comments section under that challenge on our Facebook event page!  Super Simple!   But make sure and "join" our crop HERE so you will be notified each time a new challenge is posted!  We will be posting a new challenge EVERY Tuesday in May Did I mention how amazing the prize is?  Thanks to Lori, Senior DT member for sponsoring this awesome Elle's Studio prize package for our crop!  

 Don't forget we are having a DT call!  You can get all the details HERE!  We hope you will consider applying! Happy Creating friends! 

Saturday, May 20, 2017

Card sketch #98

This has been an amazing month filled with all kinds of inspiration & creativity & it's not over yet! We are sharing our last card sketch of the month with you today but there are still 2 more birthday sketch challenges coming up on our Facebook page online crop!   Here is today's sketch by Lisa:

Here is the inspiration from our DT:

Surama:

Heather:

Angela:

Lori: 

Tina:

Lisa:
We have an amazing prize up for grabs for you this month!  In honor of our 5th birthday we are offering up this fun and festive birthday prize pack featuring a fun birthday stamp set by Jillibean Soup and bling by Queen & Company and Spellbinders!
But remember you can't win if you don't play!
Here are the details of how to play along:
1. Make sure and link back to Sketch N Scrap in your blog post when sharing our sketch or a layout or card based on our sketch.
  (DO NOT USE THE DIRECT LINK, use http://sketchnscrap.blogspot.com)
2. Link your layout or card up by clicking on the Froggy link in the sidebar.  Make sure and link up a DIRECT link to your blog post to allow us to easily locate your entry on your blog.
  Have fun, we can't wait to see what you create!
Link up your projects by May 31st at 9:55 pm CST

Wednesday, May 17, 2017

Design Team call!

Sketch N Scrap is excited to announce we are accepting applications to fill a few slots on our design team!  We are looking for designers who are interested in creating both cards and layouts based on our sketches!  If you love creating with our sketches then please consider applying.  No experience is necessary and international members are welcome to apply!  We are a group of fun loving & crafty ladies who enjoy sharing our passion for paper crafts with each other and our readers, while we have a lot fun we also are committed to our duties here at Sketch N Scrap and ask you to consider carefully if you can meet our deadlines and commitments prior to applying.   


 DESIGN TEAM CALL:
How to apply:

Email the following info to sketchnscrap@gmail.com

  •  Your name and city/country
  •  A link to your blog (Must have a blog to apply)
  •  A list of your DT experience if any (none is required)
  •  Tell us a little about yourself and why you would like to be on the Sketch N Scrap team
  •  Three recent examples of your work . If possible include a mix of layouts and cards.

Deadline for submissions is June 1st at 5 pm CST

 DESIGNER DUTIES:
  • Create one layout and one card per month based on sketches provided. Sketches are provided a minimum of three weeks in advance.
  • Comment on participants entries.  This is a must (if you cannot commit to this pleased don't apply)
  • Join our Design Team Facebook page (so a Facebook account is needed)
  • Commit to the term of July 1st through December 31st 2017 - please be aware when applying this term includes the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays so if you are unavailable during those times please consider applying at another time.
  • Maintain an active blog and post your DT reveal THE DAY of our sketch reveal with a link back to Sketch N Scrap
  • Must promote Sketch N Scrap on social media and on your blog
  • Participate in special events, such as blog hops etc - WE generally have 1 event and 1-2 crops per term where we ask you to participate in some form
  • Post the Sketch N Scrap DT blinkie on your blog 
  • Submit your layouts by required deadline.  (3 days prior to reveal day)


Our new design team will be announced on June 7, 2017 with the first reveal day of July 1st, 2017.  We hope you will consider applying, we'd love to have you on our team!  

Tuesday, May 16, 2017

Fifth Birthday Bash sketch #3

We hope you are enjoying our fifth birthday celebration so far!  I can't believe we are ready to kick off our third challenge today!  This month is flying by!  Here is today's challenge : create a layout based on this sketch by Lisa:  

Here is some amazing inspiration from our design team:

Heather:



Lori:




To play along with our crop please see our event page on Facebook!!  We will be cropping all month long in May in fact, all challenges FOR THE CROP are due on June 2nd, so there is plenty of time to play along with all SIX CROP CHALLENGES.  The regular blog challenges will be like they are every month and will cut off on May 31st!   We are offering an amazing crop prize to one lucky cropper- we will draw ONE name randomly from all entries!  To enter all you need to do is complete each challenge and then leave a photo of your completed layout or card for each challenge in the comments section under that challenge on our Facebook event page!  Super Simple!   But make sure and "join" our crop HERE so you will be notified each time a new challenge is posted!  We will be posting a new challenge EVERY Tuesday in May Did I mention how amazing the prize is?  Thanks to Lori, Senior DT member for sponsoring this awesome Elle's Studio prize package for our crop!
We can't wait to see what you create!  Enjoy the crop! 

Monday, May 15, 2017

Sketch #129

How much fun is everyone having with our Birthday Celebration??? Well I'm here today with our 2nd regular layout sketch of the month. This sketch was designed by Heather.
Here is what the design team came up with.
We have an amazing prize up for grabs for you this month!  In honor of our 5th birthday we are offering up this fun and festive birthday prize pack featuring a fun birthday stamp set by Jillibean Soup and bling by Queen & Company and Spellbinders!

But remember you can't win if you don't play!
Here are the details of how to play along:
1. Make sure and link back to Sketch N Scrap in your blog post when sharing our sketch or a layout or card based on our sketch.
  (DO NOT USE THE DIRECT LINK, use http://sketchnscrap.blogspot.com)
2. Link your layout or card up by clicking on the Froggy link in the sidebar.  Make sure and link up a DIRECT link to your blog post to allow us to easily locate your entry on your blog.
  Have fun, we can't wait to see what you create!
Link up your projects by May 31st at 9:55 pm CST

Tuesday, May 9, 2017

Fifth Birthday Bash sketch #2!

Good morning!  We are kicking off week 2 of our birthday bash! Wow! Week one just whizzed by didn't it?  Today we have a card sketch brought to you by Lisa:

Here are the design teams lovely cards:









To play along with our crop please see our event page on Facebook!!  We will be cropping all month long in May in fact, all challenges FOR THE CROP are due on June 2nd, so there is plenty of time to play along with all SIX CROP CHALLENGES.  The regular blog challenges will be like they are every month and will cut off on May 31st!   We are offering an amazing crop prize to one lucky cropper- we will draw ONE name randomly from all entries!  To enter all you need to do is complete each challenge and then post a photo of your completed layout or card for each challenge in the comments section under that challenge on our Facebook event page!  Super Simple!   But make sure and "join" our crop HERE so you will be notified each time a new challenge is posted!  We will be posting a new challenge EVERY Tuesday in May Did I mention how amazing the prize is?  Thanks to Lori, Senior DT member for sponsoring this awesome Elle's Studio prize package for our crop!  

Remember to play along you must join our Facebook crop event!!!  Looking forward to cropping with you!  Happy creating friends!

Saturday, May 6, 2017

Happy National Scrapbooking Day!

Wow, are we having fun yet? May is shaping up to be the ultimate scrappy month here at Sketch N Scrap!  With our 5th birthday bash online crop and now National Scrapbooking Day there is tons of inspiration to be found on our blog and Facebook page as well as a lot of fun new challenges!  We hope you are having fun so far!  Now for our exclusive NSD sketch for 2017 by Lisa:

And here is the amazing inspiration by our DT:






To play along with our crop please see our event page on Facebook!! We will be cropping all month long in May in fact, all challenges FOR THE CROP are due on June 2nd, so there is plenty of time to play along with all SIX CROP CHALLENGES.  The regular blog challenges will be like they are every month and will cut off on May 31st!   We are offering an amazing crop prize to one lucky cropper- we will draw ONE name randomly from all entries!  To enter all you need to do is complete each challenge and then leave a photo of your completed layout or card for each challenge in the comments section under that challenge on our Facebook event page!  Super Simple!   But make sure and "join" our crop HERE so you will be notified each time a new challenge is posted!  We will be posting a new challenge EVERY Tuesday in May and of course our challenge for today -NSD!  Did I mention how amazing the prize is?  Thanks to Lori, Senior DT member for sponsoring this awesome Elle's Studio prize package for our crop!   
Remember to play along you must join our Facebook crop event!!! Looking forward to cropping with you!  Happy creating friends!