Let's start with Vikki's interpretation of this great sketch...
"Happy Birthday" Card created by Sketch Artist & Design Team Member Vikki Whittington
And now let's have a look at what the rest of the Design Team came up with...
Let's begin with our amazing May Guest Designer Keely Yowler... who is a talented scrappy designer over at the fantastic Want2Scrap!
"Thanks so Much" card created by S: CY May Guest Designer Keely Yowler
"Capture this Moment" card created by S: CY Design Team Member Patchi Moussatche
"Birthday Girl" card created by S: CY Design Team Member Karen Zabuska
"Thinking of you" card created by S: CY Senior Designer Ann Seleshanko
"Thank You" card created by S: CY Team Leader Ali MacDonald
Thanks Vikki for the awesome card sketch! :) A warm "TY" is also going out to Keely Yowler for her beautiful card. Thanks to the S: CY Design Team members for all your work on the cards. Great job!
See you all on the 24th with a new Sketch and chance to win the May 2013 S: CY prize. Have a good day, all!
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It's Friday and that means REVEAL DAY! But first, let's have a peek at the prize for this month!
Our prize for the month of May is a beautiful "My Acrylix" stamp set from Close To My Heart! It's called "Year 'Round Cheer." It was a Limited Edition set and is no longer available, making it highly desirable for your personal stamp collection!
This premium CTMH stamp set comes with a foam stamping sheet, a sturdy, handy snap-closed envelope, and TWELVE versatile acrylic stamps that are sure to make your scrapbooking & cardmaking projects shine.
Let's have a peek at the May prize, shall we?
S: CY May Prize CTMH "Year 'Round Cheer" Stamp Set
The greetings on this stamp set are: Fresh Start; I Love You; Stay Lucky; Sing in the Rain; Happy Mother's Day; World's Best Dad; Hello Sunshine; Back Yard BBQ; Back to School; Trick or Treat; Give Thanks; and 'Tis the Season. These are so cute- each greeting sports a cute icon depicting those words. The winner of this set will be thrilled. :)
How do you win? Well, we will do things exactly the same way as we have done in other months! Here's an explanation. How does the Challenge work? We will draw for a prize at the end of EACH MONTH. There will be TWO layout sketch challenges every month, so that means you'll have two chances to win the monthly prize. The amount of time you have to enter varies with each Challenge, so be sure to check carefully in the info on the Sketch you are creating your layout for. The due date will be CLEARLY NOTED for you. :) LAYOUT SKETCH CHALLENGES: When a new layout Sketch is posted on the Blog, you will also see an inspiration piece accompanying the Sketch. Three things make up an S: CY "Sketch challenge"... 1) The layout sketch 2) The inspiration photo 3) A Challenge described in words What should you do for a chance to win the monthly prize? 1. Look at the layout Sketch and Inspiration photo. Read the challenge. 2. Check and write down the due date! It will be clearly noted in each challenge. (One challenge will be finished before the next one starts.) 2. Create a layout that fits the challenge. 3. Post your PAPER OR DIGITAL layout on your Blog and share it with us by the Due Date, using "Mr. Linky." Mr. Linky can be found at the bottom of the post, but ONLY until the due date! Once the due date passes, Mr. Linky disappears. What does the Team at S: CY do? 1. After links are posted, the S: CY Team will visit every one of them to leave some "love." :) 2. I will send you an "I Played Along..." badge to proudly display on your Blog! :) 3. I will compile a list of all the links to LOs for each Sketch Challenge into a permanent link list in a post on the blog. Each entry will be numbered in the order it was received. This number becomes the number that will apply to you in the prize draw. (Example: If you are the third person to post your work, yours will be link #3 in the list.) Then, if, using Random.org, your number (ie: "3") is drawn, you are the winner!! 3. We will do a PRIZE DRAW using Random.org at end of the month. Draw dates will be announced as each month starts.
QUESTIONS?Shoot me an email at peteali @ eastlink. ca (NO SPACES).
MAY CHALLENGE DETAILS
** PRIZE this month is a beautiful Close To My Heart Stamp Set called "Year 'Round Cheer." ** **DUE DATE for today's Sketch Challenge (Sketch 6-13) is Wednesday, May 22nd, at 12 midnight, Atlantic Standard Time (AST) **You will use Mr. Linky to post the link to your completed Sketch Challenge entry. Mr. Linky will be at the end of today's post! **PRIZE DRAW FOR MONTH OF MAY will be May 31st, FRIDAY after 9 PM AST **REMEMBER- we welcome both paper and digital layout entries! **International participants are welcome to enter the contest!
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Here's today's brand new fun, free Sketch:
Sketch 6-13 created by S: CY Team Leader Ali MacDonald
...and an accompanying inspiration photo!
Medallion Courtesy of The Graphics Fairy
Your challenge this week is to create a layout using Sketch 6-13 and incorporate a ROUND element of ANY kind into your design. No rules- just include a round element. And-- have fun!
Want to see some cool layouts created with S: CY Sketch 6-13 and using the round-item challenge? First let's see what our Guest Designer, Keely Yowler, came up with today! I know you're going to love it.
"Family Joy" layout created by S: CY May Guest Designer Keely Yowler
"Rainforest Cafe" layout created by S: CY Design Team Member Patchi Moussatche
"Shhhhhh...!" layout created by S: CY Design Team Member Elisha Pharr
"Puppies- 1990" layout created by S:CY Design Team Member Karen Zabuska
"Tower of London" layout created by S: CY Senior Designer Ann Seleshanko
"Gadget" layout created by S: CY Team Leader Ali MacDonald
"55 F" layout created by S: CY Team Leader Ali MacDonald
Hope everyone is having a great week... We can't wait to see what you'll create for the Challenge using this sketch! Be sure to enter to win by adding your layout (one or more) to Mr. Linky, below. If you do create more than one LO, be sure to post each link separately. That way, you'll have more than 1 chance to WIN in May!
DUE DATE: You have until May 22 at 9 PM AST to use Sketch 6-13. That evening... Mr Linky will disappear. (On May 24th a new Sketch will be waiting for you, with a NEW Mr. Linky.)
BIG WARM THANKS to our May Guest Designer Keely Yowler and to the members of the S:CY Design Team for the fabulous and fun layouts this week!
See you soon! :)
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Good day everyone! It's May 2nd... and we have the pleasure today of introducing you all to our Sketches: Creatively Yours Guest Designer for this month!
Keely is a very talented lady and I am so excited to have her with us! She was part of the Design Team here at Sketches: Creatively Yours 'long ago' in 2008. So happy to have her back!
She kindly sent along her Bio so we could get to know her a little better.
Keely's Bio-
"Hi, I’m Keely Yowler. I have been paper crafting for 12 years. My passion is scrapbooking 12x12 layouts, but
I do enjoy the occasional altered project, card, and mini album.
I love combining different patterned papers and lots of layering. Other than
patterned paper, my favorite crafty products are ink, chipboard, and bling. I
live in Georgetown, Kentucky with my 2 teenaged sons. I love visiting blogs and galleries admiring
the creativity of fellow crafters. I’m a
proud designer for Want2Scrap.
When I’m not scrapbooking, I work as an
advanced practice nurse. I’m an avid
runner, love playing ball with my sons, and I’m addicted to Starbucks.
Want2Scrap is where Keely designs. She says it has "Such amazing chipboard and bling!" She also told me that Want2Scrap is a small business, "run with TLC." She also said it's a place where there are "wonderful
products that inspire each of my crafty projects." Why not check it out? You will also find the Want2Scrap link in our sidebar.
Speaking of crafty projects, here are some of Keely's favourites...
Keely says "this is one of my favs because the photo was taken on my mom's 80th birthday last
year. It features 5 generations of our family. I wanted to create a bright,
happy layout."
Hello everyone! It's the official "S: CY Draw Date" for the April Prize!! We have assigned a number to the entrants based on the order in which they were received thru Mr. Linky.
Our entrants for April were:
Sketch 4-13: April 12th
1. Cindye
2. Stephanie P.
3. Cheryl Johnson
and
Sketch 5-13: April 26th
4. Cindye
And the winner of the beautiful Prize Package offered by our April Guest Designer Jenifer Cowles, using Random.org, is...
(Drumroll please...)
Screen shot of Random.org draw
done morning of May 1, 2013
for the month of April 2013 prize at S: CY
So, the winner is #4, and that's CINDYE!!!!! Cindye, please email Ali (pete ali @ eastlink.ca -- with no spaces) with your contact info so that she can let Jenifer know where to mail your prize! Stay tuned, ya'll, 'cause tomorrow, we'll be introducing our S: CY MAY Guest Designer!!! PS: Here's a pic of your prize package, Cindye! CONGRATULATIONS!!!! Thanks again, Jenifer, for the awesome prize. :)
Prize Package
donated by
April Guest Designer, Jenifer Cowles
WINNER: CINDYE!!
Musically-themed Challenge Photo to accompany Sketch 5-13 (Image courtesy of The Graphics Fairy)
We have a "Musically-themed Challenge” inspiration photo this week, above.You DO
NOT have to use this exact photo- it’s just there to explain the
Challenge theme. So.... your S: CY challenge is musically themed. This one has a SHORT turn around time... You only have until midnight AST on April 30 to complete and add your "take" on this challenge to Mr. Linky (below) in order for you to net a ballot in the wonderful April Prize Draw by our Guest Designer Jenifer Cowles!
IDEAS: You could include a musical
image OR a music note, staff, bass or treble clef, OR a quote about
songs/music, OR a piece of musically-themed paper, OR a title related to music
(a song, music-terminology themed, etc), when you create your layout.
Just USE YOUR
IMAGINATION and just make something on your LO relateto music
IN ANY WAY. This can be
subtle, or obvious. There are no rules. JJ Have fun!
Here's our Guest Designer, Jenifer Cowles' interpretation of this week's challenge! She created a gorgeous canvas! :)
"Major Rockstar" Canvas created by S: CY April Guest Designer Jenifer Cowles
Jenifer told me that she made this Canvas for her daughter's 11th birthday last weekend, and she was thrilled with the way it turned out. Apparently her daughter loved the gift! :)
Let's have a peek at what our Design Team has created using this Sketch and general musical theme.
"Adventure Time" layout created by S: CY Design Team Member Patchi Moussatche
Patchi told me that when she thinks of music, she thinks of parades. She also told me that "we watched one for the first time when we went to Disney with the kids.They loved it! I added some rub-on musical notes to the brochure for added emphasis."
"Happy Birthday Chapter 9" layout created by S:CY Design Team Member Karen Zabuska
"You are the music to my heart" layout created by S: CY Design Team Member Elisha Pharr
"Let's Rock" layout created by S: CY Senior Designer Ann Seleshanko
What exceptional work our Design Team has created today!!! Thanks to our Guest Designer Jenifer Cowles and the entire S: CY Team-- beautiful work! You make me so proud. I loved seeing what you all created with this sketch.
And now, for our readers and Blog followers..... here's the chance to win big!
Remember to link us up to your creation for this Challenge using Mr. Linky, below. You only have until April 30, at midnight, AST. Each layout you create will net you a chance to win the prize package being offered by our Guest Designer, Jenifer Cowles. A Prize Draw by random.org on April 30th after midnight (AST) from ALL the LO's linked up on the Blog using Mr. Linky this month! Each LO will be assigned a number based on when it was received. First April LO received via Mr. Linky will be #1, the 15th LO received will be #15, and so on. If we have 20 entries, the random draw will be from the numbers 1 to 20.
YES: you can enter more than once for this sketch!
Want to see that prize again? Sure thing!
Awesome Prize Package for April 2013 from Guest Designer Jenifer Cowles
Jenifer writes..."Included is a Lovely Day collection from My Little Shoe Box, a Super Stick from Therm-o- Web and coordinating May Arts ribbons. :) I will probably add more to the box depending on participation and comments."
So now, folks, here is the Mr. Linky you will need to add your creation to BEFORE midnight (AST) April 30th. There are just a few days left, so be sure to get your creations made and entered FAST! After that, Mr. Linky will disappear and a name will be drawn from all entries received this month, as the winner of Jenifer's fabulous prize package. (Random.org will be used.) We will announce the winner on June 1st. Have a great week!
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This week, we have a “Pattern and Texture Mixing” Inspiration Photo- When you create your layout, please use the photo above provide inspiration for mixing patterns & textures in your layout.
Use any patterns, colours, textures or combinations of those you see in the photo as inspiration for what YOU create on YOUR layout!
Use Sketch 4-13 as your guide as you work thru the challenge.
There are no “rules.” Just have fun!
When you're finished, use Mr. Linky, below, to link us up to your LO and thus be entered to win the fabulous prize package being offered by our April Guest Designer, Jenifer Cowles!
We'll be by to visit and wave hello, so be on the lookout!
Here are the interpretations of our wonderful Design Team... First a layout created by our April Guest Designer!
"Spring" layout created by
S: CY Guest Designer Jenifer Cowles
Jenifer tells us that she "really had a good time with the texture part of the challenge along with the feminine/masculine contrast with the colors."
"I am enough" layout created by S: CY Design Team Member Elisha Pharr
"Latkes" layout
created by
S: CY Design Team Member Patchi Moussatche
Patchi writes: "I loved the idea of combining different textures! Those flowers had been sitting in my embellishment drawer for almost 3 years. I'm so glad I had an excuse to use them :)"
"Texas MSW Crop 2012" layout
created by
S: CY Design Team Member Karen Zabuska
Karen writes- "Your picture inspired me to use greens and blues, so that is what I did and I did a layout of some online friends I got to meet last summer. We had a fabulous time and scrapped and saw some sights and talked (in person to our hearts content). Another fun sketch that I knew exactly what I wanted to do with."
"Cromwell Road" layout
created by
S: CY Senior Designer Ann Seleshanko
Ann told me that "it was the colors that inspired me, the light green, teal, brown, combined with the textures."
"Cute Zoo Horses" layout created by S: CY Team Leader Ali MacDonald
Journaling- It’s funny… I
never really used to “notice” the horses at the Zoo until we had one of our own
for Kate. As soon as we got Oakley in 2007, and then Grace in 2009, I took more
notice of these magnificent animals. Pete took photos of them more often, too.
They were just more “special” to see and watch. Even the miniatures at the Zoo commanded our
attention! They are such perfect little creatures--Noah knows that, too! Just
look at this special photo of him connecting with this baby pony! Photos:
Spring 2012
Journaling
by Mom: Spring 2013
And now, here's the chance to win big!
Remember to link us up to your creation for this Challenge using Mr. Linky, below. Each layout you create will net you a chance to win the prize package being offered by our Guest Designer, Jenifer Cowles. Jenifer will be doing a Prize Draw by random.org on April 30th from ALL the LO's linked up this month! Each LO will be assigned a number based on when it was received. First April LO received via Mr. Linky will be #1, the 15th LO received will be #15, and so on. If we have 20 entries, the random draw will be from the numbers 1 to 20. YES: you can enter more than once for any April sketch! The winner will be notified here on the Blog!
Want to see that prize again? Sure thing!
Awesome Prize Package for April 2013 from Guest Designer Jenifer Cowles
Jenifer writes..."Included is a Lovely Day collection from My Little Shoe Box, a Super Stick from Therm-o- Web and coordinating May Arts ribbons. :) I will probably add more to the box depending on participation and comments."
Here's Mr. Linky!
A HUGE thanks to our Guest Designer Jenifer Cowles for sharing her beautiful floral LO with us today. Additionally, the Design Team has "knocked this one outta the park..." Thanks girls! :)
Thanks for stopping by everyone, please be sure to use Mr. Linky to enter the contest and show us what you create! REMEMBER: When the new sketch goes up on April 26th, this Mr. Linky will disappear and go on THAT post, so be sure to get your entry for this sketch in before April 26th for a chance to win!!! Thanks for coming by!
Guess what? I think Spring is finally arriving here in Nova Scotia. We are seeing geese and mallard ducks flying in, green grass is peeking through, and we're getting loads of sunshine! Wanna help us celebrate?
OK! How about welcoming a fresh face to the S: CY Blog?
We're sooooo pleased to welcome our April 2013 Sketches: Creatively Yours Guest Designer today: Please extend a warm smile to Jenifer Cowles!
Jenifer sent along some bio information so that we can learn a little about her. Thanks Jenifer! Bio~ "My name is
Jenifer Cowles and I live in a small town in Idaho. I work in the IT Department for
a small city by day and Scrap and Sew after the kiddos go to sleep by
night. I have 3 cutie pies who give me tons to scrap about ages
13-7. I have been doing some sort of crafting my entire life and my day
just doesn't feel complete without making something. I love a challenge
and can make just about anything."
Here's Jenifer's BLOG. Why not have a peek!? Jenifer shared a couple of her favourite projects with us... First off is an amazing Christmas canvas!
Jenifer says: "This project was one of my first mixed media pieces. I had so much fun getting messy and it was totally out of my comfort zone, which I think we need sometimes."
Another of Jenifer's projects is this stunning notebook.
Jenifer says that she loves how this came together. She also reports that it makes her "smile" every time she goes to use it. :) I have something very special to share with you today! Jenifer has decided to host a fun giveaway on the S: CY Blog this month!
April 2013 giveaway from S: CY Guest Designer Jenifer Cowles
Jenifer writes..."Included is a Lovely Day collection from My Little Shoe Box, a Super Stick from Therm-o- Web and coordinating May Arts ribbons. :) I will probably add more to the box depending on participation and comments." So, be sure to participate in the challenges that are coming in April! Make comments, come along for the ride here at S: CY-- you can help us welcome Spring! A hearty 'Welcome" to the S: CY Blog, Jenifer, we can't wait to show everyone what you've created this month!
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