NSD -- Layout Sketch

Here is our last Surprise for National Scrapbook Day 2010.

Remember, if you choose to participate with us, just link up any or all of your layouts you made using the Sketch and/or the Challenges. There will be a random drawing for an Embellishment RAK from Joan, one of the Design Team Members here at Sketches! {by tamara}. Deadline is Friday, May 7th.

This last challenge is a Layout Sketch. Take a peek at what our Sketches! {by tamara} Facebook fans did with this sketch. Just Fantastic work. Make sure you take a stroll on over to their blogs and leave them some much deserved praise.

Have a fabulous weekend and I hope you get a lot of scrapbooking done. Come back on Tuesday for the debut of our new Design Team here at Sketches! {by tamara}. You won't want to miss it!

{tamara}

Christina Skinner

Denise Coulter

Sandie Vincent

Sarah Lewis

NSD -- Journaling Challenge

How many have already done the Recipe Challenge from earlier? Who is ready for the next challenge?

Our second Challenge is a Journaling Challenge. It comes from Vanessa Haynes. And I have to say, I so LOVE this challenge.

Your challenge is to journal in an alphabet list form. A great way to do this is to have your subject be a person and write a word/phrase that describes them for every letter of the alphabet. Other fun ideas are to have your subject be an event, vacation, place or even an object! Journaling the alphabet is also a great way to use up all those stray alphabet stickers you have laying around!

I want to thank the Sketches! {by tamara} Facebook Fans for helping us out with this Challenge. They really rocked this challenge. Take a look at their layouts below and make sure you visit their blogs to leave them their much deserved praise.

If you play along with us this weekend, please link your layouts here on the blog. We will be doing a random drawing for one lucky winner. Joan, one of our Design Team Members is giving away a RAK for some awesome Embellishments. I will be posting a picture of it later. You won't want to miss out. And the more you play a long, the more entries you have into the drawing.

Check back often for more fun and more inspiration!

Happy Scrapping!

{tamara}

Jennifer Benner

Judy Rice

Niki Stephens

Sherrie Fauvelle

Tiffany Koehn

NSD -- Recipe Challenge

It is National Scrapbook Day, and we have some fun challenges and sketches ready to share. So make sure you check back through out the day as new ones will be posted periodically.

We are starting off today with a Recipe Challenge. This challenge was created by Vanessa Haynes and myself. Nothing like two brains coming together. :) We decided to use the letters NSD for National Scrapbook Day to come up with the challenge. So use at least these three items on your layout.

*Numbers
*Stitching
*Die Cut

For our examples through out the day today, we have Sketches! {by tamara} Facebook Fans who have willingly helped us out. I want to give a special thanks to each of them for helping me out today and sharing their layouts. Make sure you check out their layouts below and give them some love for their awesome work!

Happy Scrapping!

{tamara}

Kim Martin

Kristie Meeker

Vanessa Johnson