Recipe Challenge #41

These challenges can be used on cards or layouts.

I will give a list of three items that must be used on a card or layout. You are not limited to only the three items listed. You can use as many items on your layout or cards as you wish. But the minimum on it must be what is listed in the recipe.

This weeks Recipe came from Trudi, one of the Recipe Design Team Members.

Create a card or layout using the following items:

• Masculine theme
• Metal
• Grungy (grunge it up by distressing, tearing, inking or whatever)

Check out what the Design Team did with this recipe.

As usual, if you would like to share your take on this challenge, link it up in the comment section. Your layout or card could be featured here on the Sketches! Blog for our Friday Inspiration next week.

Have a great day Everyone!

{tamara}

Bethany

Carol

Dolores

Edleen

Kathleen

Lori




Suzy

Trudi

Layout Sketch #88

Happy Monday!

For the next few weeks, we are going to be having "A Blast From The Past" here at the Sketches! {by tamara} blog. What that means, is we will be featuring a Sketch that has been previously seen either here at the Sketches! Blog or one that I have designed for other websites.

I am so excited to show you what the design team did with this sketch. And I am even more excited to see what YOU do with it.

If you decide to use this sketch, we would love to see it. Just leave a link in the comment section of where we can find it. Your layout *could* be featured here on the Sketches! Blog next week for our Friday Inspiration.

Have a great week!

{tamara}

Alecia

Bethany

Carolyn

Jennie

Jennifer

Joan

Julia

Sandie

Wendi

Sketches! Guest Designer: Marcia Pringle

I am so excited to announce this weeks Sketches! Guest Designer is:-

MARCIA PRINGLE

I’m Marcia and I live in Perth, Western Australia. I’m married to the most gorgeous man and mum to one beautiful daughter. I work part time in customer service.

I have been cardmaking for about 6 years with my first foray into paper craft being when I made my wedding invitations nine years ago. A couple of years back a friend invited me to a Stampin Up demonstration when they launched in Australia and the rest is history. I haven’t looked back and hubby has stopped looking at the sales receipts.

After gentle (and not so gentle) persuasion by family and friends, I recently took the giant leap of pushing forward with my special occasion invitations and stationery business. Since mid 2008 I have been flat out with orders and I have enjoyed bringing something special to the events of my clients. The business is growing and it is such a nice thing to turn something you love into a steady income stream.

I set myself some goals for 2009 – the main one to be published. So far my work has had a publishing call on it twice and I have been or soon to be guest designer for two different challenge sites. Always doubting my own ability it has been a nice boost to my confidence and shows that anyone can do it if they put their mind to it!

You can pop past my blog at www.thestampspot.blogspot.com

Thank you so much for the chance to be guest designer at Sketches this week – I am truly honoured to be part of the wonderful talent here!

I asked Marcia to choose a Card Sketch to work with and she chose Sketch #65.

And here is her her card using the Sketch.

Friday Inspiration!

Happy Friday!

Today I am featuring cards and layouts that were uploaded using Card and Layout Sketches #86 and also Recipe Challenge #39.

Next Friday I will be featuring cards and layouts using Card & Layout Sketches #87 and Recipe Challenge #40

Rieca

Rachel

Natty

Nancy




LeAnne

Kelly

JO

Jess

Jamie

Hazel

Card Sketch #87

Here is this weeks Sketch.

If you choose to use it, make sure you put a link in the comment section so we can take a peek. Your card could be featured here next week on the Sketches! Blog for our Friday Inspiration.

Have a great week!

{tamara}

Alexandra

Barbara

Becky

Carol

Jo

Krista





Marley





Olena

Riley

Suzanne

Sylvia

Tricia

Sketches! Design Team Spotlight: Maria Gurnsey

This week's Design Team Spotlight is:

Maria Gurnsey

Hi, my name is Maria Gurnsey and I’m from Colorado. I’ve lived here all my life and most recently moved to Eaton with my husband and kids. I’ve been married to my wonderful husband Mike for 6 years and we have three beautiful kids, Macy, Mattea and Miller. Yes, we are all M’s!!!!

I began scrapbooking about 9 years ago and have been hooked since. It wasn’t until we moved to Eaton and I came across the blog of a local Stampin Up demonstrator that I became hooked on stamping. I placed my very first stamp order last January and became an SU demo in February. I started my blog Scraps By M when I joined Stampin Up.

My biggest source of inspiration comes from fellow bloggers. I love doing challenges although I don't get to them as much as I would like. My style keeps changing and I love watching it evolve. I don't know what I would do without my creative hobby!!

My favorite challenge so far has been Recipe Challenge #38, and here is the card I made.

Recipe Challenge #40

These challenges can be used on cards or layouts.

I will give a list of three items that must be used on a card or layout. You are not limited to only the three items listed. You can use as many items on your layout or cards as you wish. But the minimum on it must be what is listed in the recipe.

This weeks Recipe came from Maria, one of the Recipe Design Team Members.

Create a card or layout using the following items:

• Stars
• Staples
• 3 DIFFERENT patterned papers

Check out what the Design Team did with this recipe.

As usual, if you would like to share your take on this challenge, link it up in the comment section. Your layout or card could be featured here on the Sketches! Blog for our Friday Inspiration next week.

Have a great day Everyone!

{tamara}

Bethany

Carol

Edleen

Kathleen

Kristin

Lori





Maria

Suzy

Trudi