Creative Sketches CS58H Holiday Challenge

Posted on November 24, 2011 by CreativeStamper

Welcome to Creative-Sketches blog. Each week we post a sketch and or something added to it… for you to try your hand at creating a project or card using the week’s sketch. Every weekly winner can add our Creative-Sketches button (shown here) to their blog sidebar.

This week our challenge is a SKETCH with a HOLIDAY theme!   Be sure to post a link to your project at the bottom on the Linky. You can use any products, this is not limited to Stampin’ UP! only, though we do love to see the new products. It’s also not limited to “genre”.. I would love to see other stampers  submit some entries using supplies you have on hand. So it doesn’t have to be what we call “traditional” stamping.  Just make sure you use the SKETCH and any HOLIDAY you chose in your project. Just make sure you put a link back to this blog.  Any links that do not fit the challenge for the week will be deleted.

This will be our last SKETCH CHALLENGE FOR THIS YEAR. We will be back in 2012 with Different ideas, SKETCHES, AWARDS, PRIZES, etc.. There have been so many sketch blogs added to the internet recently that we have decided to DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT.  Be sure to check our blog for an update.

Here is the final Sketch

Here are the teams entries for this week:

Sharon Field

Amanda Havon

Eileen Lefevre

Connie Smith

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Creative Sketches Technique week CS57ST

Posted on November 17, 2011 by CreativeStamper

Welcome to Creative-Sketches blog. Each week we post a sketch and or something added to it… for you to try your hand at creating a project or card using the week’s sketch. Every weekly winner can add our Creative-Sketches button (shown here) to their blog sidebar.

This week our challenge is a SKETCH and a Technique!   Our Technique this week is using SMOOCH SPRAYS on your project. Be sure to post a link to your project at the bottom on the Linky. You can use any products, this is not limited to Stampin’ UP! only, though we do love to see the new products. It’s also not limited to “genre”.. I would love to see other stampers  submit some entries using supplies you have on hand. So it doesn’t have to be what we call “traditional” stamping.  Just make sure you use the SKETCH and TECHNIQUE  specified provided  into your project. You can  use some prior sketches or any sketch you want for your challenge project. Just make sure you put a link back to this blog. Any links that do not fit the challenge for the week will be deleted.

The top pick for week CS55 is Michele with this card:

Here are the rules for participating in the challenge:
1. Create your NEW project using the sketch and technique from our Sample
2. Be sure to provide a link back to THIS site from your post on your blog.
3. Add your link at the bottom of this post with the URL directly to your post, and not just to your home page on your blog.
4. Please feel free to add our Creative-Sketches button to your blog sidebar.
5. Come back next week to see who we’ve selected as the best using the sketch and technique.Our featured stamper this week is Heather Pilz. Here is her project. Heather always has some beautiful cards to inspire us. Be sure to check out her blog for details on her project, and check out the other team members projects by clicking on their names.

The SKETCH for this week: Our featured stamper this week is Sharon Field with this card. Be sure to visit her blog to get all the details on how she created this card.Sharon Field

Be sure to check out the creation by Eileen here:

Eileen Lefevre

Connie Smith

If you’d like to try our sketch and technique, put your link in the links provided below. Links will open after midnight and be open for one week.

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Creative-Sketches COLOR! CS56C

Posted on November 10, 2011 by CreativeStamper

Welcome to Creative-Sketches blog. Each week we post a sketch and or something added to it… for you to try your hand at creating a project or card using the week’s sketch. Every weekly winner can add our Creative-Sketches button (shown here) to their blog sidebar.

This week our challenge is COLOR !   Be sure to post a link to your project at the bottom on the Linky. You can use any products, this is not limited to Stampin’ UP! only, though we do love to see the new products. It’s also not limited to “genre”.. I would love to see other stampers  submit some entries using supplies you have on hand. So it doesn’t have to be what we call “traditional” stamping.  Just make sure you use the COLORS specified provided  into your project. You can  use some prior sketches or any sketch you want for your challenge project. Just make sure you put a link back to this blog. Any links that do not fit the challenge for the week will be deleted.

Here are the rules for participating in the challenge:
1. Create your NEW project using the sketch and technique from our Sample
2. Be sure to provide a link back to THIS site from your post on your blog.
3. Add your link at the bottom of this post with the URL directly to your post, and not just to your home page on your blog.
4. Please feel free to add our Creative-Sketches button to your blog sidebar.
5. Come back next week to see who we’ve selected as the best using the sketch and technique.Our featured stamper this week is Heather Pilz. Here is her project. Heather always has some beautiful cards to inspire us. Be sure to check out her blog for details on her project, and check out the other team members projects by clicking on their names.

Here is our Inspiration picture and the colors you have to work with.

Our Featured stamper this week is Cynthia Richards with this card

Here are the other samples for your inspiration. Be sure to visit their blog and leave them a comment. You can also leave a comment here to let us know what you like!

Sharon Field

Amanda Havon

Jackie Watson

Sharon Wheet

Connie Smith

Be sure to link your challenge project below!


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Creative-Sketches CS55 SKETCH WEEK!!

Posted on November 3, 2011 by CreativeStamper

Welcome to Creative-Sketches blog. Each week we post a sketch and or something added to it… for you to try your hand at creating a project or card using the week’s sketch. Every weekly winner can add our Creative-Sketches button (shown here) to their blog sidebar.

This week our challenge is a SKETCH only for your proejct.  Be sure to post a link to your project at the bottom on the Linky. You can use any products, this is not limited to Stampin’ UP! only, though we do love to see the new products. It’s also not limited to “genre”.. I would love to see other stampers  submit some entries using supplies you have on hand. So it doesn’t have to be what we call “traditional” stamping.  Just make sure you use the SKETCH provided  into your project.

There was only ONE entry last week… and it was an adorable card!! So it’s my PICK for the week, from Pattie at “A Catholic Life” blog.

Here are the rules for participating in the challenge:
1. Create your NEW project using the sketch and technique from our Sample
2. Be sure to provide a link back to THIS site from your post on your blog.
3. Add your link at the bottom of this post with the URL directly to your post, and not just to your home page on your blog.
4. Please feel free to add our Creative-Sketches button to your blog sidebar.
5. Come back next week to see who we’ve selected as the best using the sketch and technique.Our featured stamper this week is Heather Pilz. Here is her project. Heather always has some beautiful cards to inspire us. Be sure to check out her blog for details on her project, and check out the other team members projects by clicking on their names.

Here is this week’s Sketch, supplied by Pagemaps : Our Featured stamper this week is Eileen Lefevre with this card:

Other team members for your inspiration:

Sharon Field

Jackie Watson

Connie Smith


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Creative-Sketches CS54H – Holiday Sketch challenge

Posted on October 27, 2011 by CreativeStamper

Welcome to Creative-Sketches blog. Each week we post a sketch and or something added to it… for you to try your hand at creating a project or card using the week’s sketch. Every weekly winner can add our Creative-Sketches button (shown here) to their blog sidebar.

This week our challenge is a SKETCH with a HOLIDAY. The HOLIDAY can be ANY HOLIDAY you want to create for your proejct.  Be sure to post a link to your project at the bottom on the Linky. You can use any products, this is not limited to Stampin’ UP! only, though we do love to see the new products. It’s also not limited to “genre”.. I would love to see other stampers  submit some entries using supplies you have on hand. So it doesn’t have to be what we call “traditional” stamping.  Just make sure you use the SKETCH provided and incorporate a HOLIDAY of some kind (can be Mothers Day, Hannakuh, Halloween, Thanksgiving, 4th of JULY, Memorial Day, Canada Day, New Year’s Eve, etc)  into your project.

Last week we had a Technique with Paper Layering and a Sketch. The TOP PIC was Sarah from Aunt Bee’s Pickles with this adorable card.

Here are the rules for participating in the challenge:
1. Create your NEW project using the sketch and technique from our Sample
2. Be sure to provide a link back to THIS site from your post on your blog.
3. Add your link at the bottom of this post with the URL directly to your post, and not just to your home page on your blog.
4. Please feel free to add our Creative-Sketches button to your blog sidebar.
5. Come back next week to see who we’ve selected as the best using the sketch and technique.Our featured stamper this week is Heather Pilz. Here is her project. Heather always has some beautiful cards to inspire us. Be sure to check out her blog for details on her project, and check out the other team members projects by clicking on their names.

This week the challenge is to use a sketch and a holiday…so here’s your SKETCH!

Our featured Design Team member this week is Sharon Wheet with this design.

check out the rest of the team members for your inspiration to create your card/project. Remember.. if you like to scrapbook.. Make a SCRAPBOOK page!!

Sharon Fields

Eileen LeFevre

Heather Pilz

Cynthia Richards

Jackie Watson

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Creative-Sketches CS53T Technique Week!

Posted on October 20, 2011 by CreativeStamper

Welcome to Creative-Sketches blog. Each week we post a sketch and or something added to it… for you to try your hand at creating a project or card using the week’s sketch. Every weekly winner can add our Creative-Sketches button (shown here) to their blog sidebar.

This week our challenge is a SKETCH with a TECHNIQUE. The technique is PAPER LAYERING.  Be sure to post a link to your project at the bottom on the Linky. You can use any products, this is not limited to Stampin’ UP! only, though we do love to see the new products. It’s also not limited to “genre”.. I would love to see other stampers  submit some entries using supplies you have on hand. So it doesn’t have to be what we call “traditional” stamping.  Just make sure you use the SKETCH provided and incorporate PAPER LAYERING into your project.

Last week’s top pic for our challenge CS52C using COLORS is Maria Becske at Pandi Land with this adorable card using a Magnolia stamp. I love how all the colors blend, but can still be seen. All the cards were FANTASTIC!! It was really hard for me to pick one!! I think they’re ALL WINNERS!!  Here is Maria’s card:

I couldn’t pick just one.. so here are two more of my top picks:

Jen Mitchell

Mandy from Birmingham, UK

Here is this week’s sketch.

Here are the rules:
1. Create your NEW project using the sketch and technique from our Sample
2. Be sure to provide a link back to THIS site from your post on your blog.
3. Add your link at the bottom of this post with the URL directly to your post, and not just to your home page on your blog.
4. Please feel free to add our Creative-Sketches button to your blog sidebar.
5. Come back next week to see who we’ve selected as the best using the sketch and technique.Our featured stamper this week is Heather Pilz. Here is her project. Heather always has some beautiful cards to inspire us. Be sure to check out her blog for details on her project, and check out the other team members projects by clicking on their names.

Heather Pilz

Sharon Field

Eileen Lefevre

Sharon Wheet

Be sure to create your own card, page, or 3D item and post it here with the links! Thanks for visiting our challenge blog!

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Creative-Sketches CS52C COLOR!!

Posted on October 13, 2011 by CreativeStamper

Welcome to Creative-Sketches blog. Each week we post a sketch and or something added to it… for you to try your hand at creating a project or card using the week’s sketch.

This week our challenge is with COLOR!! Lots of FALL colors . Be sure to post a link to your project at the bottom on the Linky. You can use any products, this is not limited to Stampin’ UP! only, though we do love to see the new products. It’s also not limited to “genre”.. I would love to see other stampers  submit some entries using supplies you have on hand. So it doesn’t have to be what we call “traditional” stamping.  Just make sure you use the COLORS  provided.

We are starting something a bit different for sharing our projects.  We will have a featured STAMPER each week with their project. The rest of the projects for the design team will be found by clicking on their name below the featured stamper links.

Here are the rules:
1. Create your NEW project using the sketch, colors, or technique from our Sample
2. Be sure to provide a link back to THIS site from your post on your blog.
3. Add your link at the bottom of this post with the URL directly to your post, and not just to your home page on your blog.
4. Please feel free to add our Creative-Sketches button to your blog sidebar.
5. Come back next week to see who we’ve selected as the best using the sketch.color or technique.

Here is our COLOR challenge for this week This week’s featured stamper is Connie Smith - here is her sample project for your inspiration……Visit the rest of the team members blogs, listed here.. to see what beautiful creations they have made to inspire you. Then create your own and post it on the linky at the end of the post!

Sharon Field

Eileen Lefevre

Heather Pilz

Jackie Watson

Sharon Wheet

Here is the linky for you to submit your project!

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CS51S Sketch challenge

Posted on October 6, 2011 by CreativeStamper

Welcome to Creative-Sketches blog. Each week we post a sketch and or something added to it… for you to try your hand at creating a project or card using the week’s sketch.

This week our challenge is a SKETCH only. Be sure to post a link to your project at the bottom on the Linky. You can use any products, this is not limited to Stampin’ UP! only, though we do love to see the new products. It’s also not limited to “genre”.. I would love to see other stampers  submit some entries using supplies you have on hand. So it doesn’t have to be what we call “traditional” stamping.  Just make sure you use the SKETCH/layout provided.

We are starting something a bit different for sharing our projects.  We will have a featured STAMPER each week with their project. The rest of the projects for the design team will be found by clicking on their name below the featured stamper links.

Here are the rules:
1. Create your NEW project using the sketch and technique from our Sample
2. Be sure to provide a link back to THIS site from your post on your blog.
3. Add your link at the bottom of this post with the URL directly to your post, and not just to your home page on your blog.
4. Please feel free to add our Creative-Sketches button to your blog sidebar.
5. Come back next week to see who we’ve selected as the best using the sketch and technique.

Here is this week’s sketch layout, which was designed by Dr Annette Warkentin of our Oriental Stamp Art Group, and used with her permission. She has graciously sent me more sketches, some of which will be used in the future.

Featured stamper this week is Eileen Lefevre. Here is her sample project for your inspiration. The rest of the samples for each team member can be seen by clicking on their links below.

Sharon Field

Jackie Watson

Sharon Wheet

Connie Smith

Be sure to enter your project for our challenge on the links below. Thanks for stopping by our Challenge Blog.

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Sketch Challenge – CS50A – Special Theme/Sketch

Posted on September 29, 2011 by CreativeStamper

Welcome to Creative-Sketches blog. Each week we post a sketch and or something added to it… for you to try your hand at creating a project or card using the week’s sketch.

This week the challenge for Creative-Sketches is  to use our sketch with one of our TWO sketches this week. One is a TRI-FOLD card, the other is a mini-page or 1/2 sheet scrapbook page.   Be sure to post a link to your project at the bottom on the Linky. You can use any products, this is not limited to Stampin’ UP! only, though we do love to see the new products. It’s also not limited to “genre”.. I would love to see other stampers  submit some entries using supplies you have on hand. So it doesn’t have to be what we call “traditional” stamping.  Just make sure you use the SKETCH/layout provided in one of the two formats.

We are starting something a bit different for sharing our projects.  We will have a featured STAMPER each week with their project. The rest of the projects for the design team will be found by clicking on their name below the featured stamper links.

Here are the rules:
1. Create your NEW project using the sketch and technique from our Sample
2. Be sure to provide a link back to THIS site from your post on your blog.
3. Add your link at the bottom of this post with the URL directly to your post, and not just to your home page on your blog.
4. Please feel free to add our Creative-Sketches button to your blog sidebar.
5. Come back next week to see who we’ve selected as the best using the sketch and technique.

Here are the sketches:

TRI-FOLD Picture card

5x7 1/2 size scrap page

Our Featured stamper this week is Jackie Watson with this beautiful page!!

Other team members to check out include:

Connie Smith

Sharon Field

Sharon Wheet

Eileen LeFevre

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Sketch Challenge CS49H HOLIDAYS

Posted on September 22, 2011 by CreativeStamper

Welcome to Creative-Sketches blog. Each week we post a sketch and or something added to it… for you to try your hand at creating a project or card using the week’s sketch.

This week the challenge for Creative-Sketches is  to use our sketch with a holiday theme featuring Fall or Thanksgiving.  Be sure to post a link to your project at the bottom on the Linky. You can use any products, this is not limited to Stampin’ UP! only, though we do love to see the new products. It’s also not limited to “genre”.. I have some friends on the Oriental Stamp Art group who create really gorgeous cards and I would love to see them submit some entries. So it doesn’t have to be what we call “traditional” stamping.  Just make sure you use the SKETCH/layout provided and be sure to include something relative to Fall or Thanksgiving in your project.

DESIGN TEAM CALL

If you like challenges and would like to be a member of this design team, please contact the team leader at “creativesketching@gmail.com” for more information. Send a copy of your work and the name of your blog or website where you post your work.  We are looking for those who WANT a challenge and can post ONE project a week with our Challenge blog.

We are starting something a bit different for sharing our projects beginning this week. We will have a featured STAMPER each week with their project. The rest of the projects for the design team will be found by clicking on their name below the featured stamper links.

Here are the rules:
1. Create your NEW project using the sketch and technique from our Sample
2. Be sure to provide a link back to THIS site from your post on your blog.
3. Add your link at the bottom of this post with the URL directly to your post, and not just to your home page on your blog.
4. Please feel free to add our Creative-Sketches button to your blog sidebar.
5. Come back next week to see who we’ve selected as the best using the sketch and technique.

Here is the SKETCH for this week: The Featured Design TEAM member for this week is Sharon Fields

Here is her card – Be sure to go visit all the other team members blogs to see what they have created.

Sharon Field

The rest of the Design Team to visit:

Connie Smith

Eileen Lefevre

Cynthia Richards

Jackie Watson

Sharon Wheet

Below is Mr Linky where you can enter your own project and show us what you can do with this challenge. You have one week to create and enter your project. If you don’t have a blog, you can create a link to a FLICKR file where you can upload your pictures.

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