Sketch Challenge!

Hello, my happy little stampers!  Today, I’m bringing you a sketch challenge, to help motivate and inspire you:

And here is my bright, colourful take on the sketch:

Stamps used:  Mini Alphas, Wishing You Sunshine, Just Add Notes
Using the Wishing You Sunshine stamps, I stamped various cloud shapes in bright ink colours on white cardstock, embossed them…  |  read more »

Sketch Challenge

Hi everyone! Happy hump day! You have almost made it to the end of the work week.
I have a sketch challenge for you today. I don’t know about you but I love using a sketch as a jumping off point to get my layout started. It may not end up looking like the…  |  read more »

How’s the weather?

Today’s blog challenge is based on a sketch from the very talented Becky Fleck at PageMaps.com.

I loved the vertical alignment of images mounted on background shapes, the subtle print of the backing paper, and how the ribbon tied it all together. Here’s my version of this sketch:

Here in Indiana this spring (like much of the…  |  read more »

Stamps and Sketches Rock!

Howdy everyone!  It’s Wednesday so that means that I have a challenge for you today.
This week I’m challenging you to use this sketch:

Don’t forget… a sketch is just a starting point so the sky’s the limit in how it inspires you!  You can even use it for a layout.  Try stretching it or center it…  |  read more »

Inspiration sometimes starts with a sketch

There are often times when I am stuck with an idea for a card and a sketch is just what I need to jumpstart my creativity.  So this month I am bringing you this sketch that I have made to help to jumpstart your creativity…

and here is my take on the sketch:

For my card I used…  |  read more »

Sketch Challenge

Are you enjoying the beautiful spring? I know I sure am! It’s great to have so many less layers to have to wear!!
For this week’s Wednesday Challenge, I have created a sketch for you to work with!

Here is the LO that I created using it!!

To create the title on this page, I used the myStampBox…  |  read more »

Sketch Challenge

Hey scrappers! Are you keeping warm? Man… it sure is cold here!!
I have created a fun sketch to hopefully spark some creativity and get the mojo flowing!!!
Here it is…

I was So excited to get to play with some of the NEW RELEASE stamps… and i chose to use the PROGRAMMED ROBOTS set! WAY…  |  read more »

Wednesday challenge: card sketch

For this wednesday, i challenge you to make a card using the sketch i created:

This sketch can be used for any occasion. Here are two examples of cards i made: one is for a birthday and the other one is a Christmas card.

I like to make very colorful cards for birthdays, it’s a way to…  |  read more »

Sketch Challenge: Boo!

One of my favorite myStampBOX collections this fall is BOO! I have been getting a lot of use out of these clever little stamps. Today’s layout also features a sketch.

I stamped and embossed several images from BOO! with gold Zing! embossing powder. I punched out each image using a 1 1/4 circle punch to make…  |  read more »

One sketch, 3 ways

Trace Geworsky
When I first started scrapbooking, I was quite intimidated by sketches…I didn’t know what exactly to do with them, and I thought that if you were working with a sketch, that You had to follow the sketch 100%.
Over the years, I have learnt that You can use a sketch for anything….cards, layouts, calendars, canvases,…  |  read more »