Monday, June 29, 2009

Laura's Sketch 29 & Top 5 Finalist Gallery



*Grand Prize*
Over $500 in products from the following sponsors...
( for a detailed description of all the prizes, please see HERE)


This Week the Top 5 Finalists will be given products from


Congratulations Cardmakers - you have made it to the FINAL round of the Ultimate Card Showdown. One of you talented Cardmakers will be our Grand Prize Winner!
Here is your assignment for Week 5:

1. Make us the most fabulous, original and drop-dead gorgeous card based on the sketch above.
2. Post your card on your blog or public gallery and then email your card to Laura Davis who will link you up in the special Top 5 Gallery.
3. Your deadline is Midnight Saturday July 4th (U.S. Mountain Time).
4. The Winner will be announced here on July 5th
5. Please read the following Rules and Regulations before posting your card

Top 5 Finalist Gallery

1. Jenn
2. Jo

Laura's Sketch 29



This is the final week of this exciting Ultimate Card Showdown! What a blast it has been and the competition very stiff, you all are uber talented cardmakers! Thank you to all who participated. This will have to be a tradition that we will have to carry out every year! We are down to just 5 and the WINNER will be announced in just one week! Knock our socks off ladies we cannot wait to see your final entries. :D

This final week we are honored to have Scor-it as our sponsor! Our outstanding design team made the most stunning creations from this weeks sketch using their mini Scor-it.


Anja



Angela



Clouds



Kim



Lori



Latisha


Weekly Sponsor




Scor-it is the ultimate design tool for hand scoring and dry embossing any paper craft project. It creates true professional quality hinge scores, which is the standard in the printing industry, and beautiful embossed lines for embellishing and accents.

You can score with or against, the paper grain and Scor-it will handle up to 24pt chipboard. Score and emboss any paper stock, thin metal, transparencies, synthetic and hand-made papers, vellum, metallic coated paper and much more.

Please visit www.scorit.com to see their product line, watch videos, view and download step-by-step projects and check out cool stuff and blogsites.



The winner of COTW will win a Mini Scor-it!


How to Enter:
• Please provide a link to your card by posting it on this thread
• Deadline for all entries: Saturday July 4th at Midnight (US Mountain time)
• Your card should be based off the sketch provided and can be of any theme.
• The winning card will be announced as the Card of the Week on Sunday, June 5th at 2 Sketches 4 You.
• International Cardmakers are welcome to enter.


Let the creativity begin!

Hugs,
Laura & Our Outstanding Design Team!

Sunday, June 28, 2009

Ultimate Card Showdown Top 5, Card of the Week & The Fab 5!


*Grand Prize*
Over $500 in products from the following sponsors...
( for a detailed description of all the prizes, please see HERE)


During the past 4 weeks we have seen some of the most beautiful cards the world has to offer during the Ultimate Card Showdown. Each week we narrowed down the Finalist list and today we are very excited to bring you the Top 5 who will advance to the final round.  One of these talented ladies will be the Ultimate Card Showdown Winner.

Thank you so much to all the Top 10 for your magnificent inspirational cards. Your talent is beyond words and we admire each and every one of you. By far the most difficult choice thus far (thank goodness for our panel of judges)...We are pleased to announce to you the Top 5 Finalists advancing to the final round of the Ultimate Card Showdown.

Top 5 Finalists
(Alphabetical Order)

Each of the Top 5 Finalists will receive goodies from

2. Jenn
3. Jo

Top 5 Finalist Sketch



Congratulations card makers you have made it to the Final round of the Ultimate Card Showdown. Next Week we will announce one of you talented Cardmakers as Grand Prize Winner!
Here is Final assignment for Week 5:

1. Make us the most fabulous, original and drop-dead gorgeous card based on the sketch above.
2. Post your card on your blog or public gallery and then email your card to Kazan Clark who will link you up in the special Top 10 Gallery.
3. Your deadline is Midnight Saturday July 4th (U.S. Mountain Time).
4. The Top 10 Finalists will be announced here on July 5th
5. Please read the following Rules and Regulations before posting your card



We would like to thank Starving Artistamps for their amazing Sponsorship of the Ultimate Card Showdown and of course for the weekly Card of the Week sponsorship. We are huge fans of these adorable stamps as we are sure you are too. Don't forget you still have until June 29th to take advantage of their 25% off discount. Find the details Here!

This week one talented Card Maker will win this fabulous set of stamps from Starving Artistamps


Card of the Week
Tara D.



We love that flower! You did a fantastic job with the sketch and how you made your own flower embellishment using your Cricut is simply stunning. Your blog, {It's All Good} is all good too and so worth a visit. Thanks for playing and congrats Tara. Please email me your address and I will get your Starving Artistamps goodies off to you.

Fab 5!


What Caught our Eye...


Dora made THE most cutest mini-album for her Mom, which can be seen on her blog: Dora's Days. We love how stunning this project is yet how quickly it came together for her and of course we love her interpretation of this weeks sketch!

I hope you all have a wonderful Sunday - mine is particulary beautiful as I sit on the banks of the Arkansas River near the picturesque little town of Salida (surrounded by my whole family). Tomorrow Laura brings you the cutest Sketch eva! and of course you are going to LOVE our sponsor, the DT inspiration AND the FINAL week of the Ultimate Card Showdown - heehaaa!

Hugs
Kazan & your Brilliant Design Team


Monday, June 22, 2009

Kazan's Sketch 29 & The Ultimate Showdown Top 10 Gallery



*Grand Prize*
Over $500 in products from the following sponsors...
( for a detailed description of all the prizes, please see HERE)


This Week the Top 5 Finalists will be given products from

Top 10 Finalist Sketch

Congratulations Cardmakers - you have made it to the next round of the Ultimate Card Showdown. One of you talented Cardmakers will be our Grand Prize Winner!
Here is your assignment for Week 4:

1. Make us the most fabulous, original and drop-dead gorgeous card based on the sketch above.
2. Post your card on your blog or public gallery and then email your card to Kazan Clark who will link you up in the special Top 10 Gallery.
3. Your deadline is Midnight Saturday June 27th (U.S. Mountain Time).
4. The Top 5 Finalists will be announced here on June 28th
5. Please read the following Rules and Regulations before posting your card

Top 10 Finalist Gallery

3. Jenn
5. Bety
10. Jo


Kazan's Sketch 29



Baby carriage from Oh Baby! (Starving Artistamps)
Sentiments Baby! (Starving Artistamps)
Scor-it Mini (Scor-it)

2 Sketches 4 You is the place to get all our inspiration - can you all believe the Ultimate Card Showdown Gallery last week? I mean it was simply amazing - with jaw dropping cards made by all the finalists. Ten have moved on and it is going to be a nail biting week as we wait for them to submit their cards! In the mean time we hope you all play along as we so enjoy your cards each week and of course we have sum yummy goodies lined up for you to enjoy too.

Our Design Team all worked with some super yummy stamps from Starving Artistamps and have given us some lovely cards based on this weeks sketch for your viewing pleasure...

Anja

Fish from All Things Fishy (Starving Artistamps)
Scor-it Mini (Scor-it)
Teresa Collins Paper (Teresa Collins)


Angela

Fish from All Thing Fishy (Starving Artistamps)
Teresa Collins Paper (Teresa Collins)

Clouds

Flower from Leaves and Flowers 3 (Starving Artistamps)
Scor-it Mini (Scor-it)
Teresa Collins Paper (Teresa Collins)

Kim

Pear from Fruit, Scenery, feathers, lanterns (Starving Artistamps)
Scor-it Mini (Scor-it)
Teresa Collins Paper (Teresa Collins)

Lori

Countryside Backdrop from DoodleFactory Set the Scene (Starving Artistamps)
Scor-it Mini (Scor-it)
Teresa Collins Paper (Teresa Collins)

Latisha

Flower from Leaves and Flowers 5 (Starving Artistamps)
Scor-it Mini (Scor-it)
Teresa Collins Paper (Teresa Collins)

Weekly Sponsor


2sketcWe are excited to be sponsoring the 2 sketches 4 you website this week and would like to offer all 2 sketch readers a


25% discount

on all new orders of Starving Artistamps, Starving Artistamps DoodleFactory brand and Sun Spirit studio brand rubber stamps.

To take advantage of our offer add your Starving Artistamps, Starving Artistamps DoodleFactory brand and/or Sun Spirit studio

To take advantage of our offer add your Starving Artistamps, Starving Artistamps DoodleFactory brand and/or Sun Spirit studio brand rubber stamps to your shopping cart and then enter this discount code:


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in the discount code box in your shopping cart. Click recalculate. You should see the discount applied immediately to eligible items. If the discount does not apply please contact us before you finalize your order:

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the fine print:

This offer is good for all new web orders placed during the Rubber Stamp Chat convention (June 22nd thru June 29th 2009 midnight EST. This offer is not valid for previously placed orders. Discounts can not be combined. If the discount code does not work contact us prior to finalizing your order.


Card of the Week
The winner of the Card of the week will win the entire collection of Starving Artistamps Doodlefactory collection Oh Baby! You're Super! unmounted rubber stamps.

How to Enter:
• Please provide a link to your card by posting it on this thread
• Deadline for all entries: Saturday June 27th at Midnight (US Mountain time)
• Your card should be based off the sketch provided and can be of any theme.
• The winning card will be announced as the Card of the Week on Sunday, June 28th at 2 Sketches 4 You.
• International Cardmakers are welcome to enter.


Let the creativity begin...
Hugs
Kazan & your Sizzling Design Team

Sunday, June 21, 2009

Ultimate Card Showdown Top 10, Card of the Week & The Fab 5!




*Grand Prize*
Over $500 in products from the following sponsors...
( for a detailed description of all the prizes, please see HERE)


We have been checking our in boxes like mad woman this week just for the pure excitement of the top 20 cards coming in and we were not disappointed one bit! The true talent in this bunch is awesome! Thank you ladies this competition has been so much fun!

The list has been narrowed down to just 10 and it was not an easy task but once again with help from the judges we got it done! Thank you judges!!


Top 10 Finalists:
(Alphabetical Order)

Each of the Top 10 Finalists will receive goodies from the following amazing sponsors:



Top 10 Finalist Sketch


Congratulations card makers you have made it to the next round of the Ultimate Card Showdown. One of you talented Cardmakers will be our Grand Prize Winner!
Here is your assignment for Week 4:

1. Make us the most fabulous, original and drop-dead gorgeous card based on the sketch above.
2. Post your card on your blog or public gallery and then email your card to Kazan Clark who will link you up in the special Top 10 Gallery.
3. Your deadline is Midnight Saturday June 27th (U.S. Mountain Time).
4. The Top 10 Finalists will be announced here on June 28th
5. Please read the following Rules and Regulations before posting your card


We would like to thank Clearsnap for their sponsorship in the Ultimate Card Showdown. Their stamps are unique, quality, and fun and easy to use! Any stampers dream :)




Card of the Week
was sponsored by Clearsnap

Congratulations to


Jackie G


As we spend today to spoil and honor the "Dads" in our lives! I thought this stunning card created by the fabulously talented Jackie G was just perfect for the occasion! Masculine cards might just be the hardest cards to pull off and this one shines. This card is Rustic and rugged but still kept very sweet, the perfect Father's Day card! Thank you Jackie for sharing your talent with us! Please email me your details so I can get your Clearsnap goodies off to you.


Fab 5






Each Week Sakura of America will give one of our cardmakers participating during the Challenge month some fabulous Sakura products. This week the Sakura of America Random Draw recipient is:





Congrats Dora :) Please email us with the subject line: Sakura Random Winner Week 2 and your address so we can get your goodies off to you.


Tomorrow brings a brand new sketch, an awesome sponsor and tons of inspiration from our Design Team! You will have the opportunity to win Card of the Week, or the Sakura of America Random Draw Prize, or don't forget an honorable mention as one of the Fab 5!

See you all tomorrow!

Hugs from Laura, Kazan & your Divine DT!

Monday, June 15, 2009

Laura's Sketch 28 & Top 20 Finalist Gallery


*Grand Prize*
Over $500 in products from the following sponsors...
( for a detailed description of all the prizes, please see HERE)


This Week the Top 10 Finalists will be given products from

Top 20 Finalist Sketch


Top 20 Finalist
Gallery
4. Bety
6. Jenn
7. Milli
8. Amy
10. Monika
12. Tammy
13. Cheryl
14. Eva
15. Sandra
19. Randee
20. Jo


Laura's Sketch 28


Laura used the "Modern French" Jumbo Rollagraph Stamp Wheel


Things are heating up here in 2 Sketches 4 You Land. The Ultimate Card Showdown is entering it's 3rd week and the competition is fierce amongst the finalists. They have given us some of the most beautiful cards ever and we are very eager to see what they bring to this round. As we receive links to their cards via email we will link them in the Top 20 Gallery. We know you are just as excited as we are to see this weeks entries!

We are also super excited to see your cards this week because we have a fantastic new sponsor, Clearsnap, lined up that will knock your socks off with their amazing varity of product. Clearsnap provided our Design Team with some awesome stamps, rollers and inks to work their magic this week...


Angela
Angela used the "Mixed Dots" Jumbo Rollagraph Stamp Wheel


Anja
Anja used the "Best Advise" Rollagraph Stamp Wheel



Clouds
Clouds used the "Dogwood" Jumbo Rollagraph Stamp Wheel


Kim
Kim used the "Ornate Border" Jumbo Rollagraph Stamp Wheel



Latisha
Latisha used the "Winter Warmers" Jumbo Rollagraph StampWheel



Lori
Lori used the "Holly" Jumbo Rollagrapf Stamp Wheel



Sponsor of the Week

We are pleased to announce that Clearsnap is not only sponsoring amazing products for the Ultimate Card Showdown but they are sponsoring this weeks prize for Card of the Week!


Finding new ways to help their customers add color to craft projects is their passion. For over 20 years, Clearsnap has led the industry with trendsetting and inspiring products proudly made in the USA. While they are best known for their ColorBox line of inkpads, they make many other fine products as well. Please visit www.clearsnap.com or call 800.448.4862 for more information.


One lucky card maker will win all of these yummy stamps from Clearsnap!


How to Enter:

• Please provide a link to your card by posting it on Mr. Linky at the end of this post
• Deadline for all entries: Saturday June 20th at Midnight (US Mountain time)
• Your card should be based off the sketch provided and can be of any theme.
• The winning card will be announced as the Card of the Week on Sunday, June 21st at 2 Sketches 4 You.
• International Cardmakers are welcome to enter.



Let the creativity flow! We can not wait to see your beautiful creations :)

Hugs,
Laura & Your Divine Design Team




Gallery
Your Cards for Laura's Sketch 28