Laura's Sketch 42

Laura used the Crayon Box from Creative Cuts & More

The new year is right around the corner. I am eagerly awaiting a new fresh begining, a year full of new goals, lots of creating and tons of fun here at 2S4Y! This weeks sponsor is Creative Cuts & More. Our Sparkling design team designed some beauties this week using Creative Cuts & More. We decided to have a New Years theme using the colors RED, BLACK & SILVER! It turned out stunning ladies, thank you. Here's to 2010!

Ashley

Ashley used the acetate Puff Box from Creative Cuts & More

Cheryl

Cheryl used the acetate Puff Box from Creative Cuts & More

Kathy

Kathy used the Crayon Box from Creative Cuts & More

Sankari

Sankari used the Purse Bag from Creative Cuts & More

Sarah

Sarah used the acetate Puff Box from Creative Cuts & More

Shanna

Shanna used the Purse Bag from Creative Cuts & More

•This Weeks Sponsor•

Creative Cuts & More

Creative Cuts and More is a leader in the die-cutting industry. We have a

huge variety of bags, boxes, cards and shapes, and we offer those cuts in

chipboard, acetate, felt, foam, shrink plastic, velvet paper and i

name-brand cardstock including Bazzill Smoothies, Bazzill Basics, Bazzill

Bling, Stardream, Curious, and DoubleMates.

Check out our brand new blog DieCut Diva for great new samples and

tutorials and check out our web site Creative Cuts and More for

hundreds of ideas in our Art Gallery.

This week Creative Cuts & More is giving away either the girl or boy card kit, your choice to the winner of Card of the Week.

Boy Card Kit

Girl Card Kit

Here's how to enter:
• Please provide a link to your card by posting it on this thread using Mr. Linky

• Deadline for all entries: Saturday January 2nd at Midnight (US Mountain time)

• Your card should be based off the sketch provided and can be of any theme. You may enter as many times as you like.

• The winning card will be announced as the Card of the Week on Sunday, January 3rd here at 2 Sketches 4 You.

• International Cardmakers are welcome to enter

Happy Creating,

I cant wait for all the lovely creations to come in!

Hugs,

Laura & your Sparkly Design Team

RAK Winners Announced

We trust that you all had a wonderful Christmas. It seemed that with all the hustle and bustle of the season, Christmas came and went all to quickly. It was a magical day with our girls eagerly waiting for Santa's arrival and then of course squeals of delight as he remembered to bring them what they had wished for. As the new year draws closer I am quite eager to get back on track with many things but first on my list is to get creative!

There were quite a few readers who found the time to make some tags and I wanted to draw your attention to them. Thanks to the following ladies who all participated with this weeks' sketch:

Sylvia, Michelle, Dianna, Romy, Clare, Radha, Piali, Anja, Linda, Giovanna,

Milly, Clouds, Tenia, Stef, Ellen, Maricar, Gini, Dora, Soleil, Yvon

Natusik & Steph

A special word of thanks to Starving Artistamps for sponsoring this weeks prizes which we are giving away in the form of a RAKS. We truly adore the amazing assortment of stamps they have to offer and we can't wait to see what new releases are in store for us in the new year. And of course Sakura of America for providing us with the amazing pens - Congrats to the following two readers who left us a comment in this weeks post.

Random Winner of

a sheet of DoodleFactory Arctic stamps and some Sakura pens

Lisa

"The tags are exquisite -- every one. Unfortunately, my Christmas tags were much more boring than these!! The Starving Artistamps' ANIMAL stamps are adorable -- I have never seen animals with such personality!! I also like their clever sentiments. The "arctic" stamps and especially Eva the Eskimo are my faves.

The Random Winner of

a sheet of DoodleFactory O Holy Night Stamps & Sentiments Christmas Nativity

Audrey

"Awesome and amazing tag designs, ladies! Perfect for this time of year. Love everyone's use of the stamps.

Happy Holidays everyone!"

Will these two lucky winners email me your addresses so that we can get your goodies off to you :)

Tomorrow things here at 2S4Y return to normal with a truly fabulous sketch from Laura, uber inspiration from our DT, a fun sponsor AND of course the opportunity for you to post your work thru Mr. Linky ;) See you in a few.

Hugs

Kazan & your Merry & Bright DT

Kazan's Sketch 42

Kazan created her tag using the Angel Stamp (O Holy Night) from Starving Artistamps

Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays

from all of us here at 2 Sketches 4 You

If you are like me you will be creating goodies right until Santa's reindeer touch down on the roof Christmas Eve so we hope these Holiday Tags serve as inspiration to you for any last minute gift wrapping you may be doing this week. Tags are always a fun, quick and easy way to dress up any package and they seem to be all the rage this year. Our team worked with fabulous products from Starving Artistamps and Sakura of America to bring you these tagilicious goodies:

Ashley

Ashley created her tag using the Angel Stamp (O Holy Night) and the Rejoice sentiment stamp from Starving Artistamps

Cheryl

Cheryl created her tag using the Baby in a Manger (O Holy Night) Stamp from Starving Artistamps

Kathy

Kathy created her tag using the Bethlehem (O Holy Night) Stamp from Starving Artistamps

Sankari

Sankari created her tag using the Three Wise Men (The Nativity) stamp from Starving Artistamps

Sarah

Sarah created her tag using the Mary Stamp (O Holy Night) and sentiments from Sentiments Christmas Nativity

Shanna

Shanna used Gelly Roll pens from Sakura of America on her Tag

Sponsor of the Week

Starving Artistamps & Sakura of America

We know that this week is a busy week for everyone so in the spirit of the Holidays we will be giving away two RAK's to TWO lucky partipants and you don't even have to put aside your Holiday baking to make a card this week :) All you have to do is leave us a comment telling us which Starving Artistamps range is your all time fav! We will randomly select two names to win and announce them on Sunday.

One lucky RAK winner will receive a sheet of DoodleFactory O Holy Night Stamps & Sentiments Christmas Nativity

One lucky RAK winner will receive a sheet of DoodleFactory Arctic stamps and some Sakura pens too

Have a fantastic week, a very Merry Christmas and a big kiss-on-the-cheek Happy Holidays to all of you from all of us.

Much Love & Merriment

Kazan, Laura & your Santa's Little Helpers DT

Card of the Week & The Fab5!

We had a lot of fun this week at 2S4Y, all of the entries were just fabulous. I am amazed at all the talent we have out their in this creative community. Thank you for taking the time to come play with us at this crazy busy time of the year. Also a huge thank you to our awesome sponsor Sassy Studio Designs, your digital images are so much fun to work with. The winner of Card of the week will win four digital images of your choice, along with a few goodies from Sakura of America. And the winner is...

SMK

I love the simplicity of this card, it's clean and fresh yet it has an old word Christmas charm about it. I love that big brown wooden button, so cute! Thank you SMK for making such a darling card!

You can see more of SMK's talent on her blog:

SK Studios

Please email me your information SMK and I will get your goodies off to you.

Fab 5

Tiffany

Renee

Kim

Nenne

Heather

Tomorrow Kazan is putting a new twist on things and it should be a lot of fun! Thank you all again. Happy Sunday!

Hugs,

Laura & your Sassy Design Team!

Laura's Sketch 41

Laura used the Snow Bunny Image from the Sassy Holiday Collection

It's crunch time, less than 2 weeks till the big day and I am totally feeling the holiday pressure. I just need to remind myself to take deep breaths, it will all get done, right!?! I am enjoying myself though, I love this time of year. The festivities, parties, lots of baking, the neighborhoods all lit up. This is such magical time, you've got to love it!

This week we decided to spice things up with our amazing sponsor Sassy Studio Designs! Check out what our Sassy DT came up with...

Ashley

Ashley used the Hanging the Wreath image from the Sassy Holiday Collection

Cheryl

Cheryl used the Baby It's Cold Outside image from the Sassy Holiday Collection

Kathy

Kathy used the Hanging The Wreath image from the Sassy Holiday Collection

Sankari

Sankari used the Hanging The Wreath image from the Sassy Holiday Collection

Sarah

Sarah used the Baby It's Cold Outside image from the Sassy Holiday Collection

Bonus Sketch & Card

Shanna

This week Shanna brings us an outstanding bonus sketch! My goodness is this girl talented. Every single one of her creations is just stunning. Shanna's style is fun, bubbly and always bursting with color! I might just have to make a card with this awesome sketch! You can see more Shanna's talent on her blog:

My Next Thirty Years

•Sponsor's of the Week•

Sassy Studio Designs

&

Sakura of America

Sassy Design Studio's is sassy alright. This printable stamp company is run and stamps are designed by the very talented Lindsay Dryer. The digital images are just adorable and all themed around beautiful, sassy women. Perfect for any scrapbookers needs and so much fun to work with. Sassy Design Studio's has new releases on the 1st and 15th of every month! Sassy Studio's also has a fun blog, check it out here. This weeks winner of Card of the Week will win four images of their choice from Sassy Studio Designs!!

Also this week Sakura of America will be giving away a pack of neon pens and a glue pen.

•This weeks prizes•

• 4 free images of your choice from Sassy Studio's

• A pack of Neon pens from Sakura

• A glue pen from Sakura

Here's how to enter:
• Please provide a link to your card by posting it on this thread using Mr. Linky

• Deadline for all entries: Saturday December 19th at Midnight (US Mountain time)

• Your card should be based off the sketch provided and can be of any theme. You may enter as many times as you like. To be eligible for this weeks prize you are only required to make a card off of Kazan's sketch.

• The winning card will be announced as the Card of the Week on Sunday,December 20th here at 2 Sketches 4 You.

• International Cardmakers are welcome to enter

Let the creativity begin! I am so excited to see what you all create. :)

Hugs,

Laura & your Sassy DT

Card of the Week & Fab 5!

We have had a fantastic week touring Utah and the surrounding area's but we are glad to be home. I don't know how we did it but we managed to avoid the major storm that has gripped half the country - if you were not so lucky I hope that you are safe and warm and spending the day getting crafty!

Thank you g.c.d Studio's for sponsoring this weeks Card of the Week. We cannot even begin to stop raving about this gorgeous Collection - and we certainly cannot wait to see what you have in store for all of us really soon. The lucky winner of of their very own g.c.d Studio Christmas Sleigh Collection is:

Card of the Week

Tina

How fabulous is this card! I love the ribbon, the colors and the bling. That turquoise button is just my best! Congrats Tina you did a great job with this week's sketch. If you would like to see more of Tina's work visit her blog: Sow.Sprout.Bloom - she has great cards, video's and everything else fun too. Tina please email me your addy so that I can get you your fab g.c.d Studio's collection.

Fab 5!

Tomi Ann

Luzma

Jennifer

Arielle

Ellen

Tomorrow Laura has a great sketch, awesome sponsor and wait until you see what our DT have done - oh my they are amazing! We also have a brand new blogger that we {heart} and of course a gallery waiting to be filled by all of you. I just love Monday's don't you?

See you in a few

Hugs

K & your Merry DT

Kazan's Sketch 41

Kazan's second card using this Collection can be found on her blog: Nunu Toolies

Ho-Ho-Ho we here in 2S4Y land are all in the Christmas spirit! Everywhere around us lights are twinkling, trees are shimmering & the merriment abounds. I have done a great deal of my Holiday shopping which is wonderful since we are enjoying some family time touring Utah. We have seen both Zion National Park and Bryce Canyon - both spectacular parts of this glorious nation of ours and look forward to exploring the area's around St. George during the next couple of days.

Our Design team was very fortunate to work with the latest and greatest Holiday collection called Christmas Sleigh from g.c.d. Studios. Everything is so scrumptiously divine from the paper to the embellies! The Design team had so much to choose from that each one of us made TWO cards for your viewing pleasure so without further adeu we present g.c.d Studio's Christmas Sleigh:

Ashley

Cheryl

Cheryl's second card using this Collection can be found on her blog: Cheryl June Girl

Kathy

Kathy's second card from this Collection can be found on her blog: Card-Blanc

Sankari

Sankari's second card using this Collection can be seen on her blog: Sankari's Sunshine Corner

Sarah

Sarah's second card using this Collection can be found on her blog: Designs by Sarah Martina

Shanna

Shanna's second card using this Collection can be found on her blog: My Next Thirty Years

Bonus Sketch and Card

This week Ashley brings us a really FABULOUS bonus sketch and card. She used paper and embellies from the gorgeous g.c.d Studio's Christmas Sleigh Collection on this card. If you love Ashley's style you are going to love her blog - which inspires on every level. We love paging through all her entries for uber greatness. Take a peek here: A New Design

Sponsor of the Week

g.c.d Studio's

When you visit the g.c.d Studio's website you are greeted by the words: "We make luxury afforable" which is a good thing since everything on their website is something we want to add to our shopping cart! On their list of goodies that they offer you will find: Designer Paper, Die-cut Chipboard, Glitter letter stickers, designer ribbon, rub-on-art and expoxy stickers - all perfectly coordinated and perfectly affordable.

g.c.d Studio's offers an impressive Scrapbook, Altered Item and Card Design Team who in turn provide beautiful work using the vast collections from g.c.d Studios. We are also enjoying Ideas - an interesting & fun newsletter put out by g.c.d Studios about the latest and greatest in the industry. So now I bet you are all eager to get you hands on some g.c.d too - well here is teh good news: The lucky winner of Card of the Week will win their very own Christmas Sleigh Collection from g.c.d Studios!

Here's how to enter:
• Please provide a link to your card by posting it on this thread using Mr. Linky

• Deadline for all entries: Saturday December 12th at Midnight (US Mountain time)

• Your card should be based off the sketch provided and can be of any theme. You may enter as many times as you like. To be eligible for this weeks prize you are only required to make a card off of Kazan's sketch.

• The winning card will be announced as the Card of the Week on Sunday,December 13th here at 2 Sketches 4 You.

• International Cardmakers are welcome to enter

Sketches by 2S4Y

Laura has been working super hard updating Sketches by 2S4Y and it is now ready for viewing! Be sure to bookmark this space so that you can easily access our sketches any time in one easy place. Thanks L.D - it looks fabulous!

I hope you find the time during this busy season to do some creating - we would love you to come by and say hello and share what you have for us this week :)

Hugs Kazan & your Busy Little Elf DT