Kazan's Sketch 60

Kazan used the Wally and sentiment on her Card

We are so excited about welcoming Sherry on board as our Guest Designer in the very near future!  Sherry won Card of the Week with Laura's sketch last week and you all will have an opportunity to see Sherry's take on a sketch using a sponsor's product soon so stay turned.  This week we bring you the first Bonus Sketch from our new team members. As designers on 2 Sketches 4 you, the ladies will design their own sketch and create a card based on that sketch.  They will use the Sponsor of the Week's product for their own creations so you will have an opportunity to see cool cardmaking products used on two different sketches!  The Bonus Sketch is for your enjoyment and creative inspiration. You are not required to make a card based on the Bonus Sketch to be eligible to win COTW, however we would love to see your card so please upload them in the gallery :)

This week the design team all got to play with the super adorable rubber stamps from Paper Makeup Stamps:

Angie

Angie used the darling sentiment God made Rainy Days on her card. 

Be sure to see visit Angie's blog to see another card using the Moody for Showers stamps

Kelly Marie

Kelly Marie used the sentiment I sustain myself on her card

Regina

On this clever card Regina used the To the World sentiment stamp

Rosemarie

Rosemarie used the Caliope with a flower stamp and the If I had a Flower sentiment stamp

Stacey

Stacey used the darling little Cottage stamp on her card

Bonus Sketch & Card

Courtney

For her interpretation of the Bonus Sketch Courtney used the Teddy Fairy stamp

Courtney Baker designed this week's Bonus Sketch and Card.  I love how strikingly simple this sketch is with the large solid panel across the middle.  I will give this one a try for sure :) Courtney is a very talented card maker and carries her own line of stamps under the label Practicing Creativity Designs.  Her blog, Practicing Creativity, is filled with a ton of creative ideas and video tutorials - I am sure you will enjoy her work and bubbling personality as much as we do! Thanks Ms. Court :)

Sponsor of the Week

Paper Makeup Stamps are unmounted deeply etched red rubber that you can order the way you like it!  If you're a fan of naked red rubber, then order it bare!  If you like them already mounted and trimmed for you on a static cling cushion, order them on EZ Mount™.  And they only use name brand EZ Mount, the best in the industry!  Theyhave numerous illustrators so there are various styles of stamps as well as lots of quotes and sentiments of various sizes!

Check our their Clearance & Sales Section as well as the loaded Cardmaking Kits.  Paper Make-up Stamps also offer inspiration for readers in the form of a gallery on Splitcoast Stampers and they have a forum for you to get chatty on. 

Card of the Week Prize

Paper Makeup Stamps is sponsoring this awesome prize to our winner of Card of the Week.   This card kit is valued at $20 however the wonderful folks at Paper Makeup Stamps have thrown in a whole bunch of extra stamps which makes this an ultra cool prize to win!

Here are the deets on how to enter:

Contest Entry Details:

• Please provide a link to your card by posting it on this thread using Mr. Linky
• Deadline for all entries: Saturday September 4th 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, September 5th here at 2 Sketches 4 You.
• International Card makers are welcome to enter
• You are only required to make a card based off of Kazan's Sketch 60 to qualify for the prize

Have fun creating! 

Hugs Kazan & your gorgeous Design Team

Card of the Week & Fab 5!

I hope you all are enjoying your weekend! I am I had a fabulous birthday, thank you to all for the wonderful wishes. We had a great turn out this week for a chance at a guest design spot here at 2S4Y! We have some awesome talent out their in card making land, thank you to everyone who participated. lets not keep up the suspense... this weeks winner of COTW and winner of the guest design spot is...

Card of the Week

Sherry Wright

Congratulations Sherry, your card is a complete knock out! I am in love with the denim, what a cool look. It's a classic card, with bright bold colors. Your work Sherry is always exceptional and this is a well deserved guest design spot. Woohoo we are excited to have you! :)

email me Sherry and I will give you all the information and some goodies ;)

Fab 5

Teresa

Tesa

Julie

Jinny

Jessica

Next week should be fun with a new sponsor and sketch with Kazan! Thanks again for all the birthday wishes. :)

Hugs,

Laura and your Smashing Design Team!

Card of the Week & Fab 5!

My family survived the first week back to school. Getting back into the routine of thing is always refreshing but at the same time it can be exhausting. I am looking forward to the cool down of Fall, season changes are also welcoming.

Our Smashing Design Team were given a "free"week this week. They were free to use any product their little heart desired. Where's the sponsor, where's the prize??? Well... the winner of Card of the Week this week will win a Guest Design spot here at 2S4Y! How fun is that? We welcome you to play along, submit as many cards as you would like, just follow my sketch! We wish you all good luck! Now take a peek at these beauties or DT created.

Angie Tieman

Courtney Baker

Kelly Marie Alvarez

Regina Mangum

Stacey Schafer

Rosemarie Diehl

Here are the details on how to enter:

Please provide a link to your card by posting it on this thread using Mr. Linky


• Deadline for all entries: Saturday August 28th 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, August 29th here at 2 Sketches 4 You.
• International Card makers are welcome to enter

Let the creativity begin and Good Luck to all!

Hugs,

Laura & your Smashing Design Team

Card of the Week & Fab 5!

Sunday's we reveal Card of the Week here at 2S4Y which means we have had a week of fun and inspiration in the gallery.  It is so hard picking just one card and the Fab 5!  This week is no exception as we try to narrow down 6 cards from a possible 14 that stood out with just that extra little something.  Putting my finger on what that little extra something is, is not easy.  The cards we select make us go wow! the minute we open your blog page - it may be clean and simple, detailed and shabby or simply so well made that the craftsmanship makes it worthy to be a winner.  Winning, however is only part of the journey.  We greatly appreciate you sharing your talents with us each week and simply just hanging out with us.  This has become a community of friends and that makes us a really fun group of winners - all of us!

Thanks so much to AiFactory for your sponsorship this week.  Your store has a wonderful menagerie of digital images which we will be visiting really soon again.  The lucky winner of the AiFactory gift certificate is:

Card of the Week
Amy

I love cards that make you want to take second, third even forth look.  Cards that look simple at first glance and then you see the details.  Amy's card has all of that and then some.  The large white background forms the perfect backdrop for the pops of color.  Then there are the gorgeous layers, upon layers but just few - not too may - just enough to make you want to come back and look again and again.  
Now Ms. Amy has a divine blog with a ton more cards just like this one so take a peeky looky here

Papertrails by a Paper Lover

Congrats Amy - email me your deets so I can hook you up with that fabby prize!

Fab 5! 

Sasya

Noelle

Lisa

Cathy

Kim

There you have it - our lucky winner and our Fab 5! spotlight.  Have a great Sunday - tomorrow Laura is back with a fun surprise for all you - You won't want to miss her awesome sketch and post. See you then

Hugs

Kazan & your Fab Fun DT

Kazan's Sketch 59

Doodle Pantry Tweet House

I cannot believe we are in the middle of August already!!!  I had so much planned for myself and my family over the Summer and now it's back to school, fall clothes shopping and believe it or not I saw Christmas decorations in a store!!! Eeeeaaak.  We are heading full steam into Card Making Season.  From now onwards it seems we need a card for something new each week including back to school cards, thank you, birthday, baby, and then not to even mention Halloween, Thanks Giving and Christmas Cards!!! Thank goodness we can gather here every week and catch up on our cardmaking lists.   I needed a card for a friend who is fixing up her home and thought this image would make the perfect tag for her housewarming gift.  That is the beauty of sketches because whether you need a card for Christmas or Baby you can always count on a sketch to provide the basis to build your creation.

This week our Design Team worked with the darling images from AiFactory and this sketch to bring you the following inspiration

Angie Tieman

 Doodle Pantry Happy Bird and Sentiment 

Courtney Baker

Doodle Pantry Hang in There

Kelly Marie Alvarez

Doodle Pantry Hang in There

Regina Mangum

Doodle Pantry Happy Bird and Sentiment

Rosemarie Diehl

Alicia & Ivan Stamps Pirate

Stacey Schafer

Doodle Pantry Tweet House

Sponsor of the Week

AiFactory is a digital site where craft artists can find an assortment of illustrations, digital stamps, photoshop brushes and more to use in their craft project. Complete with its own Community where you can join, start and share in groups and choose from a wide selection of images from a variety of artists, AiFactory has something for everyone, including freebies!

Check them out today!

If you love working with digital images than check out AiFactory’s DT call which has been extended until August 21^st!  Even if you’ve never been on a DT before or already belong to one, everyone is welcome to apply! 

AiFactory Design Team Call Application Form

Card of the Week Winner

This week AiFactory is proving the lucky winner of Card of the Week with a $10 Gift certifcate to their awesome store!

Here are the details on how to enter:

Please provide a link to your card by posting it on this thread using Mr. Linky

• Deadline for all entries: Saturday August 21st 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, August 22nd here at 2 Sketches 4 You.

• International Card makers are welcome to enter


By now I am sure you have the family off to work and school and are ready for some "me" time.  Thanks for spending part of your day right here with us at 2S4Y,   We can't wait to see your creations


Hugs
Kazan & Your Card-loving Design Team

Card of the Week & Fab 5!

Super duper week here at 2S4Y, new team additions, and tons of talent floating around. The galley was magnificent. Thank you so much to our awesome sponsor The Character Cafe. The winner of Card of the Week will win a $15.00 gift certificate to their super store. Without further ado the winner of COTW this week is....

Card of the Week

Michele

What a classy card! The colors are just gorgeous, followed by a stunning ribbon. Oh and that chair stamp, soooo pretty! What a lovely piece of work Michele. The receiver of this card is very lucky and will treasure it. You can see more of Michele's uber talent on her blog:

Studio MSG

Fab 5!

Arielle

Amber

Julie

Terrie

Amy

Tomorrow brings an exciting new week! Have a fabulous Sunday :)

Hugs,

Laura & your HOT Design Team!

Laura's Sketch 58

Laura used Spott digital stamp

I love this time of year as we wind down spontaneity summer and welcome the format of fall. The daily routine of busy school days followed by evenings of sports, homework, and a warm home cooked meal, to me is pure bliss. I am also excited to start off this fall with some exciting sponsors like The Character Cafe. Our Smoking Hot Design Team worked their magic with their digital stamps, have a peek.

Angie

Angie used the Fairy Belle digital stamp

Courtney

Courtney used Christmas Scamp digital stamp

Kelly Marie

Kelly Marie used Christmas Scamp digital stamp

Regina

Regina used the Fairy Belle digital stamp

Rosemarie

Rosemarie used the Fairy Belle digital stamp

Stacey

Stacey used the Spott digital stamp

Sponsor of the Week

The Character Cafe

The Character Cafe specializes in digital stamps offering a variety of designs with card making in mind, but images could be used for much more given the versatility of digital stamps. The Cafe is an angel company geared towards crafters of all kinds, allowing use for small business as well as personal. The owners, Kendra and Kelly hope to provide a wide variety of unique characters suitable for many uses. Being crafters/consumers themselves, they strive to have customer service and quality second to none and look forward to serving you for years to come. From The Café, happy crafting!

The Character Cafe is hosting a Blog Hop/new release! Come and hop along for your chance to win!!!

Card of the Week Winner

The Character Cafe will be giving away a $15.00 gift certificate to the winner of COTW!

Here are the deets on how to enter:

• Please provide a link to your card by posting it on this thread using Mr. Linky

• Deadline for all entries: Saturday August 14th 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, August 15th here at 2 Sketches 4 You.

• International Card makers are welcome to enter

Let your mojo flow!!

Laura & your Smoking HOT Design Team!