Monday, October 20, 2008

Laura's Sketch 11







The holiday season is fast approaching us, and the hustle and bustle that comes along with this joyous time of year can lead to a lot stress!
Eliminating stresses is a definite long time gaol in my life. Their are just not enough hours in the day to live them filled with stress.

Some obvious examples of stress in all of our lives are:

Procrastination: This is common for all of us. And derives from taking on too many commitments. I tend to do well when things are done, and out of the way!

Difficult/Negative People: This is a hard one since they seem to be everywhere!
They are energy soakers, and huge stressors. Just eliminate them from your life.

Being Too Busy: Go here go there, cooking, cleaning, kids, deadlines... the list could go on and on!
Stop, slow down, take a deep breath and enjoy your life, take time for the little things that make you happy!

Stress is a response to the daily challenges in life, and unfortunately will always arise somewhere. Simple steps can be taken to lessen this unnecessary evil, like...

Exercise: One of my favorite de-stressors!

Eating Healthy: This is so true! Eating light, good for you, healthy foods, puts me in a great mood.

Smile & Laugh: They are both contagious!

Creativity: I am always less stressed and one with my qi (chi) when I sit and create!

Be Positive: There is nothing like the power of positive thinking! Be happy and content.


Now that you are all calmer and less stressed with my sparkling insight LOL,
lets ogle over the stunning creations from our Fantabulous Design Team!


Joke

Carla

Lisette
Christine
Ingrid

Bonus Sketch & Card


This weeks bonus card and sketch is brought to you by one of our Design Team members... the lovely Lisette Gibbons.
Lisette's style is elegant, sophisticated and very charming! Thank you Lisette for your stunning sketch and card! You can see more of her amazing talent at:


*Remember we would love to see your take on Lisette's sketch however you are only required to make a card based off of Laura's Sketch 11 to be eligeble for this weeks prize.

This Weeks Sponsor

DeNami Design is a fabulous Rubber Stamp and accessories company. Here you will find the most beautiful elegant stamps with coordinating paper and related products. DeNami Design also features fabulous pre-marked Pop Up Cards to make creative pop-up cards easy. These Pop Up cards were used in mine and the Design Team 's creations.

Nami's
Pop Up Cards


has donated this awesome prize pack
to the lucky winner of
Card of the Week


How to Enter:

• Please provide a link to your card by posting it on this thread
• Deadline for all entries: Saturday October 25th 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, October 26th here at 2 Sketches 4 Y
ou.
• International Cardmakers are welcome to enter

We have had some amazing entries for our Winter Design Team! Remember you have one more week to get your entries in.
Here are the details: 2S4Y DT Call

{Hugs}
Laura & the Fantabulous Design Team!

Gallery
Your cards for Laura's Sketch 11
Sara * 1st Timer *
Karen* 1st Timer*

109 comments:

Ingrid said...

Gorgeous cards by you and the DT. And a great sketch and beautiful card by Lisette.

Leontine said...

What a fun sketch again this week. Unfortunately I have to wait untill tomorrow to make it...meeting tonight. Hugs, Leontine

anja curvers said...

Another great sketch and lovely cards by the designteam. And I love the sketch by Lisette and a gorgeous card.

Christine said...

What a wonderful sketch we had to work with! I just love each and every card created by Laura and the DT!

Lisette's bonus sketch is awesome, and I'm hoping to give it a try this week, too!

Thanks so much for the encouragement to lessen stress, Laura! I've been feeling it lately, and can identify at least two things that I need to work on. I appreciate your thoughtfulness in sharing your insight. Your suggestions to help lessen stress are so helpful! :-D

Petra said...

Love the sketch this week!! And all the pop-up cards, are wonderfull, but it is not my thing... so I created a "normal" card with the sketch. It's not what I had in mind, but heay, you don't know what I had in mind:)

http://scrappenmetpeet.blogspot.com

Love Petra

Lisette Gibbons said...

It's amazing how well all the cards turned out. Well done!

Jenny Svensson said...

What a gorgeous sketch, ladies! I actually managed to sneak in a little cardmaking in my busy schedule this evening. Here's my take:
http://jejas.blogspot.com/2008/10/lauras-sketch-11.html

Now I have to try sneaking in a little cardmaking tomorrow too, to make something from Lisette's wonderful sketch.

I really love the DT cards, all of them!

Tara said...

here is mine...love all the cards this week!! :)
http://stamp-a-licious.blogspot.com/2008/10/merry-bright.html

Anonymous said...

Hi Ladies...
Can you believe how early I am this week!!!lol..no I cant either...Well fab cards as always
TfI!!!
You can find my card here...

http://terriebaileys.blogspot.com/2008/10/2s4ylauras-sketch-11.html

thescrapmaster said...

This sketch is so cute! I also love the bonus sketch. Those scallops are beautiful. Great cards everyone!

Here is mine:
http://thescrapmaster.blogspot.com/2008/10/vintage-card.html

~Samantha

Sherry Wright said...

Great sketch, gorgeous cards.. love the pop ups! I did 2 cards this week ;)

www.sherrywright.typepad.com

Rosanne said...

Another great sketch and love all the pop up cards!

My card is on my blog

Thanks for looking!

Anonymous said...

I am loving the pop-up cards. This is my very first one ever and I am quite impressed even though I needed a turorial to get the idea.

Thanks and here is mine:

http://scraphappie.blogspot.com/2008/10/lauras-sketch-11.html

shelly said...

great sketch again laura. awesome cards by everyone! AND a bonus sketch too yay!!!!
mine can be seen HERE
thanks for taking the time to look :) shelly

shelly said...

YAY! a bonus sketch.. this was so fun and lisette your card is beautiful!!!
my take on it can be seen
HERE
thanks!

Enfys said...

Great sketch, I turned this one on it's head! It's on my blog. Super cards by the DT as always

Kath Stewart said...

HERE is my card for Lisette's Bonus Sketch..will be back later with my card for Sketch 11
Great cards this week girls as always
Hugs
kath
xxxx

Kath Stewart said...

Great sketch Laura and love your card this week and all the DT's too..sadly no time to do a pop up card..my card is HERE
Hugs
kath
xxxxx

elske said...

I hope this works
My Name is elske and I made a card for this blog But till now I cant leave a message hope it will work now
You can find my card here
http://hobbyshoekje.web-log.nl/mijn_weblog/2008/10/2sketches4you.html
greetings elske

Brigitte said...

Great sketch, love the pop-ups.

Terri Moore said...

Hi Laura - fave sketch this week and I actually had time to do it. You can find it here http://scrapn4me.blogspot.com
Love all the cards from the DT and I'm going to try and do Lisette's sketch also - just beautiful.
Thanks!!

Carol D said...

What a great sketch again this week, and such gorgeous card by everyone,
Here is my card this week, http://carolspapercrafts.blogspot.com/



and will try to make a card for Lisett's bonus sketch later this week but I do struggle a bit with circles so it will be a big challenge for me.

Carol xx

Eve said...

Thanks for the great sketch!
You can find mine here:
http://thisisbliss838.blogspot.com/2008/10/2-sketches-4-you.html
Kindly,
~Eve

Christy said...

I LOVE every one of these cards. The pop ups are so fun!

danni reid. said...

The DT creations are amazing! Qué bella! What an incredible sponsor too, pop-ups, so cool. I have created my interpretation and thank you, all, for the inspiration every week, you're amazing!

www.dannisdoodles.typepad.com

hugs & love!
danni

Katie Skiff said...

This is a great sketch!!

Here's mine!
http://katieskiff.typepad.com/justme/2008/10/you-me.html

Marie said...

http://alohanmabuhay.blogspot.com/2008/10/pink-cards.html

I decided to try the bonus sketch today.

Tammie said...

Beautiful Creations! I made mine first thing yesterday morning.(just flat...not big on popups.) It makes Monday am something to look forward to.

Pam said...

Here's mine - thanks to Laura and the DT for the inspiration!

http://pamcards.blogspot.com

Regan said...

What an awesome sketch

here's mine, I'll be back with the bonus..time permitting!!

http://stampymcstamperson.blogspot.com/2008/10/2s4u-you-did-it.html

Becca said...

Wonderful work ladies! Here is my take on the sketch:

http://beccaspapercutz.blogspot.com/2008/10/three-layouts.html

Now I just gotta get working on the bonus sketch!

ohradiogirl said...

Wow I can't believe that there are less than 40 comments. By the time I get here there are at least 60, but it is just Wed where I am.
http://radiogirlcards.blogspot.com/2008/10/worlds-best-looking-greeting-card.html

Janet O'Brien said...

Hi all - fantastic pop up cards! here is my take on Lauras' fabulous sketch
http://janetsscrapbooking.blogspot.com/

Camilla Ekman said...

Love the sketches! I used Laura's.

http://camillaslillasida.blogspot.com/2008/10/fars-dag-kort.html

Anonymous said...

A great sketch again !! I made a Christmas-card again ! Here it is:

www.scrapfrombemmel.blogspot.com

Groetjes Berdien

Kristen Swain said...

here is mine for the week- the sketch was so much fun and I loved seeing the unique designs the DT did with the popup cards!
http://scrapinkris.blogspot.com/

kris

Anita said...

http://happypapercrafthappenings.blogspot.com/

Here is my card. Thanks for a fun sketch Laura. I made mine a pop up card also.

Jozza said...

Great sketch! Love all the pop up cards :o)

Mine is not a pop up but you can find it here

Dawny P said...

Hi girls. S

Some absolutely stunning DT cards, as always - all gorgeous. I love both of these sketches and will try and get the bonus sketch done this week as well, time permitting. In the meantime, here’s mine

tfs and have a great day xxxx

papertrails leaver said...

Another fun sketch Laura! DT's cards are wonderful as always!

Here my take:
Amy's card

Heleen said...

A lovely sketch again this week.
Here you can find my card, it was fun to make it.
http://www.scrapscardsandmore.blogspot.com

Linda Beeson said...

Here is my card for #11 without a fancy, pop-up inside!
http://pkod.blogspot.com/2008/10/cps-87-and-2-sketches-4-you.html

Sue said...

a couple from me love BOTH the sketches

MY CARDS

Katie said...

Wow, wow, wow!!! Love all of those fun pop up cards and Lisette's extra card too!

My card for Laura's sketch is on my blog. Thanks for all of the inspiration!

Katie

Tammie said...

I just did the Bonus Card and loved this sketch! It is one of my favorites.

Anonymous said...

Another fabulous sketch ... here's my card for Laura's Sketch:

Oh What Fun ...

Amber said...

Great sketches! I completed both projects for the week. But I have a confession, I accidentally used the same scallped paper as Lisette and just realized it! Oh well, it inspired me:) Here's my link:
http://thecountryscrapper.blogspot.com

Riky said...

I just did the Bonus Card and loved this sketch!
I made a Christmas-card
http://rikyscrapsite.blogspot.com/

Carol D said...

As promised here is my Card for Lisette's bonus sketch.

http://carolspapercrafts.blogspot.com/

Claire said...

Unfortunately I've only had time to make one card. I chose to use the bonus sketch as I loved it.

HERE'S MY CARD

Thanks
Claire

Cindy Lee said...

I love pop-ups....I would definitely not miss this week's challenge *wink*. And what a great creations by Laura and the DT...keep up the good work, ladies!

Here's mine:
http://mylilcraftycorner.blogspot.com/2008/10/joy-card.html

Ina said...

Here's mine:
http://scrapsels.web-log.nl/mijn_weblog/2008/10/2-sketches-4--1.html

Love your sketches

Kimmie said...

You can find my cards for both the sketch and bonus sketch at my blog...
http://craftingforsanity.blogspot.com/2008/10/caardvarks-challenge-and-2-sketches-4.html

Thanks!
~Kimmie

Carina Lindholm said...

wonderful cards from the DT!! and I loved the sketch as usual=)

and here is my take on it:
http://carinalindholm.blogg.se/2008/october/laura-s-sketch-11.html#comment

Unknown said...

After several weeks without a camara I can finally post. I did one card for Laura and one bag for Christine, I so wanted to do her tutorial and it worked like a charm!
here is the link to both
http://www.paperboutiquescrapbookingstudio.blogspot.com/

whoistracy said...

Hmmm been having trouble posting my card all morning. Maybe this will work??

http://whoistracy.com/myhead/index.php?/archives/296-O-Christmas-Tree.html

Thanks for the inspiration!

Brigitte said...

Thanks for the inspiration, both Laura and Lisette's sketches are beautiful.

Here are my cards for both sketches.

Jessica said...

Always fun! Check out my entry HERE

Unknown said...

Here are the cards I made this week using your sketches.
Lisette's: http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/photo/1098720?cat=500&ppuser=121321

and Laura's 11: http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/photo/1102319?cat=500&ppuser=121321

Thanks for the fun inspiration! I love sketches since I'm not so hot at coming up with basic layouts.
Cheers,
Katie

anja curvers said...

Thank's again for the inspiration I managed to make the sketch as well as the bonussketch. You can find both at my blog www.scrappietoo.blogspot.com.

scotspanda said...

great pop up cards from the DT....they are fab!!

My card is here

lotsalove

Amanda xx

Jess said...

Love the DT cards and the pop-up cards are fabulous! Here's my card:
http://basicjess.blogspot.com/2008/10/2-sketches-4-you-lauras-sketch-11.html

Steph Jacobson said...

Great sketch and DT cards--I'm so impressed with the pop up cards! Here's my regular card--
http://stephjacobson.blogspot.com/2008/10/2s4y-weekly-sketch-lauras-sketch-11.html
I'll try to do the bonus sketch before the week is over! TFL!

Peet said...

Great sketches and gorgeous cards!!!

my card,
http://scrapalbum.blogspot.com/2008/10/lauras-sketch-11.html

Unknown said...

Great sketches this week & wonderful inspiring cards by the DT!!
Here are my cards.

Kerry said...

I made time to make cards using both of the sketches this week. You can find them on my blog:
www.capturingcreativity.blogspot.com

Macpurp said...

lovely sketch! my entry is here

http://macpurp.blogspot.com/2008/10/vampires-and-witches-cat-dog.html

am away to go try the bonus sketch and have another look at pop up cards.

Tina x

Terri Moore said...

Beautiful cards ladies - you are rockin' the sketches!!! I actually had time to do the Challenge one this week although I altered it a little cause I was doing it from memory. LOL :-)
http://scrapn4me.blogspot.com Thanks for the sketch Lisette!!

carolann said...

Fantastic cards everyone well done
Here's Mine.

Anonymous said...

I finally had a chance to do a sketch from you guys! So I was excited to try this sketch out and make a pop up card too. You can see it on my blog.

http://katydidcreativity.blogspot.com/2008/10/so-i-finally-got-chance-to-do-2.html

Anonymous said...

Hi Everyone,
Finally got the time to sit and play this week...thank you for the wonderful inspiration.

http://nataliehearn.typepad.com/running_with_scissors/

Eva said...

Gorgeous sketch and card creations. I got to make mine to play this week and here it is. Hope you like it.

http://evafromca.blogspot.com/2008/10/2sketches4you-merry-christmas-card.html

Karen said...

I found your blog this week and decided to give your sketch a try!

http://karenshandiwork.blogspot.com/

sarahw said...

Thanks for the fun sketch. I am not sure I did it justice. Please check out my card at sarahw-stampinwithsarah.blogspot.com

~Tammy~ said...

Here is my take on this weeks sketch

http://momofthreeaddictedtopaper.blogspot.com/

~dawne said...

Okay, so I finally got mine done!! After looking at so many of your cards & being completely inspired, I tried my own pop-up card. Thanks everyone, I wasn't planning on doing one, but glad I did. Here's mine:

http://dawneivey.blogspot.com/2008/10/2-sketches-4-u-laura-11.html

TFL!!

Unknown said...

Love those pop up cards! I wasn't brave enough to try one myself, so here's what I came up with.

http://vanlaardesigns.blogspot.com/2008/10/tweet-little-card.html

Anonymous said...

Thanks for the fun and inspiring sketch, Laura! As always, the DT worked some magic with their versions! Here is my take:
http://craftinchick.wordpress.com/2008/10/23/2s4y-and-a-late-reveal-show-and-share/

Cheers!
Jen

Monique said...

Again an amazing sketch!! My card is on my blog:
http://bloem-monique.blogspot.com/2008/10/2s4y-schets.html

Ria Zonnestraaltje said...

WOW awesome card DT :) and Laura you sketch is lovely.
Here is my card
hugs Ria

Å olanje na domu-Waldorf said...

Amazing cards! I made THIS card. Hope you like it. Thanks for looking.

x Natasha x

Mrs J said...

Great sketch Laura, inspiring as usual! And fab DT cards too.

You can find my card Here

Eveline said...

HERE
is my take on this week's sketch. Had to use the flash to take the picture. It's already very dark here.
Eveline.

Camillae said...

Thanks you ladies for the wonderful sketch. Here is my take for the sketch :

http://sewscraptoheart.blogspot.com/2008/10/2s4y-challenge-lauras-sketch-11.html

Becca said...

Here is mine using the bonus sketch:

http://beccaspapercutz.blogspot.com/2008/10/baby-mine.html

This was a great sketch! LOVE IT!

Melanie said...

Love pop up cards, great sketch mine is at www. melaniesmemories.blogspot.com

Wilma said...

Love al your cards girls!!!
Here is mine

Martha said...
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Martha said...

Loved making the card.
This was my first pop up.
Here it is:

http://marthastiens.blogspot.com/2008/10/deze-kaart-heb-ik-gemaakt-n.html

Bye,
Martha

Ina said...

Hi,
Here is my result of the bonus sketch
http://scrapsels.web-log.nl/mijn_weblog/2008/10/kaart-2sketec-2.html

Beverley Todd said...

great sketch & DT cards - looooads of inspiration there. My card for Laura's sketch is here:
http://craftymoments.blogspot.com/
2008/10/2-sketches-4-you-lauras-sketch-11.html

Anonymous said...

I'm back with my version of this week's fabulous bonus sketch. Loved it! http://craftinchick.wordpress.com/2008/10/25/the-2s4y-bonus-sketch/

Jen

Beverley Todd said...

& here's my take on that awesome sketch: http://craftymoments.blogspot.com/
2008/10/2-sketches-4-you-bonus-
sketch.html

tomiannie said...

Such a great sketch -- I can see this one is going to be very versatile! Here's my card for the week:

http://tomiannie.blogspot.com/2008/10/bless-you-lauras-sketch-11.html

Fonda @Southern Scraps said...

Fun sketch. Here's my take on it

http://southernscraps.blogspot.com/2008/10/2sketches4u.html

Made by Mandy said...

This a great sketch, I can see a lot of potential in this design to use in the future.

My card can be seen here Mandy's Card

Barbara DeBose said...

Here's both my cards for this weeks sketch & bonus sketch. Thanks! http://createdbybd.blogspot.com/2008/10/2-sketches-4-you.html

Lou Sims said...

Have finally plucked the courage to enter one of your challenges ! ! and have entered the bonus sketch challenge by Lisette.

Have just made it by the skin of my teeth and it is now showing on my blog.

Anonymous said...

I just finished the bonus sketch for this week. Here is my Card

whoistracy said...

Here's my card with the bonus sketch:
http://whoistracy.com/myhead/index.php?/archives/300-Polka-Dot-Blog-Hop.html

Anonymous said...

Laura! Here is my card for your sketch... Hope you like it girl! :) Hugs, Sonia.
Here is my Card

SmilynStef said...

Here's my card for Lisette's Bonus sketch ... very fun:

Makeshift Hugs & Kisses

Teresa said...

Another beautiful collection of cards by the DT, and I loved Lisette's sketch and card!

I finally had a chance to create a card with the bonus sketch. You can find mine
Here

Mary said...

I only did the bonus card - I forgot the other :o)
http://softangelkisses.blogspot.com/2008/10/sketch-challenge-fulfillment.html

I also could not get my comment to post here with my link last night...

Susie Little said...

Hi there,

Here's my two

Susie xx

Jackie said...

I've just added my card, using your bonus sketch HERE

Zhanna said...

I like Bonus sketch very much! My card is here - http://zhanylik.blogspot.com/2008/10

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