Sunday, May 23, 2010

Card of the Week & Fab 5!

Happy Sunday to you all! We had another fabulous week at 2S4Y thanks to all of you and our awesome sponsor The Stamping Boutique! The winner of card of the week will win a $25 gift certificate. Yay for shopping!



Card of the Week

CeeCee


CeeCee took the sketch and her talent one step further and made this gorgeous mini album! This album is bright, funky, and full of fun. I love the clean lines and the luscious summery colors. Awesome work CeeCee!

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


Please email me your details so that I can get your gift certificate to you. Congrats!




Fab 5



Here is to a relaxing Sunday! Hopefully a little creating time can be snuck in today. Tomorrow we have a brand new sponsor and a brand new sketch!

Hugs,
Laura & your Outstanding Design Team!






Monday, May 17, 2010

Laura's Sketch 52



Laura used "Dawn" from The Stamping Boutique

We had a warm sunny weekend here in the Rocky Mountains! I filled my days off spending time with my family, shopping a little, pampering myself, and creating. It was the perfect weekend. Thank you to all our wonderful participants, we love you! This weeks sponsor at 2S4Y is The Stamping Boutique. Our Outstanding design team made the most beautiful card using The Stamping Boutiques digital stamps.




Alice
Alice used "Fairy mom and baby" from The Stamping Boutique




Heather
Heather used "Hidden" from The Stamping Boutique



Kay
Kay used "An Uncommon Friendship" from The Stamping Boutique




Kelly Marie
Kelly Marie used "Hidden" from The Stamping Boutique




Rosemarie
Rosemarie used "In Bloom" from The Stamping Boutique




Stacey
Stacey used "Swan Song" from The stamping Boutique




Sponsor of the Week



I'm Tracey Malnofski, the artist and owner of The Stamping Boutique. My team and I are very happy to sponsor 2 Sketches 4 You. My store has been open since September 2009. I've worked for InStyleStamps, Squigglefly, and TheDigiShack. I'm a professional artist and an active member of the Artist' Guild in my community. I have quite a busy household with a husband, 3 teenagers, 5 mini-dachshunds and an Appaloosa mare. It's noisy, but I love them all. I'm truly blessed.
"The Stamping Boutique" is dedicated to quality products and original artwork. We not only provide wonderful digital images in our store, but also several lines of red rubber images. Our designers are chosen for their character and personality,as well as, their beautiful designs. We work hard to give you our very best. Thank you so much for having us as your sponsor this week.


Card of the Week Prize

The Stamping Boutique is offering a $25 gift certificate to their store.




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 May 22nd 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, May 23rd here at 2 Sketches 4 You.
• International Cardmakers are welcome to enter


Let the creativity begin! I can't wait to see what you all create!


Hugs ,
Laura and your Outstanding Design Team!

Sunday, May 16, 2010

Card of the Week & Fab 5!

Good Morning crafty bloggers! I can tell you all had a great week because you brought your best to the gallery. I cannot even begin to tell you how many amazing cards I saw this week...Everything from modern and funky to aged and vintage - and then some in between. This tells me that you all still love scallops and that they are not going anywhere any time soon :)

I was thinking that since so many people played along with us this week some of you might have missed a few cards that really caught my eye. When you have a moment take a peek at these awesome designs:


and from former 2 Sketches 4 You Designers (man these gals are talented!!):



Thank you so much to Lindsay from Whimsy Haven for your fabulous sponsorship.  We can' wait to see your new images so keep us posted.  The lucky winner of Card of the Week wins a $25 shopping spree to Whimsy Haven!!! Congratulations to:

Card of the Week

Diane



Diane was one of the earlier players in the challenge this week and raised the bar with this adorable card.  I love how the patterned paper is perfectly coordinated and of course those news print scallops are just too gorgeous!  You did a wonderful job with the sketch Diane and we were so surprised to learn you are a first time here at 2S4Y!  We hope you continue to play so that we can enjoy your amazing talent :)

Diane's blog


Please email me your details so that I can get your Whimsy Haven gift certificate to you - congrats!


Fab 5!


Alright I think I am officially inspired!  We are off to a farmers market later this morning and an art & music festival.  My cultural Mojo will be kicked into high gear so you know I will be in my craft room this afternoon during nap time!!!  You guys are amazing - I tell ya simply amazing.  See you all tomorrow with a brand new sketch and sponsor!!!

Hugs Kazan and a Design Team that I love :)

Monday, May 10, 2010

Kazan's Sketch 52



Kazan used Whimsy Haven's Lovely Bird digital image

Mothers Day was so much fun!  I got to speak to my Mom (twice) in South Africa and my Mother in law in Canada then it was my turn to get spoiled.  My family treated me to breakfast in bed, handmade cards, flowers and a delicious lunch out.  What a fantastic day to honor our mothers and every one we know that is a mother.  I hope you were able to do the same on your day and that it was a good one :)

This week our Design Team had too much fun with the awesome digital stamps from a dear friend of 2 Sketches 4 You:  Lindsay Spencer is designing darling images and our design team got to play:


Alice


Alice used Whimsy Haven's flowers from the Rainy Day digital image set


Heather


Heather used Whimsy Haven's sentiment from the Hope digital image set


Kay


Kay used Whimsy Haven's Dress in the Making digital image



Kelly Marie


Kelly Marie used Whimsy Haven's sentiment from the Hope digital image set



Rosemarie


Rosemarie used Whimsy Haven's digital image Whimsy Owl and sentiment



Stacey


Stacey used Whimsy Haven's Lovely Bird digital image




Sponsor of the Week


Whimsy Haven digital images, designed by Lindsay Spencer, are fun, creative and full of, well whimsy! Lindsay brings us all clever designs that can be printed on any paper in any size.  Her designs are easy to color and piece on patterned paper and they are affordable too!   Whimsy Haven sports a fantastically talented design team and tons of inspiration.  You can find all of this and more here:

Whimsy Haven 

They offer a variety of styles and categories of stamps to fit everyone's needs, as well as taking special requests.

They have just started out and have already had so much support and seen some amazing projects done.

They would love to have you join them in this journey.


Card of the Week Prize

Whimsy Haven is offering this week's winner a $25 gift certificate to their store

*Special Offer*

A free $3.00 image from Whimsy Haven is being offered to 2S4Y readers who purchase images from Whimsy Haven this week. After you have placed your paypal order simply email Lindsay at whimsyhaven@gmail.com with the name of the $3.00 image you would like.  Be sure to enter 2S4Y offer in your email subject line :)



Ready to play? 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 May 15th 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, May 16th here at 2 Sketches 4 You.
• International Cardmakers are welcome to enter

Alright let the fun and creativity begin. Thank you once again for spending some of your time in your crazy schedules with us - as always we look forward to seeing your gorgeous creations!

Hugs Kazan & your fantabulous Design Team

Sunday, May 9, 2010

Card of the Week & Fab 5!

Happy Mother's Day

I hope you all are enjoying this special day with your families. My day is going to be spent relaxing, lounging, and more relaxing. I am so excited!! The gallery this week was filled with the most beautiful work, truly inspirational. Thank you to our awesome sponsor Some Odd Girl our team had so much fun with sweet little Mae! The winner of the COTW will win a $15.00 gift certificate to spend on some adorable digital stamps.


Card of the Week

Mona

I think this card is not only stunningly beautiful, but a lovely tribute to "mom" Any mom would love to get this tag attached to a large bouquet of flowers on this special day! The detail and soft antiqued feel to this card is exquisite. Thank you Mona for sharing your awesome talent with us.
You can see more of Mona's gorgeous work on her blog



Fab 5




A fabby new sponsor and a fabby new sketch debuts tomorrow!
I hope you all have a fantastic Mother's Day!

Hugs,
Laura & our Sweet Design Team!







Monday, May 3, 2010

Laura's Sketch 51 & a Welcome


Laura used Relax Mae

It's an exciting week here at 2S4Y as we welcome three new very talented design team members. Thank you to everyone who applied. Kazan and I had so much fun combing through all the unbelievable talent out there. I was very hard to narrow it down to just three lucky ladies, but we manage and I would LOVE to announce our new design team members...


Kelly Marie Alvarez

Rosemarie Diehl

Stacey Schafer

Welcome ladies! You can find out more about our new girls and the rest of our team at Who's Who @ 2S4Y! we would also like to welcome a brand new sponsor to 2S4Y, Some Odd Girl a fun digital stamp company. Here are our fabulous example provided by our super talented design team using Some Odd Girls digital stamps.



Sponsor of the Week
Some Odd Girl

digital stamps



Some Odd Girl's Special Offer

The winner of COTW will win a
$15.00 gift certificate
this equals about 5 digital stamps to
Some Odd Girl.




Alice
Alice used Fairy Mae


Heather
Heather used Mae as Alice


Kay
Kay used Picnic Mae


Kelly Marie
Kelly Marie used Mae Posies



Rosemarie
Rosemarie used Fairy Mae


Stacey
Stacey used Rainy Mae


Please provide a link to your card by posting it on this thread using Mr. Linky
• Deadline for all entries: Saturday May 8th 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. It is not necessary to make a card for the Bonus Sketch to qualify for Card of the Week.
• The winning card will be announced as the Card of the Week on Sunday, May 9th here at 2 Sketches 4 You.
• International Cardmakers are welcome to enter

Let the creativity begin!!

Hugs,
Laura & your Sweet Design Team!





Sunday, May 2, 2010

Card of the Week & Fab 5!

I know I am a little late with this post - so sorry everybody.  I wanted to comment on all your cards and simply ran out of time yesterday!  This morning I grabbed my coffee and settled down on the couch to peruse the gallery.  We have have a perfect day here in Colorado and after all the inspiration from you all I am ready to craft!  2S4Y is a wonderful place to gather and be creative and to have a glimpse into your lives.   I saw blimps over golf courses, pages of your homes and pictures of you competing in races for good causes.  One of the best parts of this community is actually meeting you in person - it feels like we know each other already through your cards every week and your blog posts so keep em coming!

This week one of our very own, Shanna Vinyard, is giving away her very own Bo Bunny sticker creations to the winner of Card of the Week.  We have also teamed up with Scrapbook.com, who sells a wide variety of Bo Bunny products, for a $35 gift certificate to the winner!  So here you go ladies and gentlemen:

Card of the Week
Lisa


There are so many things I love about this card that I actually need to list them:
1. The stamp and the dimensional tree branch
2. the scalloped paper at the bottom
3. the kraft details
4. that darling sentiment

Congratulations Lisa you are our winner this week.  I am certainly going try and start each day with "whee"

There is more to see on Lisa's blog:


Email me your deets and we can get all your goodies out to you :)


Fab 5!


Tomorrow Laura introduces you to our 3 newest Designers and you are going to LOVE their card - I know cause I have seen them *wink*
Have a fantastic Sunday filled with *wheee*
Hugs
Kazan & your friends for life DT