"I Am" Layout by DT Cassie

Good morning and welcome to another day of design team inspiration.

Today's amazing feature is the creative work of CDT Cassie, inspired by our

October Sketch Challenge:

Cassie:

For this challenge we had a use the sketch and add metal to the layout. I moved all of the elements of the sketch lower on the page, so that the pictures are on the bottom of the page. I also changed up the sketch to use five photos instead of three because I couldn’t decide which pictures of my daughter to use on the page. This cute little metal geo-tag was the perfect color compliment to my page and I added a cute enamel dot to the middle to finish it off.

Here is the sketch that inspired Cassie's layout
And...don't forget, you must add something metal from your stash:

And remember, our October sponsor,

Creative Embellishments

is generously awarding the following prize to our random drawn winner this month:

We would love to see how you interpret this sketch and what metal items you find in your stash.  You have until October 29th to link up your entries!

Complete challenge details can be found HERE

Have a great day!

October Sketch Challenge ~ Guest Sketch Artist Christine Meyer

Today we are revealing our October Sketch Challenge!

But first, we would like to introduce our 

October Sketch Artist

Christine Meyer

"I am Christine Meyer, mom to three rowdy boys and one sweet girl. My hubby and I have been married for 15 years and have lived in Texas, Missouri, and Oklahoma before settling in to rural Illinois. I teach music part time and get to stay home with my kids the rest of the week. I started paper crafting shortly after the birth of my oldest son and have never looked back. I love this hobby because it gives me a little time to be creative and take a break from all my other responsibilities. I love to create cards, layouts, and altered projects in a whimsical style with clean lines and full of bright colors! I have been fortunate to be on the design teams for several companies including currently designing for Paper House Productions, Just Nick Studio, SRM Stickers, and My Creative Scrapbook Kit Club. 
 You can find more of my work on my blog or at my Scrapbook.com gallery!"

Here is the wonderful sketch Christine created for our 
October Sketch Challenge:

Your challenge this month is to...

Create a layout inspired by Christine's sketch 

AND...you must include METAL on your page.  

You have until October 29th, 11:59 PM (PST) to link up your entries

Click HERE for complete challenge details and rules!!!

Christine  has created this fabulous page inspired her awesome sketch to share with us:

And for the stash part of the challenge...

Christine added brads throughout her layout both on the polka dots for added dimension and beneath the title!

Inspired by Christine's layout and/or sketch?

Play along with us this month for a chance to win this amazing prize

from our October Sponsor:

Creative Embellishments

Thank you for visiting us today and return tomorrow for more Design Team inspiration! 

Have a great day!

Reminder....April Challenges

Hi there!

Just posting a reminder letting you know there is still time to complete our April Challenges

The dead line is tonight (Apr 29th) 11:59 PM (PST)

Here is the prize you are playing for this month, generously donated by our

April Sponsor

Creative Embellishments

And...here are the April Challenges:

April Stash Challenge:

Your challenge is to create a layout and include an item from your stash for each letter in the word 

S-T-A-M-P.

Please remember to list what items you used for each letter when posting your entry.

April Sketch Challenge:

Create a layout inspired by this awesome sketch designed by Laura Whitaker

And... the inspiration photo.

You can use the colors, shapes, phrases, etc. just let us know in your write up what element of the photo you used as inspiration to complete your layout. 

For each challenge you complete you will receive an entry into our monthly prize drawing!

So complete both challenges and that gives you two chances to win!

Have a Scraptabulous Day!

April Stash Challenge #25 - STAMP

HAPPY APRIL! 

Are you ready for a new Stash Challenge?  I hope so! But first...

A huge THANK YOU to our April sponsor:

Creative Embellishments 

is a family-owned company, established in September 2013, by Michael & Nicole Kramer, a husband & wife team, who design & produce unique, high-quality chipboard, wood, rubber stamps & flairs. Our mission is to offer fun & inspiring products that can be added to any project to bring out your inner creativity!  In the near future they will be expanding into other media such as acrylic products, stencils, etc!

Creative Embellishments is generously providing the following prize for the April randomly drawn winner:

APRIL STASH CHALLENGE:

Your challenge is to create a layout and include an item from your stash for each letter in the word 

S-T-A-M-P.

Please remember to list what items you used for each letter when posting your entry.

Entries linked up without a list will not be eligible for the prize drawing. 

Entries are due: April 29th, 11:59 PM (PST)

Click HERE for our challenge guidelines

Meet our 

April Guest Designer

Tone K. Jensen

My name is Tone K. Jensen and I live in Norway under 20 minutes drive north of the capital Oslo. I am 46 years old live with my husband and son (15 years old). I also have a stepdaughter (soon 30 years old).  I've always taken pictures and put them in albums, but  I have been scrapping since 2004.  The last two or three years I have also started making cards and I have relatively recently start with PL pages. I guess I am one of few that scrap everything and chronologically. But I love it, although I have only come to 2007 J (With PL everything goes much faster though).

Scrapping is my way to retrieve energy and relax.  I do not know if I have any special style and if I have I do not quite know what category it falls under. I'm very fond of using stencil and mist and make LO with layers.  Otherwise I use far too much time surfing around in the blogworld, but that's where I get inspiration.

Tone's Blog: Tone Scrapperom

Here is Tone's layout she created for the April Stash Challenge:

 Here are some close ups:

This is what Tone said about her layout:

"This is a LO with photos of my son at age 7. We bought a new TV and the he really liked to play with the empty box. I started with the background where I have used stencil and made some splashes. Then I have used a lot of scraps. I decorated with houses since he «moved» in to a box. The title is made of several sentences.

I have used:

S – stencil, splashes 

T – transparent robot, tape, Tim Holtz tag 

A – arrows 

M- Maya Road house and robot, Mist 

P – pin, patterned paper."

Thank you so much Tone for agreeing to be our guest this month!!!

Now it's your turn! We can't wait to see what stash items you use for S-T-A-M-P! 

See you back here tomorrow for some great Design Team inspiration!