P. Kelly Smith
Welcome to Freebie Friday! Is this exciting week really over? Say it isn’t so! While all good things must come to an end, we hope you’ve been inspired by the amazing sketches and projects we’ve featured this week. If anything, maybe it’s jump-started your creative battery and you’ve found yourself viewing sketches in a whole new light. Because let’s face it…the possibilities are endless!
Like Jennifer mentioned yesterday, we do often get caught up in “magazine” time, which is usually 6-7 months ahead of “real” time. Being able to read your comments and see the blog traffic (thank you, by the way!) is thrilling for us because we get to relive the fun of putting together Go-to Sketches. And as you’ve seen from some of the behind-the-scenes photos this week, a good great time was definitely had by all!
Speaking of “all”…we must thank our fabulous Go-to Gals for all their hard work this week. Someone referred to them as the “Go-to Geniuses” and I think this is an accurate description. (And if we ever get tired of the Go-to Gal title, we’ve got a something else to consider!) We’re gathering for another editorial board meeting in a couple of weeks, and I can’t wait to see my sweet GTGs!
Okay, I’ve rambled long enough…you know it’s Friday, you know it’s coming…”What’s Kelly giving away today,” you ask? Well, I’ve got a special treat for all my Paper Crafts Connection peeps. On Moxie Fab World this week, Cath mentioned our exclusive Go-to Sketches sponsor: Doodlebug Design. In addition to creating some adorable ads for this special issue (in which they used their product to create projects from our sketches!), they took it one step further and are now offering the Go-to Sketches Card Companion Kit. This kit allows you to make ALL 18 Doodlebug cards that are featured in Go-to Sketches. And I’ve got three kits to give away to three lucky winners! PLUS, each winner will receive TWO copies of Go-to Sketches! One to keep and one to give to a friend! All you have to do is leave a comment naming a new blog you discovered from this week’s blog hop. All comments must be received by midnight (MDT) on Sunday, April 11.
Three lucky winners will take home this fun prize package!
Happy Friday!
Kelly
P.S. The sketch fun continues on Monday when we spotlight the winners from our first ever Go-to Sketch Challenge! We picked two winners per sketch, so stay tuned to see which four projects really impressed us! And if you feel like participating in Cath’s Go-to Sketches Week Challenge, she’s accepting entries until midnight (MDT) on Monday, April 26. Click HERE for more details!
Thanks to the blog hop I found Betsys blog. Her ideas are fantastic, and her cards have that extra something that make them special. I look forward to logging in just to look at older posts,and scraplifting her ideas.
Witticisms. Lovely.
I discovered Maren Benedict’s blog via Jessica!
lots of great inspiration out there on the blogs, I discovered Amy’s blog (pickled paper designs) – definitely going to visit that one often
I found Amy Scheffer’s pickledpaperdesign blog to be new to me. Great job done by all.
I found all the blogs inspirational, but Teri Anderson’s blog to be new to me.
Thanks for the chance to win.
Tammy H
Well, you wont believe that I have been receiving the PC magazine in the mail for some time now, and this hop introduced me to the blog!! Its great! I will be checking in regularly from now on!!
Kim Kesti is great!
I went to Scrapbookgirl.typepad.com and saw this really cute graduation card box. The step by step instructions with pictures made it easy to follow. Wonderful little box to make!
I liked terisplace.wordpress.com also. Cute ideas.
I already read a few of the blogs but I did visit “zanynotcrazy” for the first time, this week.
there was sooo much great inspiration on the blog hop!! I really loved visiting http://www.scrapbookgirl.typepad.com/paper_scissors_and_superh/ for the first time… her card was sooo pretty!!
Found some fantastic inspiration from Kim Hughes Blog:
http://paperhugs.typepad.com/
Found Kim K.’s blog. Such great stuff from the blog hop. Thanks.
I found Jessica Witty’s blog to be incredibly fun and inspiring and added it to my faves! Fantastic blog hop!
count me in – and thanx for the inspiration and t’riffic blog candy opp!
I chekcked out everybody and love, love, loved them all. I particularly like tisha yoast. I totally love her style and embellies. So clean and beautiful!!! Thanks for the inspiration!
I discovered Jessica Witty’s blog… now I have yet another to add to my ever-growing list! I’m constantly amazed at all the talented crafters with blogs out there!
I loved all the stops on the blog hop and was very thrilled to find Paper Hugs & Stamped Kisses.
This Go-To-Sketches book looks awesome!! I discovered Danielle’s blog and am so happy to have found it
I added all the go to gals to my Google reader! Thanks for the chance to win
I’ve always admired Teri’s work in all the CK magazines and idea books but I never had her blog saved. So glad I do now, I luv her style!
I found Carly Robertson’s blog – Paper in Bloom. She has some amazing stuff.
http://carlyrobertson.typepad.com/paper-in-bloom/
Janet
I found Teri blog. Loved all the blog hop stops!! Just incredible talent they all have.
http://go2.wordpress.com/?id=725X1342&site=terisplace.wordpress.com&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscrapbookgirl.typepad.com%2F&sref=http%3A%2F%2Fterisplace.wordpress.com%2F
I discovered Heidi Van Laar’s blog: Van Laar Designs. I’ll be visiting it often. I like her use of paint, stamps and stitching on her creations.
great site – http://hereiswhatido.blogspot.com/
I loved the Go-To Gals inspiration this week! Thanks for the great chance to win!
I checked out all the go to gals and found Maren Benedict http://zanynotcrazy.blogspot.com/, I loved her creative style, so
much talent in all you girls!
Loved all the blogs i visited.
Here is one of them!
Great inspiration!
http://kimberlykesti.typepad.com/
hugs
Marcia
Totally {heart} Jessica’s blog http://jesswitty.blogspot.com/ Really dig her style of creations!!! These winning goodies are getting better and better!! Love em’ all!!! Woo hoo!
Yaneri
Loved finding Julie Campbell’s blog and will def stop by again in the future.
I’ll now be stopping by Kim K’s blog on a regular basis such fab projects all the time!
I had never been to Betsy Veldmans blog, and thouroughly enjoyed browsing through it. Some of the other ones were also new, but I haven’t had a chance to browse through all of their archives yet. Great blog hop!!!
Most of the blogs were new to me. This was my first hop. I am sure Kim’s site, http://paperhug.typepad.com/ is a number one. I did subscribe to several of them, one being Zany Not Crazy. They were all charming and new to me. So much talent was showcased! Thanks to everyone involved in this.
Hugs, Pat Smith
I’m all about “Paper Hugs”…what a terrific site with great ideas. I love to find new blogs and different styles of creating.
I love Betsy’s blog. I love her cards and designs. Thanks for sharing so many wonderful blogs to get me inspired!
My vacuum cleaner just blew up, I could use some GOOD NEWS
Zany not crazy-great new blog for me-I looked at all the go to gals finally!!
I found lots of new faces on blogs but i will mention Geny Cassady! Lots of fun Thanks!
I just found Robyn Weatherspoon! She has some amazing creations, glad I found her blog!
Thanks for the chance to win.
Giovana
Jessica Witty’s Witticisms was a great find! Such a fun week, sorry it’s over (as I’m trying to catch up on all that happened!!)
How cool! I discovered Bev Gerard’s blog – and oh my goodness, i did NOT realize she is Jessica Witty’s mother! I have seen Bev’s work countless times on splitcoaststampers! So awesome!
I discovered Latisha Yoast’s blog. Everyone this week was SO inspiring!!!!
All of these creative spots were new to me until today! So inspired I can’t go to bed! I liked Kim Hughes’ blog….paperhugs.typepad.com, was really great. But I liked all of them and also checked out this site. Great resources-Sandra
I discovered may new blogs, but one with great ideas was Ashley Harris
I loved Paper Scissors and Superheros! Love blog hopping and finding new blogs to bookmark…thanks for the inspiration!
Wow! What a fabulous hop through the last sketch of the week. I loved all the Go-To Gals sketch cards and got so inspired with embellishments and techniques. I’m ’bout to explode! Thanks for the chance to win the fab kit. Good luck to all who entered!
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