P. Kelly Smith
Welcome to Freebie Friday and our final day of Card Ideas Week! We hope you’ve enjoyed this sneak peek of our latest special issue, Card Ideas for Paper Crafters and have been inspired to play with sketches in a whole new way.
Today we’re hosting another fun blog hop featuring the Top 10 designers from Card Ideas for Paper Crafters!
This time around I challenged our 10 designers to create a new card using one of the 12 bonus sketches found on the last page of Card Ideas for Paper Crafters and on our web site HERE.
Since our designers interpret sketches differently, more than one of them may have picked the same sketch. This is where the versatility of sketches comes in! I can’t wait to see what they did with these 12 bonus sketches:
Ready to begin our exciting Bonus Sketch Blog Hop?
Here’s our 10 designers:
- Julia Stainton
- Teri Anderson
- Chan Vuong
- Lindsay Amrhein
- Kalyn Kepner
- Regina Mangum
- Angeline Yong
- Heidi Van Laar
- Kimberly Crawford
- Vanessa Menhorn
Who wants to play? Leave a comment on each designer’s blog and you’ll increase your chances of winning a copy of Card Ideas for Paper Crafters (each designer is giving away one!). Leave a comment here and you’ll be entered to win this fabulous sketch-lovin’ prize package (I’ve got three of them!):
- My Little Shoebox’s Playtime collection
- SRM Stickers (25-Sheet Set)
- Close To My Heart’s My Acrylix: Art Philosophy Seasons stamp set
- Go-to Sketches
- Card Ideas for Paper Crafters
Like what you see? Begin your hop and then come back here and leave a comment telling me something that inspired you from your travels. All comments (on all blogs) must be received by midnight (MDT) on Sunday, August 28. The three winners will be revealed here on Monday, August 29.
Happy Friday!
Kelly
P.S. It’s time to announce the winner from Jennifer McGuire’s Back-to-School Sketch Fun post!
Kathi Garner (Aug. 24, 8:57 a.m.)
Congrats, Kathi! I’ll be contacting you shortly to discuss your prizes and get your mailing address. Thanks to all who left comments!
Great hop; I really enjoyed it! My two favorite cards were Angeline’s and Vanessa’s, and Heidi’s sketchs were my favorite. It was nice to see multiple interpretations of the same sketch and to read what the sketch designer had in mind for uses.
love seeing how the sketches are interpreted- I think Angeline’s may be my fave!!
Thanks for the hop – love the great way these designers used the sketches to come up with some beautiful/fun/creative cards.
Love this fab giveaway. I never win at these, but one can dream. lol
These are amazing!!!!! Sketches are soooo inspirational!!!Thanks 4 sharing!
These are amazing…as far as traveling goes, with a sickly Mom and too tight of a budget, I had to have a “staycation” but used all aspects of the season to my advantage…from the rapidly changing colors to the many inches of rain and the beautiful sunsets and sunrises (when we were lucky enough), I had plenty to work with for inspiration. And come Sept. my getaway will be in the pumpkin patch/corn maze/apple orchard with many more inspirations for colors and patterns in my fall cards. Life is what u make it…even if it requires a backyard getaway!!!
What a terrific hop! I adore Angeline’s card – so cute and I love how the two halves of the heart come together on the towels! And Kalyn and Regina’s advice about using the sketches as inspiration rather than exact blueprint is good – makes using sketches even more easy and fun! Thanks so much for the chance to win!
I am totally inspired by what Regina and Vanessa did with Heidi sketch with the mutiple sized squares! I cannot wait to give it a try!
Thanks for a great hop! I love Regina’s thank you card! This hop was full of wonderful ideas and inspiration.
Whatta gr8 hop!!!Thanx to all of u for sharing outstanding,amazing and absolutely beautiful and creative cards!
This blog hop is so much fun! Seeing a lot of inspiration!
I loVe blog-Hops. . . so many Inspirations. After I go through these I’m full of energy and go in my own scrapplace. Thanks for the change to win!
This was quite an informative hop. I liked Angelina’s card. Thanks for the chance to win this superb informative candy too.
I always need great ideas and inspiration to help me with my projects. These are awesome! I wish I were so creative.
What inspired me most was how design papers were combined…could never do THAT on my own
Thanks for the chance of winning this cool candy!!!
I really enjoy the blog hops! they inspire me to be a bit more creative! I also like how the design papers work together to make it flow!
This was just inspiring! I’ve never tried to use a sketch before but I’m going to start soon!
thanks for these bonus sketches, really enjoyed all the inpiration from the designers.
I <3 sketches. Looking forward to getting this new idea book and trying out all the new card layouts!
Beautiful cards! I definitely need to get myself a copy of this issue! I enjoyed both cards that followed the sketches closely as well as those that made some interpretations (LOVE the city skyline being angled!)
I love blog hops – because it gives me a chance to view great blogs I might not otherwise find. Thanks for the chance to win!
That was a really great hop! I love all of the designers cards. They were so creative and inspiring. Thank you for sharing.
Katie B.
Thanks for all the inspiration! These ladies are mega talented and it’s always a treat to see what they create.
Thanks for the fun week of inspiring sketches.
what a fun blog hop. love all of the cards but Julia’s felt rose and Vanessa’s card with the MME papers and squares is soooo my style!
I loved Kimberly’s friendship card-I have someone I need to send a card like this to. But I also enjoyed Julia’s card and the great tutorial on making the felt rose.I need to get that die!
Really enjoyed seeing all the fabulous designs made using the sketches! Great inspiration ! Thanks for a chance to win these great prizes- I hope it is open to Aussie’s too!