February 2011 - Monthly Scrapbook challenge

Happy Saturday. Just one more day to go for the Superbowl. I am quite excited to be part of it even though Cowboys are not playing :)

Sorry for the late post. I am back with a Scrapbook Sketch Challenge for you for the month of February.

Please create either a 12x12 or 8x8 layout. Please feel free to change the elements of the page to suit your photographs. As long as we can still make out the sketch, that should be good enough. You can combine this sketch with other challenges, but please mention our name and give credit to our sketch. You have until March 3rd to submit your project for this challenge.

Here is my Sample for this sketch. These are pictures of our visit to the Southlake Town center here in DFW area when my Friend Rajesh was visiting from Dubai. This was when my parents were in town as well.

Hoping to see some awesome creations from y'all out there using this sketch. Please link a direct link to your blog post or project with InLinkz below. One random winner for this project will win a this awesome Perfect Pages kit with some extras (AC Vinyl Thickers + bling etc) . The perfect pages kit comes with 4 pre designed pages and you can add more.

September Scrapbook Challenge - Inspiration Part 1

Chris has a beautiful Sketch for the September Scrapbook Challenge and to get you inspired to create with us, Jen has a beautiful scrapbook page to share with you.

Please click here to see the Original Post and to add your project to Mr.Linky.

Here is Jen's Beautiful Page,

Designed by Jen Alonso - Fstop Memories

Here is the sketch that Chris chose from Scrapbook Challenges.



Thanks for stopping by and we hope that you get inspired by this beautiful page to create a page or two of your own from this sketch. Again, please click here to see the Original Post to add your project link to Mr. Linky. You can also see the link to the Original post on the Right side bar.

Saturday Scrapbook Challenge #18

It is Saturday and time for another Scrapbook challenge from Inspired Crafters. I have created a sketch for us to use.

Please create either a 12x12 or 8x8 layout. Please feel free to change the elements of the page to suit your photographs. As long as we can still make out the sketch, that should be good enough. Please remember there is no time limit to play with our challenges. Would love to see what you create with this sketch,

Here is the sketch,



Here is my sample. I used the American Crafts Dear Lizzy Paper collection for this layout. I also used one of the Adhesive backed fabric paper for this LO. It was kind of hard to cut the fabric paper, but I loved the texture of it. Title was done using American Crafts Thicker. Stickers are all from the same collection from AC. Sorry for the bad picture of my LO.



These are our pictures from our recent visit to the Dallas Arboretum. It was an absolutely beautiful day and we had lots of fun admiring the beautiful flowers and greenery.


Please use the keyword inspiredsketch18 if you are uploading to online public galleries. Please leave a direct link to your blog post or online gallery with Mr Linky - so that we can see your project and share some love and inspiration.

Saturday Scrapbook Challenge #17

Hello Friends, Time for another Saturday Scrapbook challenge. I have created a sketch for us to use :)

Please use the provided sketch to create your project. You can create either 12x12 or 8x8 page. Please feel free to change the elements of the page to suit your photos.

I created a LO for this using the pictures from our trip to Jefferson Memorial.



Please use the keyword inspiredsketch17 if you uploading to pubic galleries. There is no time limit for our challenges. Please play along and inspire us with your creations. Please leave a direct link to your blog post or photo of the layout for with Mr.Linky.

Saturday Scrapbook Challenge #12 - Top 10 Page

Howdy, It is that time of the week again - Saturday Scrapbook challenge from Inspired Crafters. I hope you are armed with your favorite Glue and Paper and ready to play with us. With this year being 2010, everywhere we have been seeing the Top 10 challenges and inspiration and so it is our turn to host the top 10 challenge.

Please create a scrapbook layout (of any size) with something Top 10. Some ideas are,

1) Top 10 fav foods
2) Top 10 Must see Movies
3) Top 10 things to achieve in this year
4) top 10 awesome moments
5) Top 10 fav photos of your kids or yourself or your family

Ideas are endless. These are just a few ideas to spark your creativity.

If you are uploading your creation to public galleries, please use the keyword inspiredsketch12. Please leave a direct link to your project with Mr.Linky so that we can check it out.

Saturday Scrapbook Challenge #11

Hello Friends, it is time for another scrapbook challenge. I am really sorry that there was no challenge last week. :) I am back with another sketch for you all. Feel free to rotate the layout. I know this can be a challenging sketch for many with quite a few layers...but this sketch was born out of my desire to use the scrap paper that I know all of us have :) Cannot wait to see what you all can come up with.

If you are uploading to online galleries, please use the keyword inspiredsketch11. Please leave a direct link to your project with Mr. Linky below so that we can appreciate your creativity.

Here is the sketch,

Saturday Scrapbook Challenge #10

Howdy Friends, Hoping that March has been fun for y'all with Spring in the air :)
I am back with another sketch for Saturday Scrapbook Challenge. Please feel free to do any size that you want to and to add more than two photos (use a collage or something) or add additional elements to the layout.

If you upload to public galleries, please used the keyword inspiredsketch10. Please leave a direct link with Mr Linky for your layout so we can get inspired.

Saturday Scrapbook Challenge #9

Hello Friends, Time is flying :) It is time for our Saturday Sketch challenge. I have created a sketch for this challenge. This is my first time doing so, so please feel free to add stuff or change the sketch per your needs. You can do any size layout that you want.

Here is the Sketch,



If you are uploading to online galleries, Please use the keyword inspiredsketch9 for your layouts. Please leave a direct link to your project with Mr.Linky below so that we can check out your projects.

Saturday Scrapbook Challenge #8

Hello Friends, Time is flying fast and it is already time for the next Saturday Scrapbook Challenge. This time I decided not to use a sketch. The Challenge this time is to use two things on your layout - A scalloped border of some kind and photo corner.

You can combine this challenge with any other like another sketch or color combination.

Waiting to see all your fabulous creations.Please use the keyword inspiredsketch8 if you are posting to online galleries.

Here is my LO for this Challenge. I used the Pictures from our Jamaica Trip. I used the photo corners as embellishments on the page :)



Supplies:
Paper - Patterned Paper from Sandylion, White generic CS for Photo Mats
Other - Print image from Silhouette, Caribbean stickers and Jamaica title from unknown source.

Saturday Scrapbook Challenge #7

Hello Friends, I am back with another Scrapbook Challenge. Please remember there is no end time for our challenges :) So please feel free to scroll down and play with this and our other challenges.

I am back with a dual challenge for you - to create a LO based on the sketch from Pagemaps given below and also to use some ribbon in your LO :) Just to make it a bit more fun.

Please feel free to flip the LO or do it in a different size :) So have fun and looking forward to seeing awesome creations. If you are uploading to public Galleries, please use the keyword inspiredsketch7

Here is the Sketch,


Here is my LO,



After I took the Picture, I see that my photos are slightly crooked :)..Oh well..Incentive to create another layout for this sketch :)

Supplies:
Stamp - {ippity} Love in Return
Paper - Bazzil CS, Generic white and kraft CS, Elsie Travel Paper Collection (from KI Memories)
Ink - Memento Black, Chai inking cube
Other - Generic Ribbon, Nestabilities

Saturday Scrapbook Challenge #6

Hello All,

Sorry for the late post. I was not well and did not have time to schedule this post for you all :) But I hope you will still play along with us :)

Today's is a dual Challenge :) Create a LO based on this sketch from Pagemaps and also use Brads in your LO :) One brad or more - does not matter :)



Here is my LO,


These are pictures to the Spice Souk (Market) during our Dubai Visit. I used this new journaling sticker from American Crafts..but it does not photograph well. Plus I guess I used the wrong color sharpie for my journaling as well :) I used a bunch of brads and buttons for the border idea. Patterned paper is from my stash...so I feel good about using up some of my scrap stash. And in retrospect, the color of the alpha stickers that I used are not standing out much :) but Oh well..that is just another reason to create another layout.

Please use the keyword inspiredsketch6 if you are posting on online galleries. Waiting to see what you all come up with for this challenge :)

Satruday Scrapbook Challenge #5

Welcome back! Are you ready for another Saturday Scrapbook Challenge? I went with a sketch challenge. As always, feel free to tweak the sketch to however suits you. And make sure to leave us a link, as we enjoy seeing what everyone is making and leaving comments and encouragement. Okay, on to the sketch:



And here is the layout I made using the sketch. I liked how many spaces there were available for either pictures or paper, as well as that long journaling spot on the side. I've found myself journaling more and more lately. I really want my family to know the story behind the pictures long after I've forgotten the story. If journaling isn't really something you like to do, again, modify the sketch to whatever suits you.



We hope you find some time to play along, and make sure to link up if you do! If you upload to an online gallery, use the keyword inspiredsketch5. Enjoy your Saturday, I hope it's a crafty one!

Saturday Scrapbook Challenge #4

Hi, Susan here. Happy Saturday! This week's layout is a double page layout. It incorporates quite a few photos. I thought it would be great because you could take advantage of this layout if you have some holiday or other special occasion photos just waiting to be scrapped. Or, if you don't want to do a 2 page Layout, just choose one of the pages. It's up to you!

I found this layout on the Page Maps site. It's an old one, from November 2007. You can get a direct link HERE.

When you are finished with your project you can use Mr Linky below. Or if you are uploading to an online gallery please use the key word Inspired Sketch #4.

Can't wait to see what you all create! Have fun!

Saturday Scrapbook Challenge #3

Morning All! I am so excited to be hosting this weeks scrapbook challenge....and I've decided to go sketchless! This weeks challenge is to find a magazine advertisment that inspires you in some way. It can be the layout, colors, shapes....whatever you find inspiring. My layout was inspired by this page in a Longaberger catalog.  I was inspired by the way the different size photos nestled together.

Here is my layout.

Feel free to use the Longaberger page as your starting point or choose one of your own. Be sure to post the advertisment that inspired you along with your layout. Have fun and remember when you are finished just link your project to Mr. Linky here. If you are uploading to an online gallery, please use keyword inspired sketch3.

Saturday Scrapbook Sketch Challenge # 2

Here at Inspired Crafters we are trying to get more organized and get more stamping and scrapbooking done this year. So here is this week's sketch. This sketch was originally sketch # 23 on 52 Weeks 52 Sketches, and can now be found on Julie Bonner's blog. Since I only got about 2 of them done, and I only know ONE person who has done them all (way to go Chris!) I thought it would be okay to use this one.

When you are finished just link your project to Mr. Linky here. If you are uploading to an online gallery, please use keyword inspired sketch2.

Saturday Scrapbook Sketch Challenge

New Year, New Resolutions - Get more scrap booking done :) Woohoo!! With that in mind and knowing that 52Sketches52Weeks sketch challenge was ending, Inspired Crafters decided to have their own Scrapbook Sketch Challenge. Basically, we use a sketch from one of the multiple sketch sites out there and create our layouts based on that sketch.

The first sketch for January is from Page Maps - January Map. Here is the the link to their site for you to check out their other sketches.

Here is the Sketch for this week. Please link your project/blog post directly to Mr. Linky below so that we can check out your creations :)

If you are uploading to online galleries, please use the keyword inspiredsketch1.



Have fun and looking forward to seeing your creations.