Inspired Crafters Sketch Challenge #10 for October

Hello Friends,

Welcome to Inspired Crafters. It is time for our Friday sketch Challenge for the Month of October. You have until November 3rd to submit your entry for this Challenge. You can combine this with any other challenge, but please do mention our name and give credit to our sketch.

Here is the sketch,

We are very excited to have Sankari Wegman as our Guest Designer for this sketch.


Here is our mini Interview with Sankari,

IC Blog: Something about yourself:
Sankari: Hi Everyone, My name is Sankari Wegman and I am so excited and honored to be part of the sketch challenge today! I am totally and unabashedly addicted to all things paper crafting related :) I started stamping and blogging almost 2 years ago and feel so blessed to have met such incredible bloggers and artists around the world who inspire me everyday with their creativity. I live in the midwest with my DH and two children and when I am not in the craftroom, currently I am trying to finish my PhD and also I teach a couple of courses at the University.

IC Blog: What is your must have stamping tool and accessory?
Sankari: My must have stamping tool is a corner chomper (love that it chomps through sheets of cardstock and chipboard all at once) and my must have stamping accessory are my liquid pearls (I am slightly addicted to them ;)

IC Blog: Any current trends that are inspiring to you
Sankari: One trend that is inspiring me is the pennant craze - I love cutting things out and so its fun to cut out little pennants and attach them to your card - it creates an instant celebratory tone to your card :) 

IC Blog: What patterned papers are you creating with lately
Sankari: I am a huge fan of Cosmo Cricket and just recently, I got hooked onto Echo Park paper - how cute are those designs!?! I also love Bo Bunny and My Mind's Eye and well lets face it - I will never say no to any paper - so pretty much everything!

IC Blog: What tips can you share with our blog readers
Sankari: I love using sketches and so one thing that I do is to keep a little notebook by my craft area where I can quickly draw a sketch that inspires me when I am surfing blogland. I also write the URL by the sketch so that in the future I can refer back to it.  Sometimes when I feel stuck, I will pull out the sketchbook and suddenly I might have an idea. And if you write the URL, then you always know where you got that sketch from and you won't have to surf around looking for it :) I know I will be keeping this gorgeous sketch in my notebook for the future! Thanks so much for letting me play along today!
Big hugs,
Sankari :)

And without further ado, here is her gorgeous card!!!

Thanks so much Sankari for joining us and for such an inspiring card.

Here is my card for this sketch,

I will be back with another post with the prize for this sketch.

Please submit a direct link to your project (not your main blog link) via inLinkz below. You have until September 29th to submit your projects. If you are uploading to public galleries, please use the keyword ICC10 so that we can check out your projects and get inspired.

Winner of September Sketch Challenge

Hello Friends,

Thanks for participating in our September Sketch Challenge. The winner this time is,

AshaLatha R K Prasad

Congrats Asha. If you can please email me at bnadahalli@gmail.com,  I will make sure to get your prize across to you.

Please visit us back tomorrow morning for the October Sketch and to see an inspiring project from a famous Guest Designer

We will be having additional posts to announce winners for our Christmas card and scrapbook page challenges as well.

September Sketch Challenge - Inspiration Part 2

Hello Friends, Hoping that you are having a fantastic Wednesday. The week is almost over. I wanted to share the two cards that our Designers Amy Smith and Sandye Curry have done for this month's sketch Challenge.

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

Designed by Amy Smith - The Stamping Tree

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Designed by Sandye Curry - Sandye's Creations

Here is the sketch for your reference,



Thanks for stopping by and we hope that you get inspired by these beautiful cards to create some of your own for 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.

September Christmas Card Challenge - Inspiration Part 1

Tracie has created such an awesome and versatile sketch for the September Sunday Christmas card challenge. Amy has created the most amazing card for this challenge. I am hoping that you will be inspired to create some stunning creations of your own.

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

Here is the Gorgeous card from Amy,

Amy - The Stamping Tree

Here is the Sketch for your easy reference,



Thanks for stopping by and we hope that you get inspired by this to create some of your own for 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.

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.

September Sketch Challenge - Inspiration Part 1

Hello Friends, Hoping that you are having a fantastic Monday. I wanted to share two cards that our Designers Jen Alonso and Tracie Clary have done for this month's sketch Challenge.

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

Designed by Jen Alonso - Fstop Memories

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Designed by Tracie Clary - Crafty Creations

Here is the sketch for your reference,



Thanks for stopping by and we hope that you get inspired by these beautiful cards to create some of your own for 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.

September Christmas Card Challenge

Okay everyone I am going to give my first sketch posting a try. I was excited to make a Christmas card because now I am in the groove to be creative. I would love to see what everyone comes up with on my first IC Challenge. This challenge ends on September 30th and there is a prize for it. It is a collection of 12 sheets of 6x6 sized Christmas themed papers - from Basic Grey, Kaiser Crafts etc and some Christmas themed ribbon and buttons. So, please feel free to create some Christmas cards in September...

Here is the sketch for the September Christmas cards challenge. If you upload to public galleries, please use the Keyword ICCSEPTEMBER10.




Here is my sample card,

Card Designed by Tracie - Crafty Creations

I used my scroll embossing folder which is a favorite of mine and then cut 1 3/4 inch circles with a SU punch. I then stamped Merry Christmas and added some ribbon. Had to dig in my scraps since I haven't bought any Christmas paper yet this year.

Please leave a direct link to your project with Mr. Linky so that we can get inspired by all your creations. You have until September 30th for this challenge. This is a good time for you to build up a stash of Christmas cards.