October guest designer... Maria!

Please welcome Maria as our guest designer this month!

Crafts by marialachica was born in 2010 when I decided to start making my own greeting cards.
A year before I was brave (or foolish…) to make my own wedding stationery without any prior knowledge or experience in crafting! I’ll tell you a secret: it didn’t end up being any cheaper than getting custom bought ones! But hey, I loved the experience and hence I started doing it a bit more seriously afterwards.
As I just said, it all started with greeting cards. Looking back at the photos of my first ones, I can’t believe how far I’ve come in all these years. My style has changed and I am now a bit wiser regarding materials and techniques. I also know my limitations and there are some crafting trends that I know I will never be able to follow! (for example, water-colouring…)
I am mum to boy/girl twins, married to Jon and we all live in Basingstoke, UK.

Here is her page:

October single page team

October is half over and we've got single page design team inspiration for you today!

Lorraine

Laura

Julene 

Cathy Lu

Niki

@Nikiclaire

Katy

Khristina

You have until the end of the month to play along with this sketch - or any of our monthly sketches! We will choose one winner from each sketch challenge to return as a guest designer in December!

We've also got this prize pack up for grabs for one randomly selected participant of all of our skech challenges.

Sorry, US residents only

October guest designer... Annie

Annie is our guest designer this month for the double page sketch!

Here is the double page sketch:

and here is Annie's page:

You can see more on Annie's blog.

October double page team!

CathyS

Lauren

Hanne

Antonia

 Neva

Tina

You have until the end of the month to play along with this sketch - or any of our monthly sketches! We will choose one winner from each sketch challenge to return as a guest designer in December!

We've also got this prize pack up for grabs for one randomly selected participant of all of our skech challenges.

Sorry, US residents only

happy World Card Making day! + a giveaway

If you follow us on Facebook, you probably already got a head start, but if you don't (you should!), we wanted to let you know we're doing a giveaway for World Card Making day!

For a chance to win, all you need to do is choose one of our card sketches and make a card. Upload it to the comments on the World Card Making post on our Facebook page. You have until 11:59PM EST on Sunday, October 8.

You can browse the card sketches here on the blog by choosing the 'card' label or you can look through the card sketches on our Facebook page. Be sure to tell us which sketch you used!

We'll choose one random winner Monday October 9. Sorry, US residents only.

September sketch winners!

We had a hard time choosing winners this month! Thank you to everyone who entered!

Laurie

Clara

Ange

Ladies, please email me at StickItDownChallenges@gmail.com for info about being our guest designers in November!

and the winner of our random prize package is... #6 Scrap Queen!

Please email me at StickItDownChallenges@gmail.com to claim your prize within 7 days!

Thank you everyone! Be sure to check out our October sketches!

October sketch reveals!

Shannon

@onescrappymom71 - Instagram

Lore

Jessica

You have until the end of the month to play along with any (or all three!) of our sketches. We choose one winner from each sketch challenge to return as a guest designer in the future. This month's winners will guest design in December!

We also choose ONE random participant from the total of entries in October to win this prize package.

Sorry, US residents only

new design team members joining us!

Denise

 

Hi, I'm  Denise Holmes. I’m married with three grown up sons and two sheltie collie dogs.  I work full time in an Accountant's and can generally be found crafting whenever I get a spare moment.  I'm a passionate paper crafter and have always loved crafty thngs.  I started making cards in 2006 and expanded into scrapbooking shortly after attending my first crop, when I discovered I could create beautiful memories for myself, have fun and amke friends in the process!  I really enjoy messing about with distress inks and rubber stamps, and often incorporate these into my layouts and cards.  I'm definitely an inky, fussy cutting type of crafter!

You can find me on Instagram as @deeciedee

My blog: deecie.blogspot.co.uk

Antonia

Hi, my name is Antonia and I’m over the moon to be designing for the Stick It Down blog! I’ve been scrapbooking for about eight years now, but only been ‘going social’ recently with my work. I mostly do 12”x12” single page layouts, but I also use double layouts and pocket page journaling in my travel albums and my kids’ school albums.

You can find me on Instagram as @antsheartseggy
My Blog: Chasing Daylight

September reader features!

We're loving the interpretations of this month's single page sketch! So many ways to use the circular design! You still have a few days this month to play along if you haven't had a chance to yet!

Here are a few ideas from SID readers to get the inspiration flowing...

Felisa

Crissi

Hannah

Ladies, feel free to grab this badge for your blogs.

Remember, all entries from ALL challenges are in the running to be invited back as a guest designer. We choose one person for each sketch challenge.

You're also playing for this September prize pack for ONE lucky random participant.

US residents only

September guest designer... Ashley

I'm a 46-yo mom to two boys, ages 18 and 8.  I've been married to my retired Marine husband for 12 1/2 years; meeting and marrying him was the best thing that ever happened to me!  I've been scrapbooking since my oldest was about three years old, and I got into card making a few years ago.  My husband says I am the keeper of memories for our family, and I truly love this craft!  I very rarely make a layout or card without using a sketch, and I'm always looking to try out new techniques and looking for new inspiration. 

Here is Ashley's card:

If you'd like to be a guest designer for SID in the future, all you have to do is play along with one - or all three! - of our challenges. We choose one winner from each sketch challenge to guest design for us!

September card team!

Laura's sketch this month can be interpreted so many ways! Take a look at how the design team used this sketch!

Colleen

Alison 

Evelyn

Laura

Lori

Jessica

You have until the end of the month to join us on this sketch - or any of our sketches! One winner from each sketch will be invited back as a guest designer in November. Also, we have a prize to offer one random participant.

US residents only