Friday, June 10, 2016

June - December card design team!

Welcome back all of our card team ladies :) Evelyn will be switching from the double page team to the card team this term.

My name is Alison and I live in Bend, Oregon right in the center of Oregon. I am married and have one ten year old daughter along with a dog named Wrinkles. I started traditional scrapbooking over ten year ago which branched out into card making, mini albums, and other paper crafts. I work part time as Speech Language Pathologist helping children birth to five years of age. On my days off I keep busy crafting, volunteering at my daughter’s school, gardening, reading, and enjoying the outdoors.

Hi, Colleen from the beautiful state of Michigan. I am a mother, wife and grandmother to 6 very active kids. I have been scrapping for about 15 years but seriously scrapping for about 6 years. My style is eclectic, and evolving. I love to make cards and make quite a few. I make them for myself, my mother and for my daughter. I loved altering boxes that I fill with my cards and give them as gifts. I also create layouts and love to try to make each one unique while still have the photo be the focal point. I love making flowers and create most of the flowers on my projects.

Jessica K
My name is Jessica Kaiser and I live in Saskatchewan, Canada.  I’m a stay-at-home mom & homemaker (my primary job!).


I have been a crafter for as long as I can remember!  In 2007, I was introduced to rubber stamping and my passion has taken off from there!  I offer local cardmaking and papercrafting classes out of my home.  I love to learn new techniques and styles of cardmaking.  I am primarily a cardmaker, although I do love to scrapbook as well.  My cards are currently sold in 4 locations locally.


I would describe my style as very clean – so sketches work great for me!    I definitely like to try different styles though and have put abstract creations together – but they usually end up being clean designs anyways!  I’m so excited to be joining such a fun Sketch Design Team!

In my spare time, I love to cook & bake and I’m a Zumba Fitness Instructor.
 

Jessica S

I am a stay at home mom to 4 kids, ages 3, 5, 7, and 9.  They definitely keep me busy, but it is so worth it! I can't imagine spending my life doing anything else.  My husband and I have been married for 11 years. 



Besides scrapbooking and card making, I like to work out, volunteer at my kids' school and church, and practice my photography.  I started scrapbooking when I was still in high school. I added in card making a few years later. I figured I had all the supplies, I might as well use them for cards too! If you would like to see more of my work, you can visit my blog at http://jessica-createandshare.blogspot.com/.



My name is Lori and I live in a small SW Missouri town with my husband and our two sons. We also have a daughter who is married and has a sweet little girl that I get the pleasure of watching while her Mommy works. I started scrapbooking 18 years ago, and card making soon followed. Making cards gives me that quick creative fix that I sometimes need. Nothing relaxes me more than spending time in my craft room and creating cards and layouts.


Hello, my name is Sharon! I am super excited to be part of SID's Design Team!! YAY!! I cannot wait to see what beautiful and inspiring paper creativity is born here! :)  

My long suffering husband has had to put up with me for over 20 years now. :) 

We have three children (2 boys and a girl), 2 dogs, and a cat.  I have been scrapbooking since our 

oldest was a baby, and he is at university now. So it's been awhile! :)  

My creative spirit can be influenced by everything from my mood, to something that I experienced or an image that I have seen. I think just the nature of being inventive is what I love! Thanks for taking a moment to read a little about me. :)

Please stop in at my blog, and say "hello"..... http://seaviewscrapping.blogspot.com/

I’m Evelyn.  Like most of you, I have always been crafty one way or another.  I knit, did counted cross-stitch for a few years, and have made beaded Christmas tree ornaments.  I’ve kept a scrapbook since I was a girl.  It included grainy, out of focus black and white photos taken on school field trips and around my home, locks of hair from when I got it cut, and paint samples from when I painted my bedroom walls (pink and yellow!)  When I discovered scrapbooking, I took that old scrapbook apart and re-made it using all acid-free materials.  My first die cutting machine was the Cricut Expression.  I now have two of them, a Gypsy, a Cameo and a Portrait, and use all of them to make scrapbook layouts, cards, and other paper items as well.  I'm honored and excited to be a member of the Stick it Down design team and its newest card sketch designer!

Tuesday, June 7, 2016

blog hop winners!

Wow! That was such a fun hop! Everyone chose cool sketches and their interpretations were amazing! We're so thankful for all of you who hopped along with us!

The winner of prize #3... Natalie Eubank Dill

The winner of prize #2... Denise Bryant

The winner of prize #1... Carolyn Johnson

and the grand prize winner for the Paper Wings Productions prize is... Chicka Scrapera!

Congratulations ladies!! and thank you to ALL for participating!

In the next week or so we'll be introducing our NEW design teams for the July - December term!

Winners, please contact me at StickItDownChallenges@gmail.com within 7 days to claim your prize. If you do not contact me by June 14 at 11:59pm, I will choose another winner.

Saturday, June 4, 2016

May sketch winners!

We won't be having any sketch challenges in June (just the blog hop), but we do need to announce the winners of the May sketches! The winners of our May sketches will be guest designers for us in July! Congratulations to the following ladies...

our card sketch winner... Elly

our single page sketch winner... Carolyn





and our double page sketch winner... Natalie!

Ladies, please email me at StickItDownChallenges@gmail.com for information about becoming our July guest designers! Thank you all for playing!


ALSO our winner of our May prize package, chosen randomly from all of our entries, is...

Michiele, please email me at StickItDownChallenges@gmail.com to claim your prize within 7 days. If not claimed by 11:59pm on June 11, another winner will be selected.

Thank you to all who played along with us in May! We had 27 entries! This month we won't have any sketch challenges, but we have the blog hop and the new design team introductions! We'll have more sketches for you in July!

Friday, June 3, 2016

June blog hop!

Welcome to Stick It Down's June blog hop

Several of our design team members have created projects to share with you using any of our past SID sketches. If you've never participated in a blog hop before, you'll "hop" from blog to blog to visit each designer's page and view their project. You'll leave a comment at each stop along the hop. The hop will end right back HERE where you started, where you can comment to let us know you've completed the hop and you're entered to win the grand prize. You have until Monday June 6 at 11:59pm to complete the hop. The winner will be announced on or before June 9.

We have several prize packages and one grand prize lined up! Paper Wings Productions is generously sponsoring our blog hop and is offering a gift certificate to the online store!


Paper Wings Productions is owned by Carrie Edelmann Avery. All of the PWP stamps are produced in the USA and are made using the highest quality of materials. You can check out the PWP online store to see the red rubber cling stamps and the clear photopolymer stamps!

In addition the the grand prize, many of our dt members are offering prizes on their blog and we also have a few other prizes lined up...
clip art sheet, 2 cling stamps, 1 rubber stamp set from Paper Wings Productions
1 rubber stamp set & 2 cling stamp sets from Paper Wings Productions
summer vacation themed embellishment package
We've also made it possible to earn additional entries for prizes by following the SID blog, our Facebook page, the PWP blog, and the PWP Facebook page.

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Are you ready to get started? Your first stop on our hop is Evelyn!

Here is the order of the hop, in case you get lost:
Evelyn
Sharon
Jess K
Grace
Shanna
Hanne 
Lori
Angelika
Tina
Jessica S
Ali
Alison
Loreto
Colleen
 Have fun!

Friday, May 27, 2016

May guest designer: Michiele

Please welcome our double page guest designer this month...
Hi everyone!  I’m Michiele from Oklahoma.  I am married to my high school sweetheart, Ky.  We have been married for 26 years and have three great teenagers.  I started scrapbooking when my first child was born - 19 years ago.  I have done both digital and paper scrapbooking, but my favorite is definitely paper scrapbooking.  I don’t get the same relaxing feel from digital as I do from paper scrapbooking. I go through phases scrapbooking so I am definitely behind!

My style is pretty simple.  I wish I would be more adventurous.  I almost always do double layouts with multiple pictures.  My favorite tool is my Silhouette Cameo.  I use it to create cut outs and lots of vinyl lettering. I am currently working our our Caribbean cruise from 2013.

and here is her page using our double page sketch: