Guest Designer: Julianne McKenna-De Lumen

Julianne McKenna-De Lumen is back again with us today to showcase another fun sketch. To learn more about Julianne, see her first post here.

Love
by Julianne McKenna-De Lumen

I love Julianne's version of the this sketch! I love all the beautiful blooms to compliment the beautiful wedding photos. A stunning page!

Just a Little Crazy
by Julianne McKenna-De Lumen

I love Julianne has flip flopped this sketch. Her use of paint and ink sprays is incredible!

Thank you Julianne for being our Guest Designer this month. I know all of the So Sketchy! readers are in awe of your beautiful work with the sketches. Thank you for sharing with us!

Guest Designer: Julianne McKenna-De Lumen

I'd like to introduce you to this month's guest designer, Julianne McKenna-De Lumen.

Julianne McKenna-De Lumen

Julianne's blog: Jules, the Bling Princess

My name is Julianne McKenna-De Lumen (otherwise known as Jules). I live in warm and sunny Brisbane, Australia (while wishing I could be somewhere cold and snowing). I have only been scrapbooking for 3 ½ years. I have two darling daughters, Malayla and Keana, both willing subjects for my endless photos and scrapbooking. You will find that they feature in most of my layouts. Due to my love of bling, my girlfriends have nicknamed me “The Bling Princess”. You can find more about me on my blog: http://julestheblingprincess.blogspot.com/

I am a design team member for both Blossies and Aussie Pub Calls Roadmaps.

In my spare time (not that I have much of that), I go to the gym, read (love the Twilight series and most science fiction/fantasy genres), go to the movies, learn karate with my daughters and husband, and enjoy traveling (anywhere, anytime).

For me, it is a huge thrill and honour to be a guest designer for So Sketchy! So, a big thank-you for having faith in me. I hope I can inspire you to let your creativity flow.

Here's is the first sketch that Julianne had to work with:

Pose
by Julianne McKenna-De Lumen

I just adore all of the paint and pen work Jules has added to her page. She has used the sketch to a "T" but she's added a bit of her own style to it. I live the use of the paper and ribbon together for the strip down the middle of her page. A great use of the sketch!

Loved
by Julianne McKenna-De Lumen

For this page Jules has flipped the sketch and has her 3 photos on top instead and it looks fabulous! She's used a fun shaped journaling page for her story and her sweet cluster of flowers is the perfect touch to this fabulous girlie layout! Wonderful page Jules!

stay tuned later this month as Jules brings us a few more sketch creations!

Just a Reminder....

Just a quick reminder that I have a contest for a September Guest Designer going on. Details can be found here. Entries must be submitted by August 31st.

The August Sketch Contest is still active. You have until Sept. 4th to submit your work. Details on that contest can be found here.

Good luck!

Want to be a Guest Designer?

Would you like to be a guest designer on So Sketchy!?

Here's how YOU can become our guest designer for September and show case your creativity using our sketches:

1. Create a layout OR card using the sketch provided below. Only one creation per category per person. So you can send in one card and/or one layout.
2. Photograph your creation and email your photo using the following criteria;

• send full sized, cropped image
• name your image with your title and your first name (ie: layout_title_AllisonCope.jpg)

3. Send your email to sosketchy@live.com with "September Guest Designer" in the subject line.
4. Please include the following information with your email:

• your full name
• your location (city & province or state & country)
• your email address
  
• a short bio
• a link to your blog
  

Due Date: August 31st
Open to everyone world wide.

Here is your sketch:The winner of the guest designer position will be contacted on September 1st and will be provided with 2 sketches to showcase their work on the So Sketchy! blog during the month of September.

Good luck everyone!

Guest Designer: Jen Benoit

Jen Benoit, our Guest Designer for June is back again today to showcase another fun sketch! To find our more about Jen, see our introductory post here.


I just love the way Jen has used this sketch! Look at all those fun circles! She's taken the 8.5x11 sketch and stretched it out to suit the size of her 12x12 page. Super cute page Jen!

Thanks so much to Jen for joining us this month! You'll be seeing more of Jen's work starting in July as she is one of the our new So Sketchy Sistas!

Guest Designer: Jen Benoit

Today I'd like to introduce you to our June Guest Designer, Jen Benoit.

Jen Benoit

Jen's Blog: Life As I See It

My name is Jennifer Benoit; Jen, if you please. I live in South-Western Ontario where I'm currently a stay at home mom to one spunky two-year old. He is the subject to of most of my projects. He's also the only one who doesn't mind a camera in his face every day. I discovered scrapbooking in October 2007 and made my first layout the following month. I'm so glad to have found a creative outlet that also allows me to preserve my memories and display my pictures.

Here's the fun sketch that Jen used to create some pages to show you:

J'Adore
by Jen Benoit

First off, Jen took the circle aspect of the sketch and made her base sketch shape. I love the fact that she took the oval from the sketch and made into another place to put a mini photo. Simply a wonderful page Jen!

Angel
by Jen Benoit

For this page, Jen rotated the sketch and used the sketch on it's side. I love her layered ribbon and paper for the strip down the center of her page. Another stunning page Jen!

Stay tuned this month for another sketch creation from Jen!

Guest Designer: Tracy Schultz

Tracey is back today to share another one of her card sketch creations as her Guest Designer position for May.

Here is the sketch Tracey used:

It would help if I added her cards!!! Sorry Tracy!

Beautiful Garden
by Tracy Schultz

Arigato
by Tracy Schultz



Aren't they both beautiful!

Guest Designer: Pearl Liu

Our Guest Page Designer, Pearl Liu, is back today to share another one of her wonderful sketch creations with you today!

Here's the fun 2 photo sketch Pearl had to work with...

She
by Pearl Liu

For this sketch, Pearl has used every element from the sketch as it is shown. I love her use of fun and bold colours from her photos and her paper choices. They pop right off that simple black ground perfectly! Gorgeous page Pearl!

Thank you Pearl for joining us this month as our guest designer! If you'd like to check out more of Pearl's work, you can check out her blog here.

Guest Designer: Tracy Schultz

Today I'd like to introduce you to our May Guest Card Designer, Tracy Schultz.

Tracy Schultz
Tracy's blog: http://whoistracy.com/myhead/

My name is Tracy Schultz and I live in Hamburg, New York (a suburb of Buffalo). I'm an IT specialist by day and crafter by night. If I'm not making cards, learning how to scrapbook, or making a pair of earrings, then you can usually find me on the volleyball court spiking up a storm or in my gardens. I've been married to my husband for three wonderful years and we have a pet cockatiel and one dozen angry fish.

Here's a fun card sketch for you today:

Bubblebee
Tracy Schultz


Isn't Tracy's card cute? I love the fun patterned papers that she used and that adorable cute little bee is just too cute! Great card Tracy!

Stay tuned for more of Tracy's work later this month.

Guest Designer: Pearl Liu

Today I'd like to introduce you to our May Guest Page Designer, Pearl Liu.

Pearl Liu

Pearl's Blog: http://maisymary.blogspot.com/

My name is Pearl and I'm a SAHM to 2 wonderful children, living in Sunny Singapore. I first started scrapbooking after my wedding in 1993 , without using any acid free products. There were very few acid free products available then here . Needless to say, that album is now yellow with age ! After the birth of our daughter in 1995, I started cardmaking via punchart and acquired the tools , punches and papers in the hopes that they would be useful for my kids at the right age. Well, I'm still the main user of all that product and tools! From 2006, onwards ,there was such a shift in products available in the papercraft industry and I started using more scrapbooking products in my cardmaking. Magazines and on-line galleries were full of inspiration, so by October 2006 I started scrapbooking again and have never looked back since.

Here's the first of the sketches that Pearl used....

Stylista
by Pearl Liu

I love how Pearl really played up all the different squares on her page. She's made each square and unique. I love all the vibrant colours she's used to capture your eye! Wonderful page Pearl!

Stay tuned as later this month, we'll have another sketch creation by Pearl!

Congrats to our new May Guest Designers!

I like to thank you to all the talented card makers and page designers that submitted work for the two Guest Design positions last month. Everyone did an amazing job on all their sketches!

So, without further adieu our two guest designers this month are:

Pearl Liu, Guest Page Designer
Tracy Schultz, Guest Card Designer

I had such a hard time picking that I also wanted to announce that I also chose a Guest Designer for June in the process.

Congrats Jen Benoit! Our Guest Page Designer for June!

Congrats to Pearl, Tracy and Jen! I look forward to seeing your work this month!

Guest Designer: Virginie Wurtz

Virginie Wurtz, our April Guest Designer is back again today to share another creation she created using a So Sketchy deign.

If you missed Virginie's first creation, see this post here.

Jump
by Virginie Wurtz

I love that Virginie has taken the sketch and turned it to suit her size and shape of photos! She's even used the large circle element and embedded it in her page design. Gorgeous page Virginie!

Welcome Virginie Wurtz!

I'd like to introduce you to Virginie Wurtz, our So Sketchy! Guest Designer for April.

Hello everyone! My name is Virginie Wurtz aka Giniew, I'm really excited to be the So Sketchy guest designer of the month. I live in North of France, near Lille and I am a scrapbook addict for 3 years now. Most of my inspiration is from my two lovely sons: Nathanaël (6 years old) and Gabriel (3 years old). I'm a proud DT member of a little shop: Scrapadabra and I also design for a few month for a french manufacturer : Color Conspiracy and another one french manufacturer: Sultane. I also create for a color challenge blog : Carnet de couleurs.
If you want to have a look to my work, check out my blog: http://giniew.canalblog.com
I hope you'll enjoy it ;-)

Here's the first sketch Virginie had to work with this month.....

Un Instant Precieux (Precious Moment)
by Virginie Wurtz

I love how Virginie used this sketch! I love the very feminine feel of her page and how's she's used a stamp as her title. What a wonderful page about the special guys in her life!

Stay tuned later this month for another sketch creation by Virginie!

April Contest & May Guest Designers Call

For the monthly contest, create a page or card using one of the sketches provided for April.

To submit your page or card creation, please email your submissions to:

sosketchy@live.com

Create a page or card using any of the sketches showcased that month.
Please reduce the size of your image to below 150kB.
Please include your name and title of your creation in your attached email.
Please identify what sketch numbers you used for your creations.
Please put "April Sketch Contest" in your subject line.

APRIL CONTEST DUE DATE: All creations are due by the 4th of the following month. (ie: April sketches due May 4.) You will win a prize from this month's sponsor, Creative Chaos and some goodies from me as well.


MAY GUEST DESIGNERS CONTEST:
I'm looking for TWO May guest designers. I'm looking for a card guest designer AND a page guest designer.

You will each be responsible to create 2-5 projects using the 2 sketches provided.

To enter: Please submit TWO cards/layouts based on two of the April sketches. Please use the email info above to submit your GDT creations. Please put "May Guest Designer" in the subject line.

DEAD LINE: May 4th.

If you have won in the last 3 months, you are ineligible for this month's prize.

Good luck!!

Guest Designer: Rebecca Ednie

Once again, we have had our March Guest Designer, Rebecca Ednie to come and share a few more cards using one of the So Sketchy sketches.
Here are Rebecca's 2 cards using the above square card sketch.

Musical Beauty


I'm Grateful


To check out more about Rebecca you can see this post or visit Rebecca's blog, Electric Endeavors.

Thank you Rebecca for sharing your wonderful and inspiring cards with us!

If you would like to become April's guest designer for So Sketchy, read all about it here! Good luck!

March Guest Designer - Rebecca Ednie

For March, I asked the talented Rebecca Ednie to join the So Sketchy Sistas in creating some inspiration for the blog. Here's a little introduction to Rebecca and her work using her personally designed card sketch.

Hi! I'm Rebecca Ednie. I am so excited to be the guest designer this month! It is such an honor! I am a SAHM of two lovely little boys; Jameson age 8 and Spencer who is not quite two. My hubby Tim is a paramedic with the fabulous city of Toronto; we live in a suburb about 40 minutes away. I am/was a RN but I no longer practice due to having lupus which makes even part time work too strenuous. So I fill my days with sweet children's laughter along with lots of paper crafting and stamping! I used to be a Stampin Up! Demonstrator but I'm a much better teacher than saleswoman! So I teach sewing, including bra making, as well as paper crafting of all sorts in my home. I'd love to be on some more design teams so if you are looking for someone, check out my blog. I hope you enjoy my work!

Beautiful Beach
by Rebecca Ednie


Lovely Ladies
by Rebecca Ednie


Silver Star
by Rebecca Ednie


If you would like to be just like Rebecca and get to showcase your work on the So Sketchy blog, enter our March contest for a chance to be April's Guest Designer. See details on the contest on the right hand side of the blog.