Sketch-O-Licious!

If you've checked out the most recent readers' gallery, then you already know that every single card this fortnight was utterly outstanding. Take a bow ♥JINGLE BELLES♥ and accept our congratulations on the stellar job you did with Stephanie's sketch! Meanwhile, here are a few versions that really made us look twice:

Kathe D. of Kathe's Adventures

Combined aqua and silver perfectly, for a totally elegant CAS aesthetic! 

Deanne of Three Trees Creations

Used stitching and buttons to add country charm galore!

Rosina of Rosina's Scrapcards

Really made the sketch her own by adding flowers, stars, ribbons and stitching!

We'll be back at midnight with a new prompt we hope will grow on you! Look forward to seeing you then ♥JINGLE BELLES♥!

Sketch-ing Through the Snow

We're still having a ball with Stephanie's sketch, let's take another look at that beauty, shall we?

Here are the cards we made from it this week:

Stephanie's Other Card

Stephanie says, "This week I started with my larger panel as the focal image ... a digital image from Christmas in Mulberry Wood. Given the proportions of my elements, it worked better to flip the sketch to a horizontal configuration ... I love a sketch that's flexible like that."

Lauren's Other Card

Lauren says, "I love a flexible sketch, too, and this one REALLY is! As you can see (at least, I hope you can!) I rotated it 90 degrees counter-clockwise and moved my Santa element (which is standing in for the circle) to the other side. My design was inspired by this beautiful older layout of Marcy Penner's. It took me *TWO* tries to get it right, and the other (unsuccessful) version is also posted on my blog today, if you want to see it!"

Do scroll down to see the gorgeous readers' gallery and link up your own beautiful sketch card! ♥

SKETCH-ing Around the Christmas Tree

Sketch-lovers rejoice! We're thrilled to debut our first sketch of 2014; it's by our very own sketch-mistress extraordinaire, the lovely Stephanie; and it's so flexible that we're sure EVERYONE will be pretty excited to make a card... or two... or three!

Here's how we used the sketch this week:

Lauren's Card

Lauren says, "I believe this was the EASIEST card i've made all year, and it's also one of my favorites. The proportions and shapes in the sketch are so wonderful, i felt like I couldn't go wrong! I've been saving the Crate Paper snow globe for just the right occasion, and when i saw the sketch I knew this week was it. I couldn't quite choose between the pretty trees and the elegant quatrefoil pattern, so I divided the background at the vertical line, for which I used a third coordinating paper. I love how this looks AND it's a nice flat mailable card!"

Stephanie's Card

Stephanie says, "I started by choosing the item for my *circle*, a 3-D gift tag for my focal image ... then I finished my design using the sketch road-map and coordinating scraps of holiday papers ... I love the pop of glittery blue."

Now it's your turn to rock the sketch in your very own way. You have until 6pm (EST) on Wednesday, March 12, to link up as many cards as you're inspired to make! Keyword for galleries and our Flickr group is JB:14:05. ENJOY! 

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