Saturday Sketch Challenge 228 and a Thank you to Carrie Gaskin

Good Evening Friends!

Thanks for visiting and to all those who play along! We love seeing your entries!

We hope that you have had as much fun seeing what our friend Carrie Gaskin, and Guest Designer has been up to for the month of October. We sure have loved having her on our team! If you haven't already, check out Carrie's work and leave her a message! Thank you Carrie!!

Tonight we have another clean and simple sketch for you, but this week we've bumped it up a little. This sketch can be adapted to C&S or bumped up to an over the top work of art!

So next, how about some potential measurements?
Base: 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" scored and folded in half at 4 1/4"
Layer 2: 3 3/4" x 5
Layer 3: 4 1/4" x 1"
Layer 4(bottom left) some fun punched shape?
Layer 5: Focal point 3 x 2, or measure your stamp block
Layer 6: a punched shape or sentiment?

Above all, please have some fun with it!

Here is some creative inspiration from our design team. for more details on each of their cards, just click the link below their creation. :D

Gretchen Barron

Tiffany Bauer

Selene Kempton

Lee Conrey

Patti Chesky



Tammy Fite

Aren't they gorgeous? Are you ready to play along? We sure hope so! Never played with us before?? Well, it's easy! Sky's the limit!

1. Make a card using your Stampin' Up Supplies!
   
2. Post it online somewhere to your blog or other online forum
3. Post a link to the free linky tool below (please point the link to your post and NOT just your blog).
   
4. Have some fun and leave comments for each other (and for the operators if you like their work). ~ Everyone loves comments!
5. Please note, we reserve the right to remove links with non-Stampin' Up! product, "sales pitches", links to online stores, or requests to join your team. We're here to have fun, learn from one another and share.
   

We hope you join us this week and play along with this sketch! But don't delay our links will close at 8AM on Thursday morning Eastern Standard Time.

Rubbah hugs,
Selene Kempton

Stamper's Showcase #227

Happy Friday, everyone! As you can see from our challenge entries, it's been a busy and productive week at Stamping 411. Here are your Operator Picks for Sketch Challenge #227! Thanks for playing along and check back later for a new challenge!

Color Inspiration Challenge #164

Hey stampers!!! Can you believe a month has passed since the last Stamping 411 Color Inspiration Challenge? Time sure does fly.....especially this time of year!!! Halloween has passed us, and now our thoughts are moving towards Thanksgiving, Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and the New Year.

Every year at this time, I tell myself to get a jump start on my own Christmas cards. I'm so busy designing cards for my classes, that I often wait to the last minute to get my own cards stamped and mailed. Will I do better this year? Probably not! Life seems even crazier this year!!! But, I'll get them done even if I need to burn the midnight oil.



I often come up with some wild color combinations, but holiday nostalgia makes me gravitate towards the traditional. This color combination screams Christmas to me, but it also works perfectly for non-holiday cards as well. Who doesn't love a gorgeous red flower bloom with it's shiny greenery? The dark chocolate offsets the brightness of the red and green perfectly.

This month's colors are Riding Hood Red, Lucky Limeade and Early Espresso.

There's a Linky Tool at the bottom of this post so you can link your project's web address to this post. We'd love to see what you've made with this color combination.