Together

We've got another fabulous layout to share with you today designed by DT member Monique Liedtke.  She shares some tips on some of our tools as well.

In case you missed it - we have a Sketch Challenge happening this month.  The details are posted HERE and we'd love to see your 'takes' on this fabulous sketch.

Monique Liedtke

Hi everyone! For the month of March we're all using design team member Suzanna Lee's sketch and what a fun one it is! Here's my take on it: I scrapped photos of my husband and my oldest son, spending some quality time together. For this layout I used the Welcome Spring collection as well as a few other pieces.

I'm still over the moon happy with all the tools Imaginisce has given us to work with. For this layout for instance, I used the "i-Score & Pierce" tool: 

The "i-Score & Pierce" tool is a super handy tool!! It's a pen that has four tools all in one! Tips include one 1mm piercing tip, one 4mm piercing tip, one 1.5mm embossing tip and one 2.0mm tip. The tool has an easy push button option to quickly and easily switch over to the other tips. 

And now a few more close-ups of my page: love using old book pages on my layouts!

I couldn't resist adding the little penguin sticker from the Family Fun collection:

And this is the sketch we're using this month: we would love to see what you can do with it!! If you give it a try too, then don't forget to share it with us on our Facebook page! 

Supply list: 

Imaginisce - Welcome Spring (patterned paper, buttons, die-cut journaling tags), Perfect Vacation (cardstock die-cuts), Family Fun (stickers), i-Score & Pierce.

Bazzill Basics - Cardstock

Other: Silhouette Cameo, 17turtles cut file, Scraptastic Club stamp, Tim Holtz Tiny Attacher

Thank you so much for visiting our blog today!

Monique

Go Cart Fun!

So have you had a chance to see our Sketch Challenge this month?  If you missed it the details on HERE on this post.

Today Marcia shares her take on the sketch.

Marcia Dehn-Nix

'Go Kart Fun!'

There seems to be no end to all the kinds of family activities that can be scrapped with the Family Fun collection! Today, I have another layout to share using the B sides of the papers. I was inspired by the black and white checkerboard paper. I immediately thought, that would be great paper for my son's Cub Scout Pinewood Derby pictures, but then remembered I had Go Kart pictures from a trip to Wisconsin Dells. 

 I loved Suzanna's sketch, but felt like I needed more white space to suit my style. This is where a sketch sometimes makes you think outside of the box. I decided to doodle along my layout edges. This allowed me to stay true to the sketch. I settled on some straight lines interspersed with the word 'VROOM'. I am quite happy with the result. I may have to doodle on my layouts more often. 

I also used my Imaginisce i-Top tool to create some custom brads for my layout. The i-Top is a great way to add some dimension. Here is my layout.

Supplies:

Imaginisce : Pattern Papers (Family Fun), I-Top, small and medium Brad Daddies, small and medium I-Top punches, Red Foam Alphabet Thickers, Foam Adhesive

American Crafts: Cardstock, Slick Writer (black)

It's Sketch Time!!

We used to have sketches as a regular feature a while back and decided that it was time to have another sketch month - and we'd love for you to join us!!

One of our Design Team members, Suzanna Lee, created a sketch for us to use throughout the month of March.  We gave it to our Design Team and asked them to create a few projects based on this sketch - some themes will include St. Patrick's Day and Easter.

We would love for to see your creations using this sketch as well.

So if you'd like to play along here's what you need to do.

SKETCH CHALLENGE:
Create a project (card, layout, etc) using the sketch below as your inspiration.

THEN ....
1. Post your creation on our Facebook Page OR leave a link here to your project that you posted in an online gallery. (make sure to post your link on THIS page - dated March 2, 2015)
OR
2. You can post on Instagram and TAG us #imaginiscesketchchallenge.

At the end of March we will pick ONE lucky winner to win a Prize Package from Imaginisce!
Deadline to enter your sketch is Sunday, March 29th, 2015.

So let's get started and check out this fabulous sketch!

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Sketch:

Remember the saying "the chicken before the egg or the egg before the chicken"? That's along the lines of what I often wonder about sketches: "layout based on the sketch or the sketch based on the layout"? With regards to today's sketch the answer is sketch based on the layout. All of my sketches evolve from completed layouts. There are elements on the layout that are not on the sketch and that's okay. I don't want people to feel restricted by what they can or cannot have on their layouts. As always, sketches are open to interpretation. 

Suzanna's Layout:

This layout is driven by the color combinations. I don't know what it is but the teal, red and black with the touch of orange really appeal to me. That touch of orange just pops the bowling ball that my daughter is holding.

For the title of the layout I tried to mimic the retro "bowl" sign that is on the background paper. It's not quite the same but the general idea is there with the rectangle tiles and a letter per tile. It was easy to do with scraps of paper. I just fussy cut the white cardstock around the foam letters that came with the Family Fun collection.

The buttons with the holes reminded me of bowling balls so of course those had to go on the layout as well. I don't know that I would recommend bowling with them, the fourth finger hole might add an interesting twist to the game!

Supplies

Patterned paper, buttons, letter stickers, stickers and dimensional stickers; Family Fun

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Be sure to stayed tune to the Imaginisce blog and see how the design team interprets this month's sketch!

December Sketch Challenge

We are very excited to feature our December Sketch created by Liz Qualman. We wanted to see how clever you can all be with banners, especially since banners can be made from a variety of things, flags being only one.  Our design team created some amazing layouts for today's BLOG HOP! So hop on over to each of the team members listed below and leave a comment at each stop. You'll be entered to win a great prize package.

And don't forget to enter this month's sketch challenge and you could win a $75 prize package (see details below)!!

 Check out the adorable mitten banners on the sketch and this layout by Liz Qualman.

Liz combined Cottage Christmas papers and embellishments with the mitten Snag 'Em stamp and rub-ons from Polar Expressions to create this warming layout.  Both collection mix n' match perfectly.

The mitten stamp from Polar Expressions was perfect for fussy cutting, inking and then adding a few pop dots to make them stand out on the page.  Liz also used a white gel pen to draw the strings.

The acrylic Snowflakes included in the Cottage Christmas collection are a great embellishment for adding some flair and bling to a project.  Then just add a metal Snowflake Glitz for some extra sparkle.

Would you like to win now? Just HOP ON OVER to the following Design Team blogs to see what they did with the sketch. Remember, leave one comment on as many of the blogs (and ours) as you like and you'll have multiple chances to win a prize package of Imaginisce goodies. We'll announce the winner on DECEMBER 6th. Enjoy!

Aida Haron
Aikiko Kuroki
Cari Locken
Cindy Stevens
Cristal Hobbs
Erin Bassett
Heather Carpenter
Kim Holmes
Melinda Spinks
Penny Smith
Renata Moni
Robyn Schaub
Samantha Hauzer
Shemaine Smith
Tammy Wark
Tomomi Hiramara
Tracy Gardiner

November Sketch Winner: Mandi

Congrats to Mandi from Lynden, Washington for creating our winner layout for the November Sketch challenge. 

It was a tough group to pick from this month...it seems every month our layouts get better and better and it makes it very hard for our team to pick a winner. But lucky Mandi, she now gets to pick from $75 worth of product, an i-top product collection assortment OR an i-rock Collection. Just email us your choice and shipping information! Congrats!!

November Sketch Challenge

We are very excited to feature our November Sketch created by Melinda Spinks. Our design team created some amazing layouts for today's BLOG HOP! So hop on over to each of the team members listed below and leave a comment at each stop. You'll be entered to win a great prize package.

And don't forget to enter this month's sketch challenge and you could win a $75 prize package (see details below)!!

Here's the layout Melinda Spinks create with the NEW Enchanted Collection.

Would you like to win now? Just HOP ON OVER to the following Design Team blogs to see what they did with the sketch. Remember, leave one comment on as many of the blogs (and ours) as you like and you'll have multiple chances to win a prize package of Imaginisce goodies. We'll announce the winner on NOV. 11th. Enjoy!

Melinda Spinks

Heather Carpenter

Tracy Gardiner  

Renata Moni Bidini

Tammy Wark

Cindy Stevens

Cari Locken

 Pinky Hobbs

Aphra Bolyer

Liz Qualman

Erin Bassett 

Sam Hauzer

Shemaine Smith

Kim Holmes

Akiko Kuroki

Tomomi Hiramaru

Penny Smith

Robyn Schaub

Akiko Kuroki

Post your sketch on your blog or online gallery AND then come back here and list your link via our new inLinkz below. Since this new LINK service shows a picture, please make sure you link to the post with your layout and not just your blog. We will select a winner to be featured on our blog at the end of the month. And of course, that means you could win your choice of the i-top Tool package, i-rock package or a $75 prize Collection package!

October Sketch Challenge by Cindy Stevens

We are very excited to feature our October Sketch created by Cindy Stevens. Our design team created some amazing layouts for today's BLOG HOP! So hop on over to each of the team members listed below and leave a comment at each stop. You'll be entered to win a great prize package.

And don't forget to enter this month's sketch challenge and you could win a $75 prize package (see details below)!!

Here's the layout Cindy Stevens create with the very popular Apple Cider Collection.

 

Would you like to win now? Just HOP ON OVER to the following Design Team blogs to see what they did with the sketch. Remember, leave one comment on as many of the blogs (and ours) as you like and you'll have multiple chances to win a prize package of Imaginisce goodies. We'll announce the winner on October 11th. Enjoy!

Cindy Stevens

Aida Huron

Akiko Kuroki

Sarah de Guzman

Liz Qualman

Melinda Spinks

Aphra Bolyer

Cari Locken

Kim Holmes

Renata Moni Bidini

Robyn Schaub

Sam Hauzer

Tammy Wark

 Pinky Hobbs

Tracy Gardiner  

Heather Carpenter

Erin Bassett 

Do you like crafting with sketches? And how would you like to win a bunch of Imaginisce products? Try out the sketch for yourself and you could win $75.00+ worth of product (tools and/or paper). Create a card or layout using 75% IMAGINSCE PRODUCTS and Cindy's October Sketch for inspiration before OCTOBER 25th. 

Post your sketch on your blog or online gallery AND then come back here and list your link via Mr. Linky below. (Please make sure you link to the post with your layout and not just your blog). We will select a winner to be featured on our blog at the end of the month. And of course, that means you could win your choice of the i-top Tool package, i-rock package or a $75 prize Collection package!