The Finale

Hi everyone! Thank you so much for coming by this week for our important announcement. Some of you may have noticed over the last couple of months or so that things have slowly been slipping around here. For example, commenting on blogs, putting up the teaser posts and announcing the winners as well as simple social media advertising. This all has to do with me working outside the home again and not being able to maintain a balance between family, working and crafting. So after much thinking I have decided that it's time for me to close up iSpy Sketches due to my increasing work hours and lack of spare time for the fun stuff like this blog.

I originally started this challenge site because I had a lot of time on my hands and I was trying to kick start myself back into the crafting world :) With the help of this fabulous team, I was able to do so and hopefully inspire some of you too! I'm very sad that our journey together has come to an end, but even getting some extra help from the inLinkz queen Jessie, the blog schedule queen Angela, the sketch suggestion queen Vickie Z and the commenting queen Vicki D, it's still hard to keep my head above water when it comes to keeping up with the running of the weekly challenges.

So at this time I would like to thank each and every one of your for coming by each week to see what goodies we had in store for you and for supporting us 100%. You guys made is so much fun each week and we will miss you all. I would also like to personally thank Jessie, Angela, Tobi, Vicki D, Vickie Z, Leanne, Christyne and Arielle for all of the laughs, for all of their hard work on their challenge creations, and for them being iSpy's (and myself) biggest supporters. Big squishy hugs because I couldn't have done it without you girls!!!!!!

On behalf of our fabulous Special Agents and myself we would like to wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy Holiday Season to you and yours! We hope that you will still visit us all on our personal blogs and we will miss each and every one of you!

ISSC44 with Christine Okken

WOWZA!!! November 30th.. Eeks!!  Another month has come and gone. With that, we have a new sketch for you this week. 

A few of us have had the opportunity to be on a design team with the lovely lady we are featuring this week so I'm thrilled!!! This week we are featuring  Christine Okken ( ChristineCreations at SCS) and is inspired by this card.

I love everything about this card from the fantastic color combo to the rustic twine and button.  What's not to love???

We all had so much fun with this sketch - check it out :-)

Leanne Whitby

Angela Thomas

 

Kim Teasdale

Christyne Kane

Vickie Z

Tobi Crawford

Jessie Rone

Arielle Gordon

Vicki

Here is how to play:

• Create a paper crafting project (card, scrap book page or 3D item), based on the sketch provided.Post your creation on your blog or an online gallery (using a code ISSC44 and link it here with the inlinkz widget below.
• Please provide a direct link to your post - not the generic link to your blog.
• A new challenge will be posted every Friday at 12:01 AM EST, and you have until noon on the following Friday EST to submit your entry.
• You may enter as many times as you like, but please provide a newly designed project with a new link for each additional project.
• We will choose the top 2 creations to be featured in our "Top 2 Winners" post every Sunday where we will announce who we have picked :) The winners will receive their very own iSpy Sketches blog badge!
• Don't forget that you may combine our challenges with others and use supplies from any company that you wish :)
• Have fun and we look forward to "spying" your creations!

ISSC43 with Jean Martin

Hi there everyone!!! We want to take a moment to wish all of our American friends a very Happy Belated Thanksgiving. We hope you spent the day with family and friends making wonderful memories.  We are thankful that so many of you play along with us each week.  Thank you!!!

This week we are featuring  Jean Martin and our sketch is inspired by this card.

Talk about cute!!! Eeks!!! I'm loving this card.

There are so many things you can do with this sketch.  Check out what the DT did :-)

Leanne Whitby

Vicki Dutcher

Angela Thomas

Christyne Kane

Kim Teasdale

Vickie Z

Arielle H Gordon

 

Here is how to play:

• Create a paper crafting project (card, scrap book page or 3D item), based on the sketch provided.Post your creation on your blog or an online gallery (using a code ISSC43 and link it here with the inlinkz widget below.
• Please provide a direct link to your post - not the generic link to your blog.
• A new challenge will be posted every Friday at 12:01 AM EST, and you have until noon on the following Friday EST to submit your entry.
• You may enter as many times as you like, but please provide a newly designed project with a new link for each additional project.
• We will choose the top 2 creations to be featured in our "Top 2 Winners" post every Sunday where we will announce who we have picked :) The winners will receive their very own iSpy Sketches blog badge!
• Don't forget that you may combine our challenges with others and use supplies from any company that you wish :)
• Have fun and we look forward to "spying" your creations!

ISSC42 with Anya Schrier

Hi there!!! As I sit here writing this blog post, I'm amazed by how quickly this year has flown by and thinking that it will be American Thanksgiving next week.  There is so much for us to be thankful for and we are grateful that so many of you participate on a weekly basis.  Thank you!!!

This week's sketch features Anya Schrier and is inspired by this card.

I love this card with its' fantastic Fall feel with the colors, the image and let's just say it's fabulous!!!

I love what the DT has created!! We all created something so completely different from each other.  I'm truly inspired!!

Leanne Whitby

Vicki Dutcher

Jessie Rone

Tobi Crawford

Angela Thomas

Christyne Kane

Vickie Z

Arielle Gordon

Here is how to play:

• Create a paper crafting project (card, scrap book page or 3D item), based on the sketch provided.Post your creation on your blog or an online gallery (using a code ISSC42 and link it here with the inlinkz widget below.
  
• Please provide a direct link to your post - not the generic link to your blog.
  
• A new challenge will be posted every Friday at 12:01 AM EST, and you have until noon on the following Friday EST to submit your entry.
  
• You may enter as many times as you like, but please provide a newly designed project with a new link for each additional project.
  
• We will choose the top 2 creations to be featured in our "Top 2 Winners" post every Sunday where we will announce who we have picked :) The winners will receive their very own iSpy Sketches blog badge!
  
• Don't forget that you may combine our challenges with others and use supplies from any company that you wish :)
  
• Have fun and we look forward to "spying" your creations!

ISSC41 with Chris Franco

I know I say it a lot but I'm always amazed by how quickly each week is flying by.  It seems like I am never catching up. LOL!!! I swear I'm a few days behind all the time.  Once again, your creativity is blowing us away!! Thank you so much for participating each week!!

This week's challenge is inspired by  Chris Franco (allamericanstampers at SCS) and is inspired by this card.

Check out those fabulous starbursts!!!

And now check out what the fabulous DT has created!!!

Leanne Whitby

Arielle H Gordon

Vicki Dutcher

Christyne Kane

Vickie Z

Jessie Rone

Tobi Crawford

Here is how to play:

• Create a paper crafting project (card, scrap book page or 3D item), based on the sketch provided.Post your creation on your blog or an online gallery (using a code ISSC41 and link it here with the inlinkz widget below.
  
• Please provide a direct link to your post - not the generic link to your blog.
  
• A new challenge will be posted every Friday at 12:01 AM EST, and you have until noon on the following Friday EST to submit your entry.
  
• You may enter as many times as you like, but please provide a newly designed project with a new link for each additional project.
  
• We will choose the top 2 creations to be featured in our "Top 2 Winners" post every Sunday where we will announce who we have picked :) The winners will receive their very own iSpy Sketches blog badge!
  
• Don't forget that you may combine our challenges with others and use supplies from any company that you wish :)
  
• Have fun and we look forward to "spying" your creations!

ISSC40 with Julie H.

Wow!! Can you believe we are in November now?  WOW!!! 2012 is almost in the books, well not quite but it feels like it's getting there.  And guess what that means,  a new person for you to be inspired by :-)

This week we are featuring  Julie H. (Juble at SCS) and is inspired by this card.

Lovely, isn't it?  I love the checkered background.

Please note that if the checkered pattern is intimidating you, that you don't have to do them :-)  Just make sure the center part of your card is oval and you're all good :-)

Leanne Whitby

Vicki Dutcher

Angela Thomas

Christyne Kane

Vickie Z

Arielle H Gordon

Tobi Crawford

Jessie Rone

Here is how to play:

• Create a paper crafting project (card, scrap book page or 3D item), based on the sketch provided.Post your creation on your blog or an online gallery (using a code ISSC40 and link it here with the inlinkz widget below.
  
• Please provide a direct link to your post - not the generic link to your blog.
  
• A new challenge will be posted every Friday at 12:01 AM EST, and you have until noon on the following Friday EST to submit your entry.
  
• You may enter as many times as you like, but please provide a newly designed project with a new link for each additional project.
  
• We will choose the top 2 creations to be featured in our "Top 2 Winners" post every Sunday where we will announce who we have picked :) The winners will receive their very own iSpy Sketches blog badge!
  
• Don't forget that you may combine our challenges with others and use supplies from any company that you wish :)
  
• Have fun and we look forward to "spying" your creations!