Friday, September 28, 2012

ISSC35 with Audrie Magno-Gordon

WOW!!! Where has September gone? I can't believe we're 3/4 through 2012.  It seems like this year has flown by.  I'm not sure where it's gone but I can honestly say I'm so glad Fall is here (even though on the West Coast the weather has been warmer than normal - I guess I shouldn't complain right?).
This week we are featuring  Audrie Magno-Gordon (girlgeek101 @ SCS) and our sketch is  based on this card.


I love the simplicity of Audrie's card yet it pops right off the page. 


And the DT has really knocked it out of the park with this one too. 





 
 
 
 
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 ISSC35), 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!


Friday, September 21, 2012

ISSC34 with Joanne Basile

Hi there!!! WOW! What a fantastic week it has been.  The sun has continued to shine here on the West Coast and let's just say we're happy about it!! :-)  Wahoo!!! Fall seems so far off even though it is just around the corner. 
I'm so excited about the fantastic lady we are highlighting today.  If you are familiar with My Favorite Things Stamps, you definitely know who  Joanne Basile (basilefamily @ SCS) is.  Joanne is an amazing artist and can I just say I'm in awe of all her cards.  She knows how to pull a card together like nobody's business.  This week we are featuring this card.


Umm... hello... AMAZING!!!

Here is our interpretation of Joanne's sketch.


Check out what the DT created.  We all did something a little different with the sketch.



Leanne Whitby








Tobi Crawford


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 ISSC34), 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!


Sunday, September 16, 2012

Top 2 Winners for ISSC32


Hi everyone! Hope that you all had a fantastic weekend filled with fun things to do and lovely people to see! I have just been sitting here ogling each and every entry for the ISSC32 Challenge and I had the toughest time coming up with this weeks winners! You guys came up with some fabulous projects and I was really torn with narrowing it down to just two lovely entries!


Have no fear, I did manage to (albeit begrudgingly) narrow it down so here are this week's winners...


 

This lovely feminine birthday greeting was presented to us by Bird and she has done a phenomenal job at keeping her card clean and crisp even with all of the lovely details of the gorgeous cut files, stitching and embellishments! Just beautiful!




Susie blew me away with all of her little tags, stamps and shapes that went in to created this beautiful card! I love that she posted numerous photos so that we could capture all of the fantastic little touches that make this card irresistible! Thanks for sharing your creativity with us Susie!
 
 
Congratulations ladies! Please feel free to grab your blog badge by right clicking on it and saving it to your computer :)  
 
 
If you would like to play along with the current ISSC33 challenge then please pop on by this post as this is another fun sketch! Thanks for participating in our challenges and we can't wait to see what you come up with next week :D
 

Friday, September 14, 2012

ISSC33 with Cindy Elam

How's everyone doing this week?  The Special Agents have all been busy it seems :-)  Everyone is adjusting to the back to school schedule and I know I'm looking forward to cooler days and crisp evenings. 
This week's challenge features Cindy Elam (Cards4Ever @ SCS) and is based on this card.


This card is absolutely stunning!!! Don't worry, I'll wait while you pick your jaw up off the floor.  Isn't it amazing? 


This sketch is a fun one!!
Let's check out what the DT has created. 

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 ISSC33), 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!

Monday, September 10, 2012

Top 2 Winners for ISS31


Winner, winner chicken dinner! Yes, that's right! We are back with our Top 2 Winners from the ISSC31 Sketch Challenge! We had a ton of fabulous entries and such creativity! You guys amaze me!

Here are this week's winners:


Hungry? Well Alison has cooked up a sweet little rice bowl card with real rice! Why yes, I did say real rice! How cute is that and just look at the adorable papers that she served up to go along with it! Alison your card is completely adorable mixed in with a little bit of genius!



So I've decided that when I grow up (eventually ;) that I want colour just like Sandra! This little Scootin' Bye card really stood out as a thumbnail and then knocked my socks off when I went to visit her over at her blog! I adore the clean look to the card her card especially with all of that stunning red!

 
Congratulations ladies! Please feel free to grab your blog badge by right clicking on it and saving it to your computer :)  
 
 
If you would like to play along with the current ISSC32 challenge then please pop on by this post as this is another fun sketch! Thanks for participating in our challenges and we can't wait to see what you come up with next week :D
 

Friday, September 7, 2012

ISSC32 with Marie-Alice

WOW!!! September is now in full swing with everyone's kids back in school and I'm sure all the parents are breathing a sigh of relief. LOL!!! Fall is definitely in the air (at least it is on the West Coast).  We want to take an opportunity to thank all of you for participating in our challenge on a weekly basis.  We love seeing all of your creations.

This week's sketch features Marie-Alice (ladybug91743 @ SCS) and is based on this card.

It allows you to keep it simple or layer it up.


Check out what the DT has created using the sketch.









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 ISSC32), 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!

Wednesday, September 5, 2012

I haz a sad and a glad...


Happy September and back-to-school to you all :) I have to admit that I'm a bit of a happy momma due to my kids migrating back to their school this week as I got a little overloaded with the "Mom, I'm bored" syndrome that seemed to plaque my offspring ;) Enough about me and my giddiness though...you are all probably wondering about the title of this post right?

Well, I haz a big, giant sad because our dear Jenny Peterson has handed in her Secret Agent badge as of the end of August do to life being hectic but she is well aware and threatened with in an inch of her life that when her life slows down a bit that she is to re-join us here....or else. I don't know what the "else" is just yet as I'm figuring it out as I go but I made sure that I said it to her in my most fierce typing that I know ;) 

I know that you guys will be missing our angelic Jenny to so don't forget to visit her over on her blog :D Bye Jenny, we will miss you!!!!

Now, I know that you are wondering why I haz a glad :) Because sweet Jenny abandoned us, I looked to our faithful challenge participants for our newest Special Agent! Please help me in welcoming an iSpy All Star Leanne Whitby!


 Secret Agent Leanne reporting in from “Down Under” – Australia! I am really honoured and excited to be part of the fabulous design team at ISSC.  I love the “kick start” that a sketch can give to your card making and have loved playing along with ISSC since it began.  So naturally when Kim asked me to join the team I just jumped at the opportunity!

I have been a scrapbooker and card maker for over 15 years although card making has become my biggest obsession of late. I have been married to my wonderfully supportive husband for over 25 years and am a mother to my gorgeous 19 year old girl. Both are the biggest inspiration for my scrapbooking and supporters of my card making. I really like incorporating handmade flowers and embellishments onto my cards and love adding those special little finishing touches like hand stitching, buttons or vintage lace/seam binding and have a true shabby chic style with most of my cards and layouts.  If I am not edge distressing and inking it’s just not right.  I am lucky enough to have been working in retail scrapbooking stores as a class teacher, designer and customer service representative since 2002 both in Australia and the US. 

I am so excited to be part of the ISSC design team and look forward to sharing my creations with you and seeing your takes on the weekly sketches. 

Special Agent Leanne Whitby's blog: A Little Bit Shabby


Leanne's style is shabby, elegant, detail oriented and she just plain oozes talent! We are thrilled that she has accepted her mission and that she will be joining us for the ISSC32 challenge this Friday as her very first sketch as a Special Agent! Please join us then to see her in action!