Thursday Takes #64- A Double Pager!!

Time for our final Thursday Takes for December here at Sketches in Thyme! For our 3rd challenge we have a double-pager!! I know you might be used to the ease of the single-page layout, but let's step out of our comfort zone for a bit and give it a go! All 3 challenges will run for the entire month, so you'll have plenty of time to put our sketches to good use!

Our sponsor for the month is Memorable Seasons. This is the 4th anniversary for the store, and if you place an order between now and December 31st you are entered into a drawing to receive free shipping for the entire year of 2012.  Also, enter coupon code Thyme to receive 20% off of your entire order, including sale prices!!

Now...on to today's challenge. You can use this sketch as a starting point to create, rotate, flip, whatever works to get you inspired! Here's the sketch and a few takes from some of our wonderful Mavens:

Wendi Robinson

Joni Parker

Deb P

Valerie

Jinny Newlin

Erin

Sally Cranney

Lovez'

Crystal
(December Guest Maven)

Jessie

(December Guest Maven)

Great takes from the Mavens today- both double and single page inspiration!! I hope the sketch and all the fabulous takes from the Design Team have inspired you to get scrapping! And when you do, please be sure to link up your take on any (or all) of our December challenges in the sidebar by December 31st. When you do you'll be entered for a chance to be named one of our Top 3, or our winner for the month who will win this month's drawing, a gift from Memorable Seasons!! =) Maven Tiffany

Thursday Takes #63

Time for another Thursday Takes here at Sketches in Thyme! All 3 challenges will run for the entire month, so you'll have plenty of time to put our sketches to good use! Our sponsor for the month is Memorable Seasons. This is the 4th anniversary for the store, and if you place an order between now and December 31st you are entered into a drawing to receive free shipping for the entire year of 2012.  You can place orders during the month and then they will ship free on the last day of each month.

Now...on to today's challenge. You can use this sketch as a starting point to create, rotate, flip, whatever works to get you inspired! Here's the sketch and a few takes from some of our wonderful Mavens:

Wendi Robinson

Joni Parker

Deb P

Erin R.

(I turned the LO sketch into a card sketch)

Sally Cranney

 

Rene' Sharp

Crystal

(December Guest Maven)

Jessie

(December Guest Maven)

Tiffany

Such fun takes from the Mavens today! I hope the sketch and all the fabulous takes from the Design Team have inspired you to get scrapping! And when you do, please be sure to link up your take on any (or all) of our December challenges in the sidebar by December 31st. When you do you'll be entered for a chance to be named one of our Top 3, or our winner for the month who will win this month's drawing, a gift from Memorable Seasons!! =) Maven Tiffany



Thursday Takes #62

Hello and Happy December!! It's Sketches in Thyme Maven Tiffany with our first of three challenges for the month, all featuring our very own Sketches in Thyme ORIGINAL sketches. All of our SiT sketches are posted on our sketch page, we hope you'll come back anytime for great sketchy inspiration. All 3 challenges will run for the entire month, so you'll have plenty of time to put our sketches to good use!

Our sponsor for the month is Memorable Seasons. One lucky winner, drawn at random from all December entries, will receive their fabulous December kit!!

Now...on to today's challenge. You can use this sketch as a starting point to create, rotate, flip, whatever works to get you inspired! Here's the sketch and a few takes from some of our wonderful Mavens:

Joni Parker

Lovez' Lao

Crystal Beshear

(December Guest Maven)

Valérie

Jinny Newlin

(Jinny turned this week's sketch into a two-pager.

So, please be sure to stop by to see the other side.)

Jessie

(December Guest Maven)

Wow- such a great selection! I hope the sketch and all the fabulous takes from the Design Team will get you scrapping! Now it’s your turn to create something fabulous. Link up your take on any (or all) of our December challenges in the sidebar by December 31st to be entered in this month's drawing, a gift from Memorable Seasons!! =) Maven Tiffany

Introducing our December Sponsor...Memorable Seasons!!

With a new month brings a new batch of sketches and of course a new sponsor !! So excited to introduce you to our fabulous December sponsor...

Memorable Seasons with Crop Paper Scissors is an Online Scrapbooking and Papercrafting Store.  We’re committed to providing quality customer service, the latest products, and at the best prices!  The first week the product is in the store, it is automatically 25% off!! Don’t see a product you are looking for?  Contact us and we will do our best to get  it for you!  

www.memorableseasons.com/store

Memorable Seasons will be offering their fabulous December Kit to one lucky particpant this month! Our first sketch of the month is coming later today, so come back soon! =) Maven Tiffany

Top 3 and Our November Winner!

Even with the business of fall and Thanksgiving, we still had 27 fabulous entries for the month of November!! time to show off a few of the Mavens favorites and choose our winner of the fabulous prize from  our sponsor, The Painted Frog.

First up, we have our Top 3 for the month:

First we have Anne and her monstorously fanatastic take on Sketch #59! Love those bold colors and graphics!

Next we have Jenia and her absolutely sweet take on Sketch #60. Love the layers, the inking and the fabulous quote she used for the title!

And thirdly we have Wendy with her fun take on our two-page Sketch #61. Love all those cowboy goodies and the strip of brads is great!!

Finally we have the big winner of the month, thanks to Mr Random Generator...

 Congrats to Haven who created this layout to capture "Day 3" of what looks to be a wonderful family vacation!!

Top 3 and winners, please grab your blinkies from our sidebar and wear them proudly on your blog! Haven, please email me tiffanysketchesinthyme@yahoo.com to get your prize from our sponsor, The Painted Frog!!! Thanks to all the talented scrappers who linked up with us in November, we hope you'll be joining us for our upcoming December challenges! The Mavens will be back tomorrow with another wonderful sketch and as always, some fabulous inspiration. =) Maven Tiffany

A new Sketches in Thyme Maven!!

Please wish a fond farewell to Sketches in Thyme Maven Doreen, who is stepping down from the design team. We shall miss your fabulous talent here Doreen! We have someone new to take over her spot, and I am so excited to introduce her to you. Our newest Maven is Wendi, and you can visit here blog here!

Hey there, my name is Wendi Robinson and I'm married to my hottie, Jeremy for over 13 years now, and we have 2 super, wonderful kids, Austin who is 10 and Sydney who is 8 and a little bundle of joy on the way, due in just a couple of weeks!!! So I couldn't be more excited. Right now, I'm a stay at home mom, who stays busy with the kids, and who LOVES to scrap and create on the side!! I love everything from layouts to cards to altering, I just LOVE it all. I started scrappin back before my son was born, but been a serious scrapper for about 7 years now!!! My guilty pleasures are peanut butter M&Ms, Diet Cherry Pepsi, my ipod/itunes, Depeche Mode, zumba classes and walking. I am a total beach girl, and am happy to be living back in Cali, after being away for 7 years.  My creations can be found at http://scrappydayinparadise.blogspot.com. I'm super excited to be a part of the Sketches in Thyme team!!!

Welcome Wendi, so glad to have you joining us!!

Introducing our December Guest Mavens!!

So pleased to introduce two fabulously talented scrappers who will be joining us this month as Guest Mavens here at Sketches in Thyme! First we have Crystal Beshear, you can visit her blog here!

and here's a little about Crystal:

I am now a SAHM, after spending nearly 15 years in print media, who lives in Oklahoma and is happily married to the love of my life! We have an absolutely amazing 15 year old son (who's going on 30...lol!) and a 7 year old fur baby, a Boxer we rescued from a local shelter. I started scrapping about 5 years ago when my mother-in-law bought me a kit for Christmas. Two years later she also got me a Cricut for Christmas and that was it for me, I was totally hooked! Less than a year later I was on my first design team and had a blog. I've not slowed down since and absolutely love the creative outlet it offers me, plus it allows me to preserve so many memories to hand down to our son or look back on when my husband and I are old and gray! I am also super excited about having a creation published in the upcoming February 2012 CARDS Magazine! When I'm not crafting or spending time with my family, I'm usually reading, cooking or playing taxi driver to our son & his friends. My faith in the Lord is strong and I give all credit to Him, especially for all the wonderful blessings He bestows upon us each day. I can't wait for you to stop by my blog so we can get to know each other better!

And next we have Jessie, you can visit her blog here!
 

Hi! My name is Jessie.  I am a stay at home mom and I LOVE to craft!  I am married to my wonderful husband Eric, and we have one little girl.  I started my blog in July and it has been such a great time meeting people and reading other blogs.  I am currently on 2 design teams and it is such a blast.  I design for K Andrew Designs(Getting Cricky) and Eye-lets Etc.  I love to use sketches, and I am so excited to be the guest Maven this month. 

Thanks for joining us this month Crystal and Jessie, we can't wait to see your creations!