That’s what you guys are! I am floored by all your support. You guys are so sweet always checking out my blog. Well…it’s time to say thank you with Fresh and Fun Freebies!
I am close or over 300,000 hits by now. That is simply amazing! This time I am giving away a new and unmounted Amazing to Zany along with the only Pick A Petal card I made so far. I tied it together with some extra long gorgeous orange striped May Arts ribbon.
To be able to win this set, please let me know what your favorite card sketch is. Add a link to your post. Check out SCS’s sketch challenge, make your own and upload it somewhere or check other blogs. I can’t wait to see all those sketches.
One post per person please!
The drawing will be open until Sunday, the 17th of June. I will draw a winner then. I won’t be able to send out the set until I am back from vacation!
Beate
Stay at Home Mom of Three, Splitcoast Team Member and Copic and Spellbinders die Lover.147 Responses to “Simply Amazing!!!!”
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What great blog candy. My favorite sketch lately has been the gateway card sketch you encouraged me to try. (you can see it on my blog) I also like the rectangle with a triange wedge cutting horizontally through it. Congratulations on your blog success. You are very talented!
Hope you are enjoying your trip!
Amy
Congratulations on your accomplishment!! That is awesome! One of my favorite sketches is the following card http://entertainment.webshots.com/photo/2861688900038104613UEifcV. I don’t have a blog but have it on Webshots. My Webshots is http://community.webshots.com/user/chipblue57 if that link doesn’t work. Thanks for the fantastic blog candy!!!
My favorite sketch is the your sketch from a few weeks back that has the layered circle to the right and then 3 circle/embies to the left.
I like this one I created here: http://sisterhoodofscrap.blogspot.com/2007/06/sketch-saturday-allison-fillo.html
Oh fun blog candy Beate! You are so generous! Congrats on that many well deserved hits! I loved today’s SCS sketch challenge….SC128. Mainly because this card flowed very easy and I was happy with the result.
http://sherrie-cardcreme.blogspot.com/2007/06/more-pink.html
Wow…that’s a hard one! I would have to say SC100…I used it for a swap I was in and couldn’t think of a layout. I really like how the card came out. Thanks for checking in while you are away and for the goodies!
Sorry forgot to add my link….http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/photo/533507?cat=500&ppuser=89838
Beate – you are ALWAYS giving something away! I just LOVED your Pick a Petal card too 🙂 I love sketches; it so easy to find ideas for all my stamp sets. One of my favs is here (http://www.scrap-maps.com/sketches/cards/cards/ScrapMaps05_Card_06.jpg); it’s simple, and that makes it versatile, for large stamps or smaller stamps. I can’t wait to see all the sketches everyone posts!
Thanks for the freebie offer!
I can’t choose a favorite sketch… there are too many! I will give you a link to one of my favorites. It’s really simple, but that’s what I like:
http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=147011
Hope you’re having a great vacation!
Congrats on your blog success, Beate!! You totally deserve it! 🙂 Here’s my favorite (most recent) sketch from an SCS challenge: http://papercuts.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/2007/05/31/happiness-blooms/.
I Have this really quick layout I use quite a lot, you can shorten it for smaller card…. Thanks for your wonderful inspiration once again! Happy Holiday!
http://bp0.blogger.com/_4xPdn0QviEs/RjRbvCOSAcI/AAAAAAAAAAM/8-5QFN69drs/s1600-h/bretts+dads+62nd.jpg
I have been whipping out the trifold cards lately. I really like that they are so different than a traditional card and you can tuck things in the little pockets. Thanks for the offer of blog candy…I was afraid when you said you were going to Germany that you would take some time off from posting…boy, was I wrong!
Congrats on your hits, Beate!
Well – I have to say it is the card sketch from today on SCS – SC128 – since it is the ONLY one I have ever done! I liked it so much this moring – I just had to participate!!!
Here’s the link to it:
http://parisestates.blogspot.com/2007/06/do-funky-chicken.html
Cheers!
You are amazing! Posting for us even while you are away so we don’t go through withdrawal! Thanks! My favorite sketch for now is http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=249383
I love your Sketch #3, honestly…
http://nancyscreativemess.blogspot.com/2007/05/beates-weekend-sketch-challenge-3.html
Hi Beate! Congrats on the hits. That is unbelieveable!! I am still trying to get to 1000 hits! LOL! Here is my favorite sketch.
http://cakvd2.blogspot.com/2007/06/card-sketch.html
I must say I like the one you posted last week (#5 I think). I will admit it confused me at first (just because I’m silly and forgot to trim my CS) but now I love it and have made 3 cards that way.
Thanks and congrats!
~Melissa
my favorite layout-sketch design is the one I used for my regional swap card…
http://aimee-relaxinwhilestampin.blogspot.com/2007/04/regionals.html
WOW – I would *love* to win this just for that card – it’s beautiful! Of course the stamp set would be awesome to win as well. 🙂
My favorite card layout is this one… it’s a nice classic that’s easy to fall back on if you’re stuck for an idea.
http://imagine-dream-create.blogspot.com/2007/05/retail-therapy.html
Have a great day!
Cindy Keery
Hi Beate,
Congrats on 300 000 hits. That is an awesome number, but then, you have an awesome blog, so it’s well deserved. Isn’t technology wonderful? You’re in Germany right now, I’m in Australia and I can still get daily inspiration from your blog! I don’t have a gallery but I made a baby card using SC124 and just loved how it turned out. Make the most of every minute of your holiday.
I love this sketch challenge! Since it uses one of my favorite types of cards, the square (rather than A4 style)!
http://bellacarta.typepad.com/rebecca/2007/05/red_white_and_b.html
Congrats Beate! You must be thrilled! Wonderful blog candy as well!!!! Here is a link to my fav. lay out. It was one of yours from the week of June 3rd.
http://bp3.blogger.com/_6Cj5hQGCTT8/RmOGbJMeqDI/AAAAAAAAAFI/d6IsUX5FaZw/s1600-h/Kims+bday+card+001.JPG
If that doesn’t work, it’s the bella on my page, down a few. http://www.1craftygal.blogspot.com
So glad you’re gettign to spend time with your family in Germany! 🙂 My favorite sketch is by Lauren (mytime). I made a bunch of cards when I first saw it a month or two ago. It’s clean and simple yet it makes such a nice card. Here’s a link: http://laurenm.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/2007/03/31/saturday-sketch/ Have fun!
Love the candy. I visit your blog often! I think my favorite so far is #3…….by far one of my favs!
http://nancyscreativemess.blogspot.com/2007/05/beates-weekend-sketch-challenge-3.html
Gosh, i’m sorry, I didn’t mean to post that link, i was so excited that I was copying/pasting the links of the work of the others!!!!
I love card sketches they are so fun! I’ve been enjoying your sketches but my fave right now(which is subject to change at anytime!LOL!) is from pagemaps. I cant click on the indiviual card but its the second card on the first row. Here is the link:http://www.pagemaps.com/june07cardmaps.htm
This one was easy for me! I loved this sketch challenge at SCS! It was so easy to whip up my creation! Thanks for all you share with us! http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/photo/571317?cat=500&ppuser=8476
Lesa
This would be my favorite sketch, because it is my first! I just started my own blog. Inspired by all you bloggers, it helps me be challenged and stay creative (then I feel sane) Your site is a daily favorite. If you have time, check mine out….I would feel honored!!
Hi Beate,
unfortunately SCS Website is down again, seams the team is busy at the moment…so i hope it works with the URL adress from photobucket.
here is what i like to make at the moment i like it since it is so versatile:
Picture Card
[IMG]http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u256/speedygonzales32/IMG_1086ff_by_ClaudiafromGermany.jpg[/IMG]
Check (for my Demo 🙂 Card
[IMG]http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u256/speedygonzales32/IMG_1243f_by_ClaudiafromGermany.jpg[/IMG]
Sag mir Gruesse an die Heimat! Aaaahhh… geniesse das Brot und die Auswahl in den Baeckereien. Was wuerde ich fuer eine Butterbrezel geben!!
My fav is your gate card! im loving it right now!
http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/photo/580142?cat=500&ppuser=100284
Congrats! This is one of my favorite sketches – I like it because it’s a great showcase for double-sided patterned paper! It was sketch challenge #96:
http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/photo/395149?cat=500&ppuser=49490
Beate,
I don’t even know where to begin…your blog is definitely visited by me daily!! I absolutely love everything that you create and am truly amazed by your work. Thanks for creating sketches and work that motivates me to stamp … you are the best in my book!! Here is one of my favorites sketches … http://beate.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/2007/06/01/
Enjoy your vacation in Germany and have a safe trip home!
Sorry, here is the card that I made using your weekend sketch #4 … http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/photo/582510?cat=10367
Thanks!!
Tami
I don’t think I could pick a single favorite sketch…there are so many! And many I haven’t even had a chance to try out yet. So, here’s one from SCS that I loved and haven’t used yet…SC105
http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=210663
Huggs,
Jana
I just did this days ago and it is totally my favorite ever! Here’s the sketch (card, actually) by Danielle Flanders:
http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t139/Purplbtrfly1/danielle-flanders.jpg
and here is mine:
http://h1.ripway.com/amiedanny/June/card%20challenge
Thanks for the blog candy offer!
This sketch of mine is probably my favorite. I find myself using it time and time again. http://poeticartistry.blogspot.com/2007/04/poochies-sketch.html
This is my favorite sketch I made so far this year. I have made variations on it but this card just went perfectly. I make sketches as I lay in bed when I am at my most insomniatic.
http://papertango.blogspot.com/2007/05/summertime.html
Wow Beate, congrats on all those fantastic hits but then you definitely deserve it, you do have a fabulous blog
My favourite sketch so far I think has to be SC126 here is my piccie I did for it http://sillybirds.blogspot.com/2007/05/sketch-challenge-126-on-splitcoast.html its on my blog
Hugs and hope you have a fantabulous holiday
Once again thank you so much for your generosity & the chance to win an awesome prize. I love card folds that are unique and get bored with the everyday fold which is why I like your Gate Fold sketch. I have made this one and it does make a nice card plus there is so much you can do with it. Here’s the link to the sketch I like http://beate.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/files/2007/06/untitled-1.jpg
I hope that you have an awesome time in Germany visiting with your family. Have a wonderful, safe trip.
This is a layout I really like: http://angel2stamp.wordpress.com/2007/05/31/a-challenge/
But I do love to try other layouts!
Congrats on your million hits!!! (just a little exaggeration there!) You deserve it! I would have to say I love all your sketches, but the one I liked the most was the one with the curved paper in the middle placed over with a circle. I also like the gate fold even though I haven’t done it yet!
Sketches are totally my favourite thing!! And there are too many to choose from but one of my faves was a sketch challenge on SCS. Here is the card I made with it: http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/photo/546538?cat=500&ppuser=38585
Wow! That is awesome! Congrats on 300K, Beate!!! Here is my favorite sketch lately:
http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/photo/539330?cat=500&ppuser=31887
Congrats on the 300,000 hits Beate!!! I love reading your blogs and all of your great amazing ideas! I love this sketch!!
http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=210663
http://bp3.blogger.com/_NiP2rs_VrhM/Rk_b8GpKH8I/AAAAAAAAAuU/iufqn1k1AxY/s1600-h/IMG_2075c.JPG
….is my favorite quick standby layout – the horizontal panel is easy to fill, and the lower portion is a fun and quick way to use up narrow strips of paper I can’t bear to throw away. 🙂
Dina
http://mamadinis.blogspot.com
I love, love, love sketch #5! Such a great and fun way to make a card.
What good candy! I love the tr-fold cards these days…your Cami-Trifold is awesome. http://beate.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/2007/03/10/cami-trifold-tutorial/
Thanks for the tutorial!
My favorite sketch is SC126. I just LOVE this layout. It’s perfect for those smaller size stamps that would normally leave a lot of background space showing.
Here’s the link to my card:
http://www.starlightstamper.com/2007/06/stuck-on-sketch.html
Well, can you believe I’ve only done *one* of your sketches?? I’d really like to go back & do the others, but here’s a link to last week’s….
http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/photo/574389?cat=500&ppuser=66297
I wish I’d had cream colored Primas ~~ the big ones ~~ to use instead of the red but I had to use what I had, right? Great sketch, Beate!!
THIS ONE!!!
http://beate.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/files/2007/06/baroque-motifs-gate-fold-op.jpg
I really like SC121. It’s straight-forward and easy to dress up or down. I don’t have anything scanned right now, but hope to later. Here’s the link to the Sketch Challenge:
http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=243223
Thanks, Beate, for all the time and effort you put into your blog and your work at SCS and elsewhere. You are such a generous person with your creativity, you set an example for us all!
I love many of the sketches, but I made a number of cards using this sketch, SC#120. Here is the link to one of the cards: http://stampnmad.typepad.com/mad_stamper/2007/05/happy_birthdayv.html
TFS again!
I love your blog! I visit every day. Yes… I am a bit of a stalker :)! But seriously, I NEED to see what the latest and greatest creation Beate has made will be. I love your stuff! Thanks for always being so generous with your blog candy it’s amazing.
As for card sketches, I am always inspired some how though with every card sketch. Andrea started the card sketch challenges just after I started stamping so those were a huge help.
My favortie so far is 103:
http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=207571 I don’t have any cards posted of that one yet, but I’ll get working on it. 🙂
Amy
What great blog candy! You always have the best candy around! Here is a great sketch – it’s a SCS sketch. Check it out here!
http://tracyshappyplace.blogspot.com/2007/06/junes-happiness-giveaway-challenge.html
Its too hard to pick a favorite..I haven’t seen anything I DON’T like!!!!!!!! I haven’t made many of them because its hard for me to make time to stamp, but when I do get time, I always look at your samples for inspiration! I really enjoy your blog and look forward to the email each day telling me there’s a new article!
Congrats to you. Well deserved. I ooh so have to fiqure out this link thing. I love Jen’s sketches at expressivelyme.blogspot.com.Thanks for sharing!!
300,000 thats awesome, you share so many of your great ideas all the time. Thanks so much for all you do!
Congrats on 300k! Wow! That’s amazing. One of my favorite sketches is actually from a site that you mentioned not too long ago… http://janellerichmond.typepad.com/sketchthiscards/2007/05/index.html
It’s sketch #11. I just love the simplicity of it. The examples the gals have on there are really great! I just love it!
~Crystal M.
300k, wow! Hope you guys are having a great time in Germany…miss you and can’t wait to stamp when you get back!!
Beate:
I’m sorry you didn’t win the Artisan Award. You are definitely an artist among artist’s in my book!!!
My favorite sketch would be this one: http://basementstamper.blogspot.com/2007/02/ssus-scraps-challenge.html
I love the wavyness among the clean lines.
Kim
Hi Beate….
I love all sketches….too hard to choose! I have been enjoying your samples from the Sketch This Cards site….thanks for sharing that blog!
I would have to say that lately I have been intrigued by Michelle Wooderson’s 4×4 squares of patterned paper.
http://michellewooderson.blogspot.com/2007/05/colored-images.html
Beate, I love your blog! I think my favorite layout (or one of them anyway) would have to be SC92. http://stampingexpressions.blogspot.com/ It’s the second card in the post (I did the sketch backwards).
Congratulations on 300,000 hits! Thats is amazing!
I love the new Baroque Motifs set… mine is on the way now. I cannot wait to play with it. The Frayed Fabric Baroque Motifs card is my current fave of yours Beate (http://beate.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/files/2007/06/baroque-motifs-sketch-this-_15.jpg).
I can’t get onto SCS right now but the gate fold cards are my all time favorite, that and Cami’s trifold, even though I have yet to make one, any card made with this sketch is simply stunning!
What fun blog candy! And your work, is just simply great! Thank you for sharing it with us.
My favorite card sketch so far is the one for this week (SC128). Kinda scary at first, but very do-able once I got in there and gave it the old college try.
Thanks!
Suzy Tyler
http://ink-a-dink-a-doo.blogspot.com
I’ve had fun with your first weekend sketch challenge, seen here on my blog: http://wildrosestamper.typepad.com/wild_rose_stamper/2007/05/sketch_challeng.html
For some reason, I found it very easy for me to work with, and that makes it a winner in my book!
I like today’s sketch. Hope I can find some time to give it a try. Your card is beautiful! So is everything you do! Thanks for sharing it with us.
Too many to choose from. Love them all.
Great bolg candy. Hope I win!! Pick me!!
Denise
My favorite card sketch is the rectangle with a square in the middle(for a stamp image or what ever) and a ribbon with a bow on it behind the square.
Claudia F.
This one is one of my favorites http://craftyme-kimberly.blogspot.com/2007/06/hi-there.html It’s a scs sketch that Tracy is having a contest with over at tracyshappyplace.blogspot.com
TFS!
Hi Beate! I love you blog and I enjoy looking through your gallery. I get much inspiration from your creations.
Here’s one of my favorites:
http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/photo/567363?cat=500&ppuser=458
Thanks!
Liz
My Fav. is the Gate Fold… I printed it out and can’t wait to try it out.
My favorite SCS sketch would probobly be SC116. I love making my own backgrounds and of course using smaller stamps, since they always seem to get neglected! This is the card I made using this and honestly I think it is my fav card to date!! Here it is below:
http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/photo/508311?cat=500&ppuser=93154
Congrats on the 300,000 hits! I love your blog and check it everyday! Keep up the great work, you really inspire me!!
-Lauren
This is my favorite Sketch Challenge, SC119 so far, but SCS is having issues so I’ll have to post that link later!
and here’s my card for it:
http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/photo/528988?cat=500&ppuser=115200
and thanks for the opportunity to win Blog Candy! I love looking at your stuff!!!
I think one of the neatest things is your gate-fold card. I just love it and can’t say why it hit me with such a fancy — I just love it.
http://beate.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/2007/06/10/gate-fold-card-tutorial/
Sandy
okay, the page finally loaded so here’s the link to SCS Card Sketch: http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=49686&d=1176260087
Well, I guess I cannot enter this time because I don’t have a blog (don’t have a scanner either right now so I can’t even send you a photo of any of my work – oh well, someday when I grow up and have up-to-date computer stuff things will be different.) but I do love your blog and I stop by daily to see if there’s a new post from you. Thanks for sharing your talent and ideas!
Hi Beate-
I just recently found your website, and love it! I can’t wait to visit often and do your challenges. I would say my favorite is the gate card, I tried it the other night and made a darling card! Enjoy Germany its beautiful there.
Monika
I am new to trying out sketches. This is just the 3rd one I’ve tried. I picked one of yours (2nd or 3rd sketch challenge) and this is what I came up with.
http://in-my-moments.blogspot.com/2007/06/in-thought.html
Hope you are having a great time in Germany!
I just did my first challenge on SCS last night – and I loved the layout for Card Sketches this week!
So here’s my (only) favourite one (that would be SC128)
http://splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/photo/582505?cat=500&ppuser=11910
Thanks so much for the fun and inspiration!
My favorite sketch is SC54. I love making wavy paper with the rotary cutter from the SU cutter kit.
http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=16775&d=1136357337
Love your blog!
Hello Beate,
To be honest, I am very new with stamping and SCS (but I am pretty much addicted to it already 🙂 Still learning SCS and all the Sketch Challenge – but I like SC07 so far (simple for newbie like me). I love your blog, it full of ideas, inpirations and techniques for me to learn from. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge with us, you are awesome!
-grace
I think my favorite sketch was from SC89.
http://inkydinkydoo.blogspot.com/2006/09/its-coming-back.html
It’s the second one down with the Penny Black chicken 🙂
dear Beate, I really like the trifold card layout. Hope you have a wonderful holiday. Bye for now.
I am really into the tri-fold with slit punch closure; Cambria’s baby 🙂 So fun to make. Congrats on your fabulous blog making it to 300,000. Awesome!
Aloha Beate,
Just taking the opportunity to wave to you over in Germany; know you’re having a great time! I don’t have a gallery and am only now staring to read the stickies on all the SCS challenges thanks to your blog. Happy trails to all of you! Waving from an island (Oahu) in the Pacific O.
I can’t pick a favorite sketch. Usually the last one I did is my favorite. I just generally love sketch challenges because they give me a great jumping off point. Ever since I discovered sketch challenges I try to participate every week!
I’m really loving the current SCS challenge SC128! It’s perfect for using coordinating designer papers, especially my new favorite, Brocade Background.
Beate, you have a terrific blog here. It’s one of the few that I check daily. There’s always something new, and I love your stamping style! Thanks for sharing yourself through your blog!
I think my favorite sketch that I have done was SC126 – You can find my card in my galley: ipkstampshappy or on my blog: http://faithartistry.blogspot.com. It was a fun sketch and I made a couple of different cards with it. Ida
I think my favorite sketch that I have done was SC126 – You can find my card in my galley: ipkstampshappy or on my blog: http://faithartistry.blogspot.com. It was a fun sketch and I made a couple of different cards with it. Ida
Awesome blog candy Beate! My favorite sketch challenge is this one:
http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=97005
I love the different folds!
congrats on 300,000 hits! :)I learn from your site, I’m still a newbie to stamping and not yet comfy showing off my cards.
I can’t pick a favorite (too indecisive!:), but I find myself using simple sketches, like SC78. Here is my SCS link. http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/photo/492117?cat=500&ppuser=96017
Simple and easy!! 🙂 Thanks!
Wow this is great! Well, my favorite sketch is #68. Here is the link for it: http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=138470
I’m sure I’m not the only one who loves this simple but incredibly versatile design by Valerie Stangle (who has a great name too 😉 )
http://valeriestangle.blogspot.com/2007/06/over-436-dimensionals.html
One of my favorite sketches is SC124, the two triangles(large one on the left and little one on the right). I would have to say one of my favorite cards using this design is by summerthyme64. She used Unfrogettable-one of my favorite sets. Here is the link http://splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/photo/558763?cat=5828
though it isn’t working at the moment.
This card just makes me smile.
Thanks for hosting this Beatte! It’s fun to hear from everyone.
Denise
My favorite sketch is:
http://iralamija.blogspot.com/2007/02/love-live-laugh-cps-3.html
Bety Jennings 🙂
I made a card here from Sketch This (week 10) of a nice card sketch. You can view the card on my blog.
http://igotstamps.blogspot.com/2007/06/no-faux-stitching-here.html
Hi Beate,
I continue to love looking over your new creations! Thank you for inspiring so many. Lovin’ the blog candy too!!
Here’s one of my favorite sketches from SCS.
http://christie-creations.blogspot.com
Thanks!!
Christie
Congrats Beate! My favorite is one from mid May with the two squares that you posted as another way to win freebies. Here is the link to my mother’s day card I made using it.
http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/photo/556016?cat=500&ppuser=107427
Hi Beate! Hope you are enjoying Germany!
I found a really cool sketch here.
http://pagemaps.com/anniversarycontestwinners.htm
the last sketch on that page labeled March 2007 sketch.
Congrats on the 300K hits!
Sus.
My favorite is definitely your gate-fold cards. I also enjoy Wendy Johnson’s recipes in her Joy of Cardmaking Magazines and in Papercraft.
I loved your gate fold card sketch. I used it for a friend’s bridal shower invitation. I’ll post it on my blog tomorrow. I love your blog!!!
http://charmainescafeink.blogspot.com/2007/05/im-buggin.html
This is a link to my first and absolute favorite layout. This is layout 124 on SCS. I have had fun with this one.
Hope you have a blast on your vacation.
Charmaine G
It is so hard to pick just one, but if I have to narrow it down to just one, then it has to be your gate fold card.
I love, love, LOVE, your gate-fold card!
The site is down, but here’s the link to your demo:
http://beate.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/2007/06/10/gate-fold-card-tutorial/
Such a beautiful card! Thank you for constantly sharing with us. Your work never ceases to amaze me.
I kinda used SC85 to make a card that I used at the SCS Arlington, TX swap in April and it was my Father’s Day card for my dad.
http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/photo/544834?cat=500&ppuser=7377
Hi Beate!
The success of your blog is amazing, but not surprising 🙂
My favorite card sketch is SC68.
It appeals to my sense of symmetry, and it’s so versatile. It is my go-to sketch.
This link takes you to Roxie’s description of the challenge:
http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=138470
This is Trudee’s sample: http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/photo/222184
And here, Mandi turned it on it’s side: http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/photo/433377?si=sc68
SCS Sketch Challenge 73 (or variations on this one) is an old standby for me. Whenever I’m stuck, this is where I turn.
http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=148857
I love the gate fold card….looks so clever! Thank you for all the wonderful creations you show on your blog – they’re so inspiring 🙂
Karen D
Wow — what awesome candy! Doesn’t surprise me about the hits — good news travels fast and you have a great blog.
I love sketches because it focuses me and yet I still feel I am being creative (vs. doing a straight case). Right now, I love SCS #124, although I have not tried it yet. I did not like it at first, but a few cards have inspired me to give it a try. I also love sketch #15 on Amy’s blog http://heartfeltgreetings.blogspot.com/search/label/Super%20Sketch%20Sunday
I think you may have made a card with it a couple weeks ago? Anyway — sketches are awesome. Have a super day!
Heather
Hi, Beate,
My fav sketch is the one from your Blog Candy posting on May 11th — here’s the one I did for that:
http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/photo/555215?cat=500&ppuser=47971
And SC104 is a close second: http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=208689
Congrats on all the hits!
I can’t pick a favorite. I like to try new things all the time. I so enjoy your blog and you have been so friendly and helpful. Congrats on 300,000 hits. I hope you’re relaxing and enjoying your trip. TFS
I like the gate card challenge that you had on last weekend. It was my favorite so far, although I tried a sketch from Sketch this and it turned out pretty nice as well. I will post that in a little while. Have to take care of the little one for now. Thanks and congrats on 300,000 that is simply amazing, but yet your work is very inspirational and I know that I visit everyday, so why wouldn’t most other people as well? Thanks!
Beate,
I just discovered your website as I am new to blogging. Since I haven’t seen many of your sketch challenges I have to say your round one from today is my favorite. I am definitely going to try this one. Now I just have to figure out how to add a link so you can see what I came up with.
Robbie
I really like the current one. I just made a card and wished that I had seen this card sketch, it wouldv’e made my card a lot cuter!
http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=256952
Congrats Beate!!! I enjoy reading your blog and love your cards!
Here is my favorite sketch:
http://danieladobson.blogspot.com/2007/05/scs-sketch-challenge-126.html
I love them all. But I especially love your beach pictures. So fresh and fun!
Carol (Cards & More)
My favorite sketch is found on Maria Bell’s “Card Inspired” blog (she has lots) and was posted on June 14, 2007 (http://cardinspired.blogspot.com/2007/06/random-card-another-card-using-whipper.html). I like sketches with circles. I just did SCS’s sketch challenge SC128 and it’s found on my blog:
http://bev-inkorporated.blogspot.com/
Thanks for such a resourceful blog and sharing your talents!
i **love** your tutorials, your amazing cards and your wonderful blog – simply awesome!!!
I love all the stuff you do. It seems like I’m always looking at other people’s stuff and thinking, “Way better than mine!” Here’s my favorite thing that I’ve seen recently. I don’t know if it’s a sketch, but I LOVE the look! Thanks! Pick me, computer!! 🙂
http://www.papertreyink.com/tb_nichole_girltalk.html
I’ve been lurking around for awhile at your great blog and wonderful ideas. Love all your great cards and ideas. I gleen so much from your blog. And thanks for offering such great goodies for us to have a chance at winning.
My favorite sketch is SC123 from SCS here’s the link
http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/photo/551946?cat=500&ppuser=113948
I just love the window look.
I’m not sure if it took my comment so here’s another try. And a link of one of favorites.
http://turtlechronicles.blogspot.com/2007/05/some-cards-i-made-today.html
Thanks for offering such great goodies for us. Love your blog and the wonderful cards and ideas I’ve gleened from it.
Hi Beate!
Here is one of my favourite sketches: http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n169/doktorNina/kortskisser/kortskiss1.jpg
And here is the card I made from it:
http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n169/doktorNina/dr.jpg
It’s in Swedish; “Tjena!” can be translated “Hi there!” 😀
Thank you for the inspiration you give by sharing all you wonderful work with us!
There aren’t too many SCS sketches I don’t like. I have them copied and like to refer to them often. Here is the latest one I have done with Sketch 118 http://debbiedee.blogspot.com/2007/06/sweet-kitty.html
Hi Beate,
I just found your blog and I’m addicted already :o)
Thanks for inspiring me, you’re a very talented lady!!
Here’s one of my new favorite card sketches: http://twopeasinabucket.kaboose.com/pg.asp?gallery=3&cmd=display&layout_id=892431
Keep ‘m coming!
I’m not sure if this is my favorite sketch, but boy does it come in handy more than just about any other sketch I’ve seen. I don’t know what the original source would be, though. Here’s one of my uses of this sketch (the first of the two photos in this post):
http://gone-inkognito.blogspot.com/2007/04/sentiment-switch-ups.html
For another variation, Heidi just posted a card with this sketch on her blog, too…
http://sweetheidijo.blogspot.com/2007/06/happy-summer.html
Congratulations, Beate, on 300K!!! I hope you are having a fantastic vacation!
I LOVE the gatefold card sketch! My reason – I think it’s such a nice change from the standard card openings, and give the card’s focal point so much more drama! More “movement”!
Thanks, Beate! You’re such an inspiration!
Hi Beate,
I like the SC13 on SCS. You can use this sketch for simple cards with designer paper and the stamped accents.
Hope that you are having a wonderful time in Germany. (My husband and I lived in the Koln region for a few months in 1996. It was my first European experience and we enjoyed it there.)
Heather
Hi Beate, This was a hard one. There are so many great sketches in the forum on SCS. One of my favorites is the “Cami fold”. Thanks for the great blog. I read it daily and appreciate the effort you put into it 🙂
I like things pretty simple, so I’ll go with your very own Weekend Sketch Challenge #3. And, CONGRATS on your wild success. YOU ROCK! Thanks for sharing the love.
I would say my favorite sketch is weekend #4. You can do lots with it, go cute, funky or elegant!
Thanks for another great blog candy giveaway, you are always so generous! I love the sketch from CPS that this card is based on: http://schwooo.blogspot.com/2007/06/sketch-challenge.html
I enjoy Di Hickman’s card sketches.
http://dihickman.blogspot.com/2007/06/card-sketch-june-2.html
WOW! What wonderful blog candy! You have a fantastic blog! Thank you for so much inspiration! 😀
WOW! What wonderful blog candy! You have a fantastic blog! Thank you for so much inspiration! 😀 Oh my, I forgot to mention my favorite Sketch Challenge! I’d have to go with Jenn Balcer’s Old Reliable! I get a lot of milage out of that one too! Thanks again! 😀
One of my favorite sketches is from SCS that was inspired by a card that Trudee made. I don’t remember the sketch # though. 🙁
http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/photo/301550?cat=500&ppuser=39533
Linda
My favourite recent sketch is SC124 – on SCS. Here’s the link to the challenge thread:
http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/forums/showthread.php?p=5793367
This is the card which caught my eye…it’s by SmilynStef:
http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/photo/557802
Thanks for this chance, Beate!!!
.:Cristina:.
I don’t have a fave sketch…that isn’t an area I have delved into with my stamping…still learning the ropes…but please, please, please can I still be entered????
My favorite sketch lately is the second one down on Cindy’s website. I love using multiple patterned papers. Here’s the website http://stampalicious.typepad.com/my_weblog/sketches/index.html
Thanks for sharing your amazing talent with us!!
I just Love Dawns creations. Here is one of my many favorites
http://dawnsstampingthoughts.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2007/06/09/monkey_tri_fold_closed.jpg
I love the new set, Baroque Motifs. So far my favourite card is on the link below.
http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/photo/576627?cat=10362
I looked through my gallery and my cards and seemed to follow this sketch a lot! My favorite, maybe? But definitely one I fall back on often!
http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/photo/392841?cat=500&ppuser=49701
WOW awesome candy, this card is my favoite sketch challenge of late. TFS all your awesome talent on this blog and all other sites that you share your creations on!!
http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/photo/585305?cat=4633
It’s next to impossible to choose just one sketch, but one of my favorites is SC94 on SCS.
http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=191999
Hope you’re having a great trip, Beate! Have fun!
Hi Beate! We just got back from vacation and I had to check your amazing blog! This is on of my fav card sketches!
http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/photo/572243?cat=500&ppuser=72527
Thanks, hope you’re having a great time!
Misty
What a great blog candy. My favorite is the gate card. Here is hte link to mine.
http://tanngo.blogspot.com/
Love, love, love your blog, i check it regularly for fresh new ideas and for inspiration. TFS!
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