♥WELCOME to ICS♥

We here at Inspirational Card Sketches hope to bring you exciting inpsiration on a weekly base. Our goal is to inspire and get you to think outside the box. Worldwide everyone is welcome to participate, all types of projects (layouts, cards, and all types of other paper projects) are also welcomed. You can also combine this challenge with others. Enjoy and have FUN!

Thursday, December 30, 2010

ICS94 and ICS95 winners....

of ICS94 is.... #8 Joasiunia

and

ICS95 is #24 Sinihilkka


You ladies are the winners of One Free Month of Club InBox prize from Stampin Up! Independent Demonstrator, Catherine Pooler. Please email me here and we'll get you all set up to receive your prize. CONGRATULATIONS ladies!

Monday, December 27, 2010

ICSketches DT Call 2011...

is still going on. You still have one more day to get your applications to me via email. You can find all the details below. Good luck.

I hope past appliers will tryout again so well. This could be your lucky week. So do hurry and get those application in.

♥Dawn♥

Sunday, December 26, 2010

Inspirational Card Sketches DT Call 2011

It's time again to search and welcome new talent to the team. We are searching for 4 Designers who are willing to inspire others.

Design Team Requirements

1) Meet deadlines and provide their take on the sketches weekly. Which are provided well in advance.
2) Must be able to work with digital images and supplies from our sponsors.
3) You need to have a blog.
4) Term runs from Jan 4th - June 28th 2011.
5) Previous Design Teams experience is NOT required.

Compensation

1) Free supplies to wor with from sponsors. But not always.
2) NO financial compensation for this position.
3) Your photo and link to your personal blog will be placed in the sidebar.

How to Apply

Email 3 photos of your best/favorite cards to jusmakncoffee@yahoo.com no later then December 28th, 2010.
   1) 2 cards that are you absolute favorite or best.
   2) 1 card using Inspirational Card Sketches.
In the subject line post ICS DT Call 2011
Include in the email:
  1) Your name
  2) Blog link or address
  3) Any Design Teams you are on and your terms for them.

DEADLINE:

December 28th, 2010 @ 11:59 pm Central Standard Time USA
This call is OPEN to everyone.

Tuesday, December 14, 2010

ICS95 ~ Catherine Pooler

Be sure to check out the DT Call here at ICS. Deadline for this is Dec 28th. So do hurry if you want your chance to become an ICS Designer. You can find the details HERE.

Again we are super excited to announce that this weeks sponsor is Stampin Up! Independent Demonstrator, Catherine Pooler!  

 
Catherine is giving the winner One Free Month of Club InBox. Members get what no one else gets….exclusive videos and tutorials, teaching you techniques, seasonal projects, mini-albums, cards and more. All projects will be new and Catherine only shares them with club members!  Click here for the prize details!

This weeks sketch is created by our very own Stacy...♥
ICSketches #95
Here's what the lovely designers did
with the sketch. Now we would love
to see what you can do with the same sketch.

♥Dawn

♥Jackie

♥Dianna

♥Stacy

♥Nicola

♥Debra

♥Pearl

DEADLINE: December 20th at 11:59 pm
Central Standard Time USA

Thursday, December 9, 2010

ICS Winners... #92 and #93

I'm so sorry I'm behind with posting the winners of our challenges. I do apologize to each of you. My father passed away and was very sick prior to his passing. It's been hard.

Now onto our winners! First is the winner of ICS 92 and DZ Doodles 1 free digi image of their choice is...

# 11 Linda B.

and the winner of ICS 93 and My Creative Classroom $25.00 Scholarship for one class is....

# 4 Jacee

Congratulations ladies! Please email here so we can get you both set up to receive your prizes.

Tuesday, December 7, 2010

ICS #94 ~ Catherine Pooler

We are super excited to announce that this weeks sponsor is Stampin Up! Independent Demonstrator, Catherine Pooler!  

 
Catherine is giving the winner One Free Month of Club InBox. Members get what no one else gets….exclusive videos and tutorials, teaching you techniques, seasonal projects, mini-albums, cards and more. All projects will be new and Catherine only shares them with club members!  Click here for the prize details!

This weeks sketch is created by our very own Stacy...


Here are the gorgeous creations from the fabulous design team...

Debra:


Pearl:

Nicola:




Dawn:

Visit Catherine Pooler's website to be inspired daily. Be sure to sign up for her e-mail newsletter to get subscriber-only projects, tutorials and a sign up gift! You can shop her Online Store to get your Stampin' Up goodies delivered straight to your door!

DEADLINE: December 13th at 11:59 PM Central Standard Time USA.


Tuesday, November 30, 2010

ICS #93 ~ My Creative Classroom

This weeks sponsor is Jeri from My Creative Classroom!
 HO, HO, HO! My Creative Classroom is excited to announce our first ever winter semester. This December we will be offering twelve wonderful classes, with five focusing on the upcoming holidays. Online classes are a wonderful way to jump start your holiday fun. From home decor to rubber stamping to card making to die-cutting we have a little something for everyone.



We are excited to be sponsoring Inspirational Card Sketches this week.. One lucky winner will receive a scholarship worth $25 towards a class of your choice. See you in the classroom.
This weeks sketch was created by our very own Stacy...



Here are the gorgeous creations from the design team...

Dawn:


Debra:


Pearl:



Stacy:

Jackie:

Nicola:

 Meredith:

Now it's your turn!  We'd love to see what you create with this weeks sketch!


DEADLINE: December 6th at 11:59 PM Central Standard Time USA.


Wednesday, November 24, 2010

ICS91 Winner...

of Some Odd Girl 3 free digi's is....

#10 Cathy (Papier Girl)

Congratulations Cathy! Please contact me here and we'll get you set up to receive your images.

Tuesday, November 23, 2010

ICS #92 ~ DZ Doodles

Our lovely sponsor this week is DZ Doodles with the offer
of 1 (one) Free Digi Image of the winners choice. All you have
to do is make something using the sketch below as your inspiration.
ICSketches92

Here's what the lovely designer did with the same sketch.
The designers were sponsored with images from DZ Doodles.

Dawn

Jackie


Stacy

Dianna

Nicola

Pearl

Debra

Meredith

DEADLINE: November 29th at 11:59 PM Central Standard Time USA.
Thank you for dropping by and we hope to see  you again next challenge.
Happy Thanksgiving from ICS!

Saturday, November 20, 2010

ICS90 Winner

of the blog candy is....

#6 Virág Lili

Congratulations Lili! Please contact me here and we'll get your prize sent to you as soon as possible.

Friday, November 19, 2010

ICS Boxes Challenge Winner

of one digi image from DZ Doodles is......

# 3 Susie xx

Congratulations Susie! Please contact me here and we'll get your prize to you ASAP.

Wednesday, November 17, 2010

ICS 89 Winner

of 3 Free Images from Fresh Brewed Designs is .............

# 9 Sammibug

Congratulations Sammi! Please contact me here and we'll get you set up to receive your prize.

Tuesday, November 16, 2010

ICS91 ~ Some Odd Girl

Our lovely sponsor this week is Some Odd Girl. Kristy
owner of SOG is offering 3 free digi's of the winners choice.
Also she is offer a discount to the store all you have
to do is use this code ICS30 prior to checkout.


Here's what the lovely designers did with the sketch.
We'd like to see what you can do with the same sketch.

Jackie


Stacy

Meredith

Nicola

Pearl

Debra

Dianna

DEADLINE: November 22nd, 2010 at 11:59 PM Central Standard Time USA

Tuesday, November 9, 2010

ICS90 ~ Blog Candy

I wanted to thank everyone who participated in
last weeks challenge of making boxes. I still
need to get around to look at them all.

I also want to thank my lovely designers for
helping me out with the challenge blog. Thank you
so much girls. I appreciate it wholeheartedly.
You all totally ROCK.

ICSketches #90
(Created by our very own lovely Stacy)
Thanks doll!

Be sure to check out the designers inspiration below.
You don't actually need to make a circular card as
you can see by some of the designers.

Jackie

Stacy

Meredith

Nicola

Debra

Pearl

Dianna


Here's what's up for grabs this week as prize. Lots
of rub-ons, brads, tags and misc. items.


DEADLINE: November 15th at 11:59 PM Central Standard Time USA
Thanks!
♥ICS Designers♥