♥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, April 28, 2011

Blog Hop Winners

And the winners are:


(5 digital images or 4 digital images + 1 digital paper)
# 11 is.....Hilde

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(3 digital images)
#14 is.....JLJ Designs


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(5 digital images)
#3 is....Tiiti

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($10.00 gift voucher to their store)
#2 is....Linda B.

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(2 rubber stamps)
#5 is....Jack

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(1 newly released stamps, 1 sentiment and some goodies)
#17 is....Tameko (redraw)

Congratulations ladies, please email me at jusmakncoffee(at)yahoo(dot)com
We'll get your prizes set up and to you as soon as possible.
You each have till next Thursday to contact me or you will
forfeit your prize.

Here's the winners of the designer blog candies.
Winners need to get in touch with blog candy owners
as soon as you can so they can be sent out soon.
CONGRATULATIONS to all!

Debra's Blog Candy: Beccy

Dawn's Blog Candy: ScrapperJulia

Jessica's Blog Candy: Nana Connie

Nicola's Blog Candy:  Mags

Susie's Blog Candy: Nicky

Stacy's Blog Candy: Mari

Tuesday, April 26, 2011

ICSketches #112 Sponsored by Fresh Brewed Designs

Good morning to all.

Our blog hop is still going on here at ICSketches and we hope you will join us. You still have till tomorrow, Wednesday at 11:59 pm to get your creations made and linked up. Don't forget to be sure to hop over to the designers blogs for chances to win their prizes as well. Good luck to all.
Now onto our newest challenge. Fresh Brewed Designs is our sponsor for this week. Heather the owner is giving away 3 free digi images to the winner of this challenge. Thanks Heather. She also sponsored the designers with images.

Designers created with the same sketch check out their creations below
for inspiration. If you want to see more detail about their creations
then click on their names to go to their blogs.











DEADLINE: Monday, May 2nd at 11:59 pm

Thank you all for joining us in last weeks challenge.
Hope you will join us this week.
ICSketches Designers

Thursday, April 21, 2011

Winner ICS # 110

Spring into ICSketches Blog Hop is still going on
you can find the threads here at ICSketches #111 and Blog Hop.

The winner of last weeks sketch gets 3 free digi's from

and the random picky thing chose number........
14...............Julia
and here is Julia gorgeous card. Thanks to everyone that entered last week, and thanks
to DZDoodles for sponsoring us.
Julia if you get in touch with Dawn at
jusmakncoffee(at)yahoo.com
and she will get your prize sent out to you.


Hugs

Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Welcome to Spring into ICSketches Blog Hop

Welcome to our Spring into ICSketches Blog Hop!!


We are going to start off with the rules for our blog hop.

To be eligible for the prizes you must follow these rules.

1: Become a follower of ICSketches.

2: We'd also like to see what you can do with the sketch this week. Link us up using Mr. Linky. You have until Wednesday @ 11:59 pm (April 27th) to complete.

3: Be sure you visit each Designers blog and leave comments. Some will have prizes up for grabs. Make sure you follow their rules to win their candy's.

Here's the order that you need to follow is:

ICSketches Challenge Blog (you are here)
Susie
An
Rebecca
Debra
Dawn
Jessica
Nicola
Stacy
Jill ICSGD


Here's what's up for grabs as prizes:

Leah owner of Heart Song Designs is giving away 3 digi images.

Heather owner Fresh Brewed Designs is giving away 5 Digi Images.

Elizabeth owner of Softpencil is giving away $10.00 gift voucher to her store.


2 Cute Rubber Stamps is giving away 2 rubber stamps.

Inky Impressions is giving away (1 stamp from the new release, 1 sentiment and some goodies).

Good luck to all. Have fun!

Tuesday, April 19, 2011

ICSketches #111 Sponsored by Robyn's Fetish

Good morning everyone and welcome to this weeks challenge. It will go hand in hand with our Blog Hop tomorrow. So we hope you'll play along.

Thank you all for joining in last weeks challenge. The inspiration that comes from  you all is just truly amazing. Here's your challenge for this week. ENJOY!

Please make sure  you follow the rules in the sidebar. NO BACK LINKING TO OLDER CREATIONS. We want to see NEW creations.

You say something is missing, well it is. You'll have to visit the designers blogs tomorrow to see what they did with the sketch above. So if you want some inspiration you better be sure to check back tomorrow at 8:00 AM CDT USA.

Here's the lovely regular sponsor for this weeks challenge.

And here's a bit about Robyn's Fetish:

Robyn's Fetish Digital Stamps And More is proud to sponsor this challenge.

Robyn's Fetish Digital Stamps And More, a division of I Did It Creations, was created and is owned by Robyn Weinrib. Robyn offers a wonderful variety of digital stamps and digital papers, designed to meet the needs of all digital paper crafting addicts for every occasion.

The prize is:

Robyn's Fetish Digital Stamps And More is happy to offer the winner of this challenge 5 digital stamps
or 4 digital stamps and 1 digital paper set of their choice.

DEADLINE: Wednesday, April 27 @ 11:59 PM CDT USA (we've added two days to the time)
Now we'd like to see what you can do with the same sketch. Happy Crafting!

Thursday, April 14, 2011

Winner ICS # 109

The winner of last weeks challenge gets 4 free digi's from

and the random picky thing chose number

1.................Janice

and here is Janices wonderful card of Seb using our sketch.

Thanks to everyone that entered last week, and thanks to Sassy Studio Designs for sponsoring us.

Janice if you can get in touch with Dawn at jusmakncoffee(at)yahoo.com

and she will arrange for your prize to be sent out to you.

Hugs



Tuesday, April 12, 2011

ICSketches #110 ~ Sponsored by DZ Doodles

Spring Into ICSketches Blog Hop
April 20th @ 8:00 AM CDT USA
There will be lots of prizes to be giving away.
So stay on the lookout for that.

Thank you all for all the lovely creations you
all did with our challenge last week. STUNNING!
And for joining us.

Back again with us is DZ Doodles. They are giving
away 3 Free Digi Stamps to the winner of this challenge.
All you have to do is create something using the sketch below
and link us up using Mr. Linky below. 

ICSketches #110

Here's some inspiration from the Designers using
the same sketch. And please help me welcome
our two newest Designers: An and Jessica
Welcome ladies!

An (Apple Blossoms)

Jessica (Apple Blossoms)



Debra (Two Tea Rose Branch)

Dawn (Awakening Spring Tulips)


Nicola (Cross)

Jill ICSGD

Deadline: April 18th at 11:59 pm CDT USA

Friday, April 8, 2011

Winner ICS # 108

The lucky winner of last weeks challenge gets 3 free digi's from the wonderfull


and the random picky thing chose number...............

4 ........Tammy



and here is Tammy's brilliant card she made using the sketch. Thanks to everyone that entered last week, and thanks to Korin from Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps for sponsoring us.

Tammy if you can get in touch with Dawn at jusmakncoffee(at)yahoo.com and she will arrange for your prize to be sent out to you.

Hugs

Wednesday, April 6, 2011

New Designers @ ICS

Wow the entries for our DT Call went pretty smooth. NOT!!
Didn't have to many trying out and you would think that would make it easy. NOT!
Only picking two was the hardest. And without further ado. I want to welcome both

Jessica T.

and

An

to the Team here at Inspirational Card Sketches. You ladies totally ROCK! Please email at jusmakncoffee (at) yahoo.com

Tuesday, April 5, 2011

ICS109 ~ Sponsored by Sassy Studio Designs

Tomorrow we will annouce the new designers
for ICSketches. So be on the look out for that.

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Thank you all for joining us last week. What a joyful
time we had looking at all the creations you did.
We hope you will join us again this week with
our newest challenge.

Back with us again
is Sassy Studio Designs and they are giving
away 4 free digi images of the winners choice.
HERE'S YOUR CHALLENGE

We have with us our April Guest Designer, Jill B. Please
help me welcome her to the team. You will be seeing
her creations this month. Thank you Jill for your
inspiration.

Jill (April ICSGD)
Here's what the designers did for your inspiration using
ICS109 Sketch. The designers were sponsored
as well with some images.



Debra (Mulan Honey)


Nicola (Mulan Honey)

Dawn (Alice Honey)
DEADLINE: April 11th at 11:59 pm
Central Daylight Savings Time USA