Are you Ready .....

for the Holidays ?!?! Hopefully everyone is sort of, kinda, almost prepared and can start to relax and get ready to enjoy the Holidays !! Our last post for Sketch #62 includes gorgeous cards, a digital delight and a few more festive double page layouts from the FABULOUS Design Team !! We hope you have enjoyed the double-page sketches this month and if you're strapped for time save the sketches for after the Holiday craziness and use them to scrap all those awesome Holiday photos. Remember to share your projects with us no matter when you finish them !! The FREE Didital template is available HERE and the remainder of the Design Teams projects are as follows ...

"Peace, Love, Joy" Card by Gladys Chia

"Winter Wishes" Card by Gladys Chia

"Peace" Card by Leah Allen

"Celebrate the Season" Card by Leah Allen

Free Digital Template

"My little Christmas Cracker" Digi Page by Ann-Marie Borg

"All I Want ..." 12 x 12 Double Page by Gilly Lester

"Dag 2" 12 x 12 Double Page by Aud Randi Kalve

Thanks for all your support and participation over the past year !! We can't wait to reveal the FABULOUS new sketches to start off the New Year ... you will LOVE them ! Until then have a wonderful Holiday Season from all of us at Inspired Blueprints !!

CK Dream Team Guest Designer Continues with...

...the wonderfully talented Laura Vegas!!! We couldn't be more thrilled to have Laura here at Inspired Blueprints this month. You have seen her work in numerous publications as well as representing many of the top manufacturers. You will fall in love with her style and beautiful creations.

Here is a little bit about Laura and her take on Sketch #62...

Hi there! I'm Laura Vegas, from Northern California, where I live with my husband and my two gorgeous daughters (ages 11 & 14). I have been scrapbooking for over 15 years now. I started right before my first daughter was born, and have not slowed down since. I scrapbook mostly about my girls and our family, but like to mix it up now and then, by scrapping photos and stories about my daycare kids and family friends as well. I am lucky enough to design for Making Memories, Jillibean Soup, and Pebbles. I have been published in numerous magazines over the years. And am proudly a member of the 2010 & 2011 Creating Keepsakes Dream Team. I am excited to be here, guest designing for Inspired Blueprints!

For more inspiration please visit Laura's Blog: www.lauravegas.typepad.com

Laura brings us another holiday inspired layout this month. I love the color combinations of paper and the black and white photos are just perfect!

Here are a few closeups...

Look at the gorgeous ornament rub-on, such a nice detail...

Thank you again Laura for designing this month! Again, check out Laura's blog HERE and see all the design teams and members work in our gallery!

Happy Holidays!

Seeing Double !!

It's the most wonderful time of the year !! Let's keep saying that as we shop, cook, bake, wrap, plan menus, attend parties and try to get some creative time in !! We know how busy everyone is this time of year and our scrapping time is limited. So, if time allows, here's a great double-page sketch with room for lots of photos. If you are time-challenged, save the sketch for after the holidays but please still share it with us !! Here is Sketch # 62 and some ideas from the Design Team !! Enjoy !!

Sketch # 62

8.5 x 11 Double by Leanne Allinson

12 x 12 Double by Lynn Kopas

12 x 12 Double by Jennifer Yates

12 x 12 Double by Kyoko Kobayashi

Winners | November 2010

Thank you to everyone who continues to upload their layouts to the Inspired Blueprints gallery! We know how difficult it can be to squeeze in some scrapping time during the festive season!

Our winners for November will receive a kit of their choice from Storyboard Kits!  Congratulations to...

FIONA JOHNSTONE for Sketch 59!

MARIMARI for Sketch 60!

Congratulations ladies! Please email inspiredblueprints@gmail.com to claim your prize!
Who'd have thought there'd be so many variations on a circular themed sketch! Thanks everyone for sharing your work...here's a few of our favourites for November.

"Favourites | Sketches 59 & 60"

Create a free slideshow with Picnik!

IB Winners | October 2010

Our winners for Sketches 57 and 58, released in October 2010 will each win a prize from our sponsor EAD Designs!!

Congratulations to...

STEPHANIE ZITO for Sketch 57!



DEANA B for Sketch 58!

Congratulations ladies! Please email us at inspiredblueprints@gmail.com to claim your prize!

Once again...loads of stunning layouts in the gallery for October!! Here's a few of our favourites...

"Favourites | Sketches 57 & 58"

Create a free slideshow with Picnik!

IB Winners | September 2010

This week we have quite a number of winners to announce! Keep checking back to see if you're one of the lucky Inspired Blueprints participants!

First up...the winner of a class certificate from My Creative Classroom for Sketch #55 is...

SUE COOK 

The winner of a prize pack from Up The Street Scrapbooking for Sketch #56 is...

DAIVA!

Congratulations ladies! Please email your address details to inspiredblueprints@gmail.com to claim your prize!

There were quite a number of favourities in the gallery in September...enjoy!

"Favourites | Sketches 55 & 56"

Create a free slideshow with Picnik!

More Holiday FUN with Sketch #61 !

How about some more inspiration with sketch #61? Double pages can be challenging but it's a great opportunity to get lots of photos on paper to help tell your story. We have a digital template for this sketch and you can download in FREE here !! Ann-Marie Borg has created a gorgeous digi layout with the template and the Design Team has also been busy with their takes on the sketch .... take a look ....

Digital Layout by Ann-Marie Borg

 12 x 12 Double by Jennifer Yates

12 x 12 Double by April Yap

 12 x 12 Double by Gilly Lester

Thanks for some great layouts Ladies !! How are you doing with the sketch ... let's see what you have created ! Please tag your projects '#61' when uploading to the gallery. Thanks and have fun scrapping you Holiday photos !!



Holiday Cards with Sketch #61 !!

Need some inspiration to make your holiday cards ? Well, look no further! Leah and Gladys have created some gorgeous holiday themed cards with Sketch #61.

Holiday cards by Leah Allen

Holiday cards by Gladys Chia

Great cards Ladies !! Hope this helps you crank out those cards for the Holidays !! When you're done please share them with us !! (Remember to tag them '#61' when uploading to the gallery.)Have fun creating !

It is CK Dream Team Month at IB!!!!

It is CK DREAM TEAM Month here are Inspired Blueprints and we are sooooo excited to have the super-talented Wendy Sue Anderson kicking off the first sketch of December! You can find Wendy designing for many of the top manufacturers, including, Pebbles Inc., Cosmo Cricket and she is also part of the fabulous Creating Keepsakes Dream Team!!!

Here is a little bit about Wendy and her take on Sketch #61...

Hi there! My Name is Wendy Sue and I am so excited to be joining all of you here at IB! I live in a beautiful snow-covered mountain valley in Utah with my sweet husband, Brad, and our four beautiful children – Meagan, Josh, Seth, and Zach. I have been paper-crafting since I was a little girl. My mom always encouraged us to make our own handmade cards and she always kept a scrapbook for us when we were little. One of my favorite high school graduation gifts was a scrapbook – I’ve pretty much scrapbooked my whole life! I have been fortunate to work with some of my very favorite manufacturers over the years, and I am so grateful for each and every opportunity I’ve been given. I’ve had several projects published in various magazines, including Creating Keepsakes, Paper Crafts, Simple Scrapbooks, Scrapbook Trends, and Cards. I am passionate about journaling and recording my thoughts and feelings in addition to the “who, what, when, and where.” I take time pretty much every day to do something creative – it makes me happy…and you know what they say about mama being happy!

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Thank you so much Wendy for being here this month!!! To see more of Wendy's creations visit her blog: http://www.wendysueanderson.blogspot.com/ and the rest of the gallery HERE!

Happy December !!

December First ! WOW ... Can you believe it ?!?! The hectic pace of the holidays has begun !! Shopping, decorating, baking, cooking, wrapping ... all part of the craziness that is Christmas !! Hopefully you will set aside some time to scrap ... however,  if that's not possible this next sketch will be great to scrap the holiday memories when you do have time !! Sketch #61 is a double-pager with room for multiple photos !! The banners are sooooo cute and there's is plenty of room for journaling ! To help gear up for the season, the Design Team created holiday/winter layouts with this sketch and we would love to see your holiday versions ! Here are some FUN samples to get you started ...

Sketch #61

8.5 x 11 by Leanne Allinson

12 x 12 by Lynn Kopas

12 x 12 by Wendy Smith

12 x 12 by Aud Randi Kalve

12 x 12 by Kyoko Kobayashi



Great job Ladies !! We are all looking forward to YOUR projects and please remember to tag your projects '#61' when uploading to the gallery !! Stay tuned for our Guest Designer announcement coming soon !! Have FUN creating !!