May 5, 2009
Wow: It’s the Merry Month of May!!!
We’ll be sharing sketches from the CY archives as we do this!
Every time you email a LO or card to Ali & Noella, we will happily throw your name into our “hat.”
LOs & cards sent in will be shared here on the CY Blog, along with your name and blog addy on May 30th, 2009!!
What a great opportunity to share your work with others.
The BEST part!
At the end of the month, we will have a draw from ALL those names for a really fun Colorbok prize pack!
Your RAK Prize will look just like this one with a few extras thrown in to “sweeten the pot!”
So, to recap:
*A new Challenge will be issued on Mondays throughout May.
* Must use the CY sketch posted to complete each challenge
* email all of your CY Challenge LOs and cards to Ali by May 29th midnight YOUR time at pete ali @ eastlink .ca with no spaces.
*****PLEASE INCLUDE THE SKETCH NUMBER, your name and your blog addy! (Missing information makes it hard to complete my work. Thanks for your consideration.)*****
* LOs will be shared here at CY on on May 30th
*Prize draw and announcement of winner will be made May 31st
CHALLENGE A-
1. Challenge A is to create a LO about an ANIMAL. It can be a pet, zoo critter, a bird, a creepy crawly or a wilderness friend. ANY sort of animal LO is acceptable.
2. Here is the sketch you’ll use for your LO!
Sketch # 15
Sketch #15 by Noella Arsenault
April 30, 2009
Surprise!!! A Special Reveal!
We’re super-excited to present you with something NEW today at Creatively Yours!
Noella and I thought it only fitting that we have members of our fabulous outgoing Design Team, one of our Guest Designers and a former Guest Designer interpret the newest thing we’re sketching: TAGS!
You got it!
What can we use tags for?
Here are some fun ideas:
Use your tags on gift bags, or atop wrapped presents.
Hang pretty, sparkly tags on the Christmas Tree! Write a special Christmas story verse on each tag you create.
Use a tag as a small bookmark.
Make a CARD out of a TAG Sketch (as you’ll see in Deanne’s interpretation below.)
Make the tags from waterproof materials and hang them on a backpack or suitcase as identification!
Place the tag on your scrapbook page to embellish it.
Write your journaling on a tag and place on a LO.
Embellish a card with a tag!
When adding photos to a small tag, try using “index prints” provided by many photo developers. They are the PERFECT size!
Use a tag to “pretty up” a bouquet of flowers with the recipient’s name and a nice handwritten message.
Place a magnet on the back of your tag and embellish it, then add a favourite quote or photo, and voila! An instant fridge decoration you can LOVE.
Pin a cool tag to a Bulletin Board!
Make your tags into funky name-tags for a themed get-together or crafty meeting.
Use handmade tags of various sizes to label the drawers and baskets in your craft area.
Whatever you do with your completed tag, always come back to CY for sketches and tag design ideas and to share the tags you’ve created and what you’re using them for! We’d LOVE to see your tags and ideas!….
Tag #1
Sketch #11
Sketch #11 by Ali MacDonald- Our first-ever CY Tag Sketch!
And here are some gorgeous tag sketch interpretations from members of the Creatively Yours Design Team!
CY Designer Liz Weber did us proud yet again with this rich, colourful interpretation of Sketch #11
Tag created by CY Designer Liz Weber
These are Ching’s parents at their 50th Wedding Anniversary!
Tag created by former CY Guest Designer Ching Phillips on Special Assignment
CY Designer Jenifer Cowles interpreted Sketch #11 with the classy colour scheme and a glistening snowflake as seen here:
Tag created by CY Designer Jenifer Cowles
And… as a special treat, we have another tag sketch for you today!
Here we go with Tag #2
“Lucky Sketch #13!”
Tag Created by CY Designer Jana Fail
Ching Phillips, on Special Assignment, has once again created some beauty with her Tag for Sketch #13!
Tag created by Former Guest Designer Ching Phillips on Special Assignment
Ann Seleshanko never disappoints! Her work is always such a treat for the eyes! Just look at her tag:
- Tag created by CY Designer Ann Seleshanko
One of our April 2009 CY Guest Designers, Deanne Burton, made us proud by creating two interpretations of Sketch #13!
First, a Happy Birthday Wish!
Then, Deanne created & shared a Christmas greeting!
A “card-tag” spreading much Joy:
CY Designer Liz Weber provided us with a gorgeous interpretation of Sketch #13. The colours will knock your socks off!
Tag created by CY Designer Liz Weber
Warm “Thank Yous ” and biggest ((HUGZ)) to ALL of our CY Designers and Guest Designers. Your creations are an honour to post here at CY!
Special thanks to February 2009 CY Guest Designer Ching Phillips for sharing her tag creations with us on today’s Special Assignment.
Warmest thanks to our ”Scrappin Sisters,” Deanne Burton, Susan Coish and Carla Robinson for their team spirit and inspiring input this month. You all ROCK!
A warm farewell to CY Designers Liz Weber, Jana Fail, Ann Seleshanko, Merrilee Wheaton, Jenifer Cowles, Beth Price, Helga Payawal-Vergara and Evelien Verschelde.
Each of you has contributed beautifully to making CY a special and inspirational place. You are valued and appreciated.
Thank you- and please remember that we are always looking for Guest Designers here on the Blog!~ Please keep in touch and show us your creations via the Comments section!
Lots is planned for May as we bring you some fun and variety in different forms. Be sure to check it out and have some fun with us!
In June we will be starting back to our traditional posting here at CY with a brand new Design Team.
Remember to apply for the DT! ALL WELCOME!
Chat soon!
~Noella and Ali
April 27, 2009
Card Sketch #7: A Rejuvenation!!
Good Monday Mornin’ Everyone! Noella and I thought it would be fun to rejuvenate Card Sketch #7 with the current CY Design Team in charge of interpretations. Here is the link to the last time the Card Sketch was posted. Several people did interpretations as you can see in the Comments section!
Here’s Card Sketch #7 by our very own Sketch Artist, Noella!
There’s a reason I suggested Sketch #7 as the one to use today. My little boy, Noah, (our baby) turned seven years old a few days ago. So, thinking of Noah’s birthday, I thought it’d be fun to have the DT design from Sketch #7 .
Then, when I searched out and saw the sketch I HAD to laugh!
Coincidence… my little boy’s name is “Noah Adam Scott…” and look at the initials on Sketch #7 that Noella created awhile back for CY!! LOL
“N.A.”
Her initials ,of course, but what a funny coincidence! OK, Enough of my stories… LOL…
…On we go to our CY Design Team’s interpretations!
CY Design Team member Jenifer Cowles has created a card that is so gently warm and welcoming!
[Don't you just adore that row of colourful little houses? So fun & funky! We have small towns that boast this phenomenon here in the Maritimes! More on that later...]
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Card Created by CY Designer Jenifer Cowles
Card Created by CY Designer Jenifer Cowles
CY Design Team member Beth Price created a card that is soft and so feminine in all its shabby-chic splendour!
[Oh Beth, can you make ME some flowers like that? Gorgeous!! **Big Grin**]
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Card created by CY Designer Beth Price
Card created by CY Designer Beth Price
Beth Price went “all out” for us and created a second card, adding some bling and a friendly, winged birdie to the design!
[Someone will SMILE when they receive this sweet card! I did when I saw it! I *heart* the stripes in those colours! ]
- Card created by CY Designer Beth Price
CY Design Team member Ann Seleshanko created a unique birthday card, incorporating stitching and a tag into her design!
[I see buttons, and swirls!!! And paisley!! Oh my!! Another creation someone will just LOVE receiving!]
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Card created by CY Designer Ann Seleshanko
(**Clapping hands energetically**)
As I’m sure you’ll agree , Jenifer, Beth and Ann deserve a BIG round of applause!
Thank you girls, for always being willing to help out with the CY Blog. We had a little gap and you were wonderful about offering your talents to help us with a VERY quick turn-around time! BRAVO to you all for such exceptional work.
Please don’t forget about the CY DT Call! 
Noella and I are looking for Designers AND Guest Designers. ALL welcome to apply. Check the link for info on how to do so!
Now, let me see if I can find you a link about those colourful houses mentioned above… ((HUGZ))~ Ali
Found some good ones! ENJOY!
Colourful houses link #1
Colourful houses link #2
Colourful houses link #3
Aren’t they lovely? Did this inspire you? How? Tell us in the “Comments” section!
April 24, 2009
Sketch #12
Hello everyone! Here’s hoping Spring has found you! We have had lots of April Showers here and now are expecting the MOST GORGEOUS weekend with summery temps here in the Annapolis Valley of Nova Scotia. When are ya’ll coming to visit me? You KNOW I’d love that!
Well, I must have Spring Fever b/c I posted the interpretations and forgot the Sketch! ROFL! OH MY Ali!!
Here’s that promised Sketch #12! (Better late than never! **Shaking my head at myself! LOL**)
Sketch #12 created by Ali MacDonald for Creatively Yours: 2009
Noella and I have a special treat for you today. Our talented Guest Designers, sisters Carla, Susan and Deanne, have interpreted today’s sketch! It’s such an honour for me to see how they interpret something I drew! LOL A big thanks ladies, for that.
Without further ado: Here are the sisters’ layout interpretations of Sketch #12!
~CY Guest Designer Carla Robinson provides us with a glimpse of the beauty of nature in her layout~
(Carla, I love the rich earth tones & the sweet critter faces in the pix. That title is PERFECT! LOL!)
CY Guest Designer Carla Robinson's "Squirrels & Chipmunks" layout, based on Sketch #12
~CY Guest Designer Deanne Burton created this layout in memory of a beloved pet. ~
(Deanne, I just love the “softness” of this layout- it’s so perfect for a LO about a bunny. )
"Remember Tweety"~ A layout by CY Guest Designer Deanne Burton
CY Guest Designer Susan Coish provides us with a glimpse of the happiness of children at play in her layout for Sketch #12
"Playground Pals" layout created by CY Guest Designer Susan Coish
"Love in Abundance" by CY Designer Ali MacDonald
April 21, 2009
A little goodbye…
With great appreciation for a job well done, we must say “goodbye and good luck” to our December 2008- May 2009 Design Team member Evelien Verschelde. Evelien has had to resign her DT position at CY.
Evelien, please know we have loved your work and invite you to reapply for the CY-DT at a later date when ”life” allows.
In closing, I’d like to share with everyone one of my favourite layouts from Evelien, done for Creatively Yours. Enjoy!
Thank You Evelien! Wishing you ONLY the best!
Layout based on Sketch #50 , created by Design Team member Evelien Verschelde for Creatively Yours
April 19, 2009
Sketch #15
There is a little story behind this sketch.
I am always trying to encourage my oldest child, Kate (15), to scrapbook with me.
One evening, quite awhile back, she DID!! Her layout, of course had to do with a pony at the barn, Oakley– the horse she rode in lessons. The layout (LO) was so simple and effective that I fell in love with it. When I began sketching for Creatively Yours, this LO design kept coming to mind. The resulting sketch is pretty much 100% based on Kate’s layout. I worked in reverse and created my sketch from her page! Hope you like it.
~ Creatively Yours Sketch #15, based on a LO by Kate MacDonald ~
Sketch #15: drawn by Ali, based on a layout created by scrapbooker Kate MacDonald (then aged 13).
Layout created by Kate MacDonald
Here is a scalloped and lacy treat for your eyes: an Easter layout by talented CY Design Team member Beth Price!
Layout created by Creatively Yours Designer Beth Price
Here’s a layout from “Yours Truly,” based upon Sketch #15
Layout created by CY Designer Ali MacDonald
(A quick note…The title is “PART of my heart ” since Noah, our youngest, is missing from this photo.)
Thanks Everyone, and remember to enter our DT call! Scroll down a little and you’ll find the rules and requirements of applying. Can’t wait to see your entries!
April 15, 2009
Card Sketch #25
Noella has been busily sketching and here is a brand new card sketch that she created for our talented CY Guest Designers!
~ Here’s a classy interpretation by CY Guest Designer Carla Robinson ~
That open heart is perfect!
- Card created by CY Guest Designer (one of our three “sisters”) Carla Robinson
~ Here’s a soft, sweet interpretation of the sketch by CY Guest Designer Deanne Burton ~
Love the orange rick–rack!
- Card created by CY Guest Designer (one of our three “sisters”) Deanne Burton
~ CY Guest Designer Susan Coish interpreted card sketch #25 with “Joie de vivre!” ~
The red “pop ” is so eye-catching!
- Card created by CY Guest Designer (one of our three “sisters”) Susan Coish
Many thanks to our CY Guest Designers, Susan, Carla and Deanne for their beautiful interpretations of Card sketch #25. You do us sooo proud here at CY! What a treat to see your work! The recipients of these cards will be touched- they’re gorgeous!
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Here’s an interpretation of the sketch from “Yours Truly.” I went Spring-y and citrus-y with this one using up some FUN Scenic Route papers!!
- Card created by CY Designer Ali MacDonald
Thanks for sharing the fun of making cards with us!!! Please remember that we have a DT call on- all are welcome to apply, whether you have worked as a Designer at CY before, or not. International applicants are invited to apply as well.
**Read the CY post on April 12-’09 [below] for more info!**
April 12, 2009
Sketch #14
Please remember to post a link to your creation and we will go check it out. WHY??
Because we have a DT CALL!
The CY DESIGN TEAM SEARCH has begun!…. We’re always on the lookout for talented Creatively Yours Design Team Members and a new term starts soon! The current DT finishes up their term on May 1-2009.
We have some special things planned here for May, so the next DT term will be June 01- October 31, 2009.
Being able to see how YOU interpret a CY sketch helps Noella and I make good choices.
If you are interested in a position on the next CY Design Team, be sure to post the link to your sketch #14 creation in the “Comments” section AND send me an email including your NAME and CREATION (DT entry layout based on sketch #14) at peteali@eastlink.ca so I am aware that you are interested and have entered the DT call. Love love love to see your DT entry (Sketch #14) creations!
EDITED: DEADLINE for DT call entries is MAY 15, 2009 midnight YOUR time (I am nice, LOL)
New DT members will be notified by May 17.
Our new DT will be announced here on May 22, 2009
Now on to Sketch #14…
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Sketch #14 created for CY by Ali MacDonald
Here are some beautiful interpretations by our uber-talented CY Design Team!
Layout created by CY DT member Liz Weber, a gal we can always count on for “a stunner!”
Yup!! A Stunner!
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“Many Faces” layout created by DT Member Liz Weber for CY
Here is Ann Seleshanko’s “wise” interpretation: No-one can combine patterns the way Ann does!!
A+ Gorgeous!
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“Summer Hike” layout by CY DT Member Ann Seleshanko
Here is a layout by CY Design Team Member Jana Fail. Colourful and happy in a way that is perfection- those are Jana’s LOs!
Bravo Jana!
- Stay tuned for more lovely work on Thursday… Hope you’re feeling inspired!
Now go re-read the DT applicant information, above! **Grin**
Thanks Liz, Ann and Jana for your beautiful work today!~
It was a pleasure to post!
April 9, 2009
Sketch #53!
Here are our CY Designers’ creations!
Layout by CY Guest Designer Carla Robinson, softly striped and done in one of my favourite colour combos!
Layout created by CY Guest Designer Carla Robinson
Thanks Carla!
CY Guest Designer Susan Coish incorporated some brights, some action and some whimsy into her design!
"Being a Kid" LO created by CY Guest Designer Susan Coish
Thanks Susan!
CY Guest Designer Deanne Burton created a layout that is heartwarming: it features fluffy Meika!!
"Our Fluff Ball" layout created by CY Guest Designer Deanne Burton
Thanks Deanne!
CY Designer Helga Payawal-Vergara created a LO that celebrates one of the joys of being a parent!
"Expensive Smile" LO created by CY Designer Helga Payawal-Vergara
Thanks Helga!
CY Designer Jenifer Cowles created a LO that demonstrates the versatility of Noella’s 12×12″ sketches! She translated the sketch into an 8 1/2×11″ LO and included some understated, classy detailing.
"You're nine" layout created by CY Designer Jenifer Cowles
Thanks Jenifer!
Here’s a soft & pretty layout from CY Designer Merrilee Wheaton, interpreting Sketch #53!
A soft and pretty creation by CY Designer Merrilee Wheaton
Thanks Merrilee!
Here’s a LO from me. These were the key members of my son Noah’s Team in 2005-2007. These are very special people. Noah needs to have a photo of them, all together, of course!!!
I also flipped the sketch 1/4 turn to the left and only used one full circle in this interpretation.
"Noah's Team" Layout created by CY Designer Ali MacDonald
Thank You all for visiting the Creatively Yours blog site today and please be sure you share YOUR Sketch #53 creations with us! We’d LOVE to see them all!
Remember that Noella and I are always looking for talented scrapbookers to accept the role of CY Guest Designers!
It could be YOU!
We visit EVERY link to a project created with a CY sketch that we receive in the Comments section, below.
Be sure to include the EXACT link to your LO/card/project, not just to the main page of your blog.
This saves us all time and gets us right to your work!
Thanks and Happy Easter, everyone!!
April 6, 2009
Just like Magic!
I missed posting a CY Designer’s beautiful interpretation of Card Sketch #24.
Just like magic, I had a little help from a friend, and PRESTO!
Here you go!
~A beautiful interpretation of Sketch #24 by CY Designer Jenifer Cowles~
"I Love U" card by CY Designer Jenifer Cowles
I am quite “In Love” with this beautiful card! I bet you can see why… it’s just perfect!
Thank you for sharing your talents with us, Jenifer!
