The FINAL Issue - December '09 - Sponsored by Doodle Palace

This month at SheetLoad of Cards is full of BIG... big issue, big announcement and big prizes!!

(click on thumbnail above to download your FREE issue)

BIG Issue

At 22 pages, the December '09 issue of SheetLoad, is the biggest one yet! We also had a huge design team, as almost all 16 of our artists participated, along with six artists from the sponsor's design team.

The cover this month features a card by Nicole Anderson and the issue features a sketch by 'moi', Alicia Ekermans. We were thrilled to be able to work with lots of awesome digital stamps from Doodle Palace.

As always this FREE issue shows you how to create multiple cards using a few papers and a great layout. If you follow the cutting guides this month, you will end up with twelve (12) cards. This would be a great issue to use for your Christmas or other holiday cards.

Big Announcement
As you may have gathered from the blog post title, this will be the final issue of SheetLoad of Cards. Even though it is our final issue, it won't be the end of your access to our archives and we will still be putting 100% into our final month here on the blog.

Check back later this month for a post with more details on the archive and why/how this decision was made.

Big Prizes
As always our sponsor will be providing some great prizes for our monthly challenges. You will be able to enter to win a chance to create with some Doodle Palace digital stamps of your own!!

Since this is also our Blog-A-Versary Month, there just might be an extra challenge and prize thrown in as well. ;)

December Sneak Peeks

The December '09 issue of SheetLoad of Cards is looking like it will be one of the biggest and best ever!!

We have a wonderful digital stamp company sponsoring this issue and many artists from their team, as well as ours, joined in on the fun.

Here is a peek at just some of the cards in the issue. Make sure to stop back by on December 1st to download your FREE issue!!

ShortCuts' Black Friday Special

UPDATE: This sale has been extended through Tuesday, December 1st!!

ShortCuts is offering up an additional discount, on top of their clearance prices, through tomorrow night at midnight. Make sure to check out their Black Friday Sale post for more details.

A November Winner and a Reminder...

Congratulations to... Heather

She is the lucky winner of our November Shout Out to SheetLoad challenge!! She will receive her choice of 2 fabulous stamp sets, just for telling others about our eZine.
*Heather, please send me an email at sheetload@comcast.net with your chosen stamp sets. Please put 'November Shout Out Winner' in the subject line.

Would you like to win some of the fabulous stamps shown below?! Just create a single card for our November Show Us Your SheetLoad Challenge and be entered to win.

November '09 - Simple Special Stunning

The purpose of "Simple Special Stunning" is to show how each issue of SheetLoad can be adapted for papercrafters of all levels. Whether it is sticking exactly to the sketch, or adding some extra bling.

This cards in this month's edition were created by Ann Seleshanko and feature the sketch from our November '09 issue of SheetLoad of Cards.

• Used rub-on stitches

• Used sewing maching

• Inked the edges

• Used markers, instead of colored pencils, to bright the image

• Used a ShortCuts clear sheet for the card base

• Added the holly as a photo corner

• Used Stickles to color in the image

• Colored and cut out a 2nd set of Santas and adhered with glue dots for dimension

• Used American Crafts Thickers and sewed a bit more

November '09 - Show Us Your SheetLoad and Win!

It is time to show us how SheetLoad has inspired your creations. The best part is - there are prizes!!!!

Again for the November '09 edition of "Show Us Your SheetLoad" we have added a special requirement, so make sure to read carefully below. :)

What you have to do...
- Create one (1) card using the sketch from the November '09 edition of SheetLoad of Cards. Download the issue for FREE here.
- Your card must use one of the printable quotes, provided to our readers this month (see issue for details and link). **Note new, extra requirement
- Upload your card to an online gallery or your blog and leave a direct link in the comment section of this post.

What you can win...

ONE (1) GRAND PRIZE:
Complete Set of Studio G - Series 37 - Bohemian

One lucky winner will be chosen to win each one of the 16 stamp sets shown above. A $16.00 MSRP

TWO (2) RUNNERS UP:
Eight (8) of the Studio G - Series 37 - Stamp Sets

Two lucky winners will be chosen to share the 16 stamp sets shown above. Eight packages for each winner will be chosen at random. An $8.00 MSRP each.

The deadline...
Upload your card and leave your comment here no later than Midnight CST on November 30th.

Make sure...
To do your best work, as the SheetLoad artists will be voting on their favorites to determine the winners.

The "fine print"...
- The link in your comment MUST go directly to your entry in an online gallery, or the blog post containing the entered card. (Any comments with indirect links will be disqualified.)
- If your comment does not link to a blog with "contact me" info, you MUST leave your email address in your comment. You are free to add spaces to avoid spam bots.
- Only one entry per person.

Playing so far...

A Little Shameless Self-Promotion... Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps Guest Designer

Because I am so excited about my first EVER artist position on a design team (other than one I've created), I just had to post here about my November Guest Artist spot at Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps!!!

My first post went up today and features the card shown in the snippet above. I hope you will stop by my post at Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps to see the full views and maybe leave a little 'love'.  :)

While you're there, make sure to check out the creation by Laura Williams (the other November guest artist) from earlier this week.

Make sure to check out the August '09 issue of SheetLoad of Cards for lots more Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps goodness.