Once Upon a Sketch Challenge!

Hi everyone! Yup, it's up! The March 1st challenge is up and this time you simply follow the wonderful sketch by Nadia, the lovely creator and owner of Once Upon a Sketch, and the journaling theme: "All about me"! Yup, The focus of your journalling and the theme of your layout has to be based on YOU and the one thing that you are really good at.



That lovely butterfly on the lower right is a chipboard from Imaginarium designs. I just love their chipboard!

Sponsors:

Berry 71 Bleu

Berry71bleu is a lovely Etsy shop owned by Marivic Clifton. She specializes in custom and premade embellished hang tags, scrapbook pages, and altered gift ideas with a vintage flair! For wonderful tag inspiration, you can visit the gorgeous Berry71Bleu blog here!

Feature Art

Feature Art is an art paper designing company in South Australia. They offer unique patterned paper which is designed and printed in Australia.

Prizes:

This is the challenge where you have the chance to win a spot on our design team for the whole upcoming month simply by winning this challenge. As well as being our Guest Designer, as chosen by our Design Team, you will also receive this gorgeous kit from Berry71bleu!

We also have 2 prizes for 2 randomly chosen people!

One person will receive a gorgeous tag from Berry71bleu. Here's an example of her tags:

The other random winner will receive two wonderful paper collections from Feature Art:

I can't wait to see what you come up with!

As always, thank you for stopping by and have a wonderful day!

Hugs!

Berry 71 Bleu guest designer!

Hi everyone! Today I'd like to share another lo that I did, as a guest designer, for Berry71bleu! Yup, I was given two gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous tags to play with this month from Marivic, the lovely creator of these breathtaking tags and the owner of the Berry71bleu Etsy shop and Berry71bleu blog. This is the second tag. To see the first one, you can go here. If you haven't had the chance to visit her Etsy shop or blog, you'll want to head on over and browse...you'll be so glad that you did!

Isn't this tag just GORGEOUS! I just love the vintage look!

To see more stunning tags and inspiration, you can visit Marivic's Etsy shop and blog!

As always, thank you for stopping by and have a wonderful day!

Hugs!

Blog hop reminder!

Hi everyone! Just wanted to remind you about the wonderful blog hop that we have going on now at Another Freaking Scrappy Challenge. Yup the prize is just awesome! To get a chance to win you simply go to everyone's blog, pick up a special word, and then mail it to Anne, the lovely owner and creator of AFSC. For additional chances, you simply enter the Feb. 1st and/or 15th challenge....this would give you three chances. To make it easy for you, I've put all the links that you need in my original post, which you can find below!

And don't for get, if you leave a comment on my original post - here, you will have a chance to win a suprize prize from me.

Good luck everyone!

As always, thank you for stopping by and have a wonderful day!

Hugs!

Bird is the word challenge!

Hi everyone! Today I'd like to share a lo that I did for the Bird is the word  Journey challenge. For  this challenge, you simply use the word "Journey" in either the title or your journaling....fun!

For this lo, I used some of my favorite embellies...yup, that nice white "frame", behind the pic, is what's left over from my Imaginarium designs chipboard tinie frames, and that yellow/pearl "My Minds Eye" - Stella and Rose - brad is from one of my wonderful Pixie dust paperie scrapbook kits.

As always, thank you for stopping by and have a wonderful day!

Hugs!

Flashback Friday Challenge!

Hi everyone! Today I'd like to share a little card that I made for the Flashback Fridays Challenge #20.0. What a wonderful challenge and blog hop that Flashback Friday is having right now. For this challenge you simply create a black and white card....fun! (Oops! I goofed, on this one, it's not create a card, it's dig up your first b&w card that you made). So if you have that old time goodie, you'll want to head on over to check out the challenge and wonderful blog hop that's going on now! Super!

As always, thank you for stopping by and have a wonderful day!

Hugs!

It's Visual

Hi everyone! Today I'd like to share a lo that I did about my daydreams/thoughts that I was going through during my recovery period from my surgery. Since it had been months that I had not driven my car, I would visualize driving, I would also visualize other things that I could not do like going back to work, lifting things/objects, doing exercise, or going shopping....all the everyday things that we take for granted, until it's gone. Yes, after 11 weeks, I can now drive my car....yippee! Yes, I am back at work...and was able to drive myself...yippee! Yes, I can window shop...yippee! And yes, I can lift things, that are 10 lbs. or less....and you betcha that I'm looking forward to getting back to my old self where I can lift more and get back to exercising! Yes, I have wonderful things to look forward to!

That sweet little butterfly is from Imaginarium Designs. Love their chipboard!

As always, thank you for stopping by and have a wonderful day!

Hugs!

Another Freaking Scrappy Challenge!

Hi everyone! Today I'd like to share the lastest Another Freaking Scrappy Challenge with you. Yup, the Feb 15th challenge is up and this time we would like you to follow the sketch created by Anne, the very sweet creator and owner of AFSC, and  Scrap a memory of you in Scouting or Girl Guides (brownies, Sparks, Guides, etc.) or a memory of a group you belonged to when you were a child or teen. You may include a momento or journal a memory of what belonging meant to you. For me I used a printout of some Brownie girls together along with a pic of me sitting with them to represent "brownie girl talk/fun".
This is a great challenge to get some of your older pics scrapped!

The Sketch:

That awesome little swirl, at the bottom of the pic, is from Imaginarium Designs. I just love their chipboard!

I can't wait to see what you come up with for this challenge! Don't forget that if you play along with this challenge, complete our blog hop this month, or play along with our 1 February challenge by the 28th of this month, you are eligible for a chance (one chance per challenge and completed blog hop) for this FREAKING AWESOME prize from AFSC:

For a change to win this prize and a surprize "win" from me simply go to my original posting for more details here!

As always, thank you for stopping by and have a wonderful day!

Hugs!

Once Upon A Sketch Challenge!

Hi everyone! Today I'd like to share our OUAS challenge! For this challenge, you simply follow the sketch created by Nadia, the wonderful creator and owner of OUAS and the journaling theme Holidays/Vacations! Yippee, how easy is that!

The Sketch:



The Sponsors:

Swirlydoos

Imaginarium Designs

Berry 71 Bleu

Featureart

Prizes:

Gorgeous kit from Swirlydoos goes to the winner!

One person, from the top five will win a gorgeous package of ID chipboard!

A randomly drawn winner will receive one of  Berry 71 Bleu gorgeous tags!

Another random winner will win a wonderful paper pack from Featureart!

I can't wait to see what you come up with for this challenge! And don't forget that this month, OUAS has teamed up with our sister blog Get Creative, so don't forget to stop over there and check out what the DT has come up with!

As always, thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day!

Hugs!

Valentine's Blog Hop at another Freaking scrappy challenge!

Hi everyone!  Yesterday I told you that Another Freaking Scrappy Challenge was going to have a blog hop and that the details would be coming....well here they are! For this blog hop, you go to each blog on the hop, collect a "clue word", leave a comment on their blog, and then, after you've collected all the words, you e-mail (using "Valentine Blog Hop" in your subject line) your clues to Anne, the sweet creator and owner of AFSC! It's that simple. And you can have more then one chance to win: complete the blog hop, and playing with either or both of this month's challenges can get you more chances. What will you get? You will get an awesome Valentine's prize pack from AFSC!!!

 But wait, that's not all...everyone that leaves a comment, on my blog, will receive a chance to win a surprize package from me! I will pull a random winner from all who leave a comment! Yup, that's a seperate prize pack win, so you could end up with two wins! We will be playing until the end of February for this!

My Clue word is Valentine !

Start the blog hop at Another Freaking Scrappy Challenge and pick up your first clue word.
Then go to the next person in line: (I listed them to make it easy for you)
 Lindy
Sarah
Chiqui
Mitra
Mieke
Donna
Sandi That's me! You're here!
Karen
Anne

If you are going to get the extra chances to win, please go to AFSC to view the challenges!

Let the fun begin! I can't wait to see who wins! And don't forget, there are two prizes, one from AFSC and one from me!

Good Luck!

As always, thank you for stopping by and have a wonderful day!

Hugs!

Another Freaking Scrappy Challenge blog hop coming soon!

Yippee! Another Freaking Scrappy Challenge site is going to have a blog hop starting soon! Just look:

Yup! It's going to be fun!

As always, thank you for stopping by! Have a wonderful day!

Hugs!

Berry 71 Bleu guest designer!

Hi everyone! Yippee! I am so honored to be a guest designer for Berry 71 Bleu! Yes, when Marivic contacted me and ask me to be a guest designer I was thrilled! I had won one of her tags and I knew how stunning they were...I could hardly wait to get my hands on another one!
A couple of days ago I told you about the awesome challenge that's going on now, over there, and today I get to show you a lo that I did with one of Marivic's gorgeous tags! These tags are so much better looking in person...absolutely breathtaking. So, if you haven't seen these before, you really must go to the Berry 71 Bleu site and check them out. The DT has created so many beautiful projects with them.  Marivic also has an Etsy shop that you can browse through...so worth it!

Here's my Valentine lo:

Isn't Marvic's tag gorgeous! So vintage...I love that!

As always, thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day!

Hugs!

Berry 71 Bleu challenge!

Hi everyone! Today I'd like to tell you about a wonderful challenge that's going on at Berry 71 Bleu right now! Yup,  that's right, that lovely "homemade tag site", by Marivic, has another wonderful challenge for everyone to play with. This time, the theme is "In the mood for love"....how perfect for the month of February! The challenge has been set by the DT member Aymee Gandy. Here's what Aymee has said about the challenge:
 February is the month of love! It's the time to snuggle up with your sweetie and share decadent chocolate treats as you romance the night away. This love filled month can provide ample inspiration for your crafting projects. Take a moment to look around you as Cupid spears your heart with his arrow and take note of all of the Valentine's decor'. Let all this lovey dovey art inspire you. For the challenge, we want to see a project centered around love. Your project can be a layout, card, altered art, home decor', etc. Your project must include the color 'pink' and at least one of the following: lace, buttons, bling, and/or glitter. Make us fall head over heels in love with your artwork! Hugs & Kisses! XOXO!
Sounds like fun doesn't it!

Here's a pic of the prize:

Looks yummy, doesn't it!

Here's some close-ups:

Nice, isn't it!

And just look at that adorable tag:

Isn't it adorable! I wish I could have all the tags that Marivic makes!

This is open to anyone around the world. Entries must be linked up to the sidebar, at Berry 71 Bleu, using the Linky tools. They must receive your entries by 2/29/12. For more details and Aymee's example you can go here!

Scrap for Help Challenge!

Hi Everyone! Today I'd like to share a lo that I did for the February  Scrap for Help challenge. This month the challenge is to do a project using  muslin or a surgical bandage for your recyled item.
You really must head on over to the site for loads of inspiration from the guest designer and other DT members!

Yup! This is hubby and I at the car races...we love going there!

For this lo, I used that awesome chipboard title "A moment in time" from Imaginarium Designs! Gosh, I just love their chipboard, which can be purchased from Seriously Scrapbooking.

For further info., about the challenge, you can go to the Scrap for Help site here.

As always, thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day!

Hugs!

Another Freaking Scrappy Challenge!

Hi everyone! Today I'd like to share a lo that I did for the February 1st challenge at Another Freaking Scrappy Challenge. It's all about your first love. Yup! A real boy or girl! For this challenge we'd like to see a momento from that time with them, or a downloaded image, or something from that era from the internet if you wish. A pop or movie star crush can be substituted for a real live crush if you are too shy to tell us how it really was! For me, for as long as I can remember, my first thoughts of the type of love that I would want would be someone like my father.....a handsome man that was lovingly perfect!

Someone will win something scrappy ... we'll showcase your stuff and pick someone to guest design for the next month!

I can't wait to see what you come up with!

As always, thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day!

Hugs!

OUAS teams up with Get Creative for February!

Hi everyone! It's been a while since I've scrapped, due to my surgery. I am slowly working my way back now and would like to say a HUGE thank you to everyone that has supported me during this difficult time! Today I'd like to start my entries again by telling you what we are up to at  Once Upon a Sketch .
Yup, we are nearing the end of our first year, at OUAS, and during this time we have noticed a huge amount of support from many countries around the world and we are incredibly lucky that our challenges are supported by so many people from all different parts of the globe. One of these countries is Greece, and we have come to realize that we receive many entries from such a small country where scrapbooking is so new, so we had a thought and decided to team up with another challenge blog based in Greece, and run by our very own, Irini Liolia called Get Creative. How exciting!! We have decided to become "sister" blogs, because let's face it...most of us scrapping are women and is there anything stronger than a sisterhood? So for this month only, the Design Team from Once Upon A..Sketch are guests over at Get Creative and taking part in their 1st and 15th of the month challenges and the Design Team from Get Creative are guests on Once Upon A..Sketch! Thus a new bond is formed between 2 challenge blogs.

Here is the sketch that the Once Upon A..Sketch Design Team had to follow. It is created by Get Creative Design Team member Elina Katechi.

And here is my take on the sketch:

So head on over to the Get Creative blog to see what the rest of the Design Team created and to find out what prizes etc are up for grabs and then visit Once Upon a Sketch to see the February 1st challenge!

As always, thanks so much for stopping by and have a wonderful day!

Hugs!