Once Upon a Sketch Challenge!

Hi everyone! Yippee, it's live! Yes, the new challenge is up for OUAS! For this challenge you simply follow the sketch designed by Nadia, the lovely owner and creator of OUAS, and follow our journaling criteria about New Years Eve.
Yes, we would like you to journal about your feelings about this time of  year, or tell us about your most memorable New Year's Eve. Where were you? Who were you with? What did you do? Why is this one memorable? Note: the photo that you use for this challenge does not have to necessarily be from New Years Eve. For example, if you spent New Years Eve with your family you can have a photo of your family taken ANY time of the year. Remember that you are allowed to also create a card or altered project based on this sketch and instead of the journalling criteria you need to use a quote.

The sketch:

Sponsors:



The Crafts Meow

The crafts Meow offers a variety of photopolymer clear stamps, great customer service, low shipping charges and an adorable blog!

Feature Art

Feature Art is an art paper designing company located in South Australia.
They offer unique patterned paper that help to develop the versatile craft projects for the craft industry. 

Vicky Alberto Etsy Shop

Vicky has a lovely Etsy shop, where she offers Dusty Attic Chipboard. She also has a wonderful blog, which is just overflowing with all kinds of inspiration!

Prizes:

The winner of this challenge, as choosen by our DT, gets to join us as a guest designer for the upcoming month! In addition, you will win an "in-stock" stamp set from The Crafts Meow of the winners choice!

example:



We also have 2 prizes to give away to two randomly chosen entries.
1 lucky person will win 2 paper collections from FeatureArt.


1 more randomly chosen person will win this Dusty Attic chipboard prize  from Vicky Alberto's Etsy shop:


Aren't these sponsors and prizes just awesome! I can't wait to see what you come up with!

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

Pixie ~ Paris lo

Hi everyone! Today I'd like to share another lo, that I did before my surgery, with the Pixie dust paperie Christmas in Paris kit.
For this lo I embossed some of the pp and then added it to some of the other gorgeous pp. Then I added an image of a retro lady, that I had from a pattern, to emulate a woman dreaming of going to Paris. I coupled this with a pic of my daughter along with journaling about her going to Paris...such a lucky gal!

This kit is wonderful to put together your actual moments as well as your dreams!

For daily inspiration, you'll want to stop by the Pixie blog, and right now Kirsty is having a 30% savings in the Pixie shop as well as a 'challenge' DT call. To get all the details you can here!

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

Hugs!

Pixie ~ You are my sunshine lo

Hi everyone! I'd like to share another lo, that I did before my surgery, with the Pixie dust paperie Christmas in Paris kit.
For this lo, I took one of the gorgeous Prima papers, added some paint to it, then I put one of the Glitz 'Whatnot' "you are my sunshine" cards on that along with a pic of my ipod, a circle cut from another gorgeous pp in the kit and then stamped it with a woman stamp that I had. After that I cut it into a star shape and sewed that onto this festive red background paper. To top it of I added a butterfly and a metal star from the Tim Holtz adornments package, which is in the kit.

Just think of what shape you could come up with!

For daily inspiration, you'll want to stop by the Pixie blog and right now Kirsty has a wonderful Dec. challenge going on, a 30% off items in the wonderful Pixie store (using code "2011-final"), and a 'challenge' DT call. You'll want to head over to the blog for full details on the challenge, discount, and DT call!

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

Hugs!

Pixie ~ Ho ho ho lo!

Hi everyone! Today I'd like to share another lo that I did, before my surgery, with the gorgeous Pixie dust paperie Christmas in Paris kit.  One of my favorite holidays is Christmas so I decided to make a Christmas lo. For this lo I took several of the  pp's, in the kit, and cut them into shapes to try to make a festive scene. I added a little paint, a number (No.) stamp, and some glitz alphas to top it off. You can see from the lo, that these papers could also be used for any type of everyday lo. How wonderful is that!

For daily inspiration, you'll want to visit the Pixie blog. And right now Kirsty is having a wonderful Challenge going on that I'm sure you'd love. You can get all the info. here!

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

Hugs!

Pixie ~ Sisters lo!

Hi everyone! Today I'd like to share another lo that I did, before my surgery, with the gorgeous Pixie  dust paperie Christmas in Paris kit! For this lo, I put a little gesso on the beautiful romantic paper, added a stamp behind the pic and then added some of the other gorgeous paper, from the kit, along with the lovely crinkled ribbon and then topped it off with a sprinkle of ink.

I also want to share a card that I received from Kirsty, the lovely creator and owner, of Pixie dust paperie.

Isn't this just beautiful!!! Yes, she made it from the Christmas in Paris kit. I must say the pic doesn't do  justice to this beautiful card, which brought tears to my eyes when I received it...thank you once again Kirsty...you're always so thoughtful!

To see other wonderful creations, and a chance to win the "Snow Shoe" kit, hop on over to the Pixie blog!

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

Hugs!

Once Upon a Sketch Challenge is live!

Hi everyone! Yippee! The Dec. 15th challenge is now live! Yup, for this challenge, simply follow the wonderful sketch by Nadia, the very sweet creator and owner of  the  Once Upon a Sketch challenge site, and the following journaling criteria: your Christmas traditions! Yes, we want to hear about how everyone spends Christmas Day. Even if you do NOT celebrate Christmas, what do you do on Christmas Day? Remember that you are allowed to also create a card or altered project based on this sketch and instead of the journalling criteria you need to use a quote.

The sketch:

The Sponsors:

Les Papiers de Pandore

Les Papiers de Pandore is a small French manufacturer, born in early 2010.

Earth friendly, we try to respect our environment by using recycled papers, vegetable inks, and by printing locally in Provence.

Proud of its "French touch", the brand features classical designs in soft colors.

 

 The winner of this challenge, as chosen by the Design Team will receive these 2 paper lines from Les Papiers De Pandore!

 

One more sponsor for our November 15th challenge is the amazing Australian chipboard company Imaginarium Designs . They have been so generous to sponsor us all year with their beautiful chipboard and you can purchase it through Seriously Scrapbooking. They are giving away this gorgeous chipboard collection to one randomly chosen winner.

 

 

 

 

Handmade By Suzanne

 

One lucky person, chosen randomly, will receive this prize from Handmade By Suzanne!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tim Holtz Alterations Embossing Folder Set (Dot Matrix)

Awesome sponsors and prizes aren't they!

 

I can't wait to see what you come up with for this fun challenge!

 

 

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

Hugs!

 

Pixie ~ The real beauty lo

Hi everyone! Today I'd like to share another lo that I did, before my surgery, with the Pixie dust paperie Christmas in Paris kit. What a fun kit to play with. For this lo I used another one of the Glitz "whatnot" cards, that's included in the kit. I also added a little paint and the ladies form stamp that I had along with some embellies from the kit. I must say the papers and embellies in this kit are just fab!

Don't ya just love that girly background paper!

To see what the other DT members have come up with, simply pop on over to the Pixie blog!

And right now, you can enter the fabulous Dec. giveaway....the Snow Shoe kit!!! Yes, a full kit! How exciting is that! Simply go to the blog for the details!

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

Hugs!

Pixie Christmas Eve lo

Hi everyone! Today I'd like to share another lo that I did, before my surgery, with the gorgeous Pixie dust paperie Christmas in Paris kit. Don't ya just love the papers and sweet Tim Holtz heart embellie!

If you'd like to take a look at this fabulous kit, you can head on over to the Pixie store.

You also want to take a look at the Pixie blog to enter the Dec. give away. This month, Kirsty is giving away the sweet "Snow Shoe" kit! Yeah!!!



Isn't this just the sweetest kit!

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

Hugs!



Pixie lo's!

Hi everyone! Today I'd like to share a couple of lo's that I did with the  Pixie dust paperie Christmas in Paris kit. Love this kit...wonderful papers and embellies! The first lo is hubby and I on Christmas with our little pup pup. What wonderful, yummy papers for the holiday memories...don't you think! The second lo is me when I was a little tyke. For this lo, I used one of the Glitz 'whatnot' cards that comes in the kit. A full pkg. of cards come in the kit, but this one really just called out childhood memories so I kept it simple and let the card work for me on this lo. Also, on this lo, is some bling and a Tim Holtz crown...yup a full pkg. of each is also in this huge kit!

Here's a picture of the Christmas in Paris kit. 

Gorgeous, isn't it! It is now available at the Pixie shop!

And right now, Kirsty is having a December giveaway that runs until Dec. 18th. You don't want to miss this one....the prize is the "Snow Shoe" kit. Very sweet kit! You can head on over to the Pixie blog to get the details for this wonderful giveaway!

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

Hugs!

Lessology ~ Guest Designer! Yippee!

Hi everyone! I am just tickled pink to share this post with you today. Yippee!!! I am a guest designer for the awesome upcycle Lessology site! What an honor!  All of you that know me, know how much I love playing along with their wonderful challenges! Yes...I'm all for recycling and that's what their challenges are about...recycle, recycle, recycle! Yeah! For this challenge, "You've got mail", you create something with this prompt "There's no reason why you shouldn't make the outside of your mail as pretty as the contents inside". Yes! Use your imagination! Don't forget to include at least one upcycled item in your creation!



For this challenge I decided to take a Priority mailing box, that I received in the mail, and pretty it up to send it back out as a gift to my sister at Christmas time.

flip side of the box

I took the box, painted it with a sand color paint then when that was dry, I put on a thin coat of modeling paste, so that the scene would be pressed into it, so that when I mailed it nothing would be torn off the package. I then glazed over the entire scene with mod podge to seal everything. (please note, I left the back and left/right sides in it's original form for mailing purposes. The front and top/bottom side is painted).

Since I'm sending the box, I needed to put something in it so I created a mail holder: 

 I thought that this would be a pretty way to store received mail until you're ready to go through it. Once again, I took another priority box, that I had received in the mail, opened it up and then cut it into the shape and length that could hold mail. Then I added some paint, sewed it, decorated it, put a button on the front for a closure, and added ribbon to hang it. Inside is something special...I took a birthday card that she sent to me, with a kitty on it, cut it and sewed it to the holder...she will love this because she's such a cat lover and it's a form of sharing an image that we both love!

I can't wait to see what you will come up with for this challenge!

Oh yes! The winner gets a $20.00 gift certificate to Pixie Dust Paperie store! How cool is that!

As always, thanks for stopping by! Have a wonderful day!

Hugs!

Pixie Dust Paperie kit lo's!

Hi everyone! Today I'd like to share a couple of lo's that I put together using the Pixie Dust Paperie Pink Rose Cottage kit.

I just loved the papers and embellies in this kit...so easy to work with.

For more inspiration, please hop on over to the Pixie blog!

And right now, you still have time to enter the Pixie Nov. challenge. Simply make something from the inspiration you get from the following picture:

You have until Dec. 5th to enter for a chance to win a $15.00 gift certificate to the pixie store!

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

Hugs!

Scrap for Help & Another Freaking Scrappy challenge!

Hi everyone! Today I'd like to tell you about two wonderful challenges! One is Scrap for Help and the other is Another Freaking Scrappy challenge. Both are so easy and fun...............

SFH would like you to make something using recyled stuff...how fun is that! You're putting together a project and recycle something at the same time. I just love this site. I always feel so good putting something on a page rather then into the trash. You can head on over here to see what some of the gals have come up with...amazing creativity!

AFSC has a prompt challenge going on right now prompting you to scrap a treasured Thanksgiving memory for you BUT there's a catch...do NOT use the color orange anywhere in the lo! What a sweet challenge! If you do not celebrate Thanksgiving, you can scrap something that you are thankful for, or scrap a family reunion or gathering. You can head on over here to see what the DT has come up with.

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

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

Hugs!

Once Upon a sketch challenge!

Hi everyone! Yippee! It's live! Yup, our Dec. 1st challenge at OUAS is up! For this challenge, you simply use the wonderful sketch, by Nadia, the awesome creator and owner of our site, and follow the journaling criteria.

The journaling criteria is: The thing I look most forward to in December.

Write at least 2 sentences on what you look forward to in the next month. December is a festive month so your journalling could be about the Christmas season, the holidays, the presents or if you do not celebrate Christmas what does December bring for you that you look most forward to? Note: Your layout DOES NOT have to be about Christmas! It can be about anything December brings.

Other ideas for journalling: an annual holiday or celebration, a specific event such as putting up the Christmas tree or pre Christmas traditions you might have leading up to Christmas, family time, snow covered fields or warmer weather, time off work, school holidays, change of weather, new season fruit.

I just absolutely love this time of year....just think of all the wonderful things that you could do with this challenge!

The sketch

Our wonderful Sponsor and prizes:

Handmade by Suzanne

Handmade By Suzanne is a Perth, Western Australia based Scrapbooking and Craft online retailer. Stocking an extensive range of the latest beautiful and exciting released scrapbooking and craft products.

With over 3,500 products online and growing there isn’t much in scrapbooking and craft that they don’t sell! Their brands include – Kaisercraft, Bo Bunny, Webster’s Pages, Prima, Hambly Screen Prints, Dusty Attic, October Afternoon, Martha Stewart, Crate Paper, Cheery Lynn, Sizzix - just to name a fraction!

And what better timing to have Handmade By Suzanne sponsor us than the month of December, which is their BIRTHDAY SALE month! Birthday Sale Starts Now! 20% Off Storewide

Handmade By Suzanne is 2 years old in December and to celebrate they are having a month long sale – there is 20% off all items storewide with the exception of the very latest arrivals the previous week

The winner of this challenge, as chosen by the Design Team, will win a spot on our Design Team for the month of January. As well as that, the winner will also receive a AUD$20.00 voucher (plus FREE shipping) to spend in the store at Handmade By Suzanne!

At Once Upon A...Sketch we LOVE to encourage EVERYONE to participate, even those that are fairly new to scrapbooking so this is why we like to offer some prizes for RANDOMLY chosen winner so that everyone feels like they have a chance to win!

One lucky person will receive this Tim Holz alterations embossing folder set prize from Handmade By Suzanne:

Another lucky person will win this set of My Minds Eye 6x6 paper pads in four different collections

Aren't these prizes just awesome!!!!

I can't wait to see your creations...let the fun begin!

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

Hugs!

A big thank you to all of you!

Hi everyone! I wanted to thank you for all the prayers, comments, and thoughts for my recovery while I was in the hospital. I am back home now and will need some time to recover from surgery so I will not be entering in any new challenges at this time. I do however, have a lot of lo's/projects that I will be able to share with you until I'm back on my feet in full force again. Please forgive me for the lack of comments to your blogs over the next few weeks....I promise I will be visiting again soon. Can't wait to see your beautiful creations. In the mean time, please join me as I share awesome challenges over the next month with you.

At this time, I'd like to share two lo's that I did with the gorgeous Pixie Dust Paperie Pink Rose Cottage kit.

Don't ya just love the gorgeous papers and embellies........

Please head on over to our Pixie blog for a 20% Cyber Monday sale...yeah!

And right now we are having our Nov. challenge where you can have a chance to win a $15.00 gift certificate. Simply make something using this photo in anyway that it inspires you...how easy is that!

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

Hugs!

Time Off

Hi everyone - I am John, Sandi's husband. Sandi wanted me to let you know she will not be able to look at blogs or comment on your wonderful work. Unfortunately, she has undergone emergency surgery. Sandi will be in the hospital all this week. We hope she is home by Monday Nov 28. The recovery period is very lengthy, likely 6-8 weeks. Sandi will be able to leave comments as she recovers closer to the eight weeks. Thank you for your understanding. Let's pray for a quick recovery so Sandi can get back to her normal self.

Another Freaking Scrappy Challenge!

Hi everyone!  We've got another wonderful challenge for you at Another Freaking Scrappy Challenge. This time, it's a sketch by Anne, the lovely creator and owner, of AFSC and a book criteria. Yeah! I love to read....it takes you on an adventure, where the present moment is spent somewhere else. So here's your moment to Scrap your favourite book – you can use a scan of the cover, a picture that represents the book’s theme, you can journal why it is a favourite of yours. You have until the 30th of the month to play along!!!

the sketch



Our prize to play for this month is a $25.00 gift certificate from Scrapbooking.com!!

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

For more inspiration, plaese stop by here to see what the other DT gals and guest have created!

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

Hugs!

Once Upon A Sketch challenge!

Hi everyone! Yippee! It's up...the new challenge for Once Upon a sketch is live! This  month you follow this awesome sketch by Nadia, the super sweet creator and owner of OUAS, and combine it with the fun journaling criteria...of focusing on YOU! Yes,  focus on YOU as a woman OR ANY female in your life. What is the best thing about being a woman? Motherhood? Shopping? Make Up? Girls nights? Gossip? Your journalling can be as long as you wish and in any language, but you must journal at least 2 sentences on the best part of being a woman. How exciting...just think of what you can come up with for this challenge....yeah!

The sketch:



The sponsors and prizes

 

 

Imaginarium designs  is an amazing Australian chipboard company which creates awesome chipboard for all your chippee needs. This month, they are giving away this gorgeous chipboard collection to 1 randomly chosen winner.

 

 

 

Our Guest Designer, Leeann Pearce,  has a GORGEOUS etsy shop filled with her amazing and very UNIQUE handmade creations called  The Chip Chop Shop which is giving away a stunning collection of goodies to the value of $25.00 to one randomly chosen winner.



the winner of this challenge, as chosen by the Design Team, will receive this embellishment collection from BasicGrey's Jovial line. Just in time for Christmas...

For lots of inspiration, please stop by to see what the DT and guests have created!

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

Hugs!

Pixie ~ Us lo!

Hi everyone! Today I'd like to show you a lo of my dd's that I did with the Pixie dust paperie Pink Rose Cottage kit. I've got to say that this kit is one of my favorite's. There are so many easy to work with papers and embellies in it that the only difficult thing about it is deciding what pic you won't be able to use on any given paper...honestly, I had so many ideas that I could use for each one! I just love that...no waste!!! For this lo I used almost all embellies...so easy, fun, and quick!

Yup! Even that pretty spread of flowers to the rt. of the pic is a sticker...no fussy cutting...yeah!!!

For daily inspiration, you'll want to stop by the Pixie blog, to see what the other talented DT girls and guest designer have created!

             And don't forget to enter the wonderful giveaway. This month there will be 4 winners!

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

Hugs!

Lessology Jars of cuteness challenge!

Hi everyone! Today I'd like to share a jar that I made for the Lessology jars of cuteness jar challenge. My husband and my wedding aniversary is coming up in a few days so I thought it would be sweet to make this jar of us, at our wedding, to give to him. It's hard to see because of the glass glare, but there is a picture of us in the jar at the wedding table where the photographer caught a pic of me telling him that "I love him".  For my recyled item, I  attached our pic to a wire and then stuck it into a wine cork, from a bottle of wine, that we recently had. I used a Classico Alfredo jar because it has an embossed finish on it that I thought would really add character to this project.



Close-ups

I painted the cover, then wrapped it and put some embellies on it.

Our pic

the original jar

To see the awesome jars of cuteness that the DT and guest have done you can go here.

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

Hugs!

Pixie ~ All hearts that are loved....

Hi everyone! Today I'd like to share a lo that I did with the Pixie dust paperie  Pink Rose Cottage kit. For this lo, I wanted to create something that would show the love that my children have for one another and my hubby and I so I decided to create a home with the kiddo's in it to depict that all hearts that are loved will return home for more love. I created the house using some of the stickers, gorgeous pp, Pixie signature crinkled ribbon and one of the 'windows' from the Prima Shabby Chic treasure pkg. that's included in the kit. I added a little sewing, a splash of ink, and cut part of the cardboard from the box, that my beautiful kit came in, for the roof. So easy and fun!

For some reason, I couldn't get the bottom of this pic to come out straight, but the green border at the bottom of the lo is actually a really pretty straight sticker.

For daily inspiration, you'll want to stop by the Pixie blog, to see what the other talented DT girls and guest designer have created!

And don't forget to enter the wonderful giveaway. This month there will be 4 winners!

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

Hugs!