**Reminder**

So what are you doing this weekend? Any scrapping plans? Need a sketch for inspiration?

Have you seen our current challenge? You have just over 3 days to get your entry in for our....

MAY 15TH CHALLENGE

Journalling criteria: Your journalling should be typed  (and remember it should be at least 1-2 lines long). You can also make a card or altered item based on this sketch and use a typed quote instead of journalling. 

and this sketch

You also have just over 3 days to get your self in the running to win this awesome kit from My Scrapbook Nook....

Once Upon A ..Sketch is giving one, right now!!

All you need to do is this..

1. Follow the Once Upon A ...Sketch Blog
2. Copy this exact information and post about this on your blog, together with the May kit picture and a link back to Once Upon A Sketch. 
3. Make sure you also post the information about the current offer at the Nook listed below. 

3. Link your post using the Link Tool at the bottom of this post!

That is it! You have until the end of the current challenge, which is midnight May 31st, Australian Eastern Standard Time. I will draw a random winner soon after.

My Scrapbook Nook is offering a wonderful offer for a limited time only!Sign up for 6 months and receive the May kit for free......great deal! 

Or Sign up for 12months and get the 13th kit free!!!!!!!!!

  Kits value between $31- $34 – Yours for only $29.50. This way we ensure that you receive a fully loaded kit each month. We will also offer combined shipping with any add-ons or goodies from the store you need.

http://myscrapbooknook.org/kit-club/

Tell a friend and if they sign up email us at orders@myscrapbooknook.com and give us your friends name and we will give you a $5.00 store credit. Good only while supplies last.

Have a great weekend everyone. 

**GIVEAWAY TIME**

For our current challenge click here. 

Hello there!

How would you like to win one of these? 

The absolutely gorgeous May kit from My Scrapbook Nook??

Once Upon A ..Sketch is giving one, right now!!

All you need to do is this..

1. Follow the Once Upon A ...Sketch Blog
2. Copy this exact information and post about this on your blog, together with the May kit picture and a link back to Once Upon A Sketch. 
3. Make sure you also post the information about the current offer at the Nook listed below. 

3. Link your post using the Link Tool at the bottom of this post!

That is it! You have until the end of the current challenge, which is midnight May 31st, Australian Eastern Standard Time. I will draw a random winner soon after.

My Scrapbook Nook is offering a wonderful offer for a limited time only!Sign up for 6 months and receive the May kit for free......great deal! 

Or Sign up for 12months and get the 13th kit free!!!!!!!!!

  Kits value between $31- $34 – Yours for only $29.50. This way we ensure that you receive a fully loaded kit each month. We will also offer combined shipping with any add-ons or goodies from the store you need.

http://myscrapbooknook.org/kit-club/

Tell a friend and if they sign up email us at orders@myscrapbooknook.com and give us your friends name and we will give you a $5.00 store credit. Good only while supplies last.

Go for it!

May 15th Challenge

Hi again everyone!

It's time for our May 15th challenge. Again, MANY thanks to all the wonderful entries for our last challenge. The winners will be announced very soon. Thank you also for your continued support. We have reached 500 followers since starting in April! WOW! This is an amazing response to our blog . 

I wanted to quickly clarify some details regarding journalling. When you journal on your layouts, it is expected that your writing will consist of more than just the date/place etc. the photo was taken at. Your journalling should be at least 1 to 2 lines long. Please consider this when creating a layout. I would hate for you to create something stunning that cannot be considered as a winner simply because the journalling was not present or enough. 

On to our next challenge.

MAY 15TH CHALLENGE

Journalling criteria: Your journalling should be typed  (and remember it should be at least 1-2 lines long). You can also make a card or altered item based on this sketch and use a typed quote instead of journalling. 

and this sketch

GUEST DESIGNER INSPIRATION

Sarah Mullinex

THANK YOU so much Sarah for your wonderful contribution to our challenges this month. It has been WONDERFUL having you here. We hope you have enjoyed your time with us. 

Now here is one more layout from our Guest Designer winner from our last challenge ..

Kyoko. 

Thank you also Kyoko for your STUNNING work. We look forward to your participation in future challenges. 

DESIGN TEAM INSPIRATION

  Starting with our 2 Design Team members that were sponsored by Tidbitz In Time kit club this month. Both Irma and Nerrida had a chance to work with this amazing May kit from Tidbitz In Time and are Guest Designers there this month. Check out the rest of their projects at the Tidbitz In Time gallery and the Tidbitz In Time blog

**May kit from Tidbitz In Time 

Irma Peredne 

Nerrida Mitchell 

* Nerrida added some chipboard letters/numbers from Imaginarium Designs. 

A close up of Nerrida's hidden journalling. 

And now the rest of our Design Team...

Natalie Elphinstone

Rosella Palladino 

** Chipboard title 'Just You' and flourish is by Imaginarium Designs 

Heather Jacob 

* chipboard is Imaginarium Designs

Steph Devlin 

 Trudi Harrison 

*Chipboard title 'Our Little Girl' and flourish frame are by Imaginarium Designs.

Bente Fagerberg

**Chipboard frame is by Imaginarium Designs

Carole Janson 

**Chipboard fence and swirls is by Imaginarium Design 

Helen Tilbury 

LG Belarmino 

SPONSOR INSPIRATION

Jessy Christopher

**all materials from Your Scrapbook Stash

Laurel Seabrook  

**all materials from Your Scrapbook Stash

Audrey Yeager

**all materials from Your Scrapbook Stash

Michelle Magana

**all materials from Your Scrapbook Stash

PRIZES

For this challenge there will be 2 main prizes, which means 2 winners..!

 One lucky person, whose project will be voted on by the Design Team will win a $US20.00 Gift Voucher to spend at Your Scrapbook Stash, one of our sponsors in May. 

The other winner, as voted again by the Design Team will receive this kit 

Fancy Pants Rusted Sun Collection Kit

This collection kit includes: 8 - 12"x12" sheets of double sided cardstock, 1 - 12" flocked transparency, 1 - 12" printed transparency, Glitter Cuts, 5x8" notebook journal, 20 brads, 12 title tags, 45 buttons, 1 sheet of rub ons, element stickers, alphabet stickers, 3 yards of ribbon & a Card kit with enough supplies to make 6 cards with envelopes and 2 tags.

The Design Team will also vote on their Top 5 favourite projects and those projects will be our FEATURED projects for this challenge. 

There will also be one entry, which will be chosen RANDOMLY using random.org and this person will receive a $US10.00 Gift Voucher to also spend at 

THANK YOU so much to Erica Weinstock, owner of  Your Scrapbook Stash  for your generous prizes! It was a pleasure dealing with you and hope to see you back here again soon. 

Thank You also to Jane Tregenza, owner of Seriously Scrapbooking and Imaginarium Designs  

for providing beautiful chipboard for our Design Team and not only being our sponsor in May, but for the rest of the year!

So now its your turn!!!

Things to consider when playing along...

 **This is an international blog, so anyone can enter

 **You are allowed to create a card, layout or off-the-page item based on the provided sketch and additional journalling criteria. If you are creating a card or altered item you only need to include a quote. 

**You are also allowed to flip or rotate the sketch or alter it to suit your needs, but please make sure its still recognisable. 

**Post your creation on your blog or an online gallery and link it on our right sidebar using the Link tool. Please provide a direct link to your post, not your entire blog. If the link tool is down, please leave a comment on the comments section and link your layout there. 

** The deadline for this challenge is midnight May 31st. Australian Eastern Standard Time. The Design Team will vote and the winner and the Top 5 project will be announced soon after the challenge has finished. 

**You may enter as many times as you like and combine this with other challenges. 

**Also, please consider turning off word verification for comments on your blog. 

For a complete list of the rules please see the top of this page.

We cant wait to see your take on our challenge. 

Have fun!

May 1st **WINNERS**

**FOR OUR CURRENT CHALLENGE CLICK HERE**

It's time to announce the winners of our last challenge. Yet again, it was a DIFFICULT task for us to decide on just a few favourites when there were SO many stand outs. Ladies..you are all SO talented and all the members of our Design Team agree, that its just SO hard to narrow it down. So PLEASE do not be discouraged if you are not a winner or do not get a mention. We encourage you to try again, because all of us enjoy visiting your blogs and getting to know more people in the scrapping community.

So let's announce the first placed winner, shall we? Again we had over 80 entries, but a HUGE congratulations goes to....

LENE NEBY

with this amazing creation

Lene..we loved your shabby, romantic take on our challenge, the amazing photos and the well placed embellishments! We liked your layered look, the mix of paper and lace and your unique interpretation of the sketch. 

For that, you have won a spot on our Design Team for the month of June. We cannot wait to see what you will amaze us with and look forward to having you as a guest. You have also won this GORGEOUS pack of chipboard by Imaginarium Designs

and this badge to display on your blog!

Lene...please contact Lou here  to claim your prize and Irma here to get all the info for the challenges next month!

So lets move on to our Top 5 featured projects. Again the next 5 were very close behind Lene's entry so here is our ...

TOP 5 FEATURED PROJECTS

in winning order

Susan Smit

Vicky Varvadouka

Charmane Koch

Natalie May 

Melinda Thompson 

Stunning creations and well deserved their mention. Ladies ...here is your badge to display at your blog..

I wanted to add 2 special mentions to the list of winners this time. 

I guess you can call the first one an encouragement mention, because this is a layout from a person that really caught my eye while looking through ALL the entries...This layout missed out on being a Top 5 by just one point, but I wanted to encourage this person to keep on trying because believe it or not she has only JUST started scrapping...yet she produces layouts at a level much higher than her experience should allow. 

This person is..

Georgia Heald 

Can you believe she has only just started??? The detail and design on this layout is simply stunning! Georgia, this layout was a fave amongst the Design Team and I wanted you to know that. 

The second mention is to a wonderful person called Sandi Taloumis from the US, who I want to publicly thank for visiting each and EVERY entry and leaving encouraging comments when she doesn't have to! Each time I visit a blog and try to comment Sandi's name is there first and foremost with a beautiful  comment. Not only does she leave some love for the participants but also at our Design Team member's blogs, and the winners blogs too. So Sandi...THANK YOU! Your efforts are noticed and valued beyond words can describe. 

So you two lovely girls, please email me here with your address details and I will post a little personal prize to you.

As I visit blogs and see what people create, I am noticing a lot of things, and our Design Team members do the same So from time to time we will have extra mentions for some EXTRA SPECIAL people :o)

Last but not least we have our RANDOM prize winners. Yep..WINNERS! We have 2 this time because the last person did not claim her prize for a $20.00 gift Voucher at Scrap Matrix...

Make sure you read ALL the way to the end of the post girls...and contact us before the next challenge goes live if you are a winner. 

So the first randomly chosen winner, who wins the $20.00 voucher from Scrap Matrix is

#48 - Jasmine Shea. Jasmine, HUGE CONGRATS!! Please contact Lou here to claim your prize.

Our second randomly chosen winner, who wins $10.00 voucher from our May sponsor Your Scrapbook Stash is...

#80 Catherine Siwczak. Catherine, congratulations to you too... please contact me here to claim your prize. 

Congratulations to ALL the winners and  featured entries...Keep them coming!

Blogger Issues..

Hi everyone! Most people experienced major problems on their blogs yesterday and if you were one of those people that wanted to upload a project here and couldnt please note that you still have 14 hours left to do so. If you are still experiencing problems please email your project to me at samnadia@hotmail.com before midnight tonight Australian Eastern Standard Time...

Remember this is the May 1st challenge..

Our journalling criteria is : to write your journalling on a journalling spot (if you are making a card/altered item you only need to use a quote) and this is the sketch ...

Hope you can make it on time. 

3 days left!!

You have just a few days left to enter our May 1st challenge . 

Our journalling criteria is : to write your journalling on a journalling spot (if you are making a card/altered item you only need to use a quote) and this is the sketch ...

Our winner this time around gets to come back as our Guest Designer in June + this pack from Imaginarium Designs

and our randomly chosen winner will receive $US10.00 to spend at 

For all those lovely people that have already posted their entries here at Once Upon A..Sketch and for those that will in the next few days, you need to check out this post at Your Scrapbook Stash  because all you need to do is post a link to your May 1st entry there too and you will be in with a bonus chance to win an extra prize from Your Scrapbook Stash. Just for linking your entry. 

LOVE your entries so far! 

***WINNERS**

Its time to announce the winners of our April 15th challenge! As predicted it was again SO close, but out of 81 entries its time to say a HUGE CONGRATULATIONS to .......

***MELINDA THOMPSON**

who is our first placed winner!!!

Well done Melinda. Your layout was indeed absolutely stunning! Please contact Lou here too claim your prize. You have won an awesome $50.00 to spend at Scrap Matrix. Lucky girl. Feeling SO jealous here LOL! Be sure to share on your blog what yummy goodies you bought from this amazing store. 

Please take this badge and display it proudly on your blog

Melinda's layout was so so soooooo closely followed by these next 5 layouts, so let me introduce to you our ..

TOP 5 FEATURED PROJECTS

in winning order

Lene Neby

Sharmaine Kruijver

Vicky Varvadouka

Kim Price

Luz Maria Bruna

Congratulations ladies. You should all be SO proud because it was so hard to narrow down  SO many stunning entries to just a handful! But these 5 names kept on coming up...so well done! Now here is your badge to post on your blogs with pride..

Now on to our random winner...This person gets $20.00 to spend at ScrapMatrix

Number 5 is the lovely ...

Susan Zennario with this entry!

Way to go Susan! What a beautiful layout as well. Today is your lucky day! . Please email Lou here to claim your prize..

Thank you so very much ladies. We have some amazing entries so far for our current challenge and cannot wait to see what else you all have in store for us. Each week we are blown away with the incredible projects we are seeing!

For more information on our current challenge please see HERE 

Bye for now, Nadia.