Once Upon A ...Sketch: July 2013

Sunday, July 28, 2013

JULY WINNERS ANNOUNCED!!!!

THANK YOU all who played along this month. It is ALWAYS so hard to narrow it down to just a few but somehow the Design Team does it!

WOW voting was SOOOOOOOOOOOO close this month. Everyone was just a few points behind everyone else and I honestly thought we might end up with a tie. But alas! We have a winner by JUST 3 points difference...

Lets get straight into it...

1. Georgia Heald (Australia)

Congratulations Georgia! The votes were unanimous and the entire team voted on your layout as the winning one. You have won a spot of\n our team for the month of September so please contact me , Nadia , at nadiac78@hotmail.com and I will pass on the information to you. You have also won a paper pack from Inkido so please Agnieszka (starhorse@onet.eu) and mention you are OUAS JULY WINNER in the subject field and your prize will be forwaded to you asap!

2. Oluska (Israel)

For your efforts you have won an Imaginarium Designs chipboard pack full at AU$50.00 shipped to you free! Please contact Natalie May from Imaginarium Designs at natmay@adam.com.au . Please put "OUAS June Winner" in the subject field.

3. Aida Domisiewicz - Poland

Good work! As our winner you have won a Scraps of Elegance main kit valued at US$35.95 value, shipped to you free Priority shipping within the USA, or free First Class shipping for international winners! Please email Melinda Kelly at mkelly@scrapsofdarkness.com and please put "OUAS Winner" in the subject field.

4.Yuko Tanaka (Japan)

Congratulations! You have won a US$25.00 gift voucher at The Flying Unicorn online store and kit club, with free domestic and international shipping ! Please email Alda Stevens at cs@flyingunicornllc.com and Shona Kheen at skeehnsic@gmail.com and please put "OUAS Winner" in the subject field.

5. Patricia Basson (South Africa)

Well done to you. You have won a Julia Cotrim Scrapbooking patterned paper and canvas collection with free domestic and international shipping. Please email Julia Cotrimat julia.cotrim@terra.com.br and please put "OUAS Winner" in the subject field.

Can all the above winners please grab your winners badge..

1. Svetlana Austin's pick of the month is..

Fleer (Belarus)

You have won a prize pack from SA Crafters valued at US$15.00 shipped to you for free! Please email SA Crafters at sa.anderson@mac.com and please put "OUAS Winner" in the subject field.

2.Romy Veul's pick of the month is

Pascale B.

Great work! Besides being a Designer's Pick you have also won a prize pack valued at AU$20.00 from Njoyfull Crafts shipped to you for free! Please email Njoyfull Crafts at njoyfullcrafts@gmail.com and please put "OUAS Winner" in the subject field.

3. Erin Blegen's pick of the month is

Nupur (India)

Well done !!You have won yourself a ribbon pack from Scrapbooking Fantasies valued at over AU$10.00 shipped to you for free! Please email Alicia at scrapbookfantasies@bigpond.com and please put "OUAS Winner" in the subject field.

4. Chantal McDaniel's pick of the month is

Erica Houghton (USA)

Congrats to you for being a Designer's pick. You have also won a prize pack to the value of 15.00 Euro from Get Creative Embellishments . Please email Irini Liolia at lioliairini@yahoo.co.uk and please put "OUAS Winner" in the subject field.

5. Helena Virpi's pick of the month is

Nicole Doiron (Canada)

Congratulations for being a Designer's Pick you have won a AUS$25.00 prize pack from Sassy Scrappers with free domestic and international shipping. Please email Olga at sassyscrapper@wideband.net.au and please put "OUAS Winner" in the subject field.

Because we had so many entries this month, here are some more than caught our eye and we believe that they need a special mention too!!

Karita Vainio

Irina Gerschuk

Elena

Lizzy Crust

Sunshine

And a VERy special mention goes to our two very young girls who honoured us by playing along with us this month.. THANK YOU so much girls for sharing your layouts with us :) We were blown away that you chose our challenge as part of your homeschooling!!

Aelira (8 years old!!)

Michelle (9 years old)

This is your badge to display proudly on your blogs

The entry picked via Random.org which has won a Scrapbooking Fantasies valued at over AU$10.00 is

64. Lizzy Hill

Please email Alicia at scrapbookfantasies@bigpond.com and please put "OUAS Winner" in the subject field.

The entry picked via Random.org that has won the $10.00 ,voucher to is Little Blue Button Stamps is

74. Natu

Please contact Olga at lbbstamps@gmail.com. and please put "OUAS Winner" in the subject field.

The entry picked via Random.org that has won the Fancy Flair Designs store voucher is

52. Ayelet Barkay

Please contact Fancy Flair designs at overman25@live.com and please put "OUAS Winner" in the subject field.

Thank you all so much for playing along with us and enjoy your prizes.

Monday, July 1, 2013

July Challenge!!!

Hi everyone! I hope you are all well.

Here today to reveal our new challenge for the month of July and to also welcome a new sponsor to our blog this month, along with their Design Team, the wonderful Swedish manufacturer Inkido

I hope you all get a chance to play along whether you are in the middle of your summer or winter holidays :)

Journalling Theme: "Grow"

Your layout must incorporate this theme and the sketch below.

Please make sure that we see some sort of journalling on your layouts and please tell us where your journalling is . You are allowed to journal in any language but please tell us where on your page we will find your journalling. Remember journalling has to be a bit more than a title, or a generic comment. Hidden journalling is perfectly fine.

Please help me welcome the winner of our May challenge, the wonderful

Maja Stokk (Sweden)

This month, we also welcome the team from Inkido, who are this month's main sponsors.

Bente Fagerberg

Zaneta Glowa

Zaneta has used Inkido's Beautiful Memories I & II collections, Inkido stamps, lace and cherry flowers

Journalling is on the top , behind the photo

Emeline Seet

Ulrika Blomfelt

Ulrika has used Inkido's Beautiful Memories II collection

Journalling is at the back of the layout

Anupama Choudary

Anupama has used Inkido's Beautiful Memories II collection

Journalling is at the back of the layout

Agnieszka Bellaidea

Now here is what our Design Team came up with. Please click on their blogs for more details on their creations. I am sure they would love to hear from you !!!

Anna Zaprzelska (Poland)

Helena Virpi (Italy)

Svetlana Austin (South Africa)

*The journalling is attached at the back of my layout*

Cathy Cafun (Australia)

* Imaginarium Designs chipboard hearts *

* Hidden journalling in a pocket on back of LO *

Chantalle McDaniel (Australia)

* Imaginarium Designs Honeycombe 6x6 *

Middle photo opens to reveal journalling

Kelly Foster (USA)

*Imaginarium Designs Chipboard Used*

Romy Veul (The Netherlands)

*Imaginarium Design oval frame used*

Mona Pendleton (USA)

Imaginarium Designs Hearts and butterfly

Journaling on back

Renata Moni (Brazil)

Hidden journalling in the tag.

The winner of this challenge, will win our main prize this month from our July sponsor and will also be invited to come back in September as our Guest Designer.

Our main sponsor for July is

Papercraft Scandinavia är ett grossistföretag som formger och tillverkar unikt material för scrapbooking, korttillverkning och annat pyssel. Vi designar stämplar, mönsterpapper, spets, blommor och mycket mer i romantisk vintagestil. Våra produkter är av hög kvalitet, inspirerande och fantastiska att skapa med.

Välkommen till oss!

http://www.papercraftscandinavia.com/

http://www.inkido.blogspot.com/

*****

Papercraft Scandinavia is a manufacturer that design and make unique material for scrapbooking, cardmaking and other craftings.We design stamps, patterned paper, lace, flowers and much more in romantic vintage style. Our products are of high standard, inspiring and amazing to create with.

Welcome to us!

http://www.papercraftscandinavia.com/

http://www.inkido.blogspot.com/

Papercraft Scandinavia is donating this paper collection from Inkido for our winner..

Now here are some more prizes up for grabs this month for the rest of our winners..

Imaginarium Designs chipboard, is donating a chipboard pack full of their newest releases valued at AU$50.00 , with free domestic and international shipping

Scraps of Elegance kit club is donating their main kit valued at US$35.95 value, with free Priority shipping within the USA, or free First Class shipping for international winners!

The Flying Unicorn online store is donating a US$25.00 gift voucher to spend at their store with free domestic and international shipping !

Julia Cotrim Scrapbooking is donating a patterned paper collection with free domestic and international shipping

Sassy Scrappers is donating a AUS$25.00 prize pack with free domestic and international shipping

Scrapbooking Fantasies is donating a ribbon pack for 2 winners valued at over AU$10.00 each plus with free domestic and international shipping

Njoyfull Crafts is donating one of the above prize packs or similar valued at AU$20.00 with free domestic and international shipping

Get Creative Embellishments is donating a prize pack valued at 15.00 Euro, shipped free anywhere in the world

SA Crafters is donating a prize pack valued at US$15.00 , shipped anywhere in the world.

Little Blue Button Stamps, is offering a $10.00 voucher to the online store

Fancy Flair Designs is donating a store voucher

The deadline for this challenge is midnight July 25th Australian Eastern Standard Time

Our Permanent 2014 Sponsors. Please support them where you can

2 Crafty strives to offer affordable and versatile laser cut chipboard products to the Australian and International Craft market.2Crafty’s products are manufactured here in Australia and offer products suitable for scrapbooking, cardmaking, altered art, invitations and mixed media, and with well over 800 designs, every area has been covered.2Crafty designs are supported both locally and in the overseas market and Vanessa strives to offer the highest level of customer support, and is happy to discuss personalized orders with customers via their local scrapbooking store.2Crafty also offers a fabulous blog and Facebook page that is updated weekly with projects created from its wonderful Design Team with both local and international designers. Please click on the image to be directed to their website.

7Dots Studio

7 Dots Studio was born from dreams and for dreams. We are a European scrapbooking company. Quality of our products is our top priority. Our collections are created by very talented artists - from clean, graphic designs to mixed-media, grungy collage look. But what you can always be sure are high quality and thickness of our papers, which make them work perfectly with all kinds of media. Among our products you will find scrapbooking papers, alpha stickers, die-cut elements, collage sheets, 6x6 paper pads, element stickers and tags. We are amazingly happy and feel very blessed to see that so many crafters and artists love our designs! Please visit our blog to see awesome inspirations from our design team and our facebook profile or flickr gallery to share your projects. Please click on the image to be directed to their website

Scrapbook Fantasies online store

Scrapbook Fantasies (www.scrapbookfantasies.com.au) is a Scrapbooking, Papercrafts and Mixed Media retailer that opened in November 2002 in Gladstone, Queensland. The well stocked store receives new stock daily, and supports a boutique style online store. The owner Alicia runs Weekly Challenges and many other competitions giving away 100’s of prizes and vouchers every year. The GALLERY hosts thousands of customer creations, and is available for viewing without login. Parcels are posted within Australia $8 flat rate. International parcels are posted at the actual postage rate. Please click on the image above to be directed to our website

Die-namites Dies

Die~Namites Dies exploded onto the market in 2013. Our thin metal dies are made in America, and are compatible with most die-cutting machines on the market today. Die-Namites dies will cut cardstock, patterned paper, fun foam, wool blend felts, craft foils, handmade papers and MORE!! Shimming may be required for some thicker materials, just add one at a time and test frequently. Stop by our blog, to see what the Design Team is up to, whether it’s playing along with the monthly Die~Namites Sketch Challenge and Dare, working on a card, or sharing a Mixed Media project.