Challenge Reminder..

Hey everyone! Feel strange that things have been a little quiet here on the blog with our new *monthly* challenges. I somehow feel like I need to post something here, or announce something or whatever LOL! But its all good..life is just so busy and I think having 1 moth to complete our challenge works well for both you and I. 

So just letting you all know that the current challenge ends midnight April 30th (Australian Eastern Standard Time) so that means you have a little under a week to enter. We have some AWESOME prizes up for grabs this time and remember that we will also be selecting some featured layouts! 

Take care everyone and have a great week ahead :)

 The theme of this challenge is HOME. 

We would like you to create a layout and interpret the theme "HOME" however you like based on the following sketch. You can journal as little or as much as you like, but your layout must incorporate this theme  and this sketch. 

C'est Magnifique Kits is a US based company whose kits predominantly feature 'hard to find' international papers from Denmark, Poland, France and many other countries. We have also featured embellishments from Australia, the UK, Poland and more.  We strive to always be 'different' than other kit clubs and feel you will love our elegant and sophisticated touch.

You can find out website HERE and our forums HERE . To find out how you can join our club click HERE. 

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Imaginarium designs,  is a new chipboard company founded in 2010. It is the combined collaboration of  a Mother and Son team who both work in the paper craft industry.

Please visit the blog for inspiration and to see what the design team has been up to   http://www.imaginariumdesigns.blogspot.com/ and you canpurchase this amazing chipboard  at Seriously Scrapbooking (they ship anywhere in the world at actual postage cost)

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"Berry71bleu is an Etsy shop owned by Marivic Clifton. We specialize in custom and premade embellished hang tags, scrapbook pages, and altered gift ideas with a vintage flair. Each handmade item is unique and embellished with vintage or modern replica findings that goes perfectly with what we sell. We also accept custom orders. Pls visit our etsy shop,http://www.etsy.com/shop/berry71bleu/ or email berry71bleu@gmail.com for more information. Check out our blog, http://berry71bleu.blogspot.com/ for inspiration from our Design Team".

And the owner, Marivic Clifton is opening up a brand new etsy shop called Zeus and Zoe at the end of the month. Check out the blog HERE 

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Julia Cotrim's hand made papers and fabrics (12"x12") are unique and very special.

The patterned papers are texturized and printed on a very thick cardstock.

The patterned fabrics look like canvas and coordinate with the papers.

Our studio is located in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Our website: http://juliacotrimscrapbooking.com.br

The winner of this challenge as chosen by the Design team will win the gorgeous April kit from C'est magnifique kit club.

A Bouquet of Happiness

Contents:  papers from The ScrapCake (My Private Happiness) , Dusty Attic - Corner Flourish #1, Kaisercraft - Chipboard Alpha, Divine Twine - Yellow, Prima - Large Bird Houses, Kaisercraft - Hanging, Plaques Wood Flourishes, Americana - Lemon Yellow Paint, Melissa Frances - Attic Treasure Bags, Wild Orchid - White Gypsophelia, Wild Orchid - Pink/Cream Roses, Green Tara - Acrylic Butterfly, Green Tara - Wide Lace, Green Tara -  Turquoise Mini Rosebuds, Wrights -Hot Pink Ruffled Grosgrain

Our FANTASTIC sponsor, Imaginarium Designs, is giving away this BEAUTIFUL pack of chipboard to one randomly chosen entry..

**example of chipboard you could receive

Our sponso0 Berry71Bleu is also giving away a gorgeous handmade tag to a randomly chosen entry

**example of the tag you could win

We also have a paper and fabric collection from Oh girl! collection from Julia Cotrim Scrapbooking to giveaway to the one more randomly chosen entry. 

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

**You are free to combine Once Upon A..Sketch challenges with other challenges. We don't mind at all!!!

**You are allowed to create only layouts  for our challenges

**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 the right hand side of this blog 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 April 30th, 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

**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.

Guest Designers for April

I am so pleased to show you the 2 Guest Designers we have for you in April. These ladies have been very patient as with the blog hop earlier this month I had to postpone showing their work. 

But here we are now up to date. 

Our invited Guest Designer for April is a friend of Once Upon A..Sketch and very talented lady. Please help me welcome..

Marilyn Rivera from lovely Puerto Rico

Hi!!  I'm Marilyn Rivera and  I live in Puerto Rico a Tropical island in the Caribbean  with my husband Israel(we've been  20 years married)  and my two teenagers Alexander and Paola Sofia. I'm a Fashion Designer so during the day I'm surrounded by fabrics, sewing machines, threads and dress forms and when I'm not playing with fabrics, it's with papers...I love to create!   In my pages you will see a lot of techniques that I made in my work(dresses) like  a pleat or  a draping.   I love mixing papers with fabrics, lace, feathers and pearls .  My sister Karen introduced me to this beautiful hobby 4 years ago and I Loved it immediately!!!I and now  It's a therapy for me!   You can see my work...http://marilynrivera.blogspot.com/

Our other super talented lady is all way from Greece and she will actually join us next month too until we get all settled in with our new MONTHLY challenges. 

Please welcome..

Melenia Agapides (Greece)

Hello everyone! My name is Melenia Agapides and I live in Greece (yes, the country that's usually in the headlines of the news lately). I'm a mother of two, a wife to a sweet Canadian guy

and an airport authority officer. I have been scrapping layouts since August 2009. My style is constantly evolving, due to the fact that I'm the kind of person that gets bored very easily and wants to change and be renewed by trying new things often. What I always strive for when scrapping is to achieve balance and harmony in my creations both colourwise and stylewise. I'm a sucker for sketches and challenges, as they help me improve my style and scrapping skills. If you want to see more of my work you can visit my blog melenia313.blogspot.com.

Now let's have a look at our current challenge

 The theme of this challenge is HOME. 

We would like you to create a layout and interpret the theme "HOME" however you like based on the following sketch. You can journal as little or as much as you like, but your layout must incorporate this theme  and this sketch. 

and here is what our Guest Designers have created

Marilyn Rivera

Melenia Agapides 

Talk about talent! WOW! Thank you ladies for your awesome inspiration. Thank you to both for playing along with us in April!!!

C'est Magnifique Kits is a US based company whose kits predominantly feature 'hard to find' international papers from Denmark, Poland, France and many other countries. We have also featured embellishments from Australia, the UK, Poland and more.  We strive to always be 'different' than other kit clubs and feel you will love our elegant and sophisticated touch.

You can find out website HERE and our forums HERE . To find out how you can join our club click HERE. 

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Imaginarium designs,  is a new chipboard company founded in 2010. It is the combined collaboration of  a Mother and Son team who both work in the paper craft industry.

Please visit the blog for inspiration and to see what the design team has been up to   http://www.imaginariumdesigns.blogspot.com/ and you can  purchase this amazing chipboard  at Seriously Scrapbooking (they ship anywhere in the world at actual postage cost)

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"Berry71bleu is an Etsy shop owned by Marivic Clifton. We specialize in custom and premade embellished hang tags, scrapbook pages, and altered gift ideas with a vintage flair. Each handmade item is unique and embellished with vintage or modern replica findings that goes perfectly with what we sell. We also accept custom orders. Pls visit our etsy shop,http://www.etsy.com/shop/berry71bleu/ or email berry71bleu@gmail.com for more information. Check out our blog, http://berry71bleu.blogspot.com/ for inspiration from our Design Team".

And the owner, Marivic Clifton is opening up a brand new etsy shop called Zeus and Zoe at the end of the month. Check out the blog HERE 

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Julia Cotrim's hand made papers and fabrics (12"x12") are unique and very special.

The patterned papers are texturized and printed on a very thick cardstock.

The patterned fabrics look like canvas and coordinate with the papers.

Our studio is located in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Our website: http://juliacotrimscrapbooking.com.br

The winner of this challenge as chosen by the Design team will win the gorgeous April kit from C'est magnifique kit club.

A Bouquet of Happiness

Contents:  papers from The ScrapCake (My Private Happiness) , Dusty Attic - Corner Flourish #1, Kaisercraft - Chipboard Alpha, Divine Twine - Yellow, Prima - Large Bird Houses, Kaisercraft - Hanging, Plaques Wood Flourishes, Americana - Lemon Yellow Paint, Melissa Frances - Attic Treasure Bags, Wild Orchid - White Gypsophelia, Wild Orchid - Pink/Cream Roses, Green Tara - Acrylic Butterfly, Green Tara - Wide Lace, Green Tara -  Turquoise Mini Rosebuds, Wrights -Hot Pink Ruffled Grosgrain

Our FANTASTIC sponsor, Imaginarium Designs, is giving away this BEAUTIFUL pack of chipboard to one randomly chosen entry..

**example of chipboard you could receive

Our sponso0 Berry71Bleu is also giving away a gorgeous handmade tag to a randomly chosen entry

**example of the tag you could win

We also have a paper and fabric collection from Oh girl! collection from Julia Cotrim Scrapbooking to giveaway to the one more randomly chosen entry. 

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

**You are free to combine Once Upon A..Sketch challenges with other challenges. We don't mind at all!!!

**You are allowed to create only layouts  for our challenges

**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 the right hand side of this blog 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 April 30th, 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

**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.

More April Challenge Inspiration + the prizes for April

Hey everyone. I just wanted to show you today some more examples for our current challenge and to introduce our main sponsor and other sponsors for April. 

The main sponsor for April is none other than the super amazing kit club (that I happen to be on  the design team) C'est Magnifique kit club. 

C'est Magnifique Kits is a US based company whose kits predominantly feature 'hard to find' international papers from Denmark, Poland, France and many other countries. We have also featured embellishments from Australia, the UK, Poland and more.  We strive to always be 'different' than other kit clubs and feel you will love our elegant and sophisticated touch.

You can find out website HERE and our forums HERE . To find out how you can join our club click HERE. 

And what do you ask is the prize they are offering to the winner of our April challenge???

Besides WELL you will love this one, because it has been one of the most POPULAR kits so far...Its the APRIL kit which looks like this..

A Bouquet of Happiness

Contents:  papers from The ScrapCake (My Private Happiness) , Dusty Attic - Corner Flourish #1, Kaisercraft - Chipboard Alpha, Divine Twine - Yellow, Prima - Large Bird Houses, Kaisercraft - Hanging, Plaques Wood Flourishes, Americana - Lemon Yellow Paint, Melissa Frances - Attic Treasure Bags, Wild Orchid - White Gypsophelia, Wild Orchid - Pink/Cream Roses, Green Tara - Acrylic Butterfly, Green Tara - Wide Lace, Green Tara -  Turquoise Mini Rosebuds, Wrights -Hot Pink Ruffled Grosgrain

Our design team has just finished creating their work with this kit and its just so so gorgeous. 

So, I decided to invite the rest of my fellow Design Team members to play along with our current challenge and how about we have a look at what they have come up with? 

April Challenge

 The theme of this challenge is HOME. 

We would like you to create a layout and interpret the theme "HOME" however you like based on the following sketch. You can journal as little or as much as you like, but your layout must incorporate this theme  and this sketch. 

C'est Magnifique Design Team Inspiration

The Design Team have used past C'est Magnifique kits for this challenge so that you can 

get an idea of what the kits looks like. 

Fi Kenward

**using the April kit

Camilla Ekman 

**Using the March kit

Erin Blegen 

**using the March kit

Valerie Serfozo 

**using the December kit

and here are my 2 layouts using the January kit. I created 2 because the first one you might have seen at the 

blog hop earlier in the week and the other one is a new one

Nadia Cannizzo

**hidden journalling behind the layout

**hidden journalling behind the photo

Beverly Sams

Thank YOU so much to my fellow Design Team members at C'est Magnifique for playing along with this challenge and providing more inspiration for us!! Thank you also to Leslie, the awesome boss of C'est Magnifique for sponsoring our challenge this month AND in the following months :)

Now here are the other sponsors and prizes up for grabs in April...

Imaginarium designs,  is a new chipboard company founded in 2010. It is the combined collaboration of  a Mother and Son team who both work in the paper craft industry.

Please visit the blog for inspiration and to see what the design team has been up to   http://www.imaginariumdesigns.blogspot.com/ and you can  purchase this amazing chipboard  at Seriously Scrapbooking (they ship anywhere in the world at actual postage cost)

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"Berry71bleu is an Etsy shop owned by Marivic Clifton. We specialize in custom and premade embellished hang tags, scrapbook pages, and altered gift ideas with a vintage flair. Each handmade item is unique and embellished with vintage or modern replica findings that goes perfectly with what we sell. We also accept custom orders. Pls visit our etsy shop,http://www.etsy.com/shop/berry71bleu/ or email berry71bleu@gmail.com for more information. Check out our blog, http://berry71bleu.blogspot.com/ for inspiration from our Design Team".

And the owner, Marivic Clifton is opening up a brand new etsy shop called Zeus and Zoe at the end of the month. Check out the blog HERE 

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Julia Cotrim's hand made papers and fabrics (12"x12") are unique and very special.

The patterned papers are texturized and printed on a very thick cardstock.

The patterned fabrics look like canvas and coordinate with the papers.

Our studio is located in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Our website: http://juliacotrimscrapbooking.com.br

PRIZES

Our FANTASTIC sponsor, Imaginarium Designs, is giving away this BEAUTIFUL pack of chipboard to one randomly chosen entry..

**example of chipboard you could receive

Our sponso0 Berry71Bleu is also giving away a gorgeous handmade tag to a randomly chosen entry

**example of the tag you could win

We also have a paper and fabric collection from Oh girl! collection from Julia Cotrim Scrapbooking to giveaway to the one more randomly chosen entry. 

Things to consider when playing along...

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

**You are free to combine Once Upon A..Sketch challenges with other challenges. We don't mind at all!!!

**You are allowed to create only layouts  for our challenges

**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 the right hand side of this blog 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 April 30th, 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

**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.

Blog Hop **WINNER WINNER WINNER*

Well everyone, we were all incredibly overwhelmed with the amount of love you left us on our blogs during the blog hop! Thank you all SO very much for taking the time to express your love and thoughts about our challenge blog! You have given me at least, a boost of confidence to keep going :) 

I also want to take this chance to wish everyone celebrating Easter this weekend a HAPPY and JOYOUS time with your family and loved ones. 

OK..I know you all just really want to know the winner so..here they are

CONGRATULATIONS goes to....

HILDE/SCOOBIE from Norway

who wins the main prize of Imaginarium Designs chipboard plus a few more goodies from them. 

Hilde, please email me at nadiac78@hotmail.com to claim your prize!! Lucky YOU just before Easter too :) 

THANK YOU again to everyone. Very soon all 20 Design Team members will be posting on their blogs their individual winners so please keep an eye out for that on their blog :) 

Bye for now everyone.  

March 15th Challenge **WINNERS**

Hey everyone. I am here today to announce the winners of our last challenge. I will not even begin to talk about the blog hop which ends tomorrow night. The entire team and I are just blown away with the support and response there so keep an eye out on Friday when I announce the winner of the MAIN prize. 

We saw some heart warming, sometimes sad and touching journalling in our last challenge. You were asked to create a layout about someone/something that you are missing right now. Many Design Team members expressed the way they were incredibly moved by some of your journalling. I am so happy journalling has stayed and will be present here at OUAS! You are just blowing us away. 

Without further delay let me announce the winner of our March 15th challenge. 

Huge congratulations goes to...

Jennifer Snyder 

**Jennifer has hidden journalling

Jennifer..your layout stood out to us because the picture is so uncommon yet so so serene. What could this layout be about? Well it is about missing someone that many women know all too well about..missing a lost child. I am so honoured that you chose our challenge to express your feelings about the loss as it is such a hard thing to have to do. Your background, and the colours you have used here are so fitting for your subject. Thank you SO much for sharing some of your self with us.

Jennifer for your efforts you have won a gorgeous chipboard pack from Imaginarium Designs and a winners badge to display on your blog, which you will find on the left hand side of this blog. Congratulations and please email me at nadiac78@hotmail.com to claim your prize. 

Top 5 Featured Projects

(in winning order) 

Lisa Gregory

*8Lisa has hidden journalling in a letter at the back of her layout. 

Lisa, your detailed work and soft feel to this layout speaks volume of the wonderful woman in the photo. We were moved by your tribute to your mother in law and loves the gorgeous embellishments and details you added here. Well done!

Erin Blegen

**Erin has hidden journalling in the tags behind the photo 

Erin, this is such a sweet and well composed layout. We love how you have SO much to say on your layouts and you always put some meaning into them. This gorgeous picture of your in your childhood is a priceless one and we are so glad you chose to scrap such an unforgettable time. We love the splatters of paint and the gorgeous flowers amongst that distressing! Well done to you too. 

Stephanie Schutze 

WOW Stephanie. How stunning is this? We REALLY loved your unique interpretation of the sketch here and your use of negative space. The way you have incorporated your journalling here is AWESOME..You have included SO much information in such a small amount of space and w just loved the arty feel to this layout!

Eila Sandberg 

How sweet! It just melts your heart to look at that gorgeous picture. Eila..this is a gorgeous layout with stunning colours and a very cute subject. REALLY love your use of sporadic flowers and that splash of red everywhere. Gorgeous work Eila. 

Debbie Burns 

Debbie your gorgeous picture is what caught our eye here as it is so sweet sitting on top of those flowers and framed so beautifully! Your journalling is just so true and heartfelt and we love the way you placed it there for everyone to see. Gorgeous work , with all that layering and fussy cutting. Beautiful!!

Congratulations to all the Top 5 Featured artists. Your work was exceptional and we loved the different styles and also themes and subjects of your layout. Well done. Please make sure to grab your Featured badge from the left hand side of this blog. 

Random Winners

(just letting you know that I will not be displaying the Random.org image of the randomly chosen winners anymore, as we have more prizes to giveaway these days and it can be very visually confusing for people. Thanks for your understanding) 

The winner of the gorgeous handmade tag from Berry71Bleu is  Tanya B. 

The winner of the buttons and keys set from Zeus and Zoe is Dorcia

The winner of the 2 paper collections from FeatureARt is Lauren Tomecek

The winner of the paper collection from Julia Cotrim Scrapbooking is Lizzy Crust 

Could the winners PLEASE email me , Nadia, at nadiac78@hotmail.com with their address and the prize they won as soon as possible so all these goodies can be sent out to you. 

Thank you SO much everyone for sharing your stories with us so far. WE cannot wait to read more about you in our current challenge! Bye for now. 

One more day

You have 1 more day to enter our blog hop and give your self a chance to win some amazing prizes. Please see the post BELOW