August Challenge **WINNERS**

WOW talk about an efficient Design Team we have here. Didn't take them long to vote on ALL 128 entries for August. 

Thank you ALL so so much for the support you show us here at Once Upon A ...Sketch. Thanks so much for entering our challenges! Welcome to all our new followers and we hope to see you play along too..

So the votes are in, and it was a very tight finish between 1st and 2nd. In fact, just 5 points separating the Top 2. Without further delay, here are the entries the Design Team voted for.

Top 5 Winners

(in winning order) 

(can all winners please email Patti at phamil@live.com with their full name and address and prize they won within 7 days!!. Also can the Top 5 winners please get their winners badge from the sidebar of our blog :) Thank you ) 

Out of 128 entries, the person with the most points is..

Miranda Edney (USA)

*hidden journalling behind pictures

From the different textures, to the colours and the picture, this is one winning layout. The shabby look combined with an artistic touch here and there make for a wonderful combination and Miranda this is simply a perfect layout to look at! Congratulations Miranda, you are our winner for August and you are invited to come back in October to be our Guest Designer!Please contact our Guest Designer coordinator Georgia Heald ( hericarusempire@bigpond.com )  You have also won a beautiful kit from The Flying Unicorn.

Zanka (Sweden)  

*Journalling is on the ticket, tucked under the photo. 

What a magnificent layout! What perfect matching of those lovely colours in the garden and those on the flowers. There is something so beautiful in this layout and the picture you have used is just so pretty. We love the way you created your background and just love what you created out of the sketch. WELL DONE!! Zanka you have also won a beautiful kit from The Flying Unicorn. 

Kim Price (Australia)

* journalling on a hidden tag (the red tab at the top of the photograph)

WOW Kim! I don't know just how I will describe how beautiful your layout is. You have combines the serenity of the picture, together with an overall softness on your layout that is just amazing to see. Absolutely gorgeous layering and placement. This is incredible! Well done! Kim, you have also won a kit from The Flying Unicorn. 

Yuko Tanaka (Japan) 

Yuko this is such a beautiful layout. The picture you have used makes us feel as though we are right there in the moment and the simplicity of this layout, together with the layering and clustering is definitely eye catching! WELL DONE Yuko! You have won a $20.00 gift card from C'est Magnifique kit club. 

Jodi Cent (Australia)

* Journaling is under the zigzag heart and also tucked behind the raised cream cutout to the left

Jodi...WOW! I wonder..how long did it take you to put together this masterpiece? I am running out of adjectives to describe this month's winners, and now I seriously have no words for your layout. SO much to look at and SO much prettiness and depth. Incredible creation here Jodi and it is not hard to see why this one made it to out Top 5! Congratulations. You have also won a chipboard pack from Imaginarium Designs.

Now here are our Top 5 Featured Layouts followed by some more that caught the Design Team's eye...

Lene Neby (Norway) 

Elena Olinevich (Belarus) 

Anupama Choudary (India) 

Rikka Kovasin (Finland)

Rachelle Sigurdson (Canada)

Lizzy Hill (Australia) 

Marjorie Billet (France ) 

Shell Carman (Australia) 

Congratulations to all the featured layouts! Well done. Please remember to grab a featured badge from the sidebar of our blog. 

Lastly we have some randomly chosen winners (using random.org) to send some prizes to. 

The four people that win a ribbon pack from Scrapbooking Fantasies are : Drea Slee, Anne Pennington , Linda Eggleton and Keren Tamir

The person that wins the paper collection from Julia Cotrim Scrapbooking is Luciana Machado 

The person that wins the handmade tag by Berry71Bleu is despina 

The person that wins the $10 gift voucher from The Scrap Locker is Teresa Manchas

(can all winners please email Patti at phamil@live.com with their full name and address and prize they won within 7 days!!. )

Congratulations everyone :) Thank you always for playing along with us. 

September at Once Upon A..Sketch..

..is going to be very different. For this month only we are teaming up with a very well known challenge site and we will do things a little differently here.

All will be revealed next Saturday morning , the 8th of September (Australian Time) so there will be no reveal today here at Once Upon A..Sketch. 

We have been working pretty hard behind the scenes to set everything up , and have a plethora of Guest Designers from a few places to inspire you. 

I will give you a hint..There will be 4 weekly challenges in September and here is a picture clue ..

See you all next Saturday :)

In the next few days our August winners will be announced and that's a HUGE ask in itself with 127 entries! But stay tuned! We will have the results any day now. 

September kit reveal from C'est Magnifique!!

Hi everyone!

One of our ongoing sponsors for 2012 is C'est Magnifique kit club, which each month donates a generous prize for our participants and winners. 

Sponsors are very important to us here at Once Upon A...Sketch, and so one way to thank them for their support is by doing a spotlight feature and spreading the word about them. C'est Magnifique reveals the coming month's kit around this time and I thought I would share it with you here. 

The stunning September kit includes amazing papers from Riddersholm Design called  Huntington Garden

Here is what the kit looks like..

Here are some close ups of the kit contents..

And here is a list of the contents

Paper Collection: Riddersholm Design Huntington Garden

Day Dream

Pavillion

Summerfield

Huntington

Tea Room

Songbird

Balloon

Sky Blue

Friends

Kit Embellishments:

Lindy's Stamp Gang: Moonshadow Mist: Smoky Sapphire

KaiserCraft: Rub-Ons: Timeless: Dress Forms

Leaky Shed: Ornate Corner

Prima: Say it In Pearls: Black Flourish

Dusty Attic: Compass Rose

Wrights: Ruffled Lace: Natural

American Crafts: Thickers: Dear Lizzy: Splendid

Green Tara: Gardenias: Peach

Prima: Flutter Bits: Nature's Garden

Manor House Creations: Rosettes: Lilac

To add to this, Leslie also put together 2 stunning add ons..

Flower Add On 

 

Flower Add-on contents

Manor House Creations: Imagine: Cocoa

Prima: Celyon: Attic

Prima: Charme Rose: Nature's Garden

KaiserCraft: Paper Blooms: Misty

Prima: Coventry: Tranquil

Maya Road: Vintage Lace Daisies: Milk

Embellishments Add On 

 

Embellishment Add-on contents

Heidi Swapp: Color Magic: Banner Delights

Prima: Wood Embellishments: Birds

Bo Bunny: Rub-Ons: Weekend Market

Zva: Pearl Flourish

Want2Scrap: Bonnie's Birdcage

American Crafts: Dear Lizzy: Letter Stickers

Lindy's Stamp Gang: Starbursts: Canna Lily Burnt Orange

This kit , together with the add ons and some individual items are all available at the store right now!! You just go HERE and you will find everything you see here. 

If you're interested in subscribing to the kits and be assured to receive one each month, visit the Join Page for all the details.  You can subscribe to the monthly add-ons, as well.

C'est Magnifique also has a very active blog HERE where you can get inspiration from the Design Team, as well as play along at challenges!!

Thank you C'est Magnifique for your generous donation each month!

More Inspiration for our August challenge from The Flying Unicorn!

As mentioned earlier in the month our featured sponsor this month is a fabulous online store and kit club The Flying Unicorn. SO I have invited their Design Team to be our Guests this month and create with our August challenge. But first, here is a little about The Flying Unicorn. 

The Flying Unicorn.. it’s about One of a Kind. We offer an incredible selection of products for all paper crafting artists. Our Kit of the Month if filled with the latest and greatest and includes an off the page project to keep your creative muse flowing! Our forums, a hot and happening place which includes monthly challenges, tips, techniques and friendships that last! Website : http://www.flyingunicornstore.com

 Blog : http://www.flyingunicornllc.blogspot.com FB : http://www.facebook.com/pages/Flying-Unicorn/120928447946596

The Flying Unicorn has been SO generous and donated 3 prizes for us in July! Just check them out below...

 Theme: Season (Summer, Autumn, Winter, Spring)

We would like you to create a layout and interpret the theme "Season" 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 the sketch below. Please make sure that we see some sort of journalling on your layouts and please tell us where your journalling is . Hidden journalling is perfectly fine.

Ideas for journalling: current season in your part of the world, favourite season, seasonal traditions on your part of the word, a childhood memory, a summer romance, what summer/autumn/winter/spring brings for you, baby it's cold outside, summer loving, spring is in the air, autumn breeze, summer holidays, seasonal changes, etc etc. Anything goes .. 

Now here is some wonderful inspiration from the Design Team at The Flying Unicorn.

Tracey Gregory

*journaling is in the lower left side

Kelly Foster

Maggi Harding 

Denise Jensen 

 **some journaling using the quote on front and a smaller hidden tag behind the photo

Jackie Clark 

 **journaling is in the top left corner in white Sharpie.

Laura Gilhuly 

 **the journaling is under the photo

Shona Keehn 

**journaling down the right side

How would you like to be our Guest Designer for the month of October?  The winner of this challenge with the most points, as voted by the Design Team will be invited to be our GUEST DESIGNER in September and create along side our Design Team. This person will also win this fabulous prize from The Flying Unicorn ..

The next four winning entries will win the following prizes

Kit from The Flying Unicorn

Kit from The Flying Unicorn

A US$20.00 store gift card from C'est Magnifique Kit Club + FREE postage to anywhere in the world + add any other item in the store at NO extra postage cost from C'est Magnifique kit club. 

Of course we do not forget our random winners. These are the prizes up for grabs for our RANDOMLY drawn entries..

Scrapbooking Fantasies has donated FOUR ribbon packs (for 4 winners) from Scrapbooking Fantasies . Each prize is valued at over $10AUS each and contains over 23 half metre lengths of ribbons, trims and lace in shades of one of the four seasons from quality brands, plus FREE international postage!!

**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 enter 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 August 31st, Australian Eastern Standard Time . The Design Team will vote and the Top 5 layouts PLUS Top 5 featured layouts 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.

August Challenge *TEAM B REVEAL*

Hey everyone! August 15th today ! A huge day in the Christian calendar and my daughter Maria's (and my mum's, 2 nieces and sister -in-law's) name day. So to all the wonderful Marias or other people celebrating today , I wish you a happy day!!

So today I want to share with you what the second half of our team has done with our August challenge. Thank you to everyone that has played along with us so far! So many lovely entries...keep them coming :)

Can I please take a moment to kindly ask that you PLEASE turn off word verification on your blogs? Our Design Team finds this really really frustrating when coming to visit your blogs as it is SO time consuming. I am pretty sure that most of you do not know you even have it on, but if you please go to blogger and go to your settings then "posts and comments" and make sure where it says "show word verification" is says NO. I would really love it if you could support us in this. 

OK lets move on to the next lot of inspiration..

 Theme: Season (Summer, Autumn, Winter, Spring)

We would like you to create a layout and interpret the theme "Season" 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 the sketch below. Please make sure that we see some sort of journalling on your layouts and please tell us where your journalling is . Hidden journalling is perfectly fine.

Ideas for journalling: current season in your part of the world, favourite season, seasonal traditions on your part of the word, a childhood memory, a summer romance, what summer/autumn/winter/spring brings for you, baby it's cold outside, summer loving, spring is in the air, autumn breeze, summer holidays, seasonal changes, etc etc. Anything goes .. 

With the new Design Team introductions in July we did not have any Guest Designers and this lovely lady, who was our winner back in May has been waiting all this time to be our Guest here. Thank you Jennifer for waiting so patiently!!

Jennifer Snyder

I have been scrapping for years but really focusing on technique and style within the last few years. I am married with children and live in Rochester NY. I also enjoy photography and the art of photo shopping. I have found a way to join my three favorite hobbies into one great love of creating scrap art and altered art.

I also scrap as a cat character, Escape Kitty. She is my house cat in real life, and would rather be an outdoor cat. I simply make her cat wishes come true in photoshop and on the scrapbook page. Kitty is a tad sassier than me, but it’s a great escape for me to try and think/scrap like Escape Kitty. The Escape Kitty Adventures enable me to weave a wild story into my scrap page…and I do love a good story.

THANK YOU so much Jennifer for your wonderful layout. Its so so pretty and that picture is just heart melting!

Karola Witczak (Poland)

**Imaginarium Designs chipboard used: "Lower Case" letters, "My Girls" phrase and "Circle Border". Journaling hidden on the tags (the right side of photo) and on the left, on another tag. 

Patti Hamil (USA) 

**Imaginarium Designs chipboard title, leaves and corner adornment

Eila Sandberg (Sweden) 

 **Imaginarium Designs chipboard

Efi Stamatelli (Greece) 

* **Imaginarium Designs chipboard  and hidden journalling on a tag under the photo

Camilla Ekman (Sweden) 

**Imaginarium Designs chipboard alphabet. Journalling on the tag.

Helena Virpi (Italy)

**Imaginarium Designs chipboard and Scrapbook Fantasies ribbon 

Evgenia Petzer (South Africa) 

*hidden journalling on a tag under the photo

Elena Stefanidou (Greece)

**Scrapbook Fantasies pink ribbon 

Kay Fatula (USA) 

**Imaginarium Designs chipboard  fence & title.  Journaling is stored on a scroll inside the yellow glass vial**

Solange Marques (Brazil)

**Imaginarium Designs chipboard 

Hilde Aasluud (Norway)

**Imaginarium Designs chipboard  branch, clouds and butterflies chipboard

Melenia Agapides (Greece)

**Imaginarium Designs chipboard fence & frame. Hidden journalling on a tag under the photo

Jolaine Frias (USA) 

**Imaginarium Designs chipboard title used. Journaling is hidden in a tag in the bottom left corner of the photo, it slides out by pulling the metal trinkets on the chain.

Kim Jeffress (Australia) 

We have a wonderful BRAND NEW featured sponsor with us this month. Please welcome The Flying Unicorn online store and kit club!!

Flying Unicorn.. it’s about One of a Kind. We offer an incredible selection of products for all paper crafting artists. Our Kit of the Month if filled with the latest and greatest and includes an off the page project to keep your creative muse flowing! Our forums, a hot and happening place which includes monthly challenges, tips, techniques and friendships that last!

Website : http://www.flyingunicornstore.com/ Blog : http://www.flyingunicornllc.blogspot.com/ 

FB : http://www.facebook.com/pages/Flying-Unicorn/120928447946596

The Flying Unicorn has been SO generous and donated 3 prizes for us in July! Just check them out below...

Now here are our permanent sponsors for 2012. For more information please see our sidebar. 

How would you like to be our Guest Designer for the month of October?  The winner of this challenge with the most points, as voted by the Design Team will be invited to be our GUEST DESIGNER in September and create along side our Design Team. This person will also win this fabulous prize from The Flying Unicorn ..

The next four winning entries will win the following prizes

Kit from The Flying Unicorn

Kit from The Flying Unicorn

A US$20.00 store gift card from C'est Magnifique Kit Club + FREE postage to anywhere in the world + add any other item in the store at NO extra postage cost from C'est Magnifique kit club. 

Of course we do not forget our random winners. These are the prizes up for grabs for our RANDOMLY drawn entries..

Scrapbooking Fantasies has donated FOUR ribbon packs (for 4 winners) from Scrapbooking Fantasies . Each prize is valued at over $10AUS each and contains over 23 half metre lengths of ribbons, trims and lace in shades of one of the four seasons from quality brands, plus FREE international postage!!

**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 enter 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 August 31st, Australian Eastern Standard Time . The Design Team will vote and the Top 5 layouts PLUS Top 5 featured layouts 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.