Wednesday, August 1, 2012

August Challenge + Meet out Guest Designer *MEGAN KLAUER*


Welcome to a BRAND NEW month everyone! Thank you all for the wonderful support you continue to show us and with over 100 entries in the previous challenge you sure have set a task for our Design Team! We are still visiting some blogs ans hopefully we will have a winner announced in a few days. 

SO let's have a look at the new challenge for this month!


 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 .. 




Please help us welcome the very well known and superbly talented ..


Hi, I'm Megan Klauer! Being a mom of 3, I love to escape to the world of creating and scrapbooking as often as possible. It's as much about relaxing and being creative as it is about capturing and sharing those stories for future generations. I strive to journal on my layouts as much as I can; even if it's just a short sentence or two. I keep a blog: meganklauerdesign that serves as my online "art journal". I currently design for: A Flair for Buttons Flair, Crate Paper, Bella Blvd, & Jenni Bowlin. When I'm not chasing my own little ones around, I am doing on-location photography: meganklauerphotography; where I chase other little ones around with my camera in hand. It's a crazy busy life, but I wouldn't have it any other way!







Vicky Alberto (Canada)


Cathy Cafun (Australia)  
*Hidden journaling on tag - Imaginarium chipboard and Scrapbook Fantasies ribbon used


Jeni O'Connor -(Australia /Canada)
* Imaginarium chipboard birdcage and butterflies used


Georgia Heald - (Australia)
*Hidden journaling behind the photo


Romy Veul (The Netherlands)




* Imaginarium chipboard fence and flourish


  *Imaginarium chipboard  used

 
Renata Moni (Brazil)
*Hidden journaling and  Imaginarium chipboard  used


** Scrapbook Fantasies  twine & cord used in my banners. Hidden journaling on the tag to the left of my title**


** Journaling hidden behind photo in envelope **


Florence Teixeira - France 
(Journalling under the photo, it is next to the words : swim, sand and sun) 


Svetlana Austin (South Africa)
*Hidden journaling on tag - Imaginarium chipboard and Scrapbook Fantasies ribbon used




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/


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 October 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.

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Monday, July 16, 2012

July Challenge - Team B reveal!

 How are you all going with the current challenge?
Sorry for the short delay in posting.

Today I would love to show you what the second half of our team has created. I am pretty certain you will be amazed!



Theme: Friend

We would like you to create a layout and interpret the theme "Friend" 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: one of your current friends, a childhood friend, an unexpected friendship,what having friends mean for you, a friend that you miss or have lost, family member who is your closest friend, a scrappy/online  friend,  a special person that has touched your life, someone who has helped you out lately, a friend that you couldn't do without, your children's friends / classmates etc., your pet and the friendship you have with it..




  

Patti Hamil (USA) 


Eila Sandberg (Sweden) 


 
Efi Stamatelli (Greece) 


Camilla Ekman (Sweden) 
(Journalling on the two tags behind the photo)


Helena Virpi (Italy)


Evgenia Petzer (South Africa) 
*Imaginarium Designs word sentiment

Elena Stefanidou (Greece) 

Kay Fatula (USA) 

(Journaling is on a scroll tucked inside the brown glass vial)


 
Solange Marques (Brazil)


Hilde Aaslund (Norway)







Kim Jeffress (Australia)

(Journalling under the smaller photo in the file tab)

 

Karola Witczak (Poland) 



We have 2 new featured sponsors this month. 

The first one is a gorgeous etsy shop by one of our newest Design Team member's Kay Fatula. Please welcome to Once Upon A...Sketch Kay's Kreative Korner. 

Arts & crafts has been my guilty pleasure since the first time I picked up a crayon.  With time, my love of crafts ventured into drawing, altering items, painting, stamping & finally scrapbooking.  Kay's Kreative Korner was opened in 2009.  It began simply as a way of sharing a few of my handmade items.  I opened my shop with a couple of handstamped cards & a few pre made scrapbook pages.  Within a year, I stopped making cards and decided to sell embellishments--specifically butterflies.  I've always admired the butterfly & what it symbolizes.  Change, transformation, a new start, beginnings...with this concept I started making scrapbook embellishments based on existing butterflies from all around the world.  Today I carry a couple of unique scrapbook embellishments.  In addition to the butterflies I specialize in vines & beaded flowers.  I make each item with much TLC and careful precison.  My greatest reward is seeing how others use my embellishments on thier own projects & pages...

Direct link to shop:


The second new sponsor for July is a new online store called Scrap Locker


Scrap Locker is a brand new online scrapbooking store with a huge variety of products from many favorite manufacturers including Tim Holts, Prima Marketing, Zva Creative and many more. Scrap Locker also has many handmade items. Some of the handmade items include crochet flowers, bead sprays and albums. Scrap Locker ships to many international locations. Scrap Locker also has a gallery and would love for you to fill out a gallery inclusion form and share your crafty inspiration with fellow scrapbookers. Check us out today at www.scraplocker.com


Now here are our permanent sponsors for 2012. 













How would you like to be our Guest Designer for the month of September?  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 Kay's Kreative Korner 

Prize consists of 2 mini embellishment kits (kits are called Desert Rose & Purple Rain).  Both mini embellishment kits contain 1 vine, 1 five inch stick pin & 3 coordinating butterflies.  One set of Auburn Rain beaded flowers (3 flowers in this set) & one set of Delicate Pink beaded flowers (2 flowers in this set).  All beaded flowers measure approximately 1 1/4" in diameter.  One set of 'glass' G1 butterfly embellishments.  These butterflies are made out of transparency & coordinate with just about any page or project.  Large butterfly measures approximately 3" inches in diameter. Medium butterfly measures about 2 1/4" inches in width & the smallest butterfly measures approximately 1 3/4" inches in diameter. **Measurement based on widest wing span**  Finally one set of Cinnamon Owl butterfly embellishments.  Largest butterfly measures approximately 2 1/2" inches in diameter. Medium butterfly measures about 2" inches in diameter & smallest butterfly measures 1 1/2" inches in diameter. **Measurements based on widest wing span**


The following prizes will be given to the next 4 winning entries



Mini June kit from C' est Magnifique kit club



Scrapbooking Fantasies has donated TWO ribbon packs (for 2 winners) from Scrapbooking Fantasies . Each prize is valued at over $10AUS each and contains 25 half metre lengths of ribbons, trims and lace in shades of pink and aqua from quality brands, plus FREE international postage!!




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













**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 July 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.
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