Once Upon A ...Sketch

Saturday, December 21, 2013

Challenge Reminder.. 5 days to go!

Thank you SO much to everyone that has played along in the BUSIEST time of the year :)

We do still have 5 days left for you to enter our last challenge of the year !

Good luck!

Journalling Theme: "My favorite month"

You are free to interpret our theme any way you like but please make sure your layout is based on the sketch below and includes some journalling (hidden journalling is fine)

Please welcome the winner of our October Challenge

Wilma Voermans

Hello, my name is Wilma Voermans, born in Amsterdam, but I live in the Swiss alps for many years now. Mother of 8 children ( 6 boys and 2 girls).I have a busy job in lokal hotel . Addicted to: children & grandchildren, my dogs, music , scrapbooking, color, coffee and smoking. I live my life as uncomplicated as possible and enjoy every minute of it.

I scrap without too much thinking and this works for me. I start with the picture, look at it and feel the mood. Then on goes the music & the fun begins. Mixed Media is almost a must and I like a lot of color.

My blog can be found here : http://swissdutchy8.blogspot.ch/

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 !!!

Mona Pendleton (USA)

Eila Sandberg (Sweden)

Melenia Agapides (Greece)

*Imaginarium Designs hearts, frame and alphas*

Hilde Aaslund (Norway)

Kim Price (Australia)

**Hidden journaling on pull out tag behind right photo

Camilla Ekman (Sweden)

Solange Marques (Brazil)

Hidden Journaling( behind the page)

Val Thorpe (South Africa)

Svetlana Austin (South Africa)

Cathy Cafun (Australia)

**Hidden journaling on pull out tag on right of photo

Chantalle McDaniel (Australia)

Tracey Sabella (USA)

Kelly Foster (USA)

Erin Blegen (USA)

Kay Fatula (USA)

**Journaling stored in envelope**

The winner of this challenge,as voted by the Design Team will be invited to come back in February 2014 as our Guest Designer. They will also win this prize..

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!

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

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.

Digital Designs by Olga, 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 December 25th Australian Eastern Standard Time

Saturday, December 7, 2013

SPONSORS NEEDED!!

For our current challenge please go HERE

Hey everyone. We are reaching the end of 2013 and I am finalising our sponsors for 2014. We already have a number of committed permanent and casual sponsors for next year and now is the time to email me if you would like to be on board with us for 2014.

We have openings for our permanent sponsors which means that you will sponsors our challenges (1 per month) for 12 months next year with a prize of your choosing. In return, you have your logo and store store blurb and link permanently advertised on the left hand side of your blog (see to your left for our current permanent sponsors) which provides exposure to over 1800 followers and over 1000 followers on our Facebook page that we currently have. You will also have your store logo included in our list of sponsors with each reveal that we make. The best part is that I do not charge anything for this. I have been asked MANY times over the last 3 years if there is a cost to advertise our permanent sponsors on our blog but for me, it isn't about making money. It is about securing as many sponsors as possible for our wonderful followers who come here and play along each month. We have a high number of entries and I love to give out as many prizes as possible.

Now, if you did not wish to be a permanent sponsor for 2014, we also have openings for monthly sponsors. This means that you choose a month of your liking to sponsor a challenge and in return you will be the newly introduced sponsor for that month. You will get your store logo,blurb and link on our reveals and if you have a Design Team they can be invited to be our Guest Designers that month using your products (where available) so your exposure is even greater.

I look for a variety of sponsors of any kind...manufacturers, online stores, etsy stores from anywhere in the world!

So if you are interested in securing a spot for 2014, please email me , Nadia, directly at nadiac78@hotmail.com.

Look forward to hearing from you :)

Sunday, December 1, 2013

December Challenge!

Hey everyone.

Firstly I wish to apologise for the delay in announcing the winners. I will do that as soon as possible. Have just had a VERY busy few days and am exhausted so I will do that soon.

Today marks the last month of challenges for 2013 and the last month with our current Design Team. :( I would like to thank this team wholeheartedly for sticking by me during their time here which was more than we had originally discussed as I went on to have my baby in May. This team kept this going for a bit, never complained and was the most amazing Design Team to have to work with.

I will miss you all very much but I do know where to find you online :)) Good luck with everything!

Now here is our December challenge!