Friday, September 5, 2014

********** AUGUST WINNERS **********

                 We were very surprised that holiday month August still gave us a lot of entrys!
                        A big thanks to everybody that played along with our sketch challenge.
             The theme was the men in our lives and you showed so much love to them in your layouts.
                                       It was heartwarming to go through all the blogs.
                                                         
                                                                    1. Lisa Griffith
                                                       
                                   By far the most votes went to your beautiful layout Lisa!
                                                                       Congrats!
                     We would be honored if you want to come back as our October guestdesigner.
                   Please contact Lizzy Hill at lizzyhill12@yahoo.com.au for all the information on that.
                                       And offcourse you won the main sponsor prize,




2. Alena Grinchuck.

                                                      Tough , boyish and still soft....super!!!

Congratulations! You have won a 7 Dots Studio  prize pack full of their product valued at US$50.00 with free domestic and international postage. Please contact Tusia at tusia@7dotsstudio.com and please write "OUAS WINNER" in the subject field to claim your prize. 




3. Karita Vainio

                       With your background colors you created some sort of shadows in the background. 
                                                  It gives a great effect around the embellishments.
                                                                
 You win  a US$50.00 gift voucher by The Flying Unicorn  to spend at their store ! Please contact Alda Stevens at cs@flyingunicornllc.com to claim your prize. Please write "OUAS WINNER" in the subject field. 





4. Tatiana Yemelyanenko

It was fun to read your story about you making waves (or not :) ) with the spray!
However they came out, you made a great nautical layout!
Congrats! You have won a AUS$50.00 prize pack from 2Crafty Chipboard ! Please contact Vanessa  at salesat2crafty@optusnet.com.au and please write "OUAS WINNER" in the subject field to claim your prize. 




5. Charlie 

A super layout faithfull to your own style !
The Design team loved it and you won a price from:

 a Die-namites dies prize pack to the value of US$30.00 with free domestic and international postage. Please contact Lynne Forsythe at rangerjunkie@rocketmail.com to claim your prize. Please write Ă–UAS WINNER" in the subject field. 




6.Denisa

The rustic feel and little embellishments did fitt so well with the theme, congrats!

You have won a gift voucher  from Lindy's Stamp Gang valued at  US$20.00 gift voucher with free domestic and international shipping. Please contact Sharon at sharon@lindystampgang.com and please write "Once Upon A..Sketch WINNER" in the subject field to claim your prize. 




7. Tatiana

The color against the striped background , and left side on your layout that little accent (squares) ...great!!

Tresor de Luxe  is donating a prize pack with their beautiful lace to the value of about 20 US$  with free domestic and international shipping and YOU won it!
You can contact me at: wilmavoermans@hotmail.com 




8. Milagros C. Rivera

SUPER layout with just enough going on !
That picture fitts in so well, beautiful!
You have won a AUS$20.00 voucher from Scrapbooking Fantasies with free domestic and international shipping.


This month we have 9 prices and offcourse the great 13 arts facebook price.
Dont forget to take a look !
Well, the last blogprice goes to :

9. Evelyn Walter
What a great tribute to your father Evelyn !!
So many beautiful accents on this layout, background, embellishments, it is just perfect!
You have won a AUS$20.00 voucher from Scrapbooking Fantasies with free domestic and international shipping.



Ok, thats it for this month winners.
So sorry you cant win all,  the entrys were great!
We hope you will take a look at the September challenge which is all about journaling.
Since it is the theme, we really want to see handwritten jouraling on your layouts!!
Not just a name or date.

Good luck and a great weekend !
x the OUAS team x







Monday, September 1, 2014

September Challenge

Hi everyone! Welcome in September :-)
Holidays are over, we hope You had a great time and rest :-) And now You have lots of energy, creativity and willingness to join our new challenge:-)
This month we have a great one for You! We hope You'll like it :-)


Journalling Theme: Open theme...with a twist
For this month's challenge, you can scrap about any theme BUT you need to include your own handwritten journalling on your page!

You are free to interpret our theme ANY WAY you like. Whilst the theme is open, you MUST base it on the sketch below and include your HANDWRITTEN journalling ON YOUR PAGE. Acceptable journalling is MORE than just a sentence, or generic writing such as date/place etc. It needs to be present and at least 3 lines long.



Please welcome the winner of our July Challenge
NUPUR PATEL

This is what she has to say about her page:
“Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.”
[Thomas Merton, No Man Is an Island]
Indeed a wonderful feeling
I paint, I dance, I sing,
Everywhere I look and everything I do
I see art
Love art
Life is super fun
I am happy
create feelings…
As feelings build memories and memories are to be treasured
Forever and ever.
its a passion...
I had so much fun creating this layout,
indeed an Inspirational sketch.

You can see more of Nupur's work on her blog HERE.


 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 !!!

Tracey Sabella (USA)
Featuring Leaky Shed Studio Chipboard

Yuko Tanaka (Japan)

Zaneta Glowa (Sweden)

Tetiana Komarova (Taniko) (Ukraine)

Daria Pneva (Russia)
 

Lizzy Hill (Australia)


Aida Domisiewicz (Poland)

Song Li (USA)





The winner of this challenge, as voted by the Design Team will be invited to come back in November as our Guest Designer .


They will also win ...

7 Dots Studio will donate a prize pack full of their product valued at US$50.00 with free domestic and international postage. 







Now here are some more AMAZING prizes donated by our wonderful permanent sponsors for 2014.

First up is our Facebook sponsor. Please don't forget to upload your entry to our Facebook Page HERE for your chance to win this price..

13arts is donating 10 colours of their gorgeous paint tubs , in your choice of colours, with free domestic and international postage. 



The Flying Unicorn online store is donating a US$50.00 gift voucher to spend at their store !




2Crafty Chipboard is donating a chipboard pack to the value of AUS$50.00 with free domestic and international postage



Die-namites dies is donating a prize pack to the value of US$30.00 with free domestic and international postage


Lindy's Stamp Gang Store

Lindy's Stamp Gang is donating a US$20.00 gift voucher with free domestic and international shipping..


Tresor de Luxe  is donating a prize pack with their beautiful lace to the value of about 20 US$  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 


Wiff Of Joy stamps is donating 1 stamp set from the Stephanie SchĂ¼tze Design collection stamps valued at  EUR14.90 with free domestic AND international postage. 



The deadline for this challenge is September 30th (Australian Eastern Standard Time - Sydney Time) 2014!!

Friday, August 15, 2014

August Challenge - Team 2

Hi everyone! Welcome to our second reveal of August Challenge :-)
Thank You for all wonderful entries in our gallery! We love them all and we ask for more :-)

Have fun and play with us :-)
And now take a look at all those amazing inspirations from our Team 2!

Journalling Theme: "The men in our lives..." 

You are free to interpret our theme ANY WAY you like. It is for your inspiration and this theme word DOES NOT need to be part of your title or journalling. But please make sure your layout is based on the sketch below and includes journalling (hidden journalling is fine). Acceptable journalling is MORE than just a sentence, or generic writing such as date/place etc. It needs to be present and at least 3 lines long. Remember, hidden journalling (under a photo/tag or behind your page) is perfectly fine but please DO let us know in your post where your journalling is! 


Please welcome 
GALINA SAZONOVA
[June Challenge winner ----for the 2nd month running!!!!]


Hi everyone!
My name is Galina Sazonova, I live in Moscow with my sweet family. I am a landscape designer, but about a year ago, I discovered scrapbooking and found it really exciting and interesting. ...
I like different styles and  to try something new. Today I want to share with you my project for August "The Best Day Ever'. This layout is about the day my son was baptised & the bond between him & his Godfather - my journaling is hidden on the back of my page. Thank you for choosing me as a winner again - I could hardly believe my eyes!
Galina's blog can be found HERE
 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 !!!

Lizzy Hill (Australia)
[Hidden journaling behind photo]
journalling is on the back side

Stacey Young (Australia)

Jelissa Mei (Singapore)

(journalling at back of page)

Elena Smoktunova (Russia)
journaling is on the tag 

Maja Stokk (Sweden)
journaling on tag behind the photo
Anna WiÅ›niewska - Wiosanka (Poland)






The winner of this challenge, as voted by the Design Team will be invited to come back in October as our Guest Designer .


Our August winner will also win a prize from our WONDERFUL main sponsor this month which is...
Zeus and Zoe is an etsy shop catering to all crafters.
Please visit store Zeus and Zoe Etsy Shop.  
For Design Team inspiration you can check out Our Blog.
 

Zeus and Zoe is donating FANTASTIC prize, that is...



Now here are some more AMAZING prizes donated by our wonderful permanent sponsors for 2014.

First up is our Facebook sponsor. Please don't forget to upload your entry to our Facebook Page HERE for your chance to win this price.

13arts is donating 10 colours of their gorgeous paint tubs , in your choice of colours, with free domestic and international postage. 


7 Dots Studio will donate a prize pack full of their product valued at US$50.00 with free domestic and international postage. 


The Flying Unicorn online store is donating a US$50.00 gift voucher to spend at their store !



2Crafty Chipboard is donating a chipboard pack to the value of AUS$50.00 with free domestic and international postage


Die-namites dies is donating a prize pack to the value of US$30.00 with free domestic and international postage


Lindy's Stamp Gang Store
Lindy's Stamp Gang is donating a US$20.00 gift voucher with free domestic and international shipping.


Tresor de Luxe  is donating a prize pack with their beautiful lace to the value of about 20 US$  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 





The deadline for this challenge is August 31st (Australian Eastern Standard Time - Sydney Time) 2014!!