Sunday, November 27, 2011

***GIVEAWAY WINNER***

WOW! What a response. That gorgeous Melissa Frances kit from Scrap That! was VERY popular indeed. I am SO thankful to you all for your support ..THANK YOU to everyone who took the time to enter our giveaway. How I wish I could have an endless supply of prizes to give away to EVERYONE! Always makes me so sad when only 1 person wins, even though that is the whole point of a giveaway! But, still I wish I would give something to EVERYONE. 

OK OK enough talk..WHO won it? 

Out of 178 entries..the lucky number that was selected by random.org was

#85


HUGE congratulations go to ....

AMALIA TSOUKIA from Greece!!!

Amalia...TODAY IS YOUR LUCKY DAY!! What a good feeling it must be to picked out of SO many people?Please email me at nadiac78@hotmail.com with your details to claim your prize. Again CONGRATS and thank you SO much everyone to entering. 

xoxo Nadia. 



Friday, November 18, 2011

*Giveaway* time

Time for a giveaway here at Once Upon A..Sketch, because we are feeling a little generous and just to thank you for your support.. 

You have a chance to win this gorgeous album kit featuring Melissa Frances 5th Avenue collection...
"Limited Edition Melissa Frances" Kit Contents 
(kit by Scrap That! - Canada's best kit club! ) 
Envelopes and Tags Book
5th Avenue 6 X 6 Paper Pad
5th Avenue Sticker Book
5th Avenue Diecuts
2 Mini Envelopes and Tags
Trinkets & Baubles
Diamond Chandelier Drops
“Mom” Expressive Transfer
Vintage Architectural Molding Appliques
Crepe Paper - Light Blue, Pale Pink, Cream, Pastel Green
4 ZVA Pink Transition Mini Roses
6 ZVA Cream Mini Roses
Vintage Seam Binding


About Scrap That!

Scrap That! scrapbooking and paper crafting kits are unlike any others in Canada but we also ship internationally!  Each month we create a unique and innovative kit FULL of carefully selected high-end, double sided papers, specialty papers, premium embellishments and often include one-of-a-kind specialty and handmade items you won’t find anywhere else. We include a signature product every month for you to collect, a scrapbook layout sketch, and one technique type product including instructions and tips on how to use it. 
Our mission is to nurture your creativity by providing the best products available, at a reasonable price to get the most out of your scrapbooking budget. Each month you will receive tips and tutorials, as well as the support of our design team and our online community. 
Visit our blog HERE  and our ning site HERE


All you need to do is: 

1) Be or become a follower of our blog

2) post about this give away on your blog or Facebook page or wherever you like, together with this picture and a link back to us

3) Link your blog, or Facebook Page or wherever you posted about this giveaway on the bottom of this post using the Inlinkz button. 

The details
* open worldwide
*you have 1 week from today - this giveaway will end on midnight Friday November 25th ( Australian Eastern Standard Time) 

Good luck!

Thursday, November 17, 2011

November 1st **WINNERS**

The Design Team were SUPER fast for me this time. All the votes were in within hours of the challenge ending and I am SO excited to announce the winners of our last challenge. 

Before I do that, I just wanted to share with you a layout created by one of followers which almost ALL the Design Team members asked me to give special mention to. 

This is a very touching layout created by a lady called Rebecca  from France. As a Design Team, we wanted to give you a shout out Rebecca because your layout and journalling on this layout is about a very sensitive subject and we were all touched and humbled that you shared your experience with us at Once Upon A..Sketch. As the creator of this site, I am so so pleased when I see my hopes for this challenge blog realised through pages like yours and through pages of SO many people who are putting pen to paper and journalling away on layouts they normally wouldn't. Rebecca, we thank you for sharing your story with us and hope that through Once Upon A..Sketch you were able to create a layout about such a sensitive issue that you will treasure. You all need to visit Rebecca's blog HERE, to understand what this layout is about. 




OK..now we have a winner of the last challenge..I should actually say a BIG winner because this layout was in the top 2 of each Design Team member's votes!

A VERY BIG congratulations goes to ..

Melenia from Greece

Melenia you nailed this one! The Design Team commented on how there was perfect use of complementary colours and really enticing clusters of embellishments. I agree. Your wok was a stand out and could simply not be overlooked. Well done. 

For your efforts you have won a spot on our Design Team for the month of December and you have also  won this GORGEOUS kit from Swirlydoos  kit club.

Here is your badge to display proudly on your blog and Melenia please contact Irma at irma0408@yahoo.com to get all the info for the December challenges and please contact Patti at phamil@live.com with your details to claim your prize. 



Its time now to announce our ..

Top 5 featured projects 
(in winning order) 

Ladies can I just tell you that as I was putting the votes together your names were constantly popping up and you were all so very close that any one of you could have also been the winner. The Design Team was SO impressed with all of you. 

Rachael Funnell from Australia 

Lisa Barrie from the USA

Treesa Young from Australia 

Marylin Rivera from Puerto Rico 

 and in EQUAL 5th spot Shona Kheen from Canada

and

Rottka from Japan 
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Congratulations girls. Here is your badge for your blogs :o)


Randomly chosen winners

The winner of this gorgeous pack from The Chip Chop Shop 

is..



#42 - Milagros C Rivera  from Puerto Rico who entered this BEAUTIFUL layout..


Congratulations Milagros! Please email Patti at phamil@live.com to claim your prize. 

The winner of the Webster's Pages Ladies and Gents collection 

is


#25 - Puskis from Lithuania who entered this equally gorgeous layout

HUGE congrats!! Puskis, please email me , Nadia, at nadiac78@hotmail.com to claim your prize. 

Thank you all for playing along and supporting our blog. We hope you continue to do so. 

Until next time, its goodbye for now. 

Tuesday, November 15, 2011

November 15th Challenge

Hi everyone, its time for another challenge here at Once Upon A...Sketch. We hope you find some time to play along.


We also officially welcome some new Design Team members, the super talented Maiko Kosugi, Goergia Heald and Larissa Albernaz. Welcome girls.

November 15th Challenge

Journalling criteria: This time the journalling criteria focuses on YOU as a woman OR ANY female in your life. What is the best thing about being a woman? Motherhood? Shopping? Make Up? Girls nights? Gossip? Your journalling can be as long as you wish and in any language, but you must journal at least 2 sentences on the best part of being a woman.

You must combine the journalling criteria with this sketch..


Guest Designers



Our winner from our September 15th Challenge

Here is our permanent Guest Designer from our sponsor Imaginarium Designs..

*Imaginarium Designs Butterflies and alphas 
 
Thank you so much to all our Guest Designers for being here with us this month!


Design Team 
(please click on their names to be directed to their blogs) 



Bente Fagerberg
 *doilies from The Chip Chop Shop



*Imaginarium Designs butterfly and "girl"







**Hidden journaling written on the tags in the envelope pocket.
Imaginarium designs .. flourish and alphas .


Sponsors and Prizes


Our November 15th challenge sponsor is the amazing Australian chipboard company Imaginarium Designs which you can purchase through Seriously Scrpabooking and they are giving away this gorgeous chipboard collection to 1 randomly chosen winner. 






Our Guest Designer, Leeann Pearce has a GORGEOUS etsy shop filled with her amazing and very UNIQUE handmade creations called The Chip Chop Shop which is giving away a stunning collection of goodies to the value of $25.00 to one randomly chosen winner. 


Lastly, the winner of this challenge, as chosen by the Design Team, will receive this embellishment collection from BasicGrey's Jovial line.  Just in time for Christmas...
This collection includes a 6x6 paper pad, and 1 packed each of stitches brads, glazed brads, epoxy stickers, pops stickers, ribbon doilies and clips.



Things to consider when playing along...
**This is an international blog, so anyone can enter
**You are allowed to create a card, layout or off-the-page item based on the provided sketch and additional journalling criteria. If you are creating a card or altered item you only need to include a quote.
**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 November 30th , Australian Eastern Standard Time . The Design Team will vote and the winners and the Top 5 project will be announced soon after the challenge has finished.
**You may enter as many times as you like and combine this with other challenges. We don't mind at all. 
**Also, please consider turning off word verification for comments on your blog. .

Saturday, November 5, 2011

October 15th challenge **WINNERS**

For our current challenge please click here

Hi everyone. Its time to announce the winners of our last challenge! 

Huge congratulations go to...wait for it..not 1 but 3 people who all received the same POINTS! I think this has only happened once before and I think that they are all deserving winners. I can see why the Design Team voted for all of these to be winners!!

 So without further delay let me introduce you to the 3 winners of our October 15th challenge... CONGRATS to...

Shona Kheen from Canada

Wendy Kwok from Singapore

Marylin Rivera from Puerto Rico

As you know we only had one prize for one winner for this challenge from our sponsor Imaginarium Designs but since we have 3 equal winners we believe that everyone should win something so Marylin, Wendy and Shona please email me your details at nadiac78@hotmail.com and I will work out a prize for all of you!!

Here is your badge to display on your blogs! WELL DONE girls...we loved your work!


Now lets move on to our ..

Top 5 featured projects 
(in winning order) 

Efi from Greece

Eila Sandberg from Sweden 
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Joyce Lawrence from the USA

Sarah Groen from New Zealand

Shell Carmen from Australia

Congratulations girls. Here is your badge for your blogs!!



Lastly, we have the RANDOMLY chosen winner of a gorgeous embellishment pack from Bibby's One Of A Kind..


Number 5 is Jurgita Lenart from Lithuania who submitted this cute  layout..

Congratulations!! Jurgita please email Patti at phami@live.com to claim your prize!

I hope you are all well and cannot wait to see your entries for the current challenge.

Bye for now.


Tuesday, November 1, 2011

November 1st Challenge

Hi everyone. Thank you SO much to everyone that played along in the last challenge. The Design Team is busy voting and we will announce the winners very soon.  Welcome also to all our new followers! Its great to see you here. I hope you get the chance to play along with our upcoming challenges. 


We also welcome some BRAND NEW Design Team members this month! Welcome Lene, Vibeke, Mahlin and Pamela. 

November 1st Challenge

Journalling Criteria: This time you need to journal at least 2 SENTENCES on WHEN you started scrapping and WHY?

You MUST combine our journalling criteria with this sketch.

Guest Designers
It is so exciting to announce this month's Guest Designer. This lady has a unique and instantly recognisable style and we are so happy she has accepted our invitation to be our Guest Designer. HUGE welcome to the extremely talented..
Leeann Pearce from Australia
I’m Leeann Pearce and I am married to Quentin and we have 3 beautiful girls, Holly (9) Storm (8) and baby Jorja (2). We made a tree change last year and now live in the country on a farm not far from the ocean. We are slowly getting the farm animals. We have a dog and 9 chooks and I love that we get farm fresh eggs each day. I have been scrapbooking since about 2004. I like my creations to be fun and bright which reflects my personality – happy and a little quirky! I am a design team member for Aussie Scrap Source and also Basic Grey. I adore embellishments and have my own etsy shop call “the chip chop shop” made up of handmade yummies from dyed doilies, pin toppers, journal spots and acrylic designs. I love the whole process of creating and always look forward to creating the next one.

Here is what Leanne has created for our challenge...



Welcome also to the winner of our last challenge, who gets to be our Guest Designer for the month of November...

My name is Keren Tamir from Ontario Canada, and I'm 37 years old. I am a wife to a wonderful husband who is very supportive of my scrapbooking hobby and a mother of two amazing kids: a 10 year old boy and a 4 year old girl. I've been scrapbooking for 7 years and I mainly scrapbook about our family. I love to create and experiment with many different mediums and techniques. I get inspiration everywhere I go. I’m constantly thinking about scrapbooking and I design my layouts in my head usually while driving. I scrapbook at night when everyone is asleep because I love the inspiration you get when it’s quiet. I love my camera and I’m always taking many pictures everywhere I go.
I would love to see you over at my blog Expressing From My Heart.

Here is Keren's take on our challenge.

Design Team
(Please click on each Design Team member's name to be directed to their blogs.)

Irma Peredne


Patti Hamil
*Imaginarium Designs chipboard flourishes, title and butterfly
**Swirlydoos October kit papers, blooms. Filmstrip from previous Swirlydoos kit


Irini Liolia




Gerry Van Gent 
*Imaginarium Designs  title & year chipboard
** Manor House Creations flowers


Mahlin Wiggur


Vicky Varvadouka
*Imaginarium Designs chipboard flourish




Sandi Taloumis 


Jeni O'Connor 
*Imaginarium Designs chipboard title, clock, words and butterflies
** Manor House Creations flowers

Lene Neby


Pamela Young

Vibeke Harila

Sponsors
We are SO excited to have one of the best kit clubs sponsor us this month. Please welcome.....

Swirlydoos coordinated scrapbook kits are comprised of elegant papers and products that help our members create beautiful pieces of art both in their scrapbooks, and altered art projects. Swirlydoos tries to include only the newest and most innovative products on the market, as well as showcasing handmade and non-traditional products that we find within the crafting community. We encourage new growth in our members by offering monthly challenges on our forums and offering both photo and video tutorials which help them to learn new tips, tricks and techniques. We also offer a monthly technique or project kit to help further our members in their artistic ability. In addition, we offer various coordinating add ons for those ladies who can never have too many scrappy goodies!
Our forums are filled with some of the most talented scrapbookers on the net and ALL of our members are warm, welcoming, fun, and willing to share what they know with any “Swirly Sister” who wants to know. Our members encourage one another whole-heartedly and with unmatched humour. Swirlydoos has a very welcoming, yet tight “family feel” to it, this is a characteristic we cherish. Come check us out at http://www.swirlydoos.com/ and see for yourself what sets Swirlydoos apart from other scrapping communities on the net!

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You might have read earlier that our Guest Designer , Leanne Pearce has a GORGEOUS etsy shop filled with her amazing and very UNIQUE handmade creations called...


THANK YOU so much and WELCOME Swirlydoos and The Chip Chop Shop!


Prizes


How would you like to be our Guest Designer for December? This is the challenge where you have the chance to win a spot on our design team for the whole upcoming month simply by winning this challenge. As well as being our Guest Designer, the first placed winner as chosen by the Design Team will win this prize..

The complete October kit from Swirlydoos kit club.

This kit is simply stunning. It includes the captivating Vintage Blue line from Glitz Designs, papers, flowers, wood flourishes and rub ons from Kaisercraft, Prima Resin Old Window, Maya Road wooden spools and pearl pins and much much more.


This time we also have 2 prizes to give away to RANDOMLY chosen people!

The first prize for one randomly chosen winner will receive a mixture of products from "the chip chop shop" to the value of $25.00 plus postage.



Our other randomly drawn winner will receive the gorgeous Webster's Pagespaper collection Ladies and Gents which includes 1 sheet of alphas, 1 die cut paper, 1 vellum paper, and 6 sheets of patterned paper.

Don't forget that 5 projects will be voted on by the Design Team to be our Top 5 featured projects. So that could be your name and your project on our winners banner at the top of this blog for a whole 2 weeks!



Things to consider when playing along...

**This is an international blog, so anyone can enter
**You are allowed to create a card, layout or off-the-page item based on the provided sketch and additional journalling criteria. If you are creating a card or altered item you only need to include a quote.
**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 sidebar 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 November 14th, Australian Eastern Standard Time . The Design Team will vote and the winners and the Top 5 project will be announced soon after the challenge has finished.
**You may enter as many times as you like and combine this with other challenges.
**Also, please consider turning off word verification for comments on your blog.

For a complete list of the rules please see the 
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