Decorations *Once upon a sketch*

Welcome everyone to another challenge at Once Upon A...Sketch. We are already in December and the end of the year is just around the corner.

December 1st Challenge

Journalling Criteria/theme: The thing I look most forward to in December. 

Write at least 2 sentences on what you look forward to in the next month. December is a festive month so your journalling could be about the Christmas season, the holidays, the presents or if you do not celebrate Christmas what does December bring for you that you look most forward to? Note:You layout DOES NOT have to be about Christmas! It can be about anything December brings. 

 Other ideas for journalling: an annual holiday or celebration, a specific event such as putting up the Christmas tree or pre Christmas traditions you might have leading up to Christmas, family time, snow covered fields or warmer weather, time off work, school holidays, change of weather, new season fruit. 

And this is my take on the challenge! I love the happy faces when we decorate our tree! We always listen to Christmas songs and we sing all together! It is such a lovely day to remember each year!!!

To make this layout I used the Webster's Botanical Christmas kit from Enjoy Scrapping!

I have already made 2 layouts and a mini album out of this kit and there are scraps left to even make some cards!!! Beautiful Christmas kit!!!

Sponsors and Prizes

We welcome a BRAND new sponsor to our blog this month! 

Handmade By Suzanne

Thank you Handmade By Suzanne for sponsoring our challenges this month!

The winner of this challenge, as chosen by the Design Team, will win a spot on our Design Team for the month of January. As well as that, the winner will also receive a AUD$20.00 voucher (plus FREE shipping) to spend in the store at Handmade By Suzanne!

Here at Once Upon A...Sketch we LOVE to encourage EVERYONE to participate, even those that are fairly new to scrapbooking so this is why we like to offer some prizes for RANDOMLY chosen winner so that everyone feels like they have a chance to win!

One lucky person will receive this prize from Handmade By Suzanne!

Tim Holtz Alterations Embossing Folder Set (Collage)

And one lucky person will win this..

A set of My Mind's Eye 6 x 6 paper pads in 4 different collections. 

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I am looking forward to see what YOU look most forward to in December!!!

Thank you for visiting! Your lovely comments really make my day!!

Thank you all!!!

xoxoxo

My projects with chipboard!

Hello ladies!

As you may have noticed, I have a thing with chipboard! When I 1st began scrapbooking, I bought the big shot and I have made my collection of dies but ONLY bigz so I can cut Chipboard..LOL!!!

You can't imagine my joy when I found out that all the Once Upon A...Sketch DT was sponsored by Imaginarium Designs !!! They have GORGEOUS designs and they are SO generous!!!!
Thank you for that ID!!!!

Today I am going to share with you several projects where I have used chipboard!
ATTN: LONG POST...hehe...well...I love chipboard...

Listen to your heart
I have used this gorgeous Imaginarium Designs little frame which I painted black and I have randomly put some copper dabber paint on it.

I Adore you
I used sfragidomania heart frame which I painted with gesso and droped some glimmer mist!

She

Imaginarium Designs flourish which

I painted with white acrylic paint and stamped the music notes above it in pink!

 My girls in the tram having fun

I used ID for the title, the button and the girl figure .
Small button: I heat embossed it with black zing powder and then I stamped some music notes and heat embossed with white zing.
Girl figure: I painted it with acrylic, I stamped the notes and heat embossed with white Zing. After that I applied some pink glimmer glaze.
Title: I painted black and heat embossed with clear utee

 Me & You

I cannot show it because it is going to be published in Scrapbooking memories,

 but here is a close up of ID title!
I painted the title with red acrylic paint, I randomly distressed with black ink using a sponge and then I rubbed some stickles with my finger!

A moment in time

ID again!

I painted the phrase with espresso dabber and then I heat embossed it with clear UTEE.

The corner flourish was also painted with espresso, and a bit of watermelon and pool dabbers and then heat embossed with UTEE.

The window/fence, was heat embossed with walnut stain and broken china distress powders and some Ranger red pepper embossing powder and then I put crackle accents above!

Mini album "Friends" & you and me card.
This is a mini album from sfragidomania where I've used acrylic paints, stamps and heat embossing powders!!!

For this card :

Mini tutorial:

1) You paint the chipboard with acrylic paint

2) You apply crackle accents on top

3)  When it is dry, you paint it all with another color

4)  and  immediately, before it dries, you take it off with a baby wipe.

The second color stays in the crackles and you get  this awesome effect!!!

Isn't it cool????

Bouquet of rose kisses
I painted the lamp with distress crackle paint, put some orange dabber randomly and cover with stickles!

Chocolate lover
I painted the heart dark brown, apllied random gold dabber, cover with crackle accents and pour some glitter on top!

 Vintage me
I did the same as above to the letters and I covered the cage with crackle paint and orange dabber!

Miracle:
Here I have painted  the cage green and blue  and heat embosed it with distress embossing powder!

Congratulations!!! You made it to the end of that post!!!
I hope you got some ideas on how to alter your chipboard and don't forget to visit Imaginarium designs blog for more inspiration!!!

Check out their stockists HERE to buy Imaginarium Designs - they ship ANYWHERE in the world for real time postage costs! Just email them for a quote!


Thanks for visiting my blog!!!
God bless you all!
Have a nice day!!!
xoxoxo

Listen to your heart ~ BITW ~ MCS contest entry & a winner!

Hello everyone!

There is a new word at "Bird is the word" ...

"TRUST"

And this is my DT work for this challenge using MCS September's LE kit!

I have used this gorgeous Imaginarium Designs little frame which I painted black and I have randomly put some copper dabber paint on it.

For this layout I used the sketch from MCS big sketch contest #2

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Don't forget to visit "Bird is the word" for some huge inspiration from the rest of the DT members! If you enter the challenge you may be the lucky winner of a Tidbitz in time kit!!!!

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Now, as for the winner of the Digital software "My Memories suite", the lucky winner is....

Sandy!!!

Congratulations! I will email you with the details!!!

And here is another tutorial on how easy this software is:

http://www.freewebs.com/lisaj/March%20Into%20MMS%20-%20Day%20ONE.pdf

And remember! 

I'll give you a coupon code for $10 discount off the purchase of the My Memories Suite Scrapbook software and a $10 coupon for the MyMemories.com store - $20 value!) 

Coupon Code: STMMMS43785 

Just copy and paste the code above to avoid typos when using it! 

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Thanks a lot for visiting!!!

Have a nice week!!!

xoxoxo

Giveaway!!!!!!!!!

There is a giveaway happening at Once Upon A...Sketch. 

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

All you need to do is: 

1) Be or become a follower of the Once Upon A...Sketch 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 Once Upon A...Sketch

3) Link your blog, or Facebook Page or wherever you posted about this giveaway on the bottom of the giveaway post at Once Upon A...Sketch 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!

Beautiful Dreamer *Enjoy Scrapping*

Hello my wonderful friends!

The sweetest girl Lena from Enjoy Scrapping, sent me the gorgeous "Beautiful Dreamer" kit by Glitz to make some projects! The papers and embellishments are SO beautiful that the kit is sold out already!!! 

However, I am going to show you a layout I made with it and in a few days I will complete a romantic mini album! I hope I will inspire the ladies that have already bought it and give you some ideas!

This is my "Beautiful Dreamer" DD Ioli....

And some close ups....

Here, I cut my background paper (using this fab tool) to create a short of pocket because I didn't want to hide the flowers in the corner! I distressed my papers using the "distrezz it all"!

I glimmer misted the doily with starfish & Bahama blue. I cut the lace in small piecies and adhered it around the doily and painted it with pink glimmer glaze. I have put the round transparency in the middle and added white and pink liquid pearls!

Inside the flowers I have put some distress stickles to give them texture! You are gonna want to eat them! LOL!

I painted my letters with pink glimmer glaze and mermaid glimmer glam! I LOVE these products! I must get some more colors!!!!

And that was the kit...I am sorry it is sold out...we did not expect that...

Lena is REALLY good in puting kits together! She has such an excellent taste!!!

For this layout, I used the sketch from "Stuck?! Sketches"

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And some TOOTsss.....

I have stop mentioning my success/features..etc...because I felt like I bored you to death...LOL

I just put them right away in my Resume. But there are many friends that email me or even call me and tell me "Hey! Did you see your were featured there?" So I guess a few people are interesting in knowing my steps and achievements and share the joy so I desided to mention a few features this time....

My card "Hope" was featured at "InspireME" Webster's pages ning site!!! And I am not so fond of cards but don't tell anyone ok???...sssssshhhhh...

and then my layout "You brighten our lifes" was featured at "Sketchabilities"

And my "I Adore you" layout was a favorite at "Sketchy Thursdays"

And a last one..I got an email once again from SNR magazine that 7 of my layouts are published in their latest issue!!! Yeah!!!

I hope I didn't bore you...it feels good to share your joy with friends once in a while...

Have a nice day and thank you SO much for the time you devoted to read my blog post!

God bless you all!

Have a nice day!!!

xoxoxo