Hi again girls!
Gee I must say that November has got off to a
roaring start for me!! Things are going full
steam ahead with my Spring cleaning and
my house and property "pimping" and boy
steam ahead with my Spring cleaning and
my house and property "pimping" and boy
is all the DIY tiring stuff!!
Is it just me or do October and November feel
entirely different to you too?
I always feel in October that Christmas is a way away,
then come November and suddenly it is on our doorstep!
then come November and suddenly it is on our doorstep!
Oops!!
Along with that comes all the lists of everything
that needs to be done for the holidays as well as
winding up those 2011 goals that have been quietly
"pushed under the carpet" LOL - so no scrapping for me
thus far this week, but the house is gleaming
and my Spring garden is blossoming beautifully!
Aaaaanyway enough chitter chattering and onto the
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Firstly - we have some NEW DESIGN TEAM MEMBERS!!
Woo Hoo and a BIG WELCOME from me!!!
Lene, Vibeke, Mahlin and Pamela.
(Sure you know who these girls are without even
needing to know their surnames, they're like
the Madonna's of the Scrapbooking Industry!)
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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. A HUGE welcome
to the extremely talented Leeann Pearce from Australia.
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...
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.
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.
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Sponsors
Prizes
We are SO excited to have one of the best kit clubs sponsor
us this month. Please welcome.....Swirlydoos
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 thecrafting 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!
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
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.
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.
Please refer to the Once Upon a Sketch blog
for the rules and please support us and play along!
8 comments:
How fun! Love seeing new faces!
Thank you SO much Helen! No prob at all about the votes. Get some sleep girl!
Wowwwwwwwww! The ladies created some GORGEOUS lo's! :):):):):):):):):):):)
cool addition to the amazing team!
and my october was so busyyyy
now having a bit more relaxed time
Glad the spring cleanings going well. I'm afraid my spring cleaning is rapidly heading towards being summer cleaning!!!! Thing are certainly getting busier this time of year. Great Samples from your GDT. I have this sketch and photo's printed out for this challenge already. :)
TFS this, Helen! Looks like a real corka!!!!!
Have a great day!
xo
Hi again Helen! You're welcome - glad you like it! Now you've finally got some PP to play with! The wait is over! Don't tell me you got your PP parcel on the same day too! LOL! Happy scrappin'! :D
xo
One good thing with it getting dark at 4 p.m. over here is that nobody can see how dirty our windows are tee hee ... I can totally appreciate a good spring clean though, but our will have to wait till X-mas. Soooo much good news at OUAS! love your description of the new DT super troupers :)) and Leean, oh awesome awesome Leeann! xoxoxo
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