Once Upon A...Sketch Nov. 15th!

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..

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 randomlychosen winner. 

Our Guest Designer , Leanne 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 onerandomly 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. .

Enjoy Scrapping- Webster's Christmas kit!

Hello my friends!

A new week just started and it is going to be a cold one!!! Brrrr....

I had a fun and creative weekend! I made a lot of projects that are coming up in the following days!

Today I will share with you a Christmas mini album I made using the beautiful :

"Webster's Botanical Cristmas kit  from "Enjoy Scrapping"!

And this is what I came up with!

 It is a mini album which I will fill up with our 2011 Christmas photos!!!

I painted the covers with red dabber and then I heat embossed some white embossing powder on a script stamp! Doesn't it look great?

I will make a new post in a few days with the layout I made with the new kit from Enjoy Scrapping

Beautiful Dreamer!!!

Until then, have fun and be creative!!!

Hugs,

xoxoxo

"I Adore you"- Bird is the word!

Hello my friends!!!

A new week begins and a new word is up at "Bird is the Word"......

"ADORE"

 I made this layout at a Greek crop, surrounded by FANTASTIC people which I LOVE...As I told you in my last post, it is amazing how many good friends I have made through scrapbooking! I really feel blessed!!! So many things have changed for me! I admit that it is tiring to catch up with all my scrapping obligations but I am going to work on that because the point is to have fun right?....

Anyway...here is my sweetheart Ioli...just one smile from her is enough to erase any problems!!!

I ADORE her!!!

Don't you love that Purple Pumpkin button??? The beautiful glimmer mist is TA "Bahama blue" and "Starfish"

This is the flower I made at the crop following Zeffy's advice!!!

Thanks Zeffy!

The button and doily are Purple Pumpkin..can you tell I love them yet?

This chipboard heart is "Sfragidomania"

And of course...my latest addiction the SEW EASY!!! I use it in every layout lately! 

I have also added some stickles!

For more inspiration please take a look at BITW blog and she the fantastic layouts the rest of the DT made using the word "Adore"!!! You could be the lucky winner of a whole yummy "Tidbitz in time" kit!!!

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I used the sketch from "Sketchy Thursdays"! 

Thank you everyone for taking the time to visit and see my work!

Have a nice week!!!

Hugs,

xoxoxo

MCS Guest Designer & Publications!!!

Hello dear friends!!!

I have some exciting news to share with you!

I was chosen by Pam Rangel, the owner of "My Creative Scrapbook", one of the best kit clubs in the scrapbooking industry, a position as a guest designer!!!

I Would like to say a HUGE thank you to Pam for trusting me to promote the GORGEOUS MCS kits! I apreciate it and I am honored! I'll do my best to inspire you ladies!

You can see the announcement in MCS blog--->HERE!

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The other exciting news are that I will have the pleasure and joy to see 3 of my layouts in print!!!

Two of them (Me & You, Sweet Smile) will be published in "Scrapbooking Memories" which is an Australian magazine and one (Admire) at "Scrapbook Trends: Create"!

When I am allowed and when I will have a copy in my hands, I will show them to you!

A huge thank you to all of you who visit my blog, support me and leave the sweetest comments! You are the best and I really feel blessed for all the good friends I have made through this wonderful hobby called Scrapbooking!!!

God bless you all!

Hugs!!!

xoxoxo

"You brighten our lifes" & purple pumkin givaway!

Hi there fabulous followers!!! Thanks for visiting!

Here is another layout I made for my friend, so the baby's face is blur again! She wanted a fun and happy layout so I played with my acrylic paints and gesso, some cute buttons, free handstitching with my sew easy...I HAD FUN!!!!

I used this sketch from Sketchabilities blog!!!

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Now....what about a candy????????????????????

Purple Pumpkin is having a HUGE giveaway!!! Visit their blog--->HERE for more information! 

Oh, I'm in love with their products!!!!!!

You will be seeing some of their yummy embellies in my future layouts!!!

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Thanks for coming by!

I love to know that people are interested in what I do and hopefully I inspire some of you! I love this hobby!!!

p.s. I have not one but two exciting news to share with you but you must wait a few more days!!!hehe 

Hugs!!!

"Dear Santa" Scrap for Help & Enjoy Scrapping!

Hello again!

Today I will share with you the layout I did for "Scrap for Help"! 

The recycled item I used is the white corrugated piece to mat my photo!

The theme this time is Christmas!!! I love the festive mood and I can't wait for Christmas to come!!!

This is my DD Nefeli!

The tag comes out and you can journal on it!

For this layout I used the beautiful kit from "Enjoy Scrapping" ,  Webster's Botanical Christmas !!!

The papers, the feathered flowers, and the holiday silhouettes are GORGEOUSSS!!!

I will soon post a mini album I did with this kit as well!!!

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I would love to see your Christmas layouts for this challenge! For more inspiration please visit Scrap for Help blog to see what the rest of the talented DT members have come up with!!!

The winners will receive yummy Imaginarium Designs Chipboard!!!

and.....

Scrapbooking stuff from Arte.1  for one lucky person voted by the Design Team as the winner of this challenge!

and.....

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Thanks for taking the time to visit my blog and have a look!!!

You are all wonderful!!!

Hugsss!!!

"She" Once Upon A Sketch Non. 1st

Hello everyone!

It is the 1st of the month which means that a new challenge is up at Once Upon A Sketch!

And this is one of my favorite challenges so far!!!

So...here it goes.......

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.

And here is my take on the challenge! My sweet baby Nefeli, at her Baptism!

I mainly used my MCS August LE kit for this...

This cute little dotted button and the doily are from Purple Pumpkin

That gorgeous chipboard flourish is by Imaginarium Designs!

TOOOOT!!!

As you might know, Imaginarium Designs was generous enough to sponsor the whole OUAS DT and offer a guest designer position on their blog! This weekend was my turn to be featured so please take a look --->HERE!!! I am SO honored to see my work in a blog full of masterpieces!!!

Thank you Imaginarium Designs!!!

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Now......guess what you could win if you participate!!!

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!

 Thanks for visiting!!!

Have fun and good luck with the challenge!!!

"Precious" A layout for a friend!

Hello dear friends and followers!!!

I haven't posted anything for a while now but I've been BUSY!!!

I made 4 layouts in the last 3 days!!! I will be sharing them with you during the week!

The first one is a layout I made for a friend and that's why the face of the baby is blur!

I used the sketch #57 from "Sketchabillities"

I used a Crafter's workshop stencil for the background and misted with "Key lime pie" !

The tag comes out and the parents can write something for their precious baby!

I had the chance to use my new Sew Easy scallop piercer which I just LOOOOVED!!!

I am also entering the challenge at My Creative Scrapbook forum,

where you have to do stitching on your layout!

So...until tomorrow...have a nice day!!!

"Φως μου" Cherry Nest!!!

Hello my friends!

Today's post is about a layout I made using the lovely "Cherry Nest products"!!! You can more projects in their blog--->HERE... So...I will continue in Greek...

Σε αυτή τη φώτο είναι η Νεφέλη μου σε μια εκδρομή που είχαμε πάει στην Αίγινα! Αυτό το χαρτί ταίριαξε τέλεια με την φωτο γιατί είναι πολύ φωτεινή και το χαρτί έχει τις ακτίνες του ήλιου! Ετσι προέκυψε και ο τίτλος!!!

Χρησιμοποίησα για τον τίτλο την Αλφάβητο μαυρο/κρεμ bingo vintage, τα vintage γράμματα , απο τα σχέδια για τύπωμα το αγάπη μπίνγκο vintage ,το χαρτί πρωϊνό φτερούγισμα (δεν ειναι τελειο???), το ροζ tab (ετικέτα) και ένα μικρό κομμάτι απο το pied de poule τυπωμένο πάνω σε φουξια χαρτί!!! 

Το κουμπί με το κοριτσάκι είναι Purple Pumpkin!

Have a nice day everyone!!!

Go Digital??? "My memories Suite" giveaway

Hello Friends and followers!

I have never tried to make a digital layout but I admit, I am jealous sometimes when I see the gorgeous layouts you can make without getting your hands dirty and really cheap! Like our talented Greek lady Anastasia!!! Love her work!!!
The reason I am telling you all this is that I got an e-mail from a site called "My Memories Suite"
which offers a digital scrapbooking software and it is SO easy to handle! Oh, and their kits are SO gorgeous! Have a look at their gallery --->HERE

I will try it out properly, as soon as I find some free time! I have always wanted to try Digital scrapbooking!!! When I finish my 1st layout, I will share it with you!

Check this video out! 

So they asked me if I was interested in organizing a giveaway for my followers!

All you have to do is visit their site and leave a comment here just telling me which was your favorite digital paper pack by the 15th of November!

One LUCKY person will win a copy of the software ($40) for FREE!!!!!!!!

But guess what?

You are all winners!

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!

I know that some of you have issues about commenting on blogs so, if you are interested, just email me at -----> mywishbooks AT yahoo DOT com

HAVE FUN!!!!

"Wish" Bird is the word"

We have a new challenge word to introduce today at "Bird is the word".....our new word to use on a layout or other project is:

 "WISH"

 You will have one month to complete this project.  When the time is up for the challenge our design team will vote for a first place winner and four featured winners.

The first place winner will receive a blog badge and a kit from Tidbitz In Time.  All featured winners will receive a special badge for her blog.

The word "wish" is perfect for Christmas or Birthday layouts! And here is mine!!!

You made a wish to Santa and it came true!

I have used Echo Park's collection pack "Season's Greetings" which you can find at Enjoy Scrapping with ONLY 13.60euro!!! And believe me when I say it's one of the best EP collections! The papers & stickers are fantastic! I couldn't decide which one to use! And I am going to do a mini album too! It's perfect for that!!! And some close ups....

This is the "letter" to Santa and it comes out like a tag from that sweet envelope from "Rainbow Splendour"

This gorgeous handmade flower is by "Purple Pumpkin"

Here I cut a Sizzix snowflake, heat embossed it with a sparkling embossing powder, and then used the negative chipboard piece as a mask and misted with Tattered angels "Olive vine" 

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I would like to thank my friends Efi & Valia who sent me a blog award and asked me to state 7 things about me....

1.I Love my family and I thank God every single day because he keeps an eye on us and keeps as healthy

2. Well..it is not good but I must admit I am a Skroutz sometimes.... 

3. I am a lousy housewife (LOL) (οσα βλέπει η πεθερά)χαχαχα..αφου δε προλαβαίνωωωω!

4.I looooove scrapbooking..(can you tell?)

5. I am SO naive most of the times..I always see only the good in people...

6. I hate lies, hypocrisy and Irony

7.I am very polite, enthusiastic and positive person...

Most of my closer friends already have this award so I offer it to my followers!

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There are only 7 days left for you to enter the challenge over at Once Upon A Sketch!

..to play along with the current challenge. 

Journalling criteria: A most embarrassing/awkward/uncomfortable moment or characteristic/feature/habit/mannerism/quality or quirk you or someone around you possesses. Journal at least 2 SENTENCES on a moment that you will remember for all the wrong reasons.

Sponsors 

 

 

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 And lastly you should check out the "Chip chop shop" with yummy handmade embellies!!! Visit Leeann's blog and get a chance to win some for free!!!!

Sorry for the looooooooong post you guys....but my free time is like dinosaurs...vanished...LOL 

Thank you very much for visiting!!!

Hugssss!!!!!