2016 Design Team revealed!

Hi everyone! We hope you are all enjoying the holiday season, whatever you are up to!

It's finally time to reveal our 2016 design team line-up...

ALI ABERNETHY

(returning)

AMANDA HARTMANN

(returning)

ANITA RODWAY

CALLY BRUNNER

DEENA OTWAY

EMMA ZAPPONE

JANET BOTT

KRISY PODOLAK

LEANNE JAGO

(returning)

LISETTE SMITH

(returning)

SANDRA BRIMELOW

(returning)

CHLOE NIELSEN

Pinterest Manager

(returning)

SUE PLUMB

Technical Editor

(returning)

VICKI BURDON

Challenge Owner & Administrator

So there you have it - our amazing 2016 design team line-up! Please join with us in welcoming all our new members and welcoming back our returning ones. We are so excited to share their inspiring creations with you all in 2016!

If you would like to learn more about everyone, visit our Facebook page HERE where an individual bio for each of our team members has been posted.

Our new team will reveal their first layouts for the January challenge (and they are AWESOME!) In the meantime, if you haven't already entered our final challenge for 2015, then you had better hurry! Entries close when the clock ticks over to 2016! You will find the current challenge details HERE.

Til next time, happy scrapping! :)

December Mid-Month Reveal!!

Hi everyone! 

Can you believe it's the middle of the month already? That means it's time for another awesome serve of inspiration from our design team!

But first, here's a reminder of this month's fabulous sketch challenge, designed by Chloe for you...

And a reminder that this month we have a BUMPER prize pool for our winner too! This month, our DT girls are playing Secret Santa for our winner and they have a huge haul of goodies on offer! (Stay tuned to the Facebook page for some sneak peeks!)

Now here are the layouts from our team...

Leanne

Rainbow Splendour leaves; D-lish Scraps flair and wood frame

Sue

Flair from D-lish Scraps

Paula
Flutterby Designs flair

Kylie
Handmade flower

Ali
Charms Creations diamond

Aren't they fabulous??? It's amazing how one sketch can turn out so many different layouts!

Now, if you would like to be in with a chance of scooping our huge December prize pool, then you need to get your entry linked up on the blog no later than midnight, 31st December. (Because when the clock strikes 12, you are out of time!)

As this will be the last time we are sharing layouts from our current team, we would like to take this opportunity to thank all our 2015 design team members for their time, effort and commitment. We simply couldn't do it without you!

Stay tuned - our new team will be revealed shortly.

Happy scrapping! :)

November Winners!

Hi everyone! I hope all the school mums are breathing a collective sigh of relief, as school's out for another year here in Australia. (And now the countdown to Christmas is on!)

Anyway, it's time to announce the winner of our November challenge, which was our travel themed challenge designed by DT member Sandra. We had some AWESOME entries, and you guys really made our decision hard!

Our first winner is this gorgeous layout...

belonging to...Fiona Johnstone!

Congrats Fiona, your layout is beautiful, and so poignant in light of the tragic events in Paris last month. Fiona has won her own custom artwork from Leanne at Art by Leanne Jago

(*Please note that this is a sample of Leanne's work for illustrative purposes only*)

Fiona - please send us an email via the contact tab above and we will put you in touch with Leanne to discuss the details of your prize. We would also like to invite you to do a guest DT spot for us in February.

You can read more about Fiona's layout on her blog HERE

Our second winner is from one of our international entrants...

belonging to...myriamMG (France)

Congrats Myriam, your layout is fabulous! Unfortunately as per our rules, we are unable to offer prizes to our international entrants, but we would love to invite you to guest DT for us in February also. If you would like to contact us via the tab above, we will provide you all the details. 

You can read more about Myriam's layout on her blog HERE

Thank you to all our participants who played along with us in November, we hope you are all playing along with this month's sketch challenge from Chloe as there is a BIG bounty of prizes on offer for our winner courtesy of our DT girls. (Stay tuned to the Facebook page for more details!)

Til next time, happy scrapping! 

December Challenge!!

WOW! This year has totally flown by! We are in December already! 

We know how busy life can get at this time of the year, so Chloe has designed this nice easy sketch challenge for you all! Use the sketch to inspire your page, and don't forget to add your handmade embellishments! :)

And, we have a special surprise up our sleeve for this month's sponsor...

That's right! This month the sponsor is US!!! And in keeping with the spirit of Christmas, our team is playing "Secret Santa" for this month's winner. Our lucky winner will receive a variety of happy, scrappy, surprise gifts. Doesn't that sound fun?! (Maybe if you are all VERY good, we might post a few sneaks during the month to tempt you.)

Now here is some inspiration from our team to get your creative juices flowing...

Amanda
Charms Creations heart, Funky Flair Studio flair, and Burdy's Embellies awesome arrows

Chloe

Embellishments from Rainbow Splendour, Charms Creations, Burdy's Embellies, D-lish Scraps

Lisette

Handmade items are Flutterby Designs flair and D'lish Journal It!

Sandra

D-lish Scraps flair, and some hand-covered fabric buttons.

Vicki
Burdy's Embellies cog, Rainbow Splendour triangle, Charms Creations Star and homemade resin dots

How is that for some eye candy!! The team has done an awesome job with the sketch this month, and we hope you are all inspired by these pages!!

Link up your entry before the end of the month to be in the running for the awesome SECRET SANTA prize!!!

DT CALL!!!

Hi friends, we made a little mistake on our DT Call post, and put the wrong email address!! If you emailed an application, can you please resend it to our correct email address, showusyourstuffchblog@gmail.com by Sunday, Nov 29. Thank you!!!

November Mid-month Reveal!

Hi everyone!
Half the month is gone already?! Whaaaaaat?
At least that means it's time for a mid-month reveal from our team! This month our challenge has been designed by our very own DT member Sandra, and it looks like this...

Don't let the criteria overwhelm you though - think outside the square! (For example - if you don't have any actual travel photos to scrap, why not use a car selfie? No patterned paper with a map on it? Print one yourself or even get your kids to draw you one!) And, as always, dont forget to include a handmade embellishment somewhere on your layout!

And a reminder about this month's AMAZING prize! Our very own artist in residence and DT member Leanne from Art by Leanne Jago has offered our lucky winner their very own customised 8x10"artwork!

Just look at these examples of Leanne's talent...

You can see more of Leanne's stunning creations via her Facebook page - Art by Leanne Jago and you can also follow her adventures on Instagram - @itswhatido77

Now onto our reveal from the team...

Amanda

Charms Creations heavenly heart

Chloe

Charms Creations star, Burdy's Embellies cool cogs, {scrAp this!} flag

Vicki

Embellishments from Rainbow Splendour and Burdy's Embellies

(Yes - we welcome pocket page layouts here at Show Us Your Stuff as long as they fit our criteria!)

Lisette

D-lish Scraps flair buttons; Burdy's Embellies bow; handmade die cut tag

(Lisette also printed off the flight path maps to include on her layout - clever!)

Kylie

Handmade clip (and amazing handcrafted background!)

Bet that has got your mind ticking and your mojo racing now! You have until the end of the month to link up your entries for this challenge to be in the running for the amazing prize from Leanne.

Happy scrapping! :)

October Winner(s)!

Hi everyone!
It's time to announce the winner of our October challenge! We had such an amazing array of subects for our "No People" challenge and loved seeing them all! This month we are pleased to announce we have TWO winners to announce.

The first is this fabulous layout...

belonging to...Katie Howard!

Congrats Katie, your layout was awesome! Katie has won a prize from our October Sponsor - Agnus from {scrAp this!}

Katie - please send us an email via the contact tab above and we will pass your details on to get your prize organised. We would also like to invite you to do a guest DT spot for us in January.
You can read more about Katie's layout on her blog HERE


This month, we also have an extra "winner", which comes from one of our international entrants...

belonging to...Laura R!

Congrats Laura, we just loved your layout! Unfortunately, as per our rules we are unable to offer prizes to our international entrants due to the high cost of postage from Australia, but we would love to invite you to guest DT for us in January also. If you would like to contact us via the tab above, we will provide you all the details.
You can read more about Laura's gorgeous layout on her blog HERE

Thank you to everyone who played along with us in October, we so enjoyed seeing your work! We hope you are all joining us again this month with our current "travel" challenge. You can find all the details for it HERE.

Don't forget about our current Design Team call out - we are on the hunt for some new team members to join us in 2016! (No previous DT experience is necessary - we love new faces!) Full details of the requirements can be found HERE
Til next time, happy scrapping! :)

SUYS DT CALL!!! We Want YOU!!!!!

That's right, its almost the end of another year, 

and time for us to look for some new DT members!!

DT Call open 4th Nov - 22 Nov

If you are a keen scrapbooker, card maker or project lifer, 

and love using handmade embellishments, we would love to hear from you!!

Show Us Your Stuff is all about showing off your style, while showcasing HANDMADE EMBELLISHMENTS, so this is our first and most important requirement for our design team members! Our second and equally important requirement is that you must be a team player. You must be able to commit to active participation in our team at all times (we know life gets busy, and we are flexible, but we can't always rely on one person to do everything!).

Other requirements:

1 example per month (to be loaded as per schedule),

commenting and voting on entries each month,

active participation in our planning group,

setting and planning challenges,

assisting in sourcing sponsors,

active participation on our Show Us Your Stuff Facebook page,

promotion of our challenges through any social media outlets you use,

able to commit to a possible 12 month position.

If this sounds like a commitment you would like to undertake, please email us at showusyourstuffchblog@gmail.com with details about you and your crafting history, past or current DT commitments (you don't need to have been on past DT's, we just like to know), and 3 examples of your work.

This call is also open to all past and present DT members, and all applications will be considered.

November challenge!

Hi Show Us Your Stuff fans! Can you believe that we are up to our second last challenge for the year? Where did the year go? We are now speeding towards Christmas and our summer holidays here in Australia.

This month's challenge has been designed by our very own DT member Sandra Brimelow, and she has a fabulous challenge for you all...

That's right - it's time to travel! For travel themed words think travel, journey, fly, ride, drive, road, suitcase, ticket, map, etc. (Just make sure your travel themed word is prominent on your creation.) Your travel photo could be a holiday snap, photos of someone "travelling", even car selfies!) If you don't have any patterned paper with a map printed on it, think old street directory / atlas, or print / draw your own! There is plenty of room to be creative for this challenge. Just don't forget to include a handmade embellishment somewhere on there too!

This month, we are very pleased to announce a brand new and very special sponsor...

ART BY LEANNE JAGO

For those who don't already know, our DT member Leanne is not only a super scrapper, but also a very talented artist and photographer to boot! Leanne has recently branched out into creating unique artworks for sale using a variety of mediums including watercolour, ink, acrylic, spray paint and mixed media; and has even begun selling her pieces internationally.

Here are some samples of her work...

You can see more of Leanne's stunning creations via her Facebook page - Art by Leanne Jago and you can also follow her adventures on Instagram - @itswhatido77

Leanne is offering this month's lucky winner their very own customised 8x10" artwork! (The content of which will be determined following discussion between Leanne and the winner - just no people, peeps!) How's that for an amazing prize?

Talk about a tough act to follow - now onto some inspiration from our Design Team...

Sandra (this month's challenge designer)

Charms Creations map marker

Leanne (this month's sponsor)

Star pin and hessian leaves from Rainbow Splendour; flair from D-lish Scraps

Ali

Burdy's Embellies arrows; Rainbow Splendour bow

Paula

Flutterby Designs flair

Sue

D-lish Scraps flair

There you have it - another fabulous challenge, an amazing prize and a heap of inspiration from the team. Hopefully you are inspired and ready to give it a go! Entries will need to be linked up no later than midnight, 30th November.

Happy scrapping!