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Wednesday, May 23, 2012

SOPHIE'S CHALLENGE WINNERS FOR APRIL!!!!

Hi kids, it's Sophie here! Thankyou for waiting so patiently to find out the April Sophie's Corner winners! So with out further ado the 3 winners are: In first place-
Second Place
Third Place :
Thankyou to everyone for playing along in the April challenge! Make sure you enter this months challenge which is to use circles! You only have a few days left to get your entries in and go into the draw to win some great prizes! Happy Scrapping!

Wednesday, May 16, 2012

COME ON JUNIOR SCRAPPERS!!

There are great prizes to win, the 3 winners are randomly drawn, so come on ask your Mum or Dad to upload your layouts to be in the draw ! Come on, we know there are junior scrappers out there!! Sophie loves to give prizes away, so you have to be in it to win it!!

Get the details here.

Tuesday, May 15, 2012

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY AND APRIL WINNERS

I am sitting enjoying mhy second cup of tea, and I am having a ME day - in my pj's and i am going to scrap !!! Happy Mother's Day to all of you Mamas, Aunts,Grandmas,Caregivers, and special people who give their heart and soul for our beautiful children! Now onto the April Winners!!! The winner of Charm's Creations Voucher is: Lizzy Hill!! Congrats Lizzy what a gorgeous card!
The winner of the voucher at AH SCRAP is: Lauren
Gorgeous layout! Could you please contact me by email and I will let Charm and Donna know so they can contact you!!

MAY 15TH GROUP 2 CHALLENGE IS:

I asked Penny to use her May Try This Technique challenge as our May group 2 challenge - just for a change - and wowwwwww look what Penny came up with! Thanks so much Penny - I look forward to seeing your fab samples!! Big thanks to Stacey Young for letting us use her tutorial!!

 MAY Try This......((which is also the GROUP 2 challenge)).........is TEXTURED BACKGROUNDS. Courtesy of the fabulous Stacey Young, layering extraordinnaire! Her tutorial takes you through a whole canvas, but the technique to focus on is the gorgeous FABRIC & PAINT BACKGROUND (steps 1 & 2). Get messy and enjoy! Here is the link.

 Now for our fantastic DT samples!! Here is Penny's fun layout!


Here is Leanne's layout

Oh take a look at Sarah's canvas - it is just stunning.

Next we have Raquel's!

Now we have Sandrine's!

Now we have Eb's

Here is Tara's amazing canvas:
I am sure you will agree that the samples are just gorgeous - hope to see lots of your textured backgrounds this month!!

Bye for now Hugs Marelle

Thursday, May 3, 2012

SOPHIE'S CORNER - MAY

Hey Kids, Sophie here with this months Sophie's Corner challenge, which is to use circles! You can use as many as you like, in any size or form!! Here is a sample...
Hope you all have a go at this challenge, as there are some awesome prizes up for grabs! Have fun scrapping :) Sophie xxxxx

Tuesday, April 10, 2012

OUR GROUP 2 APRIL CHALLENGE IS:


Use this cute crocheted mushroom as your inspiration!

Just take a look see at our DT samples WOWW

First we have Penny's a funky layout wowww



Just look at Sarah's how cute is that dress!



Look at Sandrine's wayyyy cute !!



Now onto Leanne's hilarious cute page


Take a lookie at Eb's !soooo fab


Now Tara's gorgeous page



I am sure you will agree that the DT have come up with stunning inspiration for you this month - we are looking forward to seeing what you all come up with !!

((Remember to add some paper quills from the April TRY THIS technique for extra chances to win great prizes!!! from Penny x))

Sunday, April 1, 2012

OK LOTS OF YUMMINESS TO READ TODAY - NOW IT'S OVER TO SOPHIE'S CORNER!

Hi everyone,
Sophie here! - Thank you so much for joining in our very first Sophie's Corner in March! Your layouts were just fantastic. A winner will be drawn "out of a hat" so stay tuned to see who it will be!

The challenge this month at Sophie's Corner is to use the colour GREEN somewhere on your layout!
Here is my sample - looking forward to seeing your layouts.





Bye for now
Sophiexxx

Wednesday, February 29, 2012

JUST A REMINDER WHEN LINKING YOUR LAYOUTS

Just a reminder - if you could please link Mr Linky directly to your SUYS challenge layout, and not directly to your blog, it will help our DT members to go directly to your layout to leave love!! Thank you !!

Monday, February 20, 2012

LOOK ANOTHER SPONSOR IS HAVING A SALE!


One of our new sponsors for 2012 Scrap Elegance is having a sale on Feb 22nd!
Yummy handmade items!!



HERE
Next Sales Event will be at 7pm on Wednesday 22 February
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Tuesday, February 7, 2012

ONE OF OUR SPONSORS IS HAVING A SALE!!


A Lil' Somethin'
Be sure to pop this in your calendar ... we are really excited about this release and hope you will pop by as you are not going to want to miss it

hereFebruary release!! Don't miss this sale
Tuesday, February 21 at 7:00pm..

Sunday, November 13, 2011

WINNERS WINNERS CHICKEN DINNERS

Apologies for the delay in announcing October winners, I have had serious computer issues and hopefully they have been sorted out!

I would also like to thank Peta MacBeth from SCRAPBOOKINGFROMSCRATCH for donating a $15.00 voucher to spend in her store - Peta helped me out at the last minute and I truly appreciate her generosity! Don't forget to check out her store here Peta's kits are awesome but they do sell out very quickly!!

The winner of the Sketch challenge is ..... Lauren Bell!! Congrats Lauren, could you please email me for your voucher code!

The winner of the Group 2 challenge is........ Linda Eggleton!!Congratulations Linda, You have won a packet of Basic Grey Glazed brads, and a packet of Basic Grey Journal Swash stamps donated by me! Please email your address so I can mail your prize!




The winner of the TRY THIS technique is.........Amanda Toyer!You have won a selection of rub ons from Paper Inklings. Could you please email me your address and I will mail them out to you!

Sunday, November 6, 2011

DON'T FORGET YOU CAN WIN AN EXTRA PRIZE BY INCLUDING THE TRY THIS TECHNIQUE IN YOUR LAYOUT

TRY THIS CHALLENGE - remember if you add the TRY THIS technique to your layouts, you will go into a draw to win an extra prize!!


Penny runs the TRY THIS challenge each month, thanks Penny!


Blanket Stitch
I love the look of blanket stitch on cardstock!
Try it around a mat, a handcut embie or the entire background sheet.
Is your blanket stitch a bit rusty? Then check out this YouTube video or search for others like it.

I look forward to seeing your layouts girls!!

Please come back to see who our Guest DT for Challenge Group 1 is .....

I look forward to you showing us your stuff!!!

HERE IS MY INTERPRETATION OF THE SKETCH!


I used a Kaisercraft dressform and added a piece of a white crocheted doiley, and some netting as a skirt!!
Thanks so much Sara for always designing such awesome sketches!!
Stay tuned for the October winners !!!

Tuesday, November 1, 2011

OUR SPONSOR FOR NOVEMBER


A big thanks to Angela for donating our prize packs this month and for supplying the DT with Scrapware goodies to use!!
I will post a pick of the prize packs later today and come back and let you know all about Scrapware's new online venture!
HI everyone This is an entry which came in before 12pm last night but as I had not been able to reset Mr Linky (I tried and tried in earnest)I am putting this up here
for Sarah G - I promise that from this month I will have the Mr Linky business sorted (with the help of a sweet expert in these matters - whom I will reward with chocolate lol)..

Thanks for your support and understanding....
I will be back later with the November challenges and Try This challenge!!

Monday, October 31, 2011

NOVEMBER 1ST CHALLENGE

WHOOO is it really November 1st already??

Here is our November sketch from the talented Sara N



And here are our Group 1 DT samples!!

First we have Sara's fab layout!


Next up we have Leonie's layout!



Next up Sophie's layout!


Next up we have Georgia's layout!




TRY THIS CHALLENGE - remember if you add the TRY THIS technique to your layouts, you will go into a draw to win an extra prize!!

Penny runs the TRY THIS challenge each month, thanks Penny!

Blanket Stitch
I love the look of blanket stitch on cardstock!
Try it around a mat, a handcut embie or the entire background sheet.
Is your blanket stitch a bit rusty? Then check out this YouTube video or search for others like it.

I look forward to seeing your layouts girls!!

Please come back to see who our Guest DT for Challenge Group 1 is .....

I look forward to you showing us your stuff!!!