June Winner!!

June was a bit quieter among the scrappy challenge sites, and i am blaming that on the super cold weather! Who wants to be sitting at a desk, when you can be sitting under a warm cosy blanket! lol!

Anyway, we have voted, and our winner is this page....

Congratulations Tammy L!!
This is Tammy's very first challenge entry and we think she has nailed it!! :)

This month's sponsor is none other than the lovely Janet from...

The Resin Rainbow specialises in unique handmade resin embellishments and much more! You can keep up with all their latest news here, and shop in their Etsy shop here!

Could you please email us via the contact tab above so we can get your prize out to you!

Thank you to everyone who joined us and played along, we hope you are all joining us again with our current challenge!

July Mid-Month Reveal!

Hi everyone!
With much of Australia having received an icy blast this past week, we hope you have all been keeping warm and dry and have had a chance to scrap! (And for those of you in the northern hemisphere who are currently enjoying the summer...lucky you! haha)

This month we have a colour challenge for you that has been designed by DT member Cally Brunner...

You will need to use the colours from the palette to create your entry (and can even be inspired by the photo if you wish!) and you must also include a handmade embellishment. Remember that you are not limited to creating a layout for our challenge - art journal spreads; cards; pocket page spreads; or even off the page creations are all welcome as long as they are created solely for our challenge and fit the criteria.

We are also lucky enough to have Cally (from Cally B Designs) supplying our prize this month. Take a look at this haul of goodies she has for our lucky winner...

Now here's what the rest of our team created for this month's challenge...

Cally

Handmade items from Burdys Embellies; Charms Creations; D-lish Scraps.

Also hand torn and sprayed card strip and (daughter Sammies) altered paper clip.

Emma

Charms Creations heart; Rainbow Splendour veneer; Studio 1440 flair; 

Flutterby Designs stencil; and handmade flags.

Chloe

Handmade items by Charms Creations; Burdy's Embellies

Sue

D-lish Scraps flair and wood veneer; Charms Creations heart; Flutterby Designs stencil; 

and handcut title

Lisette

Rainbow Splendour glitter leaf; Burdy's Embellies satin flower

Janet

Handmade embellishments from The Resin Rainbow and Rainbow Splendour

There you have it - plenty of eye candy to inspire your own creation! Entries for this challenge need to be linked up via the link tool by midnight, 31st July.

Happy scrapping!

July Challenge!!

WOW, we are now in July! This year is flying by! 

Are you feeling the Winter chills? We certainly are down South, and i think those of you up north are getting a bit of a cold snap too, so with the winter blues in mind, we have a new challenge for you! This months challenge is a colour challenge, using shades of blue, white and grey! You can also be inspired by the image of Frosty if you like! :)

This challenge has been designed by DT member Cally (graphics by our talented designer Chloe) and Cally is offering a prize to one lucky winner this month! How cool does that look!

Now to some DT inspiration...

Vicki
Handmade: Burdy's Embellies button and cogs, D'Lish Scraps flair

Sandra
I had the perfect photo for this challenge. 
I was inspired by the colours and the snowman.
My handmade items are Charms Creations hessian super star and cloud; Funky Flairs Studio flair; D-lish Scraps journaling tags

Leanne

Handmade: Rainbow Splendour wood veneer, and pins

Krisy

Handmade: Charms Creations cloud and heart, flair

Deena

Handmade items: snow, fussy cut a stamp and individually coloured the trees, Burdys Embellies - chevie borders, embossed wood veneer from flutterbydesigns - abstract 2, coloured resin butterfly from the resin rainbow and painted wood veneer from flutterbydesigns - confetti circles

Anita

Handmade item: Flutterby Designs flair

Amanda
Handmade: Charms Creations DIY chevron, Corbett Creations Wood Veneer word, Funky Flairs flair, Rainbow Splendour foam leaves, Burdy's Embellies cool cogs, D'lish Scraps Journail Its.

We hope you have been inspired by these examples.

Link all entries to the linky before midnight July 31 to be in the running for the awesome prize! :)

June Mid Month Reveal!!

We are now half way through June, and the weather has definitely turned wintery with lots of rain and cooler temperatures, so what better time to rug up and get some scrapping done! We hope you have added our 'Abandoned Items' challenge to your list! 

All you need to do is use this sketch anyway you like, as long as we can see the bones of the sketch (check the DT inspiration below - they are all such different takes on the challenge!), include at least one of the abandoned items from the list, and of course, your handmade item! Simple! :)

This month's sponsor is none other than the lovely Janet's very own handmade business...

The Resin Rainbow specialises in unique handmade resin embellishments and much more! You can keep up with all their latest news here, and shop in their Etsy shop here!

Now for some DT inspiration to get you started this month...

Anita

Using Flutterby Designs Flair button & Stickers, + Charms Creations 'Emoji' embellishment.

I've used rubons, buttons, stickers, brads & eyelets 

Krisy

Handmade items from Charms Creations, Sawyers Place flair, Flutterbys flair and stickers, and a packet of $2 shop stickers that said 'handmade'! :P

Sandra

Abandoned items are coloured card stock, felt die cuts, acrylic frame, metal charms, printed transparency, stickers, and brad. Handmade items - Charms Creations emoji and heavenly heart, Birdie's Embellies smilie button

Leanne
Abandoned items.. Pattern paper, fabric patch, cardboard milk tops, old sticker alphas, wood button and eyelet things... Handmade, Raibow splendour felt and cork leaves, wood veneer cross.. dLish flair.

Vicki

Lots of abandoned items used on this page. 
Handmade pinwheel from Rainbow Splendour!

Janet

The old item I used was the white embroidery floss and the lime green flag. 
Handmade embellishments: Lime green flag from Rainbow Splendour
Resin dots, black Daisy, clear stars and resin roses all from The Resin Rainbow
Yum-o flair is actually a badge from Wendy's.

Deena

Handmade Embellishemnts - Burdy's Embellies White Cogs. Abandonded Items - rhinestones, rubons and hessian ribbon

We hope you have been inspired to join in our challenge. It's really not as scary as you might first think! :)

All entries must be linked by midnight June 30!

May Winner!!

We have been getting so many awesome entries, that we find it very hard to pick a winner, however we have selected this layout as our May winner.... (the voting was very close on this one!) We think this layout is totally gorgeous!!

Congratulations Bridget Blake!!

You have won yourself an awesome embellishment pack from Charm at Charms Creations!

You can check out all the awesome embellishments that Charm creates at her Charms Creations Facebook page, or go shopping directly in her Bigcartel shop! You won't be disappointed!

Could you please email us via the contact tab above so we can get your prize out to you!

Thank you to everyone who joined us and played along, we hope you are all joining us again with our current challenge!

June Challenge!

Hi everyone! Well winter is finally officially here, hoping it's not too cold at your place yet but if it is, am hoping you are rugged up and warm.

This month's challenge comes courtesy of design team member Janet Bott and looks like this...

That's right - it's time to dust off all those poor "abandoned items" in your stash and put them to good use again! In conjunction with that, we also have a sketch for you to use as inspiration for your creation and as always, you must also include a handmade item.

This month's sponsor is none other than the lovely Janet's very own handmade business...

The Resin Rainbow specialises in unique handmade resin embellishments and much more! You can keep up with all their latest news here, and shop in their Etsy shop here!

Now for some DT inspiration to get you started this month...

Sue

I included lots of my abandoned items - coloured cardstock, flat paper flowers, pearls, rhinestones, buttons, a pin, twine, tulle.... and the colour purple!

Handmade items  - Flutterby Designs flair, Charms Creations heart, Burdy's Embellies chevies, and my own cut glitter frames.

Ali

Forgotten items are rubons, bling and twine. Handmade items are Burdy's Embellies chevrons, Rainbow Splendour pretty pin, D-Lish Scraps flair, and twine daisy made by me.

Cally

Abandoned items - blue lace and gold stars. 

Handmade items - Rainbow Splendour bow, D-Lish Scraps Dream Big, feathers and flower, Charms Creations cloud

Chloe

Handmade items from Rainbow Splendour, Charms Creations, Greastest View and Burdy's Embellies

Emma

Handmade button and flair

Lisette

Loved this challenge. Everything on my layout, except the photos, has been in my stash for a very long time - inlcuding the cardstock & paper. I have used buttons, brads, eyelets, wire, braid, pins rhinestones. I think the shells were from one of the first pack of embellies that I ever bought - many moons ago!. My handmade item is the flower. I put two flowers I received in a swap together. 

Amanda

Managed to somehow include all the abandoned items! Lol. 

Handmade item is the Gold vellum bow from Rainbow Splendour.

We hope these pages have inspired you to have a go at our challenge!

All entries need to be linked by midnight June 30!

May Guest Designer Inspiration!!

This month we have Judy Willey joining us as our Guest Designer in the 'Poetry and hearts' challenge..

This is Judy's really sparkly and cool layout...

You can find all of Judy's gorgeous work on her blog here: https://judywblog.wordpress.com/

A little bit about Judy.....

Hi My name is Judy and I live in beautiful north Queensland with my very understanding husband. I have always enjoyed  working with textiles and paper. I started scrapping about 10 years ago and regularly meet with a group of friends to scrap and chat. My style is ever changing but I love layers and experimenting with new techniques. We have 7 beautiful grand children who are the focus of much of my scrapping.

Thank you for joining us Judy!!

We hope Judy has inspired you to join in with our challenge! :)

May Mid-Month Reveal!!

It is mid month reveal time! My poetry was really bad at the start of the month, so i won't inflict that on you again, i will just remind you of our current challenge and show you some more awesome DT examples to be inspired by! :)

The challenge is to create a layout that includes 'Poetry and Hearts' along with the usual handmade embellishment! 

This months awesome sponsor, as showcased in many of our DT layouts, is Charm at...

You can check out all the awesome embellishments that Charm creates at her Charms Creations Facebook page, or go shopping directly in her Bigcartel shop! You won't be disappointed!

Now for the DT inspiration...

Cally

Handmade tag by me, Rainbow Splendour veneers, feather, leaf, heart pop, chevrons, Corbett creations Anzac day & Australia day veneers...

Ali

handmade item is a Burdy's chevron

Emma

Handmade washi banner

Vicki

Burdy's Embellies love candy, awesome arrow and smilie button, and old school Charms Creation

Sue

D-lish Scraps flair; die cut pieces; punched hearts

Janet

Handmade resin embellishments (camera, moustache and hearts) from The Resin Rainbow:theresinrainbow.etsy.com, Handmade clip, felt feathers (painted them) from Rainbow Splendour. 

Lisette

Handmade item - D-lish flair. I have use the last two lines from The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost. 

To be in the draw to win some Charms Creations, make sure you have linked your page to the linky prior to midnight May 31!