Saturday, December 29, 2012

A fun and exciting announcement for 2013!

We are so excited to announce that we are going to be a permanent sponsor at Once Upon A Sketch for the year of 2013!

Each month for the coming year, we will donate our Main Kit to one lucky participant in the Once Upon A Sketch challenges, so you will want to be sure to stop by and participate in their challenges for a chance to win!

If you haven't heard about Once Upon A Sketch, you have been missing out on some fun and inspirational challenges... here's a little bit about this awesome blog started by Nadia Cannizzo:

Do you find you are not including as much journalling on your projects as you used to? Are you the type that needs to include journalling on ALL your projects? Maybe you are not sure on what to write about and just leave it out. Whatever your story, we hope that here at Once Upon A...Sketch we encourage you and inspire you to journal more on your projects.


We are an international sketch challenge blog and encourage everyone from all parts of the world to take part in our MONTHLY sketch challenges.



We have an international Design Team that will create a LAYOUT based on that month's sketch and criteria which will hopefully give you the push you need. 





On the 1st of every month, we will release a brand new sketch accompanied with some journaling criteria which you will have 1 month to complete. We ask you to upload your project to your blog or online gallery and and  link us with it using the Link tool which will be at the bottom of the challenge post . You will know how long you have left because there will be a timer at the bottom of the Link tool. We ask you to please link us DIRECTLY back to your post that includes that month's challenge.
At the end of each challenge, the Design Team will vote on their favourite projects.
The winning entry will get the chance to come back as a Guest Designer for Once Upon A ...Sketch the following month and  design together with the rest of the Design Team while the Top 5 layouts, as voted by the Design Team, will be featured on our blog banner!


The winners and Top 5 featured projects will be announced soon after the challenge finishes.

Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Glue Gun Effects Tutorial by Vivian Keh

I thought I would post our new tutorials here, just in case you haven't already seen them on our Facebook page...

Today, we have an awesome new technique tutorial by Vivian Keh.  Vivian used our December Color Add On to create an amazing cool background for this layout:






And even better, it's a video tutorial (Don't ya just love those video tutorials?  They are my favorite, for sure!).



I hope you enjoy the tutorial, and that we've inspired you to try something new today!

~Melinda

Saturday, December 15, 2012

December Kit Reveal!

It's Reveal Day!!! And we're so happy to bring you our newest kit... 

A Long December



Our December kit is full of winter fun, with beautiful papers from Fancy Pants, Little Yellow Bicycle, and Carta Bella, and beautiful embellishments to scrap those wonderful winter photos you have or are about to take!

And I normally don't include the add on pictures on our reveal day post, but we've got those awesome new Art Anthology Colorations mists and Sorbet dimensional paints in our Color Add On, and I just had to share!



And we have a beautiful new sketch by Suepup this month:






We also have several new tutorials to go with this kit.  I'll include the links here now, and I'll also be posting them here individually over the next few days, so be sure to stop back to see them!  

Concentrated to Diffuse:  Mixed Media Tutorial #1 by Vivian Keh

Art Journal Page with Angelina Fibers by Sara Onneby

Faux Vintage Tin Background by Renea Harrison

Thank you for stopping by, and I hope you can squeeze a little crafting time in with your holiday activities this weekend!

 

Saturday, December 8, 2012

Win our December Kit!

Have you been playing along with PaperHaus Magazine's 12 Days of Christmas?  If not, you are missing out!  They have been giving away a fabulous prize each day to one lucky winner.


Today is Day 8, and we are thrilled to be the sponsor for Day 8, and the prize is our December kit, Winter Wishes. So stop by the PaperHaus website for your chance to win!

Tuesday, December 4, 2012

PaperHaus Magazine's 12 Days of Christmas

Today is day 4 of PaperHaus Magazine's 12 Days of Christmas. Did you stop by and see what today's prize is? (here's a hint - we are today's sponsor!)

 Stop by to see the beautiful tag Candice Elliott created and for your chance to win today's prize!

Day 4 of PaperHaus Magazine's 12 Days of Christmas

We have a winner!

Before I announce who our winner is, I'd just like to take a moment to thank everyone who stopped by and hopped along with us.  We all had a great time, and I hope you did, too!

But now for what you really want to see...


                                  Who won???


The winner of our December Winter Wishes kit is...

Buffy Esser

And this is what Buffy said:

Wonderful kit! I really enjoyed the blog hop and I even posted about it on my blog at http://cherishedmementos.blogspot.com/ I have a feeling I will spend the next few minutes going back to look through the new blogs I follow (I get distracted easily so I didn't really read more then the intros and the first few posts on each blog or I would have gotten lost lol) so I will go back now :o) thanks for the opportunity and all the new blogs :o)

Buffy, please email me, Melinda with your mailing info and I'll get your kit sent right out!

Saturday, December 1, 2012

December Kit Reveal Blog Hop!

Welcome to the Scraps of Elegance December Blog Hop
and Design Team Reveal

We're unveiling our December Kit

Winter Wishes

You can see the full kit and add ons on our website and in our store, and
Scraps of Elegance Is giving away our fabulous
Winter Wishes Kit to one lucky winner!

Our Scraps of Darkness Designers are sharing their work with the November
“Karma kit”

We would also like you to meet our newest design team members!
Sara Onneby - Educator
Vivian Keh - Educator
Kristie Taylor - Designer
Agnieszka Bellaidea - Designer
Sarah Bargo - Designer
Evgenia Petzer - Designer

All you have to do is become a follower of the Scraps of Elegance blog and “like us” on Facebook. You must visit each participating blog and leave a comment on each blog in order to be eligible for the prize.
When you have visited and commented on all the blogs return to the Scraps of Elegance blog and leave us a comment letting us know how much fun you had.
If you post about this blog hop on your own blog you will be entered into the drawing twice for an extra chance to win, so be sure to let us know in your post if you have done that!

We are sure you will be inspired by our talented design team.
The December kit is stunning and you won’t want to miss out on grabbing one for yourself!
**Open to international entries**

You have until Monday December 3rd at 1:00 AM PST to complete the hop.
The winner will be announced on the Scraps of Elegance blog on Tuesday December 4th.
Be sure to check back on that day to see if you have won…

Have fun!
Blogs to visit

Return to this blog - Scraps of Elegance

December Blog Hop - Scraps of Elegance

Welcome to the Scraps of Elegance December Blog Hop
and Design Team Reveal

Scraps of Elegance is unveiling their December Kit

Winter Wishes

You can see the full kit and add ons in our store and on the Scraps of Elegance website, and Scraps of Elegance Is giving away their fabulous Winter Wishes Kit to one lucky winner of this hop!

Our Scraps of Darkness Designers are sharing their work with the November “Karma kit”

We would also like you to meet our newest design team members!
Sara Onneby - Educator
Vivian Keh - Educator
Kristie Taylor - Designer
Agnieszka Bellaidea - Designer
Sarah Bargo - Designer
Evgenia Petzer - Designer

All you have to do is become a follower of the Scraps of Elegance blog and “like us” on Facebook. You must visit each participating blog and leave a comment on each blog in order to be eligible for the prize.
When you have visited and commented on all the blogs return to the Scraps of Elegance blog and leave a comment letting us know how much fun you had.
If you post about this blog hop on your own blog you will be entered into the drawing twice for an extra chance to win, so be sure to let us know in your post if you have done that!

We are sure you will be inspired by our talented design team.
The December kit is stunning and you won’t want to miss out on grabbing one for yourself!

**Open to international entries**

You have until Monday December 3rd at 1:00 AM PST to complete the hop.
The winner will be announced on the Scraps of Elegance blog on Tuesday December 4th.
Be sure to check back on that day to see if you have won…

Have fun!
Blogs to visit

Return to  Scraps of Elegance