...and the Sketch Challenge winner is......

......drum roll........TA DAAA!!!!

Came A Cavalier!!

Submitted by Janice Daquila-Pardo
Austin, Texas
www.theconstantscrapper.com

My goodness, we had a lot of votes and it was a very close race. Congratulations to Janice - I will be in contact with you regarding claiming your prize.

Thank you to everyone who participated in this challenge - all of the submissions were fantastic - great job!

Please keep your layouts coming; we can always use some extra help with our pages. Keep an eye on the blog for another challenge in about a month.

TTFN, Ann :-)

Here are the Sketch Challenge submissions....

Hello everyone
Well here they are.....the gorgeous submissions for the current Sketch Challenge (which has now closed). We have had quite a few pages sent in which is just fantastic!
To vote for your favourite layout, simply send your vote to mealin@optusnet.com.au and advise the name of the layout that you like.
Voting closes on Sunday 30 January 2011 and I will announce the winner on Tuesday 1 Feb.
Good luck to all of the participants and thank you for sending them in.
Now.....here are the layouts :-)

Submitted by Tina Parsons
Narangba, Queensland

Submitted by Tanya Matthews
Morayfield, Queensland

Submitted by Regina Chandler
Eight Mile Plains, Queensland

Submitted by Michelle Labelle
Sylvan Lake, Alberta, Canada

Submitted by Jessica Mason
Blacklick, Ohio, USA

Submitted by Janice Daquilo-Pardo
Austin, Texas, USA

Submitted by Jacqueline Whitehead
Newcastle, New South Wales

Submitted by Dale Tiernan,
Booragoon, Western Australia

Aren't they all great? I just love the different interpretations of the sketch with the embellishments. I think it might be hard to decide a winner. I can't wait to see who that will be.

Please send in you votes before midnight Sunday 30 January - thanks heaps!

TTFN, Ann :-)

A home in my heart.....

Hello everyone
I have received some gorgeous layouts from Tracy in Dubai, UAE that I would like to share with you:-

Submitted by Tracy Belling
Dubai, UAE

Submitted by Tracy Belling
Dubai, UAE

Submitted by Tracy Belling
Dubai, UAE

Submitted by Tracy Belling
Dubai, UAE

Submitted by Tracy Belling
Dubai, UAE

Submitted by Tracy Belling
Dubai, UAE

Aren't they great? I just love the colours that she has used in the Cherish layout - very rich and elegant and fitting to the theme. I hope that you have enjoyed these as well.

Remember, there is only a week to go before the Sketch Challenge submission close so check out the sketch below from Becky Fleck and send in your layout soon.


I look forward to receiving them.

Take care, Ann :-)

New Sketch Challenge

Hello everyone
I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas with family and friends and managed not to put on too many extra kilos with all of the yummy food!

I have a new sketch challenge for you. This sketch has been created by the talented Becky Fleck from Page Maps.


Ok, so we will close submissions on 23 January 2011 and then I will put up the layouts for voting for about a week. As usual, we will have a nice little prize pack for the winner.

So put your thinking caps on and start work on your layout - I might even have a go at this one myself!! I would love to see what you all come up with - sketches are a great resource for inspiration when we have that dreaded scrappers block! Just remember to use 3 photos.....

Enjoy the rest of your holiday break if you are lucky enough to be doing so - we have had a very wet Festive season here in Queensland - hopefully we will see some sunshine soon, but it is a great excuse to do some scrapping! :-)

Looking forward to hearing from you soon. Take care, Ann :-)