Send your dreams into the world...

Well hellooo! It's Friday again - which means it's my turn at Sassy Scrappers to inspire and delight you with some Studio Calico goodness!

There are some lovely little detail shots to feast your eyes on and, of course, all the goodies are available in store now!

Happy scrapping!

Show us your stuff Wednesdays...

 Hi Scrappy friends!

Don't forget today is "Show us your Stuff Wednesday" at Sassy Scrappers! We are running it all through March and we would love all Sassy Scrapper customers to send in their projects/layouts/cards etc, for us to display on our wall.....One lucky customer this month will win this gorgeous American Crafts - Lucky Charm Collection Pack...Use the linkz on the blog.. http://sassyscrappers1.blogspot.com.au/ or simply email your creations to: sassyscrapper@wideband.net.au..So show us your Stuff and WIN!

Giveaway Winner!

Hello hello!

Hope you are enjoying your weekends and managing to grab a few minutes to yourselves to get your craft on!

Thank you to all those who entered my Giveaway and spread the 'Anticlockwise' word! I put all your names (multiple entries depending on shares etc) into a bowl and my got my gorgeous assistants to draw the winner.... Without further ado, the person who the pack will be winging it's way to is:

Congratulations Nitasha!! If you could get in touch with me so I can get your shipping details, that would be lovely.

As a thank you to everyone else who entered and my followers, both new and old, I have designed a little thank you printable for you. Enjoy!

I so appreciate all the support you have shown me and I absolutely love reading your comments. Thank you x

It's gonna be OK

Today, on the completely new, awesome Sassy Scrappers blog, I'm sharing a layout centered around my amazing sister . I'd love it if you popped over to see some close ups and the gorgeous Studio Calico goodies I used to create it.

I'm also sooooo excited to share that I have just had one of my layouts published in Scrapbooking Memories (Vol 15 No 7, pg 39) This is my first appearance in any publication, so you can imagine the dancing that happened around my letterbox when my sub came!

Wishing you a fabulous weekend!

Can you dig it?

** If you are here for my Giveaway, please click here**

The new sketch at Sassy Scrappers is up! I really loved it. (I personally prefer a more simple sketch, so I don't get too distracted by too many 'specifics'.) We'd love for you to join us! The winner will receive a $20 store voucher with free postage (international included!!) Plus, right now, there's half price postage!!

I am super duper thrilled to be working with Studio Calico's 'Sundrifter' this month!

Sea World have this great Dino fossil digging pit, where kids (of all ages ;) can unearth some treasures with a paint brush! For the circles in the sketch, I've used various textures, starting with some Versamark on top of the cardstock using my go-to stamp at the moment. I've also got a fab 'Fresh Style' flair from Greatest View. There are also some itty bitty Studio Calico wood veneer phrases and another 'splatter' stamp with yellow ink.

I printed off a dinosaur skeleton that I found online, onto some kraft card. I've raised his bones on some foam tape for depth. That's glorious Glitz Design 'Color Me Happy' washi tape in the background, along with some Sundrifter die cut shapes.

American Crafts chipboard thickers in Ombre Limeade

Products used: Kaisercraft card stock 'Coconut', Glitz Design Color me happy washi, Bo Bunny alphas, American Crafts thickets, Studio Calico 'Sundrifter' phrases wood veneer, Studio Calico pp Sundrifter 'Beautiful' & 'Teepee', Studio Calico 'Sundrifter' Die cut shapes, Greatest View flair, Amy Tangering 'Yes please' roller stamp, Stamp it Stamp, Versamark and other inks.

All of these products and more are available in store now!

See you soon!

It's the weekend...

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It's almost the weekend again! Hopefully the sun makes a full appearance at some point (so we can swelter in the humidty from all the rain, hehe!)

It's a new month, which means a new sketch and theme at Once Upon a Sketch!

This is the fab March sketch Nadia has put together for all of us to play with...

Theme: "Its The Weekend!"

 What does your weekend look like? 

Maybe you work, or run around like crazy taking your kids to activities etc. Lunch with friends? Movies? Dinner? Or maybe you do all the exciting stuff like ...clean the house, tend to the garden , kinds birthday parties. You might like to tell us of an exciting weekend coming up, or a weekend past. Maybe a weekend getaway? Whatever it is that you want to tell us that has to do with the theme "Its The Weekend" we would love to hear it. 

Your layout must incorporate this theme and the sketch below. 

Please make sure that we see some sort of journalling on your layouts and please tell us where your journalling is . You are allowed to journal in any language but please tell us where on your page we will find your journalling. Remember journalling has to be a bit more than a title, or a generic comment. Hidden journalling is perfectly fine.

This is my take on the sketch. I love the sense of 'freedom' that the weekend brings. I chose to use an image of a sea gull in flight, as it represents that feeling of being 'liberated' from the week's demands and because we quite often find ourselves at the beach on the weekends!

For my title, I've used an Imaginarium Designs chipboard phrase. I'm quite enjoying learning how to work with chipboard. It's difficult to see the actual effect in this photo, but after priming it with Gesso, I inked it with a bright magenta. There were a few spots on the phrase where the colour didn't take, so I chose to re-ink the 'gaps' with orange. The subsequent result looks a bit like it's been spray painted. Quite cool!

I've also 'linked' the two words 'Happy' and 'Days' with a gorgeous little Webster's Pages bird charm, to tie in with the image I've used.

I cut those fabulous chevron cards with my Silhouette. (The die cut is available at their online store.) I've used the negative space in the cards to tuck various bits, including my journaling.

I've used a couple of the little Sn@p Life bits along with that yummy heart badge - part of the new collection at Greatest View.

Products used: Kaisercraft card stock, sewing machine, Silhouette Cameo, Imaginarium Design chipboard phrase, October Afternoon 'Midway' cardstock stickers, Sn@p Life! cardstock stickers, Dear Lizzy 'Neapolitan' paper, Greatest View flair, Glitz Design Washi, Webster's Pages charms, Amy Tangerine 'Let's Go' flair, Pink Paislee 'Artisan' mistable chipboard arrows, Tattered Angels in Charcoal & Strawberry Shortcake

Till next time!