monday's mentions ... 19 september 2011

Hoping everyone had a great weekend!

Regina Castillo was named one of the design team members for Sketchabilities this past week!!

Marie was a fave at Sketchy Thursdays this past week!!

Congratulations ladies - please let us know in the comments below if you or someone who hangs out here was published, mentioned or won a challenge this week!!

fave fridays 16 september 2011

Ooops - a little late for this week - I've been having a lot of problems with a lagging computer - maybe because I am processing too many photos at once.  Anyway - I popped over to Sketchy Thursdays this week and see they have a sketch using a starburst paper.  Well, you know how I feel about this design - so I will just HAVE to play along this week!!  Where have you been this week ??? Share the link with us and we can visit too!

15th sketch challenge 15 september 2011 - something exotic!!

Time for our sketch challenge!!! You have until 29 September 2011 at midnight to link up your layout to have a chance to win this month's prize - or to be chosen as one of our faves this month!! The prize this month is a $25.00 gift certificate to Scrapbookers.com!!!

Here is our sketch:

We are challenging you to scrap something exotic for this sketch - it can be an animal at the zoo, a dancer, a food item, a location, a photo or souvenir from a trip - how about exotic you!!!  You can make a card, a layout or an altered (off the page) item.  If you can't think of something exotic - just play along anyway!!  Here's what our awesome design team did for this challenge:

Beverley Cunningham 

Sarah Groen

Donna O'Leary

Sandi Taloumis

Karen Wray

our guest designer Cherubs

and me :)

We are looking forward to seeing your creations!!! Please leave a comment after you use Mr. Linky to link up to your post!!

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monday's mentions ... 12 september 2011

Congratulations to all who won, were faves or whose work was mentioned this past week.  Please don't be shy to add your name in the comments section if your wonderful work was noticed!!!

I saw that Ashley Van Etten and Theresa Gillman were faves at Sketchy Thursdays this past week.  Our designer Sarah Groen is continuing her stint there as September's Guest Design Team member!!!

Announcing September's Guest Designer!!

I am so happy to announce the first of our monthly guest designers.  She's been playing along with our challenges and her unique style caught my eye.  I was very surprised to hear that she has not been scrapbooking for very long! Thank you so much Cherubs for agreeing to guest design for us for September!  We are honoured!

Here is a little more about her in her own words:

HI ALL! knopkiniukai


I´m a Lithuanian alien currently living in a beautiful and fascinating small island in the North Atlantic Ocean, cold ICELAND.

I´m a mother of three crazy - energetic, but loveable kids, they all keep the house colorful, loud and busy....it gives me ample opportunity to scrap everyday things.

I´m a freelance dressmaker, working with local Fashion store.

I´m coffee with the milk and cat lover.

Scrapbooking become important hobby for year and a half now. Cardmaking had been my favourite subject at the beginning, but soon scrapbooking captured my heart. So I do Love to participate in challenge blogs. I have really become addicted to sketch challenges off the desire to excel. It become a need to play with the paper every day.It helps me to learn and find something new. I like to experiment with different styles and materials. I do not have a defined style, but I like to look at the material and decide how to combine it together. I usually scrap what comes and goes with seasons and with my feelings.

I do like to add lots of things, small details to my layouts to give it texture, messy, artsy touches, machine sewing, stamping, scraps of paper and all kinds stuff. :) On the sites I have met many wonderful talented creative, funny and great people and that inspires me to create more.

I really enjoy photography and I am always thinking about how to achieve a good page to keep my memories. Scrapbooking allows me to develops my imagination, creativity, as well as has a therapeutic influence.

One day I was looking for something new and accidentally stumbled upon your blog. I thought, why not... sounds interesting and challenging and new. Here´s how I found the Another Freaking scrappy Challenge :)

I´m very exited to be a Guest Designer for September and It´s such an honor to publish my first interview here.

I want to really THANK Anne Pennington for inviting me as guest designer at Another Freaking Scrappy Challenge'! Huge thanks !!!

Thank you for your warm welcome!

Have a great day,

Cherubs

If you would like to see more of my work I would be delighted to welcome you at My Blog

Cherubs tells us above that scrapbooking captured her heart - I have to say that her unique style has captured mine!  Thanks Cherubs for accepting our invitation to guest design this month - you can all look forward to her first reveal for the 15th's challenge!!!! 

fave fridays 9 september 2011

Good morning!! Have you visited any interesting blogs, challenges or tutorial websites this week?  Big plans for the weekend????? 

You can share links or weekend plans in the comments below!!

Anne xooxxo

monday's mentions ... 5 September 2011

Labour day - back to school tomorrow!! My kids are excited.

And I was excited to see that Lea from Scrapbookers Anonymous (and our friend and supporter here) was a fave over at Sketchy Thursdays this week!! Congrats Lea!!!

I was also excited to hear that design team member Donna O'Leary was a winner at Challenge me Happy!!

If  you or one of our friends here has been mentioned anywhere or published this week, please leave a comment below with the info!  We'd like to hear.
 

fave fridays 2 september 2011

Oh my gosh - what happened to summer????

Time to post links in the comments to your fave scrapbooking websites, videos  that you've seen this week!!!

Some freaking faves for our last two challenges and a winner of our prize for august....

 Here are the freaking faves our design have chosen for the last two challenges:

Challenge 1 (Dream):

Bev Cunningham

Tanya Watson

Mitra Pratt

Cherubs

... and for challenge two (our first sketch):

Marie

 

Cherubs

Regina

Roxy

We will have a blinkie that these ladies can grab very soon to put on their blog.  I'll let you know as soon as it is ready for you ladies!!

The winner of the prize is Chiqui !!! Chiqui - please let me know your mailing address (please send to anne.pennington@xplornet.com)  and I will get it in the mail to you!

30th august 11 prompt challenge ...

Time for our second prompt challenge. You have until the 14th of September at midnight to post your take on the challenge to be eligible for our prize this month. You will have a second chance to enter a layout for this prize on the 15th of September during our sketch challenge for September.

Our prize this month is a $25.00 gift certificate to Scrapbookers.com!!!

The challenge this time is to scrap your birthplace and year – incorporating at least two things that were popular in culture that year as an embellishment (song title, historical event, movie, hero or heroine) – you can include baby photos instead of photos of your birthplace if you wish. Please include a link to another scrapbooking challenge website in your blog posting for this. If you are shy to scrap your year of birth, then why not try some hidden journalling????

You might have some luck on the internet for suitable embellishments, or popular songs, etc. Try it, and see what you find!!

Here's what our awesome design team did for this challenge:

Beverley Cunningham 

Sarah Groen

Donna O'Leary

Mia Montalvan-Castrillo

Sandi Taloumis

Karen Wray

and me :)

Let's see how many come and play this challenge!!! Please add a comment to the blog after you link up your blog posting to Mr. Linky!!

Here is what our participants have done!! You may have to view using Mozilla as a browser for this website.

monday's mentions ... 29 august 2011

The weekly posting where we mention our accomplishments - feel free to post in the comments if you have been recognized - or any of our other players and members.

Sarah Groen was a fave at Sketchy Thursdays this past week!!  Sarah is also the GDT at Sketchy Thursdays for September - Sarah, we are so proud of you!!!

I was at my LSS on Saturday and discovered that the Fall issue of Canadian Scrapbooker magazine was out and it features my layout on page 29!!  I was so thrilled!!

Have you or someone else who hangs out here been mentioned, been a winner, or been published this week?  Please post about it in the comments below.

fave fridays 26 august 2011

Panicking at the thought that the summer is almost over for the kids - yikes!! Good thing we saved a couple of camping trips until the end of the summer!!!

Have you been filling in the last couple of weeks with frantic summer stuff??? Did you manage to get online and see some scrap-worthy projects or techniques ?? Share the links with us in the comments of this post!!

On a more serious note - I saw this posting over at Julie Tucker-Wolek's blog, and recommend you pop over to Stacy Rodriguez's blog to see how scrappers have been supporting her niece who has been diagnosed with a brain tumour.  It is so heart-warming to see how loving scrappers (are there any other kinds) are pulling together for a little girl.