ARTastic Challenge Blog

February's inspiration will come from 'Heart and Soul' - a whimsical Valentine's Day painting by Brenda York

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Diva Demand for an extra 6 bonus points.

1. Red Heart/s = 1pt
2. Black and white photo = 2pts
3. Red monochromatic layout .. with a touch of green! = 3pts

We have some wonderful inspiration from our creative team to share with you this month.

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MELISSA O'NEILL - Making awesome cupcakes

I am starting to find some mojo and the break from work over Christmas has been great. I hope you like my layout. I have missed everyone at ARTastic.

ED Note - We welcome Melissa back after some time away from the creative team.

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SHAZZA BISHOP - Love is the journey

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CHANTELLE HUIZENGA - Time to remember

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AMANDA TAYLOR - He's my world

I loved this painting, and hope this layout is ok, I've got all the criteria - red heart/s, black and white photo, and monochromatic red with a touch of green!

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HELENE BOGREN - Play 1

When I saw this challenge I immediately thought of turning this picture into black and white, but to keep the baby buggy red. Our daughter loves to play with her baby dolls and the baby buggy so the hearts were very suitable on this page. I used some heart chipboards and covered them with modeling paste, gesso, Glimmer mists and Distress Inks. The “flowers/circles” are handmade inspired by the shape of the eye on the painting.

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DEBI CLARK - The love bug

What a modern piece of artwork for our inspiration this month....I love it!!

So this one was easy for me to work on, due to the painting & a photo taken last year of my hubby & I. Our daughter snapped this one (unbeknownst to us), on a dark night so the light is poor, but still I love this photo. So teamed it with reds (my signature colour) for this monochromatic LO & some lovely fabric roses for the touch of green. I have little red hearts on one of my pp's, & also stamped red hearts as well.

Being the Valentine month, I hope we see lots of gals joining in with this top challenge.

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SARAH ROGERS - Love 68

Here is my page for February. I used a photo of my mum and dad before they were married. Added a few touches of red to the B&Wphoto. Used the front of a Anniversary card that my husband gave me to include the red hearts, and a green chipboard flower for the splash of green. The patterned paper I used I though fitted in very well to the 60s page. I have just finished reading the biography of Florence Broadhurst the famous wallpaper designer of this era and this pp is very similar to what she designed back then.

Winners announced for ...Ecstasy of Saint Cecelia' by Raphael

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Hi Ladies!

Here are the winners of January's challenge, unfortunately we only had five entries a bit on the low side but hopefully next month we can improve on our number of submitted entries.

This will also be my last posts as I am stepping down as owner of ARTastic and handing it over to the very talented and super excited Jane Howden.

I have really enjoyed running things here over the last two years and I have been inspired by the many entries and different paintings we have looked at and scrapped to over this time. I remember when I took over we only had 8 followers and this has now grown to 290!! I will be staying on as one of the DT ladies, so I will still be here :)

Jane has some fabulous ideas for the site and will take ARTastic to the next level. She's already started making little changes to the site, like the colors and side panels, so please make Jane very welcome here......

Without further ado....

Here are our winners!!

The 'Picture This' Winner for January

Allison Payne

with her entry

GUITAR

Congrats Allison!! You have won a $25 voucher from

Scrap Therapy.

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The Winner of the Guest DT Rak

donated by Shazza (ME)

Nicole

with her entry

Follow your Muse

Congrats Nicole!!! You have won...

Children/Butterfly kit

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Random Draw Prize donated by Debi clark

goes to

Liz Hocking

with her entry

'Pure Ecstasy'

Congrats Liz !!! you have won

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Random Draw Prize donated by

Sarah Rogers

goes to

Julene Matthews

with her entry

'A Musical Christmas'

Congrats Julene!! You have won

some scrappy goodies pictured below.

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Curators Choice prize

goes to

Dale Tiernan

with her entry

VIOLA

Congrats Dale!! You have won....

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The DT SUB-Winner

for January

goes to....

Amanda Taylor

with her submission

'Future Rock Star'

Congrats Amanda!! You have won a Rak from me!!!

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A big thankyou to all the January sponsors,

your donations are much appreciated by all of us at ARTastic

SPONSORS for JANUARY

Picture This winning prize- sponsored by 'Scrap Therapy'

Guest DT RAK - donated by Shazza

Random Draw Prize - donated by Sarah Rogers

Random Draw Prize - donated by Debi Clark

'Curators Choice' Award and 'DT submission vote prize - donated by Me (Shazza)

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Thankyou to all the ladies that took the time to enter this month,

Thankyou to my DT members, who submitt the most inspiring work

We hope to see you all back again with some great entries for our next inspirational painting.....

Which is......

I will let Jane introduce our next inspirational painting :)

Could all the winners please email me their home addresses to:

shazzaalleyes@hotmail.com

so I can get all your prizes organised :)

Note - All prizes will be posted before end of February

January's inspiration will come from the painting 'Ecstasy of Saint Cecelia' by Raphael

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Diva Demand for an extra 6 bonus points try and
work the following into your layout.

1. Clouds = 1pt
2. An Angel embellie = 2pts
3. 2-3 Musical Instruments = 3pts

NOTE - From June we are now looking for individual entries for ARTastic, you may combine your entry with a sketch but we no longer want entries that combine other challenges as we feel the ladies that do the right thing and take the time to enter independent entries are disadvantaged when it comes to winning prizes. If it means we lose a few entries, so be it!

The inlinkz post will go up shortly!

The Design Team have put together some great submissions,
so lots of inspiration to share with you all :)

'Ecstasy of Saint Cecelia' by Raphael

will close

Sunday 29th January at midnight.

All Entries for Ecstasy of Saint Cecelia' by Raphael will go in this post!

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The Winner of the Guest DT Rak for DECEmber donated by Karen B is ........

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Dale Tiernan with her entry

Merry Christmas

Congrats Dale you have won!!

Here is my submission for the month.....

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Shazza - Phil's Power Garden Angels

I have clouds and Angels but instead of Musical instruments, I have used Power Garden Tools (Wipper snipper, chain saw and circular saw).....well atleast they make a noise..lol

This is Phil at my work, whenever we got out on a field trip he wants me to take photos of him with all the pretty girls.... 'Angels' or in this case Phil's Power Garden Angels :)

cheers

Shazza

Thje Guest D member for January is ME!!

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Hi Ladies!!

You are going to have to put up with me as the Movie Extra this month as we had a cancellation.

I have been scrapping for about 3-4 years and love everything about the scrapping industry, the on-line stores, challenge blogs, workshops, retreats etc.... I don't have a style to my scrapping as I try a bit of everything and love learning new techniques. I love owning ARTastic Challenge blog and FS2S you can view here, as they have kept me intouch with our scrappy world. I get alot of my inspiration from my Design Team Members, blogs and workshops.

I have just recently taken over ownership of 'Soul Scrappers' which is a Scrapping Ning community that offers challenges, competitions, ATC and Card swaps, Techniques through tutorials and videos. I'm excited about this new venture for 2012 and beyond. If you would like to come and have a look you can get to 'Soul Scrappers' from here.

Here are some of my favourite layouts from 2011.....

and

We have some great prizes to win this month, so get your paper and scissors ready :)

I would like to thank all my Design Team Ladies that have submitted amazing layouts and inspiration this year, ARTastic would not be the same without them. Lets make 2012 the best scrapping year ever!!

Kind Regards

Shazza

Sarah's submission.....

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Sarah Rogers - Venice

There were a couple of inspirations to this page of course the amazing painting and the series on the ABC, Kevin McCloud's Grand Tour of Europe which I have been watching.

It reminded of the time I went travelling and was able to see so many of these amazing art works and architecture in real life.

I was able to fit in all the extra diva demands with a lot of help from some fabric I found with the angels playing musical instruments, while sitting on clouds, just perfect for this challenge.

Happy New Year to everyone

Sarah.

Here is Helene's sub........

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Helene Bogren - Swinging Lucia

Hi Shazza!

In Sweden we have a tradition celebrating Saint Lucia in December. I think these kinds of pictures go very well with angels so I took the opportunity to use these pictures of our daughter for this challenge. I thought it would be fun to use this cut-out-paper as a background instead of the traditional way. I used some gesso behind the pictures to make it look like clouds or snow. The instruments and clouds asked for in the challenge are found to the left in the middle (on the background paper). The angel embellie is found to the right of the picture.

Cheers Helene

Here is Debi's submission for January.....

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Debi Clark -Musical Angels

Hi Shazza,
 
Now what a great start to 2012, this amazing

painting! I must say when I first saw it I thought

'gee this is a callenge' but I gave myself a few

days to ponder over it & then voila it all

came to me!
 
I have titled my page 'Musical Angels' as the 3

older girls play the piano beautifully & I

thought this photo remined me a little of the

inspiration.

I have added a little angel, some clouds &

3 musical instuments whilst enjoying the process

of making this page.

I am sure we will see a number of gals interested

in this month, I hope we
do.
 
Cheers, Debi

Here is Chantelles sub......

2012-01-04T16:47:00.000+11:00

Chantelle Huizenga - Your Christmas Spirit

A fun challenge with great criteria – I’ve included them as little tags on my LO and focused on the theme of music and Christmas.

Here is Amanda's submission for the month....

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Amanda Taylor - Future Rock Star

hi Shazza, here is my sub for january, i loved the painting, the criteria was tricky but i managed to eventually fit it all on in the end............... i love these older pics of Connor playing his keyboard.... hope its ok

Winners Announced for 'A blessing of Christmas' painting by Thomas Kinkade

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Happy New Year and welcome to ARTastic!!

Thanks so much for joining in the December challenge, with December being the busiest month of the year we appreciate the ladies that went to the trouble to get a layout uploaded!! Well done!!

We had a total of 10 entries......

Well, the votes are in from the Design Team members.......

and.....

The 'Picture This' Winner for November

Jen Fawkes

with her entry

'A very Family Christmas'

Congrats Jen!! You have won a $25 voucher from

Scrap Therapy.

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The 'Picture This Runner UP' Winner for November

Mary Steinmetz

with her entry

'Joys of Christmas'

Congrats Mary!! you have won a $10 voucher from

Michelle's Scrapbooking and More......

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Random Draw prize

donated by Melissa O'Neill

goes to

Mel J

with her entry

'First Christmas Tree'

Congrats Mel!!

You have won....

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Random Draw prize

donated by Amanda Taylor

goes to

Julene Matthews

with her entry

'Christmas Joys'

Congrats Julene!! You have won...

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Random Draw Prize

donated by Debi Clark

goes to

Elaine

with her entry

'Christmas Photo'

Congrats Elaine!!! You have won....

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Random Draw prize

Donated by Sarah Rogers

goes to

Jane Howden

with her entry

'Christmas Wishes'

Congrats Jane!! You have won...

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Curators Choice Award

donated by ME (shazza!)

goes to

Liz Hocking

with her entry

'All Christmas Trees are Perfect'

I picked Liz for the prize, as I loved her title and how true is it in the eyes of Children, loved the pp she used with the matching Christmas tree embellie and cute as photo! :)

Congrats Liz!! I will be sending you a RAK prize...

sorry there is no photo :)

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The Winner of the Guest DT Rak donated by Karen B

TBA

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The DT sub winner

for December

goes to

Chantelle Huizenga

with her sub called

'Christmas Day'

Congrats Chantelle you have won a RAK from me

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A big thankyou to all the December sponsors,

your donations are much appreciated by all of us at ARTastic

SPONSORS for DECEMBER

Picture This winning prize- sponsored by 'Scrap Therapy'

Picture This Runner up prize - donated by Michelle's Scrapbooking and More

Guest DT RAK - donated by Karen B

Random Draw Prize - donated by Sarah Rogers

Random Draw Prize - donated by Melissa O'Neill

Random Draw Prize - donated by Amanda Taylor

Random Draw Prize - donated by Debi Clark

'Curators Choice' Award and 'DT submission vote prize - donated by Me (Shazza)

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Thankyou to all the ladies that took the time to enter this month,

Thankyou to Karen B for being our Guest DT member for the month.

Thankyou to my DT members, who submitt the most inspiring work

We hope to see you all back again with some great entries for our next inspirational painting.....

Ecstasy of Saint Cecelia by Raphael

Could all the winners please email me their home addresses to:

shazzaalleyes@hotmail.com

so I can get all your prizes organised :)

Note - All prizes will be posted before end of January

Decembers inspiration will come from the painting 'A Blessing of Christmas' by Thomas Kinkade

2011-12-31T06:36:00.000+11:00

Diva Demand for an extra 6 bonus points try and
work the following into your layout.

1. A snowman= 1pt
2. A Christmas Tree = 2pts
3. Use the word 'Christmas' in your title = 3pts

The inlinkz post will go up shortly!

The Design Team have put together some great submissions,
so lots of inspiration to share with you all :)

A Blessing of Christmas by Thomas Kinkade

will close

Thursday 29th December at midnight.

All Entries for the painting 'A Blessing of Christmas' by Thomas Kincade go here......

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Here is Karens submission for the month.....

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Christmas Day

and

a close up!

Hi Shazza,

I was inspired by the soft lighting in the painting that made the whole scene look a little blurry and ethereal. I chose some darker papers and a blurry photograph, and softened the edges with gentle distressing. I made my own Christmas trees with coordinating paper and stitching. I couldn't find a way to add a snowman, but I thought the white spots on the patterned papers lent a snowy effect to the layout.

Kind regards, Karen

Come Meet our Guest DT member for the month of December.....

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Karen B

Hi :) My name is Karen, and I've been scrapbooking for almost seven years. I live in a semi-rural area in south-east Queensland, Australia, with my husband, 10 year old daughter and two guinea pigs. I work full time and to relax I enjoy gardening, sewing and scrapbooking.

I've been making albums and decorating journals with memorabilia since I was little, but I first started 12x12 scrapbooking in 2004 or 2005 when I needed an album for some special photographs. I discovered a scrapbooking store with more papers than I ever imagined - "real" 12x12 scrapbooking products! I sought out an online forum to find out more... and I've been out of control ever since!

What I love about scrapbooking, is that it ticks all the boxes. It's a way to preserve my photographs and memories in a meaningful way; a creative outlet; it's tactile and fun; there's no rules! I've been so fortunate to meet some wonderful people through scrapbooking, both online and in real life, who have become very dear friends.

Thank you so much for having me as a guest designer at ARTastic this month!

I'd love you to visit me at http://beingkaren.blogspot.com

Here are some of Karens favourite layouts......

Each Day is a Gift

J and Mia

and

Dance

Such beautiful pages Karen, I think my favourite is J and Mia (you have used beautiful soft colors and I always love a cat layout!)

Could everyone please make Karen welcome at ARTastic and dont forget to check out her blog and become a follower :)

Regards

Shazza

Here is Karen Knights submission........

2011-12-05T18:09:00.001+11:00

All I want for Christmas is You

Hi Shazza,
 
Here is my layout for an awesome Dec Inspirational

Challenge!!
 
I have added in all my diva demands :)  A tree on

my sticker. And  the word Christmas and a Snow man

on my title tag!! :)
 
This pic was from christmas last year, and was a

quick one i snapped while i was trying to get Ash

to sit nicely.. with no luck!! 
 
I’ve used all sorts of bits and pieces.. the paper

and flowers are Prima, with a few Tim Holtz Stickers,

Cosmo Cricket title , and making memories journal page
 
Thanks so much once again for a great challenge!!
 
Karen xxx

Here is Helene Bogren's submission for the month...

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Longing for Christmas

Hi Shazza!

When I saw this Thomas Kinkade painting I had a feeling of wanting to be part of something or longing for something (to join the celebration in that house) and I thought of our daughter who is longing for Christmas this time of the year! The title of my layout is “Longing for Christmas”. I added a lot of different “Christmas-embellishments” to symbolize everything that she is longing for (which includes a snowman and a Christmas tree). To capture the colors in the painting I chose to use a patterned paper in light green (with Christmas pattern) as a background. I used some yellow mist to create some “light” and white gesso to create “snow”. If you look close you can see the yellow “light” as stars trough the “snow”.

Take care!

Cheers Helene

Chantelle Huizenga submission for December.....

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Christmas Day

Hi Shazza, Here is my LO for December!

What a stunning picture – it looks magical – could not imagine a white Christmas but it sure does look beautiful.

Had fun with this challenge using the snowman and tree in the bunting.

Regards

Chantelle

Here is Cecelia Blanco's submission for December ......

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Merry Christmas Tag

Hello Shazza. Here is my submission for the december inspiration. Again, I wanted to do something different so I decided to make a "Merry Christmas" tag. I hope it will give inspiartion to those who do not scrap and want to join in the challenge. There are Christmas trees on my dp and of course my super cute snowman and Merry Christmas is stamped on the bottom of the tag. The white snowflake is crocheted by my Mom. She sends me goodies every so often;0) I just like to hoard them because they are all so pretty. Anyway, I hope you all have a wonderful Holiday! Hugs xx

Cecelia Blanco

Amanda Taylor's submission.....

2011-12-05T17:18:00.000+11:00

Twas the Night Before Christmas

hey shazza, here is my sub for december..........ive used some of beccis crochet creations on here........ ive got all the required criteria................the word 'christmas', snowman and a christmas tree.....................hope you like it!

Lynnda Hosni's submission for December

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Card - In the Meadow we can build a Snowman

Hi Shazza,

Here is my submission for December.

have a nice day!..

Lynnda Hosni

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I would just like to mention that this is Lynnda's last month on the DT at ARTastic.

We wish you well Lynnda and hope you continue your scrapping endeavours!

Thanks for all your submissions at Artastic!

cheers

Shazza

Here is Sarah Roger's submission for the month....

2011-12-05T17:07:00.001+11:00

Our Christmas Song

Hi Shazza,

Here is my December challenge. Having summer for our Christmas I always find Christmas themes hard to scrap, so it took a while to think of a suitable page that would fit all the demands, but I did it. I have pictures from the Snowman book, there is a Christmas tree on a piece of pp and the word Christmas is in the title.

This page is of our family Christmas trip to England back in 2006. The kids fell in love with the DVD The Snowman, and the music to it was so magical just like our trip through England. I wish all at Artastic, followers and design team members a wonderful Christmas and fantastic year ahead full of lots of scrapbooking.

Here is Debi Clark's submission for December.....

2011-12-05T17:02:00.002+11:00

There's No Business Like SNOW Business

Well, the Christmas month is now here & all the

preparations are underway for our family to meet.

Hope you are hanging up the stockings too Shazza!
 
I have attached my December LO based on Thomas

Kinkaid's warm winter painting...love the

homeliness & happiness it exudes.
 
I have chosen some photos of our visit to the UK in

December 2005, meeting up with our Jade.  We came

from our hot aussie summer to really cold, then
an icy cold winter...us aussie's didn't know what

hit us!! Here we are in Lincoln, after finding a

lovely hotel for the night with heavy snow all
around...and it was beautiful!
 
I have used all the criteria on my page - a snowman,

a small Christmas tree in the journaling tag &

my title is No Business Like Christmas Snow
Business.
 
Wishing all the lovely gals on the team, & all

our wonderful players a bright & cheery Christmas,

& safe New Year.
 
Cheers, Deb xx

Winners announced for Bacchus by Carravagio

2011-12-03T06:29:00.000+11:00

Hi Ladies!

I'm a few days behind in uploading all ARTastics info for December, with working fulltime in retail and family comittments, I'm doing my best!!! Sorry for any Inconvenience :(

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Thanks to all the ladies that joined in this months challenge

We had a total of 5 entries......

Unfortunately, the rules state that ...

we are now looking for individual entries for ARTastic, you may combine your entry with a sketch but we no longer want entries that combine other challenges as we feel the ladies that do the right thing and take the time to enter independent entries are disadvantaged when it comes to winning prizes. If it means we lose a few entries, so be it.....................one entry will not be included in the prize sharing!

It looks like everyone is a winner at ARTastic this month!!!!

Well done and thanks so much for supporting ARTastic.

Well, the votes are in from the Design Team members.......

The 'Picture This' Winner for November

Dale Tiernan

with her entry

Together Forever

Congrats Dale

You have won a $25 voucher from

'Scraptherapy'

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The Guest DT prize

donated by Jane Howden....and

picked by Jane herself

goes to....

Glenda T

with her entry

'Roxy Toasted'

Congrats!! Glenda, you have won

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Random Draw Prize donated by....

DT member Sarah Rogers goes to.....

Karen Williams

with her entry

Naturally Chilled

Congrats Karen!!!

You have won....

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Curators Choice Award

Donated by Shazza (me)

goes to

Ellen

with her entry

Remember When.....

Congrats!!! Ellen you have won

Donated by me!!

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The DT submission winner for November is....

Chantelle Huizenga

With her submission

Journey

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A big thankyou to all the November sponsors,

your donations are much appreciated by all of us at ARTastic

SPONSORS for OCTOBER

Picture This winning prize- sponsored by 'Scrap Therapy'

Guest DT RAK - donated by Jane Howden

Random Draw Prize - donated by Sarah Rogers

'Curators Choice' Award and 'DT submission vote prize - donated by Me (Shazza)

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Thankyou to all the ladies that took the time to enter this month,

Thankyou to Jane Howden for being our Guest DT member for the month.

Thankyou to my DT members, who submitt the most inspiring work

We hope to see you all back again with some great entries for our next inspirational painting.....

A Blessing of Christmas by Thomas Kinkade

Could all the winners please email me their home addresses to:

shazzaalleyes@hotmail.com

so I can get all your prizes organised :)

Note - All prizes will be posted before end of December.

Novembers Inspiration will come from the painting 'Bacchus' by Caravaggio

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Diva Demand for an extra 6 bonus points try and
work the following into your layout.

1. Fruit or grapes on your page= 1pt
2. wine glass and or bottle on your page = 2pts
3. A bow = 3pts

The inlinkz post will go up shortly!

The Design Team have put together some great submissions,
so lots of inspiration to share with you all :)

Bacchus by Caravaggio

will close

Monday 28th November at midnight.

Looking forward to seeing some great entries this month :)

Cheers
Shazza

All Entries for 'Bacchus by Caravaggio' go here......

2011-11-29T14:27:00.000+11:00

November sponsor for ARTastic!!

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Our monthly sponsor at ARTastic is......

Ladies! Please support our new sponsor - Scrap Therapy....and when placing an order dont forget to pop in the 'Where did you find us section', that you came through ARTastic. This gives ST great feedback to know where their customers are coming from...

AND

Don't Forget they offer express post for a low $6.00 and you get a nice little gift in your order if it is over $60. Great reasons to go check out their extensive range and fantastic prices!!!

Cheers

shazza

Looking for some new Guest DT's for 2012

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Hi Ladies!

I'm looking for some new 'Guest DT's' for 2012, if you think this would appeal to you, please email me a link to your blog and attach a few of your favourite layouts to shazzaalleyes@hotmail.com.

Being a 'Guest DT gives you a chance to showcase your stuff, comment on entries, and vote at the end of the month.

I would love to see some new ladies join in!!

Cheers Shazza

Here is Helene's submission for the month....

2011-11-03T15:23:00.000+11:00

Helene Bogren - Team Building at Daddy's Work

Hi Shazza!

First I must say that I feel so happy and honored to be a new member of the ARTastic DT! Thanks a lot for the opportunity!

I had a lot of fun with this layout. As I couldn’t find any appropriate embellishments that I liked I chose to create some fruits myself. I draw them by hand on patterned paper and colored them with Distress Ink to make a 3 D effect. The grapes are made using Paper Piecing technique. Inspired by the painting I also wanted to have some black/dark colors and white on the background. I used mist in three dark colors (purple, brown and green) as well as black mist and ink. The white fabric is represented by the white doily. As the pictures are taken in a cottage in the countryside and not in a “Baccus milieu” I added some tree patterned paper as photo mats and some deer (thought the deer needed some explanation… ;)

Cheers Helene

Come meet our newest DT member at ARTastic.......

2011-11-03T15:18:00.000+11:00

Helene Bogren

BIO:

I have always loved playing with colors in different ways, which has resulted in hobbies like interior design, to design and sew clothing, and gardening/garden design. When I found out about scrapbooking that quickly became my new passion! I just love the colors, patterned papers, trims, embellishments, mists, and so on… When scrapping I like to use a lot of different mist, ink, acrylic paint, gesso, masks, and stamps on the background. I also like to use dies and punches, and to cluster the embellishments. I LOVE challenges and when I create for a challenge I try to capture the feeling in the picture, and not only to pick up the colors. I think that makes it even more fun!

I live in south of Sweden (with my husband and our almost three year old daughter). Since I started my blog I have found out that scrapping has a fantastic side effect – you get to know people from all over the world and gain insight into what it’s like to live in other places! I love that! So of course I hope that you will pop into my blog and write a few words – and perhaps become a follower..!

(http://helenesscrapsida.blogspot.com/)

Here are some of Helenes gorgeous pages.......

Loppis

Regnig Semester 1

Skon

and

Untitled

Could everyone make Helene welcome at ARTastic and dont forget to check out her blog at

http://helenesscrapsida.blogspot.com/

and become a follower :)

Jane's submission for the month....

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Jane Howden - Relax

Our Guest Design Team Member for November is........

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Jane Howden

Hello everyone. I’m Jane Howden. I live on the beautiful central coast of NSW with my husband and two children. I have been busy producing both paper and digital layouts based around my family and myself for about seven years now and scrapbooking has become my form of creative therapy. I feel it is important to document our lives for future generations as well as for ourselves. My style is always evolving as I try new techniques but I tend to lean towards a linear style with a clean, simple look.

One of the things I enjoy most is a good challenge so I feel very honoured to be guest designer on ARTastic this month. I’m sure you will agree we all have way too much “stuff” in our stashes and a good scrappy challenge is the perfect opportunity to use some of them up! The added bonus is you get to see the results in some inspirational layouts produced by wonderfully talented woman from all over the world (and you might get to win a prize along the way!).

Please visit me on my blog - http://scrappiecesofme.blogspot.com/

Some of Jane's favourite layouts......

10 months

Happiness

Love

Pieces of my Heart

and

Sweet Thing

Please make Jane welcome at ARTastic and please dont forget to pop on over to her blog and become a follower.

I love your 'Love ' page Jane, the pp is just divine and love the ticket stubs you used....just beautiful!

Here is Sarah's submission for November......

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Sarah Rogers -Barossa Valley

Hi Shazza,

Here is my page for the November challenge.

One of the things I love about living in Adelaide is living so close to the Barossa Valley, I do like my drop of red. The painting of Bacchus very much suited a winery page, the grapes, the bottle and glass of wine and the little black bow on the journaling tag. A couple of months ago at a craft fair I was lucky enough to come across the grape vine chipboard, perfect for this page. Look forward to seeing what others have come up with.

Here is Lynnda's submission....

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Lynnda Hosni - Spring

Debi Clark's submission.....

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Deb Clark -Wine, Woman and Song

Hi dear Shazza,
 
Please find my page title Wine, Women & Song from

this great inspiration of Bacchus, by Careveggio.

Love the rich colours & sumptuous feel to the
painting.
 
I have chosen a photo of my Jade & her 'friends'

at Mde Tussards, & used that rich style colour

to accentuate the photos.
I have made my own grapes, using my Copic Markers,

have wineglasses in both photos & a wineglass

embellie, & have made a paper bow, that my friend

calls 'a bow, when you cant tie bows'!
 
I hope we get a wonderful group of players this month.

I think a great inspiration.
 
Thank you for organising this fab blog as usual.
 
Cheers, Deb

Chantelle's submission......

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Chantelle Huizenga - Journey

Hi Shazza, I’ve attached my LO for the November challenge.

I’ve used the criteria as embellishments; printing out some vintage cards with pictures of the grapes and wine bottle. Thanks – this was a fun challenge.

Have a great weekend.

Regards

Chantelle

Here is Cecelia's submission for November......

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Cecelia Blanco - Thankyou Card

Hello Shazza :0)

Here is my DT submission for November. I wanted to do something a little different this month so I decided to make a card with the criteria. Hope everyone enjoys!

Cecelia

Here is Amanda Taylors submission......

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Amanda Taylor - I need to be more Sweet......

hey shazza..... here is my layout for November........ loved the painting....................... ive got all the required criteria..... fruit or grapes(cherries on the buttons), wine glass or bottle(on the stamped image on the tag) and a bow(above left of the photos....... this is a bit of a self healing layout for me, the journalling is quite personal so ive hidden it......... thanks shazza

Winners announced for 'Dr Jekyll's Hideway' by artist Maryanne Jacobsen

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Hi Ladies!

Thanks to all the ladies that joined in this months challenge, you all did a fabulous job of the spooky artwork :)

We had a total of 8 entries......

It looks like everyone is a winner at ARTastic this month!!!!

Well done and thanks so much for supporting ARTastic.

Well, the votes are in from the Design Team members.......

The 'Picture This' Winner for September

Drum Roll Please!!!!!!

Helene Bogren

with her entry

Scary Feel

Congrats Helene!!! you have won a

$25 voucher from 'Scrap Therapy'

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The 'Picture This' Runner UP! for October

Helen B

with her entry

Oh No, not toad for Tea Again'

Congrats Helen!!! you have won a 'Tattered Angels Pack'

donated by 'Scrap of your Life'

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Winner of the Random Draw prize

donated by DT member Sarah Rogers

Julene Matthews

with her entry

'Handyman Houses'

Congrats Julene!!! you have won...

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Winner of the Random Draw prize

donated by DT member Debi C

Jolanda

with her entry

'The all Seeing Eye'

Congrats Jolanda!!! You have won...

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Winner of the Random Draw prize

donated by DT member Michelle Lark

Jane Howden

with her entry

Amongst the Headstones

Congrats Jane!!! You have won.....

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Winner of the Random Draw prize

donated by DT member Amanda Taylor

Melinda Johns

with her entry

'Princess'

Congrats Melinda!!!! You have won.....

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Curators Choice Award

Donated by Shazza (me)

goes to

Karen Willimas

with her entry

'Spooky Treats'

Reason - Loved Karens theme on Spooky Treats and loved her spooky tree!!

Congrats Karen!!! You have won.....

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The Guest DT prize

donated by Dale Tiernan....and

picked by Dale herself

goes to....

Glenda T

with her entry

'Where Thou Art'

Congrats Glenda!!! You have won.....

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The DT submission winner for September is

Karen Knight

With her submission

'Trick or Treat'

Congrat Karen!! I will send you some scrappy goodies :)

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A big thankyou to all the OCTOBER sponsors,
your donations are much appreciated by all of us at ARTastic

SPONSORS for OCTOBER

Picture This winning prize- sponsored by 'Scrap Therapy'

Picture this runner up Prize - donated by 'Scrap of your Life'

Guest DT RAK - donated by Dale Tiernan
Random Draw Prize - donated by Michelle Lark

Random Draw Prize - donated by Debi Clark

Random Draw Prize - donated by Sarah Rogers

Random Draw Prize - donated by Amanda Taylor

'Curators Choice' Award and 'DT submission vote prize - donated by Me (Shazza)

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Thankyou to all the ladies that took the time to enter this month,

Thankyou to Karen Knight for being our Guest DT member for the month.

Thankyou to my DT members, who submitt the most inspiring work

We hope to see you all back again with some great entries for our next inspirational painting.....

Bacchus by Caravaggio

Could all the winners please email me their home addresses to:

shazzaalleyes@hotmail.com

so I can get all your prizes organised :)

Note - All prizes will be posted before end of November

October Inspiration will come from the painting, Dr Jekyll's Hideway by the artist Maryanne Jacobsen

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Dr Jekyll's Hideway

(Permission was received from the artist Maryanne Jacobsen to use this painting)

Diva Demand for an extra 6 bonus points try and
work the following into your layout.

1. A house = 1pt
2. Trees = 2pts

3. A spooky feel! = 3pts

The inlinkz post will go up shortly!

The Design Team have put together some great submissions,
so lots of inspiration to share with you all :)

'Dr Jekyll's Hideway' by artist Maryanne Jacobsen

will close

Saturday 29th October at midnight.

Looking forward to seeing some great entries this month :)

Cheers
Shazza

October Entries will go here.....All entries for 'Dr Jekyll's Hideway' by artist Maryanne Jacobsen will go in this post!

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Here is Peggy's submission for the month.....

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Peggy Schenkels - De hemel kleurt groen

This challenge had me stooped for a while, I had no idea what to do, until I realised it was perfect for a mini-album I was planning to make.

It turned out a bit different from what you're used from me, but that's because the mini-album will be some kind of art journal I'll be making of a day I'll never forget. In August this year, I went to the music festival Pukkelpop. I had been looking forward to this for months. I'm a huge Foo Fighters fan, and they were the main act, they were supposed to play for a full two hours. In addition to that, Skunk Anansie, Rise Against and 30 Seconds to Mars would each perform for about an hour. So I was really looking forward to straight 5 hours of pure bliss. Nature decided otherwise. Skunk Anansie was playing when all of a sudden that perfect blue sky we'd been enjoying all day turned a greenish gray. We'd figured we'd get seriously wet and that 'd be the end of it, but no. All of a sudden winds appeared from all directions, I've never experienced something that strange in my life. Rain turned to hail, the size of ping pong balls. Leaves and entire branches were torn from the trees and landed all around us. We started running to the first "building" we came accross, and saught shelter there. All of a sudden the roof collapsed, so we started running again, into the hail storm. Later on, we discovered a tree had come down on the roof just a few feet away from us. It's shown in the picture I used on my page. We were lucky, nobody died in that spot, but some were seriously injured.

All in all, 5 people died that day, and so many people were so seriously injured that their lives will never be the same. That was the end of a day that started out in perfection.

That's why the page didn't turn out like my usual work. It's more of a symbolic page then an attempt to create something pretty. The red paint obviously represents the dead, the injured and the suffering. The wirls represent the wind, and the white paint I used all over represents the fog that surrounds my memories of the event. My memories are more a series of images in my head then a clear view of what actually happened... strange...

It does go to show however that you can go several ways with the Artastic Challenges, and sometimes it's fun to create something a bit different from what you normally do. Thanks Shazz!

Hugs xxx

Peggy

Dales submission for the October inspiration......

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Dale Tiernan - Brother

Come Meet our Guest DT for the month of October.....

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Dale Tiernan

Dale's bio.....

My name is Dale Tiernan. I'm married with 2 sons.

I've been scrapping since 2003 and love it just

as much as when I started. I love sharing my 
layouts in albums with my family members and

also online on my blog which is

www.daleys-dailies.blogspot.com. I also like to

make cards and some off the page items as well.
Thanks to Shazza for giving me the opportunity

to be guest design team artist this month. Please

take a visit to my blog to see more of my work.

I look forward to seeing the entries this month.

Here are some of Dale's creations.....

and

and

and

You have made some lovely cards and pages Dale.

Please make Dale welcome at FS2S!!

Please visit Dale's blog and add yourself as a follower HERE.

Cheers

Shazza

Here is Sarahs submission for the month....

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Sarah Rogers -Scary Face

Hi Shazza,

Here is my October page, based on the painting Dr Jekeylls Hyde away. I found this a real challenge, but once I had found the right photo, it became a lot of fun to create a spooky feel to the page. The silhouettes of trees, bats flying against the backdrop of a setting sun and a rickety looking house I hope as created the spooky feel.

Thanks and take care

Sarah

Here is Michelle's submission for October......

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Michelle Lark - Spooky Girl

Hi Shazza,

Here is my Spooky Feel layout for the Dr Jeckyll's Hideaway artwork for October. It has a birdhouse, a spooky tree and a spooky Halloween feel to it.

Cheers for now!

Michelle :)

Look at this great submission from.......

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Lynnda Hosni - Spooky Home

Hello Shazza... Trust you are well .... Attached is my layout for October challenge....
Hope you'll like it... Hugs.... xoxo...

Here is Karen Knights submission........

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Karen Knight - Trick or Treat

Hi Shazza!
 
I had been waiting on a few things for my layout

for Oct to arrive, and they are here!!  So tahh

Dahh here is my layout!  
I loved doing this one.. I jut love this photo

of Ash from Halloween last year!
 
I've added in all my diva demands
 
A house - check
Trees - check
A spooky feel - check
 
The tree with the bats and pumpkin is a prima

vine ( i've painted it a little with green paint

to make it look mossy and stand out a bit more

against the Rickety house), the gate it kasier

and the papers, alphas,number, token,spider,

trim( the small flowers), photo corners , brads

and washers  and  die are are all Tim Hotz.

The hessian mat under the photo is actually a

piece from a woolies shopping bag.. lol
 
Thanks for another fantastic challenge!!

Hugs Karen

Debi Clark's submission.....

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Debi Clark -Home away from Home

Well Shazza, Dr Jekyll's Hideaway was an

interesting & different inspiration.

I choose to work on my page with a dark gloomy

feel, & then add a bright cluster to complete.
 
I have all the criteria here, a house, some

handcut trees & I think I got the spooky

feel too.
 
Hope we have lots of gals joining us for this

fabulous inspiration, & thank
you for once again organising.
 
Cheers, Deb

Chantelle's submission......

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Chantelle Huizenga -A Walk Amongst the Trees

Hi Shazza,

I loved adding in the tree and house elements to this LO, but the ‘spooky’ element was a little tricky – I’ve added in a bottle-cap owl in the tree for this part of the challenge – I think the Hambly transparency gives it a bit of a ‘dark’ look with the sepia photo. The title combines all the elements together. Hope you like and thanks for a ‘different’ challenge.

Cheers

Chantelle

Amanda's submission......

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Amanda Taylor - 6 boys, scary or what!

hey shazza............. i loved the painting, and have all the required criteria...... a tree, a house, and a spooky feel........................my 16 yr old son, sketched the drawing on the background pp for me, and i think he did a wonderful job.....thanks for the great inspiration shazza - Amanda

Winners announced for the painting ' Almond Blossom' by Vincent Van Gogh

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Hi Ladies!

Thanks to all the ladies that joined in this months challenge, you all did a fabulous job of the 'Almond Blossom' challenge :)

We had a total of 17 entries......

Well done and thanks so much for supporting ARTastic.

Well, the votes are in from the Design Team members.......

The 'Picture This' Winner for September

Drum Roll Please!!!!!!

Peg Hewitt

with her entry

In Nature

Congrats Peggy you have won....

$25 voucher to spend at 'Scrap Therapy'

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The 'Picture This' Runner UP! for July

Dale Tiernan

with her entry

Altered Kleenex Tissue Container

Congrats Dale!! you have won the

'Tattered Inspirations Prize'

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The winner of the 'Random Draw' Prize

donated by Deb Clark

Elaine

with her entry

Mums Helper

Congrats Elaine!!

You have won....

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The winner of the 'Random Draw' Prize

donated by Michelle Lark

Helen B

with her entry

Why Not?

Congrats Helen!!

You have won.....

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The winner of the 'Random Draw' Prize

donated by Melissa O'Neill

Alycia Tedford

with her entry

Congrats Alycia!!

You have won......

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Curators Choice Award

Donated by Shazza (me)

goes to

Jessi

with her entry

Friendship

Reason - For plucking up the courage to enter our ARtastic challenge for September. Its very daunting going up against seasoned scrappers, I also loved the Flowers she made using stencils :)

Congrats Jessi!!!

You have won.....

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The Guest DT prize

donated by Helene Bogren....and

picked by Helene herself

goes to....

Anita Tillman

with her entry

You 2

Congrats Anita!!!

You have won

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The DT submission winner for September is

Michelle Lark

With her submission

'On the Move'

Congrat Michelle!! I will send you some scrappy goodies :)

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A big thankyou to all the September sponsors sponsors,
your donations are much appreciated by all of us at ARTastic

SPONSORS for September

Picture This winning prize- sponsored by 'Scrap Therapy'

Picture this runner up Prize - donated by Tattered Inspirations

Guest DT RAK - donated by Helene Bogren
Random Draw Prize - donated by Michelle Lark

Random Draw Prize - donated by Debi Clark

Random Draw Prize - donated by Melissa O'Neill

'Curators Choice' Award and 'DT submission vote prize - donated by Me (Shazza)

********************************

Thankyou to all the ladies that took the time to enter this month,

Thankyou to Helene Bogren for being our Guest DT member for the month.

Thankyou to my DT members, who submitt the most inspiring work

We hope to see you all back again with some great entries for our next inspirational painting.....

Dr Jekyll's Hideway

by the artist Maryanne Jacobsen

Could all the winners please email me their home addresses to:

shazzaalleyes@hotmail.com

so I can get all your prizes organised :)

Note - All prizes will be posted before end of October

**********************************

Septembers inspiration will come from the painting........

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Almond Blossom by Vincent Van Gogh

(As suggested by Peggy Schenkels)

Diva Demand for an extra 6 bonus points try and
work the following into your layout.

1. Blue Background = 1 pt
2. White flowers = 2 pts
3. Brown or White title = 3 pts

The inlinkz post will go up shortly!

The Design Team have put together some great submissions,
so lots of inspiration to share with you all :)

Almond Blossom by Vincent Van Gogh

will close

Wednesday 28th September at midnight.

Looking forward to seeing some great entries this month :)

Cheers
Shazza

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- Stunning tiny handmade Roses from Prima Marketing

- 24 Pieces per bag, each rose approximately .75"

$6.75

and....

Handmade Coiled satin flowers from Prima Marketing

- 2 pieces per bag, approximately 2.25"-2.75"

$6.75

....and here's where you can get them :)

TFL

Shazza

September Entries will go here.....All entries for Almond Blossom by Vincent Van Gogh challenge will go in this post :)

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Helene's submission for September....

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Helene Bogren - Naturbarn

Come meet our Guest DT for September......

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Helen Bogren

BIO:

(http://helenesscrapsida.blogspot.com/)

Here are some of Helenes gorgeous pages.......

Loppis

Regnig Semester 1

Skon

and

Untitled

Could everyone make Helene welcome at ARTastic and dont forget to check out her blog at

http://helenesscrapsida.blogspot.com/

and become a follower :)

Sarah's submission.....

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Sarah Rogers -Kiss

Here is my page for the September challenge - Kiss.

The page is of our wedding day back in 1996! Such a great day, this being one of our less official and relaxed moments away from the guests.

I have included all the diva demands:

Blue background, white flowers and a white title.

Take care

Sarah xxoo

Peggy's submission.....

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Peggy Schenkels - Still in Love

Attached you will find my September submission. I really loved this month's challenge, and as soon as I saw that painting, I knew I had the perfect flowery paper to use. Choosing the papers was easy, and in truth, this LO was finished in no time. Finished I say ... but ... I kept it on my desk for days, glancing at it every time I passed, wondering what else I should add. You see, I don't think I had ever finished a LO this fast, and it almost felt unnatural, like I was cheating or something. However, in this case, I do hope you agree with me that sometimes less is more, because in fact, I do love this LO as is, and so I decided against adding anything else.

The pic features my hubby and me, and believe it or not, we took this pic ourselves! The quality of the pic isn't all that, but there's just something about this pic, about how my husband's looking at me, which made me fall in love with it straight away. Your challenge was the perfect opportunity to give this pic the scrapbook page it deserves, so thanks again Shazz!

Hugs

xxx Peggy

Michelle's submission.....

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Michelle Lark - On the Move!

Hi Shazza,

Here is my layout for September's painting "Almond Blossom" by Van Gogh. I have created a blue background using various patterned papers, included some pretty white Prima flowers and chose brown for my title. I had fun with it and love how it turned out. Thanks Peggy - great choice!!

Cheers!

Michelle :) xx

Lynnda's submission....

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Lynnda Hosni - Us

Hello Shazza,

Here is my layout for September challenge...
I have included the Diva Demand extra 6 bonus points as well...
1. Blue Background - MME Lime Twist PP
2. White Flower - Petaloo
3. Brown or White Title - White AC Thickers
Thank you and have a nice day!
hugs...xoxo

Karen's submission for September

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Karen Knight - Son Kissed

Hi Shazza....
 
Here is my sept DT LO... This was a fantastic

challenge, and got me thinking outside my

normal circles... 
 
I didn't want to just use some blue PP or

cardstock for my blue background, so i made

it myself, by misting some old book pages

and then sticking them on a backing card

to form my background...  really like how

it turned out.
 
Have added in all my diva demands for

this month .. 
 
1. Blue backgorund:  check
2. White flowers:      check
3. Brown  or white tittle:  check
 
I love this photo of Ash and I and am

so glad i got a chance to use it in this

challenge.
 
Looking forward to next month..
 
hugs Karen xxx

Debi's submission for September

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Debi Clark -So Loved

Hello Shazza,

 

Spring is sprung with this lovely painting titled 'Almond Blossom'

hasn't it! Loads of potential for great LO's here don't you think

gals?

 

I chose to scrap a photo of my dear mum & dear daughter,

a few years ago. What a a lovely time I had with blue papers,

distressing it & also some doodled edges & a bit of

colouring in too...that is the best! I have added a cluster of

white flowers & titled my page 'So Loved' with white

alphas. I have journaled too, which is always great for

someone to read in a few years.

 

Thank you for this great inspiration Shazza,

 

Cheers, Debi Clark

 

http://debisjoy.blogspot.com

Chantelle's submission for September

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Chantelle Huizenga - Little Man

Great inspiration this month from the painting – I love the flowers and have tried to replicate this with a masking technique and gesso – have also added in a crochet flower.

Amanda's submission for September....

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Amanda Taylor - Dont Let the Water splash your Back

hey Shazza...... here is my submission for September's inspiration using the painting 'Almond Blossom' by Van Gogh.. i loved this painting to use inspiration from................. ive got all the required criteria of.... blue background, white flowers(on the doilie at bottom of pic) and i chose a white title (brown wouldnt have suited this page)................ this page is of my partners niece and nephew......... thanks Amanda

Winners announced for 'The Playing Claude Renoir' by Auguste Renoir

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Hi Ladies!

Thanks to all the ladies that joined in this months challenge, you all did a fabulous job of the challenge :)

We had a total of 15 entries......Woohoo!!!!......same as last month!!!

Well done and thanks so much for supporting ARTastic.

Well, the votes are in from the Design Team members.......

The 'Picture This' Winner for July

Drum Roll Please!!!!!!

Chantal Vandenberg

with her entry

That's So cute

Congrats Chantal you have won....

$25 voucher to spend at 'Scrap Therapy'

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The 'Picture This' Runner UP! for July

Mazlina

with her entry

Play

Congrats Mazlina!! you have won some

'Lime Tree Creations goodies'

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The winner of the 'Random Draw' Prize

donated by Deb Clark

Jane Howden

with her entry

Rest & Play

Congrat Jane!!!

you have won

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The winner of the 'Random Draw' Prize

donated by Michelle Lark

Ellen

with her entry

Love

Congrats Ellen!!! you have won......

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The winner of the 'Random Draw' Prize

donated by Melissa O'Neill

Mary Steinmetz

with her entry

Charge it Please!!

Congrats Mary!!! you have won...

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The winner of the 'Random Draw' Prize

donated by Amanda Taylor

Melody Rainbow

with her entry

We love u so much

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Curators Choice Award

Donated by Shazza (me)

goes to

Elaine S

with her entry

Play

Congrats Elaine!! you have won.....

My2angels products

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The Guest DT prize

donated by Tiffany Call

is TBA

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The DT submission winner for August is

Karen Knight

With her submission

'Muckee'

Congrat Karen!! I will send you some scrappy goodies :)

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A big thankyou to all the August sponsors,
your donations are much appreciated by all of us at ARTastic

SPONSORS for August

Picture This winning prize- sponsored by 'Scrap Therapy'

Picture this runner up Prize - donated by Lime Tree Creations

Guest DT RAK - donated by Tiffany Call
Random Draw Prize - donated by Michelle Lark

Random Draw Prize - donated by Debi Clark

Random Draw Prize - donated by Melissa O'Neill

Random Draw prize - donated by Amanda Taylor

'Curators Choice' Award and 'DT submission vote prize - donated by Me (Shazza)

********************************

Thankyou to all the ladies that took the time to enter this month,

Thankyou to Tiffany Call for being our Guest DT member for the month.

Thankyou to my DT members, who submitt the most inspiring work

We hope to see you all back again with some great entries for our next inspirational painting

Almond Blossom by Vincent Van Gogh

(As suggested by Peggy Schenkels)

Could all the winners please email me their home addresses to:

shazzaalleyes@hotmail.com

so I can get all your prizes organised :)

All prizes will be posted before end of September

**********************************

Winners will be announced Friday night!

2011-09-01T19:17:00.000+10:00

Sorry ladies, I will announce all the winners tomorrow night!

I am sick and unfortunately I do not have a Secretary or Admin Assistant to

help me out and to take over for me!

The rest of the monthly information should be uploaded by latest 4th September.

Sorry for any inconvienance!

Cheers

Shazza