Hi there!
Just a short post to announce that, after a 6 month absence, I'm back on the Sassy Lil' Sketches DT! Yay! Cherie's sketches are always inspiring, so I can't wait until August to get started! There are a few changes this time around on the blog. Layout sketches will be revealed on Tuesdays and card sketches on Thursdays. There will also be a new "Switch It Up" team who will reveal their layouts on Saturdays. I'll be revealing on the third Saturdays of the month. So lots of fun stuff ahead!
In the meantime, there are already 2 great sketches out this month, with 2 more still to come! Go check them out here for a chance to win a prize from Tally Scrapper or Sassy Studio Designs!
Happy scrapping! Martine
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It's a new month at Sassy Lil' Sketches, that means new sketches and new prizes too!
Here's the October 7th sketch by Cherie Averill. It's a great multi-picture sketch! I love those!!
And here's my layout. I did a girly page, all in pinks, pearls, flowers, butterflies, and my favorite part... my grand-mother's vintage paper doilies! This is a companion page to the one I did here about having "afternoon tea" at Butchart Gardens in Victoria this summer. I was never a "pink" kinda gal, but I'm finding I'm doing more and more pink pages recently! Must be all those gardens I've been visiting! lol!
Check out what the other DT members did here! You're sure to find lots of inspiration!
We also have two new sponsors this month! Blue Hills Studio is our paper sponsor.
And our digi sponsor is Sassy Designs.
Go check them out! You have until November 5th to participate and link up your creations on the Sassy blog. And don't forget the special card sketches released every Monday in October with a prize from CupCards{ToGo}! The first one is already up here! Hope you join us this month for some scrappy fun! Martine
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Hi there!
You have until tomorrow, October 5th at 11:59 PM EST to link up your layouts using any of the September sketches at Sassy Lil' Sketches for your chance to win a prize from one of our sponsors, Memory Miser and Digital Delights by Louby Loo.
In case you missed any, here are all the September sketches that you can use:
September 7th: 
September 14th card sketch:
September 21st:
September 28th:
September bonus sketch:
Starting today and all month long during October, there will be special card sketches released every Monday!
This is the sketch for October 4th.
Complete one of these special card sketches in October for your chance to win a mini-kit from CupCards{ToGo}! Lots of inspiration to be had!
Happy scrapping!
Martine
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Hi there!
August is here and it's time for another reveal with the new DT at Sassy Lil' Sketches with two new sponsors too! Here's the fabulous sketch by Cherie Averill. Seriously, I'm always inspired by her sketches! Every time!!
So this week was a one photo sketch... I always have a hard time sticking to only one picture on a LO (because I always take waaaay too many pictures on my trips! lol!) My solution was to do a 9-photo contact sheet instead!
This is a LO about the "fauna" that we encountered on our trip to the UK last summer. Cows by the side of the road (and the roads were so narrow they almost had their head through the car window! lol!) My favorite, the highland cows, so cute with their long hair and big horns. Sheep everywhere! And of course, kitties! :)
I made this LO as a companion to the one I did on the "flora" of the UK (which was scraplifted from Lisa Tottle) .
I think I've mentioned before that I always do two pages for my travel albums, but I don't make "double layouts". I make two single LOs that kind of "go together" (same paper, similar sketch...). (I do that because I don't do both pages at the same time... there often is a long gap of time between my 1st and 2nd pages!). But in this case, I couldn't really use the same papers, because the flowery, pink and purple papers of the flowers pics didn't match with the animal pics. So I tried to tie in both LOs as much as I could by using a CS base (which I rarely do!), misting the same butterfly in the opposite corner, using the same alphas for the title (but inked in a different color) with the same little butterfly bling, and by curling the edges of my paper layers in the same way. They ended up not clashing too much side by side in my album, so I'm happy!
So go check out what the other DT members did with this wonderful sketch right here!
And we have two new sponsors this month!
Our paper sponsor is ScrapFreak! One lucky winner will receive a beautiful embellishment kit! (US only)
Our digi sponsor is The Cutting Cafe! Somebody will win three digi files from this site!
So what are you waiting for? Every sketch you complete during the month of August will give you one entry for the prizes! The more you create, the better chance you have at winning! You have until September 5th at 11:59 PM EST to link your creations.
Happy scrapping!
Martine
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Today's reveal day at Sassy Lil' Sketches and they have TWO new sponsors! The paper sponsor is Snobby Walrus, who have graciously donated their Lakeside Picnic paper kit! (US only)
The digital sponsor is Peggy Loves Vintage , who has a wonderful Etsy shop full of beautiful vintage images! Peggy donated several cute digi vintage images to complement your layouts!
Here's the July 7th sketch. Loved the design with the photos along the vertical stripes of patterned paper, with a cluster of embellies at the bottom. This was perfect for Peggy's vintage images!
And here's my layout.
It's the little village of Rothenburg in Germany, a quaint, walled, medieval village that was one of my favorite places that we visited during our trip in 2007. It had a great (huge!) Christmas store with a Christmas museum. Being a true Christmas nut, that made me very happy! I just need to go back and visit during Christmas Market time... now that would be the perfect Christmas vacation!
I used two of Peggy's images, which I shrunk (they have a great resolution by the way, and keep their wonderful details even when they're resized!). I wanted a textured look, so I printed them on a old piece of adhesive canvas I had. I punched the little birdie image with a circle punch and glued it to a chipboard circle. I cut out the silhouette of the Santa. I inked them both with distress ink and used Rock Candy Distress Stickles to add a bit of glimmer. The other image is an old Christmas sticker I had. I inked it and added Crackle Accent to give it an aged look.I'm really happy about how they turned out! It adds a nice touch to the "Old World" Christmas I wanted to convey!
I also stamped my title on the adhesive canvas and mounted the letters on a transparency, then pop dotted the whole thing for dimension.
I used a lot of old supplies on this layout, which makes me happy! Other that the adhesive canvas and Christmas sticker, I used some old Daisy D's and ProvoCraft papers, dating back to 2005/06! I also added some new supplies, like K&Co transparencies and fabric brad, Webster's Pages alpha stickers, a Tim Holtz trinket pin, as well as Heidi Swapp's Tattered Angels Rockin' Renaissance Custom Cut Outs for my journaling tag.
So there you go! Go check out the rest of the reveal by the other DT members! Dont' forget, you have until August 5th at 11:59 p.m to link your layout at Sassy Lil' Sketches to have a chance to win one of the two prizes this month!
Happy scrapping!
Martine :)
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Ok, so I haven't had time to scrap yet... (school's over now so I should get scrapping again soon!) But here are the latest sketches from Sassy Lil' Sketches! Don't forget, they have sponsors now so you can win a cool prize from Reminisce if you complete any June sketches! (and you live in US for this month's sponsor)
Here's the June 14th card sketch:
And the June 21st layout sketch:
Check out all the beautiful LOs made by the DT. Remember, the more sketches you complete, the more chances you have to win! (plus you have some great LOs to add to your albums! ;)
Don't forget, there's also a cool contest going on where you can win a 70$ gift certificate to any of the CSN stores by using one of their items as inspiration for a layout! How cool is that? You have until June 30th to complete this challenge! See all the details here!
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Yep, that's right! You now have a chance to win some cool scrappy goodies by creating layouts using the sketches at Sassy Lil' Sketches! This month's sponsor is Reminisce! You can check out their website here! Here are the details:
1)We will be drawing a monthly random prize for our Sassy Lil' Sketch participants on the 6th of each month.
2)You have to link up your creations inspired by any Sassy Lil' Sketch via Mr. Linky on the Sassy blog. The more sketches you do in a month, the more times your name can be put in the drawing. 3) Not all prizes will be open to international participants. We will note that each month. For the month of June, the drawing is open to US residents only.Click here to get all the info from the blog! And don't forget to scrap those sketches!! :)
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