Get Picky 1st B-Day Blog Hop

Welcome to the Get Picky 1^st Birthday Blog Hop!

We are celebrating our first year with a very exciting reveal as we unveil our 13^thSketch with you today and share the beautiful creations of both present and past designers from our first year! Some of the team members will be offering prizes so you will want to visit all of the blogs to increase your chances of winning a prize. We are also offering a major prize along with the chance at a Guest Designer spot for the month of November if you visit and leave a comment at all of the blogs in our blog hop and participate in Sketch Challenge #13. The Blog Hop starts today and will remain open until midnight (Australian Eastern Standard Time) on October 28^th so this will give you all plenty of time to visit everyone’s blogs and create a layout for the sketch challenge.

Here is Sketch #13

And here is my layout - using the fun Random Collection from Crate Paper (with a touch of peppermint also):

As we mentioned, there are lots of great birthday pressies up for grabs along our hop today. Some of our designers will be offering a RAK of their own and of course there is the chance to become our Guest Designer for November....but what's a celebration without that very special gift.

We are so very excited to also announce that Imaginisce have been kind enough to sponsor us with an awesome prize for our very special birthday celebration.

And in addition, I'm also offering a small RAK of yummy goodies. Just leave me a comment on this post and once the hop is over, I'll choose one random winner who gets to play with these.

Get Picky is the first stop of our birthday journey where you will find the complete list of all blogs in case there is a glitch along the way. If you would like to play, just follow along the blog path in order so you don’t miss anyone.

Remember, if you want to be considered for the Guest Designer spot in November, once you have visited all the blogs and uploaded your entry for Sketch Challenge #13, please make sure that you go back to the Get Picky Blog and leave a comment on the challenge post.

The blog hop begins here: Get Picky Blog

Your next stop is here: Samantha Hauzer

Thank you so much for joining us for this very special birthday celebration and for your continued support!

Get Picky Inspiration Challenge #11

hi everyone, a quick post to let you know that the latest Get Picky Challenge is up and this time around it's an inspiration challenge based on the lovely floral photos provided (more details here on the Get Picky Blog). and here's my take on the challenge, using the gorgeous MME Lost & Found 2 - Sunshine collection papers and having fun (again) with the white on white technique/details.



and using up the bits and pieces of goodies that were laying around on my table... and making the most of the packaging materials - I just love how manufacturers now a days are not only creating amazing products for us to use but also the versatile the packaging materials are too.




thanks again for stopping by and don't forget to hop on over to the Get Picky Blog for more inspirations and also there's an extra prize given away for just joining in on the fun.

also if you haven't already - don't forget to leave me a comment on the giveaway post here for a chance of winning the latest CK Special Issue copy - there's tons of fun tips in this one!

Get Picky Challenge #11 & Pink Paislee Nantucket

Hi guys, the latest Get Picky Sketch Challenge is up and for this challenge I used the gorgeous Nantucket collection from Pink Paislee. From the collection, I selected the turquoise and golden yellow color as the main focus for the layout.... and also using the new mask from the Pink Paislee Mistable collection for some misting details (with studio calico white mist).

and also finally using up these prima flowers that I've been hoarding forever - the colors were a perfect match!

and one of my most favorite embellishment from the Nantucket collection are these hexagon chipboard pieces... honesty you really need to get at least two of these, cause they are super addictive and super fun to use (just check out the ideas on the pink paislee blog).

and more details on the mask used (from the Mistable collection).

thanks for stopping by everyone and hope you guys will play along with us over at Get Picky. also in case you haven't heard - they're having a DT Call at the moment (more details here). what are you waiting for? **wink**

Get Picky Challenge #11

it still amazes me how fast time flies everytime; it honestly feels as though I just looked away for a second and yikes, august is here already. which means that half the year has already come and gone... and I still haven't done anything much (gotta find where I put that resolution list, but am sure that nothing can be checked off yet and still haven't lost a single pound - I really really hope I haven't gained more weight since the beginning of the year; dang where's that scale).

before disappearing to agonize myself over this... just wanted to let you know that the latest challenge from Get Picky is up and this time around its an inspirational challenge based on the picture provided (click here for the inspiration picture and more details). and here's my take on it... focusing on the butterflies (still not over them) and also using up the last bits of my "lawn party" studio calico kit (this is definitely my all time favorite kit) and a mix of other random things laying around on my scrapping table (and orange background pattern paper is from lily bee design - stationery collection).

and using the doily and fabric covered buttons sponsered by Purple Pumpkin...

and totally addicted to these butterflies that were cut using the making memories slice machine and from their noteworthy design collection. love.

and of course, american craft thickers - how can you not include these on all your projects...lol... but really loving this font "sunshine" - love the fun design of the alphas and most importantly the size!! they are really perfect - not too big or too small.

and once again using my crafter's workshop template to mist those circles in the background. I'm just loving this design and couldn't resist getting both the 12x12 and 6x6 templates. I can't wait for their new designs, there's already quite a few that are on my must have list!

Thanks for stopping and hope you guys join in on the fun with us over at Get Picky!!

Get Picky Challenge #10

hi there... the latest Get Picky Challenge is up and I had a super fun time working on this month's sketch and also using the Studio Calico June Kit - Paper Moon (with some random other bits). (click here for the original sketch)

I've been holding on to these pictures for awhile now (almost a year - can't believe how fast time just flown by and it'll just be a few more weeks until we see them again)...

Also this month sponsor at Get Picky is Purple Pumpkin and Samantha (the owner) has been so kind to provide some of her handmade goodies for us to work with and on this layout, I couldn't resist adding in that gorgeous orange fabric flower. LOVE It!!! I really need more of these.... And in case anyone is interested - Purple Pumpkin is currently having a guest designer contest; do check out their blog for more details!

And I've just discovered a new love, using twine for stitching... doesn't it have a fun effect?

And I have now fallen in love all over again with THICKERS! Aren't those chipboard alphas a must have? I definitely need another pack of these (which I am unable to find at my LSS... sigh).

hope you guys will join in the fun and don't forget to stop by the Get Picky Blog for the full details and also more samples from the amazing ladies there.

thanks for stopping everyone!!!

having fun experimenting...

wow, is the month already over? June honestly has come and gone by in a flash and I can't even believe that its been over a week since I last posted on the blog.... needless to say, it also means I haven't been scrapping as much this month as I normally do... (unfortunately things have been too too busy at work that by the time I get back, I'm exhausted beyond to do much of anything else...).

But when I do get a chance... I'm in the mood to experiment and explore... like this layout that I created for this month's GET PICKY Challenge #9; working on a horizontal 8.5x11" layout is a challenge of its own. And speaking of Get Picky - the wonderful ladies there have asked me to join their team for the next 3 months. I'm truly honored and thrilled and thank you so much Tanya and Nikki for this opportunity!

For this month challenge - it's an inspiration challenge whereby we would love to see how this "Sex and the City 2" movie poster has inspired you... (don't forget to check here for more details & the yummy prizes that they have in store - you don't want to miss this and the winner will be randomly drawn from the entries)

And for my take on the challenge, I drew on the colors (brown, yellow & turquoise - although my turquoise ended up more on the greener side, oops)...

and here are a few more close up pictures... using my new sizzix flower die and some 7Gypsies tissue paper to create the center part of the flower...

also added a bit of stamping details.... from technique tuesday!

and I still can't get over the gorgeous butterfly die cuts from Pink Paislee butterfly garden collection - in love with this collection and honestly can't get enough of it!!

A big thanks everyone for stopping by and I do promise to post more!