LET'S GET INSPIRED MAGAZINE NEW HOME GIVEAWAY

Let's Get Inspired Magazine has a new home!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We have decided to break the MAGAZINE PORTION OF LGS away from the sketch blog and dedicate a blog totally to the magazine only.  Here you will find all of the previous issues of the magazine, submission guidelines as well as tons of useful information regarding Let's Get Inspired magazine.  We have also added a user gallery to showcase your LGS layouts. 

To celebrate the new magazine home, there is a blog candy giveaway!  Here is how you win........

1. Become a follower to the NEW blog and leave a comment HERE letting us know you are a follower;
2. For a second entry, you can create a post about our new blog to help spread the word.  Please leave a comment HERE with a link to your post. 
3. For a third entry, add our giveaway button to your blog's sidebar.  Please leave a comment HERE with a link to your blog.

For each of the 3 things you do above your name goes into the draw, so if you do all three, your name will go into the draw 3 times!!!!!  This event ends on May 30th. 

The winner will be randomly selected to win the new Archived Collection from Teresa Collins.

 

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LET'S GET SKETCHY MAGAZINE SUBMISSIONS ISSUE 4

Submissions are now being accepted for the 4th Issue of Let's Get Sketchy Sketch Inspired Magazine which will go live on August 1st.  They are looking for the following projects:

• Layouts (gallery pages - any layout, any theme)
• Special sections
• Cards (any theme, any kind)
• Project Life
• Celebrations
• Chalkboard
• Manufacturer - Crate Paper
• Now & Then (layouts featuring now and then photos)
• Black and White (layouts using black and white photos only)
• For the boys (layouts about boys only)
• Cover (we will pull our cover layout from our weekly sketch submissions.  So get those sketches done!

When listing your supplies, please use the format below!  Any submission not properly submitted will not be considered for publication.

Inspired submission supply list:

• Cardstock;
• Patterned paper;
• Embellishments;
• Stickers;
• Alpha;
• Stamps;
• Ink, embossing powder, paint;
• Writing tools;
• Ribbon/fibers;
• Digital elements;
• Miscellaneous;
• Sketch designer or site (it is your responsibility to be aware of which sketch sites do not allow publication of pages created with their sketches, i.e. Sketch 'n Scrap)
• Layout photo (please make sure your layout is clear and concise.  No additional background "interference".  We will not publish any photos that are not properly photographed.)

DUE DATE FOR SUBMISSIONS FOR ISSUE 4 IS JULY 1, 2014

Please include the following information on ALL submissions:

• Name
• Country
• Title of project
• Brief supply list as set out above
• Which section you are submitting for

Please send submissions to letsgetsketchysubmissions@gmail.com

Please help us spread the word by adding this blinkie to your blogs!

 

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LET'S GET SKETCHY DESIGN TEAM

Wow I cannot believe it!!!!!!!!!!  I have been picked to form part of the Design Team over at Let's Get Sketchy!!!!!!!!!  I am super excited and cannot wait to get started on their sketches!!!!!!!!!!

 

Let's Get Sketchy is a sketch challenge site owned by Brenshevia.  The challenges are posted every Monday and your entries into the challenge are due by the 30th of each month! 

 

Each week we select "Featured" layouts from the current week's entries.  In addition to these, the Design team picks a "Fave".  The voting starts on Saturday each week and ends on Sunday, 2pm CST.  So make sure you join the fun and get those pages done!  We are looking forward to seeing you layout creations! 

 

I am super excited to be working as part of this really talented team. 

 

 

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FROSTED DESIGNS MAY KIT - SIMPLY SWEET

Frosted Designs brand new Simply Sweet Kit is exactly that.......  Simply Sweet!!!  It features the NEW Heidi Swapp Dreamy collection, take a look..........

 

How beautiful is this kit?!?!?!  The combination of patterns and colours make this kit very versatile... great for virtually any theme or project you are working on. 

 

Let me tell you a little bit about the kits at Frosted Designs.  Our kits are designed to allow everyone a chance to add a little mixed media to whatever project you are working on!  I personally, like to try a new product that I wouldn't necessarily pick up in a store or feel like I wouldn't know how to begin to use.  Each month we add one of these products to the kits to allow you the chance to play with different inks, mists, paints, etc.  This month our mixed media item in the main kit is the Tattered Angels Glimmer Glase in Paradise Pink.  And because we know that you might not know what to do with that product, there will be tutorials throughout the month to show you how to put that item to use!

 

Our kits are broken down into 3 parts.  We allow you to CUSTOMIZE your kit by selecting 2 of the 3 options that work best for you style of creating.  Everyone who orders a kit gets what is in the MAIN KIT.  You then get to choose between the CLEAN FUN OPTION and the MESSY FUN OPTION to complete your kit.  These are not add-ons, you get to customize at no extra cost.  The CLEAN FUN OPTION is for those of you who like to scrapbook and make cards.  It usually includes more paper and a few more embellishments.  The MESSY FUN OPTION includes a stencil or stamp along with some other fun "messy" items!  This option is great for those of you who like to do off the page projects, art journaling and other projects along those lines. 

 

Love both options?!?!?  Well you can have both for just $7.50.....  (about R100 excl. postage and depending on the exchange rate).

Here is what you receive in the Simply Sweet kit

MAIN KIT (everyone get these items):

• 1 x Heidi Swapp 12x12 Dreamy - Life is Beautiful patterned paper
• 1 x Heidi Swapp 12x12 Dreamy - Ticket to Ride patterned paper
• 1 x Heidi Swapp 12x12 Dreamy - Dreamy Dots patterned paper
• 1 x Heidi Swapp 12x12 Dreamy - Dreams come True patterned paper
• 1 x Heidi Swapp Dreamy word stickers
• 1 x Prima Silk Flowers - Gillian white
• 1 x Glimmer Glaze - paradise pink
• 1 x Prime Sticker - doily
• 1 yard Maya Road crochet trim
• 8 x Queen&Co. Rock Candy
• 1 package Heidi Swapp Dreamy tags
• 2 x Maya Road Vintage Find Birds
• 4 x Maya Road Vintage Stitch wood shapes - arrow & hearts
• 1 package Dress It Up embellishments - Au Jardin whisper

SELECT ONE OF THE FOLLOWING OPTIONS TO COMPLETE YOUR KIT

A.  MESSY FUN OPTION 

• 1 x The Crafters Workshop stencil - Live Love Laugh
• 1 x Viva Paper Pen - cream
• 1 x Prima Chalk Pad - knotted wood

B.  CLEAN FUN OPTION

• 1 x Heidi Swapp 12x12 Dream - Choose Happy patterned paper
• 1 x Melissa Frances 12x12 Bits & Pieces
• 1 x Melissa Frances 12x12 Mixed Media Doodles
• 1 package Prima Flowers - Princess
• 1 x Cosmo Cricket tiny text stickers - just because



Want to see more close ups!?!?!??!?!

 

Do you like Letter Stickers?!?!?  Well, good news!  You can get these letter stickers for just $3.50 (about R45.00) a package!!!  Choose from the Heidi Swapp Colour Magic Resist Chipboard Letter Stickers or Dreamy Puffy Glitter Letter Stickers!!!!!!!!

Thinking about signing up for a subscription to the Frosted Design kits?!??!?!!!?!

How about a FREE GIFT?!?!??!

Anyone who signs up for a NEW KIT SUBSCRIPTION this month (the month of May), will receive this bonus gift for FREE!!!!!!!!!!!  You do not need to order this!  It will automatically arrive with your kit :-)

The bonus gift includes:

• Strathmore Visual Journal
• 3 pack water brushes
• Maya Road Maya Mist - white out

To find the Simply Sweet Kit in the store, click HERE!!!!!!!

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FRIDAY CHALLENGE AT FROSTED DESIGNS - A MOTHER'S DAY MOOD BOARD!

*****HAVE YOU CHECKED OUT THE FROSTED DESIGNS FACEBOOK PAGE???*****

YOU COULD WIN A FROSTED DESIGNS KIT FOR YOURSELF AND A FRIEND!!!!!

CLICK HERE TO FIND OUT HOW!!!!!!!

 

Happy Friday friends and followers!  Today we have a brand new challenge over at Frosted Designs.  Our challenge this week is all about MOM!!!!  Whether you are a mom, a stepmom, a grandmother, or just hope to become a mother one day, sooner or later, we all quote our mother and we all hold them dear to our heart as fabulous women in our lives. 

For this challenge, we would like you to create a project using our Mood Board as inspiration!

You can create any type of project - layout, card, art journal page or off the page project for this challenge.  Here is our lovely, yummy mood board to get your creative juices flowing:

 

 

We have a fabulous prize lined up for this challenge!!!!

 

 

Amanda Armitage, an independent Close to my Heart consultant, is giving away a fabulous CTMH stamp set with block and a coupon for your future CTMH purchases!

 

Link to the Frosted Designs blog HERE no later than 12h00 noon, Wednesday May 21st to be entered into the draw for the Top 3 or the grand prize!!!!!!!!!

 

 

 

 

 

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LET'S GET INSPIRED MAGAZINE, ISSUE 3

 

Good morning everyone!  The latest edition of Let's Get Inspired is here!  I am super excited to share this issue with you as one of my Project Life layouts have been published in this issue!!!!!!

 

The issue is filled with fun and inspiring layouts!!!!!!!!!!

 

 

Hope you all have an awesome day!

 

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LET'S SCRAP SKETCH 5-7-14

Hi everyone, can you believe it is Wednesday again and with that the month of May has arrived. 

May is one of our family's busiest month.  It is my birthday, my mom's birthday as well as Mother's day :-)  So lots of parties and photo opportunities :-)

So without further chatting and beating around the bush.  I am here today to share with you a layout I made with the sketch at Let's Scrap this week. 

Products used

My Mind's Eye Kate & Co Oxford Line 12x12 double sided paper

Tim Holtz® Alterations Sizzix® Sizzlits® Decorative Strip Dies Paper Rosette

 

 Here are some pictures of the detail. 

 

I used a stitching template and added some hand-stitching to the left hand side of the layout.  The rosettes I made using the Tim Holtz die and my cuttlebug.  Finally to finish of the layout, I included some flags on the far right of the layout and some die-cuts which I cut from the papers. 

 

I hope you enjoyed my layout and thank you for the visit. 

 

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LITTLE BOY BLUE

Today I am here with a layout I made using the Little Boy Blue collection from Crate Paper.  It is a range I bought right after Jonathan was born, but never found the right photo to use with it.  So when I found this picture of him that we took at 6 weeks of him, I knew this was the right collection. 



Products Used

Crate Paper Little Boy Blue 12x12 patterned paper

Crate Paper Little Boy Blue embellishments

Fabscraps alphabet letters

Tim Holtz stickles

Buttons, bling, twine and felt heart (from my stash)

 

Here are some pictures of the detail and embellishments.

I used Fabscraps chipboard alphabets for the title, which I covered with Tim Holtz stickles, just to give it a bit of shine.  

 

I used the rosettes, stars and date die cut from the Crate collection and clustered them all together at the bottom right hand corner of the photo.  I added the ruler to the cluser, as well as a felt heart and some buttons and bling.  I also added a stitch to the heart.  

 



 

I the top right hand corner I made a banner and embellished it with some buttons and bling, from my stash.  I also included some hand stitching, altering between red and blue. 

Thank you for visiting my blog today!

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LET'S SCRAP SKETCH 3-5-14

Today I want to share with you one of my most recent layout I made with a Let's Scrap sketch.  Here is my take on the sketch below. 

Products Used

Echo Park Times and Season 2 12x12 patterned paper - Number Circles

Echo Park Times and Season 2 12x12 patterned paper - Multi Floral

Echo Park Times and Season 2 12x12 patterned paper - Manly Stripe

Echo Park Times and Season 2 12x12 patterned paper - Ambersand

Echo Park Times and Season 2 12x12 patterned paper - Journalling cards

Echo Park Times and Season 2 element stickers

Echo Park Times and Season 2 12x12 alpha stickers

Here are some close-up pictures of the detail. 

 

Due to the fact that the papers were so busy, I did not want to embellish a lot and therefore only include the journaling card (bottom left hand corner of the layout), calendar sticker as well as some doily stickers (top right hand corner) and then then title at the bottom of the layout, where I used a combination of fonts. 

 

Thank you for the visit!



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FROSTED DESIGNS APRIL KIT RELEASED

We love hearing the feedback each month as the kits are revealed and what we keep hearing is that the kits are getting better and better!!!  Well, guess what!  You are going to be blown away by this kit!  The BEAUTY OF NATURE kit features the BRAND NEW 7 DOTS NATURE WALK line, along with the BRAND NEW MARION SMITH NIRVANA line!  What a combination.  Did I mention that we also added in some LINDY'S MAGICALS?  Yummy!  Take a look.....................

 

Isn't it FABULOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  And the other super cool thing about our kits here at Frosted Designs, you get to CUSTOMIZE your kit at NO EXTRA COST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  You can decide what you want in your kit without having to pay for expensive add-ons!  Here is how it works.....  Everyone gets what is in the Main Kit.  You then get to choose either the "Messy Fun" option OR the "Clean Fun" option to be added to your kit at no extra cost!!!  If you decide that you have to have both options, you can do that for an additional $7.50. 

 

Here is what you get in the BEAUTY OF NATURE kit. 

Main kit (everyone gets these items)

• 1 x 7 Dots Nature Walk Cloudy 12x12 patterned paper
• 1 x 7 Dots Nature Walk Winged Vines 12x12 patterned paper
• 1 x 7 Dots Nature Walk Musical Blooms 12x12 patterned paper
• 1 x 7 Dots Nature Walk die-cut cardstock
• 1 x Tim Holtz marker - Bundled Sage
• 1 x Tim Holtz marker - Walnut Stain
• 1 x Lindy's Stamp Gang Magical - Bells of Ireland Green
• 1 x Prima Joyous Burlap flower package
• 1 x UmWow Nature Walk Insect chipboard package
• 7 x Chipboard flourishes from Maya Road
• 2 x Marion Smith Jungue & Gems Metal embellishments - Butterflies
• 7 x Prima wood die-cut icons - Stationers
• 3 x Prima Crochet icons - Love You

SELECT ONE OF THE FOLLOWING OPTIONS TO COMPLETE YOUR KIT:

Clean Fun

• 1 x Marion Smith Nirvana Cloud 9 12x12 patterned paper
• 1 x Marion Smith Nirvana Photo Op 12x12 patterned paper
• 1 x Marion Smith Nirvana Bliss 12x12 patterned paper
• 1 x Marion Smith Nirvana Up&Away 12x12 patterned paper
• 1 x Kaisercraft pearls - Chocolate
• 1 x Kaisercraft paper blooms - Sage

The "Clean Fun" option is for our crafty friends who like paper and do projects like layouts and cards. 

Messy Fun

• 1 x Crafters workshop templates - Harlequin
• 1 x Lindy's Stamp Gang Musical - Mission Bells Brown

 The "Messy Fun" option is for our crafty friends who like to play with different mediums like inks, paints and mists.   

You can find the BEAUTY OF NATURE kit in the Frosted Designs store HERE!!!!!!!!!

EXTRA BONUS:  This month ONLY..................

If you sign up for a subscription (3 or 6 months) you can select one of our 2013 KITS FOR FREE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  This includes Sea Breeze, Family Blessings, Seasons of Stars, October Mixed Media kit, November Mixed Media kit or December Mixed Media kit.  Leave a note telling us which kit you would like when you checkout!  If you have questions, send an email to barb@frosted -designs.com 

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