"Beach life" by Arnlaug Koppang

Hi everybody! I am so excited today as this is my first share as a part of the Purple Pumpkin design team!
From the day I discovered this shop I've been in love with all these unique, colorful and fun products!

It's autumn here in Norway now and that means it's a perfect time to scrap the summer photos. I have so many of them so sometimes I like to put a few together on a page and make the pics smaller to make room for some white space aswell to some great embellishments:-)

Making this layout I stated out by spraying on some goosebumps that repels other mediums and when it had dried I added some glimmer mist. Then I used modeling paste and a few rubons.

On my page I have used some various products from the shop. There are so many different buttons in there and this pink one with the cloud was perfect for my project! In addition, I used a yellow ticket and some twine.

September winners!!!

Hello ladies!

Thank you ALL so much for playing along with us and inspire us with your beautiful work!!!

We had a lot of awesome entries!!!

So.......

The design team has voted and our winner is.......................

18. Maria Kamelina 

 Huge congrats Maria!! We all loved the soft feeling and beautiful take on our sketch!!

You have won $25 to spend in the Purple Pumpkin shop. 
Just place your order as normal and put "September Winner" in the comments. (The amount won't come off your order automatically, but just take the $25 off your total :)) 

Please send an email to "vartig12(at)yahoo.com" if you wish to be our guest designer for next month's sketch!!! In the subject line write "PP Sketch winner"! Thank you!!xx

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 5. Jane C (Aust) 

Now, our Random Winner is this gorgeous layout by Jane. Congrats!!! You have won $15 to spend in the Purple Pumpkin shop. Just place your order as normal and put "September Random Winner" in the comments. (The amount won't come off your order automatically, but just take the $15 off your total :))

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Featured layouts!!

And as always, we are featuring a few layouts that have caught our eye!!!!

7. Nicolle Kramer (USA) 

9. Spardha

16. Ane4ka_zae4ka 

Thanks again to everyone who entered our Sketch Challenge. For more chances to win, make sure you enter the October challenge too!

Have a nice creative day!!xx

October sketch challenge and an announcement!!!

Hello wonderful Purple Pumpkin friends!!!

We have a new inspirational sketch for you designed by Debbie Burns and gorgeous layouts by our talented Design Team which  grows bigger today!!!

We have decided to change the DT terms to January-June and July-December. That means that we are going to have a DT call in late November. Until then, we have asked two very talented ladies to join our team!!! Please welcome.......

Hi! My name is Arnlaug Koppang and I'm a 31 year old "girl" from a small island at the west coast of Norway. I've been scrapping since 2008 but I would say it's the last 2 years my creativity really hit the surface. And now I'm totally in love with this hobby;-)  I love scrapping because it's a hobby for both memory keeping and creating art. When I scrap my mind relaxes and takes me away from the busy everyday life. 

I love to use social medias and I'm active on my blog, on facebook and also pinterest. Check out my blog here: Arnlaugshobbykosekrok. 

I'm currently on the design team for a great sketch blog in NORWAY, Skissedilla. The blog is one of the big ones in Norway and we now get more and more international contributors as well. I am really proud to be on the team with these great girls! Please pop in to play along sometime:-) I'm also on the DT of The Color Room.

I am a scrapper with a lot of variety and can't say I have one particular style. But I have to say I'm having a blast when I'm playing with mixed media:-)

I am so honored to be a designer here at Purple Pumpkin. Hope you'll all enjoy my projects:-)

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Hiya I'm Jess. I am a wife, a mother to a 5 year old boy & lover of all things crafty! Oh and I also have 2 fur babies as well. I have been scrapping for about 3 years now and really love it. I love everything from choosing papers & embellishments, to the whole process of putting a layout together! 

I guess you could say my style is layered, a little arty & a bit simplistic with lots of little details. 

I also enjoy other arty crafty things like painting, art journalling & sewing.

I'm so thrilled be part of the Purple Pumpkin team. I love the versatility of the products, they are so fun and easy to create with!

I really look forward to sharing my creations with everybody.

http://thehappyscrappyplace.blogspot.gr/

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And here is the sketch for October!!!

Jess Mackenzie

I have used an XL button, kraft tag and a ticket.

Arnlaug Koppang

I've used a fabric button, a ticket and some washi tape.

Judith Armstrong

 I have used a crocheted doily, Tulip fabric button, flowery fabric button and an orange yo yo flower.

Karen Grose

I've used a hessian flower (very nice  ), spotty button and script flair.

Yvonne Yam

I used a ticket, a fabric bloom and a music notes flair button.

Debbie Burns

 I used a pink spotty button, flower fabric button, butterfly washi tape and a white crochet doily

Vicky Varvadouka

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You have until the end of the month to complete this Sketch Challenge and link it up in our sidebar by midnight 31st of October 2013. There will be two fabulous Purple Pumpkin prizes!

$25 & 15$ to spend in the Purple Pumpkin shop - one winner will be chosen by the design team, and the second will be a random prize draw. Winner gets to Guest Design in a future month - once they have received their Purple Pumpkin product of course!

Please check out our RULES:

*This is an international blog so anyone in the world can enter.

*You may combine challenges as long as you follow our sketch (only and not other similar to ours) with a link back to our blog and a picture of the sketch.

* No digital projects are accepted.

* The winner will be chosen by our design team after voting and can be the guest designer for next month. There will also be a second random winner!!!

NO NEED TO USE OUR PRODUCTS TO PARTICIPATE.

*Projects must be linked up to our linky tool in the sidebar, using the URL of the ACTUAL POST not your entire blog.

* We would love to comment on your entry! Please make it easier for as by turning OFF your word verification. If spam is a problem you can enable comment moderation.

We would love to see your pages on our FACEBOOK wall whenever you use our products too!!

Thanks for visiting Purple Pumpkin today and good luck!

"All grown up" By Vicky Varvadouka

"All Grown Up"

Hello my friends!

A while ago I made this layout which is all about the friendship between my little girls and my
Godchild Andriana! They've known each other since they were
 born and they feel like sisters! 

To create the background, I have used two stencils and texture paste.
 I then used orange and light blue chalk inks as well as some
glimmer mists to give colour! I have also stamped randomly around
 the page with background stamps.

You can see a cute little Purple Pumpkin flair button with tiny hearts!

The light blue doily and the orange resin are from Purple Pumpkin!

Thanks for visiting PP blog today!!!

Have a nice day!!

Bed Of Roses By Julianne McKenna-De Lumen

Welcome to our Purple Pumpkin friends! Can you believe that the first month of spring is nearly over? Wow, time just seems to be flying by. I cannot believe that I have been part of this awesome Purple Pumpkin Design Team for six months. But unfortunately, the time has now come to say good-bye. Today, I am sharing my final post. But don't be sad - there are new team members, with lots of new inspiration, heading your way. I am sure they will share many amazing projects with you. 

"Life Is Not A Bed Of Roses"

While visiting the Adelaide Show earlier this month, I came across this floral display in the craft section. Isn't it amazing! I knew it needed a layout that was a little different, and a little special. So I decided to play with some embossing enamel (the gold chevron background) and Croco Crackling medium to see what I could come up with. And I finished it all off with Dylusions, Glimmermists, stamping, and rhinestones.   

I wanted to create a layout that was a little romantic, and a little grungy, all at the same time. So I started by adding a satin bloom flower to the page. And I added two resin flowers to the centres of the butterflies. Flowers are always a romantic touch. 

I love peacocks - they are just so colourful and beautiful, so these fabric peacock buttons were a  perfect addition to this page. I've added  die cut paper doilies underneath to create a circular decorative border around the buttons. 

I have used the green polka dot washi tape to help create a border and frame around my photograph (it also helps to hold down the die cut burlap paper). 

Don't forget, all these cute and funky products can be found in the Purple Pumpkin store - and it is the little things like this that make your projects unique and individual. 

It has been an honour, and absolute pleasure, to be part of this team for six months, and to have the opportunity to share my work with you. Thank-you for all your comments and love, they have been greatly appreciated. :-) 

Cheers,

Julianne. 

"Chubby cheeks" by Vicky Varvadouka

Hello friends and followers...

Here is a layout I did a while back where I had to use everything in red! Well, there are a lot of red Purple Pumpkin Embellies !!!!

"Chubby cheeks"

For some reason, I cannot find where I have saved the close up photos...:P I am sorry....

But I am sure you can trace the beautiful PP embellies!

I have used red washi tape, red twine, a red crochet doily and a big red spotty button!!!

Thanks for visiting us!!!

Have a nice day!!xx

Our Family by Judith

Good morning, Judith here with my last share of the month. I've had this photo waiting to be scrapped for a while. It was taken last year when my FIL came to visit from Mildura, the first time he has been down since moving up there in 2003. As we don't see him that often, we decided to get a family photo. I decided to go with something a bit more simple in style this time.  The colours in the Teresa Collins Family Stories Collection were perfect and I found some Purple Pumpkin embellishments to match.

Here I have layered two Purple Pumpkin vinyl hearts with an orange ticket.

Some black loops washi tape, orange vinyl cog and pink fabric button.

 Some more black loop washi tape.

Thanks for looking.

Judithxx