OUAS - Guest Design Spot

Hi girls,

So excited... as a winner last month at Once Upon a Sketch, I was asked to be a Guest Designer for this month.  Here are the details for the 1st March Challenge. Check out the blog site to see all the gorgeous creations from the super talented Design Team.

The current challenge is one that will push you out of your comfort zone because you have to scrap a layout or create a project about YOU. Many MANY people find this daunting...I can understand that. I personally do not have a problem scrapping my self as I want my children and those I leave behind one day to know the real Nadia. But I was SO SO SO surprised to learn that my Design Team really struggled with this. This saddened me...it saddened me as I see SO many wonderful qualities in all of them, yet it astounds me how hard us women are on our selves. We truly are. I think one thing we are ALL good at for certain, is just being WOMEN in this day and age!! 

SO I am particularly keen to see you all find something that you are good at, as little or as big as that might be and be confident enough to share it with us here. I cannot wait to see your entries!! Come on ladies..its time we believed in our selves and put our selves first just this one time..!

March 1st Challenge

Journalling Criteria/Theme:

All About Me!

The focus of your journalling and the theme of your layout has to be based on YOU and something/s that you are really good at. Don't be shy! We are all good at something as small or as big as it might be.  

Ideas for journalling: being a good mum, cooking, talking, understanding people, organising, cleaning, gardening, studying, computers, fashion, exercising, scrapbooking, good at my job, maths, languages, writing , drawing, painting, photography, running, craft, sewing. Maybe you can talk about an aspect of your personality..your sensitivity, your 6th sense, your patience, your strength or bravery, your ability to stay positive. 

Remember that you are allowed to also create a card or altered project based on this sketch and theme and instead of the journalling criteria you need to use a quote. You MUST combine our journalling criteria with this sketch..

Needle and Thread

This was a bit of a challenge for me, as I don't normally create pages about myself, but thank goodness I found something that people tell me I'm good at, which is sewing.  I ended up really enjoying creating this LO and had fun adding some pretty habadashery items to my page, I even used some of the fabric in my photo as an embellishment.

Materials Used:  Kaisercraft, Prima, Graphic 45, Crate Paper pps; BG leaf sticker, Prima flower, Scrapmatts dress form; my2angels charms; Tim Holtz stamp set; EK Success punch; Dienamics doily die; Tim Holtz distress ink, Crafty Secrets Sew Nice; resin flowers; BG alpha stickers; Kaisercraft pearls; handmade pin; fabric, muslin, crochet doily, buttons, ribbon, machine stitching

Thanks so much for stopping by and leaving some love

Cathy :))