September Guest Design Team Challenge

** The challenge is now closed.  Voting poll will go up on Monday 8/23.  Thank you to almost 80 players! **

Pretty sure this year just started, am I right?  Yet, it's already time for the September GDT Challenge??!!!!!!

I hope I didn't scare you by including a circle photo in my sketch but just remember all our sketches here on ST are always open for interpretation.  They're suggestions, jumping off points, if you will. 

And trust me, you're going to WANT to exercise your most creative muscles and play along with us this month!  Not only will the winner get all the month's sketches in advance and get to see their layouts debut every week along with our DT, but they will also win an amazing prize courtesy of Snobby Walrus Paper Crafts!!

"Snobby Walrus Paper Crafts is an online scrapbook store and monthly kit club, run by a small but dedicated group of over-caffeinated paper snobs who appreciate a good sense of humor and bad punnery. Snobby Walrus is more than just a store or monthly kit club... it's a great place to hang out! We have a great online community, and always welcome new members! Our members host fun monthly challenges along with sharing tips and tricks or just chatting about our current paper addictions. Not to mention the giveaways on the store blog, bad walrus jokes, and a rockin' image gallery to show off your latest creations! Hope to see you around!"

If you were around a few months ago, you may remember how awesome Snobby Walrus's prize was then. 

Well, hold on!  Up for grabs is a gorgeous (as usual!) Snobby Walrus kit:

August Main Kit - La Cote d'Azur

This kit includes:  Papers - Graphic 45- On the Boardwalk Die Cut Borders, Graphic 45- High Style Holiday, Graphic 45- Bathing Beauties, Onirie- Barbouillage, Sassafras Lass- My Type, Glitz Designs- Birds, Webster's Pages- A Seahorse's Legend, Webster's Pages- Seaside Retreat Die Cut Edge, 7 Gypsies- Diagram, 7 Gypsies- Decoration, Fancy Pants Designs- French Press, Fancy Pants Design- Dilly Dally.  Embellishments - Sassafras Lass Orange Monogram Stickers, American Crafts Thickers- Rainboots- Powder, Webster's Pages Sparklers x6, Hambly Kraft Cardstock Stickers- Elegant Labels, American Crafts Dimensional Stickers- Zeppelin, Prima Zazi- Seafoam flowers, Prima Solid Flowers- Umbrella, Smooch Pearlized Accent Ink- Ocean Soul, Sassafras Lass Paper Whimsies- Retro Deck, My Mind's Eye Frame- In Love, My Mynd's Eye Frame- Forever With You, Prima Say It In Crystals- Star Pendant, Yellow Carnival Ticket x3, 6x6 sheet of Japanese Chiyogami Kraft Paper , May Arts Crochet- Watermelon (1 yard), May Arts Twisted Burlap (1 yard). 

BUT WAIT!  THERE'S MORE!!!!

The winner will also get ALL the August Splurge Kits!  (~breathe~)

August Splurge Kit - Mermaid Sighting

Includes:  Papers- Onirie- Tout en Douceur n°3, Onirie- Jardin Enchanté n°3, My Mind's Eye- Black Checkers, My Mind's Eye- Nice Numbers (Die Cut), October Afternoon- Good Junk, Graphic 45- Life's a Beach, Graphic 45- Summer Crush, Graphic 45- Exotic Destinations, Graphic 45- Botanicabella, Graphic 45- Antiquity, Sassafras Lass- Azure, Crate Paper- Virtue, Hambly Screen Prints- Frame Wallpaper Overlay- teal.  Embellishments- Tim Holtz Idea-Ology Mini Mask- Compass, Prima Lilliput Roses- Lime Cooler, Prima Collage Stamp- Checkers, 6x6 sheets of Japanese Chiyogami Kraft Paper x2, Cosmo Cricket Tiny Type- Black, Fancy Pants Designs- Roadshow Printed Ribbon (1 yard), May Arts Burlap/Woven String- Navy (1 yard).

August Splurge Kit - Paradise Punch

Includes:  Papers- Prima- My Lovely, Prima-Raspberry Lemonade, Prima- Laughter, October Afternoon- Fireflies, My Mind's Eye- Pink Houndstooth, Graphic 45- Birds in Paradise, Glitz Designs- Motifs, Onirie- Natacha.  Embellishments-  Prima Flowers Love Story- Kissing Pink, Cosmo Cricket Tiny Type- Pink, Jenni Bowlin Studio- Stick Pins- Antique, Heidi Swapp ribbon spool- Pink Tulle (1 yard)

AND the August Smooch Ink Add-On in the following colors:

Carrot

Sundance

Seriously people, this is over a $70 value!!!!!!! 

You have until Saturday, August 21 at 11:59pm EST to post a direct link to your layout in the comments of this post. 

The Sketchy Thursdays Design Team will then have the always difficult task of narrowing down the field to a Top 5.  The Top 5 will then be posted here sometime on Monday, August 23 and the voting poll will be up on the sidebar until 6pm EST Wednesday, August 25.  September's Guest Design Team Member will be announced the evening of Wednesday, August 25.

In the meantime, please take a moment to check out the Snobby Walrus store (they offer much more than just their gorgeous kits!) and poke around on their blog and in their forum.

Hope to see everyone playing along on this one!

- Heidi