Hello and a happy 2012 to you all.
I hope that you all had a wonderful Christmas filled with lots of happiness, festive cheer and time spent with family and friends.
What a busy month we had in December with the "Twelve Days of Christmas" competition being run and won   - you can see the winners here - I would like to thank everyone who participated in the competition as well as our generous spoonsors who made the competition possible with their support.
We also held our Christmas Party which was a fun evening of fun, frivolity and Christmas cheer.
Our new Creative Team was announced after a very tough decision had to be made - we had so many amazing applications. I would like to welcome
Crece ("CreceT"); Mel ("mellovestoscrap") and Storm ("punkprincess")
to The Lounge as the new team for the next 6 months.
These three lovely ladies are raring and ready to go and have already produced some gorgeous projects with their first sponsor packs.

This month's Creative Team sponsor is a new advertiser to The Lounge, "Sassy Scrappers"

Olga and Eva, the lovely owners of Sassy, have been very generous with their packs for the new team and the girls have created some beautiful projects this month.

This month's sketch was designed by Mel.
I love the simplicity of the sketch but also the way that it gives you so much scope to work with.

Mel's Example -->

So......how will you interpret this month's sketch...???
Upload your layout here by midnight, January 31 for a chance to win a prize.

This month's technique is
CREATIVE HEADINGS
(with a twist of summer thrown in)
There are SO many different ways to make your headings interesting and creative.
Sew them, hand cut them, use chipboard that you have embossed and coloured with inks and paints, wrap your letters with wire and beads, hand draw them and fill the outlines with doodling....the list is endless.
Here is what the Creative Team came up with....

Crece's Example

Storm's Example

How creative can you get with your headings...???
Do you have a technique that will have us "Ooo-ing" and "Ahhhh-ing"....????
Why not share your ideas here by midnight, January 31 and be in the running for a prize.

This month's CyberCrop is set down for the weekend of January 13 - 16.
This month's theme is "HOLIDAYS" so make sure you take lots of holiday photos - or maybe you have some waiting to be scrapped from years gone by.
Keep an eye out for clues in the week leading up to the CyberCrop.

Our ATC Club is proving to be popular.
This month's theme is SUMMER.
We would love you to join us - and best of all  you get to share your creativity with other ladies from The Lounge.

Have you booked your place at our first ever ScrapLounge retreat...???
We would love you to join us.

I hope that you all have a wonderful January.
Looking forward to seeing you on The Lounge.
~shazz~