Voting Time!

Okay, firstly a BIG thanks to all of our challenge participants this month .... the entries were so diverse and amazing!

Also a HUGE thank-you to my fab Mad Hatters for all their hard work. I am currently perusing through a ton of applications for the new team and am about to make my final decisions.

Now it's time to vote. You may vote for your top 3 fave layouts. Head on over to the November Gallery (link in the right hand sidebar .... scroll down a little) and choose your 3. Then send me an email at outofthehat.amanda@gmail.com with a clear indication of 1st place - 3 points, 2nd place - 2 points and 3rd place - 1 point. The 2 highest scoring layouts will win Public Choice and Public Choice Runner-Up prizes. I will also draw one name at random from all those that have entered and they will be the Random Draw Winner. Finally the Mad Hatters (for the very last time) will choose their fave layout and that person will be our Spotlighter Scrapper for December.

Just to keep you informed ... December will be a short month for the challenge ..... I am not expecting it to be overly busy so I have decided that the challenge will go up on the 1st as usual but for that month only the challenge will close on the 15th of the month and the winner decided and announced by the 20th. We will resume as normal on the 1st of January .... hangover or not!!! hehehe

Last one ...

from Julie Pearce titled "Curly Locks"

Thanks for playing along again Julie .... and what a cutie you have there!!!

Voting details will be up soon .... just as soon as I organise the gallery!

Last minute entries ......

4 more to share with you tonight and what may just be the last for the month.

"Hold on Tight" - Ronnie Simpson

"Now at 15" - Natalie King

"Cheese" - Kylie Howland

"Admiring the View" - Judith Armstrong

Another fabulous bunch of entries ..... thanks to all of you for joining in on this months challenge!

Voting details will go up tomorrow along with a gallery of all the submissions.

Not long to go .....

.... till our November challenge deadline rolls around! Midnight AEST on Wednesday the 25th is the cutoff.

I have three more stunning entries to share with you today.

"Teta Rose" by Lisa Lofthouse

"Hobart Gardens" by Julene Matthews

"The Wonder" by Michelle Fowler

It is great to see so many different takes on the challenge ..... everyones interpretation is so different!!

Introducing, spotlighted scrapper .....

Belinda Boyce!!

Belinda was chosen by the Mad Hatters as their favourite layout for the October challenge and consequently she holds the position of our spotlighted scraper for November.

This is Belinda's take on this month's challenge:

"5 1/2 Months"

And a little more info about Belinda:

1. How long have you been scrapping?

about 6 years

2. Where are your favourite paces to hang out on line?

Lots but 3 main ones would be Forever Always, Scrap Therapy and Arty Pants

3. Have you even had your work published in a magazine?

1 in SM and 1 in SC

4. What project are you working on right now?

Arty Pants scrap your pants comp and christmas cards

5. What is you favourite technique?

distressing, nearly every page has something done.

6. How would you sum up your scrapping style?

simple

7. What is your favourite scrapping item?

chipboard

8. What tool would you be lost without?

my cutter

9. What motivates you to scrap?

my children.

10. Do you have a blog?

no

And finally ....... any words of wisdom / inspiration for our readers?

don't be afraid to leave your comfort zone and try new things. Im just starting to and enjoying it!!!

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4 more layouts to share .....

Renay Alpers - Joy

Marilyn Peter - Dance to the Music in Your Heart

Joanne Caird - Billycart

Chloe Nielsen - Our Little Boy

A BIG welcome to 3 more newbies this month! Chloe. Marilyn and Renay ... it's so good to have you join us here at Out of the Hat.

Keep your entries coming in ...... the challenge is open till midnight on the 25th.

Also don't forget that I am still searching for a NEW team of Mad Hatters to join me for the next 6 months. See details a few posts down if you're interested.