Sandra's on the job

Sandra has gone digi on us and wow wow wow. This girl can do ANYTHING!

I love the grunginess of that backing 'paper' and those little flowers are so cute! The bits of 'paper' staples to top right are excellent!!

Sandra says -

Please let everyone know... My House Doesn't Always Look Like This!!!

well i think this page is brilliant Sandra - you can scrap so stuff the housework!

(my motto in life anyway!)

if you can't read the journalling - click on the image to make it bigger

Tracey's many hats

Just finished my challenge layout and found it quite a challenge. Have managed to use up a chipboard frame that I have had for ages, although it is rather huge. I figure as parents we are qualified for any job we just need the certificate to say so!!

Too bloody right Tracey. Any job, any time, any where. I reckon we have a degree....esp in patience......

Your pp offsets the bw photos beautifully. doesnt take away from the shots at all. Great grid. 9 shots, title embellishments and still have a bit of 'white' space.

well done

Maryanne's job.

U funny chook. Love the 'domestically challenged' bit. LOL. I reckon we can all relate to that because boys will be husbands one day.

Clever cluster of buttons and just adore the ruler.

very minimalist.

;)

Marika's work

Well we are being inundated with nurses at the moment but luckily Marika has chosen NOT to scrap that part of her life. Instead she has gone with her other 'work' = which we can all relate to and is most definately a job so it all fits in the challenge guidelines perfectly!!!

I love the diecut paper on this one - and the rub ons for each photo. Fantastic! I think that i can see a bit of Meredith's quirky photo influence here too!

fabulous Marika!

My challenge page

Hi everyone,




Well firstly I've decided that I definitely need a scanner ... my page is crooked and you can see the lino again!!





Oh well ... here it is. Hmmm I think we have a nurse thing happening here ;-)

I have tried to make my page look like it is a file, like the "case notes" we have at the hospital!

Looking forward to seeing some more entries soon!!

she said :

she said :, originally uploaded by *AmandaH*.

detail :)

Cummins Show

Personal challenge to yourselves.

Put a LO or 2 in the Cummins Show. It's on Saturday 11th October. Entries in by 9pm Friday nite before.

The scrapbooking section has enlarged from last year and has several new categories.

Now would be a good time to get started on a new LO to fit the different classes or start digging out ones that you have already done to fit the themes.

lets show em how popular scrapbooking has become.

good luck.

psst There is a scrapbooking section for the first time at the Yallunda Flat show this year.

work in progress

just thought I'd let u know I haven't sitting back on this one.

I have been busy snapping up my week. Even took the camera in to take shots while the kids were being photographed for school photos. Did tell the bloke I was perving on his camera, not him. Thank goodness he saw the funny side of that one!!

Have 11 shots set up how I would like to print them, need to take about 10 or more for the rest of the week, have the LO in my mind, but it changes every day.
hope all well in your scrap space.

Current challenge ...

Hi everyone,

Well I hope you are all working (ha, ha!!) eagerly on the current challenge. I am working on my page at the moment so maybe after work tomorrow I'll have finished it and be able to post.

Enough work!!

Please don't feel like it has to be a page on a current job either. I have a page in mind using a photo taken in 1990, when I was a student nurse, just need to find it!

And being a Mum is a hard day's work too sometimes, other times it's the best job in the world!

Looking forward to some pages coming in soon.

Karen is AWESOME!

oh wow i am sooooooo loving this one Karen.

A bit late to upload (my apologies) but here is one from Karen for the last 'home' challenge.

I just love the clustered elements, spotty paper and also the little vine rubons. It is balanced so perfectly.

Karen has said -

This is my favourite place to go in Lock (a bit obvious hey?!!!) We go there to scrap, of course, chat and catch up with friends and have a few drinks (or two) We call it our "pub", the guys have a place to go and so do we.
I got the basic LO for my page from somewhere, I had it saved on my computer, but I have no idea where I got it from, ooops!

Thanks Karen. This is amazing. I love it all.

Challenge fourteen (14)

Okay, I don't want to step on any challenge setters' toes but I did discuss this with Amanda at the football today!!

The next challenge is to scrap a page on your job. Okay ... so some people might not have a paid job but a voluntary job or that good old job as a mother will be prefect too!!

Note:
If you have a job where you work with people other than your own family members (...;-) ...) please remember to respect other people's privacy and remember your duty to maintain confidentiality.
For example I work as a casual (ha, ha)community nurse so I couldn't use a photo of someone who I visit or even anything that identifies them or their home.

So some creative photography may be needed in some situations ... I took some photos at work on Friday that I think will work ... stay tuned for the page!!! (it is not started yet!!!)

Good luck everyone, looking forward to your pages.

Jenny's home.

Wowee Jenny.

You have really stepped up to the challenge - fabulous work. AND so true. There is something to do if only you know the right places to look. I love the wheat-y sort of feel to the background - lovely and very applicable.

Great work and thanks for taking part. This challenge has really made you appreciate how special your home town is!

I wonder who has the next challenge for us?

Challenge page ... finally!!

Hello everyone,




Finally got my page done. If you haven't quite finished your page don't worry, still send it through to us to put up!!

(Excuse the lino on the left hand side, I trimmed my page by 1/2 inch so the tag would stick out from the side.)

I wonder what our next challenge will be ...???

classes again

Just a reminder about the class i am doing at Lock next Friday (29th Aug) at 6.30 pm.

They are the my boy/my girl pages i showed a while ago.

Please dont think that these classes are exclusive to Lock locals - they are for everyone. I have had a couple of people from down here asking about them and if i will repeat the classes down in the Cummins neck of the woods. The answer there is no- far too hard for me to access the materials and these pages were made specifically for Shabby Chic Shack and these particular classes. There is also no age limit or you dont have to scrap the page on a child (you could do a family pet or even My Dad/My Mum)

If you would like to attend, please ask around and car pool. Ring Jo and Brigette (Shabby Chic Shack) for details and if this time/date does not suit you there is an possible option for more classes at different times if there is enough interest.

They will be great fun and i would really love to see some faces i know :) - particularly if they are E2C girls ;-)

Amanda P had scrapped

Whoooo Hooo.

Amanda P is officially no longer a lurker. She are now an E2C blog scrapper.

Congrats.

Amanda P says.

The pups are nearly 3 weeks old and absolutely gorgeous. I have completed this project as a keep sake but also a way to share these little critters. We have 8 for sale so if you know any one who could do with a rumble tumble of puppy fun in their home maybe they can contact us!

If anyone is enquiring about the pups email Tiff (addy on the right of screen near the top) and I'll pass on your Addy to Amanda P to follow up.

What a great idea Amanda P. The cute little things fill out their wrinkles so quickly. You should do a Sorbent toilet paper photo session with them and all the kids.

BTW Amanda P is a superwoman with 6 children and still finds to scrap.

You mustn't sleep much.

;D

Tracey's Yeelanna

Here is Tracey's page on her home town.

Love the buckle on the ribbons (or is that David's belt there?) and the photos made me have a chuckle.

That particular Kaiser paper is lovely - one of my favs and it looks gorgeous there. The little tags with the info on them are great!

Well done Trace! You make Yeelanna look so good!

Another one coming home.

Maryanne and Sandra have come up with similar ideas but both pages look very different too! Maryanne i just love the title - as this little town is so special to me as it is for all of us! It doesn't seem to matter if you simply go to Pt Lincoln for the day or a holiday away somewhere or go away for a long period of time.....that drive into Cummins really signifies 'home'

The vintage type papers here are gorgeous and is that machine sewing i can see along the edge? Brilliant. The paper layering behind the photo and the little carolee's creation stickers look fabulous (Meredith will be proud - carolee creation queen!)

Thanks for participating - what a great page celebrating 'home'.

Around the world to

One place i love to go in our little town, is to the post boxes, to see if there is a letter waiting for me from somewhere around the world!!

You see, i still do the snail mail thing and i have letters postmarked from Edinburgh, Birmingham, Kajaani (Finland), New Brunswick, Berlin and Vienna arriving at my post box. And it is an amazing thing to know it has travelled around the world to come to me, at Edillilie.

Hey, it sure beats those letters with a window!!

OMFG Sandra - i LURVE this!!

This is bloody brilliant.

A fantastic take on this challenge and a scene that we will all instantly recognize if you are a local.

God i love it.

So perfect. Top stuff Sandra.....you are just an inspiration!

Edited to add that Sandra has credited Barbara Schipplock as her inspiration. Here is Barbara's below (Sandra you clever chook incorperating challenge 12 and 13 LOL)

Tiff's town

Phewww Meredith.

This is the most work I've done yet for a challenge LO. From taking all the shots and I printed my own at home for this one to get it done in time. Some I had to print twice. What a time waster. And then working out how to fit them all (nicely).

Am really pleased with the result.

I have edged each shot with my paper piercer just to give it a little definition. Used my white signo pen where I wanted to sew my rows to give the white thread a bit more punch.

The white dymo Cummins title is a photoshop brush and added a couple of rubons. Very little embellishing as its busy enough as it is. The blue dymo says signs of life.

glitch fixed

I can send pics now.
Pheww.
Felt like I had my arm cut off.
All fixed so fire away with your LOs.
Tiff

5631 home

Ok girls here is mine.

A bit tricky and overwhelming with all the photos but i wanted to do Cummins with all the signs..........

signs i live here LOL.

Journalling says -

I belong here

this is my place

where I was born, grew up, lived, loved
married and had children.

where I live now

my home

Must have been a few funny looks about town today as i took my shots this morning and got a few weirdo glances LOL.

I've got a glitch

Bugger.
I'm not able to send pics in the smaller format from my files atm. Please email Amanda with your LO to upload.
I'll let u know when I can, as soon as I sort this out.
thanks
Tiff

camera confidence

bookmark this link chicks.
Very handy tips on camera settings.
worth noting down in a little notepad the actual settings and the result of them and keep in with your camera in its case

http://www.twopeasinabucket.com/cg_display.asp?cmd=display&seed_id=26076&pg=2

Challenge 13

Well we are moving on now to challenge 13 - lucky for some!! Apparently some of you have been texting Tiff to see when a new challenge is coming!!! Eager beavers!!

This time a page is in order ...

about...

your town!!

If you live on a farm or out of town then use your closest town.

So your page might be about a place you go in your town or features of your town or some historical facts, something like that. This page doesn't necessarily have to have people in the photos. Don't do it on your own home / house though.

Now I haven't even done an example page so it will be great to see how this one is interpreted!! One person I spoke to thought they could come up with a page and the other person didn't seem too keen on the idea ;-)

Give it a go!!

Here are some photos I took recently around Cummins...

Now just a note ... don't worry about feeling strange taking photos here, there and everywhere. It's all in name of art!! If someone looks at you strangely give them a strange look back!! If someone asks you what you are doing tell them ... you might get to speak to someone who lives in your town that you have never spoken to before.

My photos are not the type that you have to do either. You might have an old photo of something in your town and you could take a new one to compare how times have changed.

Just have fun ... can't wait to see you creations!!

Jenny's jumped in

Hi Jenny.
Sorry I didnt get onto these last nite. Large nite out. Still feeling it now.

Action

Macro
sun
how tranquil is this.

loving this last one. Esp with the person off on left. Focus is on the river and you come across that person nearly be accident.

Jenny says

Action is Luke in Sports day, Morgan. The flower is an Iris I took in my friends garden, Morgan.
Another is a sunset from around Cummins. Lindsay Point, Renmark is where we went camping once, it's actually just over the border because we needed a fishing permit, but it was just a peaceful, glorious place to be. The mist over the water was too exquisite to ignore

Lisa's looking into the viewfinder

Attached are my photos for the challenge.
I won't get any of flowers or frost (cos our yard is full of weeds and too cold for me in the mornings)! so my Macro moment is Halle asleep in the cot. Taken about 3 weeks ago, I think.
Dawn is from our front verandah earlier this week. Beautiful colours in the clouds.
Image 37 (Halle with toys) is taken in front of her bedroom window, I think f3.2.
Image 22, sun thru trees, just taken on scenery mode.
And image 408, taken in March when the motocross was here. On sports mode. Not the best photo I took, but I like this one because it was taken from my kitchen bench,(where I stand to cook etc) and through the front window. We had a great view for the day!
what great shots Lisa. the solar one is fabo with the branch blocking the direct light so you dont have the solar flare in the shot.

Awwww. not sure who are the toys and who is really real ;)
Stunning
Shhhh. Tiptoe.

I reckon we may have some petrol head scrappers who love the sound of bikes.
check out this shot from Lisa. My mouth fell open.
Fan-bloody-tastic.
Having the people there on the elevated platform gives me a comparison of size and height in the air that this trick rider is doing his stunt. I would hate to be his mother *gulp*

sandra pick of the bunch

Sandra says

Here is my fave layout
Not my best layout I have done, but I love the photos and the memories attached!
Garry hate the main photo.. but I love it... definetly not a posed photo!
journalling says
What could be better?
Fresh mandarins from our own tree and then seeing how far you can spit the pips.
Yep, must be a guy thing.

What a shot to catch DH smiling (nay, laughing) LOL

What a sense of humor. May have to get my DH to teach the kids to spit pips.

;)

what the....

curiosity has got the better of me.

I happened to have the camera in the car when I thought of this.

Just south of Wanilla is a tree on the roadside festooned with shoes.

What does this mean????

Is it some sort of secret meeting place for old and retired footwear?

Could it be the resting place for leather and synthetic foot ornaments?

Is there no meaning at all or something deep and profound?

And, most of all, who started it? Its been growing for a number of years.

Judy's been busy

she's been scrapping up a storm.

Judy's been checking the blog every day and I have challenged her to post a comment.

For reference for anyone who would like to know........

go to the bottom of a post and click on 'comments'

a little pop up window with a text box will appear.

type in your comment and name.

click anonymous.

that's it

easy peasy.

to send in pics of your LO to either Amanda or myself (our email link is on the right hand side of the screen. Save them in your address book)

goto where you have saved them on your computer.

right click on the file

send to

mail recipient

click yes for making pictures smaller. (please, please,please do this. makes files sizes much easier to handle. )

your email window will open

put in either Amanda's or my email and send. the file is already attached.

You may like to copy and paste these instructions into word and print them out for your reference.

(Denise ;-) )