Friday, September 12, 2008
Check out Tracey's space
Attached is a photo of my scraproom. Frightfully tidy at the moment as I have completed the three mini albums that were clogging up my space. I also haven't scrapped anything for a while, hence its tidiness - very abnormal!! On the other side of the room is a two door cupboard, rocking chair and a magazine stand. I am one lucky chic to have this space but at this stage in my life it is not used to its potential at all - this must change!!
Wow Traey. You even have a window. U can swing a cat in there. Looks like a kids free, my sacred space. Lucky you.
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
an apology and marika's page!
Anyway onto more interesting stuff - here is Marika's page and the great card she lifted from which was a Becky Higgins creation.
my space
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
Maryanne's scrapspace
And just to remind you all to be grateful for your scraprooms/space, I have put up a pic of my loungeroom floor, which is my "scrapspace", and as you can see I make a hell of a mess, which is why I dont really do much of it when the kids are around!!!!Im sooo envious when I hear anyone mention their scraproom.mind you all I have to do is look up on my wall unit and see a pic of our sponsor child and puts it all into perspective really!!!can change my thinking from "glass half empty to glass half full".
Thanks for sharing your pic Maryanne. I'm about to photograph mine. And you are right, material things are nothing compared to your children and what they mean to you. I admire you for sponsoring a child. Have thought about it and that is as far as i have got. Lame excuse I know.
hmmm... its a bit quiet in here...pic of your space
The idea came from Maryanne's blog http://scarysstuff.blogspot.com/
Wherever you spread out your stash to make your masterpieces is where the photo needs to be taken.
post your pic to me (email addy's on right side of blog) as a small file.
take your shot.
save it on your computer.
find the file and right click on it
send to
mail recipient
say yes to make pics smaller
address it to Tiff
send
i'll post it.
cant wait to see a flood of pics.
try to limit your self to 2 pics. (good luck)
Saturday, September 6, 2008
Lisa IRL
oh we're stepping out...
Spring challenge page
I must get a scanner, I must get a scanner, I must get a scanner!!! It would have to be easier and result in a better picture of layouts.
Hope to see lots of you sending in LO for Amanda's latest and greatest challenge! I know Tiff has an idea for the next challenge too!!
Friday, September 5, 2008
challenge 15
So i will pop in the link for Clairs challenges on her blog -
http://missymuh.typepad.com/whats_in_the_bicky_tins/old_bickys/
and the challenge this week is to (will copy Clairs words here as she explains it much better than i could!)
For this bicky you need to scrap a page using inspiration from a greeting card.
You can take as much or as little inspiration as you want but you must send
in a copy of the card you have used as inspiration. You can copy the color
combo, the layout, the quote, the theme...the possibilities are endless...
here are some links to some online greeting cards if you are like me and
too lazy to head down to the shops LOL
Hallmark - not a lot to be honest but it's a good place to start hmm on closer
inspection there is actually shit-loads of things you could get inspiration from
on this site LOL
Etsy - a good place for something a little bit different
Affirmations
- a card company with lots of nice quotes and things
Amanda back again - also if you google cards you might come up with a winner that way.
and the card i used for inspiration
email either Tiff or myself your page and also the card that has inspired you.
Just a tiny tip - if you find one on the www. print it out and have it next to your scrap desk rather than running back to the PC all the time. LOL - a good fitness routine but a real bugger for the creativity.
cant wait to see what you come up with!
how cute is this?
Here is mine. I feel so bad as i accidently 'stole' the title from Meredith......sorry chicken. I was going to rip it to bits and bin it but thought i would keep going and hope she didn't hate me too much for it.
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
a newbie!
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
a touch of spring.
First up is one by Marika who took the photo the same day she did the page! This big photo thing is all the rage and i think it looks fantastic. The little cluster of embellishments down the bottom are excellent and balance it all our very nicely. The canola is looking beautifully yellow at the moment so it is great to see it included here.
Secondly Sandra has gone all minimilist on us!! She says -
found a layout by Leanne Stamatellos.. and loved it.. (love her work!)
Its in Scrapbook Creations No.37 (vol5 no10) called As long as the Sky.
See you all on Friday ... sounds like a great night!
I dont blame you for wanting to lift Leannes work. It is stunning in it's simplicity and always looks classy. Your page is beautiful too Sandra...the strips of paper and the simple statement for a title. Very very eyecatching!
Thanks girls they are really inspirational!
Monday, September 1, 2008
food for thought
this is a hewlett-packard link and of course they will plug their own products. But it does give u food for thought.
Every wondered how long your home printed photos will actually last for before they start fading. And they will fade.
download this and install. have a look. I deleted it thru control panel, add or remove programs after I had a play. Its just a demo and there is no need to clutter up your computer with it.
nothing like a little romance in the spring
Lisa's job challenge
Also attached the page Tyla did today. She would really like it if could be put on the Blog too. This is from their Mini Olympics day. She was on the Ireland Team, hence all the green and orange. The things with the macaroni are the medals the kids won!
Sunday, August 31, 2008
Tiff's Spring (ing)
Very ordinary compared to Maryanne's and Sandra's. I'll need some coaching I reckon.
The photoshoot for this started with a disaster. The glass bottle of Claratyne syrup for the kids slipped clean out of my hands and smashed on the floor. Thick oozy syrup and glass all over the packages and sheet. After a moment of swearing and a bit of cleaning I started again.
I reckon I'll print this and use some thickers for the title and you tell me which one you reckon looks better.....????!!!!
Tracey's gift
Friday, August 29, 2008
Amy's all Aboard
I managed to catch a couple of shots of Amy's OTP creation when i was in Scrapworkz last night.
This is for her little boy and you can just see the love Amy has put into it.
Lots of details throughout the mini book. And it is still a work in Progress.Make sure you show him the blog Amy and see if he recognizes himself.
;)
Challenge 14, done it..
No embellishments other than the dymo and machine sewing. Too busy to need anything else.
Challenge 15
I am going to set a 'Season Challenge' this time.
With the first day of Spring only just a couple days away, and if you are anything like me, i love the thought of those lovely spring days arriving, and the winter ending.
So for your challenge make it of a Spring theme- whatever that may be or mean to you, how you see the season of Spring, be it the colours of the wild flowers coming out, the birds singing and nesting, the warmer sunny days, the end of wintery fires, wet clothes, or just the end of the footy season....... whatever, so ... "Spring to it"!!
Good Luck and we look forward to seeing all your pages!! AND i will try and get one onto the blog this week!!
pssssttttt....
Am printing out the 18 photos atm that I have collected during the week. Another scavenger hunt for me. lots of fun.
will attempt to get LO done tonight so I can start fresh on Sue's tomorrow.
Keep tuned. The new challenge will be posted shortly.....
What has Judy been up to this week.
FYI
huge effort Lisa, all the way from Wudinna, and she has GF in her association next day.
Sandra's on the job
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
Maryanne's job.
Thursday, August 28, 2008
Marika's work
My challenge page
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!!
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Cummins Show
work in progress
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 ...
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.
Sunday, August 24, 2008
Karen is AWESOME!
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!
Saturday, August 23, 2008
Challenge fourteen (14)
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.
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!!
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 ...???
Friday, August 22, 2008
classes again
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 ;-)