Tuesday, February 17, 2009
new challenge time..........................................
bloody scared of this one. In fact it TERRIFIES me. Worse than stamps or paint this is something my nightmares are made of.
Meredith mentioned the idea to me a few weeks back and i have been stewing ever since. I know she is dreaming up this next challenge right this minute and will post it soon when she gets 5 mintues to jump on the www. (that chook is flat strap at the moment let me tell you!)
so until then you will have to think up and try and guess what torture Meredith is going to challenge me/us/ everyone with!
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Monday, February 16, 2009
double take.
Sunday, February 15, 2009
cranking up the excitment
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Retreat Sponsorship
Just a little break in transmission to bring you news from the retreat.
We have all been busy little beavers preparing for our weekend in March (not long now!) The pace has now hit ridiculous speed as we try and make sure every little detail is perfect.
Yep even Val has started stocking up on our food so that means it is very very close! YAY!
I need to mention here that without massive support from our local scrap stores we WOULD NOT be able to run this event. These girls are still running around like mad things organizing stuff for us and have been very patient in our requests.
- Leonie at PL Scrapworkz
- Brigette and Jo and Karen at Lock's Shabby Chic shack
- Ally and her scrapinalia
Items that we have in our kits have all been purchased through these outlets and the girls have done fantastic behind the scenes work trying so hard getting the products to us in time.
Apart from that we have had a huge response from sponsorship requests.
- Michelle at Scrapframes (http://www.scrapframes.com.au/) who will be attending our retreat from interstate.
- Scrapapple (http://www.scrapapple.com.au/)
- Kaisercraft (http://www.kaisercraft.net/au-nz/)
- Scraploot (http://www.scraploot.com.au/)
- Collections (Julie Van Oosten - http://members.westnet.com.au/collections/)
Please visit these ladies at their websites and support them. They have been VERY generous in their support of our retreat!
A special mention here to Toni R who used to run a www. forum and shop called 'Keepin' the memories' which sadly doesn't exist anymore :( but before it shut down Toni very kindly donated some wonderful items for the retreat.......i wont say anymore but I just think they are fabulous ;-) Thank you so much Toni . You will all get a chance to meet Toni and a few other girls from further afield in SA on the retreat weekend!
As always we try and keep most things a surprise but i thought i would give you all a teaser and show you1. the big big box of retreat goodies and piles and piles of stuff i have in my office waiting to be 'packed up'
2. a little something else from the retreat ;-) Sorry Zanny - you were the guinea pig!
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Psst ...
Maybe a few more could send in their photos!!
It's a double!
Monday, February 9, 2009
Roll call
it s time for a roll call. Lets see who comes out of Lurkdom. Don't worry, we don't bite.
click on comment at the bottom of the post and let me know you are here. Come out of Lurkdom and join us in the weekly challenges or leave a comment on the ones posted.
Tiff's take
I spy with my little eye...
The little touches of blue finish it all off nicely.
Saturday, February 7, 2009
we have a record.
Challenge 26. double trouble
time to stretch you out a bit.
Let's do a double LO.
Just to make it a bit easier I have a couple of sketches that you may like for a starting point. They have the photo dimensions on each one. If you cant read them after printing it out, (right click/print picture) drop me an email (addy on right sidebar) and I'll send you a copy of the sketches.
You dont have to use these sketches at all. In case you struggle with doubles, these are just to get you kick started.
Sketches from PageMaps
don't forget that these sketches are just for reference. You can faithfully follow it or mix it up a little. There are no rules except to have fun with it.
all aboard the button express
Thanks Kate for showing us your creations and certainly want to see more. Hope all goes well for you at Uni this year and keep checking back here regularly to see what's going on.
bright as a button
Thursday, February 5, 2009
ric rac & buttons all wrapped up
It's all fairly basic, but if all else fails, stick to the basics ey??
Photo inspirations - thanks to Amanda.
Buttons buttons buttons
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
bust me buttons, Karen's here too.
the stitching and tear in the PP really leads the eye to the buttons and then down the page to the pic and then over to the journaling with the cluster of embellies. rofl about the trendy teatowels. They remind me of the sort of curtains you might find in Grandma's shack on the beach many, many moons ago.
button down the hatches, Marika's here
and wow. that shade of green alphas and the green button jump out at you. Cute pic too.
buttons galore
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Well HeLLO!
BUT...
You have all been busy scrapping GREAT pages, and it's good to see them.
Hoping to see some more soon, and hopefully i will get around to doing a page myself :)
Thanks for the inspiration and i'm off to comment now,
:)
Monday, February 2, 2009
Matthew
Matthew has captured himself so well. Hasnt he changed heaps, but then again not really much at all.
great cougar colours. Maryanne will be sure to love your colour selection. the torn edges look so real.
I am seeing buttons EVERYWHERE
The second one is a late entry into our damask challenge (damn i love this paper!) Simply stunning heritage type page Trace - the browns and blues are perfect for that photo (absolutely adorable picture!) and the journalling spot on there is excellent!
She says -
Attached is one I did for the damask challenge only I was a few weeks late!! But - there are buttons on it so there is a win win situation. Love the colours on this one, I find I'm having a brown and blue fetish at the minute and a love affair with stripes.
Stunning work!
and then came Jenny!
and she has had a similar thought to myself today and combined two challenges into one - ric rac and buttons!
Jenny i really love the red stripes (and stitching) with the staples down the bottom. I may have to borrow that idea! The colours and the dots are also right up my alley. Really awesome page!
and finally i have pulled together a page today and like Jenny managed to pop some ric rac and some buttons on it. There is a cluster of shells/buttons on the bottom as well as some of my fav. photos of the day paperclipped to the top.
more buttons!
Sunday, February 1, 2009
Sandra's beating the heat and Marika has ric rac-ed in.
Saturday, January 31, 2009
Challenge 25
Isnt this what we tell our kids all the time??? Well now it's your turn to button up.
these very handy little items are sooo popular right now. You will see them on so many LOs atm. (Nicole Pomeroy's 'Love this Girl' in SBM january issue pg 43)
I would love to see what creations you come up with using buttons. Whether you use a button as a centre for a bloom, as an embellishment on the page or to actually button something up on a page or OTP project. Whatever.
you dont have to sew them conventionly on a page. Have a look at SBM Master Toni Crane's LO of 'My Boy' in January's SBM on Pg 121.
I did this one the other night and is very boring compared to Nic's button tree so I will endevour to get another one done this week.
so use some imgination and button up.
;)
Introducing Ange
Ange is a digi scrapper. And a very talented one too. Check her out in the SBM Vol 10 no. 11, page 64.
Ange is also involved with Elemental Scraps . I am not sure in what context tho. Praps Ange u may like to enlighten us. :)
I got to know Ange thru an online forum and she is one of the most genuine scrappers I've met. EVER. Hopefully with fingers crossed I'll get to met her irl later this year.
I asked her if she had any LO's with a bit of ric rac on it and this is what landed in my inbox.
Looks so real doesnt it. I adore the torn notebook paper and the doodled arrow. And how about those red undies on the outside of her son's (Coban)outfit. I have to admit I am wondering if they are DH's jocks ;)
Thanks so much Ange. Looking forward to seeing your answer to the next challenge.
Rac the Ric
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Karen is in da [ric rac] house
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Clever clever Sandra!
Monday, January 26, 2009
a few things to share...
I have it on my desktop and it always makes me smile....
You would almost swear that he's trying to hide, wondering to himself... (well it HAS to be of the male gender, surely!)
Can they see me???
hopefully it will bring a smile to others too
Challenge (7 Flowers)... it also includes some
Ric Rac so thought I would send it to you for the Ric Rac challenge
What gorgeous hair she has! Love the little flowers and the ric rac. Perfect layering too with the main photo and the papers. Super clever stitching in that circle also!
Janice also sent two amazing pages that she finished for the Xmas challenge i set about a month ago - the one based on the 25 days of Xmas carol. She says:
This is a couple more from your December challenge.Daughter of mine... (6 staples).Matt... (2 hearts).Ive done a few more but thought I would share these 2 with you
WOW WOW WOW Janice, these are stunning! Thanks for taking that mammoth challenge on - not many did so hold your head proud! Fantastic page - i love the green in the daughter page and the red, black and white in Matt's page.... both so striking!
I hope everyone has a smooth transition back into school/kindy tomorrow and with any luck our scrapping mojo will come flooding in!