Sue- light photo challenge

This challenge got me experimenting with my camera, and with the sunsetting over the land last night the colours in were beautiful.

These are straight from my camera, loved the grasses swaying in the breeze and the sun setting on them in the first one.

And this one too, the sun just easing over the rise of the hill. I was hoping like hell the snakes had all gone off to bed....with me crouching down in amongst the long grasses getting these shots!

A layout or two - Sue

Here's a couple page that i completed at the scrapathon to share with you all.





This one is a scrap-lift from the very latest Scrapbooks etc magazine, a layout done by Lydia Jackson. I loved the different tree on her page...to me it was perfect to go with this picture of Rob and our kids & little ones. Photo taken by Amanda H.



This page came together easily, it was my 'Amanda Hall' style inspired page. This original photo has been sitting on my desk for ages, it has been a fav. of mine for years. Don't you just love the fashion that we are all wearing, and the old cars in the background? It's not a great photo with the blackend edges...but just had to use it!!

Thanks for your inspiration Amanda...love your work!

Sandra - Xmas project

Sandra sent this photo of a completed Xmas project.

She says:

Hi Amanda

Just finished this off today.

It is a Kaisercraft Advent calendar with Graphics 45 paper.

And oh, leaves courtesy of Tiff... that chicks leaf stash is Amazing!!! (thanks Tiff!)

ps I can count, Ryan just thought it would look better with the numbers all mixed up!

Cheers

Sandra

Wow Sandra. This is absolutely amazing. So vintage and yummy! Gorgeous!

Light photo challenge - Meredith

I had another go this morning and feel like this one is a bit more interesting!! LOL

Light photo challenge - Meredith

Tiff - light photo

hiya.
light challenge photo

one for the guys.
;-)
gotta keep our boys happy too dont we.

cheers
t

good one Tiff. Nice light.

Sue's sketch & colour challenge - Marika

This is stunning Marika!! Love the photo - she is adorable!! The bow of ribbon, the stitching, the cluster at the top right ... just so gorgeous!!

Light photo challenge - Marika

Marika sent in these photos ...


Love the sun radiating out, almost on top of the clouds.

I had a little chuckle at this second one ...

Check out the three little flies buzzing around!! Very cute photo!

Tiff - light photo

hiya a.
my light photo challenge response. I have a couple more up my sleeve that I need to work on first.
a bit of PS magic to create lots of mood. In case you didnt work out what it is, its a figure 8 wire twitch used to fasten two lengths of wire on a fenceline.

cheers
t

wow at your photoshopping Tiff. Looks like the sun is really belting in there!

ALERT

little teaser ahead!



I now have all of our classes for the March 2010 in my hot little hands. Soon - very soon, the details of these classes, costs and registrations will be open to those who have booked to attend our E2C retreat.



Can i just say that the classes look AMAZING! I am gob smacked at what has been produced for you guys!!



Again this year, there is NO LIMIT to the classes - if you would like to do all of them you can - or if you would like to do none that is fine too. It is completely up to you how many you do.



There will not be a long time frame in which to book - probably only a week so get your thinking caps on as to how much time you want to spend in lesson and how much you want to spend on classes. All payments (class and retreat) to be paid in full by the 30th of Nov.



As i said, this is a teaser - all will be revealed soon with the details explained more in full then.



Again i will say that the classes look amazing and you will really kick yourself if you don't register!

Maryanne - light photo

Hi All -

I took these photos early sunday evening, and Im not sure if they do fit the criteria, but I really liked the effect of the sun through the clouds.

Maryanne.

Absolutely stunning Mary. These are breathtaking. What a great capture of those rays - wow.

Sandra - light photo challenge

Hi All -

I took my camera with me to work today and tried to photograph something with light flare behind it.... no luck!! I ended up with just a lot of shadows and that diffuse thing you mentioned was just not happening.Then I spotted this sign... and there you have it... my 'light' challenge!

Any one that knows Relle knows that she loves the sun and quite often lays on the grass, playing with her hands as the sun streams through them... So I lay down next to her and took some shots of the sun through her perspective... and I must say I love the result... maybe not a light flare but thanks for inspiring me to take the shot... I love it .. and I can't wait to scrap it.

Sandra.

Great shots Sandra!! Love your quirky-ness of the first and yes i can see a bit of sun flare in the second! Fantastic!

By the way i wasn't meaning for everyone to try out sunflare - they were just my examples that i had on hand. You can interpret the theme of 'light' any way you would like.

And for diffuse light you need a beautiful bright but overcast day - a bit too sunny today. The cloud cover is the key for diffuse light. Good on you for giving it a go!

Great job again Sandra - i can't wait to see how others translate this theme into their photos.

November sketch challenge

I decided to take my sketch from a layout that i did up at the mini retreat. It is a simple sketch, using minimal product and i think emphasis is on the photo and journalling.This was a photo i was going to 'ditch' but saw this quote and thought it reflected quite nicely.

So have fun with my sketch, and see... scrapping doesn't have to cost the earth with products, just a few little bits and pieces.

Can't wait to see your pages.

November

Hi all. Sorry for the delay with these challenges - i have been out all day!

Photography Challenge.

ok the theme this month is LIGHT. Interperate that how you will and snap away. Maybe you would like to experiment with light flare - which is a very big, 'in' thing at the moment. Perhap you might have another more quirky way of looking at light. Think out of the box.

This is one of my fav. shots from the wedding i helped at a few weeks ago using some diffuse backlighting from the sun. A truly magnificent day for photo taking! Or here is another fav. dreamy sort of shot of one of Marika's gorgeous kids. I love how angelic he looks here! (Marika i know you are laughing about now - honestly they were just kids being kids - don't stress!!)

Amanda's Challenge.

Banners. Yep those little triangular thingos that usually say 'go team' or strung above the fire place with letters to spell out CHRISTMAS written on each flag.

They are popping up on layouts all over the place. They are not overly big on my list of 'gorgeous embellishments' but i gave it a go and actually liked how it turned out on this layout! Push yourself, extend and try something new! (i didn't measure my triangles but did it all by roughly eyeballing and nipping with the scissors) You can fasten with string, staples, machine stitching.....the list of possibilities is endless!

Sue's Sketch

Stay tuned.

Meredith's Challenge

Stay tuned.

Colour Challenge.

Using kraft to celebrate our new colour combo for the March retreat i have teamed that with baby pink, black and white for a shabby chic look. I can't wait to see your creations with this yummy combo.

Tracey - scrapathon layouts

Howdy Amanda, hope you are having a great weekend. Attached are the layouts I did on the scrapathon. I am pretty please with all these considering my brain was elsewhere and I was rather sleep deprived before I even got there. They are scrapped reasonably straight but I photographed them on a lean, sorry about the flash dots. The grid layouts were working for me and they were the best way to scrap our Africa photos (thanks Kate M for the suggestions!!). I used African money on the safari layout for embellishments and I think it looks pretty good.

Just thought I would share a bit from that weekend and I would love to see other peoples work.

Cheers, Trace

Thanks for sharing Trace. It is great to see that you were so productive on that weekend - particularly after the shitty time of it you had before getting there! So glad you made it! Just love how you have done these layouts - that less is more approach is so delicious. Now i REALLY want to go to Africa!!! Brilliant.

Maryanne - twine (yarn)

oh my. This is fantastic.

Just look how this clever girl has made that cool flower! The green on this is awesome Maryanne. The ripped 'blocks' up top look fantastic and so effective too. Love the black against all that colour - it pops it all off the page!

Kitchen inspiration - Sandra

I have FINALLY completed your kitchen challenge!!

The items from the kitchen are 2 pieces of spaghetti. lol

Cheers Sandra xx

Wow Sandra ... that is so funny!! Great layout - love your splash back tiles and what groovy patterned paper - perfect for the theme!! And a yummy looking meal!!

Thank you for sending it in - sorry about the delay in posting it - I had a party to get to yesterday!!

Sandra - twine

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Sandra. This is incredible! Very very clever and what an awesome photo! Creepy with that spider! How appropriate for halloween night too!

Great, inspirational use of twine! Jeepers girl!

Sandra - photo, twine and misc. challenges

Hi Amanda,

The one of me could fit the mobile phone challenge... I took the photo myself with the phone... and I felt like a real idiot doing it too... lucky no one was around!

The crossword layout could fit the twine challenge. I am nearly finished another layout which has a bit of twine on it... will send that in when I finally get it finished.

And the other one fits no challenge AT ALL unless the challenge was to produce a layout which hurts your eyes! lol.. So much Green!! and yes Teagan loved it!This layout was a challenge to create as I personally am not a green lover... unless it grows in the garden!

Thanks to the rest of the girls on my table (and the one behind me!) for the encouragement!! I would love to see some of the other creations produced on the weekend... I saw some fantastic things being made as I snuck around the room, too fantastic not to share with the rest of us!!!

Cheers for now Sandra

Sandra - the first one is a very Louise Nelson type of LO - this is interesting ;-) and fantastic! I am certain she will be stoked by this! Brilliant work and really inspiring, open journalling.

The crossword one again uses some heart string tugging journalling - i read it on the retreat and struggled to hold it together. What a beautiful memory. You have scrapped that fantastically.

The green layout is very GREEN, but wow= what an imact. I love the colour green and you have used it so well here. A great design and i am certain that Teagan loved the end result. How could she not love such a brilliant page on her and her fav. colour...??!!

Thanks for sharing Sandra. As you said it would be great to see a bit more work that was produced on the weekend! I know there was a fair bit done by all! What a relaxing and creative weekend we had!

Twine challenge - Meredith

Tiff - twine

Well after the flurry and excitement earlier this week it seems we are back to our normal programming.

Today i found another challenge in my inbox!


Tiff worked on this at the scrapathon - but fiddled a little more on returning home and found it fit the twine challenge beautifully.

Great job Tiff. Love the journalling strips and the brads.

If there are any other pages out there that fit our themes - please send them in. I know i spied some twine layouts being produced on my table at the scrapathon ;-)

2010 Retreat Registration update ...

I have sent an email to everyone who is registered to attend with payment details.

I have had 2 people contact me saying they had not received it.

I have also had others who have paid already so the email seems to have been received by some people.

If you haven't received the email please do not hesitate to contact me and I will resend it.

I have contacted all those on the waiting list with a separate email.

Oh my goodness ...

FULL

I am still in a flurry here ... we are fully booked!!!

Still can't quite believe it!!

We do have a waiting list so if you would like your name to go on that please email me ... john.treloar@bigpond.com

I have emailed all those who have a spot booked - if you haven't received it please feel free to contact me.

E2C 2010 - registrations OPEN

this is the notice that you have all been waiting for!

YES: it is that very exciting time of the year. Time to think about our retreat and act upon securing YOUR seat at our next getaway in March 2010.

Please read this post carefully to book your spot.



DETAILS
March 26th, 27th and 28th 2010 at the Lions Hostel at North Shields (same venue as 2008 and 2009)

Price - $150 (includes accommodation, nibbles, and 6 meals - please note Saturday night meal will be at the venue this year)

Deposit - $50 - NON REFUNDABLE

*a variety of scrap shops under one roof
*freebies, goodies and give aways
*at least 3 separate scrap workshops (class and kits will be an extra cost and details will be released very soon)

REGISTRATIONS
will be open from TODAY for full weekenders only.
NO day trippers.

LIMIT OF 2 PROXY REGISTRATIONS PER PERSON - EMAIL ADDRESS AND NAMES MUST BE SUPPLIED.

To register and confirm your position you will need to contact Meredith Treloar via email john.treloar@bigpond.com
You will then be given instructions on how to secure your spot by full payment of $150 (preferred) or a deposit of $50. At the very minimum, your deposit of $50 is required by Friday the 6th of November. (less than 2 weeks!)

If you have not paid by this time, your name will be removed from our list and your position is forfeited.


THERE ARE LIMITED PLACES AVAILABLE SO ACT NOW TO AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT.

NO BOOKINGS/ REGISTRATIONS/ POSITIONS HELD PRIOR TO THE RELEASE DATE.

NO PAYMENT ACCEPTED UNLESS PREVIOUSLY ARRANGED WITH MEREDITH VIA EMAIL


We would also like to welcome Kathryn D. aboard to the E2C team. She will be working with Val to provide us with delicious food on our retreat weekend. Thanks Kathryn!


E2C team:
Sue, Meredith, Val, Kathryn and Amanda

this time tomorrow....

a little group of girls will be up at Karkoo scrap, scrap, scrapping!!

at our...................... SCRAPATHON


For the ladies that are coming along - don't forget to bring:

• scrap gear
• toiletries
• clothes!
• cash (not sure if the shops will have credit card facilities? so just in case!!)
• towel for shower
• food (nibbles, lunch and tea if you are not getting Tracey M's special meal for an extra $7)
• Extra $7 cash for Trace if you are 'eating in' - tips welcome also for our fabulous cook!
• drinks and ice/esky
• drinking vessel
• bedding (warm bedding which includes some sort of mattress)
• earplugs if you are a light sleeper
• bucketloads of enthusiasm!

see you there girls!

a heads up....

that within 7 (yep seven) days the registrations for the March 2010 retreat will be opened and details released.

Keep your eyes peeled for posts on here about it AND in your email in box.

I would hate anyone to miss out because they read about it too late. Remember that the past two years have sold out in hours.

KEEP YOUR EYES OUT!

Trish - phone photo

Hi Amanda,
This is my lounge room at the moment.
I am in the middle of packing as I have just fulfilled one of my dreams, to own my own home. Imagine my amusement when I realized what what printed on the front box.
Hope you all have a fantastic weekend up at Karkoo, I'm sure you all will.

Cheers Trish

oh what a great photo Trish! And what a special 'message' to you! LOL life works in funny ways sometimes doesn't it?!!

also a massive congratulations on buying your own home - very exciting i imagine!

Tiff - mobile photo

Another cute one Tiff.

He looks so little next to that pilot!

Amanda - kitchen inspiration and fav. drink

Well i might be a bit late but i am slowly plugging away at the challenges.

This is from last month - Meredith's kitchen inspiration challenge. I have sewn baking paper around the border of this layout and used cork - i wanted to use the back of a placemat but i had chucked them all out so had to plead help from Sue's stash!


Also a fav. drink - well it would be if i could drink it all the time i think. The hype is well deserved!

Mobile phone photo - Maryanne

Maryanne said ...
"here's a picture of the snake we had in our yard on sunday. "

Eeewww is all I can say!!! I hate snakes - a good snake is a dead snake I say!

Hand cut title - Maryanne

Maryanne said ...

"I'm not sure if this really fits the handcut title challenge, but its sort of the digital version of it, as I chose a font then a patterned paper and created a clipping mask, to create the patterned font. I used the dotty red paper to create the title. "

Maryanne I'll definitely accept that - sounds very impressive!!!

Plus I love your layout - great colours, clever photo and a funky layout!

Amanda - twine

Inspiration from a tag in the latest CK by Jen McGuire

Hand cut title - Tiff

Tiff said ...

"I used Heidi Swapp ghost letters and adhered them on to October Afternoon Piggy Tales PP. Then I cut them out with my trusty craft knife (new blade really helped lol)

And viola, perfectly co coordinated title with the LO. "


Lovely Tiff - the cluster of flowers is beautiful and a great way to get a big alpha shape with a "template" by using the ghost letters!

Hand cut title - Sue

Sue said ...

"At last i have scrapped again. I decided to use my letter stencils for my title....remember we used them for school projects etc??..... I bought a pack of various fonts when i first started scrapping and have hardly used them, so this was a great chance to get them out and blow the dust off them!!
Also the stitched paper border was a design inspired by a Mardi Winen page that i saw on Scrapboxx".


Really love your title Sue - really effective! The paper strips are a great use of scraps too - very clever! And I always love the look of stitching!

unknown (now known as Sandra) - phone photo

An anonymous texter - scratch that.... Sandra has owned up! - on my phone sent in this image of some beads on a mirror. Gorgeous collection of beads and a great image captured!

I love how you can see the reflection in the mirror and the room looks so clean, airy and light.

love this.

Tiff - phone photo!

My apologies to Tiff (and thank goodness she posted that comment below which made me do a big HUH?) but i found your image on my phone.

At the time when i recieved it, i did not connect the blog challenge to the photo LOL = but did think it was cute but a little odd that she would send me this image.

So again = sorry Tiff!!

Amanda - phone photo

This is an old phone photo which i was actually going to use for the half and half challenge.

The wall in the Lincoln Camera Centre - which i just adore (the wall that is but Roz is really nice too LOL)

and this is my most fav. phone photo of all time!

even though she looks a bit shrek like in colour it could almost pass as vintage i think!

almost there....

only 6 sleeps til the scrapathon!

Who can't wait to escape for just one night?

1. me!

Hand cut title - Marika

Marika said ...

"This is a lift from Fran Tynan (I think from her blog - Marika, I reckon it might be from here ).

I stamped and cut out the title as I didn't have the right colour letters. Know why I don't do it very often me and those craft knives don't get on very well."

Wow I love your layout!

The title looks great and quite fiddly so great job!

The colours are delish, especially that spotty background!

Thank you!

pass it along...

If you hear of anyone out and about saying that they would like to come along to the 2010 E2C retreat please, please PLEASE ask them to contact either Sue, Meredith or Myself to ensure they are on our contacts list.

There will be some news on this retreat out soon and unless they are on our retreat email list OR check the blog at exactly the right time it is likely they will miss out.

We have heard whispers out and about that there are lots of new people interested in coming along and we would hate anyone missing out or thinking that they were not 'in the loop'.

The last two years have been fully booked out within hours...yep HOURS.

So make sure you are on the list, check your emails regularly and keep your eyes peeled on this blog.

More news soon..............................

PS. please keep creating and sending in your works! It seems very quiet on here of late!