very cool idea ...

image from Sugar and Charm blog

Go here to see the info on how to do it ...

http://www.sugarandcharmblog.com/2011/03/zinc-inspired-letters.html

Amanda - Meredith's Mid May Challenge

Well i started with the Fibonacci design but it evolved into something a bit different. Oh well such is life.

Marika - colour challenge + tucked elements

Hi Amanda,

 

Just sending you a picture of my layout yah i finally have done one.  Not quite bottle green but i liked that colour green better.

 

Thanks Marika

WOWSERs Marika this is amazing. Love the spots and all the white space. The blue and green just look stunning here!! Cute photo and beautiful brown eyes! Love this design so much!

Mid month challenge - Sue

I have very loosely followed Meredith's mid month challenge with this page...it was the basic principal that i began with....if you look closely you can see i started with the paper layout of Meredith design and then scrapped my photos etc on top of them all....... This is one of my fav photos of my friend in Berlin...i love the flukeiness of the sun flare that has come out in it.

Hope you having a great Monday...

Suex

storage idea ...

From {a} My World blog

This is a great, easy to make little project that you can have on your scrap desk to store all sorts of things!!

or take a look at this one ...

From Crazy Little Thing Called

Scrapbook Trends / Embellish give away

I have extra copies of the April edition of Scrapbook Trends and also of the latest Embellish magazine and thought i would give them away here on the ol' blog. These are completely new - un opened mags.

This is a commenting tag type of game - Hot or Not.

The idea is that i will start off stating something and someone will reply either 'hot' or 'not' and follow up with a question for the next person to comment and state wether that is hot or not.


You will need to read the last comment on this post to see what exactly you are reply hot or not to!


so it would go:

Amanda : Anchovies?

Jo Blogs : Hot.  Skinny Leg jeans?

Sammy Rose: Not.  5 Loaves vanilla slice?

Jackson Five : Hot. George Clooney?


etc etc.


It can be anything…. scrap related, food, fashion, colour. You name it.

The winner will be the person who has held the LAST comment for 12 hours. This may be quite an ongoing post / commenting relay if it goes along as it should.

ok so the start question is:

Leopard Print? 

(now reply hot or not - the first person to comment will be in response to me -after that my question is void and goes to the next commenter's question in a relay)

***Edited to add - you can post more than once to keep yourself as the last poster!***

Colour challenge - Sue

This colour challenge inspired me to dig out these photos of the day i spent flying a kite with my 2 grandsons....and i just had to add a wee touch of red and yellow to the page. I was also inspired by Meredith to use my mini alpha stash for my journalling - thanks M.x

Mid month challenge - Meredith

Meredith's middle of the month of May challenge ...

When I saw this post at Today's Nest ... Spiraling Out of Control: The Golden Spiral ... 


I was really inspired !!


It's called Fibonacci and I think it has been used in patchwork so why not scrapbooking!!


So take a look and then maybe give the design a try!!


I think an A4 / 8 1/2 X 11 inch layout would work really well but even a 12 x 12 inch would be great too!!








Images from Today's Nest


Can't wait to try this myself and look forward to seeing your creations too!!

Sue - tucked elements challenge

I have used elements from the 'on holiday' range by the girls' paperie ... i bought them last year ready for some of my travel pages...haha!...plus i have added a ticket from the boat cruise (at the top) and a swiss flag sandwich pick that i happened to keep as well. This was quite a challenge for me, it took nearly all day for the page to come together....but i can tick that one off....now off to think about the colour challenge.

Hope everyone has a great Saturday xx

Zanny - card to share

Hi Sue,

Here are some photos of the card I made for A & A's wedding. I'm terrible at making cards as it takes me so dang long to create something that others would throw together in a minute. I was very happy with the result this time & enjoyed doing something a little bit different. The Tri-fold card idea is from "Australian Cardmaking, Stamping & Papercraft vol 16 NO.6"

Zan

Wow,wow and Wow Zanny....this is just great......love all the bits n bobs on it and the tri-fold is very effective & clever!! I love all of it as i am sure A & A would have too. Thanks for sharing it here with us, and sorry i haven't posted more of your photos but i had trouble down-sizing them .....(and i'm not as computer savvy as others!)

Tiff - Sue's sketch

hi Sue,

At long last I've had a moment to get into your sketch challenge. I must say that although i am a nervous mister/splatter i do enjoy the 'randomness' of the effect.

Thankyou for the sketch. I do print them off each month and put on my desk for reference, so when i do get the chance it's there ready to go.

mwah
Tiff

Wow, Tiff this looks great!! Do like the colours you have gone with and love your random splatters....i love to see how they are going to turn out. Love your banner, and off the page bit....and yep, those eyes are amazing, you have captured them very well!

Thanks for joining in and sharing with us all here.
xx

Colour challenge - Meredith

Amanda's sideways challenege - Meredith

May challenge

I really love this layout by Diane Payne  :

I know most of those elements coming in from the side are actually on the paper but wouldn't it be cool to do a DIY version??!!!!

So my May challenge is 'tucked elements'.

Tuck all your elements down one side or peekaboo type of style from an edge.

Hope you can join in with this challenge and give the ol' blog a shot of enthusiasm!

The "use it and lose it" Colour challenge for May!!

Okay so after The Biggest Loser finale last night and heading back to the Gym this morning I got inspired by my Instructor's "outfit"!! LOL

So using these colours ... Create a layout - you can add white and / or kraft!!

yummy green, beautiful blue and black

I don't think she thought I was too strange when I asked to take the picture 

... she does have a sister who scraps ;-)

Amy - retreat shares and mug whereabouts

Hi Amanda, here are the layouts I did at retreat. 'Forever in my heart' is my version of a layout shown in scrapbooking memories volume 13 no. 4. The layout 'if u can  dream it, do it' is not supposed to have a wonky O lol!! I had an awesome weekend and cant wait til the next one!! hopefully there will be a mini retreat to pass the time by faster…..

Also, this is where my retreat mugs live. On my new scrapping shelf. Unfortunately my 09 mug has gone walk-a-bout. happy scrappin! -Amy

oh the layouts are beautiful Amy! Stunning colours and banner in 'remember this'. Totally WOW.

 The 'dream it' looks almost fairytale it's so whimsical and gorgeous,  the stitched circle in 'a girl on a farm' is fantastic and the distressed look of the papers look fabbo in 'many faces'.

Your heart layout made me do a double take! (i have done a similar one in the past week… and now i am wondering if i spotted yours at the retreat and filed that idea to use later without realising it! Sorry if you thought i had copied yours!) Your page is absolutely breathtaking - just stunning. I really love the stitching detail as well as the paint splats. Just amazing.

Thanks Amy!

Amanda - Sue's sketch

The different elements are all there from the sketch - you might need to squint a bit to see my interpretation of it though :)

Sue's sketch - Karen

Karen said ...

I have been scrapping this weekend/school holidays and it has been nice.  So last night I thought I would give your Easter sketch a go 1. because I have never attempted a banner. 2. I think I may have scrapped myself out! :0

I hope everyones had a wonderful Easter!

wow Karen!! I love your first banner!! The stamping looks excellent and some mist flicks ... woo hoo!!


And as always love the colours you use ... fantastic!!

Sue's sketch - Meredith

My take on Sue's sketch ...

Hope everyone has had a wonderful Easter ... Meredith 

where is your retreat mug- from Sandra

Hi Amanda!!
Wonder if anyone else takes their E2C mugs on holiday?? Would be great to see other photos!!
We are in Venus Bay...Happy Easter and stay safe everyone
Sandra
Xx

great shot Sandra! Looks very relaxing!

I don't take mine on holidays - in fact they never leave my scrap room :

interesting to see if others actually use them for coffee or storage!! And where?!! Work or home? Take a shot and send it in.

Happy and safe Easter everyone.

Easter sketch

Finally it is here....the sketch for this month...well, i have called it the Easter sketch.....for those of you who are going to be lucky enough to be home over this very long weekend....and may have the opportunity to escape to your scrap space for some quiet moments. Hopefully this sketch can bring you some inspiration.

I have taken it from my 'Family Portrait' layout that i did at the retreat, you can see my example in a couple posts below....... hopefully i will see some touches of paints splats or some ring work, maybe a banner, an odd butterfly or flower too.........whatever, just have some fun with it.

So i look forward to seeing what you come up with!!

And i wish all you a Very Safe and Wonderful Easter with family and friends....and hope the Easter Bunny is very kind to each & every one of you!!! Sounds like the weather is going to be a pearler.....so enjoy!!

Take care,

Suexx

Kylie - retreat share

Hi Amanda,

Just sending through a piccie of a layout from the Retreat ... fresh from the framers in Lincoln today.

I fiddled around with this 'project' for the first 'day and a half' of the retreat (in between doing classes / eating / drinking / chatting / sleeping) ... until I was finally happy with it.

It's a present to give to Mum at her birthday party on Easter Saturday at Pt Neill and will be a 'mate' to hang alongside the one I did for my Dad at the last E2C Retreat.

Thanks to all of you for such a wonderful retreat yet again, it is always such an amazing weekend ... I will be sad to miss the next couple when we are travelling (but I could always fly back hey ! - some ladies travel miles for the retreats I guess I could become one of them !).

Thanks,

Kylie :)

WOW Kylie! You always make the most beautiful presents and keepsakes on our retreats! What a thoughtful AND clever girl  you are.

That chipboard circle + flourishes looks like it was specially made for your 'layout' and ooooooh at all the lace and the perfect vintage feel that those papers lend.

I bet this will take pride of place on the wall next to last years framed gift!!

You will certainly be missed if you can't fly back to our retreats Kylie - it isn't completely a silly idea you know ;-)

Sue - retreat layouts

A couple of my favourite layouts from the retreat...i didn't add my LO's from the classes (which were favs of mine too, but you can peek at them at my own blog)......AND i am hoping to post up a sketch challenge this week!! :)

Marika - retreat layouts

Hi Amanda,

 

Thanks again for the retreat it was a fantastic time and so nice to have some me time.

 

Marika

and layouts from Fran Tynan's class

 thanks Marika = these are stunning. Sorry that they are smaller than i normally post but they pixelate when i make them larger. (if you send me bigger sized images i can enlarge them on here)

I am always really struck by how you use colour - fantastic and really inspiring. LOVE the banner in the Poser layout, the butterflies in that yummo rose ribbon in the family fun page, and the stunning simplicity in the M layout. The kraft and brown is delicious in the Dad page - really lovely and soft but masculine at the same time…

Thanks for sharing Marika. Awesome and so productive!

Ali Mc - Retreat Share

Hi Amanda, finally gotten around to reducing some photos of my LO's, haven't included them all, just my faves. Thanks again for a fabulous time, and seeing as you are talking about next years already, will keep my fingers crossed until next year that I get a spot!!

I have a big write up on my blog about the retreat, but I have made my blog private so if anyone wants permission, drop me a message through facebook or send me an email!

Thanks

Ali xxx

WOW Ali - you sure scrapped up a storm! I really cannot choose any favourites here - they are all STUNNING.

Of course i love your class layouts, they look so beautiful :) 

The colours in the six at six layout are so bright and gorgeous! Also love that title idea.

The black background in the BML layout is awesome against that teal! LOVE how you have done your title there! 

A couple of pinwheels spotted on your Friday Coffee page  - orange / yellow / kraft is delicious! 

Your painting on the last two make me green - yep so jealous that you can splash, splat and roll and make it look so damn good!! 

You are a clever clever chickie Ali. Thanks for the laughs and support at the retreat. A smile, funny comment and a laugh from you helped me relax and enjoy the retreat so much. 

Tiff- blast from the past

Heya.

I've just finished scrapping the 2009 E2C and thought you'd may like to post it on the retreat blog. Janice, Sandra and Maryanne have all given me the ok to post it on the www.

 

Lots of familiar faces there!!!!

 

Cheers and thanks

 

 

Tiff

This is great Tiff - and definitely a great walk down memory lane. I really like how you have used the retreat colours and also the butterfly, bird and vine / roses - looks awesome.

The photos tell a story of a retreat well enjoyed ;-)

Great journalling remembering good times.